Scarborough AC and Run Scarborough team up for Cleveland Way Relay
This year and for the very first time, Scarborough Athletic Club combined with members of the Run Scarborough club to form ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams, both of which included both male and female participants for the annual Cleveland Way Relay.
The event started at Filey Brigg and finished the total 109-mile distance at Hemsley. The route included ‘dog leg’ climbs to the summits of Roseberry Topping and White Horse!
The combined ‘A’ team finished in first place overall of 23 teams in 13 Hours 11 minutes and was 10 minutes ahead of Loftus and Whitby Athletic Club at the finish.
The ‘B’ team finished second overall of the ‘B’ teams in 15.32.
The ‘A’ Team in order of appearance in the Relay was; Jamie Ward, Sam Sedman, Paul Sutherns, Rhona Marshall, James Wilson, Daniel Watson, Paul Butler, Matthew Heaton, Daniel Bateson, Jordan Oliver, Jack Davies, Caroline Lambert, Matthew Jones, Paul Lawton, Darryl Koekemoer, Will Thomas.
The ‘’B Team in order of appearance in the Relay was; Chris Clayton, Nicola Doody, Marianne Borsheim, Anna Giddings, Jon Sharp, Matthew Rutt, Andy Maxwell, Ian Beaver, Ekaitz Unanue, John Lambe, Dale Hepples, Pat Messruther, Molly Newham, Rob Braviner, Andrew Robertson, Don Peel.
An above average 36 club members took part in the Wykeham Parkrun on June 13.
They did so to support the 14 members of a group named the Couch to 5K Group (C25K), who were making their parkrun debut, after putting in hard work training over the past nine weeks.
Jayne Graves who led the coaching team for the C25K group, and who has also provided subsequent support with a weekly group named Walk to Run Group for over 11 years commented;
“It was a fabulous end to the C25K group at North Yorkshire Water Park PR. This could not have happened without the support of Julie Clayton, Chris Clayton, Michael Webster, Angela Jordan, David Field and all the SAC members that turned up to give their support. Thank you.”
Christian Brown was the first club finisher with 15th overall of 243 and 2nd Over-50.
Sue Haslam led the club’s Females with 3rd Female overall and 1st Over-70.
Rhona Marshall was the only SAC member to compete in the fourth Esk Valley Fell Club Summer Series fixture.
The Whorlton Run was an evening midweek race at and around Swainby. It consisted of a 11km route with 470m of climb.
Rhona made a good contribution to her overall Summer League standing after finishing second Female overall and 1st Over-40.
James Robertson competed in the Warwick Two Castles 10K Road Race.
He finished up in 136th overall of 5,237 with a Personal Best time of 39.49.
Fifty-six club members competed in the third round of the SAC Summer Handicap Series, setting off from Clock Tower on South Bay.
First finisher on handicap was Lily Ross who was followed by Tanya Mace and Mick Thompson.
The Fastest Male finisher was Daniel Bateson. Jamie Ward and Ekaitz Unanue were 2nd and 3rd fastest.
The Fastest Female Finisher was Rhona Marshall. Anna Giddings and Hikari Ford were 2nd and 3rd fastest.