A dozen or more club runners turned out on Friday at a very wet Ards 5 Mile Challenge. Outstanding runs came from Simon Seaton in 2nd and Brian Barron in 6th, Brian coming nine seconds away to beating the U17 course record. Jessica Craig and Debbie Matchett were 2nd and 4th in the womens race. The race was won by Andrew Gourley of Willowfield. The organisers had quite a job to unscramble the results, a task made difficult by the majority of the paper numbers falling away due to the heavy rain.
North Down AC times. Simon Seaton 27:18; Brian Barron 29:29; John McGarvey 34:05; Chris Denny 34:32; Jonathan McGrath 34:35; Pat McMullan 34:42; Jessica Craig 34:37; Debbie Matchett 34:57; Sarah Benton 39:18; Pat O"Driscoll 40:01; Darren Houston 40:52; Hugh Young 41:41.