Ards 5 Mile Challenge

[Not a valid template]On Friday evening in separate races, Simon Seaton and Debbie Matchett went to the top of the 5 mile road race ranking list. Simon was in Cookstown and was 7^th in 26:39 min at the Sperrin race while Debbie and a host of clubmates were in Newtonards at another very successful edition of the annual charity race. Debbie in 34:24 min and Sarah Benton in 36:28 were 2^nd and 3^rd in the womens open race, a race won in record time by Shireen Crumpton, who spearheads the New Zealand marathon team at the IAAF World Championships in Berlin this month but was in Northern Ireland for a family wedding. Martin Rea won the mens race with Brian Barron in 29:22 min the first North Down runner in 5^th with Andrew Muir 13^th and Simon Cummings 15^th. In the vets race (45+ for this race), Gerry Coy and Terry Eakin were 2^nd and 4^th and Conor O’Boyle was 3^rdin the 16 and under race.