More than 400 people take part in Alresford 10k

The course followed the usual route through the market town, past the famous watercress beds and out into the countryside beyond. It’s a tough course with plenty of hills, but all the runners proved up for the challenge.

The men’s race was won by for the second year in a row by Phil Berntsen in 33 minutes and 32 seconds, closely followed by Sebastian Hoenig in 33:51.

The women’s race was won by Victoria Gill in 36:56 with Tamsin Anderson second in 37:52.

Three children’s races preceded the main event, with children between 2 and 11 running different distances around the park. The winners received specially made chocolate medals from Chocolate Craft in Alresford, and everyone got a special medal for finishing.

All the runners received a commemorative wooden medal, watercress and a cookie.

The race was the 15th annual event organised by Alresford Rotary and supported by local businesses: Prospect Fencing funded the race numbers, The Watercress Company provided 500 bags of local watercress, Becky Shotton Driving Instructor sponsored the medals, Chocolate Craft provided the chocolate medals for the children’s races and boxes of chocolates for the adult races, The Alrebury Cafe baked 500 special cookies and made up hampers of local goodies for the age category winners, Fyffes supplied the bananas, Charters Estate Agents allowed the use of their sign boards for the kilometre markers and The Bottom Line Accounting contributed towards the prizes for the age category winners. Thomas Miller designed the race logo.

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The event was marshalled by volunteers from Alresford Rotary and additional help at the field was provided by enthusiastic students from Perins School. Everyone gave their time for free and all profits will be used for local and international good causes, including providing medical supplies to Ukraine, part of a global effort by Rotary International.

The race organisers made new efforts this year to reduce waste and improve sustainability. All of the prizes were from local sources and the race medals were wooden and made from sustainable wood. Water was in containers and recyclable cups with no single use plastic. Competitors were encouraged to car share, walk or take public transport.

Next year’s race will again be on the third Sunday in June (Fathers’ Day), June 18.

Below is a list of the first 100 finishers:

1 Phillip BERNTSEN 00:33:32

2 Sebastian HOENIG 00:33:51

3 Ben SAUNBY 00:34:27

4 Lewis BAILEY 00:34:49

5 Joe DRISCOLL 00:34:50

6 Simon PILCHER 00:35:03

7 Richard BIDGOOD 00:35:08

8 Adam TUCK 00:35:30

9 David HEALEY 00:35:35

10 Oliver PASCOE 00:35:43

11 Tim ROLFE 00:35:51

12 Julian MANNING 00:35:53

13 Patrick CONNORS 00:35:56

14 Nik DARLINGTON 00:36:08

15 Andy SIMPSON 00:36:10

16 Alex HALL 00:36:17

17 Ben PITMAN 00:36:28

18 Jonathan ISHERWOOD 00:36:31

19 James CLARKE 00:36:33

20 Nick WOOD 00:36:41

21 Rob DRAG 00:36:48

22 Brandon CHAPLIN 00:36:54

23 Victoria GILL 00:36:56

24 Lucy ELLIOTT 00:37:21

25 Sean HOLMES 00:37:22

26 Adam KING 00:37:34

27 Chris BIRCH 00:37:35

28 James MOORE 00:37:40

29 Emlyn HUGHES 00:37:44

30 Peter CALLANAN 00:37:45

31 Sam LARCOMBE 00:37:50

32 Tamsin ANDERSON 00:37:52

33 George LONG 00:38:00

34 Pete ABRAHAMS 00:38:13

35 Andrew MEREDITH 00:38:13

36 Graham EVANS 00:38:17

37 Charlie BRUCE-WHITE 00:38:18

38 Mark BICKNELL 00:38:19

39 Lachie MURRAY 00:38:21

40 Matthew LOVESEY 00:38:30

41 Phil MORGAN 00:38:31

42 Steve DRYSDALE 00:38:38

43 Kevin YATES 00:38:41

44 Rob WILSON 00:38:41

45 Emma JOLLEY 00:38:45

46 Trevor MCALISTER 00:38:48

47 Michael PITCHERS 00:38:50

48 Chris GOAD 00:38:52

49 Dan LATHAM 00:39:00

50 Tony RANDELL 00:39:02

51 Steve CUMES 00:39:06

52 Michael HARRISON 00:39:09

53 Nathan RENYARD 00:39:20

54 Joseph MURRELL 00:39:20

55 Rich WEBLEY 00:39:21

56 Gary ARMSTRONG 00:39:22

57 Reece INGRAM 00:39:24

58 David SHEPHERD 00:39:33

59 Ollie STONE 00:39:34

60 Sarah GURNEY 00:39:37

61 Warren BENTLEY 00:39:42

62 Daniel HOLDEN 00:39:45

63 Matthew GERVAIS 00:39:45

64 Chris LOWREY 00:39:49

65 Simon BITTLESTONE 00:39:49

66 Alistair SMITH 00:40:00

67 Adam MASKILL 00:40:01

68 Nick KITCHEN 00:40:01

69 Alice BURCH 00:40:04

70 David GERVAIS 00:40:07

71 David BLACK 00:40:20

72 Paul SAUNDERS 00:40:21

73 Neil AMBROSE 00:40:27

74 Wayne MATTHEWS 00:40:30

75 Alice RUDD 00:40:37

76 Andy TAPHOUSE 00:40:41

77 Shaho IBRAHIM 00:40:50

78 Wayne LEBAS 00:40:57

79 Tim ELLIS 00:40:57

80 Mark HARGREAVES 00:41:03

81 Charlotte INGRAM 00:41:06

82 Christopher CHESTER 00:41:09

83 Nikki MOXHAM 00:41:11

84 David LAWSON 00:41:11

85 Peter WILMOTT 00:41:15

86 Michael BREWSTER 00:41:15

87 Derek WOOD 00:41:15

88 Mark EATON 00:41:16

89 Ashley FORBES 00:41:17

90 Simon ROSS 00:41:18

91 Tamara LAKE 00:41:20

92 Peter COOTE 00:41:24

93 Tim SUTTON 00:41:33

94 Paul HORLER 00:41:35

95 Josh MURRAY 00:41:41

96 Nathan HOLMES 00:41:44

97 Andrew HOOK 00:41:51

98 Matt CASEY 00:41:52

99 Adam CROOK 00:41:53

100 Alex BEATON 00:41:55

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