Hastings Runners reach out to Romney, Rye and the River Thames

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Hastings Runners enjoyed a busy and rewarding last weekend as the club provided well over 100 entrants in races all across the South East – including 35 of the 87 in the Oliver Curd Charity Fun Run & Walk from Crowhurst Village to Bulverhythe Recreation Grounds who contributed to raising a record sum of over £1,700 for the local charity.

Over 40 Hastings Runners entered the Romney Marsh 10k. | SUBMITTED

placeholder image — Over 40 Hastings Runners entered the Romney Marsh 10k. | SUBMITTED

The biggest event was the Romney Marsh 10k, the 10th race of the 22 in the 2026 Club Championship. The field of 273 included 44 wearing the club’s green-and-black colours with the fastest among them being Louis Dargan placed fourth in a Personal Best time of 32min 37sec and Ashley Vora, fifth in 33:36.

There were excellent runs, too, by Jake Turner (14th in 40:29), George Marshall (15th in 40:51) and Junior Male Bradley Ripley crossing the line in a 41:41 PB as the first of HR’s six age category winners. The others were MV70 Andy Lee (45:21), FV40 Hannah Eyre Weeks (49:07), MV60 Andy Knight (51:28), FV50 Lucy Fleming (55:28) and FV70 Sarah Marzaioli (1:17:21).

The dozen Hastings Runners who ran the Saucony London 10k, proudly wearing their event T-shirts. | SUBMITTED

There were notable times, also, for Simon Linklater, second MV45 with his time of 44:19, and the in-form FV35 Laura Stapley who notched a PB finish of 56:09.

A dozen others made a trip to the capital for the Saucony London 10k. First among them to the finish – in a field of over 13,000 – were Joe Moore in a time of 39:11 followed by Lindsey Jones in 49:50, then M50-54 Ben Sallows (53:52) and F65-69 Xiulan Han (55:37).

Closer to home, in the third of the Rye Summer Series, Shain Barker was fourth overall – and third in male standings – with his time of 19:48. And in the 10k race Joe Moore finished third in 40:00.

At Staplehurst in the Mid Kent 5 Mile Lewis Parsons won his MV35 age category with a PB finish of 28:52.

Hastings Runners Joe Moore and Shain Barker, with their respective third-place medals from the Rye Summer Series 10k and 5k. | SUBMITTED

Finally, in the Sevenoaks 7, David Oldfield ran 1:12:53 and Heidi Rossetter 1:13:40 – while along the River Thames Path at Windsor in the Beat The Boat 10k Paul Lambert clocked 41:30 and Rachel Gower 1:08:56.

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