THERE was a good turnout for last weekend's Harwich Parkrun, with 111 runners taking part in the 63rd event.

The first male back to the bandstand was Warren Byrd, in 19 minutes and nine seconds.

Sam Gardiner was second back in 19m 20s and this is the first time he has run at Harwich.

He normally runs in the junior 11 to 14 years category, so it was a very impressive performance.

Third back was Nick Davies, who achieved a personal best (PB) with a time of 20m 10s.

The ladies' race was again dominated by members of Harwich Runners.

First back was Claire Gooding-Matthews, after a seven-week lay-off, with a time of 24m 16s.

In second was Claire Bransby (25m 15s) and third was Ann Piercy (25m 40s).

Just behind Piercy was Ann Herbert, in a PB time of 25m 47s.

For the Harwich Runners men, first back was new member Stephen Peck, finishing fifth in a PB time of 20m 23s.

The next club finisher was Norman Gooch, ninth in 21m 21s, and the third club member was Phil Sanderson, 13th in 22m.

This week there was also a group of volunteers watching how things were done who are setting up the Clacton Parkrun, starting on October 15.

Harwich Runners took part in the Round Norfolk Relay, which is a huge event.

It is a 198-mile route split down over 17 unequal legs, starting at 5.30am on Saturday and finishing mid-morning on the Sunday.

Harwich Runners entered a team into the event for the 16th time, with Kieran Callaghan picking up the opening 16-mile leg, starting at dawn in Kings Lynn.

Robin Brookes then took over and ran a solid 14-mile leg, despite the opening legs being hampered by bad weather and high tide flooding on coastal roads.

Having provided cycle support for the opening two legs, Archie Barrington then ran a 5.76-mile leg and was the youngest competitor in the entire race.

Harwich also boasted the oldest runner as Glyn Peck ran a 10.5-mile leg later on.

It was a successful day for the Knott family.

Elspeth ran just under eight miles, was second in her age category and recorded the fifth quickest age related time.

Roly ran 7.5 miles - ten minutes quicker than his expected time - and Graeme was the fastest runner on his 11-mile leg. They also won the family team prize for their efforts.

There were further good efforts from other club members, especially Matt Doran who covered over 20 miles for the team. Aaron Rudkin was in the top 20 finishers of the 58 runners on his 7.3-mile leg and Ian Cannons ran almost 11 miles for the team.

By the time Matt Doran brought the team back to Kings Lynn, 29 and a half hours after the first runner had left there, it was certainly another triumph for the club.

At the Felixstowe ten-mile race, there was success for Mark Lloyd, who ran a five-second PB to post 61m 15s and was second in his age category (MV45) and seventh overall.

Robin Brookes also put in a good quality run, taking 14th in the field of 324 in an excellent 65m 11s.

Meanwhile, Valentina Burley travelled to Windsor Park for the Boudavia Women’s 10km race and came away with a new personal best of 56m 54s.