The wooded route around Nesscliffe was pretty well protected from the recent heavy rains with soft footing in large part.
Mike James again assumed his customary position at the head of the field, en route to a routine win over the 5mile trail race, winning comfortably by 2minutes for his 2nd victory in the series.
Dom Kirby managed his best ever placing, coming in 6th on the day to secure a 3rd place overall in the Series, while Stephen Hatton finished 11th to secure 2nd M45 on the day, a warm up for the Wolverhampton Half Marathon the following day!
Grant Lloyd benefitted from some recent training over the Nesscliffe trials on his way to a best ever finish in 16th position before he concentrated on official duties of presenting the prizes to the Overall male & female series winners on behalf of Rybrook BMW.
Leo Murray, Duncan Rose & Derek Owen were separated by less than 30seconds, Derek second M55 on the day.
Sheila Richards collected first F55 honours.
To complete the club successes, 11yr old Ross Kirby won the junior race and with it secured his own Pentarathon Series crown.
Full Pentarathon standings to follow when available.
27.36 Mike James
32.08 Dominic Kirby
33.11 Stephen Hatton
34.31 Grant Lloyd
37.35 Leo Murray
37.39 Duncan Rose
37.59 Derek Owen
55.28 Sheila Richards
