Upton Village

Stephen Copley from Didcot won the 20^th running of the Hagbourne Fun Run repeating his 2007 victory. Stephen came home 30 seconds clear of John Peake who won the Veteran class. Alex Mills won the Boy Under 16 class coming in 6^th overall and was joined by two other Under 16s in the top 10.

East Hagbourne again dominated the lady’s race with Rosie Stainthorp, Rebecca Laing and Georgia Pennington defending their titles and Katie Ward winning the Local class – all of whom are under 16. In doing so, Rebecca and Georgia improved on their time last year by close on 2 minutes.

Upton put up a good show with Paul Thomas coming in 3^rd and Paul Powell 12^th overall and Baylie Powell was second in the Under 12 Girl class.

Of the 221 runners that took part, the class winners were as follows:

	First Man	Stephen Copley	27’ 44”
	Veteran Man	John Peake	28’ 14”
	Hagbourne Man	Daniel Stainthorp	30’ 59”
	Boy Under 16	Alex Mills	29’ 12”
	Boy Under 12	Kieran Heapy	37’ 21”
	First Woman	Rosie Stainthorp	35’ 32”
	Veteran Woman	Anita Syphas	37’ 53”
	Hagbourne Woman	Katie Ward	40’ 30”
	Girl Under 16	Rebecca Laing	38’ 00”
	Girl Under 12	Georgia Pennington	38’ 37”

The John and Monica Lawson cups for the first Hagbourne man and woman home went to Daniel Stainthorp and Rosie Stainthorp respectively. The Marie Brown trophy for the first veteran lady was presented to Anita Syphas.

This year, Thomas Parks took some great action photos of most of the runners coming up to the finish line. If you would like a picture of you finishing, e-mail Hagbournefunrun@yahoo.co.uk and we will send you it – but we would like a contribution to the charity.

As usual, the money raised is going to a cancer research charity and the Village Fund. If you still have any sponsorship money or would like to make a donation, could you please take it to the Hagbourne Post Office in the next couple of weeks so that we can get the money off to the charity.

As you would expect, the Fun Run just doesn’t happen. Many people freely give their time to help make the day a success. As well as the marshals and timekeepers, we have people who serve the food and drinks, those that make the food, and those that set out the course. I would like to thank all those involved – the day wouldn’t happen without them.

I look forward to seeing you all there again next year – for the 21st Run and Walk.

Andrew Tyler

Chairman, Fun Run Committee

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