FOUR members of Tavistock Athletic Club competed in this year's London Marathon. This was the culmination of several months of hard training for the event.

Regular marathon runner Steve Groombridge was the first Tavistock runner home, finishing in the top 300 of the overall field in an impressive 2 hours 42 minutes 47seconds.

He was followed by Robin Musgrave who also finished in the sub 3 hour category recording a time of 2 hours 57 minutes 01 seconds.

The next Tavistock runner home was Keith Bowles running in the vet 55 category and finishing in 3 hours 47 minutes.

Frances Mckinnon, running in her first ever marathon, also recorded a sub four-hour time finishing in 3 hours 55 minutes with Trevor Williams, a member of the Tavistock Joggers, finishing in 4 hours 34 minutes.