IT has been another busy weekend for the Bere Alston Trekkers (BATs) as they took part in the Tavistock Town Relays with a record number of 17 teams from the club.  All teams ran superbly with the 'Blister Sisters' finishing second ladies' team overall.  With only seconds between team finishing times it was a fast event with all Bats running splendid times.  Last weekend's race was the Haytor Heller, another race on the BATs' Grand Prix calendar although this race was also about celebrating club chair Dotty King's 50th birthday.  The six mile course is challenging with several steep ascents and descents below Hound Tor and Haytor which includes a stream crossing.  Rebecca Mingo ran a great race to finish fifth lady overall with the ladies' team (Rebecca Mingo, Jacqui Stokes, Pippa Tigwell and Christine Le Flem) finishing second ladies' team. Team Bat Haytor Heller finishing times: Rebecca Mingo 57.31, Matt Luckham 59.33, Mike Smith 1.02.11, Pippa Tigwell 1.05.01, Tobias Rankin 1.05.05, Jacqui Stokes 1.12.50, Christine Le Flem 1.18.31, Sarah Cohen 1.21.55, running as a group Dotty King, Mel Greaves, Emma Dooney, Donna Luckham and Jo Vella 1.26.35, Ann Woodhouse 1.47. It was lone Bat Rachel Wood who took part in the 64 mile Run to the Stones event at the weekend.  The Race to the Stones is a fully supported 100km route. Runners pass Iron Age forts, ancient burial chambers, cross the mighty Thames and the mystical downlands of Salisbury Plain on the way to the finish line at the 3,000-year-old stone circle at Avebury in Wiltshire. Rachel dug in and finished in an excellent time of 15 hours and 40 minutes earning the respect of all club members. A big well done also to Nicky Edmunds who completed the Swansea Half Marathon in 2.15.55 and to the two Bats who took part in the Magnificent Seven which is a challenging seven mile road run at Saltash in Cornwall, organised by the Tamar Trotters, Derek Hicks 1.01.51 and  Rob Gualtieri 1.04.37.