It was a challenging Friday evening for a strong team of thirteen runners from Tavistock Athletic Club (TAC) tackling the popular Ivybridge 10km.

The race, organised by Erme Valley Harriers, finished with several outstanding results for TAC in a field of 510 finishers, including a clourse record breaker.

The combination of the extremely hot weather and some killer inclines, meant that TAC had to work hard for their results.

Stand-out performer was TAC's Nikki Bond, who broke the course record with her overall 3rd place in a startling time of 3min 8s. Just behind, in 5th place and beating his personal best time was Sam Hortopp, finishing in 36min 36sec.

Grant Harvey, next home, had a great race taking first place in his M40 age category with 13th overall and a time of 38min 31sec, Dylan Sables followed in 41:56.

Next worthy winner was TAC's Nicola Noble, taking the win in the F35 category with a great time of 44:43. Just behind were Dylan Sablesw, Paddy Moyna, 44:47; Pete Bazley, 53:53 and Tony Shearer, 56:10.

The route is on country lanes around Ivybridge and Bitteford. The hills are largely contained within the first 4km, including a steep ascent towards Moorhaven, meaning the remaining 6km give athletes a chance to stretch out on the downhill route to the finish in Ivybridge.

The race is the third of the Armada Grand Prix series of races, organised by local running clubs within the Armada Group, where results are aggregated over the 11-race series to establish season champions at the end of the year.