A BUSY weekend for Tavistock Run Project began on Saturday, with three members representing Devon in the inter counties national cross country championships at Loughborough.

The course was tough and muddy – as you would expect from any high calibre cross country event!

Jordan Andrews and Ben Neale were flying the male flag for TRP – the former came in 130th in a time of 49 minutes 32 seconds and the latter, 152nd in 50.10. Both men ran excellent races — finishing third and fifth for the Devon team respectively.

Also racing in the female event was Rachael Malthouse who ran a strong race to finish fourth out of the Devon team and 211th overall in a time of 42.34.

On Sunday two newer members of the TRP group went to North Devon to compete in the Bideford half marathon. Ollie Beilby and Craig Howells both ran excellent races smashing their previous pesonal bests – Ollie finished a superb 14th overall in 1 hour 19 minutes 28 seconds and Craig ran an excellent race to finish 63rd in 1.26.11.

This was another great result for the club.