Nonsuch 4 x 2.2 miles Relay, Nonsuch Park, Cheam

Ten in a row? Nonsuch luck!

Well, all winning runs come to an end eventually, but our series of nine consecutive victories in this low key relay was brought to a finish in an extraordinary way by a couple of Kevin Quinn's composite quartets - the first of which featured three international runners. Kevin was in our first ever winning team in 1997.

Mo' Farah blasted the course record to "Kingdom Come" with a 9:22 run - not much our Will could do about that! The record had belonged to Belgrave's Mark Thompson at 9:55 with the next best 10:04 by Gary Staines. We were obviously now racing for 3rd place but Phil Wicks set out on the last stage determined to do something special - and clocked a superb 9:52 to beat our own club best. The Belgrave team time was our third best ever.

Will and James Fairbourn both hit the road twice to ensure our B team was complete - and with a foursome harking back to the 1970s, our M50 squad gained first place in their category.

Statistics

Men. 1 Real Runners Ltd 40:36 (M Farah Newham &EB 9:22, M Draper Blackheath &B 10:21, M Skinner Blackheath &B 10:22, K Quinn Aldershot F&D 10:31; 2 Real Runners Ltd 42:42 (T Elsey Dorking &MV 10:48, A Vernon Aldershot F&D 10:33, T Bilham Newham &EB 10:33, J McCullagh Kingston &P 10:48); 3 Belgrave H 43:23 (W Cockerell 11:03, M Humphrey 11:22, L Greatorex 11:06, P Wicks 9:52); 5 Belgrave H 'B' 47:21 (J Fairbourn U20 11:52, J Galley M40 11:33, W Cockerell 11:54, J Fairbourn U20 12:05); 21 Belgrave H 'C' (1st M50) 55:16 (A Binda 12:35; T Austin 14:07, D McMillan 14:37, Don Anderson 13:57); 60 teams finished.

Restored from the club's earlier website, belgraveharriers.com, and published here as originally written.