Clowne ace in the top six

Clowne Road Runners were well represented in a field of over 5,400 runners at the Sheffield Half Marathon.
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Michelle Needham

Gareth Lowe finished sixth, an impressive feat in such a quality field, while David Leese, Paul Levitt and Michelle Needham all achieved personal bests.

Results: Gareth Lowe 01:13:37, David Leese 01:29:57, Paul Levitt 01:33:18, Paul Summerley 01:50:15, Michelle Needham 01:54:16, Suzanne Leusby 02:00:29, Samantha Coleclough 02:18:08.

Other Clowne Road Runners were competing in the Cressbrook Crawl, a 6.9 mile fell race climbing 1200ft.

This is part of the Clowne Grand Prix race.

Results: 40th Chris Lane 1:00:22, 43rd Steve Radford 1:01:20, 48th Dennis Learad 1:01:55, 59th Andrew Foster 1:03:20, 75th Greg Goddard 1:08:42

A special mention for future Road Runners Freya and Ben Lowe and Tayla Leusby who also took part in the Sheffield Half’s 3k Fun Run.

They raised over £200 for Kidney Research.