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Woodbridge Round The Town 10k Race may have been cancelled due to the Coronavirus outbreak – but that didn’t stop over 40 club members taking on the distance!

Usually, the event takes place over a few hours – with this year’s race originally planned for noon on Sunday 17th May. This year, the event was extended over the entire weekend, giving club members the freedom to run the 10K distance in their own time.

The first entrant, Ed Abbott, set off around 09:00 on Saturday morning, with his comrades adding times up to the deadline of 20:00 Sunday night.

As in recent years, the weekend was warm and sunny making the notorious double Drybridge Hill as testing as ever!

While many club members did stick to the tried and tested route, others got creative with their ideas, running both town and trail to log the distance.

The event was a great success, with 43 members taking part across all age categories. Club Secretary Mark Allen is to be thanked for a very professional event, which saw members running in club colours complete with running numbers.

To get on the leader board, club members had to log their efforts on Strava or their running watch. Despite the lack of cheering crowds, there were some very impressive times reported.

Particular kudos to Fastest Man, Tom Wake, with a time of 37:47, fastest female Rosie O’Neill, Simon Sinclair who logged a sub 40 minute personal best, and Ruth Acworth, going sub 50 and winning her age group despite a recent hip operation. Mum to be Sarah Smith and new mum Sarah JC Lewis also logged impressive times.

Mark Allen, Club Secretary, said: “Well done to everyone who took part – it was uplifting and inspirational to see everyone out. Some amazing achievements in the heat and without the crowd and support. Massively well done to all of you. Next year, many of us will be back to race duties as we prepare to put on the 40th anniversary of our iconic race – and we can’t wait!”

The full results are below:

Female Under 40
Race No	Name	Position	Time
24	Rosie O’Neill	1	00:44:45
14	Hannah Wattam	2	00:49:26
12	Kirsty Brookfield	3	00:51:50
36	Sarah Lewis	4	00:57:15
16	Gemma Cannon	5	01:00:20
6	Sarah Smith	6	01:04:00
40	Lucy Hollis (guest Shuffler)
Female 41-50
25	Lisa Squirrell	1	00:55:16
1	Kate Hayward-Brackenbury	2	00:55:48
20	Kathryn Gerry	3	00:58:19
33	Kerensa Carrick	4	01:05:08
11	Jen Evans (walking)	5	02:19:01
Female 51-60
17	Ruth Acworth	1	00:49:39
41	Maureen Kelly	2	00:52:55
18	Julie Dovey	3	00:55:29
19	Karen Easton	4	00:59:10
7	Carina Sewell	5	01:02:44
Female 61-70
15	Sue Hargadon	1	01:08:17
Male under 40
39	Tom Wake	1	00:37:47
4	Ed Abbott	2	00:51:54
28	Adam Smith	3	00:52:04
Male 41-50
26	Jamie Hall	1	00:39:52
21	Rob Squirrell	2	00:40:46
22	Andrew Craig	3	00:40:48
27	Tom Alexande	r 4	00:43:06
42	Ben Burrows (unofficial runner)	5	00:43:34
2	Karl Harris	6	00:51:25
42	Paul Scoggins (guest)	7	00:51:58
35	Ian Coxall	8	00:53:48
Male 51-60
10	Simon Sinclair	1	00:39:56
3	Andy Garvie	2	00:44:57
29	Malcolm Pidd	3	00:45:51
13	Mark Friston	4	00:46:17
32	Paul Cherry	5	00:49:01
23	Patrick Denham	6	00:50:06
37	Alan Sansom	7	00:50:13
9	Ben Solway	8	00:51:50
8	Gordon Pethybridge	9	00:52:37
38	Dave Steward
Male 61-70
34	Paul Wigens	1	00:49:56
31	Mark Allen	2	00:52:48
Male over 70
5	Graham Bush	1	00:55:47

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What our members said…

“The tasks have been fun and have made me really think how best to make them work.”

“We are at heart a charitable club and it’s great that so many members are choosing to do their bit during these most challenging times.”

“Feeling a little emotional today as should’ve been running the London Marathon, but so grateful to be part of the Shufflers. Without the club there’s no way I’d ever contemplate running 26.2 miles.”

“Despite an ever-changing membership, the Woodbridge Shufflers always keeps the same heart.”

“Shufflers are the best!”

Please drop us an email at membership@woodbridgeshufflers.org.uk to learn more about joining the Woodbridge Shufflers at this time.