Tamworth AC played host to the final race of this year’s Burton and District Summer League season, with the Tamworth 5 Mile on Sunday 17^th September.

In perfect running conditions, nearly 200 athletes took on the undulating course that starts and finishes on the athletics track at the Tamworth Stadium.

On a great day for the club, Ben Evans put in his best performance of the series to win the race with a time of 27:22 and seal this year’s senior and overall men’s individual league titles.

After the race, Ben said “I really wanted to win this one and I knew I’d have to work very hard for it. I’d managed to open up a decent lead with about a mile to go, but I wasn’t taking any chances and kept pushing right to the line.  I’ll fly out for the Berlin Marathon this week in great shape and following a performance today that’s given me an extra boost in confidence.”

Scott Hudspith rounded off a strong season to finish in third place with 27:53 and comfortably claim the Under-25 men’s individual league crown.  For the ladies, Charlotte Bush was once again first of the Under-25s with a time of 33:19 and she also won her individual category for the season.

Also competing for Tamworth AC were Tom Orton (30:47), James Oakley (30:53), Max Kent (31:49), Andrew Woods (32:22), Steven Gunn (32:40) and Tom Ainsworth (34:16).

The start line of the preceding Junior 1 Mile race was notably awash with the green and white vests of Tamworth AC.

James Walker won the Boys race with a time of 05:49 and Toby Wooton finished third with 06:12.  In the Girls race, Abi Hamer was first to the line in 06:18, followed closely in second by Charlotte Perry with 06:20.

Completing the impressive field of Tamworth AC youngsters were Lottie Mclaren (06:31), Emily Pearce (06:38), Kian Dickson (06:39), Ellie Gauntlett (06:40), Sophie Perry (06:42), Adam Stokes (06:42), Tegan Vickery (06:45), Annie Boonham (06:55), Natasha Lee (07:02), Morgan Wright (07:33), Lillie Caswell (07:44), Sofia Farmer (07:52), Ben Godber (07:56), Keira Richards (08:00), Harriett Livingstone (08:08), Abigail Webb (08:08), Oliva Teague (08:10), Robyn Lee (08:32), Natasha Witcomb (08:54), Katie Hobbs (08:53), Charlotte Evans (09:30) and Sophie Godber (10:04).