On Saturday night it was the club Christmas Party which was also attended by out sister club Heathfield Road Runners. A three course dinner was followed by the club prize presentations and then an evening of dancing.
Prizes were awarded to:
Most improved: female Tara Johnson, male Steve Ward, Thursday group runner Jan Groom, Monday group runner Nicole Douglas
Sussex Grand Prix 2016: Men 1st Richard Coates 3,818 points (who also completed all 17 races the first Uckfield runner to do so), 2nd Graham West (3,655), 3rd Stewart Gasson (3,423)
Chris Lugg also completed 8 races coming in fourth with 3,182 points
Sussex Grand Prix 2016 Ladies came down to the last race with Sam taking bronze over Christine by one point: 1st Tanya Edmondson 3,615 points, Sarah Ballinger 3,596, Samantha Kedwards 3,579
Christine Tate also completed 8 races finishing fourth with 3,578
Cross country 15/16 season (best 4 races): Men 1st Richard Coates 676 points, 2nd Lee Adams (667) 3rd Graham West (526)
Cross country 15/16 season (best 4 races): Ladies 1st Clare Parkholm 721 points, 2nd Sarah Ballinger 589, Tanya Edmondson 576
Tara Johnson was the name picked out of the hat for the club London Marathon place in April 2017. Now you just get those training miles in.
On the Sunday morning we met up for a 5 mile run round the Newplace Farm cross country course followed by tea and cake. There were 15 runners being a mix of Uckfield and Heathfield.