Champion & Male Open             : Jeff Wharton

Junior                                     :  Carl Fenton-Jones

MV40                                      : Dean King

MV45                                      : Martin Whitmill

MV50                                      : Tom Geddes

Ladies Champion & LV35            : Nikki Bennett

LV40                                        : Michelle Robinson

LV45                                        : Rita Page

5 Mile - Dunmow 5

Mens                                          : Graham Sheward 

Ladies                                         : Michelle Robinson

10km  -  Grange Farm 10km

Mens     : Geoff Tomlinson                     Ladies     : Barbara Law

MV45    : Stephen Cartwright

MV50    : Stewart Baggs

MV55     : Fred Bees

MV60+    : Graham Sheward

10 mile  -  Harlow 10

Mens         : Peter Pearce

MV40        : Geoff Tomlinson

MV45        : Stephen Cartwright

MV55        : Fred Bees

15 mile  -  Diss 15

Mens           : Paul Spinks

Trail  -  Essex Way

Mens        : Tom Geddes                    Ladies        : Cynthia Allcock

MV40       : Dean King

WINNERS OF MICKEY EDWARDS MEMORIAL TROPHY

Graham Sheward and Michelle Robinson

WINNER OF CLUB HANDICAP SERIES

Caroline Goldsworthy

GREAT BENTLEY AWARDS FOR 2003

Male Runner Of The Year - Peter Pearce

Female Runner Of The Year - Michelle Van Looy

Most Improved Runner Of The Year - Male - Jeff Wharton

Most Improved Runner Of The Year - Female - Nikki Bennett

Male Veteran Of The Year - Geoff Tomlinson

Female Veteran Of The Year - Nikki Bennett

Junior Runner Of The Year - Carl Fenton-Jones

Best Performance Of The Year - Male - Keith Scrivener - For recovery from Cancer and subsequent 6 marathons in 2003.

Best Performance Of The Year - Female - Lucy Westcott - For second place at Dedham 10km

Club Person  - Dean King

Chairman's Award - Larry Wise

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS AND HANDICAP SERIES RACES 2004

Here are the events chosen for the Handicap Series for 2004 and the Club Championships.

There are 15 events for the Handicap series which your 7 best points count. A prize will be agreed at the next Committee Meeting and details released after. I do not have all the dates for the races but I will keep you informed of any changes or dates in due course.

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

5km — Fastest runners in Harwich 5km series

5 mile — Essex PB 5 — 4th April

10km — Grange Farm 10km - July 11th

10 mile — Great Baddow 10 - May 23rd

Half Marathon — Grunty Fen - September 12th?

15 mile — Folksworth — January 18th

Club Champion - Tom Geddes

20 mile — Essex 20 — February 15th

MEN                                                LADIES

Club Champion - Tom Gedes                Club Champion - Barbara Law

MV60 -             Keith Scrivener

Trail — To be decided

Cross Country — Hylands Park — 7th March.

Club Champions

MEN                                                        LADIES

Club Champion - Peter Pearce                    Club Champion - Michelle Van Looy

MV40 -             Geoff Tomlinson                FV35 -             Nikki Bennett

MV45 -             Frank Gardiner                FV40 -               Caroline Porter

MV50 -             Keith Porter                     FV55 -              Barbara Law

MV60 -             Fred Bees

HANDICAP SERIES

Essex 20 — Melbourne Park 15th Feb

Essex PB 5 —Basildon, 4th April

Nicolas 5 — Canvey Island

Frinton & Walton — Both events count—May

Ipswich 5/10 — Both events count—May 23rd

Southend Half Marathon — June 13th

Stansted 10km  — July 11th

Harwich 5km — Last event — July 20th

Grange Farm 10km — Felsted — July 11th

Mersea 5/10 —  Both events count — August 29th

Grunty Fen — Ely — September 12th

Discovery 10km — Harwich — October 3rd

Tiptree 5/10 — both events count — October 17th

Billericay 10km — November 7th

Hadleigh 10 — November 28th