Lining up against a field of more than 400 runners in the Worthing Lido four-mile seafront race, the 33-strong Chichester squad had one of their best-ever days with seven finishers in the top 21.

Veteran track specialists Andy Nicholson (below) and Gary Wright led the club home in fifth and sixth places respectively in times of 22.14 and 22.19 for the fast course.

Jon Leonard in 11th was closely followed by another veteran, Kevin
McGreal, in 13th with Nick Casburn 17th, Lee Neumann 19th, another
veteran and the club's first over-50, Rob Wiggins, in a superb 21st.

All seven scored the maximum ten elite points, as did Katy Bird, who was in 71st place overall and in the top-ten female finishers.

The rest of the Chichester squad finished as follows: Chris Bird 31st; Phil Gaunt 74th; Emma Nicholson 93rd; Tony Cooley 95th; Dave Reading 103rd; Maria Wright 104th; Terry Healy 109th; Jack Dangerfield 112th; Kevin Lockyear 113th; Tracy Jayant 150th; Roger Hobbs 162nd; Gary Tompsett 176th; Sue Barty 182nd; Sue Baker 233rd; Robert Sawers 241st; Alan Rowley 262nd; Rosie Benham 263rd; Phil Stansfield 297th; Dan McGreal 351st; Dave Grunwell 357th; Karen McGreal 272nd; Lynn Harley 375th; Francine Hedley-Goddard 389th; Julie Stansfield 421st.