Jones Races to Victory at the Podplus Ashford 5K

Melanie Georgiades

The Canterbury Harriers’ own Simon Jones raced to victory at the Podplus Ashford Summer 5K Series, gaining first position in an excellent time of 17:08.

At the Harvel 5 five-miler, despite very hot weather conditions and a muddy terrain, three Harriers’ debuts gained respectable results: Thomas Purnell (9^th – 29:38), Barry Hopkins (49^th – 33:27) and Neil Armitage (52^nd – 33:37).

At the new course of the Ramsgate Rotary Club 10K, Jonathan Thirlwell made the top twenty with a result of 45:57.

Excellent results were seen at the Southend Half Marathon 2014 in very hot weather conditions by Mark Cooper (104^th – 1:32:06), Philip Wyard (112^th – 1:32:37) and Craig Thomas (136^th – 1:34:12).