A TOTAL of 555 runners came out for the traditional curtain raiser of the Cornwall Grand Prix series season.

The athletes went to the outskirts of Camborne for the Storm Force 10 race to begin the 2015 calendar.

In the mens race, Tony Brewer from Penryn-based Mile High and Cornwall Athletic Club runner Justin Thomas, who has won the last two editions of the race, set the early pace.

They remained together right until the final mile when Brewer put on a spurt, opening up a gap which Thomas could not close to claim the win in a time of 55:04.

Emma Stepto once again started the year off perfectly with a well judged race seeing the Cornwall AC star win on the course for the seventh time in a row.

Afterwards, Stepto said: “It was not the most enjoyable race I’ve ever had.

“The sun was shining but it was a cold day, made even colder by quite a brisk northerly headwind in the second half of the race.

“I’m just starting my training for the London Marathon, so I didn’t expect to run quite as fast as last year but overall I’m fairly pleased with today.”

Cornwall AC continued where they left off in 2014 by winning both the Men’s and Ladies’ competitions comfortably.

Not unexpectedly, the small but strong Mile High squad finished second in the Men’s team event, just 26 points behind Cornwall AC.

Falmouth Road Runners also found a podium place in the Ladies’ race as they finished third overall with club member Janet Watson winning the 60-64 category.

There were also victories for two of Cornwall AC’s Helston-based runners with Paul Whear topping the 45-49 age group and John Telford winning in the 55-59 section.

In the Ladies 65-69 category, two of the Falmouth team were amongst the prize winners with Terry Marshall coming second and Kathryn Dormer third.

The quartet of Falmouth winners was completed by another of their Ladies team, Jackie Cope, who came third in the 55-59.

A runner’s-up spot went to Falmouth-based Paul Smith, of Cornwall AC, in the 40-44 age group and two Mile High runners, Kathryn Martin and Mick Chapman who came second in their respective 50-54 categories.

Helston school teacher and Cornwall AC member Karen Harrison also took home a prize as she finished third in the 45-49 age group.

RESULTS KEY FOR CLUBS CAC Cornwall AC, CR Carn Runners, ECH East Cornwall Harriers, FRR Falmouth Road Runners, HR Hayle Runners, MBH Mounts Bay Harriers, MH Mile High, NRR Newquay Road Runners, PH Plymouth Harriers, RRC Road Runners Club, STA St Austell Running Club, TRC Truro Running Club, TT Tamar Trotters, U Unattached.

MEN: 1 Tony Brewer MH 55.04, 2 Justin Thomas CAC 55.40, 3 Colin Snook CAC 55.55, 4 Tim Drew U 56.35, 5 Richard Pascoe MH 56.43, 6 Paul Smith CAC 56.58, 7 Jordan Morant HR 57.09, 8 Andrew Martin MH 57.28, 9 Paul Whear CAC 57.37, 10 George Prewett TT 57.58.

AGE CATEGORIES: Under 35: 1 Tony Brewer, 2 Jordan Morant, 3 Andrew Martin.

35-39: 1 Colin Snook, 2 Tim Drew, 3 Richard Pascoe.

40-44: 1 Justin Thomas, 2 Paul Smith, 3 Ken Walker NRR 58.01.

45-49: 1 Paul Whear, 2 Adrian Ball CAC 59.31, 3 Tony Wright NRR 1.01.12.

50-54: 1 Steve Wherry CAC 1.00.55, 2 Mick Chapman MH 1.04.33, 3 Mark Dorrell CR 1.05.20.

55-59: 1 John Telford CAC 1.01.21, 2 Laurie Lee STA 1.04.05, 3 Steve Baker TT 1.04.31.

60-64: 1 Malcolm Roberts STA 1.08.24, 2 Tom Polglase CR 1.09.09, 3 Mike Beattie PH 1.14.07.

65-69: 1 Paul Wright NRR 1.09.53, 2 Jonathan Bateman RRC 1.11.38, 3 Peter Uren MBH 1.12.03.

70-74: 1 Richard Jenkin U 1.38.46, 2 Ron Shapland NRR 1.40.39.

75+: 1 Norris Kington CAC 1.35.53.

TEAMS: 1 Cornwall AC 54, 2 Mile High 80, 3 Tamar Trotters 184, 4 Newquay Road Runners 185, 5 Hayle Runners 185.

LADIES: 1 Emma Stepto CAC 57.17, 2 Emma Schuck HR 1.01.11, 3 Ami Yetton PH 1.03.55, 4 Donna Raggett CAC 1.05.47, 5 Issy Wykes TRC 1.06.08, 6 Jo Herd NRR 1.07.42, 7 Jane Allison PH 1.08.08, 8 Kathryn Burgess CAC 1.08.47, 9 Charlotte Bennett HR 1.09.37, 10 Revis Crowle ECH 1.09.40.

AGE CATEGORIES: Under 35: 1 Emma Schuck, 2 Ami Yetton, 3 Rebecca Ezra TT 1.09.57.

35-39: 1 Issy Wykes, 2 Jo Herd, 3 Kathryn Burgess.

40-44: 1 Emma Stepto, 2 Donna Raggett, 3 Jane Allison.

45-49: 1 Emma Murray STA 1.11.45, 2 Debbie Webb HR 1.12.32, 3 Karen Harrison CAC 1.13.13.

50-54: 1 Revis Crowle, 2 Kathrine Martin MH 1.19.00, 3 Hana Clitherow TRC 1.20.14.

55-59: 1 Jo Kipling CR 1.27.58, 2 Ann Senior HR 1.28.29, 3 Jackie Cope FRR 1.29.51.

60-64: 1 Janet Watson FRR 1.25.17, 2 Diane Warren HR 1.28.31, 3 Linda Pollard TT 1.30.42.

65-69: 1 Jackie Jenkin CAC 1.38.45, 2 Terry Marshall FRR 1.39.37, 3 Kathryn Dormer FRR 1.48.44. 70+: 1 Timothea Cardell HR 1.38.48.

TEAMS: 1 Cornwall AC 75, 2 Hayle Runners ‘A’ 132, 3 Falmouth Road Runners 189, 4 Truro Running Club 197, 5 Hayle Runners ‘B’ 312.