A DOMINANT run from Tony Brewer saw the Mile High member win back the Trelissick 10km title after a two year gap, writes Alan Rowling.

The athlete who is part of the Penryn-based team stormed to victory by more than a minute in the second event of the ever popular Cornwall Multi-Terrain Race Series.

Back at the same course in 2013, Brewer finished on top of the podium and this year he made early headway, making it to the front of a talented field.

Runners take a route around the Trelissick estate which sees them go out of sight for a large part of it and the first to pop back into vision was Brewer.

He finished the job off from there, clocking a time of 37.10, a whole 66 seconds ahead of Cornwall AC's Ben Pochee while last year's winning Ben Price, of Cheltenham & County Harriers, came third.

Helston's Paul Whear, who competes for Cornwall AC, had been sitting in third place until the latter stages when Price passed him and having to settle for fourth.

In the ladies race, it was a much closer affair as Cornwall AC runner Donna Raggett had to fend off a challenge from Janna Eyre, of Carn Runner, to win by 12 seconds.

The pair exchanged the lead over the course and Raggett cut a relieved figure afterwards.

"It was quite humid this evening and very tough with so many hills to climb.

"Janna overtook me once, so I had to dig in as she was literally breathing down my neck all the way but fortunately I managed to shake her off in the last half mile.”

Debbie Harrison-Webb came third as the Hayle Runners member fought off East Cornwall Harriers' Jenny Nash.

In the men's team race, Cornwall AC took home the prize but it could have been different if Mile High had the required fourth runner needed to record a finish in this category.

Their three men ended well ahead of the eventual winners, but alas they could not find an extra man to help them out.

Falmouth Road Runners came second while in the ladies, Carn Runners topped the table with 41 points.

RESULTS

KEY FOR CLUBS

BRR Bodmin Road Runners, BR Bude Rats, CAC Cornwall AC, CAM Cambuslang, C&CH Cheltenham & County Harriers, CR Carn Runners, ECH East Cornwall Harriers, EXH Exeter Harriers, FRR Falmouth Road Runners, FVS Fairlands Valley Spartans, HR Hayle Runners, MBH Mounts Bay Harriers, MCTR Mud Crew Trail Runners, MH Mile High, NRR Newquay Road Runners, TH&H Thames Hare & Hounds, TRC Truro Running Club, TVH Thames Valley Harriers, U Unattached.

MEN: 1 Tony Brewer MH 37.10, 2 Ben Pochee CAC 38.16, 3 Ben Price C&CH 39.02, 4 Paul Whear CAC 39.09, 5 Tom Carthey FRR 39.39, 6 Dominic Bateman BRR 40.24, 7 James Whetman TH&H 40.33, 8 Ben Dunnett U 40.54, 9 Jamie Luxmoore MH 41.06, 10 Marc Smerdon EXH 41.06.

AGE CATEGORIES: Under 35: 1 Tony Brewer, 2 Ben Price, 3 Tom Carthey. 35-39: 1 Ben Dunnett, 2 Jamie Luxmoore, 3 Wayne Sara TRC 43.01. 40-44: 1 Ben Pochee, 2 James Whetman, 3 Jason Longhorn FRR 42.14. 45-49: 1 Paul Whear, 2 Peter Sowerby TRC 41.21, 3 Paul Sawford CR 42.17. 50-54: 1 Chris Upson CAM 42.30, 2 Robin Watson FRR 46.51, 3 Patrick Munn MCTR 47.01. 55-59: 1 Peter Allen NRR 48.56, 2 Ian Crowle ECH 48.55, 3 Michael Penberthy HR 49.36. 60-64: 1 Stephen Hutchinson BR 52.03, 2 Nigel Eagling TRC 57.10, 3 Robert Burrows MBH 59.05. 65-69: 1 Pat Lockett NRR 52.53, 2 Ray Frith NRR 55.55, 3 Michael Luxmoore U 57.16. 75+: 1 Norris Kington CAC 67.24.

TEAMS: 1 Cornwall AC 49 points, 2 Falmouth Road Runners 65 points, 3 Carn Runners 125 points.

LADIES: 1 Donna Raggett CAC 46.07, 2 Janna Eyre CR 46.19, 3 Debbie Harrison-Webb HR 47.53, 4 Jenny Nash ECH 48.14, 5 Flora Jobson U 48.40, 6 Lucy Williams TRC 49.22, 7 Diane Roy ECH 49.41, 8 Debbie Nugent CR 52.04, 9 Ceri Harvey CR 52.16, 10 Beth Popperwell MH 52.34.

AGE CATEGORIES: Under 35: 1 Janna Eyre, 2 Flora Jobson, 3 Lucy Williams. 35-39: 1 Ceri Harvey, 2 Hanna Dunnett U 52.49, 3 Yilka Istrefi FVS 54.04. 40-44: 1 Donna Raggett, 2 Beth Popperwell, 3 Meeta Nicholls ECH 55.26. 45-49: 1 Debbie Harrison-Webb, 2 Louise Littlewood ECH 53.28, 3 Janet Haynes MBH 54.18. 50-54: 1 Jenny Nash, 2 Diane Roy, Debbie Nugent. 55-59: 1 Carol Penberthy CR 57.02, 2 Barbara Maddison TVH 61.55, 3 Jackie Morse MBH 66.31. 60-64: 1 Sandy Jamieson CR 72.22, 2 Margaret Wade CR 72.28. 65-69: 1 Carole Drew CR 78.20.

TEAMS: 1 Carn Runners 41 points, 2 East Cornwall Harriers 47 points, 3 Cornwall AC 84 points.