HAYLE Runners took a team of 40 runners to the Indian Queens Half Marathon on Sunday.

Despite a number of absences through injury or other commitments, the team came home with two second places in the team competitions and a significant number of individual prizes.

A welcome return from Pete Ellis saw him lead the men’s team home, while Emma Paull finished second overall in the women’s race and won her under-35 age category.

Pete led the men’s team home supported by a tightly packed group of club colleagues with Scott Abraham, Steve Fuller, Paul Warmington, Tom Rosenfeld and Rich Savage all finishing within just over a minute of one another.

Emma was supported by Faye Savage, Corrine Gerrard - who got a well deserved second place in her 45-49 age category - Becky Tossell, Caroline Chesterfield - whose great run earned her a second place in her 50-54 age category - and Maria Williams.

There were individual prizes for Robert Richards and Stewart Townsend, who won their respective 65-69 years and 75-79 years age categories, while David Wilding and David Batchelor claimed third-place spots in their respective 40-44 years and 60-64 years age groups.

Falmouth Packet:

Full Hayle Runners results

1:23:10 ELLIS, Peter

1:25:11 ABRAHAM, Scott

1:25:29 FULLER, Stephen

1:25:34 WARMINGTON, Paul

1:26:12 ROSENFELD, Thomas

1:26:38 SAVAGE, Rich

1:27:02 PAULL, Emma

1:34:47 TWIGGS, Tim

1:34:53 WILDING, David

1:35:02 KNOWLES, Simon

1:35:28 STEPHENS, Jeremy

1:36:59 MANNING, James

1:39:03 BATCHELOR, David

1:43:54 RICHARDS, Robert

1:44:00 ELLIS, Andrew

1:44:21 SAVAGE, Faye

1:44:38 GERRARD, Corinne

1:47:31 BURFORD, Lee

1:47:40 KING, Kevin

1:47:44 CHESTERFIELD, Caroline

1:50:30 TOSSELL, Rebecca

1:54:33 MOORE, Andy

1:57:10 WILLIAMS, Maria

2:00:00 LOCK, Zoe

2:00:00 KNOWLES, Helen

2:10:44 MERRETT, Trish

2:10:56 TOWNEND, Stewart

2:12:41 LEO, Cas

2:15:00 COLLETT, Richard

2:16:53 MERRETT, Graham

2:17:51 MASON, Peter

2:23:57 WILDING, Sarah

2:24:24 EVANS, Alun

2:36:00 PEARCE, Deborah

2:36:43 PHILLIPS, Ruth

2:37:00 WILLIAMS, Laura

2:52:45 SYCAMORE, Grace

3:18:54 WILKINSON, Hannah

3:19:36 LAY, Jo