PAUL Whear put in a fine run at the Indian Queens Half Marathon on Sunday to finish fourth overall and win in his age category.

The Cornwall Athletics Club member who lives in Helston completed the course in a time of 1:15.28 which put him nearly two-and-a-half minutes ahead of Newquay's Tony Wright in the 45-49 age category.

His time saw him just miss out on a podium finish in the overall race, but there was success for team-mate Colin Snook who produced a tactical masterclass to win.

Snook went round the 13.1 miles in 1:13.36, which bettered his previous personal best set in Plymouth last year by two minutes.

Former Tavistock AC Runner Jim Cole clinched the hard fought runner’s up spot after holding off Adam Thomas from St Ives.

Success for other Cornish runners did not stop there as Falmouth’s Janet Waston finished six minutes ahead of the field in the aged 60-64 group.

Her team-mate Jackie Cope collected the third place prize in the same age category.

Karren Harrison from Helston was second in the 45-49 section and Falmouth’s Robin Watson came third in the 50-54 age group.

For Falmouth Road Runner’s Men’s Team, the event proved to be significant as they finished fourth, the highest team position of the year in the Cornwall Grand Prix Series.

They now equal the fourth place achieved by their female colleagues in the Falmouth Half Marathon last year.

The success of the men’s result was down to a couple of key performances from Ian Ferguson and Tom Carthy.

Ferguson was one place behind his team-mate and one minute behind in time but completed a successful day by finishing third in the 35-39 age group.

RESULTS

KEY FOR CLUBS

BID Bideford AAC, BPJ Black Pear Joggers, BR Bude Rats, BRR Bodmin Road Runners, CAC Cornwall AC, CR Carn Runners, ES Elvet Striders, EVH Erme Valle Harriers, EXH Exeter Harriers, FRR Falmouth Road Runners, HR Hayle Runners, LRR Launceston Road Runners, MBH Mounts Bay Harriers, NRR Newquay Road Runners, STA St Austell Running Club, TRC Truro Running Club, TT Tamer Trotters, U Unattached.

MEN: 1 Colin Snook CAC 1.13.36, 2 Jim Cole U 1.14.40, 3 Adam Thomas U 1.15.15, 4 Paul Whear CAC 1.15.28, 5 Ken Walker NRR 1.16.40, 6 Jordan Morant HR 1.16.57, 7 Andy Norris EVH 1.17.46, 8 Tony Wright NRR 1.17.52, 9 Alex Daniels NRR 1.18.27, 10 Iain Ware NRR 1.19.25.

AGE CATEGORIES - UNDER 35: 1 Jim Cole, 2 Adam Thomas, 3 Jordan Morant. 35-39: 1 Colin Snook, 2 Paul Maskell STA 1.19.51, 3 Ian Ferguson FRR 1.20.50. 40-44: 1 Ken Walker, 2 Andy Norris, 3 Alex Daniels. 45-49: 1 Paul Whear, 2 Tony Wright, Rich Savage HR 1.20.31. 50.54: 1 Steve Wherry CAC 1.15.28, 2 Michael Batty NRR 1.28.14, 3 Robin Watson FRR 1.29.20. 55-59: 1 Martin Davis NRR 1.28.09, 2 Barrie Cardew CR 1.28.36, 3 Peter Allen NRR 1.33.06. 60-64: 1 Mike Kestle NRR 1.41.22, 2 Stephen Hutchinson BR 1.41.30, 3 Chris Ramsey TRC 1.44.54. 65-69: 1 Tom Polglase CR 1.31.27, 2 Brian Wiles LRR 1.36.52, 3 Ian Ringer BRR 1.41.27. 70-74: 1 Stewart Townend HR 1.48.07, 2 John Lillis NRR 1.54.05, 3 Clive Hibbert MBH 1.54.41. 75+: 1 Norris Kington CAC 2.10.58, 2 Eric Hubber BID 2.32.42.

TEAMS: 1 Newquay Road Runners ‘A’ 90 points, 2 Hayle Runners 100 points, 3 Cornwall AC 137 points, 4 Falmouth Road Runners 251 points, 5 Newquay Road Runners ‘B’ 291 points.

LADIES: 1 Amy Sole CAC 1.28.18, 2 Rebecca Fagg EXH 1.29.25, 3 Donna Raggett CAC 1.29.59, 4 Alexandra Payton U 1.30.28, 5 Sarah Hain U 1.30.38, 6 Wendy Chapman TRC 1.31.14, 7 Sophie Morton NRR 1.31.37, 8 Jo Herd NRR 1.31.46, 9 Charlotte Bennett HR 1.33.50, 10 Elaine Bisson ES 1.35.00.

AGE CATEGORIES - UNDER 35: 1 Amy Sole, 2 Rebecca Fagg, 3 Alexandra Payton. 35-39: 1 Wendy Chapman, 2 Jo Herd, 3 Elaine Bisson. 40-44: 1 Donna Raggett 2 Charlotte Bennett, 3 Faye Toms HR 1.39.29. 45-49: 1 Emma Murray STA 1.35.37, 2 Karen Harrison CAC 1.40.34, 3 Janet Haynes MBH 1.47.14. 50-54: 1 Sarah Hain, 2 Debbie Nugent CR 1.40.45, 3 Karen Brookes U 1.43.02. 55-59: 1 Carol Penberthy CR 1.53.42, 2 Ann Senior HR 2.03.12, 3 Helen Burton BPJ 2.05.05. 60-64: 1 Janet Watson FRR 1.52.16, 2 Diane Warren HR 1.58.10, 3 Jackie Cope FRR 2.07.32. 65-69: 1 Mary Goodacre TT 1.35.12, 2 Jackie Jenkin CAC 2.17.35, 3 Carole Drew CR 2.44.15. 70+: 1 Timothea Cardell HR 2.16.12.

TEAMS: 1 Cornwall AC 83 points, 2 Carn Runners 161 points, 3 Newquay Road Runners 181 points, 4 Hayle Runners 183 points, 5 St Austell Running Club 303 points.