Five Collingwood runners took part in Saturday’s inaugural Roundshaw Downs 5k park run, with Andrew Griffin leading the way in 26th (25:17).

Other members included Annette Helliwell (46th in 36:18) and her son Alex, and Jessica and Callum Dunning. Jessica retired injured, with young Callum deciding on just the one lap.

At Banstead Woods, Steve Cooney was eight in 19:49, Shaun Cooney 11th in 20:01, Andy Stalley (M40) 20th in 21:11, Nigel Pointer 42nd in 22:52 and Gill Stalley 100th in 30:41.

Nine Collingwood members competed in Saturday’s Elmore 7, a pleasant, traffic-free seven-mile race along undulating country lanes around Chipstead on Saturday afternoon.

Results: 20Dave Ross 44:15, 30 Andy Stalley 45:59 (personal best by 2:22), 51 Bill Walsh 48:52, 77 Graham Humphris 50:56, 78 Nicola Dicks 50:58, 160 Doug White 59:11, 172 Ruth Cottam 1:01:04, 195 Annette Helliwell 1:03:37, 209 Robin Wilson 1:05:11.

In the Kent 50 Mile Challenge on Sunday, Allan Rumbles ran his 79th marathon in completing this ultra event.

He ran an amazing 52.5 miles in 7:20, finished third over all and first male veteran.

A great achievement given the course record is seven hours, one minute!

A small contingent of Collingwood runners took part in Sunday’s Fairlands Valley Challenge, a 26.2 mile off-road route-narrative marathon starting and finishing in Stevenage, Herts.

Steve Cooney and Stalley finished strongly together in 3:53:24, a course best by 14 minutes for both.

Dave Ross and Mel Johnstone set off 30 minutes after that pair. Ross came home in 3:49 and Johnstone in 4:37.