Belgrave Harriers took silver medals for the second successive year at the South of England six-stage road relay at Aldershot on Sunday.

Cobham-based Phil Wicks was a late withdrawal because of a heavy cold as Belgrave finished just over a minute behind host club Aldershot Farnham & District.

But Belgrave won team medals for the 10th year in a row and had the fastest individual on the day in the form of Irish runner Dan Mulhare.

Steve Sharp brought the team in 10th on the opening 6km lap in 18 minutes, 24 seconds and Richard Ward (18:56) moved them up to fifth and Jonathan Blackledge (18:39) to fourth.

Cross country international Nick Goolab (18:32) and Paskar Owor (below, 18:13) lifted them to second.

But although Mulhare clocked 17:53, he was unable to get within sight of the winners as Aldershot retained their title.

Wimbledon schoolmaster James Trapmore (19:12) ran the anchor leg for Shaftesbury Barnet, who finished fourth.

Herne Hill Harriers finished 13th after anchor leg runner David Mulvee stormed past five runners, with Thames Hare & Hounds 14th and Hercules Wimbledon 18th.

Hercules qualify for the national event in Sutton Park, Birmingham, on October 22 along with Belgrave, Herne Hill, Thames and Serpentine, for whom fourth-placed Nick Torry (18:13) clocked the fastest time.

Herne Hill runners: Chris Busaileh 18:22, Jonathan Henderson 20:19, Sarwar Khan 19:45, Ben Paviour 19:48, Tim Elsey 19:28, David Mulvee 18:56.

Thames runners: Dave Alcock 19:25, Martin Shore 19:15, Julian Rendall 19:28, Neil Chisholm 19:25, Matt Jones 19:14, Nick Altann 20:19.

Hercules runners: Liam White 19.07, Matt Sharp 20.12, Alex Robinson 19:07, Adam Przedrzymirski 19:46, Andrew Penney 19:17, Alex Urban 20:27.

Senior men’s 6x6km relay results: 1 Aldershot, Farnham & District (holders) 1:49:21; 2 Belgrave 1:50:26; 3 Newham & Essex Beagles 1:51:07; 4 Shaftesbury Barnet 1:52:10; 5 Highgate 1:52:52; 6 Aldershot, Farnham & District B 1:53:14; 13 Herne Hill 1:56:38; 14 Thames Hare & Hounds 1:57:06; 16 Serpentine 1:57:23; 18 Hercules Wimbledon 1:57:56; 31 Serpentine B 2:02:44; 40 Herne Hill B 2:04:18; 41 Hercules Wimbledon B 2:05:22; 46 Stragglers 2:08:36; 50 Belgrave B 2:09:14; 55 Walton 2:11:30.

Thames Hare & Hounds dominated the veterans’ over-40 championship, providing three of the five fastest runners.

Thames’ winning quartet: Andy Robinson 19:55, Ian Harkness 19:37, Chris Daniels 20:16, Ben Reynolds 19:57.

David Moore (20:59) was fastest of their B team who finished 12th. Roy Reeder (20:44) was best for 16th-placed Stragglers. Peter Lee (21:24) was fastest for 24th-placed Hercules Wimbledon.

Veterans’ men 4x6km: 1 Thames Hare & Hounds 1:19:45; 2 Oxford City 1:20:19; 3 Kent AC 1:23:48; 12 Thames Hare & Hounds B 1:29:06; 16 Stragglers 1:30:58; 24 Hercules Wimbledon 1:35:51.

Richard Pitt (23:46) was fastest for the Thames Hare & Hounds team, who finished 15th in the over-50 championship (1:42:08). Stragglers were 18th (1:46:03).

Anchor leg runner Pete Giles (24:00) was fastest of the Hercules Wimbledon quartet which was 10th in the over-60 championship (1:46:26), two places ahead of Ranelagh (1:48:23).