HARDLEY'S Russell Savage was a comfortable winner in the sixth race of the Road Runner Ten series at Manor Farm Country Park - despite almost taking a wrong turning.

Savage, who has now won all four events he has taken part in, beat Chris Olden into second place. Southampton Running Club look to have the men's team event in the bag after another victory.

Former international runner Sue Dilnot (Southampton RC) won the women's race by almost 30 seconds from Southampton City's Sara Rhimes, but City did secure the team placing.

They edged out a strong IBM Hursley side who are still narrowly leading for the season's league title.

Top 30 finishers - men: 1 Russell Savage (Hardley), 2 Chris Olden (New Forest), 3 Graeme McFadyen (Hardley), 4 Mark Wilkie (New Forest), 5 Adam Bridge (Soton RC), 6 Simon Hunt (Team Solent), 7 Rob Thompson (Soton RC), 8 Mark Gregory (Soton City), 9 Pete Davis (Team Solent), 10 Henry Szwinto (New Forest), 11 Alan Doney (Soton RC), 12 Steve Haggerty (Soton RC), 13 Sean Driscoll (Totton), 14 Keith Langford (Lordshill), 15 Mark Sheen (New Forest), 16 David Currie (IBM), 17 Malcolm Renyard (Hardley), 18 Tony Brown (Soton City), 19 Ahmed Bada (Soton City), 20 Steve Torrance (Soton RC), 21 Noel O'Dowd (IBM), 22 Richard Harris (Hardley), 23 Peter Tarr (Hardley), 24 Gavin Smith (Winchester), 25 Derek Ward (Soton RC), 26 Richard Goulding (Team Solent), 27 Andrew Greenleaf (Winchester), 28 Dick Baines (Lordshill), 29 Mark Eldred (Hardley), 30 Ian Crawford (Soton RC).

Women: 1 Sue Dilnot (Soton RC), 2 Sara Rhimes (Soton City), 3 Nicci Frykberg (Wessex), 4 Susan Sleath (Hardley), 5 Nala Johnson (IBM), 6 Lotty Kirwan (Hardley), 7 Sue Orr (Soton City), 8 Kirsty Blaylock (Totton), 9 Jessica Stanfield (Totton), 10 Christine Ashton (IBM), 11 Jane Carter (Romsey), 12 Chris Mclean (IBM), 13 Rosemarie Osborn (New Forest), 14 Marilyn Hunt (Team Solent), 15 Celia Findlay-Bada (Soton City), 16 Annabelle Wallace (IBM), 17 Jan Passfield (Totton), 18 Heather Mackay (IBM), 19 Penny Jennings (Romsey), 20 Karen Keane (Romsey), 21 Joy Radford (Winchester), 22 Carol Waterman (New Forest), 23 Maggie Kirk (New Forest), 24 Sheila Fox (Lordshill), 25 Lauren Renyard (Hardley), 26 Dorte Stollberg (Running Sisters), 27 Catherine Rennardson (Totton), 28 Linda Compton (Hardley), 29 Judy Pike (Hardley), 30 Elizabeth Fox (Team Solent).

Overall top team placings - men: 1Southampton RC, 2 New Forest Runners, 3 Eastleigh RC, 4 Hardley Runners, 5 Southampton RC B. Women: 1 Southampton City AC, 2 IBM Hursley Runners, 3 Hardley Runners, 4 Eastleigh RC and New Forest Runners.

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