Savery saves his best for Regency 10k Run

The threatened rain held off to leave ideal conditions for the 10th running of this popular local race on a tough undulating course with the first half made worse by numerous water filled potholes around the Comyn before the easier running second half around the streets and local parks.

Always at the front, Savery pulled away from Ali Smith (Coventry Godiva Harriers) at around the two-mile mark to win by over a minute.

His efforts also helped Leamington C&AC to the men’s team award with Dean Mawby (1st Junior) in 11th and 36:37, 1st M50 Simon Riley 15th in 36:52 and Mark Urbanowski 23rd in 37:38.

Not to be outdone by their male counterparts, the ladies also won team gold with Zara Blower (1st Senior Lady) 101st (41:14), Megan McDonald making her debut over the distance and returning after a long injury lay-off recorded 41:52 for 115th and 2nd Junior Lady.

The team was completed by Angela Chahal (2nd Lady 35) also making her first appearance over 10k with 169th in 43:19.

Eoin O’Flynn was 30th in 38:02 while Tim Donovan (38:06) was 31st.

Craig Bower (39:23) and Toby Lukehurst (39:46) also finished in sub 40-minute times to claim 54th and 63rd place respectively.

Kenilworth Runners’ Dave Pettifer was first in the V60 category of the race in 43:37.

The first Kenilworth runner home was Stephen Page who, despite having competed in the National Road Relays Finals at Sutton Park on the previous day, came fifth overall in 35:11.

New member Stewart Underhill recorded his second personal best in consecutive days, coming home in 41:01.

After the race, Underhill said being a part of the running club had “given him wings”.

Claire Goult was the first Kenilworth and sixth lady home with a personal best time of 45:00 to finish 288th while Pauline Dable (LV65) had a category win in 59:58.

Angela Dowden also recorded a personal best of 54:49 to finish 809th.

The highest placed Spa Strider was Kevin White who clocked 38:19 to come in 35th.

Susan Cox was the first Striders’ lady home in 45:38 to finish 294th. The winning lady was Zoe Chandler of Stratford AC in 37:43.