4 Harriers tackle the Tavy Town relays

On Thursday evening 19th July four male Harriers headed down to Tavistock to take part in the Tavy Town relays. Like the Erme Valley Relays, this is an annual event that consistently attracts some of the top competition from all the local running clubs. The Harriers men have often managed to pull together and send a couple of teams down, but this year, with so many other races taking place the same weekend, they only managed to send one team. But it's not quantity, it's quality, and our four runners sure displayed some of that, coming in as 7th team overall, out of 52!

The relay legs are short, only 1.1 miles in length, and so they tend to suit track athletes and runners who are strong and fast over the shorter distances. Our gang of Hugh Marsden, Dave Stone, Marc Cox and Scott Jordan will turn their hand to any distance though, and all of them put in some very impressive times.

Marc Cox is proving that he is a very fine runner over the shorter distances, having ran an impressive time at the Erme Valley relays and now following that up by running a very fast opening leg for the senior male team, clocking 5:39 for the 1.1m distance.

Scott Jordan consolidated the Harriers' position with a solid time of 6:36 and Hugh Marsden ran a very fine 6:02 to keep the team in contention.

Stalwart Harrier Dave Stone brought them home with the fastest leg, running 5:24 to give the team a cumulative time of 23:41 for the 4.4 miles. They placed 7th overall and 6th senior male team, even though 3 out of the 4 runners are in fact vets (yes, unbelievably Scott now counts as a 'vet' after the big 4-0 birthday last week!!)

The winning team, made up of a selection of some of the fasstest men in the South-west posted a time of 21:03, with all of their runners covering their legs in under 5:30.

All four Harriers enjoyed the evening and reported great camaraderie amongst the team members. Well done guys!

Harriers at the Tavy Town relays: Dave Stone, Hugh Marsden, Scott Jordan, Marc Cox