Sway Carnival 5 Mile Race

Results - Sunday 5th July 2009

Results 2009

The heat wave leading up to the race did not deter the participants this year – entries nearly topped 250!

Winner overall was Robin Ward of Portsmouth Joggers with a time of 29.48. His nearest rival was Ian Berry (30.02). New Forest Runners' Frank Handy (30.54) and Henry Szwinto (31.09) were 3rd and 4th.
Last year's winner of the Runningtree Series, Andrew Jennings of Bournemouth A.C. was 7th (31.41).

Erica Fogg was the first lady home with a time of 32.23 – beating fellow New Forest Runner Valeria Sesto by 10 seconds! Jane Morgan was 3rd (36.25) and another New Forest Runner, Becky Hollowbread was 4th (37.02).

A bruised and battered super veteran, Bruce Davidson completed the race despite suffering a fall on the course, in a time of 1.07.20. Rebecca Smith completed her first ever race along with several New Forest Runners novices who were also making their race debuts.
There was also the sight of several Cannie X runners with their dogs on harnesses who ran the race for the first time.

The next race in the Runningtree Series of 5 races sponsored by Royal Canin is the Everton 10k on August 23rd. Each runner is given a point per placing in a race and the runner that accumulates the least number of points over the 5 qualifying races is the overall winner. Trophies and prizes are awarded to the first male and first lady.

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This race is part of a series which includes Everton 10K, Hoburne 5, Milford 5 and the Christmas 10K. A trophy will be awarded to the best male and female performers over the series. One point will be awarded per placing (1 point for first place, 2 for second etc.) The winners will be the ones with the least number of points accumilated. We will publish a league table regularly so that runners can see where they stand.

For more information and up to date table, please click on the link: Runningtree Series

Sway Carnival 5 - Results 2008

The first lady home was Valeria Sesto of New Forest Runners in a time of 33.33, a New Course Record, second home was New Forest Runner Gail Walters (36.44) and third was Reading Road Runners Jacqueline Smith (36.59). For a full list of this years results, please click on the link:

Results 2008

Previous Years' Results

Results 2007

For a full list of 2006 results, please click on the link:

Results 2006

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Results 2005

For a full list of 2004 results, please click on the link:

Results 2004

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