Almost fifty members of Waveney Valley Athletics Club competed in road races over the last couple of weeks, at events as far apart as Great Yarmouth and Amsterdam. 
The East Coast 10k, held at Great Yarmouth attracted, as expected, the club’s biggest entry with 38 members taking part on a very windy Sunday morning.  
The race provided an opportunity for one of Waveney Valley’s leading runners, Samantha Lines ( formerly Jacks ) to put her hard training to the test and she produced an excellent performance to finish first lady in a personal best time of 40:20, in 30th place overall. First to finish for the club was Sebastian Lakes in 18th in 38:56. Other placings:- 40 Tim Earl 41:21, 57 Bob Milner 42:52, 59 Jon Comyn 43:01, 64 Peter Andrews 43:35, 65 Steve Carruthers 43:30, 73 Wayne Freeman 44:14, 92 Daniel Harris 45:34, 111 David Mower 47:00, 160 Rob Knights 49:56, 172 Andy Ayers 50:44, 178 Kylie Rafferty 51:17, 184 Joe Mayne 51:41, 186 Lindsay Howlett 51:41, 190 Rebecca Harris 51:52, 200 Paul Harrod 52:27, 201 Ray Knights 52:14, 211 Stephanie Pimlott 52:46, 214 Sarah Norman 52:47, 224 Jon Andrews 53:26, 250 Stuart Smith 54:40, 269 Vicky Wood 55:36, 278 Sue Woolnough 55:55, 286 Patricia Tuttle 56:42, 287 Lisa Wilson 56:44, 288 David Goosey 56:50, 298 Samantha Claxton 57:38, 301 Jane Hunt 57:50, 308 Sarah Phillips 58:40, 366 Gavin Hamilton 1.03:05, 387 Rebecca Clough 1.05:15, 388 Amanda Scarff 1.05:26, 403 Angela Mower 1.07:47, 404 Kevin Stolworthy 1.07:53, 432 Justine Gillings 1.12:46, 435 Jane Spendlove 1.15:04, 441 Donna Milner 1.16:42 
Five members travelled to Amsterdam, two taking part in the city marathon and three in the half marathon. Becky Langford was delighted with another strong long distance race. Achieving her third marathon personal best in a row, she finished in a time of 3.41:26. Jason Browne, in his debut marathon for the club, clocked a very creditable time of 3.32:37. In the half marathon Karle Howard ran 1.56:40, Suzy Knights 1.59:59 and Jo Fisk 2.08:01.
At the Saxmundham 5 mile event, 15 year old Harriet Lyman, competing in her first race as a senior, finished 35th in a time of 35:03 and was awarded the prize for third lady. Alan Richardson was 99th in 43:21, Jayne Richardson 144th in 50:16 and Amie Ogilvie in her first 5 mile race, was 177th in 1.02:01.