Harriers out in force to honour Ted

By The Newsroom
Published 28th Jun 2013, 19:00 BST
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haywards heath harriers at the downlands fun run 2013
The Haywards Heath Harriers turned out in force for Saturday’s Downlands Dash in a tribute to former member Ted Honey.

Nearly 50 runners from the club turned out to honour Ted, who died at 63 after he collapsed taking part in a relay run at Herstmonceux in August 2003. He had served the club honorably as secretary, chairman and president, and reached the high level of a grade two timekeeper.

Ted’s daughter Linda Tullett, Harriers’ track and field coach, said: “It was a brilliant turnout of club members and dad would have been extremely proud. It was a truly fitting tribute to his hard work and passion for the club and great to see so many club members, old and new, getting their trainers on and joining in.”

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Provisional results show Harriers had 42 seniors and five juniors taking part, as well as another 20 family and friends who also ran or turned out to cheer everyone on.

There were great performances in the junior 1 mile event as young Harrier Simeon Cousins won in 5.42. Sophie Hooper took 11th with 6.39 and Josh Essex clocked 7.53. There was also a fine performance from Sophie Holdstock.

In the 5-mile senior race, Tom Mullen took third place with 30:44, Richard Sutor was 18th in 33:41, Barry Tullett 26th with 34.13 and Phil Radford clocked 35.57.

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