Poole Runners’ dominance of the Carnival Run continued this year as the team won three out of the four awards at the Corfe Mullen recreation ground on Tuesday 9th June. Nathan Shrubb claimed the trophy for the first male to finish in the 5km race and set a new course record time of 14 minutes 59 seconds in the process, a whole 28 seconds ahead of his nearest competitor. Team mate Verity Ockenden was the first to finish in the ladies race in the very respectable time of 18 minutes 27 seconds.
There was more to celebrate for Poole Runners in the junior 1 mile race when Stan Parker was the first boy to cross the line in 5 minutes and 32 seconds. It was only a fine run by Wimborne Athletic Club’s Sharon Hutchings, finishing in 6 minutes 17 seconds, which prevented Poole Runners from achieving a clean sweep of the awards.
Click here to view the full results.
A special thank you must go to Kevin Byrne, Managing Director of Checkatrade.com, for sponsoring the 2009 event. Kevin’s financial support made it possible to donate all the race entry fees, totalling £1496, to the carnival’s nominated charities. Kevin also found time to compete in the 5km and was on hand to present the awards after the race.
This year the carnival supported Round Table Children's Wish, the Corfe Mullen Sports Association and the Corfe Mullen Youth
Centre.
The Carnival 5km race is planned to coincide with Corfe Mullen’s week-long carnival celebration, which started on Sunday 7th June and culminates with a spectacular carnival procession the following Saturday. Click here to link to the carnival's own website to find out more about the various events that took place during carnival week.
