Telford 10km wins for Melissa Courtney-Bryant and Connor Bentley

Street round-up from latest days from across the UK.

TELFORD 10km, Shropshire, December 14

The race at all times attracts a high-quality subject while others wrestle and this 12 months was no exception as triathlete Connor Bentley simply prevailed in a race that noticed the highest eight end inside eight seconds.

The 2022 world under-23 triathlon champion has been absent from the straight UK working scene since then, however was the 2019 English Colleges 3000m bronze medallist earlier than switching to the three-event sport.

Right here the Stoke AC member was with the lead group all through earlier than sprinting away from the 2025 under-20 Inter-Counties cross-country champion Aron Gebremariam, to win by a tick in 28:53.

Chasing arduous on the line had been Freddie Richardson and Charlie Brisley as a complete of 40 runners broke the 30-minute barrier.

The ladies’s race noticed Melissa Courtney-Bryant, who has raced in European and world championships lately, however who shouldn’t be an everyday on the roads gained comfortably.

The Poole AC runner’s 31:31 was a private finest – six seconds faster than she ran on the Leeds Abbey Sprint just lately – as Hannah Irwin chased arduous however was 13 seconds down on the end.

Her 31:44 was additionally a private finest however by a extra modest 9 seconds, whereas third positioned Sam Harrison’s 31:51 was her quickest for 2 years.

General: 1 C Bentley (Stoke) 28:53; 2 A Gebremariam (Bir, U20) 28:54; 3 R Richardson 28:58; 4 C Brisley 29:00; 5 F Ross-Davie 29:01; 6 S Stabler 29:02; 7 E Buck (Newark) 29:03; 8 D Jones 9:03; 9 R Thomson 29:05; 10 H Henriksen 29:05

M40: 1 A Chambers 29:44; 2 M Bettensby 29:48

M45: 1 P Whylie 30:49

M50: 1 W Inexperienced 32:37; 2 J Prest 33:37

M65: 1 M Eustace 38:47

U20: 2 T Webb 29:48; 3 E Busfield 29:58; 4 I Morgan 30:40; 5 M Morgan 30:48; 6 C Coles 30:54

Ladies: 1 M Courtney-Bryant (Poole) 31:31; 2 H Irwin (C&C) 31:44; 3 S Harrison (Mansf) 31:51; 4 S Dufour-Jackson 32:34; 5 H Weedall (Vale R) 32:42; 6 J Morgan 32:59; 7 T Edwards 33:13; 8 F Ross (W35) 33:29; 9 N Brown (AFD) 33:31; 10 M Marchant (W Tempo) 33:41

W40: 1 E Grubb 35:01

W50: 1 H Heeley 39:59

W55: 1 J Davis 43:34

W60: 1 R Loutit 43:31

W65: 1 M Williamson 41:47

DAVE JONES PROM 5, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, December 11

General: 1 B Robinson (B&W) 24:52; 2 B Rawlins (W’bury) 25:50

M50: 1 S Wooden (Cleve) 28;17

Ladies: 1 D Bruce (B&W) 28:20

W50: 1 Okay Hughes (W’bury) 30:43

KEYWORTH TURKEY TROT HALF-MARATHON, Nottinghamshire, December 14

High M45 Alistair Watson gained general in 67:26.