KEVIN Jackson led home the Dursley Running Club contingent who raced at the Oldbury ten miler on Sunday.

Working hard behind Jackson, Joe Ball completed his first ten mile race as he closed in on Jackson over the final mile to finish just 22 seconds behind him.

Caroline Jones was first Dursley Running Club woman home in 84 minutes.

Dursley did well across the age categories with Dave Saunders second MV65, Jackson and Annette Heylings both fifth in there categories, Garry Strickland fifth MV55 and Shona Darley tenth FV40.

Results Kevin, Jackson, 45th , (5th Male Vet 55), 01:09:34; Jo , Ball, 47th, 01:09:56; Garry, Strickland, 82nd, (7th Male Vet 50), 01:16:27; Richard, Hensman, 91st , 01:18:33; Simon, Jones, 97th, 01:19:12; David, Saunders, 107th, (2nd Male Vet 65), 01:20:47; Caroline, Jones, 128th, 01:24:40; Damian, Lai, 146th, 01:29:02; Charlie, Strickland, 164th, 01:32:22; Shona, Darley, 177th, (10th Female Vet 40), 01:34:25; Jadie, Cotterell, 183rd, 01:35:11; Charley, Palmer, 184th, 01:35:12; Amanda Jane, Hensman, 208th, , 01:45:20 Annette, Heylings, 221st, (5th Female Vet 60), 01:50:49.

Fred Yearsley travelled down to the south coast to take part in the Weymouth Ironman event.

Yearsley, a classy athlete who in his prime completed a marathon in two hours 42mins, was taking part in his fourth Ironman.

He was coming off the back of a second MV65 at Bolton in 2015.

He started well, completing the swim of 3.8km in just over 76 minutes placing second in his age category.

He was then onto the bike and averaging an impressive 17 mph over the 112 miles to place first in his category.

Into the marathon, he started off at a brisk eight-minute mile pace over the first mile.

After some issues with his back causing him to slow down, Yearsley settled in o his rhythm and picked up his pace over the second 20km course, giving him a time of four hours 54:27mins, again first in his category.

He completed the event in 12 hours 53:47mins, placing 339th overall and first in the MV65 category, around 25 minutes faster than at Bolton which is an awesome achievement for this stalwart of Dursley Running Club.

Five DRC athletes journeyed up to the Great North Run.

Neil Hodgson finished under 85mins and in 357th position, leading the club home.

It was then a close fight for next DRC runner home between Andy Hara, Steve Watson and Darren Richards. Both Hara and Watson were ahead at 10K of Richards.

However, Richards finished strongly, while Holly Gardner, marked her return to competitive running, came home in one hour 54mins.

Results: Neil Hodgson 357th, 01:24:52; Andy Hara 4657th, 01:41:19; Steve Watson 5353rd 01:49:18; Darren Richards 5608th 01:19:56; Holly Gardner 7841th 01:54:32.

On the parkrun scene, the club took over the organisation of the Kingsway event on Saturday.

Race director Neil Truelove co-ordinated DRC members to ensure it ran smoothly.

On the course. Tom Smith fought it out with Gareth Bradbury for the honours of the fastest parkrun of the weekend.

Smith won out, placing second overall, although Bradbury could be happy with a personal best. He was joined by Kevin Higgins, Nicki Squire and Richard Hensman.

At Stonehouse, Emma Denton showed she is in good form with a 21:20mins run.