On the 25th and 26 July hundreds of athletes descended on Catton Park in Derbyshire to take part in the Adidas Thunder Run 24hr event – an off road relay race against the clock, run solo, pairs, or teams of five or eight. Aycliffe entered 3 teams of eight.
The name of each team, position finished and total time is entered below, followed by individual names, total times and laps completed.
ARC ANGELS 8x – Position 30th _ Total time 24:35:05
Dez Fielden – 2:42:41- 4 laps, Lee Wren – 3:02:13 – 4 laps, John Burnside – 3:42:26 – 4 laps, Steve Smith 0:56:47 (retired injured), Naomi Kellett – 3:39:59 – 4 laps, Graeme Miles – 3:32:43 – 4 laps, Penny Johnson – 2:55:42 – 3 laps, Clare Rose – 4:02:34 4 laps.
NOAH’S ARC  8x – Position 78th  – Total time 24:48:32
Dave Blewitt – 2:40:14 – 3 laps, Rob Nicholson – 2:44:35 – 3 laps, Michael Scott – 3:33:11 4 laps, Matthew Bell – 2:18:13 – 3 laps, Dean Barclay – 2:54:44 – 3 laps, Alan Dodshon – 3:03:42 – 3 laps, Kat Aspey –  3:46:32 – 3 laps, Yvonne Williams – 3:46:41 – 3 laps.
DARC DESATROYERS 8x – Position – 129th – Total time 24:00:56
Alan Pollock – 4:05:10 – 4 laps, Michael Smith – 1:18:36 – 1 lap, Iain Lee – 2:00:24, Jason Dixon – 2:49:13 3 laps, Laura Knox – 3:29:20 – 3 laps, Michelle Dixon – 2:58:48 – 3 laps, Phil Tomelty – 3:25:48 – 3 laps, Shelley McCormack – 3:54:01 – 4 laps.
On the 17th July six members of the club competed in the 5k trail race at Ropner Park.
This was the latest in the Summer Tees Trail races and was once again by fine summer weather.
Dave Blewitt was first home for the club, 26th in the excellent time of 20:54, followed by Steve Smith, 41st 22:09, Trevor Needham, 53rd 22:59, Simon Robinson, 91st 26:35, Yvonne Williams, 116th 29:37 and finally Michael Smith, 129th 32:08.