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The Parris Handicap 2016

times and actually won the
handicap race in May in which
the narrowest winning margin
of one second was incurred
The April race was won by
Gerry Alger followed over
the next 5 months by wins
for Heath Griffin, Dave Leal,
Ozzie Adams, John Leeson
and Marc Knowles. The
fastest man over the course
was Angus Harrington in a
time of 16:35 and the fastest
lady was Amy Leach in 19:50.
The monthly handicap race several regular juniors taking The course record remains at
series started in 1993. It place and it's always great 15:13, which was set by Barry
was renamed in 1998 after to see them turning up and Stephenson in June 2004.
Roy Parris who sadly died running the fastest leg. The At the end of a great series of
after an heroic fight against fastest race of the series was events the overall winner for
cancer. This event is an apt won by Angus Harrington in 2016 was Ozzie Adams who
tribute to Roy. Full details a time of 16:35. The fastest had improved considerably
of Roy’s story can be read ladies time was run by another during the season, so very well
in the Summer 2007 gazette. junior runner, Amy Leach, done.
who finished in 19:50. This
The event is a series of 5km year seven year old Heath
handicap races, which take Griffin ran the race three Where would we be with without the
place every month between organisers and time keepers?
April and September.
James Ingram won the very
first race in a time of 18:45
and Graham Fee was the
overall winner for that year.
It is a testament to the success
of this race that in 1993 the
maximum number of runners
in any race was 19 whilst 34
different runners took part in
the series. We now regularly
have over 30 runners turning
out and 64 different runners
made at least one appearance
during the 2016 series. We had