On a literally freezing cold evening in Leighton, the fifth Stag trophy race of the season took place last Wednesday. With the very cold weather and a slight breeze in the faces of the runners down Grovebury Road, it seemed that the chances of fast times were pretty slim.

There were seventeen club members who made it out of the door and down to Parson's Close for the race. As usual, the race unfolded with various people overtaking each other, but it was the youth who were moving through the most. Nearing the end of the last lap, Jordan Clay caught Charlie Mead and they battled to the finish with Jordan taking victory and the 25 points in a new personal best time of 14.50 for the 2.5 mile course. Charlie also had a cracking run to also achieve a PB of 16.49.

There was then a large group of people finishing together, but current leader Pete Mackrell was at the head of it to take 23 points and also get the fourth PB of the night in 14.09. Laurie Parr, in his second race of the season was the fourth and final PB'er as his 15.05 also beat his father and brother's best ever times in the process.

The result of the race was that Pete has now got to 106 points and opened up a 10 point lead over Warren, who finished fifth with Andy Inchley in third overall with 95 points. The penultimate race of the season may possibly be moved depending on Dave's holiday so keep an eye on the website and the facebook page.