7 May 2014

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TOWN MP Nicholas Soames joined the mayor, Margaret Belsey, to send off the runners taking part in the East Grinstead leg of the Mid Sussex Marathon on Saturday.

The sun shone as a crowded field set off on the ten mile route around Weirwood Reservoir, and included one runner who took his Teddy along for the ride.

Results will be up here as soon as we have them, but meanwhile pictured below we have the winners of the children’s one mile race, Cllr Nick Hodges and his daughter who both took part in the event, a field of runners heading off into the countryside and of course, Teddy!