Dereham Runners AC held their first event of the year on Sunday.

The County Championship 10-mile started and finished at the Neatherd School and attracted a strong field of runners.

Race winner was Norwich Gazelles athlete Mark Grubb in 56:34 minutes, first lady and new course record holder Eleanor Matthews finished in 60:40, 12th overall.

Dereham runner Todd Lake won a county gold medal for the 45-49 class in 1:03:02, a PB and 19th place. Also running for the club were Michael Barrett (1:15:09, 88th), David Kellaway (1:16:40, 101st) and Brian Titchiner (1:20:37, 130th).

• Results: 1 Mark Grubb (Norfolk Gazelles AC) 56:34, 2 Chris Merrylees (North Norfolk Beach Runners) 57:09, 3 Richard Bateson (Coltishall Jaguars) 58:02, 4 Mark Thompson (Gt Yarmouth Road Runners) 58:22, 5 Joseph Haynes (Norfolk Gazelles AC) 58:24, 6 Richard Heath 58:31, 7 Matt Pyatt (Fenland Running & AC) 59:02, 8 Grant Harradence 59:31, 9 Paul Muffett (North Norfolk Beach Runners) 60:33, 10 Paul Blazey (Norwich Road Runners) 60:35, 11 Anthony Bourne (Horsham Bluestar) 60:38, 12 Eleanor Matthews (City Of Norwich AC) 60:40, 13 Gary Thompson (Ipswich Jaffa) 61:13, 14 Richard Jordan (Eastern Vets AC) 61:19, 15 Stephen Pettit (Ely Runners) 61:41, 16 Jo Coates (St Edmunds Pacers) 62:04, 17 Gavin Barron (Tri-anglia) 62:50, 18 Odette Robson (St Edmunds Pacers) 62:52, 19 Todd Lake (Dereham Runners AC) 63:02, 20 Perrymann (Blackpool Wyre & Fylde AC) 63:05, 21 Charlotte Rose (City Of Norwich AC) 63:10, 22 Matthew Wortley (Ryston Runners AC) 63:17, 23 Mark Clues (Tri-anglia) 63:18, 24 John Drewry 63:35, 25 Macus Hawkins (Ryston Runners AC) 63:44, 26 Mark Garrett (Norwich Road Runners) 64:41, 27 Tim Larke (Stowmarketstriders) 64:48, 28 Pete Johnson (Norfolk Gazelles AC) 64:50, 29 Michael Howlett (Ryston Runners AC) 65:15, 30 Roger Manton 65:23, 31 Steve Bowerman (Ryston Runners AC) 65:42, 32 Martin Auger 65:43, 33 Colin Robilliard (Coltishall Jaguars) 65:48, 34 Stewart Robbins (Ryston Runners AC) 65:58, 35 Richard White 66:02, 36 Adrin Waters (Norfolk Gazelles AC) 66:14, 37 Benjamin Bailey (Tri-anglia) 66:22, 38 Chris Tye (Ipswich Tri Club) 66:30, 39 David Tandy (Norwich Road Runners) 66:31, 40 Keith Brighty (Norwich Road Runners) 66:38, 41 Chris Mitchell 66:54, 42 Martin Ive (Ryston Runners AC) 67:05, 43 Ashley Gilbert 67:10, 44 David Asker 67:42, 45 Adrian Grand (Norwich Road Runners) 67:46, 46 Katherine Trehane (Norfolk Gazelles AC) 67:55, 47 Chris Haylock (Lowestoft Road Runners) 68:13, 48 Simon Able (Ryston Runners AC) 68:22, 49 Rod Bye (Coltishall Jaguars) 68:32, 50 Kevin Snelling (Norwich Road Runners) 68:40, 51 Matthew Frary (Norwich Road Runners) 68:51, 52 Leslie Scott (Ryston Runners AC) 68:55, 53 Stephen Dady (Wymondham AC) 69:09, 54 Richard Blake (North Norfolk Beach Runners) 69:26, 55 John Leach (North Norfolk Beach Runners) 69:26, 56 Russell Debeer (Norfolk Gazelles AC) 69:33, 57 Rowena Leary (Norfolk Gazelles AC) 69:50, 58 Jim Hayes (North Norfolk Beach Runners) 70:01, 59 Vincent Ellis (City Of Norwich AC) 70:24, 60 Kem Bowman (Coltishall Jaguars) 70:29, 61 Paul Beckett (Norwich Road Runners) 70:49, 62 Ker Macrosson (Stowmarketstriders) 70:51, 63 Peter Bird (St Edmunds Pacers) 70:52, 64 Peter Downing 77:32, 65 Melvyn Porter (Coltishall Jaguars) 71:35, 66 Penny Edwards (Norwich Road Runners) 71:40, 67 Stephen Leeves (Gt Yarmouth Road Runners) 71:41, 68 Ian Edwards (Norfolk Gazelles AC) 71:45, 69 Loy Diccon (Clapham Chasers) 72:05, 70 Ann Swift 72:15, 71 Carl Manning (Ryston Runners AC) 72:18, 72 Shaun Conwa 72:32, 73 P Reeve 72:58, 74 Ellie Bye (Coltishall Jaguars) 73:25, 75 Alex Gaunt (Norwich Road Runners) 73:47, 76 Jason Tuttle 73:52, 77 Janice Currey (Ryston Runners AC) 73:56, 78 Mark Tayler (Norwich Road Runners) 74:04, 79 Sharon Bardwell (Norwich Road Runners) 74:05, 80 Lloyd Sillis 74:13, 81 Jo Isbill (Ryston Runners AC) 74:26, 82 Ruth Jones (Holme Pierrepoint RC) 74:30, 83 Anthony Kennedy (Stragglers) 74:36, 84 Karl Wright (Thetford AC) 74:40, 85 Nick Gurney (Norwich Road Runners) 74:43, 86 Ian Sturgess (Wymondham AC) 74:47, 87 Cheryl Holder (Purple Patch Runners) 74:55, 88 Michael Barrett (Dereham Runners AC) 75:09, 89 Yvonne Parker (Road Runners Club) 75:12, 90 Pauline Drewery (Ryston Runners AC) 75:13, 91 Ben Swift 75:13, 92 Yvonne Osborne 75:17, 93 Andrew Hammond (Norfolk Gazelles AC) 75:51, 94 Joanna Godwin (Norwich Road Runners) 75:53, 95 Cameron Starling 75:53, 96 Phillip Bazley 75:56, 97 Richard Lawes 76:16, 98 Ben Jackson 76:20, 99 Tim Parr 76:24, 100 Carl Wright (Norwich Road Runners) 76:36, 101 David Kellaway (Dereham Runners AC) 76:40, 102 Tim Woods (Norfolk Gazelles AC) 76:45, 103 Petra Cook (Norwich Road Runners) 76:56, 104 Thomas Rivett (North Norfolk Beach Runners) 77:15, 105 Chris Moorg (Norfolk Gazelles AC) 77:17, 106 John Tacey 77:19, 107 Darren Chapman 77:23, 108 Jason Buck 77:33, 109 Daniel Tarr 77:33, 110 Mark Sexton (Norfolk Gazelles AC) 77:34, 111 Jamie Pretty 77:48, 112 Richard Dye (Bungay Black Dog RC) 77:50, 113 Chris Vernon 77:54, 114 Tim Higgins (Ipswich Jaffa) 78:19, 115 Laura Devereux 78:26, 116 John Walshe (East Cork AC) 78:40, 117 Robin Symonds (Norwich Road Runners) 78:44, 118 Guy Shearwood 78:48, 119 Glen Harvey (Bildeston Bounders) 79:06, 120 Paul Allen 79:15, 121 Darren Collison 79:17, 122 Brain Wright (Thetford A C) 79:21, 123 Colin Fish 79:27, 124 Maureen Wolfe (Ryston Runners AC) 79:36, 125 Rob Osborne (North Norfolk Beach Runners) 79:45, 126 Gavin Thouless (Norwich Road Runners) 79:50, 127 Daniel Bell 79:51, 128 Anne Millett (Norwich Road Runners) 80:2, 129 Pauline Richardson (Gt Yarmouth Road Runners) 80:32, 130 Brian Titchiner (Dereham Runners AC) 80:37, 131 Hazel Spalding (Ipswich Jaffa) 80:41, 132 Tom Warnes (Uk Net Runners) 80:46, 133 Peter Walsh 80:52, 134 Christopher Brittain (Road Runners Club) 81:05, 135 Lucy Jarvis (Clapham Chasers) 81:14, 136 Veronica Manly (Eastern Vets AC) 81:37, 137 Jon Holt (Wymondham AC) 81:45, 138 Michael King 81:47, 139 Jen Rudd (Wymondham AC) 81:49, 140 Katie Mack (City Of Norwich AC) 82:01, 141 Kathryn Hammond (Norwich Road Runners) 82:21, 142 Michael Smith (Wymondham AC) 82:37, 143 John Bennett 82:32, 144 Steve Starr (Ely Runners) 82:46, 145 Martin Taylor 82:55, 146 Angie Bear (Wymondham AC) 83:06, 147 Keith Hood (Wymondham AC) 83:13, 148 Tony Heath (North Norfolk Beach Runners) 83:24, 149 Mike Smith (Wymondham AC) 83:40, 150 Andi Osborne (North Norfolk Beach Runners) 83:42, 151 Catherine Scott 83:58, 152 Sarah Boosey (Norwich Road Runners) 84:13, 153 Sarah Barber (Norwich Road Runners) 84:23, 154 Ed Pruffitt 84m 49, 155 Robert Scarfe (Wymondham AC) 85:01, 156 Kevin Smith (Ryston Runners AC) 85:03, 157 Lucy Wright 85:10, 158 Tamsin Desborough (Gt Yarmouth Road Runners) 85:16, 159 Donna Gray (Norwich Road Runners) 85:40, 160 Trudi Kent (Norwich Road Runners) 85:40, 161 Caroline Tayler (Norwich Road Runners) 86:27, 162 Graham Sampson (Bungay Black Dog RC) 87:01, 163 Trevor Horrex (Norwich Road Runners) 87:49, 164 Hayley Gerrard (Norwich Road Runners) 87:54, 165 Scott Oldham 87:57, 166 Jane Millichip (Notts AC) 88:2, 167 Julie London (Norfolk Gazelles AC) 88:18, 168 Michelle Waters (Norfolk Gazelles AC) 88:54, 169 Anna Smith (Stowmarket Striders) 89:36, 170 Duncan Harrison 89:38,