Sunday 10th August 2025

Excitement bubbled for this race – a new event on the Sussex Grand Prix calendar to replace the postponed Hastings Half Marathon from March, and what a treat we were given! 🥰

Thirty-six of us joined 280 runners for this sold out half marathon on a beautiful but tropical summer’s day in Henfield near Horsham.

The event was hosted by Henfield Leisure centre in conjunction with local running club Henfield Joggers 💚 and didn’t they do a magnificent job.

The route took us over the trails and mixed terrain with a scenic off-road course along the banks of the River Adur and the disused railway path – the Downslink. Using flint paths, stiles, kissing gates and bridges we were delivered beautiful views and stunning scenery – undoubtedly the prettiest race in the SGP.

As a club we were once again proud to display strong team camaraderie and hardy performances as the largest team on the day.

Flying over the trails and first Harrier home saw our pocket rocket  Chris Doherty 🚀 battle for first place with Peacehaven’s Ollie Sprague taking the overall win. Chris finished in an impressive 1:20:46 taking second place 🥈 whilst Bartz 👨🏻‍✈️ finished in 1:32:14, 15th place.  Claire Keith 🍒 had her own battle for first place with Seaford’s Sam Alvarez and with just 20 seconds between them, Claire finished a mighty second place 🥈 in 1:35:47 and first in age 🏆.

Los Jellybaby 👶🏼 flew home in 1:39:50 despite suffering a wasp sting at the half way mark. Los was closely followed by team mates Audrey 💊 , Woolley 🧶 and Tinks 🧚🏻 who crossed the line together in 1:41:43, with KT 🏃🏻‍♀️ 1:43:03, Ads 🦈 1:43:15, Oli 💰 1:46:43, Sarah 🌸 1:46:52, Maria Smith 💆🏼‍♀️ 1:49:48, Ryan 🏍️ 1:51:29, Chris Shoult 🦵🏻 1:52:27, Tom Price 🎨 1:52:43, Graham P(uns) 😂 1:53:14, Abi🌷 1:54:48, Vinny 💂🏻‍♀️ 1:55:31, Tracy 🐾 1:58:34, Fluffy 🐸 1:59:06, Steph🧁 and Mark 🐶 2:01:04, Belinda 🌼 2:04:08, Claire Shilling 🪙 2:11:31, Marcos 💛 2:13:44, Ed 😈 2:15:26, Victoria 👮🏻‍♀️ 2:17:07, Lou Lou Williams 🌺 2:23:20, Ros Daintree 💐2:30:22, Kevin 💪🏼 2:31:06, Andrew Moore 🏃🏽 3:32:16, Louisa 🚁 and Andrea Gilkes 🇭🇺 2:35:52, Jayne 🦸🏻‍♀️ 2:36:03, Ros Thomson 🌹 3:01:15 and Roberto 🇮🇹 3:20:56

An amazing day and impressive results by all on a challenging course 🙌

Race number nine of the Sussex Grand Prix is our own flagship race, The 38th John Faulds Hellingly 10K, on Sunday, September 28th 🖤♥️

We need volunteers, marshals, cake makers and helpers so please let nemo 🐠 know if you or your friends/family can help in anyway 🙏🏻