THE final race was held in the Harwich 5km Series.

On a warm night, 116 runners were looking to beat their predicted times and the person who achieved that by the biggest margin was Teresa Farmer.

The fastest runner on the night was Graeme Knott, who had a good battle with Stephen Peck.

Knott crossed the line in 16 minutes and 54 seconds - just four seconds ahead of his Harwich Runners clubmate.

There were also season-best times for Framlingham’s Adam Howlett and Harwich’s Rob Reason, who posted 17m 5s.

There were a few personal best times on the night.

Angela Walton improved in each race from 31m 31s in race one to 28m 3s at the latest one.

Kathy Barfield also managed to achieve that feat, improving three minutes over the five races, and her efforts were rewarded with the Director’s Cup.

Kim Pretty set a new personal best of 23m 49s, as did newcomer Emma MacKillop, who managed 23m 18s.

Also completing the distance faster than before in Harwich colours were Niall Burke, Sam Edwards and Michael Knowles.

There were season-best times for Andy Farthing, Nicola Challis, Justin Burls and Julian Cordwell.

Richard Newman and Carrie Hook continued their comebacks from injury with encouraging performances and there was a welcome return to action for Sally Gillam.

Running in a Harwich vest for the first time were Scott Brian, who posted an encouraging 20m 56s, and Paul Smith (24m 43s).

Overall series winners were also decided in the final race, with Daniel Jennings and Katie Holmes emerging victorious.

Daniel Jennings achieved the rare feat of improving in each of the five races.

In the accompanying junior run, where the youngsters race over a one-mile distance, the runner who beat their predicted time by the most was Alfie Kearsley.

Daisy Ward ran her fastest mile of the series (7m 9s) and was the quickest girl on the night.

Eddison Barker zipped round his mile in 6m 26s and was the fastest boy.

There were also best times for Jamie Carter and Alexandria Burls.

Series winners for the juniors were Harrison Cumner, for the boys, and Millie Henington and Daisy Ward for the girls.

Elsewhere, four members of Harwich Runners were among the 1,295 finishers at the high-quality Ipswich Twilight 10km race.

Becky McCorquodale had a good evening.

She finished first in the FV45 category and claimed a new club record for that group of 43m 5s.

Simon Day (39m 37s) and Lee Allen (40m 46s) both had decent results in the heat while Claire Bransby’s time of 51m 40s was her quickest of the five 10km races she has completed this year.

At the Harwich Parkrun on Saturday, two club members set new personal bests. Emma Mackillop went sub-23 minutes with a 35-second improvement as she finished third lady in 22m 41s.

For Claire Lawrence, it was her first time under 30 minutes as a 65-second improvement saw her finish in 29m 57s.