GRANGE Farm and Dunmow Runners' John Hardy came away from the Tiptree ten-mile road race with a County Championship silver medal.

He finished in one hour 23 minutes 47 seconds to take silver in his age group, while personal bests (PBs) fell for a number of other Grange Farm members.

Fastest for the club was James Bosher in a PB of 58m 29s and there were also PBs for Paul McKenna (1:04:35), Sean Henderson (1:09:04), Gerard Geurts (1:11:55), John Smith (1:17:48), Kerry Harrington (1:19:24), Tara Corbett (1:25:49), Lauren Bowen (1:37:17), Rosalind McKenna (1:38:40) and Laetitia Corbett (1:45:06).

Other results: Steve Read (1:05:42), Ashwin Shah (1:08:29), Ian Lawson (1:13:57), Simon King (1:15:13), Colin Jackson (1:16:08), Pru Hayhow ((1:16:32), Hayley Smith (1:24:17), Angela Thorpe (1:31:05), Gavin Foster (1:38:44), Lee Prowse (1:40:55), Glenda Jackson (1:45:05).