James Briggs wins Bridlington Road Runners Eddie Knapp Challenge

By The Newsroom
Published 14th Sep 2022, 22:00 BST
The Bridlington Road Runners juniors line up before their Eddie Knapp Challenge beach race PHOTOS BY TCF PHOTOGRAPHYThe Bridlington Road Runners juniors line up before their Eddie Knapp Challenge beach race PHOTOS BY TCF PHOTOGRAPHY
The Bridlington Road Runners juniors line up before their Eddie Knapp Challenge beach race PHOTOS BY TCF PHOTOGRAPHY
Bridlington Road Runners held the third running of the Eddie Knapp Challenge, a series of four races on four consecutive evenings, devised in memory of a much-loved former coach and well-respected and accomplished runner.

The events were a three-mile hill race at Carnaby, a 5km beach race on the south side, a one-mile sprint along the promenade and a 10km race along the Wolds, starting and finishing at Kilham, writes John Edwards.

Josh Taylor won the opening event, but James Briggs got his revenge in the remaining three races to be crowned the overall champion, with a combined time of one hour, 30 minutes and 48 seconds.

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Taylor was second, less than three minutes behind overall, and Martin Hutchinson took the bronze medal spot on three of the four evenings, to claim third spot overall. Adam Dyas sneaked into third in the sprint and finished fourth overall.

All the senior and junior Bridlington Road Runners line up before the Eddie Knapp Challenge beach raceAll the senior and junior Bridlington Road Runners line up before the Eddie Knapp Challenge beach race
All the senior and junior Bridlington Road Runners line up before the Eddie Knapp Challenge beach race

Mim Ireland was the women’s champion and fastest female on all four nights.