At the last race, I had to deal with a complaint from one of the residents who lives in the houses backing on to the field. She was understandably very upset at having to watch our competitors using the bushes at the bottom of her garden as a toilet.

Please do not do this. We pay for the toilets at the pub to be open for your use. If you must use the outdoors, please use the far end of the field.

Anyone caught using the area remotely near the houses will be disqualified, not to mention potentially being charged and prosecuted for indecent exposure.

We have been contacted by the farmer who owns the fields where the race starts and finishes politely requesting that we avoid trampling the grass either side of the track. Please make every effort to comply with this request, as it is in everyone’s interest that we have a good relationship with the landowners.

Additionally, please don’t use the gate half way down the field to access the start – please walk round via the car park.

Looking at the turn-out statistics for the races this season, we have 21 competitors who have run all 9 races. 459 seem to have found it all too much.

• 9 Races: 21
• 8 Races: 32
• 7 Races: 27
• 6 Races: 57
• 5 Races: 57
• 4 Races: 68
• 3 Races: 119
• 2 Races: 209
• 1 Race: 459

First race next year is on Monday 4th April.

I’ve just been doing some checking through last year’s results:

• 10 (1{036342b295a32c6180ebd36ab3a613f4ff9329221aa2018d8b57e32bb6021ee5}) people ran all 9 races
• 34 (3{036342b295a32c6180ebd36ab3a613f4ff9329221aa2018d8b57e32bb6021ee5}) people ran 8 races
• 39 (4{036342b295a32c6180ebd36ab3a613f4ff9329221aa2018d8b57e32bb6021ee5}) people ran 7 races
• 39 (4{036342b295a32c6180ebd36ab3a613f4ff9329221aa2018d8b57e32bb6021ee5}) people ran 6 races
• 63  (6{036342b295a32c6180ebd36ab3a613f4ff9329221aa2018d8b57e32bb6021ee5}) people ran 5 races
• 88 (9{036342b295a32c6180ebd36ab3a613f4ff9329221aa2018d8b57e32bb6021ee5}) people ran 4 races
• 121 (11{036342b295a32c6180ebd36ab3a613f4ff9329221aa2018d8b57e32bb6021ee5}) people ran 3 races
• 222 (21{036342b295a32c6180ebd36ab3a613f4ff9329221aa2018d8b57e32bb6021ee5}) people ran 2 races
• 424 (41{036342b295a32c6180ebd36ab3a613f4ff9329221aa2018d8b57e32bb6021ee5}) people ran 1 race

In total we had 1040 competitors throughout the season.

The most prolific competitors (since we started logging results electronically) are:

• 845 Mark Smales – 83 Races
• 1161 Andrew Chalkley – 80 races
• 995 Kevin Yewlett – 76 races
• 367 Samantha Hulbert – 75 races
• 969 Stuart Woodhead – 71 races

Steve Frith has produced a Trunce 2014 A3 poster – featuring some of his excellent photography of runners that have taken part in the series. Copies will be available to buy at the last Trunce, on Monday 8 September. At only £10 it’s a great memento of this years Trunce. All money goes to Malaria No More UK (Mossie Net Photography).

Also, don’t forget that the last race of the series is Fancy Dress!

There are some photos from the Trunce on Steve Frith’s Mozzie Net Gallery

Runner Raine Paivi, who fell and injured herself during the first race of the season would like to pass on her thanks to all of the people who stopped to give her assistance during the race. Many thanks, your help and support is much appreciated.