LEE TURNER and Pete Monaghan completed a Torbay AC one-two at the Dartmouth Regatta Road Race on Saturday afternoon.

Turner led home a field of 182 finishers to complete the five-miler in 28mins 50secs, with club mate Monaghan not far behind in 29:06.

No fewer than five of the first ten runners home wore Torbay AC colours, with Simon Longthorpe just missing out on making it a clean sweep of the podium places.

Longthorpe was locked in battle with Roger Easterbrook and Mark Cowen of Exeter Harriers, but had to settle for fifth in 29:16 — four seconds behind third-placed Easterbrook, and a shoelace behind Cowen.

Andrew Longthorpe was seventh in 29:36, with Jon Parkinson next home three seconds later.

And Richard Dayment, of host club Dartmouth AC, rounded off the top ten with a time of 30:13.

South Devon AC's fastest man Colin Peters was runner-up in the MV40 class behind Parkinson. Peters was 17th overall in 33:07.

Brixham Harriers were led home by Paul Nicoll in 34:40. He was also second in the MV50 category behind Exmouth Harrier Hugh Marsden.

Other local category winners were Monaghan in the MV45s, Torbay AC's Wendy Urban in the FV45s (34:47), Dartmouth's Marie Jones in the FV55s (47:48) and Dartmouth's Stephen Denbigh in the U18s (33:19).

There was also a youth race held as part of the Dartmouth Regatta Road Race festivities, and that was won by City of Plymouth's James Blackford in 9:06.

THE EVENING before hitting the road at Dartmouth, many club athletes were tackling five miles of off-road running through Haldon Forest Park for Dawlish Coasters' annual Forest Flyer.

Thames Hare & Hounds runner John McFarlane won it in 30:00, 22 seconds ahead of Torbay AC man Arran Tocknell in second.

Simon Longthorpe again just missed out on a podium finish, taking fourth in 31:40, while Teignbridge Trotters' David Tomlin was fifth in 32:15.

Tomlin's club mate Daryl Milford grabbed the last top-ten spot in 33:31, getting the better of fellow Trotter Wavell Vigers by just three seconds.

South Devon AC's Jeremy Hocking was next home, taking 12th spot in 34:06.

THE AUGUST Bank Holiday weekend is always a busy one for races, and two other Devon events offered testing challenges to South Devon runners.

Teign Valley Running Club's Penny Clapham completed Saturday's Oke Croak — a tough 10.4-mile run over Dartmoor that involves 2,000ft ascent — in 2:36:35.

Meanwhile, Monday's Peter Tavy Plod saw Teignbridge Trotter Mark Becker finish 12th in 35:01.

Simon Bunday was Dawlish Coasters' best man in 15th (38:13). Les Elms was 25th in 42:17.

Trotters Sally Ingledew (45:06) and Jo Becker (46:55) also finished well.

DARTMOUTH REGATTA ROAD RACE RESULTS / CLUB TIMES

Top ten: 1 Lee Turner (Torbay AC) 28:50, 2 Peter Monaghan (Torbay AC) 29:06, 3 Roger Easterbrook (unatt) 29:12, 4 Mark Cowen (Exeter Harriers) 29:16, 5 Simon Longthorpe (Torbay AC) 29:16, 6 Nick Hides (Clevedon) 29:23, 7 Andrew Longthorpe (Torbay AC) 29:36, 8 Jon Parkinson (Torbay AC) 29:39, 9 Tim Hughes (White Horse Harriers) 29:49, 10 Richard Dayment (Dartmouth AC) 30:13.

Torbay AC: Lee Turner 28:50, Peter Monaghan 29:06, Simon Longthorpe 29:16, Andrew Longthorpe 29:36, Jon Parkinson 29:39, Wendy Urban 34:47, Cathy Fewings 36:27, Ray Brown 38:17, Tessa Hearfield 41:54, William Valentine 43:28, Rebecca Disbury 47:46.

Dartmouth AC: Richard Dayment 30:13, Stephen Denbigh 33:19, Christian Cutliffe 36:30, Nick Roberts 36:56, Tony Anderson 39:44, Bill Atkinson 39:53, Chris Pillar 41:41, Jane Peters 42:11, Marie Jones 47:48, Lisa Jeffery 47:54, Kari-Ann Webb 49:33, Ali Taylor 53:42.

South Devon AC: Colin Peters 33:07, Robert Leeke 33:34, David Lynch 36:26, Roger Webb 41:59.

Brixham Harriers: Paul Nicoll 34:40, Vivien Mifsud 49:04.

Newton Abbot AC: Sue Hewings 39:45.

Teignbridge Trotters: Dennis Milstead 41:38.

FOREST FLYER FIVE RESULTS / CLUB TIMES

Top ten: 1 John McFarlane (Thames Hare & Hounds) 30:00, 2 Arran Tocknell (Torbay AC) 30:22, 3 Sam Hupton (South West Road Runners) 31:04, 4 Simon Longthorpe (Torbay AC) 31:40, 5 David Tomlin (Teignbridge Trotters) 32:15, 6 Matthew Clark (South West Road Runners) 32:26, 7 Mark Batchelor (South Molton Strugglers) 32:35, 8 Mike Musgrove (Exmouth Harriers) 33:02, 9 Paul Thomas (South West Road Runners) 33:30, 10 Daryl Milford (Teignbridge Trotters) 33:31.

Torbay AC: Arran Tocknell 30:22, Simon Longthorpe 31:40, Russell Cleave 35:25, Philip Full 38:06, Mike Davies 38:33, Sally Davies 44:34.

Teignbridge Trotters: David Tomlin 32:15, Daryl Milford 33:31, Wavell Vigers 33:34, Chris Cleave 36:04, John Crocker 37:44, Bruce Campbell 37:59, Mark Becker 38:19, Roger Hales 39:03, Eyvoll Aston 39:04, Nigel Penwarden 39:51, Roger Hayes 40:03, Stuart Moulson 40:24, Craig Churchill 40:41, Wilfrid Taylor 40:50, Gary Watson 41:06, Sarah Schutte 43:25, Sharon Bowman 43:49, Sally Ingledew 45:53, Stephen Wallace 46:30, Steve Rawlinson 48:28, Eleanor Taylor 50:00, Joanna Becker 50:05, Jim Donovan 52:10, Amanda Milverton 53:16.

South Devon AC: Jeremy Hocking 34:06, Robert Leeke 35:02, Naomi Flanagan 43:54.

Haldon Trail Runners: Harvey Dann 35:17, Nathan White 37:22, Paul Clarke 37:38, Ian Lynch 38:10, Gareth Kear 46:36.

Brixham Harriers: Nicky Johnson 51:24.