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Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon

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Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon
2010 Finishers Medal
DateFebruary
LocationTunbridge Wells, United Kingdom
Event typeRoad
DistanceHalf Marathon
Established1983
Course records1:04:15
Official site[1]

The Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon is a half marathon road running event that takes place in Tunbridge Wells every February. It is organised by the Tunbridge Wells Harriers running club.

The first Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon was staged in 1983, with just 53 runners.[1] The race came in at number 38 in Runner's World's top 50 races of 2007,[2] and was given a rating of 83 out of 100 by members of the magazine's forum.[3] The magazine said that "The historical villages and the undulating course make for a great race".[4] In 2008 the race attracted over 1,500 entrants.

The race is run on a single 13.1 miles (21.1 km) circuit through Tunbridge Wells and some of the nearby villages. It starts at the Tunbridge Wells Sports Centre on St John's Road, and follows the A26 through Southborough, the B2176 along Bidborough Ridge, the B2188 through Penshurst and Fordcombe and the A264 through Langton Green before rejoining the A26 to return to the finish line at the Sports Centre.

Elite race winners

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Key:   Course record

Men

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Year Athlete Nationality Time
(h:m:s)
2020 Billy Hobbs  United Kingdom 1:13:16
2019 Simon Goldsworthy  United Kingdom 1:11:29
2018 Simon Goldsworthy  United Kingdom 1:11:21
2017 James Connor  United Kingdom 1:08:50
2016 Paul Martelletti  New Zealand 1:08:30
2015 Daniel Bradley  United Kingdom 1:12:56
2014 Ben Cole  United Kingdom 1:11:11
2013 Tom Payn  United Kingdom 1:07:11
2012 Yared Hagos  Ethiopia 1:04:15
2011 Andy Greenleaf  United Kingdom 1:09:24
2010 Ben Moreau  United Kingdom 1:09:11
2009 Florian Neuschwander  Germany 1:08:49
2008 Benjamin Noad  United Kingdom 1:09:48
2007 William Levett  United Kingdom 1:11:15
2006 Julian Rendall  United Kingdom 1:13:56
2005 No event held
2004 Julian Rendall  United Kingdom 1:12:51
2003 Allan Lee  United Kingdom 1:12:31
2002 Andrew Graffin  United Kingdom 1:10:39
2001 Darrell Smith  United Kingdom 1:11:26
2000 Scott McDonald  United Kingdom 1:13:42
1999 Barry Royden  United Kingdom 1:05:33

Women

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Tunbridge Wells on a map of UK
Year Athlete Nationality Time
(h:m:s)
2019 Helen Gaunt  United Kingdom 1:23:44
2019 Andrea Berquez  United Kingdom 1:26:35
2018 Maria Heslop  United Kingdom 1:22:25
2017 Maria Heslop  United Kingdom 1:22:29
2016 Maria Heslop  United Kingdom 1:23:43
2015 Alice Heather-Hayes  United Kingdom 1:22:35
2014 Maria Heslop  United Kingdom 1:21:17
2013 Deirdre McDermot  United Kingdom 1:21:58
2012 Helen Davies  United Kingdom 1:12:41
2011 Liz Yelling  United Kingdom 1:13:56
2010 Helen Decker  United Kingdom 1:18:37
2009 Tina Oldershaw  United Kingdom 1:22:57
2008 Tina Oldershaw  United Kingdom 1:23:12
2007 Emma Dennis  United Kingdom 1:27:55
2006 Miranda Heathcote  United Kingdom 1:24:25
2005 No event held
2004 Tina Oldershaw  United Kingdom 1:25:10
2003 Tina Oldershaw  United Kingdom 1:25:33
2002 Kristina Farr  United Kingdom 1:26:24
2001 Andrea Green  United Kingdom 1:15:36
2000 Tina Oldershaw  United Kingdom 1:20:13
1999 Janice Moorekite  United Kingdom 1:23:20

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