Mike Doyle emerged the narrow victor after a tactical battle with Steve Dawes to win the GIAACıs 3 Mile road race by 6 seconds in a time of 17 minutes 15 sec.
A fast start took Doyle and Dawes clear of the field and after reducing the event to a two-man race the leading pair slowed dramatically towards the end of the opening mile, neither runner wanting to take the brunt of the strong headwind.
With a mile remaining Doyle made his run for home but Dawes initially matched his effort. With half a mile remaining the longer striding Dawes appeared to have the upper hand but Doyleıs brave, sustained effort reaped rewards as he eventually drew clear within the final 600 metres.
" It was strength not speed" said a relieved Doyle after the race, realising that Dawes superior sprint speed would have been hard to deal with over the last 200 metres.
Former Island representative Francis Kehoe made a welcome return to competitive racing with a hard-earned third place.
With the race featuring as part of the clubs under 15 and under 17 championships a strong contingent of the clubs juniors were on view.
Track specialist Sarah Hume was leading woman in a time of 21 minutes 20 seconds while Mark Mercier made the best of his opportunity to show his ability against the clubs senor athletes with an excellent fifth place.
| Pos | Athlete | Cat | Time |
| 1 | Mike Doyle | 17.15 | |
| 2 | Steve Dawes | 17.21 | |
| 3 | Francis Kehoe | 17.48 | |
| 4 | Colin Ozanne | 17.53 | |
| 5 | Mark Mercier | U15B | 18.22 |
| 6 | Gordon Mercier | VM | 18.29 |
| 7 | Toby Grice | 18.44 | |
| 8 | Pete De Bertrand | SVM | 19.01 |
| 9 | Martin Spratt | VM | 19.03 |
| 10 | Phil Guilbert | VM | 19.58 |
| 11 | David Mahy | VM | 20.04 |
| 12 | Andrew Walker | VM | 20.34 |
| 13 | Andy Carre | U1%B | 20.39 |
| 14 | Paul Vaudin | VM | 20.45 |
| 15 | Danny Blatchford | SVM | 20.59 |
| 16 | Brian Johnson | 21.17 | |
| 17 | Sarah Hume | U17G | 21.20 |
| 18 | Katrine Sviklane | W | 21.21 |
| 19 | Robert Burns | SVM | 21.32 |
| 20 | Ken Johnson | SVM | 21.35 |
| 21 | Peter Touzeau | VM | 21.47 |
| 22 | Kevin Le Noury | VM | 22.33 |
| 23 | Ian Bloese | SVM | 22.52 |
| 24 | Chris Tostevin-Hall | 23.22 | |
| 25 | Rob Carre | VM | 23.35 |
| 26 | Millie White | VW | 23.45 |
| 27 | Christine Hume | U15G | 23.48 |
| 28 | Stephanie Ozanne | U15G | 24.45 |
| 29 | Erica Bodman | U15G | 25.37 |
| 30 | Andrew Ozanne | VM | 25.44 |
| 31 | Carole Pollmer | SVW | 27.42 |
| 32 | Jill Loveridge | W | 32.24 |