Nick Despres turned the tables on Paul Ingrouille to win the second race and draw level in the GIAAC's four race December cross country series.
Sunday's 6 Mile race over 3 laps of the L'Ancresse Millenium stone Course saw an exceptionally close race with only 21 seconds covering the leading 5 runners.
The leading quintet swapped the lead during the opening two laps before Despres and Ingrouille moved clear. Ingrouille, however, could not match the finishing surge of Despres who crossed the line 7 seconds ahead in 33 minutes 16 seconds with Steve Dawes finishing a further 4 seconds in arrears.
Regular visitor Bernie Barnaby was the surprise winner of division 2 but the run of the day came from veteran athlete Pete De Bertrand who finished in 9th place overall.
Division 3 and 4 runners raced over 4 miles and Darren le Tissier narrowly eclipsed top woman Debbie Doherty to win the division 3 event while club stalwart Winkle De La Mare was the first division 4 competitor.
Focusing in the Natwest Island Games Doherty has joined the leading men in a tough training regime which is clearly producing results. Her time was nearly two minutes faster than that recorded in similar conditions last year.
| Pos | Athlete | Division | Time |
| 1 | Darren Le Tissier | 3 | 26.08 |
| 2 | Deborah Doherty | 3 | 26.09 |
| 3 | Gail Merrien | 3 | 26.30 |
| 4 | David Mahy | 3 | 27.04 |
| 5 | Tim Hyde | 3 | 27.21 |
| 6 | Jenny Elliott | 3 | 27.26 |
| 7 | Alexandra Rusman | 3 | 27.41 |
| 8 | Colin Guilmoto | 3 | 28.17 |
| 9 | Ian Garner | 3 | 28.36 |
| 10 | Caroline Creed | 3 | 28.44 |
| 11 | Simon Graham | 3 | 28.46 |
| 12 | Val Sexton | 3 | 28.49 |
| 13 | Chris De La Mare | 3 | 28.53 |
| 14 | Winkle De La Mare | 4 | 29.15 |
| 15 | Terry Greening | 4 | 29.18 |
| 16 | Fiona Argent | 4 | 29.20 |
| 17 | Lisa Herve | 3 | 29.33 |
| 18 | Dave Gavey | 4 | 29.29 |
| 19 | John Legg | 4 | 30.04 |
| 20 | Kevin Le Noury | 4 | 30.15 |
| 21 | Alison Jefferies | 4 | 30.33 |
| 22 | Ian Bloese | 4 | 30.35 |
| 23 | Peter Touzeau | 4 | 30.42 |
| 24 | Rob Ferguson | 4 | 30.59 |
| 25 | Anne Setters | 4 | 31.58 |
| 26 | Shane Loveridge | 4 | 32.10 |
| 27 | Alun Williams | 4 | 33.37 |
| 28 | Graham Le Poidevin | 4 | 35.59 |
| 29 | Andrew Ozanne | 4 | 36.20 |
| Pos | Athlete | Division | Time |
| 1 | Nick Despres | 1 | 33.16 |
| 2 | Paul Ingrouille | 1 | 33.23 |
| 3 | Steve Dawes | 1 | 33.27 |
| 4 | Lee Garland | 1 | 33.34 |
| 5 | Chris Carré | 1 | 33.37 |
| 6 | Mike Doyle | 1 | 35.46 |
| 7 | Pete Wickins | 1 | 36.14 |
| 8 | Bernie Barnaby | 2 | 37.04 |
| 9 | Pete De Bertrand | 2 | 37.12 |
| 10 | Dave Merrien | 2 | 37.24 |
| 11 | Jean-Pierre Macé | 2 | 37.45 |
| 12 | Colin Ozanne | 1 | 38.16 |
| 13 | Martin Spratt | 2 | 38.22 |
| 14 | Brian Holden | 2 | 38.25 |
| 15 | Nick Loveridge | 2 | 38.40 |
| 16 | Chris O'Neill | 2 | 38.59 |
| 17 | Darren Le Tissier | 3 | 39.11 (Div3) |
| 18 | John Addy | 2 | 39.21 |
| 19 | Nigel Le Tissier | 2 | 40.45 |
| 20 | Clive Loveridge | 2 | 40.52 |
| 21 | John Dedman | 2 | 40.57 |
| 22 | Alan Donaldson | 2 | 41.13 |
| 23 | Brian Johnson | 2 | 41.39 |
| 24 | Kevin Le Noury | 4 | 46.48 (Div4) |