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Potters ‘Arf returns - Gallery and full 2023 results

By Sarah Garner   12th Jun 2023

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Stoke's iconic half marathon - The Potters 'Arf - returned yesterday with hundreds of runners taking part for good causes (Nub News).
Stoke's iconic half marathon - The Potters 'Arf - returned yesterday with hundreds of runners taking part for good causes (Nub News).
Some even wore fancy dress, despite yesterday's heatwave (Nub News).
Some even wore fancy dress, despite yesterday's heatwave (Nub News).
The race began on Huntbach Street, Hanley (Nub News).
The race began on Huntbach Street, Hanley (Nub News).
Many roads across Stoke-on-Trent were closed due to the race (Nub News).
Many roads across Stoke-on-Trent were closed due to the race (Nub News).
The 13.1 race began at 10am and by 11.30am, many runners had already passed the finish line (Nub News).
The 13.1 race began at 10am and by 11.30am, many runners had already passed the finish line (Nub News).
The finish line was positioned next to the Sir Stanley Matthews statue in Hanley town centre (Nub News).
The finish line was positioned next to the Sir Stanley Matthews statue in Hanley town centre (Nub News).

Hundreds of runners took to the streets of Stoke-on-Trent yesterday as they took part in Stoke's iconic half marathon - The Potters 'Arf. 

The 13.1 mile race began on Huntbach Street and the route went through Shelton, Fenton, Adderley Green, Bentilee, Bucknall, Milton and Sneyd Green before finishing in Hanley town centre. 

Walkers set off at 8.30am, runners at 10am and juniors at 10.20am. 

Carl Moulton, of Boalloy Running Club, won the race with an astonishing time of 1.15.23. 

Carl also won the race in 2022 with a time of 1.12.51 and came second the year before. 

Only ten minutes later, Emma Taylor was crowned as the female winner with a time of 1.22.30. 

Click here to check any runner's race position and time. 

A full gallery of pictures from the day can be viewed at the top of this page.

READ MORE: Model railway exhibition coming to Stoke in aid of local charity 

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