ILKLEY S Tom Adams added to his winning tally as he made the perfect start to the new Golden Trail National Series UK by landing the opening event in the South Downs National Park on Saturday. He clocked an astonishing time of three hours, 15 minutes and 58 seconds for the 50km route across hills, heath and woodland in Surrey, Sussex and Hampshire. Starting from Haslemere, he crossed the line in Petersfield just over three minutes ahead of Keswick AC s Brennan Townshend. Next up in the series is the Scafell Pike Marathon in August. Adams trip to the South Downs meant he was absent from the Blencathra Fell Race the same day, a brutal 13km route featuring 825m of ascent, which acted as the English Championships this year.