Details from Pembury Country Park and other late winter season results include the Inter-Counties match
SIAB SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL, Pembrey Country Park, Wales, March 26
England dominated the 2022 SIAB Schools Cross Country International as they took the six team events and 11 of the 12 available individual medals and all four individual titles on a bright, sunny day in Wales on Saturday (March 26).
Jake Meyburgh had been the only athlete this year over any age group to achieve a UK Inter-Counties, English National, English Schools and English area title but he was unable to win a sixth major title this year as English Schools runner-up Alex Lennon, who is normally in the under-15 age group to Meyburgh’s under-13, repeated his Surrey Schools victory with a 14:06 win to 14:12 in this junior boys’ race.
England took the first five places with Isaac Stabler third in 14:14 as Ireland’s Sean Corry was the best of the rest in sixth.
The only athlete to achieve an English Schools and Schools International double was junior girl Shaikira King. She used her track speed to fight off the challenge of English National champion Isabella Waugh with a 10:52 clocking to 10:55.
England took the first six places in this junior girls’ race with Isla McGowan a close third in 10:57. In seventh, Scotland’s Freya Campbell was the best non-English athlete, just ahead of Wales’ Millie Gold in eighth.
In the English Schools intermediate girls race in Kent earlier this month, English National champion Jess Bailey had fought off the challenge of Innes Fitzgerald. However Fitzgerald, who has unusually only ever raced schools races and parkruns, was a clear winner on Saturday, the biggest of the day, in 14:41 to Bailey’s 15:07.
The former English Schools and English National winner Zoe Gilbody, who is a year younger than the top two, was third in 15:16 as again England had the top six.
Wales Beca Bown in seventh and Ireland’s Clodagh Gill in eighth were the only athletes to get among the English competitors.
The English were less dominant in the intermediate boys’ contest as English National champion Robert Price, who is a year younger than most of his opponents, reversed English Schools form with Brandon Pye as he won in 20:36 and he was followed in by Ireland’s Cormac Dixon (20:42) with Pye third in 20:46.
Scotland’s Corey Campbell was a close fourth in 20:47 as England had to wait until 13th for their final scorer though they still won very easily.
England’s intermediate mixed 4x1500m relay team of Miles Waterworth, Rebecca Flaherty , Matthew Pickering and Scarlett Livingstone won in 19:59 from Ireland’s 20:25, Scotland’s 20:30 and Wales’ 20:32.
RESULTS: SIAB Schools International
The order was slightly different in the junior relay which Finlay Goodman, Katie Webb, Ruben Price and Eva Jha combined for a 20:50 victory ahead of Ireland (21:13), Wales (21:20) and Scotland (21:40).
Inter boys (6km):
1 R Price (England, U15) 20:36; 2 C Dixon (Ireland) 20:42; 3 B Pye (England) 20:46; 4 C Campbell (Scotland) 20:47; 5 L McCay (England) 20:54; 6 C Norman (England) 21:00; 7 C Shennan (Scotland, U15) 21:06; 8 S Plummer (England, U15) 21:08; 9 B Coogan (Ireland) 21:16; 10 I Thomas (Wales, U15) 21:27; 11 D Mulrooney (Ireland) 21:30; 12 L Mallon (Ireland) 21:35; 13 J Dargan (England) 21:54; 14 O Hopkins (Ireland) 21:59; 15 A Adams (England) 22:04; 16 R Marshall (Scotland) 22:08; 17 A Nugent (Scotland, U15) 22:10; 18 C Bell (Scotland) 22:17; 19 A Breeze (Wales) 22:18; 20 A Page (Scotland) 22:19; 21 F Donoghue (Ireland) 22:20; 22 F Bruce (Wales, U15) 22:21; 23 P Farrell (Ireland) 22:23; 24 H Evans (Wales) 22:26; 25 M Knak (Scotland) 22:49; 26 G Dunne (Ireland) 23:14; 27 C Morgan (Wales) 23:26; 28 J Welsh (Wales, U15) 23:26; 29 I Bowen (Wales, U15) 23:52; 30 M Willis (Wales) 24:02; 31 A Collier (England, U15) 24:17
Junior boys (4km):
1 A Lennon (England) 14:06; 2 J Meyburgh (England, U13) 14:12; 3 I Stabler (England) 14:14; 4 G Wilson (England) 14:21; 5 A Pearson (England) 14:24; 6 S Corry (Ireland) 14:28; 7 J Wotherspoon (Scotland) 14:31; 8 W Birchall (England, U13) 14:33; 9 D O’connell (Ireland) 14:44; 10 O Head (England) 14:46; 11 E Coyle (Ireland) 14:58; 12 E Grime (England, U13) 14:59; 13 R Johnson (Ireland) 15:01; 14 A Miller (Scotland) 15:02; 15 L Murray (Ireland) 15:03; 16 D Daunt (Scotland) 15:06; 17 S Farrell (Ireland) 15:08; 18 J Sanders (Wales) 15:09; 19 L Culliton (Scotland) 15:13; 20 J Wallace (Ireland) 15:15; 21 W Coles (Wales, U13) 15:20; 22 M Jenkins (Wales) 15:20; 23 D McGuire (Scotland) 15:24; 24 T McManus (Ireland) 15:29; 25 J Alexander (Scotland) 15:35; 26 O Nash (Wales) 15:41; 27 H Turner (Wales) 15:45; 28 E Vaughan (Wales) 15:46; 29 T Robin (Scotland) 15:55; 30 G Tough (Wales, U13) 19:14
U13 (1.6km):
1 L Machado (Cardiff Archers) 5:57; 2 O Phillips (Cardiff Athletics, U11) 6:22; 3 M Hayhurst (Unatt) 6:34; 4 T Davies (Carmarthen & District Harriers, U11) 6:39; 5 G Thomas (Carmarthen & District Harriers) 6:45
Inter women (4km):
1 I Fitzgerald (England) 14:41; 2 J Bailey (England) 15:07; 3 Z Gilbody (England, U15) 15:16; 4 S Nicholls (England) 15:20; 5 H Lathwell (England) 15:27; 6 E Thomson (England) 15:29; 7 B Bown (Wales, U15) 15:47; 8 C Gill (Ireland) 15:51; 9 M Hughes (England) 15:53; 10 L Langan (England, U15) 15:59; 11 L Foster (Ireland) 16:01; 12 E Dougall (Scotland) 16:05; 13 M Thomson (Scotland) 16:10; 14 C Heggie (Scotland, U15) 16:17; 15 M McClelland-Brooks (Scotland, U15) 16:20; 16 A Teasdale (Scotland, U15) 16:28; 17 O Shepherd (Scotland, U15) 16:31; 18 J Inglis (Scotland, U15) 16:35; 19 C Jones (Wales) 16:40; 20 C Hughes (Ireland) 16:42; 21 N Dinan (Ireland) 16:59; 22 E Hughes (Ireland) 17:02; 23 M MacDuff (Wales, U15) 17:09; 24 S Knoyle (Wales) 17:12; 25 C Horne (Scotland, U15) 17:14; 26 H Wade (Ireland, U15) 17:22; 27 C Scott (Wales, U15) 17:24; 28 H Hughes (Ireland) 17:25; 29 H O’brien (Ireland) 17:34; 30 M Griffiths (Wales) 17:41; 31 L Oakenfull (Wales, U15) 18:13; 32 N Jones (Wales, U15) 19:20
Junior girls (3km):
1 S King (England) 10:52; 2 I Waugh (England) 10:55; 3 I McGowan (England) 10:57; 4 L Belshaw (England) 11:07; 5 F Woodhead (England) 11:11; 6 K Pye (England) 11:13; 7 F Campbell (Scotland) 11:14; 8 M Gold (Wales) 11:22; 9 R Simons (England) 11:27; 10 I Wharton (England) 11:29; 11 I McCarron (Ireland) 11:38; 12 L Hale (Wales, U13) 11:39; 13 E Cooney (Ireland) 11:44; 14 E Bolton (Ireland) 11:49; 15 J Hurst (Wales) 11:49; 16 N Garvey (Ireland) 11:49; 17 R Herdman (Wales) 11:49; 18 D Allen (Ireland) 11:50; 19 J Taylor (Scotland) 11:50; 20 M Hughes (Wales, U13) 11:51; 21 E McGregor (Scotland) 11:52; 22 M Pierce (Wales, U13) 11:53; 23 A Thomas (Wales) 11:59; 24 M McCourt (Wales) 12:00; 25 A Stewart (Scotland) 12:01; 26 C Scullion (Ireland) 12:01; 27 E Konig (Scotland) 12:18; 28 S Wilson (Scotland) 12:20; 29 I Cuffe (Ireland) 12:30; 30 L McPherson (Scotland) 12:32; 31 N McKinlay (Scotland) 12:36; 32 J Foster (Ireland) 12:54
U13 (1.6km): 1 G Davies (Swansea H) 6:29; 2 M Phillips (Taf Running & Orienteering Team) 6:42; 3 E Drew (Swansea H, U11) 6:48; 4 T Shelmerdine (Swansea H) 6:55; 5 L Stabler (Swansea H) 6:58
SOUTH EAST SCHOOLS’ INTER-COUNTIES YEARS 7 & 8 CHAMPIONSHIPS, Writtle, March 26
Year 7 (3.3km):
Essex won all four team titles on offer though individual wins went the way of Thomas Whorton (Year 7) and Joseph Scanes (Year 8) both of Kent in the boys races and Kitty Scott (Year 7) and Lola Roake (Year 8) both of Surrey in the girls races.
1 T Whorton (Surrey) 12:28; 2 G Gilbert (Sussex) 12:30; 3 F Lumber-Fry (Sussex) 12:37; 4 A Kadar (Surrey) 12:46; 5 H Rowbotham (Surrey) 12:53; 6 H Potton (Essex) 12:54; 7 J Shaw (Kent) 12:58; 8 J Parrott (Essex) 12:59; 9 Z Thomas (Essex) 13:00; 10 C Warren (Kent) 13:01; 11 H Leigh (Essex) 13:02; 12 N Tundervary (Essex) 13:04; 13 S Harkin (Sussex) 13:06; 14 M Adam (Kent) 13:13; 15 I Harfield (Hampshire) 13:14; 16 Z Johnson (Essex) 13:15; 17 D Arnold (Essex) 13:17; 18 O Foden (Hampshire) 13:20; 19 B Wright (Sussex) 13:26; 20 H Pawsey (Sussex) 13:28; 21 L Furby (Hampshire, U11) 13:28; 22 N Donougher (Sussex) 13:29; 23 J Emerson (Surrey) 13:30; 24 S White (Hampshire) 13:30; 25 G Vickers (Surrey) 13:31; 26 C Ugoji (Kent) 13:31; 27 A Burniston (Hampshire) 13:32; 28 T Ferreira (Essex) 13:33; 29 A Whitton (Surrey) 13:33; 30 J Bowyer (Surrey) 13:33; 31 T Emmons (Essex) 13:35; 32 T Best (Hampshire) 13:38; 33 T Newson (Essex) 13:39; 34 T Moore (Hampshire) 13:39; 35 A Morrell (Surrey) 13:40; 36 A De Koning (Essex) 13:45; 37 J Messer (Sussex) 13:48; 38 O Knipe (Hampshire) 13:48; 39 N Truter (Surrey) 13:50; 40 G Webb (Essex) 13:50; 41 L Battrum (Essex) 13:53; 42 H Wrigley (Kent) 13:54; 43 O Spence (Essex) 13:54; 44 N Gould (Essex) 13:55; 45 J Fernie (Sussex) 13:57; 46 F Shaughnessy (Surrey) 14:01; 47 A Hannah (Surrey) 14:02; 48 J Willcox (Kent) 14:03; 49 C South (Kent) 14:03; 50 M Davey (Hampshire) 14:04; 51 E Surrey (Kent) 14:07; 52 D Cumings (Surrey) 14:08; 53 D Williams (Surrey) 14:09; 54 H Morgan (Kent) 14:09; 55 H Lawrence (Kent) 14:11; 56 C Lord (Kent) 14:12; 57 J Hearn (Essex) 14:13; 58 C Overton (Surrey) 14:14; 59 T O’hanlon (Hampshire) 14:14; 60 W Sands (Kent) 14:15; 61 R Stubberfield (Essex) 14:16; 62 J Samuel (Surrey) 14:16; 63 B Skelton (Hampshire) 14:17; 64 T Gwinnell (Kent) 14:17; 65 H Harman (Hampshire) 14:17; 66 B Machleidt (Hampshire) 14:23; 67 E Delgado-howell (Sussex) 14:23; 68 R Evans (Kent) 14:27; 69 J Rushforth (Surrey) 14:28; 70 O Jeffery (Hampshire) 14:29; 71 A Taylor (Hampshire) 14:31; 72 J Presley (Hampshire) 14:32; 73 J Hanton (Kent) 14:33; 74 S Ferrell Turk (Sussex) 14:37; 75 R Sykens (Sussex) 14:40; 76 S Bailey (Kent) 14:43; 77 B Rivero (Surrey) 14:44; 78 N Pedrazas (Kent) 14:48; 79 F Roebuck (Hampshire) 14:50; 80 J Miranda (Kent) 14:58; 81 H Hunt (Sussex) 14:59; 82 A Munt (Kent) 15:44; 83 B Knott (Kent) 15:55
TEAM:
1 Essex 62
2 Sussex 79
3 Surrey 87
4 Hampshire 137
5 Kent 147
6 Essex ‘B’ 185
7 Surrey ‘B’ 249
8 Hampshire ‘B’ 309
9 Kent ‘B’ 325
10 Sussex ‘B’ 379
11 Kent ‘C’ 439
Year 8 (3.3km):
1 J Scanes (Kent) 11:43; 2 F Rowe (Essex) 11:55; 3 F McLaren (Essex) 12:24; 4 A Mizon (Essex) 12:27; 5 E Sone (Surrey) 12:29; 6 S Sanz-Kozyra (Kent) 12:32; 7 A Kelly (Essex) 12:33; 8 C Wilson (Hampshire) 12:34; 9 B Catchpole (Kent) 12:44; 10 S Noott (Hampshire) 12:48; 11 S Bennett (Sussex) 12:50; 12 H O’Shea (Surrey) 12:50; 13 T Wiles (Essex) 12:51; 14 S Murray (Hampshire) 12:54; 15 L Draper (Kent) 12:56; 16 S Sweeney (Essex) 12:56; 17 J Eida (Essex) 12:57; 18 E Wilson (Surrey) 12:59; 19 E Bertheussen (Surrey) 13:03; 20 J Hill (Kent) 13:09; 21 C Ansell (Sussex) 13:10; 22 O Wheatley (Surrey) 13:11; 23 W Bachelor (Kent) 13:11; 24 J Denslow (Sussex) 13:12; 25 T Olajide (Essex) 13:12; 26 H Smeeton (Sussex) 13:13; 27 H Stockill (Essex) 13:14; 28 J Hardland (Sussex) 13:15; 29 T Holland (Surrey) 13:15; 30 N Mavrovitis (Surrey, U15) 13:16; 31 A Ganchev (Essex) 13:17; 32 A Roberts (Sussex) 13:17; 33 J Shepard (Hampshire) 13:18; 34 H Lamb (Surrey) 13:18; 35 S Reynolds (Essex) 13:19; 36 M Orchard (Surrey) 13:23; 37 S Phillips (Surrey) 13:24; 38 A Everitt (Kent) 13:24; 39 T Alder (Essex) 13:26; 40 N Jones (Essex) 13:27; 41 A Claudet (Surrey) 13:28; 42 L Matthews (Sussex) 13:29; 43 O Darcey (Surrey) 13:29; 44 H Greenfield-gormer (Essex) 13:30; 45 R Gawler (Kent) 13:34; 46 H Day (Essex) 13:37; 47 S Fossa (Hampshire) 13:38; 48 C Ganson (Kent) 13:39; 49 T Cherry (Sussex) 13:39; 50 A Whitelock (Kent) 13:40; 51 A Walker (Surrey) 13:40; 52 O Maranzaon (Sussex) 13:41; 53 N Swainson (Kent) 13:41; 54 D Morrison (Surrey) 13:41; 55 T Lashmar (Essex) 13:42; 56 D Francis (Kent) 13:43; 57 A Holman (Hampshire) 13:44; 58 W Tilson (Essex) 13:47; 59 L Hutchinson (Hampshire) 13:51; 60 C Eagle (Essex) 13:53; 61 N Thompson (Kent) 13:53; 62 E Hanlon (Kent) 13:54; 63 H Orme (Sussex) 13:56; 64 B O’Grady (Kent) 13:56; 65 P Fitzmaurice (Kent) 14:08; 66 W Roeser (Surrey) 14:10; 67 R Barra (Sussex) 14:12; 68 C Lynch (Kent) 14:13; 69 E Byfield (Kent) 14:14; 70 O Regan (Kent, U15) 14:18; 71 A Latchford (Sussex) 14:29; 72 L Shattock (Hampshire) 14:44; 73 L Chaffey (Hampshire) 14:49; 74 S Pickersgill (Sussex) 15:18
TEAM:
1 Essex 45
2 Kent 74
3 Surrey 105
4 Sussex 142
5 Hampshire 169
6 Essex ‘B’ 174
7 Surrey ‘B’ 221
8 Kent ‘B’ 290
9 Essex ‘C’ 303
10 Sussex ‘B’ 344
11 Kent ‘C’ 389
Year 7 girls (3km):
1 K Scott (Surrey) 12:30; 2 A Chappell (Kent) 12:38; 3 E Harrold (Essex) 12:40; 4 T Ferguson (Surrey) 12:45; 5 E Bramall (Hampshire) 12:51; 6 H Harrison (Essex) 12:52; 7 A Shipton (Essex) 12:54; 8 S Richmond (Kent) 13:00; 9 A O’Brien (Hampshire) 13:08; 10 M Robertson (Surrey) 13:13; 11 I Forrest (Essex) 13:24; 12 B Webb (Sussex) 13:29; 13 A Thomas (Hampshire) 13:33; 14 E Hill (Sussex) 13:34; 15 C Oakley (Hampshire) 13:35; 16 I Kaur (Surrey) 13:37; 17 P Horton (Essex) 13:37; 18 H Bardsley (Hampshire) 13:39; 19 K Hoppe (Hampshire, U11) 13:40; 20 T Garrard (Surrey) 13:41; 21 O Friel (Essex) 13:41; 22 A Burrows (Essex) 13:43; 23 R Quirk (Essex) 13:44; 24 J Page (Essex) 13:44; 25 N Staunton (Essex) 13:45; 26 K McBride (Surrey) 13:45; 27 L Gowen (Surrey) 13:46; 28 M Corbett (Sussex) 13:48; 29 D Arnold (Surrey) 13:50; 30 A Tharmakulasingam (Surrey) 13:51; 31 M Spires (Hampshire) 13:52; 32 A Spires (Hampshire) 13:54; 33 F Brewer (Hampshire) 13:55; 34 S Murase (Surrey) 14:00; 35 A Burch (Surrey) 14:01; 36 D Booth (Surrey) 14:01; 37 J Smykala (Hampshire) 14:02; 38 R Pearson (Kent) 14:04; 39 A Other (Surrey) 14:06; 40 Y McCrohan (Surrey) 14:08; 41 A Carter (Hampshire) 14:12; 42 M Horn (Hampshire) 14:13; 43 A Shaw (Essex) 14:14; 44 E Sandhu (Essex) 14:15; 45 C Coleman (Surrey) 14:18; 46 L Mead (Surrey) 14:18; 47 C O’Brien (Hampshire) 14:21; 48 T Muir (Sussex) 14:22; 49 N Macgregor (Surrey) 14:22; 50 C Haycock (Essex) 14:22; 51 E Mathias (Essex) 14:24; 52 A Klidjian (Surrey) 14:26; 53 A Spencer (Hampshire) 14:27; 54 S Tran (Kent) 14:29; 55 K Dunford (Sussex) 14:30; 56 J Christopherson (Sussex) 14:30; 57 E Murray (Sussex) 14:30; 58 C Vickers (Hampshire) 14:31; 59 A Millward (Sussex) 14:31; 60 M Hopkins Parry (Sussex) 14:32; 61 A Jones (Surrey) 14:34; 62 S Ware (Sussex) 14:35; 63 R Fox-Robinson (Hampshire) 14:38; 64 G Barrett (Hampshire) 14:44; 65 A Palomares-Dominguez (Surrey) 14:47; 66 L Baisley (Kent) 14:48; 67 S Wright (Kent) 14:48; 68 L Surgeoner (Sussex) 14:50; 69 A Hendley (Hampshire) 14:55; 70 K Cowell (Sussex) 14:55; 71 I Taylor-Bush (Essex) 14:56; 72 A Foley (Kent) 14:57; 73 T Shang (Essex) 14:57; 74 L Hartman (Essex) 14:58; 75 A Heims (Sussex) 15:02; 76 M Caceres (Kent) 15:27; 77 A White (Sussex) 15:28; 78 S Taylor (Kent) 15:35; 79 A Lee (Kent) 15:37; 80 A Smith (Kent) 16:03
TEAM:
1 Essex 65
2 Surrey 77
3 Hampshire 79
4 Essex ‘B’ 181
5 Surrey ‘B’ 191
6 Sussex 213
7 Hampshire ‘B’ 216
8 Kent 235
9 Surrey ‘C’ 271
10 Hampshire ‘C’ 354
11 Sussex ‘B’ 376
Year 8 girls (3km):
1 L Roake (Surrey) 12:34; 2 D Stollery (Essex) 12:35; 3 O Forrest (Essex) 12:47; 4 R Crossley (Kent) 12:54; 5 G Baker (Hampshire) 12:55; 6 I Pauling (Surrey) 12:57; 7 N Wynn (Essex) 12:58; 8 S Omotosho (Essex) 13:01; 9 E Lewis (Kent) 13:02; 10 B North (Hampshire) 13:04; 11 M Watts (Kent) 13:06; 12 K Bunn (Hampshire) 13:07; 13 E Easton (Surrey) 13:07; 14 J Klein (Sussex) 13:10; 15 C Barnard (Essex) 13:12; 16 L Wilkin (Essex) 13:13; 17 T Waller (Hampshire) 13:15; 18 L Lancaster-Evans (Hampshire) 13:16; 19 N Stanley (Kent) 13:17; 20 C Mitchell (Hampshire) 13:20; 21 A Facius (Sussex) 13:22; 22 H Matthews (Essex) 13:22; 23 U Doublet (Hampshire) 13:23; 24 S Coppda (Surrey) 13:24; 25 B Regan (Kent) 13:24; 26 G Brough (Surrey) 13:26; 27 H Painter (Kent) 13:30; 28 I Freeman (Surrey) 13:38; 29 N Raymond (Kent) 13:41; 30 H Pye (Surrey) 13:42; 31 S Price (Surrey) 13:42; 32 Z Morley (Essex) 13:43; 33 R Delgado-Howell (Sussex) 13:44; 34 M Kotcheff (Surrey) 13:45; 35 L Lai (Sussex) 13:47; 36 F Sharp (Kent) 13:47; 37 M Cruikshanks (Hampshire) 13:50; 38 A Hornsby (Hampshire, U15) 13:50; 39 O Le Quense (Hampshire) 13:51; 40 J Walker (Essex) 13:54; 41 C Fotherby (Essex) 13:54; 42 A Lee (Surrey) 13:59; 43 L Cox (Sussex) 14:01; 44 D Leech (Essex) 14:03; 45 E Whyman (Sussex) 14:04; 46 E Bridges (Essex) 14:07; 47 S Kilburn (Sussex) 14:08; 48 T Gorst (Sussex) 14:11; 49 J Mahoney (Kent) 14:12; 50 D Tower (Hampshire) 14:13; 51 E Warn (Essex) 14:16; 52 S Jennings (Surrey) 14:21; 53 S Woods (Essex) 14:28; 54 E Singer (Sussex) 14:30; 55 R Price (Essex) 14:31; 56 N Roberts (Essex) 14:32; 57 A Mernaka (Kent) 14:32; 58 S Mabb (Kent) 14:39; 59 I Heath (Sussex) 14:41; 60 E Brockwell (Sussex) 14:44; 61 C Hough (Kent) 14:45; 62 B Burkett (Essex) 14:47; 63 C Druggan-Cherry (Kent) 14:50; 64 K Brown (Sussex) 14:54; 65 P Pepper (Essex) 15:05; 66 R Davies (Surrey) 15:31
TEAM:
1 Essex 51
2 Hampshire 82
3 Kent 95
4 Surrey 98
5 Sussex 191
6 Essex ‘B’ 225
7 Surrey ‘B’ 255
8 Kent ‘B’ 324
9 Sussex ‘B’ 332
10 Essex ‘C’ 342
MARCH 27
HERTFORDSHIRE / MIDDLESEX COUNTY VETERANS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Trent Park, March 27
The course at Trent Park was mostly tufted grass land a little bit undulating with a little mud, some woods to negotiate but still quite a lot of fast running in the cool conditions, Alastair Aitken reports.
The over-sixties ran with the women and the winner from the Harrow team was Mark Cursons, a young 60 year old, who was third in the British Masters Championships Cross-Country who considered his best race was winning the first Reading Half Marathon in 1983, when he was aged 21, in just under 68 minutes but, he has been a consistent club runner since.
In second place, moving through after the first half a lap was, 63 year-old Chris Finill, who is always interesting to talk to.
Having run every single London Marathon, usually under three hours. he nearly came unstuck in 2018 when he had a bad fall early in the race he broke his arm which became painful “ I wanted to keep going. I had completed 37 london’s so I was not going to walk away from it. I wanted to keep going. I had previously hoped to do three hours but to finish was the main thing.”
Could he see himself in 2022 running inside Three hours again? “From the way I have been running recently I think I can.”
Finill once ran across America and is he still after other goals? “Land’s End to John ‘O’Groats next year in May. I am not going to kill myself. I’ll do 30 miles a day!”
The first woman overall was Hannah Turner of Harpenden RC.
She said “ I had a good beginning and end of the season but got injuries in the middle. I am 43 now and, when I was at school I was a sprinter. It was after I had kids 18 or so years ago, I started again as more of a distance runner that suited me more.”
Two who have been running a long time and were top of their categories were Barnet’s smooth-running, Joanne Kent, who won the W55 and British Masters champion Des Michael who again headed the M70 age-group.
For the women Trent Park AC were a successful W35 team. Anna Critchlow of West 4 won the W45 race from Highgate stalwart Louise Faherty and Sabina Russell was another successful Highgate woman being first Middlesex W55.
In the M40 and M50 race, Paul Adams and David O’Sullivan hit the front together, before the long stride of Adams took him clear on the second lap with Middlesex over 50 runner Sion Parry coming in next.
The leading M50 Sion Parry was third across the line.
Sion Parry came back into running with Highgate Harriers, because his two daughters Mia & Jess were at the club. He first started running when he was twelve and can remember running in Essex with Matt Yates and Rob Denmark but, then went travelling and stopped running and now, enjoys running again.
Overall (6.4km):
1 M Cursons (Harrow, M60) 25:23; 2 C Finill (Harrow, M60) 26:08; 3 H Turner (Harp A, W35) 26:44; 4 C Cano (Trent Park AC, W35) 27:02; 5 K Alpe (Trent Park AC, W35) 27:33; 6 P Reddaway (Ware J, M60) 27:54; 7 A Greenwood (Trent Park AC, W35) 27:56; 8 M Hall (Gard CR, W45) 28:08; 9 A Critchlow (W4H, W45) 28:31; 10 J Kent (Barn, W55) 28:37; 11 L Faherty (High, W45) 28:44; 12 A Jackson (QPH, M60) 28:49; 13 C Braybrook (St Alb S, M60) 29:39; 14 B Jones (Royst, M60) 29:42; 15 S Russell (High, W55) 29:42; 16 S Manktelow (Trent P, M60) 29:45; 17 M Lepps (Harrow, M60) 29:50; 18 V Simpson (Bish S, W45) 29:53; 19 P Beatty (Bish S, M60) 30:01; 20 M Quirke (QPH, M60) 30:04; 21 P Whitter (Strag, W55) 30:22; 22 L Hembury (Tring, W65) 30:28; 23 P Ellis (Barn, M60) 30:38; 24 L Bentham (St Alb S, W45) 30:40; 25 J Burkett (Serpentine AC, W45) 30:48; 26 I Green (Harp A, W35) 30:59; 27 S Boxer (Barnet & District AC (Middx), W55) 31:11; 28 C Taylor (Wat J, M60) 31:18; 29 I Leslie (ESM, M60) 31:24; 30 L Keogan (Wat J, W35) 32:02; 31 D Michael (Barn, M70) 32:14; 32 S Plested (ESM, M70) 32:20; 33 T Watson (Sud C, M60) 32:21; 34 P Green (Royst, M60) 32:27; 35 A White (Harp A, W45) 32:30; 36 M Edwards (Wat J, M60) 32:32; 37 J Salmon (Tring, M60) 32:35; 38 E Hobbs (Harp A, W35) 32:47; 39 A Frost (Trent, M60) 32:48; 40 R Doughty (Wat J, M60) 33:24; 41 R Derrick (St Alb S, M60) 33:33; 42 R Lamour (Morn, W45) 33:41; 43 S Sullivan (Dac, W45) 33:46; 44 J Morris (Harp A, W45) 33:47; 45 V Shadbolt (Gard CR, W55) 33:52; 46 M Jack (St Alb S, M60) 33:55; 47 S Mann (Herts P, M70) 34:05; 48 M Attree (St Alb S, W55) 34:16; 49 A Jones (St Alb S, M60) 34:31; 50 C Bonnick (Wat J, W55) 34:33; 51 T Morris (Harrow, M60) 34:34; 52 G Hill (Wat J, M60) 34:40; 53 C Smith (Ware J, M60) 35:49; 54 P Pugh (Dac, M60) 36:00; 55 N Kleanthous (FVS, M60) 36:15; 56 R Foskett (Herts P, M65) 36:15; 57 A Riddell (Serp, W65) 36:17; 58 J Molloy (Wat J, W55) 36:19; 59 P Voke (QPH, M60) 36:31; 60 Y Jones (Gard CR, W55) 37:21; 61 A Keogh (Wat J, W45) 37:30; 62 A Caspi (Morn, M60) 37:46; 63 H Mcquarrie (Wat J, W35) 37:58; 64 R Pick (Trent Park AC, M60) 38:01; 65 A Caspi (Morn, W55) 38:02; 66 D Hunt (St Alb S, W55) 38:03; 67 K Wass (Dac, W45) 38:17; 68 K Taylor (Wat J, M60) 38:24; 69 M Garrett (Sud C, M60) 38:44; 70 K Perry (Dac, M70) 38:51; 71 C Boutle (Barn, W50) 39:02; 72 S Boulton (Strag, W65) 39:05; 73 M Tonaki (Serpentine AC, W55) 39:10; 74 P Moore (High, M60) 39:21; 75 L Nolan (FVS, W55) 39:26; 76 M Moody (Wat J, W55) 39:31; 77 P Wallduck (Dac, W55) 39:33; 78 C Taylor (Trent P, M70) 39:51; 79 R Hardman (FVS, M70) 40:01; 80 L Smyth (Sud C, M60) 40:34
Women:
1 Turner 26:44; 2 Cano 27:02; 3 Alpe 27:33; 4 Greenwood 27:56; 5 Hall 28:08; 6 Critchlow 28:31; 7 Kent 28:37; 8 Faherty 28:44; 9 Russell 29:42; 10 Simpson 29:53; 11 Whitter 30:22; 12 Hembury 30:28; 13 Bentham 30:40; 14 Burkett 30:48; 15 Green 30:59; 16 Boxer 31:11; 17 Keogan 32:02; 18 White 32:30; 19 Hobbs 32:47; 20 Lamour 33:41; 21 Sullivan 33:46; 22 Morris 33:47; 23 Shadbolt 33:52; 24 Attree 34:16; 25 Bonnick 34:33; 26 Riddell 36:17; 27 Molloy 36:19; 28 Jones 37:21; 29 Keogh 37:30; 30 Mcquarrie 37:58; 31 Caspi 38:02; 32 Hunt 38:03; 33 Wass 38:17; 34 Boutle 39:02; 35 Boulton 39:05
M40/M50 (9.6km):
1 P Adams (St Alb S) 35:19; 2 D O’Sullivan (Wat J) 35:34; 3 S Parry (High, M50) 35:40; 4 S Prosser (Bish S) 35:53; 5 J Arrowsmith (Trent Park AC) 35:56; 6 P Goodwin (Harp A) 36:08; 7 K Francis (Ware J) 36:10; 8 K Sambridge (Ware J) 36:25; 9 R Coles (Wat J, M50) 36:54; 10 M Adcock (Wat, M50) 37:07; 11 T Woodhead (Wat J) 37:10; 12 H Hopkins (Gard CR) 37:34; 13 A Davidson (High, M55) 37:37; 14 M Head (Tring) 37:45; 15 C Beecham (High, M50) 37:48; 16 W Brotherston (Wat J) 38:04; 17 P Clarke (Serp, M50) 38:27; 18 C Bruce (Trent Park AC) 38:45; 19 S Moss (Trent Park AC) 38:51; 20 B Judge (Gard CR, M50) 38:54; 21 J Shaw (SB, M50) 38:58; 22 P Harvey (Gard CR, M50) 39:03; 23 C Jones (Gard CR) 39:10; 24 D Traynor (Harrow) 39:29; 25 S Spiers (Harp A, M50) 39:30; 26 S Aiken (Trent P, M50) 39:49; 27 M Dmitrzak (QPH) 40:16; 28 P Lewis (SB, M50) 40:19; 29 N Bull (Ware J) 40:20; 30 J Higgs (Ware J) 40:28; 31 A Gasiorowski (Gard CR) 40:41; 32 N Aston (St Alb S, M55) 40:53; 33 J Maloney (Trent Park AC, M50) 41:02; 34 J Lowe (High, M50) 41:07; 35 A Betton (Trent Park AC, M50) 41:23; 36 A Edwards (Trent Park AC, M50) 41:27; 37 R Somerset (Gard CR, M50) 42:01; 38 A Bowen (W4H, M50) 42:11; 39 G Chapman (Royst) 42:16; 40 T Underhill (SB, M50) 42:29; 41 G Clifton (St Alb S, M50) 42:34; 42 J Bird (St Alb S, M50) 42:42; 43 J Brosnan (QPH) 42:43; 44 D Russell (Harp A, M55) 42:57; 45 A Wass (Dac) 43:07; 46 D Birks (Trent P, M55) 43:13; 47 P Guy (Gard CR) 43:21; 48 D Greenstein (SB, M55) 43:36; 49 D Berry (Morn, M55) 43:43; 50 T Miller (VP&TH, M50) 44:09; 51 L Michael (SB, M50) 44:18; 52 M Batton (Trent Park AC) 44:24; 53 S Russell (Dac, M50) 44:27; 54 S Caney (Serpentine AC, M50) 44:38; 55 S Green (Harp A, M50) 44:42; 56 T Martini (Serp, M45) 44:53; 57 J O’shea (High, M50) 45:14; 58 P Brennan (Ware J, M50) 45:31; 59 P Carter (Barn, M55) 45:36; 60 R Byrne (QPH) 45:38
Hertfordshire Teams
M40: 1 Ware J; 2 Garden CR
M50: 1 Garden CR; 2 St Albans; 3 Harpenden
M60: 1 Watford J; 2 St Albans; 3 Watford J B
W35 TEAM: 1 Harpenden
W45 TEAM: 1 Garden CR; 2 St Albans; 3 Watford J
Middlesex Teams
M40: 1 Trent P; 2 QPH
M50: 1 Highgate; 2 Trent P; 3 Shaftesbury
M60: 1 Harrow; 2 QPH; 3 Trent P
W35 TEAM: 1 Trent P
W45 TEAM: 1 Serpentine
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