Jacob Cann stars at Birmingham XC League
Cross-country round-up includes news from various county leagues across the UK.
BIRMINGHAM LEAGUE, Division 1, Match 1, Leamington, Warwickshire, November 15
In a change to recently established practice, all three divisions of the men’s league descended on Newbold Comyn, a venue that has hosted the Midland championships in recent years.
They were joined by both the first and second divisions of the Midland Women’s League.
Western Tempo appeared to be dominating in the men’s team stakes early on but, as the race unfolded, they just lost out to Birmingham University but still filled the first three slots overall.
It was Jacob Cann, fastest in the Mansfield relays two weeks earlier, who led them home. Western Tempo’s Peter Molloy and Dom James followed but it was Birmingham University’s Dan Fisher, who led the students home, in fourth place, to snatch the team honours.
Further back, Phil Wylie eased the Western Tempo loss by placing first Master.
The Division 2 match was dominated by Loughborough’s students who had their six scorers in the first eight positions.
Men: 1 J Cann (W Tempo) 31:22; 2 P Molloy (W Tempo) 31:27; 3 D James (W Tempo) 31:37; 4 D Fisher (Birm U) 31:39; 5 F Ward (R&N) 31:39; 6 J Stolberg (BRAT) 31:46
M40: 1 P Wylie (W Tempo) 32:56; 2 T Beasley (BRAT) 33:10; 3 E Banks (Bir) 33:17
U20: 1 A Burgess (Bir) 32:30
TEAM: 1 Birmingham U 67; 2 W Tempo 69; 3 Birchfield 158; 4 BRAT 275; 5 Warwick U 300; 6 Stoke 323
B TEAM: 1 Birmingham U 170
M40 TEAM: 1 BRAT 53; 2 Tipton 59; 3 W Tempo 61
B TEAM: 1 BRAT 53
BIRMINGHAM LEAGUE Div 2, Match 1, Match 1, Leamington, Warwickshire, November 15
Men: 1 D Thompson (Lough, U20) 32;47; 2 S Kerfoot (Lough) 33:14; 3 B Westmorland-Alexander (Lough, U20) 33:42
M40: 1 R Green (CLC) 35:39
TEAM: 1 Loughborough 24; 2 Worcester 146; 3 Stratford 173
B TEAM: 1 Loughborough 125
M40 TEAM: 1 CLC 20
BIRMINGHAM LEAGUE Div 3, Match 1, Leamington, Warwickshire, November 15
Men: 1 M Scarsbrook (Tam) 34:17; 2 C Rimmer (Tel, M40) 34:49; 3 J Drakeford (Nun, M40) 34:55
TEAM: 1 Telford 55; 2 Tamworth 75; 3 Nuneaton 142
B TEAM: 1 Telford 288
M40 TEAM: 1 Telford 36
CHILTERN LEAGUE, Match 2, Oxford, November 15
The up and down Shotover course at Horspath, adjacent to the Mini Car Factory, was again pressed into service and recent heavy rains made the course quite muddy in parts.
Chiltern Harriers again came out on top in the overall match but it was the students from Oxford University, who used the event as a trial for the upcoming Varsity Match against rivals Cambridge who came out ahead in the men’s race.
This is also their home course and they were led home by Tom Wood who comfortably headed Milton Keynes Distance project’s Alex Green and had six runners in the top eight senior men to finish.
In the senior women’s event, Rebecca Murray notched up her ninth win in this league in recent years with a comfortable margin over Oxford University’s Hannah Andrejczuk as the students put seven women in the top dozen home.
The younger age groups saw Elliott Langley-Aybar, the English National cross-country under-15 fourth placer, again won the under-15 race from Bicester’s Leo Blyton as Tom Ford was a repeat under-17 winner.
Men: 1 T Wood (Oxf U) 29:58; 2 A Green (Mk Dist) 30:21; 3 C Parker (Oxf U) 30:27; 4 H Brodie (Bed C) 30:29; 5 J Johnson (Oxf U) 30:48; 6 A Poulston (Oxf , U20) 31:01
M40: 1 J Farmer (L Buzz Tri) 33:15
M50: 1 N Hughes (Chilt) 35:10
M60: 1 O Byrne (B’brook) 40:59
U20: 2 M Kotrys (Bed C) 31:05; 3 T Beale (Bed C) 31:06
Div 1
Senior TEAM: 1 Bedford & C 2304; 2 Chiltern 2168; 3 Oxford C 2048
M40 TEAM: 1 Wycombe Phoenix 778
U20 TEAM: 1 Bed C 727
Div 2
Senior TEAM: 1 Oxford U 1061
M40 TEAM: 1 Silson 342
U20 TEAM: 1 Oxf U 382
U17: 1 T Ford (Chilt) 18:43; 2 O Weddell (Bed C) 18:49; 3 D Leigh (Wyc P) 18:56
Div 1 TEAM: 1 Chiltern 166; 2 Wycombe 139; 3 Mil K 138
Div 2 TEAM: 1 Abingdon 38
U15: 1 E Langley-Aybar (Brack) 12:21; 2 L Blyton (Bic) 12:34; 3 F Williams (Bed C) 12:40
Div 1 TEAM: 1 Bed C 263; 2 St Albans 258; 3 Vale of Aylesbury 229
Div 2 TEAM: 1 Abingdon 49
U13: 1 J Potter (Mil K) 9:50; 2 A Small (VoA) 9:51; 3 O Gardner (VoA) 9:58
TEAM: 1 Milton K 282; 2 Vale of Aylesbury 279; 3 Dacorum 262
Div 2 TEAM: 1 S&NH 52
Overall Men’s Div 1 TEAM: 1 Bed C 2914
Div 2 TEAM: 1 Silson 631
Women: 1 R Murray (Bed C) 20:47; 2 H Andrejczuk (Oxf U) 21:32; 3 S Omerod (St Alb, W35) 21:34; 4 A Schwarze-Chintapatla (Oxf U) 21:57; 5 B Rawlinson (Oxf U) 21:58; 6 L Danobrega (Bed C, U20) 21:59
W45: 1 B Whitfield (Chilt) 22:11
W50: 1 R Cooke (Bucks & Stowe) 24:03
W55: 1 S Bailey (QPH) 25:39
W65: 1 J Lawson (Hazle) 30:25
Div 1
Senior TEAM: 1 St Albans 875; 2 Oxford C 832; 3 Chiltern 828
W35 TEAM: 1 Oxford C 553
Div 2 TEAM: 1 Oxford U 430
W35 TEAM: 1 Bucks & Stowe 242
U20/U17: 1 I Bennetts (Northampton, U17) 17:49; 2 A Lorimer (Oxf C) 17:50; 3 O Geary (Mil K, U17) 18:02
Div 1 TEAM: 1 Milton K 151; 2 Oxford C 148; 3 Chiltern 140
Div 2 TEAM: 1 Banbury 20
U15: 1 Z Tate (Wyc P) 14:03; 2 E McGinley (Wat) 14:15; 3 M Peasgood (VoA) 14:23
Div 1 TEAM: 1 VoA 175; 2 Chiltern 174; 3 Watford 172
Div 2 TEAM: 1 Bracknell 36
U13: 1 E Baker Brack) 10:29; 2 O Willson (Chilt) 10:35; 3 Y Maddox (Mil K) 10:47
Div 1 TEAM: 1 Bed C 235; 2 Chiltern 211; 3 Watford 203
Div 2 TEAM: 1 Bracknell 38
Overall Div 1 TEAM (M&W): 1 Chiltern 4142; 2 Bedford & C 3889; 3 Milton K 34:30
D2 TEAM: 1 Oxford Uni 1491
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EASTERN CHAMPIONSHIPS, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, November 15
As has been the case in these parts recently, it was Brentwood Beagles girls Summer Smith and Madison Kindler who stood out in the youngest age groups.
Men: 1 O Rees (Ips P) 37:41; 2 G Roberts (C&C) 38:14; 3 J Wilson (Sax) 38:20
M40: 1 S Bacon (NNBR) 38:28
M50: 1 C Mower (St Ed) 44:02
TEAM: 1 Cambridge & Coleridge 19; 2 Peterboro & NV 22; 3 Newmarket J 35
M60: 1 S Le Mare (Los) 22:12
TEAM: 1 C&C 15
U20: 1 L Dyer (Vas) 24:00; 2 C Peck (Ips J) 24:10; 3 A Blackburn (St Ed) 24:18
TEAM: 1 Basildon 14; 2 C&C 27
U17: 1 F McClennan (C&C) 17:19; 2 S McDonald (C&C) 17:19; 3 A Jeffrey (St Ed) 17:26
TEAM: 1 C&C 7N Norfolk 42; 3 P’boro & NV 43
U15: 1 N Griffith (Ips J) 11:43; 2 H Doran (G Yar) 11:45; 3 T Coleman (C&C) 11:50
TEAM: 1 C&C 16; 2 G Yarmouth 37; 3 P’boro & NV 50
U13: 1 A Reddish (Hunts) 9:26; 2 C Holland (Waveney) 9:29; 3 A Cornes-Oliff (C&C) 9:30
TEAM: 1 C&C 16; 2 Norwich 34; 3St Edmunds Pacers 70
Women: 1 D Glover (Fram) 19:07; 2 G Burrell (Bas) 19:29; 3 L Mapp (Hunts) 21:43
W45: 1 H Butler (St Neots) 22:19; 2 J Watkinson (Wym) 22:06
TEAM: 1 St Edmunds Pacers 28; 2 C&C 37; 3 Newmarket J 49
U20: 1 R Dickety (Norw) 21:31; 2 V Valentine (St Ed) 21:48; 3 A Mears (N Norf) 21:50
U17: 1 A Shipton (Chelm) 19:58; 2 Z Morley (B’wood) 20:27; 3 D Backler-Kugler (Bas) 20:45
TEAM: 1 Brentwood Beagles 16; 2 C&C 25
U15: 1 S Smith (B’wood) 12:10; 2 H Woodley (B’wood) 12:24; 3 S Bickerstaff (B’wood) 13:00
TEAM: 1 Brentwood Beagles 6; 2 St Edmunds Pacers 19; 3 C&C 40
U13: 1 M Kindler (B’wood) 9:41; 2 S Davies (B’wood) 9:51; 3 L Esterhuysen (B’wood) 9:52
TEAM: 1 Brentwood Beagles 6; 2 West Suffolk 36; 3 Huntingdon 40
HAMPSHIRE LEAGUE, Match 2, Aldershot, November 15
The league returned to a Hampshire County location after its venture into Dorset last month and the military town played host.
Southampton’s Thomas Aspin moved up from fifth in the October match to head Aldershot’s juniors Luca Hamlen and William Smith in the senior men’s race but it was the latter who again won the team race.
Jess Gibbon usually puts in a racing appearance at this time of year and here, it was no exception as the Inter-County and English National winner followed up a Park Run two weeks earlier with her first serious outing since the end of March. This resulted in a near one minute victory over Winchester Running Club’s Helen Hall.
Aldershot’s Kitty Scott, who was fastest under-17 in the Mansfield relays, opted for the senior women’s race and finished a close third here.
In the under-15 girls’ event, Naomi Walmsley was a repeat winner for Aldershot.
Men: 1 T Aspin (Soton) 33:27; 2 L Hamblin (AFD, U20) 33;31; 3 W Smith (AFD, U20) 33:37; 4 L Stone (AFD) 33:42; 5 R James (Soton) 33:53; 6 C Hudson (Soton U) 34:01
M40: 1 L Jolly (Read) 34:06
M50: 1 A Rennie (Read) 36:49
U20: 3 J Pearce (AFD) 34:11
Div 1 TEAM: 1 Aldershot F&D 41; 2 Soton 58; 3 Soton U 90
Div 2 TEAM: 1 Winchester RC 122
Div 3 TEAM: 1 Camberley 265
M40 TEAM: 1 Reading 67; 2 Winchester RC 26; 3 AFD 37
U17: 1 H Tekeste (Soton) 20:20; 2 C Wilson (Win RC) 20:26; 3 O Knipe (Ports) 20:33
TEAM: 1 Winchester RC 16; 2 Soton 17; 3 AFD 30
U15: 1 T Cobley (Poole) 13:16; 2 L De Giovani ((Ports) 13:20; 3 R Austin (B’mth) 13:32
TEAM: 1 Portsmouth 14; 2 AFD 32; 3 Soton 54
U13: 1 E Shawcross-Campbell (Win & D) 10:43; 2 S Bryce (AFD) 11:03; 3 A Reed (AFD) 11:16
TEAM: 1 Winchester & D 14; 2 AFD 15; 3 Soton 29
Women: 1 J Gibbon (Read) 21:31; 2 H Hall (Win RC) 22:16; 3 K Scott (AFD, U17) 22:25; 4 I Edwards (BMH, U20) 23:20; 5 O Garcia-Davis (AFD, U20) 23:31; 6 A Lane (Win RC) 23:38
W40: 1 E Willmers (Win RC) 23:53
W50: 1 A Bayliss (Salis) 26:43
W60: 1 J Austin (B’mth) 31:15
U20: 4 A Lawrence (Bmth) 23:41
TEAM: 1 Winchester RC 16; 2 AFD 17; 3 Bournemouth 46
W35 TEAM: 1 Winchester RC 10; 2 Soton 38; 3 Winchester & D 50
U20 TEAM: 1 AFD 9
U17: 1 S Wood (Salis) 15:02; 2 A Spiers (BMH) 15:15A Klidjian (Ports) 15:20
TEAM: 1 Portsmouth 21; 2 BMH 24; 3 Winchester RC 28
U15: 1 N Walmsley (AFD) 14:57; 2 F Klepacz (Ports) 15:03; 3 H Saunders (BMH) 15:19
TEAM: 1 AFD 11; 2 Portsmouth 27; 3 BMH 33
U13: 1 A Coombes (Poole) 11:45; 2 E Jones (AFD) 11:49; 3 K O’Neill (AFD) 11:55
TEAM: 1 AFD 10; Portsmouth 35; 3 Soton 39
KENT CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUE, Match 2, Bexley, November 15
Regular venue Danson Park played host and local runner Alex Richards came out ahead of the Tonbridge pair of James Crombie and Will Beeston in the men’s race, who led their club to a win in the team standings.
The outstanding under-17 runner this winter has been Blackheath’s Joseph Scanes and the Mansfield Relay’s fastest repeated his win in the October Kent league with another success.
In the younger age groups, Emery Aldridge posted another under-15 boys’ victory.
Men: 1 A Richards (Bex) 25:34; 2 J Crombie (Ton) 26:00; 3 W Beeston (Ton) 26:34; 4 J O’Hara (Bex) 26:36; 5 T Lockhart (Ton) 27:06; 6 B Tyler (M&M) 27:11
M45: 1 D Kendall (Camb H) 27:26
M50: 1 E Fraser (Ton) 27:46
M55: 1 O Van Zyl (Sev) 31:41
M60: 1 G Saker (Ton) 32:09
TEAM: 1 Tonbridge 53; 2 Cambridge H 101; 3 Medway & M 106
Overall M70: 1 P McAuliffe (M&M) 24:48; 2 S Hallpike (S’oaks) 24:51
U20/U17: 1 J Scanes (B&B, U17) 16:27; 2 F Gibson (M&M, U17) 16:39; 3 H Kelk (Inv EK) 16:52
TEAM: 1 B&B 21; 2 Tonbridge 38; 3 M&M 59
U15: 1 J Lee (B&B) 14:27; 2 S Watson (Cent P) 14:31; 3 S Mottram (Ton) 14:32
TEAM: 1 Tonbridge 21; 2 Ashford 42; 3 B&B 42
U13: 1 E Aldridge (B&B) 10:53; 2 Z Evans (B&B) 10:59; 3 O Moore (Dart) 11:11
TEAM: 1 B&B 20; 2 Tonbridge 75; 3 Central P 76
Women: no race this time
Overall W65: 1 G Arnott (Beck) 26:51; 2 S Richardson (Tun W) 28:39
U20/U17: 1 T Day (Dart, U17) 19:44; 2 A Matthews (M&M) 19:57; 3 K Dervish (B&B) 20:23
U17: 2 A White (Dart) 20:26; 3 M Cummins (Camb H) 20:50
U20 TEAM: 1 Dartford 27; 2 Tonbridge 33; 3 M&M 36
U15: 1 C Foster (Camb H) 15:43; 2 F Hitchins (Medway Tri) 15:08; 3 P Hutchins (Ton) 16:18
TEAM: 1 B&B 26; 2 Tonbridge 40; 3 Camb H 67
U13: 1 J Stephens (B&B) 12:32; 2 L Junginger (B&B) 12:44; 3 O Luckhurst (Dar) 12:44
TEAM: 1 B&B 15; 2 Tonbridge 48
MIDLAND WOMEN’S LEAGUE, Division 1, Match 1, Leamington, Warwickshire, November 15
Both of the two Women’s League’s divisions joined in with the Birmingham (men’s) League for their opener and it was Megan Marchant, the winner of the three rounds at the end of last winter, who again came out on top.
However, the Western Tempo Pied Piper could not stop second placed Sarah Bourne, leading Loughborough’s students to a convincing team victory.
Women: 1 M Marchant (W Tempo) 22:55; 2 S Bourne (Lough, U20) 23:00; 3 J Emerson (Cov G) 23:10; 4 H Blundy (Birm U) 23:15; 5 C Muzio (Lough) 23:27; 6 E Muzio (Lough) 23:30
W40: 1 N Hepke (Hales) 24:52
W45: 1 D Sherwin (Stoke) 25:42
W55: 1 J Rockliffe (W Tempo) 25:49
TEAM: 1 Loughborough U
DIVISION 2, Match 1, Leamington, Warwickshire, November 15
The second flight joined in with the division one match for this fixture and it was Northbrook’s Natasha White, second in the final match of last winter, who was first home.
Women: 1 N White (N’brook, W40) 24:545; 2 A Wheelhouse (S&SH) 25:54; 3 L McLaren (Tam, U20) 25:30
W45: 1 A Deavy N’brook) 25:31; 2 J Evans (Knowle & D) 25:50
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START FITNESS MET LEAGUE, Match 2, Horsenden Hill, Perivale, November 15
Thomas Butler, who had been trying to win the senior race for the last half a dozen years, made no mistake at Horsenden Hill, over the comparatively dry course after the rain in the week, Alastair Aitken reports.
Butler’s highest position was second in November 2024 but in his last two Met Leagues, at Trent Park and Welwyn, he was fifth in both, but it was this year, he did his personal best 5000m and 10,000m track times with 14:13.25/29:30.47.
At the finish of the race at Horsenden Hill he went away from Gus Withers, who was sixth in his first ever Met League at Claybury in October, and in third place in both of those events came Roger Poolman, with the satisfaction of leading Highgate Harriers to go further ahead in the league with all their 12 scorers finishing in the first 62 places.
Some notable runs were from John Eves (M40) in ninth. First M65 Chris Finill, the leading ‘ever present’ London Marathon man in 225th, while in 396th was Stuart Mann (M80) of the 401 finishers.
Two who won in the first Met League of the season won again. They were under-13 Joshua Maiden and under-11 Jesse Geller.
Rebecca Piggott (W35) won the women’s race and it was her first win in the event, after coming second in the previous Met League. She ran her fastest marathon of 2:44:51 in 2015. Her club London Heathside could test the leading club Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets by the end of the season.
In 48th was Sarah Swinhoe (W55) and the oldest was Caroline White in 149th out of the field of 187.
Men: 1 T Butler (SB) 23:09; 2 G Withers (VP&TH) 23:29; 3 R Poolman (High) 23:41; 4 V Weerakkoddy (WG&EL) 23:50; 5 T Frith (WG&EL) 24:07; 6 P Chambers (High) 24:07
M40: 1 J Evans (Herts P) 24:25
M45: 1 C Bruce (Trent P) 26:21
M55: 1 J Cooper (Harrow) 27:49
M60: 1 R Rigby (SB) 29:41
M65: 1 C Finnill (Harr) 31:01
U20: 1 A O’Gorman (SB) 25:20
TEAM: 1 Highgate 1903; 2 VP&TH 1854; 3 WG&EL 1575; 4 London Heathside 1496; 5 Highgate B 1331; 6 Hillingdon 1144
M40 TEAM: 1 VP&TH) 1449; 2 Trent P 439; 3 Eton Manor 351
U17/U15: 1 C Nicolson (Lon H, U15) 14:41; 2 D Lewis (Hill) 14:45; 3 K Hussein (VP&TH) 14:45; 4 H Stockhill (WG&EL) 15:06; 5 O Eaton (WG&EL) 15:11; 6 R Greenwood (Trent P, U15) 15:12
U15: 3 M Lamy (VP&TH) 15:15
TEAM: 1 WG&EL 360; 3 VP&TH 354; 3 London H 353
U13: 1 J Maiden (Herts P) 9:14; 2 D Pascal (SB) 9:20; 3 H Richards (WG&EL) 9:29
TEAM: 1 VP&TH 218; 2 Herts P 197; 3 WG&EL 193
Women: 1 R Piggott (Lon H) 28:09; 2 M Bryan (VP&TH) 28:13; 3 J Dos Santos (VP&TH) 18:32; 4 K Johnson (High) 28:36; 5 E Divetain (Lon H) 18:37; 6 L Gilbert (WG&EL) 28:47
W40: 1 J Hinton (Lon H) 30:34
W45: 1 H Wilkin son (Ealing E) 29:55
W50: 1 L Faherty (High) 32:58
W55: 1 S Swinhoe (Lon H) 31:58; 2 L Cendrowicz (High) 34:12
W60: 1 K O’Rourke (Hill) 37:23
U20: 1 L MacDonald (VP&TH) 29:53
TEAM: 1 VP&TH 460; 3 London Heathside 432; 3 VP&TH B 383; 4 Highgate 321; 5 Lon H B 271; 6 ESM 239
W35 TEAM: 1 VP&TH 205; 2 ESM 189; 3 Trent P 171
U17/U15: 1 A Nichol (TVH) 17:09; 2 J Engerbretsen (SB, U15) 18:14; 3 C Naylor (Herts P, U15) 18:26; 4 L Gundry (Lon H) 18:42; 5 J Falkowska ((Trent P, U15) 18:43; 6 A Kirk (Lon H) 18:46
TEAM: 1 Barnet 21-; 2 Lon H 208; 3 Harrow 184
U13: 1L Graham (St Mary’s) 10:22; 2 E Broadfoot (St Mary’s) 10:31; 3 E Valorie (VP&TH) 10:36
TEAM: 1 WG&EL) 154 ; 2 VP&TH 124; 3 Shaftesbury 114
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SURREY LEAGUE Div 1, Match 1A, Beckenham, Kent
The top flight divisions in both the men’s and women’s sections again combined in a match alongside the young athletes at this now popular venue and saw many athletes who might have a go in the upcoming Euro Trials in action.
Jack Kavanagh extended his unbeaten streak in the league to six races, after he won all of his division two races last winter and also took the October division one match.
He took the win from from Thames Hare & Hounds second claimer Jack Miller and Dylan Evans, who led Belgrave Harriers to a men’s team win over Kent AC – competing on their home patch.
It was all change at the front of the senior women’s race as Lucy Jones and Molly Smith were first and second across the line to lead their Herne Hill club to a team win over first match winners Belgrave Harriers.
Opening fixture individual winner, Hercules Wimbledon’s Ruby Carter, then headed Sophie Tooley to keep out a Belgrave quartet.
The younger age groups saw Herne Hill’s Caspian Holmes again win the combined under-17 and under-15 race, as guest Izzy Wheeler triumphed in the under-17 women’s event.
Men: 1 J Kavanagh (Holl Sp) 20:28; 2 J Millar (THH) 20:58; 3 D Evans (Belg) 21:11; 4 I Barnes (THH) 21:24; 5 A Howard (THH) 21:28; 6 J Collier (Kent) 21:30; 7 J Martin (THH) 21:31; 8 J English (Kent) 21:32; 9 J Hoad (THH) 21:34; 10 H Hayman (S Lon, U20) 21:38
M40: 1 D Gaffney (S Lon) 23:31; 2 J McMullan (THH) 23:34
M45: 1 N Torry (Kent) 21:55; 2 K Quinn (S Lon) 22:39
M50: 1 S Coombes (Herne H) 24:07; 2 N Chisholm (THH) 24:18; 3 A Bond (Dulw R) 24:50
M55: 1 T Booth (G&G) 26:36; 2 G Holcroft (G&G) 27:16
M60: 1 M Tennyson (G&G) 26:05
M65: 1 D Ogden (S Lon) 28:13
M70: 1 P Sanderson (G&G) 23:06
TEAM (10 to score): 1 Belgrave 284; 2 Kent 329; 3 Thames H&H 378; 4 Hercules W 411; 5 Herne H 429; 6 G&G 450
B TEAM: 1 Belgrave 56
U17/U15: 1 C Holmes (Herne H) 8:20; 2 T Holland (S&D) 8:22; 3 S McGeorge (S&D) 8:24; 4 M Barckham (Herne H); 5 J Dormer (Wok) 8:29; 6 J Bowyer (Wok) 8:32
U15: E Roberts (K&P) 13:32; 3 A Roberts (K&P) 13:33
TEAM (4 to score): 1 Herne H 388; 2 Sutton & D 373; 3 HW 371
U13: 1 C Pearl (HW) 8:31; 2 J Lotter (Herne H) 8:37; 3 L Lew (S Lon) 8:42
TEAM: 1 Herne H 187; 2 HW 146; 3 S Lon 118
Women: 1 L Jones (Herne H) 19:18; 2 M Smith (Herne H) 19:44; 3 R Carter (HW) 20:04; 4 S Tooley (Herne H) 20:19; 5 E Fennelly (Belg) 20:20; 6 J Hodder (Belg) 20:21
W40: 1 A Clements (Kent) 20:33; 2 N Douglas (Strag) 22:02
W45: 1 C Grima (HW) 22:07
W50: 1 S Biggs (Strag) 22:53; 2 V Buck (Kent) 24:11
W55: 1 A Riddell-Webster (Ful) 23:01; 2 A Smith (S Lon) 26:09
W60: 1 S Harrison (G&G) 27:24
W65: 1 P Iannella (S Lon) 28:33
W70: 1 S Boulton (Strag)
TEAM (5 to score): 1 Herne H 37; 2 Belgrave 56; 3 G&G 139
B TEAM: 1 Herne H 138
U17/U15: 1 I Wheeler (Horsh BS, gst) 9:30; 2 A Tharmakulasingam (S&D) 9:46; 3 D Larkin (Belg, U15) 9:55; 4 R Evans (HW) 9:56; 5 B Naylor-Davies (Wav’ly) 10:03; 6 S Keeble (G&G, U15) 10:04
U15: 3 Z Davies (S Lon) 10:05
U17 TEAM: 1 Sutton & D 32; 2 Herne H 37; 3 HW 69
U15 TEAM: 1 S London 27; 2 Herne H 52; 3 HW 78
U13: 1 S Lange (S Lon) 8:56;2 G Shade (S Lon) 8:58; 3 S O’Brien (Herne H) 9:08
TEAM: 1 S London 16; 2 Herne H 34; 3 Hercules W 57
SURREY LEAGUE, Match 2B, Hurst Green, November 15
This venue, close to Oxted, has the Greenwich Meridian line passing through it but the lower divisions of both the men’s and women’s sections had no need for manual timing as the league’s quick response system again provided rapid results.
Ranelagh Harriers continued with progress on their climb back to the top flight, as Woking led by Division 2 match winner Andrew Green, who moved up a place from match one, were again second.
Both clubs are on target for promotion at the end of the winter. This as first match winner Ben Chapman slipped to second nearly a minute down.
For the women, divisions two and three again raced together and Stevie Lawrence ran away with things by defeating opening match winner Jodie Judd by more than two minutes.
The Croydon Harrier has returned from racing in the United States where a 15:50 outing in the Boston 5km suggested that a run out in the Euro Trials in Liverpool should be in her plans.
Lawrence tried her hand over the 3000m steeplechase distance in the UK championships in August bit this was her first race since that 9:56.74 outing.
Men Div 2: 1 A Moore (Wok) 25:49; 2 B Chapman (Croy) 26:44; 3 J Ludlow (Wok) 26:56; 4 J Killip (Rane) 26:57; 5 B Whyte (Croy) 27:00; 6 P Rogers (Rei P, M40) 27:16
M45: 2 D Woolmer (Walt) 27:34; 2 M Leyshon (Rane) 28:18
M50: 1 S Egan (Wok) 29:32
M55: 1 P Haarar (Rane) 30:35
M60: 1 A Roberts (Strag) 32:07
M65: 1 M Fletcher (Strag) 34:40
TEAM Div 2: 1 Ranelagh 225; 2 Woking 340; 3 Reigate Priory 386
B TEAM: 1 Ranelagh 59
Men Div 3 and 4: 1 S Baylis (L City) 28:10; 2 H Thorstein (Wimb W, M45) 28:11; 3 S Walker (Wimb W) 28:14
M50: 1 C Axe (Elmb) 29:56
M60: 1 S Corfield (SoC) 31:22; 2 K Klidzia (SoC) 33:48
M75: 1 M Mann (Vets) 42:59
TEAM Div 3: 1 Wimbledon Windmilers 176; 2 London City 304; 3 Ful-on-Tri 320
B TEAM: 1 Wimb W 86
TEAM Div 4: 1 Tadworth 179; 2 Sutton Str 344; 3 Vets 485
Women Div 2/3: 1 S Lawrence (Croy) 21:12; 2 J Judd (W4H) 23:26; 3 R Keddie (K&P) 23:57; 4 C Ryan (Walt) 24:29; 5 A Morrice (Walt) 24:46; 6 E Stringer (26.2RRC, W40) 26:52
W50: 1 J Davey (Rei P) 25:28; 2 S Alexander (Ling) 25:49
W55: 1 V Filsell (Vets) 25:58; 2 A Critchlow (W4H) 26:03; 3 S Walker (DMV) 26:14
W60: 1 L Woolhouse (Vets) 27:17
W65: 1 M Murphy (K&P) 32:02; 2 J Carder (Vets) 32:45
W70: 1 R Harris (Dulw PR) 32:53
D2 TEAM: 1 Vets AC 94; 2 Epsom & Ewell 122; 3 Reigate P 123
B TEAM: 1 Vets 195
Div 3 TEAM: 1 Walton 22; 2 Epsom Oddballs 99; 3 Tadworth 152
B TEAM: 1 Walton 183
Further cross-country, fell and multi-terrain results, as Denis Shepherd reports
Cross-country
SCOTTISH STUDENTS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS, St Andrews, November 16
Men (8km): 1 R Martin (Stir U) 24:24; 2 A Brown (A’deen U) 24:35; 3 L Beagley (H-Watt U) 24:37; 4 S Griffin (Edin U) 24:42; 5 N Gajic (Glas U) 24:44
Women 8km: 1 G Whelan (S’clyde U) 28:49; 2 Z Rennie (Edin U) 29:05; 3 A Jones (Stir U) 29:08; 4 I Hedley (Stir U) 29:27; 5 S Rae (S’clye U) 29:48
BORDERS SERIES, Galashiels, November 16
Overall (4M approx.): 1 A Douglas (I’clyde, M35) 24:55; 2 T Martyn (HBT, M35) 25:00; 3 J Wright (C’thy) 25:48; 4 4 J Eykelbosch (Cors) 26:07; 5 M Wilkinson (Lauder, M35) 26:29
M40: G Walker (Tev) 27:35
M45: N Trowell (NBR) 28:25
M50: J Rogers (Cors) 29:09
M55: B Marshall (Hadd) 30:50
M65: C Donnelly (Cambus) 31:48
M70: D Nightingale (Gala) 38:28
U20: A Dalgliesh (Gala) 27:23
TEAM: 1 HBT 19; 2 Tev 28; 3 Lauder 42
Women: 1 R Halliday (Dunbar, W35) 30:54; 2 L Dozier (C’thy) 31:51; 3 E Eadie (Edin) 32:19; 4 E Pullen (HBT) 32:57; 5 M Eades (HBT) 33:05
W40: C Jellema W Edin) 34:14
W55: J Oswald (Muss) 34:55
W65: H Spenceley (C’thy) 40:03
TEAM: 1 HBT 20; 2 Penic 31; 3 C’thy 46
NORTH DISTRICT LEAGUE, Grantown-on-Spey, November 15
Men (8km): 1 Ross Gollan (E Suth) 25:47; 2 R Regan (I’ness) 25:47; 3 L Thomas (Ross C, U20) 27:17; 4 J Wilson (Moray) 27:58; 5 R Stirling (I’ness, U20) 28:22
M50: R Burnett (I’ness) 31:38
U20: 3 R Thomas (Ross C) 30:19
U17 (5.7km): 1 B Sutherland (Ross C) 20:05; 2 E Thompson (I’ness) 21:09; 3 C Thompson (I’ness) 21:49
U15 (4.3km): 1 A Grant (I’ness) 16:23; 2 C Bowie (ITRC) 16:28; 3 F Herron (Forres) 16:40
U13 (3.4km): 1 J Fitter (I’ness) 13:34; 2 L Bowie (ITRC) 13:46; 3 T Smith (L’ber) 13:48
U11 (1.7km): M Souter (I’ness) 6:18
Women (8km): 1 S Hodgson (HHR) 31:31; 2 G Waterston (Moray) 32:54; 3 A Gollan (E Suth) 33:46; 4 L Mckenzie (Dever) 34:07; 5 M Bee (HHR) 35:30
U17 (4.3km): 1 A Meek (I’ness) 17:38; 2 A Harwood (I’ness) 18:38; 3 H Cload (HHR) 19:00
U15 (7.3km): 1 N Doorley (I’ness) 17:50; 2 C Comisso (Ross C) 18:45; 3 R Campbell (N Uist) 19:16
U13 (3.4km): 1 I Souter (I’ness) 13:30; 2 K Grant (I’ness) 13:37; 3 E Offord (I’ness) 14:22
U11 (1.7km): V Mackenzie (Cal Pk) 6:49
Fell
BEAST OF BAMFORD, Bamford, November 15
Overall (7.2km/320m): 1 Jack Scott 60:46; 2 H Holmes (Mat) 66:27; 3 Arthur Bramwell (U20) 66:35; 4 E Butler (Dark Pk) 68:59; 5 P Needham (Holm) 69:03; 6 S Anderson (Eton M) 69:21
M40: J Brunnock (Bux) 71:48
M50: A Sunderland (Holm) 76:14
M60: D Cowie (Sinf) 89:31
M70: J Gorman (Totley) 1:46:44
Women: 1 C Williams (Sinf) 75:58; 2 Charlotte Staniland (U20) 77:00; 3 S Willhoit (Mercia) 77:35; 4 A Mandal (Dark Pk) 80:28
W40: J Fisher (Dark Pk) 86:55
W50: Kerry Fenton 33:53
W60: J Shotter (Holm) 1:48:20
PENMAENMAWR, Gwynedd, November 15
Overall (16.1km/594m): 1 J Hartley (B Combe) 72:31; 2 G Roberts (Calder V, M40) 73:24; 3 G Hughes (Eryri, M40) 74:16; 4 S Edwards (Eryri) 77:19; 5 O Hunt Williams (Eryri, M40) 77:21; 6 S Skates (P’atyn, M45) 78:11
M50: J Brown (Buck) 84:16
M55: L Taggart (Manx F) 87:01
M60: J Simpson (Pens) 97:55
M65: S Entwistle (Penn) 98:31
M70: S Jones (Arran) 1:45:58
Women: 1 R Calcraft (R Free, W40) 91:07; 2 S Richards (Eryri) 92:05; 3 L Watson (Dark Pk) 93:33; 4 A Rowlands (Eryri, W50) 98:33
W55: N Felloes (Ach ClC) 1:48:35
W60: J Scarf (Tod) 2:02:27
ARNSIDE KNOTT, Far Arnside, November 16
Overall (6M/1093ft): 1 A Perry (Helm, H) 37:55; 2 F Barker (A,ble) 38:23; 3 J Simon (Helm H, M50) 40:54; 4 P Mather (Lons, M40) 40:56; 5 Oliver Jurneau 42:29; 6 A Llewellyn (Lons, W) 41:41
M55: J Baron (Hel,m HB) 46:24
M60: E Gamble (Kesw) 47:21
M65: D Griffin (Helm H) 48:04
M70: N Hewitt (Bowl) 55:44
M75: J Taylor (Bowl) 62:52
Women: 1 Llewellyn 41:41; 2 R Wilmott (Lons) 48:27; 3 B Dyer (Helm, H, W50) 50:13; 4 F Morphet (Helm H) 51:58
W55: D Howard (Furness) 59:11
W60: K Gray (COLT) 62:36
W65: J Libby (Eden) 65:19
TOUR OF PENDLE, Barley Village, Burnley, November 15
Overall (17M/4250ft): 1 G Cunliffe (Ross) 2:17:35 (rec); 2 H Ruddell (P&B) 2:28:40; 3 G Greenhow (Amble, M45) 2:30:11; 4 D Mirfield (Barl, M40) 2:34:56; 5 J Concha (Helm H) 2:35:48; 6 M McGoldrick (Sett, M45) 2:36:10
M50: J Goudge (Horw) 2:44:16
M60: M Horrocks (Barl) 3:02:45
M65: D Naughton (Ches HR) 3:33:40
M70: S Morran (Calder V) 3:20:46
TEAM: 1 Sett; 2 Barl
Women: 1 E Heger (Shett) 2:55:10; 2 M Browne (Wharf) 2:58:56; 3 S Thorne (Steel) 3:04:38; 4 K Klunder (Chorley, W40) 3:05:37
W50: N Hawkrigg (N Fells) 3:28:28
W55: J Powell (Wharf) 3:33:53
W60: D Gowans (Tod) 3:38:48
TEAM: 1 Ilkley; 2 N Leeds FR
Multi-terrain
FOXTRAIL SERIES, Dunbar, November 15
Overall (13km): 1 A Fraser (NBR, M40) 49:18; 2 Craig McCallum 53:15; 3 Harry Reynolds 53:56
M60: R Peppiette (NBR) 55:04
Women: 1 Jill Mykura (W40) 54:29; 2 Sally Barr (W40) 55:55; 3 J Payne (Hadd) 57:44
W60: M Hetherington (C’thy) 63:15
