The recent weather and the cool and wet conditions on the day made the course muddy, the sapping type, and slippery. I saw many runners wearing mud face masks and more. Thankfully all our runners stayed on their feet except Toby who fell to his knees on crossing the line!
We only had three runners in the first race, the Under 13’s boys and girls, and one of them, didn’t get beyond 600m due to feeling ill. However, Toby Conway and Georgia Hills got round; Toby placing well; Georgia happy to finish after being unwell recently.
We had two boys and two girls in the Under 11s. First home was our best XC runner this year, Ed Knight, who came 5th only missing out on a podium by a handful of seconds. Next was
Annabel Campbell just ahead of Alice Averies, renewing their rivalry again. Lastly, in his first XC league season, was Alex Willis, who only turned 9 this year, so was the ‘baby’ of the field. He look relaxed in his running which bodes well for the future (“too relaxed”, according to Team Captain dad, Aaron!).
In addition, Toby's brother, Ben, second claim for Cirencester AC, ran in the U15s and finished 7th in his race, giving him a top 10 in the series,
Under 13 boys and girls results, 2.9k
1 Jack Shingler (Cheltenham Harriers) 9:51
1 Jos Hathway (Stroud AC) 10:49
22 Toby Conway 12:03
16 Georgia Hills 13:11
Under 11 boys and girls results, 2.2k
1 Sebastian Guzman (Yate & District AC) 08:50
1 Jess Bailey (Cheltenham Harriers) 09:38
5 Ed Knight 09:24
15 Annabel Campbell 10:47
21 Alice Averies 11:03
37 Alex Willis 11:50
Under 15 boys, 5k
1. Joe Cruise (Gloucester AC) 18:16
7 Ben Conway (Swindon Harriers) 19:13
Overall XC Series
Being the last race of the series, there was the results of the champioship overall, To qualify one had to run three of the races. Only a few of our Juniors and Teens managed this : Alice, Alex, Annabel, Ed, and Toby
League Series placings:
Under 11s
7 Ed Knight
13 Annabel Campbell
22 Alice Averies
31 Alex Willis
Under 13s
12 Toby Conway
NB Ben Conway was 9th in U15s
Oh, by the way, Juniors coach, Dorian Matts, ran as the only Club senior on the day. He ran relaxed and managed to hold off another Veteran man trying to out sprint him in the last 50m.
Pittville Park MV65+. 6.5k
1. Anthony Foy (Tewkesbury RC) 30:38
6. Dorian Matts 39:05
League series MV65+
1. Martin Hamm (Yate & Sodbury Striders)
6. Dorian Matts
Well done to all those who ran this year. Hopefully, we can encourage more to run next year.
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