Latest cross-country results round-up from around Britain
ESSEX LEAGUE, Hilly Fields, Colchester, November 16
Despite several clashing events, such as the London and Eastern championships, being held elsewhere in the east, the Essex League nevertheless went ahead as planned and Sam Norris and Kate O’Neill came out on top of the senior races.
Both were close with O’Neill, the 2020 junior Inter-Counties bronze medallist repeating her win from the October race when narrowly heading many-time Essex champion Gemma Kersey.
Norris wound up only a few yards clear of Peter Coates with top M50 Adrian Mussett a close third in the men’s race.
Essex League (Steve Wilkin)
Men: 1 S Norris (S’end) 26:08; 2 P Coates (Brai ) 26:12; 3 A Mussett (Col H, M50) 26:15
TEAM: 1 Colchester 92; 2 Southend 94; 3 Havering 101
U17: 1 J Hurrell (Chelm) 20:09; 2 M Sanderson (B’wood) 20;25; 3 F Evison (Bas) 21:24
TEAM: 1 Chelmsford 14; 2 Basildon 24; 3 Harlow 38
U15: 1 J Parrott (Chelm) 14:13; 2 B Tucker (Harl) 14:23; 3 L Jopling (S’end) 14:25
TEAM: 1 Chelmsford 23; 2 Basildon 30; 3 Southend 61
U13: 1 T Ketterer (C&T) 12;28; 2 S Brown (SS) 12:29; 3 J Dalton (helm) 12:36
TEAM: 1 Chelmsford 33; 2 SS Athletics 38; 3 Basildon 54
Women: 1 K O’Neil (Hav’g) 25:43; 2 G Kersey (Bas) 25:48; 3 K Fitzgibbon (Bas) 27:24
TEAM: 1 Havering 41; 2 Colchester 44; 3 Chelmsford 50
U17: 1 E Warn (B ‘wood) 23;59; 2 L Tyler (Col H) 24:08; 3 Z Morley (Bas) 25:35
TEAM: 1 Chelmsford 24; 2 Basildon 31; 3 Colchester & Tendring 36
U15: 1 F Phillips (Chelm) 15:20; 2 I Daisy (Chelm) 15:50; 3 A Shipton (Chelm) 16:09
TEAM: 1 Chelmsford 22; 2 Basildon 30; 3 SS Athletics 65
U13: 1 I Kehoe (Chelm) 12;58; 2 B Castleton-Cooke (Chelm) 13:09; 3 S Sowen (SS) 13;17
TEAM: 1 SS Athletics 21; 2 Chelmsford 26; 3 C&T 58
Essex League (Steve Wilkin)
BERKS, BUCKS & OXON CCA CHAMPIONSHIPS, Banbury, Oxfordshire, November 17
The races were held in the grounds of the medieval moated Broughton Castle and the owner, Martin Fiennes, the 22nd Baron Seye & Sele, presented many of the awards as the venue hosted a cross-country event for the first time since 1979.
The association’s treasurer is Reading AC’s Jess Gibbon, who added to her 2022 women’s title comfortably with a near two-minute victory over Newbury junior Josie Robertson, who has dominated the Oxfordshire League this year.
Gibbon has had a quiet year after winning the South of England title in January, but returned to take the Energy Vision Cross Cup in Roeselare at the end of October.
It was another under-20 who took the men’s race as Chris Parker ran in the colours of regular BB&O club Reading, whilst his fellow Oxford University runners turned out in force to take the team race, as part of their warm up for the annual Varsity race against Cambridge University.
Men: 1 C Parker (Read, U20) 25:57; 2 A Gruen (MK Dist) 26:02; 3 N Whittaker (Oxf U) 26:05
M40: 1 R Corney (Read RR) 27:27
TEAM: 1 Oxford U 42; 2 Oxford U B 127; 3 Reading 151
M40 TEAM: 1 Newbury 25
U17: 1 J Titmas (Read) 20:55; 2 J Norton (Newb) 21:04; 3 M Gillas (Read) 21:10
TEAM: 1 Newbury 16; 2 Bracknell 22; 3 Reading 22
U15: 1 E Langley-Aybar (Brack) 13:42; 2 J Legge (Brack) 14:07; 3 S Nixon-Gagg (Abing) 14:09
TEAM: 1 Bracknell 8; 2 WSEH 18; 3 Radley C 30
U13: 1 S Cousins (Radley) 13:21; 2 N Spruce (Abing) 13:36; 3 W May (Read) 13:39
TEAM: 1 Abingdon 21; 2 Reading 28; 3WSEH 30
Jess Gibbon (Martin Duff)
Women: 1 J Gibbon (Read) 28:59; 2 J Robertson (Newb) 30:45; 3 J Ridley (WSEH) 30:57
W35: 1 N Griffith (WSEH) 31:49
U20: 1 J Robertson (Newb) 30:45
TEAM: 1 Reading 16; 2 Oxford U 20; 3 WSSEH 21
W35 TEAM: 1 Eynsham 16
U17: 1 Y Grant (WSEH) 24:31; 2 S Massie (WSEH) 25:02; 3 G Colley (WSEH) 25:26
TEAM: 1 WSEH 6; 2 Bracknell 24; 3 WSEH B 25
U15: 1 Z Allan (WSEH) 15:18; 2 R Street (WSEH) 15:58; 3 C Campbell (Oxf C) 16:16
TEAM: 1 WSEH 9; 2 WSEH B 34; 3 Bracknell 42
U13: 1 H Lucas (Brack) 14:47; 2 M Lennox-Imbastari (WSEH) 14:48; 3 F Staker (Read) 15:17
TEAM: 1 Bracknell 12; 2 Reading 19; 3 Oxford C 38
EASTERN AA CHAMPIONSHIPS, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, November 16
Former Nene Valley Harrier James McCrae returned to his roots to take the Eastern championship while Lucy Mapp moved up from sixth last year to win the women’s race.
In the age group events, Olivia Forrest, the English Schools and Inter-Counties champion, won another title in the under-17 women’s category.
Men (10km): 1 J McCrae (Hallam) 36:46; 2 L White (Felix) 37:14; 3 C Smith (Hunts) 37:40
TEAM: 1 Huntingdonshire 14
Inter-Counties TEAM: 1 Cambridgeshire
Eastern Masters Champs (10km): 1 M Amos (Hunts, M40) 41:26; 2 M Hayward (New J) 41:30; 3 S Coombes (Herne H, M50) 41:31
M60 (6km): 1 S Howard (Ely) 25:10
M65: 1 G Chapman (Ely) 26:57
M75: 1 J Stocker (Hunts) 31:27
U20: 1 W Hollands (St Ed) 26:03; 2 T Taylor (St Ed) 26:24; 3 Taylor (St Ed) 26:58
TEAM: 1 St Edmunds Pacers 6
Inter-Counties TEAM: 1 Suffolk
U17: 1 S Melero (St Ed) 20:24; 2 B Eccles (Bure) 21:01; 3 S McDougal (C&C) 21:05
TEAM: 1 Cambridge & Coleridge 16
U15: 1 F McLennon (C&C) 12:42; 2 L Legge (P’boro &NV) 12:59; 3 C Calver (W Suff) 13:01
TEAM: 1 Cambridge & Coleridge 11
U13: 1 M Sanford (Chelm) 11:00; 2 C Holland (Waveney) 11:10; 3 E Gibbs (Bed C) 11;16
TEAM: 1 Bedford & C 23
Women: 1 L Mapp (Hunts) 24:46; 2 L Cason (Ips J) 24:57; 3 S Bird (Ips J, W35) 25:40
TEAM: 1 Ipswich Jaffa 17
Eastern Masters Champs: 1 K Austin (Ips J, W40) 24:57; 2 K King (St Ed) 25:26; 3 H Buller (St Neots, W45) 25:40
W50: 1 S Warren (C&C) 27:18
Inter-Counties TEAM: 1 Suffolk
U20: 1 E Jonas (Norw) 26:04; 2 F Hammond (W Suff) 27:14; 3 I Mitchell (Ips H) 27:40
U17: 1 O Forrest (B’wood) 22:44; 2 E Kerswell (C&C) 23:21; 3 C Hughes (C&C) 23:33
TEAM: 1 St Edmunds Pacers 15
U15: 1 H Woodley (B’wood) 13:57; 2 A Keen (Ips H) 14:27; 3 V Brooke (Norw) 14:56
TEAM: 1 Brentwood Beagles 15
U13: 1 M Kindler (B’wood) 11:21; 2 S Bolton (St Ed) 12:05; 3 S Bickerstaff (B’wood) 12:26
TEAM: 1 Brentwood Beagles 8
LONDON CHAMPIONSHIPS, Parliament Hill, Hampstead, November 16
Andrew Penney won for Surrey League champions Hercules Wimbledon but could not stop rivals Thames Hare & Hounds coming out on top in the four-to-score team race.
After moving up from fifth here last year, Penney ran out a winner over James Hoad by around 30 metres.
Penney said: “I did have a break after the track season and did cross training. Regarding the mileage I have been doing 60 to 70 and trying to pick it up.”
The women’s race saw Lucy Jones head a Herne Hill club one-two as Sophie Tooley took the silver medal but it was third-placed Elizabeth Apsley who ensured that Thames posted a men’s and women’s team double.
Jones said: “I felt good and strong and was relaxed for the first lap with my clubmate Sophie. When I went to the front in the second lap, I tried to push it on.”Geoff Jerewood at Herne Hill.
Men: 1 A Penney (HW) 34;29; 2 J Hoad (THH) 34:29; 3 M Cameron (TVH) 34:48; 4 B Dewer (Herne H) 34:52; 5 J Brookman (THH) 35:01; 6 S Greenstein (SB) 35:23
TEAM: 1 THH 30; 2 TVH 66; 3 Hercules W 89
Women: 1 L Jones (Herne H) 20:58; 2 S Tooley (Herne H) 21:52; 3 E Apsley (THH) 31:57; 4 E Bradley (Belg) 21:59; 5 J Hodder (Belg) 22:01; 6 C Sharp (B&B) 22:02
TEAM: 1 THH 34; 2 Herne Hill 47; 3 Belgrave 58
LONDON YOUTH GAMES, Parliament Hill, Hampstead, November 16
U17 Men: 1 A Lennon (Sutt) 15:36; 2 H Austin (Camb) 15:55; 3 I Mezey (Ealing) 15:57
U15 Boys: 1 A Pflug (Camden) 9:46; 2 T Creed (Merton) 9:54; 3 T Clerkin (Merton) 10:05
U13: 1 E Aldridge (Brom) 7:09; 2 F Kounoupus-Prastalo (Camb) 7:09; 3 B Kaspar (Barn) 7:17
U17 Women: 1 A Nicholl (H&F) 11:28; 2 R James (T Hamlets) 11;34; 3 L McDonald (C Lon) 11:39
U15 Girls: 1 J March (Enf) 7:11; 2 I Harrison (Wands) 76:22; 3 S Smith (Hav’g) 7:28
U13: 1 C Foster (G’wich) 7:44; 2 A Wait (Merton) 7:48; 3 S O’Brien (S’wark) 7:51
Jack Gray (Martin Duff)
MIDLAND MEN’S 7 and Women’s 5-Mile CHAMPIONSHIP, Halesowen, West Midlands, November 16
Jack Gray, the double Midland Counties senior champion, added another title to his portfolio over seven miles at High Harcourt Farm, Romsley as Rebecca Miles took the women’s race.
After winning the Midland title in 2019 the Cambridge & Coleridge runner had two area silvers before again winning the Midland senior title in 2023, the year he also took podium places in both the English National and Inter-Counties Championships.
Here Gray won by exactly a minute over Wreake & Soar Valley’s Daniel Hallam who was third in the 2018 Midland senior event.
For women’s winner Miles, this was the Desford runner’s first notable victory.
Men (7M): 1 J Gray (C&C) 36:59; 2 D Hallam (Wreake) 37:59; 3 N Williams (Notts, n/s) 40:50; 5 R Hale (Notts) 41:31; 5 J Reed (Tip) 41:45; 6 T De Jong (Notts, n/s) 42:02
TEAM: 1 Notts 81; 2 Wolverhampton & Bilston 88; 3 Tipton 113
Women (5M): 1 R Miles (Desf) 34:18; 2 B Tabor (Tip) 34:34; 3 K McGonigal (B’ville) 35:14; 4 L Collins (Hales) 35:36; 5 P Dodd (Hales) 35:54; 6 C Baker (B’ville) 36:14
TEAM: 1 Halesowen 25; 2 Bourneville 43; 3 Tipton 49
LUCA LEAGUE, Wimbledon Common, November 13
The second match of the re-named London Colleges League saw Daniel McKinney and Grace Leyland come out on top of the men’s and women’s races.
Men: 1 D McKinney (Read) 33:11; 2 H Donovan (UAL) 33:11; 3 I Makar (Imp C) 33;13; 4 S Babin (Kings) 33;16; 5 D Matthews (RVC) 33:25; 6 L Wheeler (Kings) 33:31
TEAM: 1 Imp C 552; 2 Kings 943: 3 UCL 871
Women: 1 G Leyland (St George’s) 17:29; 2 E Warren (Surrey) 17:32; 3 E Davies (LSE) 17:48; 4 J Alonso-Gautrals (UCL) 18:10; 5 M Parmer (St George’s) 18:39; 6 C Firth (Kings) 18:49
TEAM: 1 St George’s 770; 2 UCL 769; 3 LSE 755
SCOTTISH STUDENT SPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS, Aberdeen, November 16
Men (8.5km approx): 1 M Knowles (Edin U) 27:28; 2 R Martin (Stirl U) 27:44; 3 C Gourley 27:47
TEAM: 1 Edin U 13; 2 Stirl U 41; 3 Glas U 84
Women: 1 E Shaw (Edin U) 32:16; 2 E McNicol (Glas U) 32:34; 3 C Heggie (Edin U) 33:16
TEAM: 1 Edin U 15; 2 Glas U 55; 3 S’clyde 61
SCOTTISH EAST DISTRICT LEAGUE, Dundee, November 16
Men (8km): 1 L Rees (Fife) 25:44; 2 D Milne (Centr) 26:00; 3 M Pryde (Loth) 26:07
TEAM: 1 Centr 67; 2 Dund H 168; 3 Loth 214
M40+: J Tole (Metro) 27:53
TEAM: Metro 11
U17 (6.4km): 1 F MacKenzie (Metro) 21:39; 2 A Macfaden (Dund H) 21:51; 3 K Hardie (Harm) 22:02
TEAM: 1 Harm 13; 2 A’deen 37; 3 Metro 40
U15 (4km): 1 L Anderson (Anst) 14:27; 2 J Gillan (Centr) 14:31; 3 R Lees (Edin) 14:33
TEAM: 1 Edin 13; 2 T Bord 32; 3 Perth S 40
U13 (3.2km): 1 T Comer (Edin) 11:37; 2 T Ibbs (E Loth) 11:37; 3 J Shinnie (A’deen) 11:41
TEAM: 1 Edin 24; 2 Perth S 29; 3 Harm 30
U11 (1.6km): G Wright (Hadd) 5:56
TEAM: 1 Edin 31
Overall male team: 1 Dund H 447; 2 Edin 544; 3 Harm 623
Women (6.4km): 1 M Millar (Centr) 23:30; 2 M Sanchez Oller (Edin) 25:06; 3 A Hedley (Centr) 25:37
TEAM: 1 Edin 32; 2 Cors 36; 3 Perth R 99
W40+: E Mooney (Ochil) 27:48
TEAM: HBT 21
U17/U15 (4km): 1 E Dallas (S’earn, U17) 15:06; 2 J Taylor (Edin, U17) 15:31; 3 J Evans (Dunf, U17) 15:49
U15: E Taylor (A’deen) 16:17
TEAM: 1 A’deen 26; 2 S’earn 47; 3 Edin 50
U13 (3.2km): 1 M Glass Park (Banc) 12:35; 2 G Whyte (Perth S) 12:50; 3 E Daunt (Edin) 12:59
TEAM: 1 1 Edin 16; 2 Harm 33; 3 Perth S 42
U11 (1.6km): C Czekalowska (A’deen) 6:04
TEAM: Edin 12
Overall female team: 1 Edin 107; 2 A’deen 286; 3 Harm 486
Fell running
ARNSIDE KNOTT, Far Arnside, November 17
Overall (6M/1093ft): 1 B Goodfellow (Dallam) 38:14; 2 R Allison (Dark Pk) 38:24; 3 Matthew Cardus 38:46; 4 M Barrow (Amble) 38:50; 5 J Smith (Helm H) 39:09; 6 K Barker (Amble) 39:21
M40: P Mather (Lons) 40:54
M45: J Dunn (Sett) 41:28
M50: J Dyer (Helm H) 45:51
M65: D Griffin (Helm H) 46:55
M70: N Hewitt (Bowl) 56:19
U21: S Ashton-Fitch (Sett) 41:26
Women: 1 H Smith (Salf, W40) 43:24; 2 A Lupton (B Combe, W45) 44:44; 3 Emily Simpson 47:52; 4 K Hurt (COLT) 49:24
W50: B Dyer (Helm, H) 49:50
W55: D Howard (Furn) 55:47
W60: C Museth (Amble) 55:52
W65: K Ayres (Amble) 60:12
BEAST OF BAMFORD, Bamford, November 16
Overall (7.2km/320m): 1 M Kenyon (Dron) 30:05; 2 M Jones (Dark Pk) 31:20; 3 James Robertson 31:59; 4 P Montgomery (Dark Pk) 32:15; 5 F Watts (Dark Pk) 32:27; 6 M Burley (Macc) 32:29
M40: Andy Charlton 34:40
M50: J Stockdale (Mark) 39:03
M60: Rick Frolich 43:12
M70: K Holmes (Dark Pk) 48:03
Women: 1 L Watson (Dark Pk) 35:25; 2 A Mandal (Dark Pk) 36:48; 3 T Raab (Dark Pk) 37:57; 4 R Rose (Dark Pk, W40) 38:28
W50: H Elmore (Dark Pk) 41:07
W60: K Clark (Steel) 50:57
HARRIERS V CYCLISTS, Dowley Gap, Bingley, November 16
Overall (5.5M/827ft, runners’ positions only): 1 E Wilkinson (K&C) 35:52; 2 B Houlihan (Otl) 36:49; C Shearer (Barl) 37:44; 4 O Brooks (Wharf) 38:04; 5 J Hiom (Kesw) 38:18; 6 E Hassell (Wharf) 38:52
M40: C Emsley (Bing) 41:33
M50: J Green (Ilkley) 42:43
M60: J Ferguson (Bing) 48:21
M70: K Brewster (Vall) 58:16
Women: 1 A Wall (Horsf) 42:50; 2 E Clayton (Bing) 42:56; 3 E Bramley (Kesw) 44:05; 3 H Hardaker (K&C, W40) 45:57
W50: R Thackray (Bing) 47:11
W60: T Emery (Bing) 56:37
TEAM (M&W): 1 Wharf 9; 2 Bing 10; 3 K&C 12
HATHERSAGE NIGHT RACE, Hathersage, November 13
Overall (8km/400m): 1 G Hopkinson (Mat) 34:53; 2 L Roberts (Worc) 36:28; 3 T Rutter (Dark Pk, M40) 38:14; 4 M Anderson (Totley, M40) 38:43; 5 Brent Carlin (M40) 38:48; 6 S Berryman (Summ) 39:56
M50: P Lewis (Long E) 42:42
M60: A Barnett (Dark Pk) 47:23
U20: Danny Bird 50:35
Women: 1 C Brock (Steel) 42:33; 2 J Ellis (Penn, W40) 46:46; 3 A Wildman (Penn, W40) 46:48; 4 S Evans (Steel) 48:55
W50: A Wainwright (Dark Pk) 53:13
PENMAENMAWR, Gwynedd, November 16
Overall (16.1km/594m): 1 G Roberts (Calder V, M40) 71:53; 2 D B Hughes (Col B) 72:06; 3 J Hartley (B Combe) 72:45; 4 J Williams (G’dale) 74:03; 5 I Evans (Denbigh) 81:32; 6 B Dooley (Amble) 81:34
M50: N Brook (Eryri) 82:54
M55: Jonathan Moore 92:23
M60: Tim Knight 1:42:17
M65: M Snell (Eryri O) 1:48:36
M75: N Harris (Ross) 2:18:13
Women: 1 L Richardson (Eryri) 91:21; 2 K Reynolds (Eryri) 92:53; 3 M Grant (Eryri, W40) 1:43:11; 4 C Cummings (Penn) 1:43:13
W45: M Hughes (Eryri) 1:44:40
W50: A Rowlands (Eryri) 1:45:14
W60: R Isaacs (Pens) 1:48:35
W65: Helen Webber 2:19:24
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