Cross country results

South of England Cross Country Championships - Saturday 28th January

Great runs by all that made their way to the Stanmer Park, Brighton for the "Southerns". The weather was beautiful, the course excellent for spectators and there was plenty of competition to test our junior members that have been used to leading the pack so far this season. George S. claimed the highest position of the day with her 11th in the U17W. This was closely followed by Claire W. 12th and Charlotte-Tara M. 16th in the U15G. Think County Champs multiplied by ten. I understand the senior men have renamed the park "Stamina Park" after completing 1400ft of ascent over the 15K they ran. Running hill sessions at Magog Downs Dog Park was definitely the best preparation you could do in a city as flat as Cambridge. A few more are definitely required before the National Championships at Parliament Hill.

The full results for the senior women and U13G are still to be confirmed. They will be added as soon as practicable. Due to last minute apologies the club was unable to field the full teams entered. This was disappointing for those who made the effort and expense to drive down the night before in preparation for what could have been a great a team event. with three U15 girls in the top 50 C & C could have taken a silver medal with another top finisher.

Many thanks go to all the parents, family and friends who supported those that ran. To Mark Vile for doing a great job as Team Manager and Rich Lyle for cheering everyone all the way to the finish line. Your continued support is much appreciated. 

Senior Men (15,000m) 745 finishers, 1st 49:11

101st Miguel Branco 56:10 (2nd claim)

102nd James Chettle 56:14

171st Noel Carroll 58:44

251st John Ferguson 61:23

383rd Matthew Applegate 66:15

528th Christof Schwiening 71:32

Senior Women (8000m) 335 finishers, 1st 29:44

114th Helen Grant 36:50

180th Alison Wilson 39:57

244th Diana Braverman TBC

U17 Women (5000m) 100 finishers, 1st 17:12

11th George Schwiening 18:25

78th Faye McLellan 21:33

U15 Boys (4500m) 211 finishers, 1st 14:46

68th Thomas Heylen 16:35

U15 Girls (4000m) ??? finishers, 1st 14:05

12th Claire Wilson 15:01

16th Charlotte-Tara Murphy 15:13

43rd Diana Chalmers 15:45

TBC Lucy Loughlan

U13 Girls (3000m) TBC

Midlands Cross Country Championships - Saturday 28th January

A fine performance by Lucy Dowsett now based at Birmingham University and running in the senior womens event in Nottingham. She finished a very credible 10th in 29:19 out of 167 finisher (1st 27:43). 

Frostbite Race 4 - Sunday 15th February

Another successful day out for C & C at Whitemoor Prison, March with wins for the juniors and seniors. The flat, fast course around the nature reserve provided an easy run for many of our juniors who had run hard and very successfully in the Cambridgeshire school competition the previous day. We had 17 finishers supported by their parents and coaches Mark Vile and Alan Baldock. It was good to see some newcomers getting stuck into the big pack and having a go. The individual times and positions for all are given in the Race Results table attached below. Cumulative results for C & C members will be added as soon as practicable. Click on the Junior Excel worksheet. 

Although we didn't get quite the same numbers out for the senior race we did have success on many levels. An overall win to maintain our lead. NVH had 4 men in the top 6 finishers but no ladies to back them up. It was good to see the Italians, Giacomo and Guilio back out there and Paul Rudin & Neil Costello returning to form. Probably the greatest success of the day was introducing some our new members to the series - Charlie, Ben, Diane and Dan. Good to see you out there and we hope you come back for more. 

Are you aware that there two ongoing internal competitions: one based on finish time & the other on WAVA age-grade %. The standings for these can be found by clicking Full Results and selecting the Senior Excel worksheet. In order to get an age-grade % you need to enter your date of birth in the Run Cambridge database. Please note that these stats are based on the 2006 WAVA age-grade tables. A more up-to-date version should be in use next season. 

Next months event is at Bourne, Lincs. on Sunday 5th February. It is the most distant venue but well worth the drive - all off road, fields, hills, forest and mud if wet. Excellent training for all. Car pooling will be encouraged. See you there. 

Race results.

Full results.

Ryston GP Race 4 - Sunday 15th January

The number of members running this event was lower than usual with many favouring the Frostbite event. However, those that did venture to Shouldham Warren did the club proud. Finn Barnes maintained his lead in the U13B event and Emma Schaertlin-Coffey took second in the U13W. Sorcha Barnes running in the U11G this week finished a strong 5th. The senior and U17s ran the short course of 5K. Gemma Coe, Zoe MacDonald and Guy Kenddall posted some fast times to come second and third in their age groups. Mary Holmes, posted another superb second in the FV55 which is looking good for her to take an overall silver medal in the GP series. David Pettitt and Gerald Meah represented the club in the senior mens competition posting good times for the hilly 5K off road course. 

The next event in the series is the re-run of the two loop, 9K course on Sunday 12th February. This is a superb opportunity to run a testing hilly course. Unlike this month it DOESN'T clash with any other events. So see you there. 

Race results.

Full results.

Sunday League Match 4 - Sunday 15th January

Race report by Diana:

Terry and I were the only C&C competitors  at the Tewin fixture. This was mostly run on track and field edges with the added hurdle of several kissing gates and a very steep hill. There were two laps and by the second, parts had become quite muddy and slippery but we both felt we had run as well as we could and enjoyed it.

The 5th and final Match will be run on Royston Heath on Sunday 19th February. This superb training ground is on our doorstep. Consider making the effort to turn out. All those hills will provide an excellent training for all those running the national xc event the following week. Even if you are not running the national it will make a change from those hills you slog up at Wandlebury / Magog Downs. Hope to see you there.

304 finishers: 206 men (fastest 32:21) 98 women (fastest 38:00)

249th Diana Braverman 52:56 (3rd FV55)

283rd Terry Braverman 57:35 (MV60)

Cambridgeshire Cross Country Championships - Sunday 8th January

From Mark Vile / Noel Moss:

What a great day for C&C at the County Cross Country Championships. It is not an understatement to say that as a club C&C dominated this competition. 8 individual gold medals and 7 team golds which is outstanding and certainly the best C&C performance in recent years.

Under 11s - C&C had just one runner today and that was Beth Wilson who ran a great race to finish 5th and she will still be in this age group next year.

U13 Girls - C&C completely dominated this age group filling the first 5 places. Lucy Parker did what she does best and to lead from the start despite a marshal trying to send her the wrong way! Lucy powered her way to the title for the second year running. Lucy could not relax as her team mates were chasing hard all the way. Amy Chalmers took the silver medal followed closely by Alice Newcombe in third. The three girls obviously took the team title.

A great run from Lauren Murphy saw her take fourth place overall. Lauren still has another year in this age group. Next in for C&C in 5^th place was Emma Schaertlin-Coffey who was backed up by Sarah Brunton in 7^th. These three girls claimed the silver team medals for C&C.

Three good runs from Emily Gillard in 16th, Eleanor Shields in 28th and Sorcha Barnes in 39th meant that C&C finished with 3 teams in the top ten teams.

U13 Boys - The pressure was on the boys after a great start by our girls and they certainly did not disappoint. Finn Barnes stormed to victory over a strong field, closely followed by a fast finishing Robert Huckle in second. These two were backed up by a good performance from Robert Brunton in 11th place to take the team title.

C&C’s second team also ran very well with Christopher Blatch finishing in a very good 18th, Daniel Kerwin in 22nd and Samuel Clarke in 33^rd . This team finished 7th overall.

U15 Girls - Another clean sweep for C&C. This race was the closest race of the day. Hollie Parker and Claire Wilson ran neck and neck all the way. It was anyone’s guess who was going to take it and as the girls crossed the line together nobody could separate them. It was decided that it was a dead heat and the judges awarded the county title to both girls.

Hollie and Claire where back up by Charlotte-Tara Murphy who ran a strong race to take the bronze medal. Another great team title for C&C, from the team who had already won bronze in the National XC relays in the autumn.

The medals did not stop there though as Charlotte Gillard ran well to finish in a strong 4th place. Charlotte was backed up Diana Chalmers in 6th and Lucy Loughlan in 18th. This team took a well deserved 3^rd team place.

U15 Boys – Could the boys equal that? In possibly his best performance in a C&C vest to date Thomas Heylen powered away from the field to take the individual title. Thomas was backed up by a great run for the silver medal between Timothy Cobden and Oliver Cantrill. Timothy came out on top to claim the silver just ahead of Oliver in bronze. Another clean sweep and another team title! As with the girls the boys continued to produce medals. Thomas Blatch finished well in 4^th followed by James Tapley in 7^th and Robbie Sewell in 17^th to take the team bronze medal.

U17 Girls - Georgina Schweining knows only one way to run and that is to run hard from the start. Georgina eased away from the field to take the individual title and lead C&C to the team title as well. Sophie Jones ran a good race to take 6th place and she was followed home by Zoe MacDonald in 7th.

This gold medal winning team was also backed up by Faye McLelland who ran well for 8th despite a bad fall in the wooded section of the course.

U17 Men - For the first time today C&C did not take the individual title although this did not stop our boys from taking another team title! Dan Cade ran a great race to pick up the bronze medal and clearly getting better with every race he runs. Guy Kendall stuck to the task and finished strongly to finish 4th. Dan and Guy were backed up by Kieran Wood who finished fast to take 8th place. Joshua Sambrook also finished strongly well to take 13th.

SENIOR MEN & UNDER 20 MEN - C&C had taken every team title up to the men’s race so the pressure was really on our men to perform today and perform they did! Duncan Coombs led the team home in a very good 5th place. James Chettle finished in 8th place followed in by four of our runners who were covered by just 24 seconds. They were Kye Liddle in 13th, Noel Caroll in 15th, Jonathan Escalante-Phillips in 16^th and Will MYCROFT in 17th.

Jonathan was also the second under 20 in the race so he took the silver medal for C&C

Just 9 points separated first from second in the Mens team race and it was C&C that came out on top ahead of a strong challenge from Nene Valley Harriers.

C&C also did well to have our second team finish in 4th place. The team was, Alan Pritchard 24th, John Ferguson 37th, John Baslington 40th, Matt Applegate 43rd, Andrew Shields 46th and Paul Nelson 48th.

C&C also had David Pettit in 53rd, Christof Schweining 73rd, Steven Thoday 89th, David Mail 94th, Glyn Smith 98th, Richard Lyle 103rd and Daniel Bayles in 109th.

C&C Vet 40 men ran very well to take the team silver medal.

SENIOR WOMEN & UNDER 20 WOMEN - Another individual title for C&C with Alice Sharpe taking the title in the Women’s under 20 age group. Alice had nearly 2 minutes to spare over her nearest under 20 rival.

In the senior team competition C&C packed well to take the team silver medal. They were Madeline Boardman in 6th, Alice Sharpe in overall 7th and a fast finishing Caroline Pritchard in 8th.

The second team finished in a good 4th place overall and they were, Helen Grant in 12th place which was good enough for her to claim her first county individual title in the Vet 45 category, Tracey Patmore in 13th and Alison Wilson in 22nd. Diana Braverman stormed home in 33rd place to take the over 55 vet category individual title.

Many thanks to all those who came along to support - coaches (Mark & Hilary Vogel), club officials (Noel & John Jeffries), parents, family and fellow athletes. Your support was greatly appreciated. 

Full results.

Ryston GP Race 3 - Sunday 18th December

Another successful day for the junior members of the club at Shouldham Warren. Amy Chalmers and Finn Barnes all taking the title for their respective age groups with others taking second and third place positions.  You can see from the results table below that most are maintaining or improving their times despite a busy training and race schedule. The first half of this Grand Prix series has provided great practice for the forthcoming club and school championships. Having posted three times it's unlikely that these busy juniors will run many more this season. It was good to see Faye McLellan and Dan Cade running the senior distance of 6.5K - the longest one for them in the series. The star of the day in the 6.5K senior event was Mary Holmes taking second in the FV55 category. All those weeks of practice at the 5K Parkrun must be paying off. It was good to see Rich back in action after several weeks sidelined by injury. This time he had Gerald Meah and Paul Lange to chase. Both finished within seconds of each other. This marks the half way point in the series. The seniors will run the three distances again in the New Year. To be eligible for the overall competition athletes need to post a time for each of the distances. 

Full results.

Tour de Gogs Stage 5 - Saturday 17th December

No dusting of snow but plenty of Christmas cheer from gobsmacked spectators as they stopped to admire the 10 hardy souls who ventured up and down the hills of the Christmas Magog Mountain Challenge. Many thanks go to Rich, Alan B and the Pritchard boys (junior & senior) for helping with the time keeping and marshaling. Ellie & Whisper, fresh from their dog training course, practised "sitting" to Alan's commands as Hugo (Simon's dog) romped by. John Oakes and Carla Brown easily claimed the titles of King & Queen of the Mountains. What's more John improved on his age grading from the previous (flatter) stage and Carla had already run the Parkrun that morning! Diana, the comfortable leader of the Ladies Tour, will agree that she "just got round" today after a hectic Autumn racing season. Paul Nelson, said he knew his King of the Mountain title was lost as soon as he saw John arrive. Undeterred he strode ahead taking one minute off his previous time to take the Yellow Jersey for the Men. This time Simon was let down by his dog who stopped for two pit stops! This meant Maria just out ran him on age-grading. It was also good to see cross country devotees Caz, Glyn S. and Andrew W. out there along with youngster Tom Ridgeon of whom there's going to be much more to come. 

Full results for the whole Tour.

Frostbite Series Race 3 - Sunday 11th December

Another great day for C & C with a clean sweep for the juniors and seniors. The individual results for the juniors and seniors from all three races are compiled in the table below.

Full results.

Sunday League Match 3 - Sunday 11th December

The Bravermans braved it at this month's match at Cassiobury Park, Watford. Here's a race report by Diana ...

Terry and I were the only C&C competitors at Cassiobury Park in the third Sunday League fixture. There was a large field of runners and they made an impressive sight, multicoloured club tops wending their way through the trees in the park. The 5.6 mile course was challenging. An initial loop around the park and over the Grand Union Canal was followed by two undulating loops in the woods, with a couple of very steep ascents (and accompanying descents). The race ended with the same parkland loop and a subtle, unwelcome climb through trees to the finish. We were both happy with our run, and it was good to see Terry in C&C colours once again!!  Come and join us at Digswell (tracks and mud) and Royston (hills).

265 finishers, 1st man 31:42, 1st woman 38:06

216th Diana Braverman 50:28 (60th woman)

250th Terry Braverman 56:16 (168th man)

Tour de Gogs Stage 4 - Saturday 3rd December

Yet another day of perfect weather conditions for the 11 members who ventured to Wandlebury CP to run stage 1 in reverse. Once again thanks go to Rich Lyle for timekeeping and it was good to see Alan Baldock back in action as an energetic marshal. No doubt both would still prefer to be running. It was good to see John Oakes venturing off the road and he still managed to clock in with the first 80% of the Tour. He said he found the course "hard". "Hard" when you run it that pace! Chasing John from behind was Tour leader Diana B. who raised her game to 78%. She said she found the course easier this way round. On the other hand, King of the Mountains, Paul N., claimed this "cheeky course" was tougher than the previous hilly one. Less downhill and opportunity to rest was given as his explanation. There were other competitions within the competition: Haynes junior (Matthew) out sprinting Hayne senior (Peter) on the finish line, those that ran stage 1 trying to beat their previous time and Paul R. doing a double bill with the Parkrun in the morning. With one stage to go, this is when it gets interesting. Check out the Overall Results (coming shortly) to see who is in contention to win the Tour / Club Cross Country Challenge 2011. If you have run two stages or want to better your chances come along to the final stage, the "Christmas Magog Mountain Challenge" on Saturday 17th December. The King of the Mountains plans to defend his title. 

Note: age graded using the Run Cambridge Performance Calculator for the average Garmin reading of 4.70 miles.

Full results.

Eastern Cross Country Championships - Sunday 27th November

A great day for the club. Our athletes were supported by their parents, Hilary Vogel and Mark Vile who very kindly agreed to be Team Manager of the day, Here's his report:

It is fair to say that C&C dominated this years Eastern x-country championships. We won 3 team titles and finished second in two others. There was also a host of individual medals. 

U13 girls

This was the race of the day for C&C as we filled the first 3 places. It was very close all the way to the finish with Amy Chalmers coming out on top with a fine performance to take her first Championship win in C&C colours. Amy was chased all the way home by Alice Newcombe in second who finished only 4 seconds behind the winner. Emma Schaertlin-Caffey took third place with a very strong performance which also secured the team title. C&C also took the team Bronze medals with very good performances from Lauren Murphy in 5th, Sarah Brunton 12th and Emily Gillard 13th. 

U13 boys

In a strong field Finn Barnes ran very well to take 5th place and was followed home by another good performance from Robert Brunton in 14th. 

U15 girls

Again our girls dominated this age group taking both the Gold and Silver team medals. All our 6 runners finished in the 15 places which was a great sight to see. First in for C&C was a great run from Claire Wilson who powered her way to second place. Claire was followed by Charlotte Tara-Murphy in third with Hollie Parker in fourth. These three easily took the team title. Charlotte Gillard ran well to lead home our second team in 10th place and she was followed in by Diana Chalmers and Katie Scholey in 12th and 15th respectfully. 

U15 boys

Thomas Heylan was our only runner in this age group and ran very well to take 4th place. Thomas was only 5 seconds away from a medal and with another year left in this age group he is a great prospect for next year. 

U17 girls

Another team title for C&C. A fine run by Zoe MacDonald gave her second overall and was very close to winning the title finishing just 4 seconds behind the winner. Zoe was followed home by Hattie Algar in 4th place who was herself only 8 seconds from a medal position. Faye McLellan ran well to be our third runner home in 11th to help her team mates take the title. 

U17 mens

A very strong field took park in this age group. Guy Kendal ran well to finish in 12th place and was followed home by Kieran Wood in 16th. Both these runners will be in this age group next year so watch this space! 

Senior Women

This was the surprise of the day for C&C. With only three women running for C&C and with a combined age of 180! Yes that's 180! They claimed a fantastic Silver in the team race. First home was our captain Helen Grant in 5th overall and second in the V45 category. Helen was followed home by Diana Braverman in 8th place and Mary Holmes in 11th. This result is even better when you take into account that Diana is 60 years young and Mary is 75! Although of course they both look much younger! I will leave it the the mathematicians to work out Helen's age. Well done ladies. 

It was a great day and a pleasure to be part of it. 

A big thank you to all that came along to support.

U13 Girls 3K (17 finishers)

1st Amy Chalmers 11:37

2nd Alice Newcombe 11:41

3rd Emma Schaertliln-Coffey 11:57

5th Lauren Murphy 12:21

12th Sarah Brunton 13:30

13th Emily Gillard 13:54

U13 Boys 3K (16 finishers)

5th Finn Barnes 11:33

14th Robert Brunton 14:53

U15 Girls 4K (31 finishers)

2nd Claire Wilson 14:45

3rd Charlotte-Tara Murphy 14:56

4th Hollie Parker 15:16

10th Charlotte Gillard 15:55

12th Diana Chalmers 16:22

15th Katie Scholey 16:33

U15 Boys 4K (15 finishers)

4th Thomas Heylan 14:04

U17 Women 6K (12 finishers)

2nd Zoe MacDonald 23:45

4th Hattie Algar 24:11

11th Faye McLellan 26:53

U17 Men 6K (24 finishers)

12th Guy Kendall 20:57

16th Kieran Wood 21:14

Senior & Vet. Women 6K (11 finishers)

5th Helen Grant 24:34  2nd FV45

8th Diana Braverman 28:22 3rd FV45 & 1st FV60

10th Mary Holmes 32:19 4th FV45 & 1st FV75

Tour de Gogs Stage 3 - Saturday 19th November

Once again we had perfect weather conditions for this "Mountain" Stage. 9 club members took up the challenge of the hills at Magog Downs Dog Park. The one mile course to be ran out and back and out and back again caused some confusion. This goes to prove how grateful we runners are for marshallls when we push ourselves beyong the bounds of common sense! Many thanks go to Rich Lyle, Diana Braverman and Maria Brightwell for trying to keep us right. All ran enough hills and most ran the full course even if not in the planned order. If anyone was to blame - it was the Brightwell's dog for leading Simon astray! Seriously, one more marshall should have done it.

Here's the WAVA age-graded results for the Garmin recorded distance of 4.54 miles. Those that ran the correct course are marked *. Most ran 4.47 miles and have been awarded an age grade for that distance. Awarding King of the Mountian was tricky with so much confusion. Paul Nelson posted the fastest time just 3 seconds ahead of Simon who could claim he lost a few seconds trying to figure out which way to go. On the other hand Paul started half a lap late and added the extra mile at the end. As the planned course seemed popular as a good hill workout, I propose that it should be re-run as the final stage of the Tour on Saturday 17th November with four marshalls. I'm happy to volunteer myself as the marshall at the point of confusion. All those who didn't get the opportunity to run can have go at the "Christmas Magog Mountain Challenge". Remember it's a 2pm start to be followed by festive refreshments. 

Full results.

Ryston Grand Prix Race 2 - Sunday 13th November

Once again a beautiful day to run on the trails in Shouldham Warren. Five seniors completed the hilly 9K course which had more finishers than the 5K last month. Glyn Smith said he was pleased to be back on the country and spent the whole course trying to chase newcomer Rich. Rich improved his performance on the trails despite setting a PB at the Parkrun the previous day. Jen Richardson came back for more hills after her sterling performance at Ampthill. She, like Alison Wilson, were not feeling great but did the best they could on the day. Once again Mary ran a tremendously well paced run demonstrating to the youngsters how you sprint for the finish line. Helen ran a strong race but had to contend with ladies from the dominant team of the eastern counties - City of Norwich. When you see those red and yellow vests on the start line you know you're in for a fast one. 

This league makes for a great family day out. Here's Mark Vile's report for our very succesful junior team.

This season's second running of the Ryston x-country league provided 3 win's and numerous PBs for this course. We will start our report with a fine 3rd place for DanCade in the U17 men's event. This was Dan's first attempt at this venue and I am sure it will not be his last! Charlotte Murphy won the U15 girls race with an excellent PB of 10min 44 secs and at the same time giving Finn Barnes (see Finn's result below) a scare running him close all the way. At the first race this year we filled the first 3 places in this age group but this time we went one better and filled the first 4 places! Second over the line was Claire Wilson followed by Diana Chalmers and, running in her first Ryston race, 4th was Katie Scholey. Today showed us all again that our U15 girls team are the strongest in the region. Finn Barnes stormed home for a good victory in the U13 boys age group, his winning margin was 25 secs. Alice Newcombe ran a superb time of 11min 25secs for the 3k course to win for the first time in the U13 girls age group. Alice was closely followed by Amy Chalmers in 2nd place and Lauren Murphy in 5th. All 3 girls ran PBs for this course. Sorcha Barnes was a fine 7th place in the under 11 girls race. Another good turn for the youngsters at C&C. Keep up the good work.

The Ryston organisers are pleased to see C & C supporting this event. They would like to encourage more to come along to the medium one lap course of 6.5K next month. 

Full results.

Frostbite Series Race 2 - Sunday 6th November

Another very successful day out for the senior and junior teams at Bushfield. Both teams retained their pole position and increased their lead. The more experienced juniors all finished within the top 30 of 172 finishers despite running on tired legs from the National Cross Country Relays the previous day. It was also good to see young Sorcha Barnes having a go and finishing strongly. The senior event is always popular. The fast, flat 5 mile course, more of a road race than cross country, had 515 finishers all under the hour. Newcomers Sullivan and Anke helped score valuable team points whilst regulars posted much sort after fast times and high WAVA age-grading %. It was good to see young Faye McLellan, U17W, having a go at the longer event and those recovering from injury, illness and fast marathons back in action. Come back for more next month. If wet, Hinchingbrooke Park, Huntingdon provides everything from mud to pavement.

Full results.

National Cross Country Relays - Saturday 5th November

An historic day for the juniors with the U15 girls bringing home the bronze medal, less than 2 seconds away from silver. Lots of great individual performances by all the boys and girls who ran. Pity a couple of teams were incomplete. Great to see C & C rising to the top of the National ranks.

Detailed race report by Mark Vile.

Full results.

Tour de Gogs Stage 2 - Saturday 29th October

5 club members enjoyed perfect weather conditions for the second stage. Rich Lyle and Caz Pritchard very kindly volunteered to marshall and timekeep and the official start and finish whistle was handled by the junior Pritchards, Joe and Zak. Before the start the Tour leaders, Diana and Steve, were awarded the yellow jerseys. The one loop course down the Roman Road, around Wandlebury CP and back up the Roman Road proved faster than the first stage. Those who ran both improved upon their age grade percentage despite it being slighlty longer (5.09mi). The next stage will be held at 2pm on Saturday 19th November. This is the "mountain" stage. Thanks to a suggestion from Dave Edwards, and in keeping with the spirit of the Tour de France, the winners of this stage will be awarded King and Queen of the Mountians. If you like hills - see you there. 

Full results.

Sunday League Match 1 - Sunday 23rd October

298 finishers, 1st man 27:18, 1st woman 31:12

44th John Kazer 32:10

222nd Diana Braverman 42:48 (2nd FV55)

Ampthill Trophy - Sunday 23rd October

This was a very successful day out for the 6 seniors and 2 juniors who ventured along to attempt the hills of Flitwick. First off were Finn and Scorcha Barnes who both ran extremely well in the 2K junior race. Finn won this event in 7:42, helped around the one lap course by the U15 and U17's who continued on for another lap. The senior race was not the advertised EVAC CC Champs which meant everyone had to run the whole 8K. Last minute, young Jon Escalante-Phillips rallied enough club members to make a very successful men's team and mixed team. Mike Salt had a tremendous run, taking home the silver men's open medal. He claimed it's taken him 25 years to get a medal here! Jon took home the gold for the MU20 and Andrew Whittle had a great run bringing the team home in an easy first place - with only three runners. The ladies all ran well enough to make C & C third mix team overall. Helen took the gold in the FV45. Jen Richardson surprised herself with finishing strongly on the hills. And the best performance of the day must go to Mary Holmes, running 8K of hills in under an hour. Well under - 54:20! Mary was only expecting to run 4K in the Vet Champs but took it all in her stride. Hope to see more of you out there next year. 

Juniors (2K) - 52 finishers

1st Finn Barnes 7:42 (1st MU13)

35th Sorcha Barnes 10:53 (6th FU11)

Seniors (8K) - 219 finishers

2nd Michael Salt 30:29 

4th Jonathan Escalante-Phillips 32:07 (1st MU20)

15th Andrew Whittle 34:10 (13th)

62nd Helen Grant 39:21 (6th / 1st FV45)

188th Jen Richardson 53:29 (51st)

193rd Mary Holmes 54:20 (53rd / 1st FV75)

Tour de Gogs Stage 1 - Saturday 15th October

11 club members enjoyed perfect weather conditions for the first stage of this Club Cross Country Challenge. It was great to see long standing members rubbing shoulders with newcomers on the start line. Andrew Shields and Rich Lyle, both members of the newly formed Endurance Committee, very kindly volunteered to marshall and timekeep. The challenging two loop course proved great practice for the up coming cross country events. Apologies for it not being quite the advertised 5mi. But 4.66mi certainly felt far enough after the gradual but long uphill finish. As threatened the finish times were age-graded. This gave some surprising results - especially for the ladies who all out ran the men. So guys if you would like an official excuse to chase women, come along to the next stage. Saturday 29th October starting 2pm at the northern end of the Roman Road, Fulbourne Road. 

Full results.

Ryston Grand Prix Race 1 - Sunday 9th October

A good day out for the C & C members who ventured north to run in the forest at Shouldham Warren. It was very much a family affair with some sterling performances by the juniors. The U13 and U15 boys and girls 3K races were combined. This was of benefit to the C & C girls who came flying in one after another behind a strong finishing Finn Barnes. This bodes well for a strong performance in the upcoming National Cross Country Relay Championships. It was great to see some of the younger brothers and sisters having a go and also finishing fast at the front of larger fields. On this occasion the seniors raced over 5K - an undulating but fast, downhill finish course. The juniors will race over the same distance next month whereas the seniors will run a challanging 9K. 

Full results.

Frostbite Series Race 1 - Sunday 2nd October

An excellent turn out and set of performances for the first cross country event of the year at Priory Park, St Neots. Thomas Heylen and Hollie Parker lead the junior team home in first place. All eight representatives of the club ran well over 1.5 miles to finish within the top 60 of 153 finishers. In the senior 5 mile race, Kye Liddle and Katie Sherwood brought the team home in first place in unusually hot and sweaty conditions. With 32 representatives out there friendly rivalary between members lead to more competitive performances. Well done and come back next month.

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