Oxford Mail Cross-Country League (Banbury) - 4th January 2009
Heidi Brooke-Little makes a good start
Daniel Moseley nearing the finish
U15 Girls - 3,500m
Heidi Brooke-Little coped well with the hazardous conditions.
Winning time: 13:04 Number of finishers:36
Name
Position
Time
Heidi Brooke-Little
32
19:04
U15 Boys - 4,800m
Daniel Moseley had another steady run.
Winning time: 16:42 Number of finishers:23
Name
Position
Time
Daniel Moseley
12
19:11
Jill Gibson
Tracey Scarlett
Susan Haines & Paula Booth
Senior & Veteran Women - 4,800m
Jill Gibson led our girls home to 10th place in Division 2 after 3 races.Winning time: 17:09 Number of finishers:109
Name
Position
Time
Jill Gibson (LV35)
053
22:31
Tracey Scarlett
058
22:49
Paula Booth (LV35)
069
24:24
Susan Haines (LV45)
086
25:34
Senior & Veteran Men - 8,500m
Despite a very poor turn-out we held on to overall 5th in Division 1. James Bolton led us home and Bryan Vaughan took 3rd V50 place.Winning time: 26:45 Number of finishers:215
County Cross-Country Championships (Shotover Park) - 11th January 2009
Daniel Moseley improving all the time
U15 Boys - 4,800m
Daniel Moseley continued to show improvement finishing well up the field.
Winning time: 17:48 Number of finishers:21
Name
Position
Time
Daniel Moseley
12
20:25
Jill Gibson
Sue Cantwell
Tracey Scarlett
Senior & Veteran Women - 6,600m
Our Veteran girls' team, led home by Jill Gibson, won County bronze. Winning time: 28:27 Number of finishers:33
Name
Position
Time
Notes
Jill Gibson (LV35)
24
38:42
3rd LV team
Sue Cantwell (LV35)
25
39:33
3rd LV team
Tracey Scarlett (LV35)
26
39:37
3rd LV team
Senior & Veteran Men - 8,500m
Steve Frear won the race by a distance in great style helping our senior men to the gold.Bryan Vaughan took the V50 title and our veteran men earned silver.Winning time: 29:27 Number of finishers:71
Steve Frear won by a massive margin
James Bolton Senior Men's team gold
Kevin Game Senior Men's team gold.
Name
Position
Time
Notes
Steve Frear
01
29:27
1st SM team
James Bolton
17
33:31
1st SM team
Kevin Game
23
34:21
1st SM team
Dave Cantwell (V40)
24
34:28
2nd VM team
Bryan Vaughan (V50)
26
34:46
1st V50/2nd VM team
Carey Gray (V40)
37
36:14
Bingley Harriers
Kelvin Fowler (V40)
41
37:21
2nd VM team
Andy Pike (V40)
44
38:18
2nd VM team
Nick Hall (V40)
53
40:07
John Greenhill (V40)
55
40:31
Chris Tarratt
56
40:32
Mark Pidgeon (40)
61
41:37
Kirk Adams
69
44:37
Dave Cantwell Vet Men's team silver
Bryan Vaughan V50 champion & Vet Men's team silver
There were some excellent performances over a tough course with Bryan Vaughan leading us home in this team event. Tracey Scarlett sliced 6 minutes off her personal best. Our team (first 5 runners including at least one female)came 3rd overall. Winning time: 1:15::07 Number of finishers:116
Bryan Vaughan up the hill towards home
Tracey Scarlett last few yards
James Bolton tackles the final hill
Name
Position
Time
Notes
Bryan Vaughan (V55)
07
1:19:04
3rd Team
James Bolton
09
1:19:41
3rd Team
Kevin Game
14
1:22:30
3rd Team
Dave Cantwell (V40)
018
1:24:01
3rd Team
Carey Gray (V45)
020
1:24:35
John Greenhill (V45)
049
1:32:24
Mark Pidgeon (V45)
063
1:36:53
Kirk Adams
084
1:42:48
Tracey Scarlett (LV35)
106
1:54:53
3rd Team/p.b.
Kevin Game in the early stages
Dave Cantwell on the final hill
Carey Gray just before the 1-mile mark
John Greenhill on the last stretch
Mark Pidgeon in the last mile
Kirk Adams early doors
Gloucester 50K - Sunday 25th January 2009
Dominic Croft came joint first in a time almost 5-minutes faster than he ran in 2008 when he topped the UK rankings. This was a trial for the England team to be selected for the Anglo-Celtic Plate 100K in March. Winning time: 3:09:08 Number of finishers: 40