Oxford Mail Cross-Country League (Cirencester Park) - 1st February 2009
U15 Girls - 3,800m
Winning time:
21:32 Number of finishers:33
Name
Position
Time
Heidi Brooke-Little
31
31:23
Heidi Brooke-Little tackles the hill
Our women's team l to r: Jill Gibson, Susan Haines, Kate Evans & Tracey Scarlett
Tracey Scarlett leads our women home
Senior & Veteran Women - 4,600m
Tracey Scarlett had a great run to lead our girls home. The team is 12th in Division 2 with 1 race left.Winning time: 18:54 Number of finishers:121
Name
Position
Time
Tracey Scarlett
058
31:43
Kate Evans
060
32:05
Jill Gibson (LV35)
063
32:34
Susan Haines (LV45)
094
38:55
Kate Evans - heads for home
Jill Gibson - on the last stretch
Susan Haines - over that hill on lap 1
James Bolton - tackles the hill
Kevin Game - goes for home
Bryan Vaughan - cemented overall 1st V50
Senior & Veteran Men - 8,400m
James Bolton played the captain's role to lead our men home to 3rd place on the day and 5th overall after 4 events. Bryan Vaughan cemented overall 1st in the V50 category after another excellent run.
Winning time: 31:42 Number of finishers:204
Tracey Scarlett was pleased with her effort but Kevin Game was disappointed as he was looking to run a little quicker. Winning time: 1:47:04 Number of finishers: 839
There were loads of personal bests namely from James Bolton, Kevin Game, Dave Cantwell & Chris Tarratt and our two girls Tracey Scarlett & Sue Cantwell.Bryan Vaughan took 1st V55 honours with a brilliant sub 35-minute effort. Winning time: 29:50 Number of finishers:459
Sunday - 22nd February 2009 -Chesil Coastal Challenge 26 (Portland)
Paul Brackett found another tough off-roader in Dorset finishing 7th in a small field in muddy,hilly conditions. Winning time: 3:43:21 Number of finishers:24
Oxford Mail Cross-Country League (Clanfield) - 1st March 2009
Heidi Brooke-Little
heidi races home
U15 Girls - 3,670m
Winning time:
13:36 Number of finishers:25
Name
Position
Time
Heidi Brooke-Little
18
16:50
Bryan Vaughan V50 series winner
Daniel Moseley Another good run in the U15 Boys' race
Sarah Kerswell made a welcome return
U15 Boys - 4,800m
Winning time:
16:37 Number of finishers:24
Name
Position
Time
Daniel Moseley
14
19:05
Sarah Dawson an impressive debut
Kate Evans
Sue Cantwell
Senior & Veteran Women - 4,800m
Sarah Kerswell made a welcome return to lead our girls home to 10th place overall in the series.Sarah Dawsom had an excellent debut run for us.Winning time: 17:21 Number of finishers:102
Name
Position
Time
Sarah Kerswell (LV35)
029
20:40
Sarah Dawson (LV35)
046
21:35
Kate Evans
049
21:39
Sue Cantwell (LV35)
061
22:41
James Bolton
Dave Cantwell
Kevin Game
Senior & Veteran Men - 8,800m
Our men managed to secure 5th overall in the series and, in the end, comfortably avoided relegation. Bryan Vaughan was 3rd V50 on the day but took overall 1st V50 honours.
Winning time: 30:03 Number of finishers:203
James Bolton knocked over a minute off his last year's time despite the windy conditions to take 5th spot and Bryan Vaughan continued his good form to take 2nd V50 honours and overall 8th place.Kate E vans & Tracey Scarlett both did well in the ladies' competition.It was good to see Hans Price back in action after a long lay-off.
Winning time: 1:24:15 Number of finishers:378
Name
Position
Time
Notes
James Bolton
005
1:30:49
Bryan Vaughan (V50)
008
1:33:30
2nd V50
Kevin Game
025
1:38:17
Dave Cantwell (V40)
026
1:38:24
Hans Price
029
1:39:11
Kelvin Fowler (V40)
043
1:42:42
John Greenhill (V40)
065
1:47:21
Mark Pidgeon (V40)
093
1:51:27
Paul Brackett (V40)
121
1:54:44
Leo Brooke-Little (V40)
146
1:57:41
Kirk Adams
156
1:59:02
Kate Evans
169
2:00:10
Tracey Scarlett (LV35)
236
2:07:27
Kevin Game held off Dave Cantwell in close battle
Dave Cantwell first time on this course
Tracey Scarlett looking good for forthcoming marathon
Hans Price back after long lay-off
Kelvin Fowler finishing strongly
John Greenhill favourite race
Mark Pidgeon preparing for Rome marathon
Paul Brackett giving the Ultras a rest
Kirk Adams & Leo Brooke-Little kept each other company
Peter Rayner shook off the recurrence of a recent foot injury to record a creditable time in a massive field. Winning time: 1:03:09 Number of finishers: 10,638
All three Harriers taking part had excellent runs. The trio were led home by new signing Kerry Steele whilst Mark Pidgeon and Chris Tarratt were within a whisker of each other. Winning time: tbc Number of finishers: tbc
John Greenhill put in yet another great performance running just over 7-minute miling and completing a personal best. Winning time: 1:49:48 Number of finishers: 828
Roger Bradley ran his first Half for some time and Peter Sugden put in a strong performance coming back from injury finishing 4th V60. Both Sarah Kerswell & Zazi Barrell were pleased with their pbs for the Club and Kevin Game put in some useful training building up to his London Marathon in 4 weeks. Winning time: 1:02:46 Number of finishers: 11,867