Close finish in XC league!

Close finish in XC league!

 

North Herts Road Runners opened their cross country season in great form on Sunday when they finished 3^rd overall just 12 points behind the winners Ampthill and Flitwick Flyers and 8 points off 2^nd placed Wooton Road Runners.  With 5 races left in the series the league is set to be a close competition and Road Runners will be aiming to improve on last year’s 3^rd place finish.  50 members turned out to complete a 5mile run at Stopsley that included some fast downhills and challenging climbs.  The men’s team finished 3^rd on the day with V40 Steve McKewon first across the line for the club  in 11^th position followed by Nick Beresford 16^th, Pete Scrwother 17^th, Pete Sibbett 20^th, Gary Cook 30^th, Mark Hutchinson 32^nd and Oliver Saville 37^th.   In total  32 men competed for the club with the other finishing results as follows:39^th Adrian Sherwood, 43rd Ciaran McAneny, 52nd Mark Robertson,, 55th Dave Frampton, 58th Stewart Bryant, 77th Alan Jones, 82nd Johnny Spinks, 84th John Russell, 89th Martyn Annetts, 95yh John Franklin, 101st Chris Priestley,112th Jon Hunt, 144th Richard Harbon, 161st Deryk Myall, 171st Colin Calcutt,173rd Finlay Simpson,180th Mike Mello,185th Paul Bowal, 187th Robert Rigall, 195th Colin Hewitt, 200th Ian Sutcliffe, 298th Bob Boss, 209th Brian Bailey, 229th Geoff Pettengell and 230th Pat Norris.

The ladies’ team finished 2^nd with Astrid McKewon 3^rd, Tash Pitman 5^th and Melissa Winters 12^th just 1 point behind winners Biggleswade.  The ladies will be looking to turn the tables on Biggleswade in the next race.  18 ladies enjoyed the mud free course with finishing positions as detailed: Suzy Trott 24^th, Karen Dodsworth 33^rd, Paula Adams 36^th, Lucy Sparkes 38^th, Rachel Annetts 45^th, Linda Aird 50^th, Sheena Cook 52^nd, Helen Cairns 60^th, Nicki Kemp 89^th, Vanessa Rolfe 99^th,  Joy Stroud 113^th, Lorraine Hewitt 118^th,  Christine Sharp 119^th, Gayle Whinray 124^th and Ann Kirby 143^rd.