English clubs battle for honours in autumn area road relays

 

Leeds City triumphant in the North, Western Tempo and Bristol & West are victorious in the Midlands, while AFD and Cambridge & Coleridge win senior titles in the South

NORTHERN AUTUMN ROAD RELAYS, Blackpool, Lancashire, September 21

Stanley Park was pressed into service and Leeds City senior men notched up their fifth consecutive title while their women retained their women’s title.

Men

Leeds won by almost a minute from Hallamshire, with Morpeth a minute further back in third.

It had been Morpeth’s Finn Brodie who had taken the first 5.6km double lap with a 16:17 clocking ahead of Derby’s David Bishop, before long time servant Carl Avery extended the advantage with a 16:13 clocking.

Late in the race, Andrew Heyes had closed up for Hallamshire after Phil Sesemann, fully recovered from his Paris marathon effort, had given Leeds a big mid-race lead with a race second fastest 16:01.

Hallamshire could not sustain that momentum and they lost ground but still had plenty in hand over Morpeth, who fell back but wound up a comfortable third after Ellis Hetherington passed Derby on the last leg.

This was only after Ben Connor, the English National runner-up from the previous week, had run a blinder for Derby, with the day’s fastest effort of 15:37, mid-race, before they continued their see-saw up and down rode relays.

Men (6×5.6km): 1 Leeds 98:44 (M Bostock 16:33, E Bovington 16:31, C Mills 16:24, P Seseman 16:01, J Hall 16:42, J Sagar 16:31); 2 Hallamshire 99:42 (E Brown 16:31, J Martin 16:27, K McRae 16;56, D Howarth 16:43, A Heyes 16:13, T Power 16:49); 3 Morpeth 1:40:53 (F Brodie 16:17, C Avery 16:13, A Brown 17:02, J Dixon 17:25, G Lowry 17:00, E Hetherington 16:54); 4 Derby 1:41:00 (D Bishop 16:19, T Potter 17:26, B Connor 15:37, D Haynes 17:06, E Busfield 16:54, B Draper 17:36); 5 Salford 1:41;20 (A Ediker 16:49, H Wakefield 16:37,  C Hardman 17:37, G Beardmore 16:30, C Davidson 16:33, J Birmingham 17;12); 6 Liverpool 1:42:25 (D Devine 16:47, D Naylor 17:19, J O’Farrell 17:08, A Rutherford 17:24,M Jackson 16:26, M McCarthy 17:18); 7 Leeds B 1:42:59; 8 York 1:43:21; 9 Vale Royal 1:43:40; 10 Salford B 1:44:52 road relays

Fastest: Connor 15:37; Sesemann 16:01; Avery/Heyes 16:13; Brodie 16:17; Bishop 16:19

104 teams finished the road relays

Young Athletes

Salford won the under-17 men’s race over three 3.2km laps and they had much to thank anchor-man Jack Marwood for their victory as he overcame a Trafford advantage to see his club home by eight seconds with a 9:30 split road relays.

This came after Pio Aron had taken Trafford up with a 9:31 effort, that Evan Grime matched for Salford mid-race.

It had been Warriors Pentathlon’s Oberon Kearney who had taken the opening leg ‘race’, with a 9:20 victory by a second over Rotherham’s Mikey Bacon and these two were fastest overall road relays.

U17 Men (3×3.2km): 1 Salford 29:02 (B Burton 10:01, E Grime 9:31, J Marwood 9:30); 2 Trafford 29:10 (F Dobsonemmas 9:51, P Aron 9:31, T Austin 9:47); 3 NSP 29:40 (D Watson 9:25, Z Brannon 10:25, C Furness 9;49); 4 Keighley & C 29:41 (A Peaker 10:01,O Ashdown 9:58, E Wilkinson 9:41); 5 Liverpool 29:48 (M Taylor 9:59, R Malone 10:06, O Kewley 9:42); 6 York 30:15 (I Stabler 10:01, S Dickinson 10:07, C McAndrew 10:06); 7 Rotherham 30;18;8 Warriors Pentathlon 30;34;9 Blackburn 30:42; 10 Kendal 30:52 road relays

Fastest: O Kearney (Warriors); 9:20; Watson 9:25; M Bacon (Roth) 9:21; Marwood 9:30; Aron/Grime 9:31

38 teams finished the road relays

Under-15 boys

The under-15 boys’ race went to Southport Waterloo after their William Delamere had given his club a narrow led over Warriors’ Michael Phelan on the first leg with a 9:48 effort that stood as the age group best.

Eddy Clark and Caleb Still finished things off despite Kirsten-Kyle Sridhar closing for Darlington on the last 4.2km leg road relays.

U15 (3×3.2km): 1 Southport Waterloo 31:11 (W Delamere 9:48, E Clark 10;59, C Still 10:22); 2 Darlington 31;24 (R Steel 10:25, M Foster 10:52, K Sridhar 10;16); 3 Hallamshire 31:51 (H Kirkman 10:45, B Pronesti 10;49, T Thake 10;16); 4 Lincoln Wellington 31;59 (A Phillipson 10:20, E Ccles 11:07, F Phillipson 10:31); 5 Derby 32;13 (L Fairey 10;19, F Harrison 11:16, O Fuller 10:37); 6 Warriors 32;38 (M Phelan 9:57, N Glascott-Tull 10:55, H Maddox 11:45); 7 Warrington 32:43; 8 Preston 32;48; 9 Hallamshire B 33;11; 10 Liverpool B 33:35

Fastest: 1 Delamere 9:48; Phelan 9:57; Sridhar/Thake 10:16; Fairey 10;19; A Phillipson 10:20

32 teams finished

Under-13 boys

Liverpool took the under-13 boys race after they closed down an early lead by North Shield Poly’s Noah Penfold, who ‘won’ the first stage ‘race’ with a 10:27 clocking. His 10:27 for the 3.2km lap then stood as the youngest age group’s best time of road relays.

U13 (3×3.2km): 1 Liverpool 32:42 (S Rung 10:59, S Lambert 10:49, L Guyatt 10:52); 2 NSP 33;10 (N Penfold 10:27, P Davis 11:08, T Hale 11:35); 3 Warriors 33:21 (B Hughes 11:15, H Redhead 11;13, O Oswick 10:52); 4 Liverpool B 33;30 (B McEvoy 10:38

Fastest: Penfold 10:27; McEvoy 10:38; Oswick 10:52

Women

Leeds City comfortably retained their women’s race title over four 5.6km stages, as Salford and Vale Royal completed the top three.

They were all off the early pace, however, as Border’s Esme Davies shared the first stage ‘race’ best time with Warriors Pentathlon’s Emily Haggard-Kearney at 18:08.

The pair could not be separated on time and this was Davies’ first run back in the UK after spending several years in America where she ran 15:59.07 in the Penn Relays.

Haggard-Kearney also spent some years in the United States and had a best 5000m there of 15:39.65 and also ran 32:42 in the Trafford 10km this year.

Most of the best times were on that first leg and third and fourth there, Libby Huxley and Sophie Tarver found that their 18:25 and 18:29 returns completed the top four fastest overall.

Leeds closed up mid-race and were ahead at the end of the penultimate stage where Eleanor Curran ran 19:43 before Jenny Walsh finished things off with a 19:13 stint.

Vale Royal were a comfortable third and their Katie Ward’s 18:41 third leg was their best.

Women (4×5.6km): 1 Leeds 76:36 (N Gmuer 18:47, C McKnespiey 18:52, E Curran 19:43, J Walsh 19:13): 2 Salford 77:19 (K Hawkins 19:06, E Platt 18:35, S Bent 20:07, T Brockley-Langford 1930); 3 Vale Royal 77:49 (S Dufour-Jackson 19:07, D Murphy 20:13, K Ward 18:41, C Dooley 19:46); 4 Liverpool 79:03 (J Morgan 18:48, R Burns 19:28, L Quine 21:13, F O’Hare 19:31); 5 Preston 78:13 (: Huxley 18:25, N Sutton 20:00, Z Darkin 20:24, H Jacobson 20:24); 6 Sale 81:24 (L Armitage 18:54, H Warburton 20:13, S Armitage 21:33, A Cunningham 20:42); 7 Cheshire Dragons 82:52; 8 Border 83:25; 9 Blackburn 85:16; 10 Holmfirth 85:18

Fastest: E Davies (Border)/E Haggard-Kearney (Warriors) 18:08; Huxley 18:25; S Tarver (Wirral) 18:29; Platt 18:35; I Holt (B’burn) 18:37

67 teams finished

Young Athletes 

Lincoln Wellington won the under-17 women’s race by more than a minute and had four of the top five times overall.

Isla Porter had set them off with a 10:46 clocking and Ellarose Whitworth, who was second in the English National at Weston Park seven days earlier, brought them home with 10:48.

However, it was a runner in the Lincoln B team, Faith Taylor, who was seventh in that English National a week earlier, who ‘won’ that first stage with a 10:41 clocking.

This was ahead of ahead of Keighley & Craven’s Maisie Bellwood’s 10:43 for the 3.2km leg and English Schools 1500m fourth placer Porter’s 10:46. These three times then stood as the top returns overall.

Mollie Grant soon put Lincoln Wellington ahead mid-race and her 11:00 was the fifth best of the age group before Whitworth finished things off with the fourth best effort of 10:48.

U17 (3×3.2km): 1 Lincoln Wellington 32:35 (I Porter 10:46, M Grant 11:00, E Whitworth 10:48); 2 Rotherham 33:44 (G Turner 11:06, G Igoe 11:24, I Waugh 11:13); 3 Liverpool 34:32 (M Carvell 11:35, V Teare 11;40, H Cross 11:16); 4 Salford 34:41 (S Bartalotta 12:17, J Wright 11:10, H Cross 11;16); 5 Keighley & Craven 35:29 (M Bellward 10:43, A O’Sullivan 12:55, I Wright 11:50); 6 NSP 35:48 (D Tullis 11;21, A Johnson 12:08, S Robertson-Dover 11:39); 7 York 36:01; 8 Wakefield 36:12; 9 Salford B 36:19; 10 Preston 37:14

Fastest: F Taylor (Linc W B) 10:41; Bellward 10:43; Porter 10:46; Whitworth 10:48; Grant 11:00; Turner 11:06

26 teams finished

Under-15 girls

Sale won a close under-15 championship from Liverpool and Houghton after Robyn Haywood-Young brought them home third with 11:17 for the opening 3.2km stage.

However, they were behind Holly Robison and Rebecca Murphy, who ran 10:49 and 10:55 for Houghton and Liverpool respectively.

It was these two times that remained the best of the race but the lead was to change as Liverpool then went ahead mid-race thanks to Maisie Williams.

Finally, Beatrix Soper’s third best overall time of 11:15 saw Sale home and victory by 13 seconds after a competitive race.

U15 (3×3.2km): 1 Sale 34:07 (R Haywood-Young 11:17, O McManus 11:34, B Soper 11:15); 2 Liverpool 34:20 (R Murphy 10:55, M Williams 11;39, G Veevers 11:45); 3 Houghton 34:27 (H Robison 10:49, T Miller 12:16, K Pye 11:21); 4 Rotherham 35:08 (M Schofield 11:36, H Bacon 11:38, M Holmes 11:53); 5 Birtley 35:54 (O Murphy 11:13, K Graham 12:30, N Graham 12:10); 6 Sale 36:09 (M Boyer 11:57, I Anderson 12:15, G Hill 11:56); 7 Warriors 36:10; 8 Blackburn 36:14; 9 Hallamshire 36:26; 10 Kendal 36:48

Fastest: Robison 10:49; Murphy 10:55; Soper 11:15; Haywood-Young 11:17; I Goodman (Chorley) 11:19; Pye 11;21

33 teams finished

Under-13 girls

Warriors Pentathlon are having a good year and here dominated with a two-minute victory over Hallamshire and Bingley.

They again called on twins Isobel and Eve Beddow, who topped and tailed their effort either side of Daisey McVicar’s race best effort of 11:30.

It had been Isobel who gave them a narrow lead over Bingley’s Bleu Bailey at the end of the first 3.2km stage before Warriors then went further and further away for a big victory.

U13 (3×3.2km): 1 Warriors 34:40 (I Beddow 11:31, D McVicar 11:30, E Beddow 11:38); 2 Hallamshire 36:40 (N Watkinson 12;25, L Ardley 12:43, J Thake 11:31); 3 Bingley 36:43 (B Bailey 11:38, H Carter 12:46, C Pedley 12;18); 4 Liverpool 37:20 (E Cameron 12:32, D Rushton 12:25, I Parry 12:21); 5 Lincoln Wellington 37:33 (F Goulsbra 12:07, M Porter 12:30, E Goulsbra 12:55); 6 Sale 37:49 (L O’Brien 12:06, A Khan 12:55, E Dowling 12:47); 7 Salford 37:56; 8 Hallamshire B 38:38; 9 Chorley 38:46; 10 Bingley B 39:10

Fastest: McVicar 11:30; I Beddow/Thake 11:31; Bailey/E Beddow 11:38; O’Brien 12:06

33 teams finished

MIDLAND COUNTIES ROAD RELAYS, Sutton Park, September 21

Relatively new outfit Western Tempo retained their women’s title, while Bristol & West’s men won their second title in a week.

Despite the storms forecast for elsewhere in the country, a muggy Sutton Park came off pretty well with just one heavy shower during the middle of the senior men’s race, while the women’s event was all but over by the time of the rain.

The young athletes’ races were completed in benign, if unseasonably warm, conditions.

Men

Bristol & West are on a roll and, after Will Battershill led their six men to the English National cross-country title at Weston Park a week earlier, they led from start to finish to win this relay championship.

The West Country outfit have threatened at Sutton Park in recent years with a string of podium places but this was their first for a long time.

Watchers had Bristol penciled in for victory after seeing Battershill and Jack Millar, fourth and eighth at Weston Park seven days earlier, declared in their six-man squad.

With holders Birchfield opting not to run any of their refugee athletes, the title was going to change hands and so it proved as Bristol led after the first 5.88km stage and never looked back.

It was Kurt Taylor who gave the eventual winners the best possible start with a 17:32 split for the opening 5.88km circuit, that was to stand as the fourth best of the afternoon. He said: “I made it hard all of the way and it paid off.”

He was chased home on the opener by Leamington’s Callum Hanlon, whose time was fifth best.

Bristol acknowledged that their slowest man, Luke Burgess was on the second leg, but they held on to the lead as he admitted: “I should be weakest.”

Then Joe Morrow, equal second fastest Jack Millar, Ben Robinson and fastest overall, Battershill finished things off.

Morrow said: “It’s the first time that I have done the relays and it’s difficult when you are on your own (in front).”

He sent Jack Millar off before a heavy rain shower rather dampened proceedings. “It was windy as well,” said Miller.

Fifth man Robinson said: “There was a bit of wind at the start and a bit of rain,” but that had eased by the time Battershill set off.

His 17:05 was easily the fastest of the day and he said that despite the Bristol win already being assured: “I still went for it.” He also noted that his fourth spot at Weston Park was the first time he had run the National.

Bristol & West won by a minute-and-a-half over Western Tempo, who had Dom James also equal second quickest on the last leg but his effort was in vain.

Birmingham Running & Triathlon (BRAT) were third throughout the race and had their John Stolberg sixth best overall.

There was also a veterans’ championship and it was Mansfield who took the win from BRAT. They lead throughout and had their Paul Wright fastest overall on stage two.

Men (6×5.88km): 1 Bristol & West 1:46:45 (K Taylor (1) 17:32, L Burgess (1) 18:20, J Morrow (1) 18:07, J Millar (1) 17:30, B Robinson (1) 18:11, W Battershill (1) 17:05); 2 Western Tempo  1:48:31 (D Owen (8) 18:16, L Davis (4) 18:13, D Gillett (2) 18:01, J Bancroft (2) 18:11, C Jones (2) 18:15, D James (2) 17:35); 3 Birmingham Running Athletics 1:49:11 (J Stolberg (3) 17:51, A Hill (3) 18:33, J McGraw (3) 18:43, A Peacock (3) 18:00, C Davis (3) 18:10, J Tuffin (3) 17:54);  4  Rugby & Northampton 1:53:10 (L Greer (5) 17:57, A Wright (2) 18:18, A McDonnell (5) 19:39, I Achchi (4) 18:39, M Everett (6) 19:44, N Bennett (4) 18:53); 5 Swindon 1:53:12 (B Lines (15) 18:42, I McAdam (17) 19:06, H Woods (4) 18:01, D Griffiths (5) 18:54, I Mould (5) 19:26, M Woodward (5) 19:03); 6 Notts 1:53:30 (J Holland (13) 18:29, S Spencer (9) 18:33, B Norris (6) 19:03, A Watson (6) 18:42, M Williams (4) 19:04, R Hayle (6) 19:39); 7 Birchfield 1:54:16 (E Banks (9) 18:17, J Bennett (7) 18:31, G Astbury (9) 19:46, D Swain (8) 19:05, L Bradley (12) 20:10, A Burgess (7) 18:27); 8 Bristol & West B 1:54:22 (A Stewart (17) 18:45, S Kerfoot (14) 18:57, F Jennings (19) 19:44, J Connors (15) 19:22, A Matheson (11) 18:50, D Rigby (8) 18:44); 9 Team Bath 1:54:29 (A Carter (6) 17:58, C Pickering (6) 18:41, A Pritchard (11) 20:06, M Towler (10) 19:29, A Daniel (7) 18:56, E Avis (9) 19:19); 10 Mansfield 1:54:37 (J Richardson (11) 18:24, L Boswell (10) 19:07, J Ali (7) 18:53, E Sankey (7) 18:54, J Boam (10) 20:18, S Gilliver (10) 19:01); 11 Western Tempo B 1:55:02; 12 Tipton 1:55:28; 13 Halesowen 1:55:36 (D Hailetsegay (41) 20:00, J Rogers (29) 19:11, J Thomas (22) 19:08, P Dear (18) 19:30, J Donkin (15) 18:54, M Parker (13) 18:53); 14 Stoke 1:55:54; 15 Newark 1:57:00

Fastest: Battershill 17:05; D James (W Tempo)/Millar 17:30; Taylor 17:32; C Hanlon (Leam) 17:38; J Stollberg (BRAT) 17:51

96 senior teams finished

M40 (6×5.88km): 1 Mansfield 1:55:26 (K Watson (1) 19:04, P Wright (1) 18:31, D Wheat (1) 20:01, J Bailey (1) 19:00, M Dunkley (1) 19:52, C Patterson (1) 18:58); 2 BRAT 1:59:27 (M Ince (4) 19:22, S Turner (2) 19:29, D Dalmedo (2) 20:47, A Tsolakis (3) 20:25, O Jones (2) 19:31, R Vaughan (2) 19:53); 3 Shrewsbury 2:00:50 (H Jones (3) 19:20, R Kerr (3) 20:32, R Mckenna (4) 20:47, J Stuart (5) 20:09, L Butler (5) 20:56, M Costello (3) 19:06); 4 Team Bath 2:01:28 (D Jones (6) 19:58, P Grist (4) 19:58, J Rowland (3) 20:33, H Bowles (2) 19:29, S Brace (3) 20:43, J Donald (4) 20:47); 5 Wolverhampton & Bilston 2:02:00 (L Maskew (2) 19:15, P Marson (5) 21:15, G Worrall (6) 21:12, J Hart (4) 18:38, T Isherwood (4) 20:27, B Foster (5) 21:13); 6 Swindon 2:03:10 (T Hunton (5) 19:54, S Dill (6) 20:54, I Spencer (8) 22:18, L Byrne (6) 19:04, D Sirrelle (6) 21:09, C Chessell (6) 19:51); 7 Mansfield B 2:08:45; 8 Nuneaton 2:11:09; 9 Worcester; 10  Newcastle Staffs 2:12:18

Fastest: Wright 18:32; J Hart (W&B) 18:35; Patterson 18:58

28 Masters teams finished

Women

Western Tempo retained their women’s title over four 4.33km laps and had Megan Marchant run out the fastest overall with a 14:27 split on the second stage.

After Amber Watson had given them a steady start, behind Birmingham Running & Triathlon’s Naomi Mitchell, it was all Western Tempo.

They had three of the top four times as only Naomi Mitchell interrupted their domination of the time sheets.

Mitchell, says she has her sights on improving her marathon best from 2:30 to around 2:25 in an autumn marathon, probably Berlin.

Tempo’s captain, Marchant, then moved them up to second with the fastest split of the day, before Lauren Cooper and Millie Cooper finished the job.

Cooper said of her run: “I was terrified”, but she need not have worried as the race was all but won before she set off.

Behind on the first stage, junior Zoe Gilbody, who was second in the English National under-20 race the previous week, had placed second for Telford on the first stage, with the fifth best overall women’s time.

She shared that 15:16 split with Hayley Carruthers, whose Tipton club took second, but they were three minutes down.

Mansfield won the masters women’s championship with their W45 Hayley Gill second best behind Lauren Cooper’s 15:35, as both competed on the opening stage.

Women (4×4.33km): 1 W Tempo 60:31 (A Watson 15:47, M Marchant 14:27, L Cooper 15:05, M Porter 15:12); 2 Team Bath 62:32 (L Rayner 15:21, A Wallace 26:02, A Domville 15:30, F Spruit 15:29); 3 Tipton 63:32 (C Holden 16:25, H Carruthers 15:16, A Williams 15:47, J Charlton 16:04); 4 Stoke 64:23 (E Taylor 15:25, D Sherwin 15:57, S MacKness 16:36, I Shaw 16:26); 5 Western Tempo B 64:44 (N Eaton 16:07, B Wallis 16:10, A Bullingham 16:27, A Milnes 16:00); 6 Leamington 66:23 (R Gifford 15:33, R Gugutkov 16:40, M Williamson 17:39, Z Hadfield 16:31); 7 Bristol & West 66:52 (A Nicholls 16:31, J Heffer 16:00, A Ford 17:09, M Powell 17:12); 8 Stoke B 67:25 (N Nokes 16:43, L Grayston 16:58, E Merrison 17:03, A Kelly 16:41); 9 Stroud 67:48 (G Greenwood 16:12, J Dewaal 17:00, F McFadden 18:12, K Newcombe 16:24); 10 Bitton 68:24 (L Wallace 16:34, L Sanigar 16:52, R Hinsley 17:56, R Stowell 17:02); 11 W&B 68:42; 12 Halesowen 68:50; 13 Birchfield 68:56; 14 Shrewsbury 68:58; 15 Worcester 69:12

Fastest: Marchant 14:27; N Mitchell (BRAT) 14:52; Cooper 15:06; Porter 15:12; Carruthers/Z Gilbody (Telf, U20) 15:16

W35 (4×4.33km): 1 Mansfield 67:53 (H Gill (2) 15:37, C Hay (1) 16:35, G Newbould (1) 18:20, K Malone-Brumfitt (1) 17:21); 2 Shrewsbury 68:02 (L Cooper (1) 15:35, J Cook (2) 16:46, K Evason (2) 18:17, J Brown (2) 17:24); 3 Team Bath 68:29 (J Rockliffe (4) 16:22, C Dale (6) 19:14, G Wood (4) 16:15, R McKean (3) 16:38); 4 Westbury 68:38 (R Ellis (9) 17:41, D Stygall (5) 17:40, K Hughes (6) 16:57, C Treble (4) 16:20); 5 Trentham 70:26 (J Whiston (5) 16:56, J Stanfield (4) 16:49, S Taylor (5) 18:12, C Higgs (5) 18:29); 6 Bromsgrove & Redditch 71:39 (T Freeman (3) 16:16, L Thomas (3) 16:54, F Stanyard (3) 17:40, S Fox (6) 20:49); 7 Severn 72:25; 8 Telford 72:32; 9 CLC 74:11; 10 Bournville 74:39

Fastest: Cooper 15:35; Carruthers (W45) 15:37; Freeman 16:16

Young athletes – boys

Mansfield Harriers also took the under-17 men’s event over three 3.88km stages with two of the top five fastest times. Their Jude Ryan was second on the opener and his 12:09 was matched by Jacob Nugent on the final leg.

It was there that Birchfield’s Paul Harrison moved up five places to fourth with the quickest split of 11:59.

Swindon Harriers won the under-15 boys’ event and it was their Finlay Byrne’s last leg run of 12;36 that gained his club two places to take the title by 18 seconds from Charnwood.

He said that he saw his chance and “took the lead by Keeper’s Pool.” However, it was Mansfield’s Jack Pares’ 12;31 on the first stage that took the fastest medal, as his club placed third. Collectively they said they came to win and two of them were in the winning under-13 team last year.

Cheltenham & County won this year’s under-13 event over the same lap but the prize giving was hindered by their runners’ names not being declared by their team manager.

They had Jack Shingler fastest overall on lap three with 13:15 and came from behind after Finlay Stanton took the first leg ‘race’ for Cannock & Stafford with a third best 13:24.

He said that he made his effort “down the hill.”

Wolverhampton & Bilston were second and their fastest lad was Rocco Hawley with a second faster 13:22 mid-race, who said he took the lead “at the top of the hill.”

U17 men (4×3.88km): 1 Mansfield 36:45 (J Ryan (2) 12:09, E Holden (1) 12:27, J Nugent (1) 12:09); 2 Wolverhampton & Bilston 37:26 (S Thursfield (6) 12:37, J Stockton (2) 12:26, O Cresswell (2) 12:23); 3 Stratford 37:31 (Z Lambert (4) 12:20, W Mayes (6) 12:56, S Lambert (3) 12:15); 4 Birchfield 37:39 (S Swain (9) 12:43, N Siadatan (9) 12:57, P Harrison (4) 11:59); 5 Bromsgrove & Redditch 37:50 (S Hembry (8) 12:39, W Hembry (8) 12:53, G Wagstaff (5) 12:18); 6 North Somerset 38:02 (S Barker (7) 12:39, L Darlington (3) 12:26, J Finch (6) 12:57); 7 Wreake & Soar Valley 38:14 (S Collins (1) 12:07, J Tyrrell (5) 13:06, L Paddison (7) 13:01); 8 City Of Stoke 38:21 (M Loton (16) 13:19, A Elliott (7) 12:06, M Hamilton (8) 12:56); 9 Rugby & Northampton 38:53 (N Lamb (3) 12:18, F Harris (4) 12:51, O Walls (9) 13:44); 10 Cheltenham 39:04 (T Wightman (12) 13:10, R Haines (13) 13:26, S Wilson (10) 12:28); 11 Swindon 39:09; 12 Tipton 39:36; 13  Telford 39:53; 14 Halesowen 40:31; 15 Charnwood 40:47

Fastest: Harrison 11:59; A Elliott (Stoke) 12:06; S Collins (Wreake) 12:07

33 teams finished

U15 (4×3.88km): 1 Swindon 39:20 (H Burdekin (9) 13:24, J Mayneord (3) 13:21, F Byrne (1) 12:35); 2 Charnwood 39:38 (O Lockton (3) 12:43, H Fletcher (2) 13:57, M Muddle (2) 12:58); 3 Mansfield 39:40 (J Pares (1) 12:31, O Mcclemens (1) 13:18, D Adams (3) 13:51); 4 Cheltenham 40:11 (T Spurr (5) 13:16, J Pennell (5) 14:04, P Paul (4) 12:51); 5 North Somerset 40:55 (E Meacock (10) 13:25, A Rice (7) 14:03, J Wadey (5) 13:27); 6 Swindon B 41:22 (J Bryant (6) 13:17, R Linscott (4) 13:46, A Leak (6) 14:19); 7 Royal Sutton Coldfield 41:28 (O Alsop (14) 13:46, M Randhawa (8) 13:48, G Harradence (7) 13:54); 8 Bromsgrove & Redditch 41:53 (C Egerton (2) 12:37, F Giles (6) 14:46, N Watkins (8) 14:30); 9 Kettering 41:55 (B Scott (13) 13:36, O Smith (9) 14:09, H Hooker (9) 14:10); 10  Wreake & Soar Valley 42:30 (F Sharpe (12) 13:35, B Moore (13) 14:37, A Brewin (10) 14:18); 11 Wreake & Soar Valley B 42:37; 12 Bristol & West 42:47; 13  Rugby & Northampton 42:50; 14 Charnwood B 42:51; 15 Solihull & Small Heath 43:13

Fastest: Pares 12:31; Byrne 12:36; C Eggerton (B&R) 12:37

30 teams finished

U13 (3×3.88km): 1 Cheltenham 40:48 (A Spurr (2) 13:37, M Wilkins (2) 13:56, J Shingler (1) 13:15); 2 Wolverhampton & Bilston 41:21 (T Ulfig (7) 13:49, R Hawley (1) 13:22, S Palmer (2) 14:10); 3 Shrewsbury 42:02 (O Adams (6) 13:49, C Stuart (3) 14:22, T Lay (3) 13:51); 4 North Somerset 42:03 (S Baker (8) 13:58, K Faubel (6) 14:40, O Finch (4) 13:25); 5 Wolverhampton & Bilston B 43:19 (J Yang (3) 13:39, N Worrall (4) 14:45, H Monkton (5) 14:55); 6 Royal Sutton Coldfield 43:58 (Y Sidhu (15) 14:24, S Howell (5) 14:04, W Taylor (6) 15:30); 7 Charnwood 44:36 (J O’Connor (17) 14:44, W Norman (15) 15:47, F Melbourne (7) 14:05); 8 Banbury 44:38 (R Gray (5) 13:47, A Rutledge (12) 16:00, H Proger (8) 14:51); 9 BRAT 44:40 (D Tyler (10) 14:03, C Keenan (11) 15:38, J Baker (9) 14:59); 10 Swindon 44:44 (M Jackson (12) 14:08, A Hunton (7) 15:20, J Burdekin (10) 15:16); 11 Charnwood B 45:21; 12 Bristol & West 45:45; 13 Kettering 45:50; 14  Rugby & Northampton 45:53; 15 Solihull & Small Heath 46:17

Fastest: Shingler 13:15; Hawley 13:22; Stanton 13:24

29 teams finished

Young athletes – girls

Wreake & Soar Valley have a good record in this event and, after most of their athletes missed the English National the previous week, they came good here to with the under-17 women’s title by 43 seconds from Stoke.

They had to thank Shaikira King for their victory and the European under-18 800m silver medallist brought them up from fifth on the final stage with the second fastest time of 13:32.

However, deep in the field, Banbury’s Isla McGowan was going even quicker, on that final stage, with a 13;18 time that gained the fastest lap medal. Her Banbury club were also one of those late with their team declarations.

City of Stoke came from nearly a minute down on the opening stage to win by the under-15 race by 33 seconds from Wreake & Soar Valley and did so with the fourth and fifth fastest times from Holly Turner and Lexi Dundas.

However, the quickest splits were all on the first stage where Shrewsbury’s Chloe Stuart’s 13:46 headed Wreake’s Maisie Mullett and Mansfield’s Charlie Whysall.

Shrewsbury had a good day and had earlier won the under-13 girls’ race by 37 seconds from Rugby & Northampton.

They also started steadily before Roni Kohring gave them the lead mid race with a fastest overall 14:15 time before Lucy Hardcastle held on for victory.

The second-best time went to first stage ‘winner’ Bella Lamb’s 14;23, who, there, headed Wolve’s Lilia Pearce, the third best. She said that she “was in front most of the way.”

Under-17 women (3×3.88km): 1 Wreake & Soar Valley 43:34 (R West (6) 14:41, L Donaghey (5) 15:21, S King (1) 13:32); 2 Stoke 44:17 (T Thursfield (3) 14:23, G Burge (1) 14:48, L Smith (2) 15:06); 3 Halesowen 44:30 (L Hellingsworth (4) 14:27, J Dale (3) 15:24, F Collins (3) 14:39); 4 Swindon 46:20 (E Spencer (5) 14:39, C Lainton (8) 16:25, E Blackstock (4) 15:16); 5 Stoke B 46:21 (C Lunt (12) 15:11, D Cowden (2) 14:18, H Kifle (5) 16:52); 6 Wolverhampton & Bilston 46:30 (M White (10) 15:03, R Read (9) 16:23, Z Mzuku (6) 15:04); 7 Kettering 47:08;  8 Banbury 47:10; 9 Cheltenham 49:05; 10  Mansfield 49:27

Fastest: I McGowan (Banb) 13:18; King 13:32; O McGee (R&N) 13:59

17 teams finished

U15 (3×3.88km): 1 Stoke 43:23 (Z Bratt (8) 14:45, L Dundas (2) 14:20, H Turner (1) 14:18); 2 Wreake & Soar Valley 43:56 (M Mullett (2) 13:52, A Towlson (1) 15:03, S Evans (2) 15:01); 3 Mansfield 44:44 (C Whysall (3) 13:58, E Pares (3) 15:40, L Mason (3) 15:06); 4 Kettering 45:37 (M Sharp (9) 14:52, C Booth (11) 15:54, M Owen (4) 14:51); 5 Stoke 46:31 (E Marsh (15) 15:09, S Hamilton (6) 15:06, M Hearson (5) 16:16); 6 Shrewsbury 46:45 (C Stuart (1) 13:46, M Buckingham (4) 16:16, E Charman (6) 16:43); 7 Charnwood 46:45 (M Don (5) 14:25, F Wheeler (8) 15:59, F Castledine (7) 16:21); 8 Bristol & West 47:18 (D Simpson (10) 14:55, E Ward (13) 16:19, L Simpson (8) 16:04); 9 Kettering B 47:19 (P Almond (11) 14:55, S Lawton (14) 16:33, T Guthrie-Brown (9) 15:51); 10 Stroud 47:32 (E Sheffield (17) 15:23, C Rendell (5) 14:42, A Harsant (10) 17:27); 11 Rugby & Northampton 48:15; 12 Bromsgrove & Redditch 48:22; 13 Wolverhampton & Bilston 48:25; 14 Swindon 48:48; 15 Tipton 48:52

Fastest: Stuart 13:46; Mullett 13:52; Whysall 13:58

36 teams finished

U13 (3×3.88km): 1 Shrewsbury 46:55 (S Vuli (7) 15:56, R Kohring (1) 14:15, L Hardcastle (1) 16:44); 2 Rugby & Northampton 47:32 (B Lamb (1) 14:23, E Rudkinwilson (2) 16:20, A Lee (2) 16:49); 3 Corby 47:38 (E Griffiths (3) 14:49, K Dubois (4) 16:39, F Ives (3) 16:10); 4 Dudley & Stourbridge 47:42 (I Heathcock (4) 15:04, E Shakespeare (10) 17:18, H Parkes (4) 15:20); 5 Stoke 47:53 (M Edwards (14) 16:23, M Forrester (5) 15:23, Z Mcnamara (5) 16:07); 6 Cheltenham 47:54 (K Hodgkinson (12) 16:14, I Wightman (7) 15:55, E Nolan (6) 15:45); 7 Wreake & Soar Valley 47:58 (F Rudkin (8) 15:58, S Longworth (12) 17:06, A Kemp (7) 14:54); 8 Swindon 47:59 (C Griffiths-Clack (5) 15:10, A Harris (6) 16:57, S Kirk (8) 15:52); 9 Solihull & Small Heath 48:24 (F Mustin (6) 15:27, S Bywater (8) 16:47, L Callow (9) 16:10); 10 Birchfield 48:29 (I Holt (10) 16:08, M Sutton (11) 16:41, F Brady (10) 15:40); 11 Wreake & Soar Valley B 48:38; 12 Wolverhampton & Bilston 49:54; 13 Royal Sutton Coldfield 50:56; 14 North Somerset 51:07; 15 Charnwood 51:39

Fastest: Kohring 14:15; Lamb 14:23; L Pearce (W&B) 14:40

27 teams finished

SOUTH OF ENGLAND ROAD RELAYS, Rushmoor Arena, Aldershot September 21

Cambridge & Coleridge took the men’s six stage and were second to Aldershot in the women’s race and each also won one of the young athletes’ events where six different clubs took the honours.

Thomas Bridger, the BUCS steeplechase champion, set the winners off in fifth spot behind Aldershot’s Ben Bradley, whose 17:41 then stood up as the second best of the afternoon

Cambridge & Coleridge’s next four men were also there or thereabout in times as Josh Carr saw them take the lead by the end of stage four.

Dominic Jones and Jonathan Escalante-Phillips, with 17:49 for equal fourth fastest, brought them home for a half-minute victory over Shaftesbury Barnet.

The north London outfit relied a lot on the Dee brothers: equal fourth quickest Jamie and seventh fastest Liam, who saw them home after Jeremy Dempsey had moved them to second on the penultimate stage road relays.

Bedford & County were fourth for most of the race until Ben Alcock popped in a 17:44 to advance them to third spot at the death as Aldershot slipped out of the medals.

James Kingston had placed third in the English National cross-country championships the previous weekend but here was unable to provide any medals for his Tonbridge team mates despite popping in the quickest time for the double lap 6km stint of 17:32.

This moved his club up from 13th spot, but seventh was as far as they went by the line.

Men (6x6km): 1 Cambridge & Coleridge 1:48:37 (T Bridger 18:01, N Mapperley 18:13, J Gray 18:04, J Carr 18:22, D Jones 18:11, J Escalante-Phillips 17:49); 2 Shaftesbury Barnet 1:49:08 (T Butler 18:07, D Evans 17:55, J Dee 17; 49, J Bell 18:55, J Dempsey 18:32, L Dee 17:53); 3 Bedford & County 1:50:02 (H Brodie 18:19, J Goodwin 18:03, B Davies 18:44, N Campion 19:07, E Blythman 18:06, B Alcock 17:44); 4 Aldershot Farnham & D1:50:15 (B Bradley 17:42, T Chandler 18:30, J Morwood 18:09, C Thompson 18:23, J Grace 18:43, S Blake 18:52); 5 Hercules Wimbledon 1:51:42 (C Wyllie 18:21, J Cornish 18:24, C Eastaugh 19:22, A Penney 18:15, D Cliffe 18:35, T Cooke 18:46); 6 Highgate 1:52:08 (J Allen 17:50, R Poolman 18:45, T Fawden 18:44, J Young 19:08, P Chambers 18:40, R Bahelbi 19:04); 7 Tonbridge 1:52:41 (W Beeston 18:23, M Taylor 18:34, H Fraser 20:12, M Dubery 19:06, A Howard 18:57, J Kingston 17:32); 8 Hercules Wimbledon B 1:53:18 (G Brown 18:32, A Milne 18:30, A Walton 19:10, G Mallett 18:58, T Jervis 19:08, J Stockings 19:03);9 Aldershot Farnham & DAC B 1:53:22 (M Pickering 19:34, O Smith 18:24, T Doran 19:07, L Prior 19:05, J O’Connell 18:08, L Stone 19:06); 10 Radley 1:54:16 (O Conway 18:01, J Cumberland 19:23, Q Miell-Ingram 18:39, C Cumberland 20:51, R Miell-ingram 18:51, B Cumberland 18:36); 11 Southampton 1:54:25 (A Lennan 18:24, J O’Hara 18:16, A Coates 19:45, J Atwell 18:49, J Roberts 18:58, K Mooney 20:15); 12 Kent 1:54:30 (D Dibaba 18:38, R Sesemann 19:20, J Simmonds 19:34, J Collier 18:32, N Acfield 19:14, B Clarke 19:14); 13 Victoria Park H & Tower H 1:54:31 (A Lawrence 18:23, J Payne 18:49, A Millbery 19:09, D Howarth 19:29, S Lewis 19:07, R Bartram 19:37); 14 Newham & Essex Beagles 1:54:55 (C Brisley 17:47, C Bowen-Jones 19:28, O Adedeji 18:38, J Gordon 19:15, S Lawrence 19:56, C Everest 19:53); 15 Belgrave 1:55:07 (J Hancock 18:29, P Wicks 19:32, M Holman 20:07, F Dyer 19:00, J Fox 19:15, O Garrod 18:48); 16 City of Norwich 1:55:12; 17 Bedford & County B 1:55:31; 18 Brighton & Hove 1:55:33; 19 Chelmsford 1:55:42; 20 Reading 1:55:47

Fastest: Kingston 17:32; Bradley 17:41; Alcock 17:44; J Dee/Escalante-Phillips 17:49; Allen 17:50; L Dee 17:53

89 teams finished

Women

Aldershot’s women had won 11 of the past dozen races staged here since 2005 and their quartet made it a dozen over the only club to have headed them at this venue since their run began in 2006.

That was Cambridge & Coleridge who were always behind the hosts as both moved up as the race progressed.

Thames Valley took third at the death as Kosana Weir gave them a team medal with a 20:51 final leg that proved to be the second fastest women’s time of the day.

Deep in the field, Bracknell’s Amelia Quirk posted the fastest women’s time on stage two by moving up 13 places to the lead, with 19:41, but her club soon slipped back.

Women (4×3.851km): 1 Aldershot, Farnham & D 85:35 (M Jordan-Lee 21:03, K Estlea-Morris 20:56, M Jordan-Lee 21:35, P Roessler 22:03); 2 Cambridge & Coleridge 86:33 (E Ruane 21:07, J Leggate 21:55, E Leggate 21:38, K Lowery 21:54); 3 Thames Valley 86:52 (A Svihalkova 22:03, A Mundell 22:10, C Buckley 21:49, K Weir 20:52); 4 Herne Hill 87:04 (S Tooley 21:58, D Hey 21:42, J Nandi 22:28, L Jones 20:57); 5 Aldershot Farnham & D B 88:14 (E Wicks 22:02, S Twell 22:54, G Bruinvels 21:49, H Preedy 21:29); 6 Winchester Running Club 88:35 (C Ragan 22:19, A Lane 21:48, E Willmers 22:06, R Chesterfield 22:23); 7 Herne Hill B 88:53 (G Leyland 22:05, L Newton 22:36, G Reynolds 21:39, R Hughes 22:35); 8 Belgrave 88:59 (M Connor 21:26, P Oliver 23:03, N Donegan 22:27, E Bradley 22:05); 9 Kent 89:03 (B Proctor 21:56, E Freeden 22:53, C Kandie 23:05, A Clements 21:10); 10 Guildford & Godalming 89:19 (S Lecoutre 21:35, E Warren 21:52, H Knights 23:36, E Harrison 22:18); 11 Windsor S E & H 89:51; 12 Aldershot Farnham & D C 90:06; 13 St Albans 90:23; 14 Bedford & County 91:12; 15 Reading 91:20

Fastest: A Quirk (Brack) 19:41; Weir 20:51; Estlea-Morris 20;56; Jones 20:57; Jordan-Lee 21:02; Ruane 21:07; A Clements (Kent) 21:10

50 teams finished

Young Athletes – girls

Aldershot’s women also have a good record in the under-17 age group and so it proved here as they took their second team award. This was over Lewes whose Ava James 16:00 saw them home on the third and final leg.

This was behind Aldershot’s Katie Pye, who moved up from fifth to first, with the age group’s fastest split of 15:45 The winners had languished in 18th after stage one before Maya Jobbins moved them up and Pye finished the job.

Earlier Marnie Fieldsend had led for Windsor after the opening 3.851-metre first leg, with 16:23 but her club fell back as Aldershot and Lewes came through

Chelmsford headed Essex rivals Brentwood in the under-15 girls’ event over three 3km laps They led on the opener through Ezrah Harrold, whose 10:03 was second fastest overall then lost out before Geogia March regained the advantage with a fourth best 10:09.

Brentwood snatched second through Summer Smith’s fastest overall 9:59 on the final leg and this saw Windsor’s Kara Gorman follow her through to third with the next quickest effort of 10:05.

Brentwood did win the under-13 girls race but only after Madison Kindler advanced from fifth to the top, on the final leg, with a fastest age group time of 10:12, some 32 seconds quicker than the next best effort.

This was by Chelmsford’s Sophie Bolton, who had ‘won’ the opening 3km stage with 10:44 and her club held on for second.

U17 women (3×3.951km): 1 Aldershot Farnham & D 50:10 (L Quinn 17:57, M Jobbins 16:29, K Pye 15:45); 2 Lewes 50:18 (E Winton 17:06, E Stephenson 17:13, A James 16:01); 3 Chelmsford 50:36 (L Wilkin 16:56, S Shipton 16:55, D Stollery 16:46); 4 Windsor S E & Hounslow 51:54 (M Fieldsend 16:24, L Smith 17:37, Y Grant 17:54); 5 Herne Hill 52:33 (O Wright 17:18, S Jack 17:24, M Minielly 17:52); 6 Chiltern 53:35 (E Ford 17:19, M Nkoane 18:36, I Robinson 17:41); 7 Winchester Running Club 53:58 (P Taylor 17:45, G Baker 17:48, K Ruffell-Moreira 18:26); 8 Cambridge & Coleridge 54:19 (K Shaw 16:47, J Hames 18:22, L Harrison 19:12); 9 Southampton 54:20 (E Churcher 17:54, S Lane 17:54, E Elsey 18:33); 10 Crawley 54:22 (W Elsie 18:36, N Lesova 18:17, A Cox 17:30); 11 Brighton & Hove 54:24; 12 Epsom & Ewell 54:34; 13 City of Portsmouth 54:44; 14 Hercules Wimbledon 54:46; 15 Woking 55:17 road relays

Fastest: Pye 15:45; James 16:00; F East (Ports) 16:03

29 teams finished

U15 girls (3x3km): 1 Chelmsford 30:37 (E Harrold 10:03, A King 10:26, J March 10:09); 2 Brentwood Beagles 30:58 (H Woodley 10:07, M Tiller 10:53, S Smith 10:00); 3 Windsor S E & H 31:01 (Z Allan 10:32, T Ferguson 10:24, K Gorman 10:06); 4 Aldershot Farnham & D 31:51 (T Robertson 10:31, O Garcia Davis 11:02, P Guest 10:18); 5 Chelmsford B 32:04 (E Kelly 10:16, L Sanford 10:34, F Philipps 11:15); 6 St Mary’s Richmond 33:03 (E Archer 10:50, J Gilkes 11:23, E Ponkratieva 10:50); 7 Aldershot Farnham & D B 33:03 (N Walmsley 12:20, K McBride 10:36, K Scott 10:08); 8 Blackheath & Bromley 33:05 (A McDonagh 10:58, E De Bruyn 11:12, S Mossi 10:57); 9 Hercules Wimbledon 33:22 (B Eminson 12:03, F Harper-Tee 11:00, I Harrison 10:21); 10 City of Portsmouth 33:51 (C Oakley 11:07, A Thomas 10:57, A Klidjian 11:48); 11 Aldershot Farnham & D C 33:52; 12 Tonbridge 34:04; 13 HY AC 34:05; 14 Basingstoke & Mid Hants 34:10; 15 Chelmsford C 34:16 road relays

Fastest: Smith 9:59; Harrold 10:03; Gorman 10:05

56 teams finished

U13 girls (3x3m): 1 Brentwood Beagles 33:35 (A Twydell 11:42, S Bickerstaff 11:41, M Kindler 10:13); 2 St Edmunds Pacers 33:49 (S Bolton 10:44, I Johnson 11:37, A McVitie 11:29); 3 Chelmsford 34:08 (I Kehoe 11:07, B Cooke 11:27, O Martin 11:35); 4 South London 34:15 (G Shade 11:11, G Booth 11:34, A Jones 11:32); 5 Bracknell 34:29 (H Lucas 11:22, M Hamilton-Martin 11:55, T Davies-Dixon 11:13); 6 Brighton & Hove 35:04 (F Matten 12:01, S Fitzgerald 12:08, S Widdows 10:56); 7 City of Portsmouth 35:42 (R Baker 11:20, F Klepacz 11:46, I Shaw 12:37); 8 Guildford & Godalming 36:13 (M Murfin 12:33, N Davies 11:32, H Kalfoss 12:10); 9 Windsor S E & H36:17 (M Bond 12:14, M Lennox-Imbastari 11:48, L Banham 12:15); 10 St Mary’s Richmond 36:17 (A Wallace Shafie 11:57, I Snaith 12:38, L Graham 11:43); 11 Tonbridge 36:19; 12 Chiltern 36:38; 13 Herne Hill 36:39; 14 South London B 36:47; 15 HY AC 36:54

Fastest: Kindler 10:12; Bolton 10:44; Widdows 10:56

30 teams finished

Young Athletes – boys

It was Blackheath & Bromley who won the under-17 men’s event after Joseph Scanes moved them up from third to first over the last 3851m lap with a second quickest 13:56.

Sutton & District’s Alex Lennon followed him through to second team medals with 14:06 as they too recovered from a steady start road relays.

Thid placed team City of Norwich had to thank Michael Clark, who ran a mid-race 13;57 to move them up to second with the fastest time for this age group before they lost a place by the line.

Earlier, Cambridge & Coleridge had won their second title by leading throughout the under-15 boys’ race over three 3km laps They started with Finn McLennan’s 9:18 which then held up as the best of the section road relays.

Harry Cantell and Harrison Pearson, with the third best time of 9:23, then finished the job as Teddy Murphy chased hard for Dacorum to give his club second spot and the second-best split of 9:19 road relays.

The first race of the day had seen Hercules Wimbledon take the under-13 boys’ race from Windsor They had much to thank Max Harrison for as he moved them up from 13th to the front on the third and final leg with a 10:16 split,

However, there were quicker time behind, as Windsor’s Arthur Evans chased him home with 10:15.

U17 men (3×3.851km): 1 Blackheath & Bromley 43:06 (J Starvis 14:28, J Hill 14:42, J Scanes 13:57); 2 Sutton & District 43:33 (C Cull 14:51, E Newell 14:37, A Lennon 14:06); 3 City of Norwich 43:54 (M Parsley 15:13, M Clark 13:58, W Percival 14:45); 4 Chiltern 43:57 (A Hughes 13:53, A Suleyman 14:57, J Holdsworth 15:08); 5 Sutton & District B 44:47 (E Manning 15:01, R Haigh 14:50, M Hudson 14:57); 6 Brighton & Hove 44:54 (T Matthews 14:58, F Matthews 14:44, A Khursheed 15:13); 7 Guildford & Godalming 44:54 (O Jermy 14:24, E Wilson 15:14, A Davies 15:17); 8 St Mary’s Richmond 45:00 (M Solomon 14:43, M Garcia 15:29, D Jelfs 14:49); 9 Chelmsford 45:03 (J Eida 15:38, J Hurrell 14:10, A Kelly 15:16); 10 Hercules Wimbledon 45:22 (A McGuigan 14:38, N Fernandez 14, P Panchev 30:31); 11 Aldershot Farnham & D 45:32; 12 Tonbridge 45:34; 13 Poole 45:46; 14 Bedford & County B 45:50; 15 Tonbridge B 45:55 road relays

Fastest: Hughes 12:52; Scanes 13:56; Clark 13:57; Lennon 14:06;

60 teams finished

U15 boys (4×3.85km): 1 Cambridge & Coleridge 28:30 (F MacLennan 09:18, H Cantell 09:50, H Pearson 09:23); 2 Dacorum 28:38 (T Pritchard 09:50, O McDonald 09:30, T Murphy 09:19); 3 Herne Hill 28:49 (L Roch 09:47, C Holmes 09:26, T Clerkin 09:37); 4 Eastbourne Rovers 29:05 (B Roberts 09:37, G Armstrong-Smith 09:54, F Lumber-Fry 09:36); 5 Aldershot Farnham & D 29:16 (L Bryce 10:10, D Orbell 09:40, B Rivero-Stevenet 09:28); 6 Basingstoke & Mid Hants 29:40 (N Maneij-Kumar 09:59, T Moore 09:35, A Burniston 10:08); 7 Bracknell 29:51 (B Lucas 09:56, J Legg 10:07, E Langley-Aybar 09:49); 8 Blackheath & Bromley 29:59 (K Farrell 09:49, D Horgan 10:04, J Shaw 10:08); 9 Chiltern 30:02 (T Ford 09:48, C Quantrill 10:06, T Reynolds 10:08); 10 Hercules Wimbledon 30:09 (J Fraser 09:58, H Allen 10:31, T Creed 09:41); 11 Thames Valley 30:27; 12 South London 30:30; 13 Victoria Park H & Tower H 30:30; 14 Tonbridge 30:44; 15 Herne Hill B 30:48 road relays

Fastest: McLennon 9:18; Murphy 9:19; Pearson 9:23

54 teams finished

U13 boys (4x3km): 1 Hercules Wimbledon 31:05 (I Derian 10:19, T Hennigan 10:30, M Harrison 10:16); 2 Windsor S E & H 31:20 (T Bainbridge 10:26, B Welch 10:40, A Evans 10:15); 3 Reading 31:54 (I Paviour 10:57, W May 10:36, N Mazieres 10:22); 4 St Albans 32:12 (J McNaught 10:46, G Russell-Jones 10:54, C Treloar 10:33); 5 Crawley 32:22 (A Rutledge-Hart 10:53, F Nottage 10:54, X Wagjiani 10:36); 6 Blackheath & Bromley 32:43 (H Beeraje 11:13, E Aldridge 10:33, Z Evans 10:58); 7 Shaftesbury Barnet 32:47 (D Pascal 10:16, H Henderson 11:23, J Day 11:09); 8 City of Portsmouth 32:48 (J Tildesley 10:08, O Cameron 11:07, B Knipe 11:34); 9 Poole Runners 33:22 (J Preston 10:28, F Sherren 11:35, S Pavlou 11:20); 10 Cornwall 33:25 (O Williams 10:24, E Smith 11:22, S Brabbury 11:40); 11 Southampton 33:31; 12 Aldershot Farnham & D 33:37; 13 Victoria Park H & Tower H 33:55; 14 Bracknell 34:00; 15 Chiltern 34:03

Fastest: J Tildesley (Ports) 10:07; Evans 10;15; Harrison/D Pascal (SB) 10:16

41 teams finished

Masters

In a packed programme there were also area championships for veterans and, while hosts Aldershot added another title, the M50 one, honours must go to The Stragglers club who had the first two teams to finish in the over-40 women’s event, where 19 teams of three competed. However, times were slow with their Sarah Holt fastest with 13:53 road relays.

Kent won the M40 race but none of their quartet broke 20 minutes for the double lap 6km stage. They were only sixth on the opener but moved up before Chris Busaileh sealed victory on the final stage

There, the fastest lap went to Woking’s John Hutchings with the respectable time of 19:00.

Aldershot led throughout the M50 race after Simon Cooper ran the age group fastest time of 20:25 on stage one.

Ten over-60 squads competed and it was Colchester who came out on top thanks to Colin Ridley and Paul Mingay finishing things off for their foursome road relays.

However, easily the fastest lap went to Harrow’s Mark Cursons at 21:49, just a tad quicker than Herne Hill’s Dave Taylor, a former international masters champion and European senior cross-country team bronze medallist. Their times were the fastest M60 outings here since 1996 and compare with the lap record of 21:06 set by Laurie O’Hara back in 1995.

Brighton & Hove took the women’s W50 team after their Linda Schofield was fastest overall in bringing them home with a fastest age group time of 16:42 for their 3851m lap road relays.

M40 (4x6km): 1 Kent 81:31 (J Tipper 20:04, R Laing 20:28, D Morgan 20:44, C Busaileh 20:17); 2 Woking 81:48 (J Hutchins 19:00, D Brighton 20:53, B Goddard 20:34, S Egan 21:22); 3 Brighton & Hove 82:48 (Z Hale 19:35, H Bristow 20:02, Z Wattar 21:15, L Taub 21:57); 4 Southampton 84:55 (M Risden 20:15, K Yates 22:19, E Hughes 21:18, M Coffey 21:05); 5 Poole 85:03 (L Terry 21:04, B Underwood 21:17, R Doubleday 21:18, G Hale 21:26); 6 Medway & Maidstone 85:06 (A Webb 19:56, J Lane 20:33, N Wright 21:51, D Wright 22:47); 7 Winchester Running Club 86:14; 8 Herne Hill 86:32; 9 Haywards Heath 86:55; 10 Wycombe Phoenix & 87:06

Fastest: Hutchings 19:00; Hale 19:35; M Cummings (Herne H) 19:52

23 teams finished

M50 (4x6km): 1 Aldershot Farnham & DA86:11 (S Cooper 20:25, D Atkins 22:17, D Bradley 22:18, M Symes 21:12); 2 Herne Hill 87:31 (S Coombes 21:00, J Ratcliffe 22:48, J Key 22:36, B Paviour 21:08); 3 Guildford & Godalming 89:13 (N Tearle 21:28, G Holcroft 23:03, I Acreman 22:32, T Booth 22:12); 4 Reading Road Runners 89:26; 5 Thames Valley 1:32:55; 6 Dulwich Runners 93:56

Fastest: Cooper 20:25; Coombes 21:00; Symes 21:12

Just 10 teams finished

M60 (3x6km): 1 Colchester H 93:24 (P Spowage 23:18, C Stevenson 24:39, C Ridley 22:39, P Mingay 22:49); 2 Herne Hill 94:26 (K Newton 24:32, V Maughn 24:37, D Taylor 21:52, G Moyse 23:27); 3 South London 95:58 (D Ogden 23:09, N Reissland 22:34, G Hennessy 25:34, M Darville 24:43); 4 Guildford & Godalming 97:30; 5 Harrow 98:38; 6 Kent 1:40:05

Fastest: D Taylor (Herne H) 21:51; N Reisland (S Lon) 22:33l Ridley 22:39

Just 9 teams finished

W40 (4×3.851km): 1 The Stragglers RC 50:03 (L Bailey 16:02, S Biggs 20:09, S Holt 13:53); 2 The Stragglers RC B 52:57 (N Douglas 16:49, N Hornzee 17:45, A Prince 18:23); 3 Aldershot Farnham & D 53:47 (R Wallace 17:33, S Rollins 19:17, L Locks 16:59); 4 Kent 54:11 (V Buck 18:29, T Murphy 18:16, C Nic Fhogartaigh 17:27); 5 Camberley & District 54:27 (N Densley 17:03, S Stallwood 18:57, R Smith 18:28); 6 City of Portsmouth 54:45 (E Montiel 18:05, A Coomber 18:52, E Jolley 17:49); 7 Reigate Priory 55:24; 8 Winchester Running Club 55:52; 9 Reading Road Runners 57:20; 10 Southampton 57:36

Fastest: Holt 13:53

W50 (4×3.851km): 1 Brighton & Hove 54:03 (P Blackledge 18:34, K Philpot 18:47, L Schofield 16:42); 2 Reading Road Runners 55:11 (G Sarah 17:56, G Andrea 19:36, H Carrie 17:40); 3 Aldershot Farnham & D 58:47 (A Kerr 18:47, M Wiles 20:54, E Pearson 19:08); 4 Guildford & Godalming 58:53; 5 Tonbridge 59:13; 6 Dulwich Runners 59:29

Fastest: Schofield 16:42; M Heslop (Ton) 17:29

Nesthy Petecio and Esra Yildiz tremendous win in 57 kg

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