cross-country

Results for the Men’s Cross Country League (fixture 1 of 4), Newbold Comyn, 07-Nov-2015

We have the following report from the Men’s Captain, Wayne:

After the first race of the new cross country season at Newbold Comyn.

Sphinx are sitting in 7th place out of 15 teams with a total of 326pts.

13 runners represented the club with Jamie (without A Beer head ) and Allen making their Debut in the cross country league. the next race will be on Saturday 5th December at 2.30 start At Aldridge Airport in Walsall.

Thank you for every one who took part, with special mention to Jamie on a excellent finishing position. if you would like to run in the next race so we can hopefully build on a strong first race performance then please let me know as soon as possible. I will send travel details out via email.

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Results for the Cross-Country relays, 17-Oct-2015

We have the following reports from our captains; firstly, Fiona:

The cross country relays took place in Uttoxeter which was the first time for all of us on the course so we didn’t know what to expect. The course was made up of two laps around Bramshall Road Park. The rain stayed away which was nice but it did mean that there wasn’t much slipping and sliding around the course. There were two water features but they were only small, I think these were included just to break us in gently in preparation for Leamington on the 7th November!!!! The race was an uphill finish which was tough going but thankfully there was tea and cake waiting for us at the end J

and from Wayne:

Four sphinx men and 6 ladies made the trip up north (although it was just about in the midlands) for the 5km relay in Uttoxeter. Equality playing a part we raced over the same distance as the ladies ,

Not a day for spikes as the ground was too hard especially the 200m tarmac path section which they forgot to mention on the course description. It did have 2 water crossings which acted like a warm up for Newbold Common next month !!!!!

Very high standard of running and we managed 34th place out of 38 teams. Although highlight of leg I was in 5th place going around the first corner, which was only 60mts from the start however that was as good as it got for the captain as then went backwards down the field. Well done to Sphinx ladies who again managed to put out two teams. Thanks to Fi for Photo’s.

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Results for National XC Champs, 21-Feb-2015

A hardy bunch of Sphinx runners and supporters made their way down to London Town for the 2015 English National Cross Country Championships. 4 men and 6 ladies were cheered on by the blue and gold support.

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Results for juniors XC @ Alexander Stadium, 15-Feb-2015

6 junior athletes from Sphinx attended the last x country meet at Alexander Stadium. A cold and damp day greeted us and once again there was a great atmosphere as athletes jostled for position in the final race. Our 6 competed well, without complaint and, sorry Mr Chairman they all enjoyed themselves.

Special mention to Braydon, Daniel, Michael, Adam and Annie who competed in all 5 races this season. well done and thanks to all the other juniors who raced this season.

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2014/15 Birmingham & District Men’s XC Division 3 Final Standings

Thanks and well done to all Sphinx men that ran during the series. Well done to Andrejs and Ash for their 3rd and 4th places overall. Also, well done to our friends at Massey Ferguson RC for their strong showing throughout the season, resulting in promotion. Good luck in Division 2. Series Team Results Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Match 4 Total 1 A Team West Bromwich Harriers 106 82 79 65 332 2 Massey Ferguson RC 184 141 145 106 576 3 Black Pear Joggers 198 135 140 141 614 4 Northbrook AC 160 207 171 146 684 5 Peel Road Runners 290 204 250 236 980 6   Sphinx AC 185 218 340 323 1066 7 Solihull & Small Heath AC 324 392 258 322 1296 8 Cobra RC 340 325 289 501 1455 9 Droitwich AC 316 429 336 497 1578 10 Sparkhill Harriers 311 498 383 440 1632 11 Stourbridge RC 407 474 419 464 1764 12 Aldridge RC 436 548 511 562 2057 13 Sneyd Striders 649 421 667 627 2364 14 Coventry Triathletes dnf 401 383 344 1128 15 Kidderminster&Stourport dnf dnf dnf dnf 1 B Team Massey Ferguson RC 380 374 329 234 1317 2 Northbrook AC 408 480 439 442 1769 3 Black Pear Joggers 499 491 386 410 1786 4 Aldridge RC 877 913 828 858 3476 5 West Bromwich Harriers 711 633 626 1970 6   Sphinx AC 618 632   723 1973 7 Sparkhill Harriers 800 777 810 2387 8 Droitwich AC 743 743 Individual standings:

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Wyken XC – A message of thanks from the Chairman

A big thank you and well done to everyone who helped in any way today or ran in the race (or both, Mitch!). As ever, we put on a great event – both in the organisation of the race (Bob) and providing the refreshments afterwards. Thanks to Laura, her mum, Lisa and daughters – hope you all enjoyed it. Thanks to Bob’s friends from Coventry Way for coming along to marshal, and Jo, Graham and Rose for their tea service.

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Results for the Birm XC@Wyken Croft, 07-Feb-2015

Sphinx hosted the fourth and final race of the cross-country league season, and 12 Sphinx men ran.

Andrejs finished 3rd and Garry Barnes finished in the top 50. The A team placed 7th out of 14, and the B team placed 5th out of 6.

Overall league standings to follow separately.

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2014/15 Midland Women’s XC Division 2 Final Standings

Well done and thanks to all Sphinx ladies that took part.

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Results for the Midlands Women’s XC@Wolverhampton, 07-Feb-2015

6 Sphinx ladies travelled to Wolverhampton for the fourth and final cross-country league race of the season. A good showing by all resulted in a 32nd place finish (including both divisions) for the senior team, and 25th place for the masters team.

Overall league results to follow separately.

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Results for the Midlands XC Champs, 24-Jan-2015

6 ladies and 5 men represented Sphinx at the Midlands Cross Country Championships at Woolaton Hall.

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