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2018/2019 Cross country league race 2 at Plock Court

Wayne has provided the following write up on the mens cross country 13 blue and gold made the trip down to Gloucester for the 2nd race in the xc league, thankyou to all that travelled, with standout performances again from Dave Brewis (currently sitting joint 3rd overall) and Nigel Timms matching his first race position in being our 5th place counter again, At the half way stage in the season Sphinx are currently sitting on 7th place out of 21 teams, and we have managed to close up abit on the teams above us, hopefully we can get as many blue and gold out racing in the remaining fixtures, Dave brewis 5th 33.

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Parkrun results

Results from various parkruns Coventry 18 Sphinx AC runners/family/friends ran this weekend, with no first-timers and no PBs. Official results are here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/coventry/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=440 16 Andy Wilkinson 19:47 VM40-44 69.50% 16 PB stays at 17:30 19 Jack Edwards 19:58 SM25-29 64.61% 19 PB stays at 18:10 31 Craig Robinson 21:00 VM40-44 66.51% 30 PB stays at 20:55 57 Kev Naughton 22:20 VM60-64 74.40% 55 PB stays at 19:29 59 Colin Piper 22:21 VM35-39 58.

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Coombe 8 Final results

Our final results for the 10th Coombe 8. Thank you to everyone for making the event such a success. Position Gun Time Athlete Name Gender Category Cat Pos Club 1 00:46:47 Ben Taylor Male M SEN 1 Kenilworth Runners 2 00:48:05 David Brewis Male M SEN 2 Sphinx AC 3 00:48:25 Andrew Siggers Male M O35 1 Kenilworth Runners 4 00:49:12 Andrew Crabtree Male M O35 2 Kenilworth Runners 5

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Broadway Half marathon

Thank you to Craig for the following report Whilst most of you were sunning yourselves at Coombe 8 or the Junior Cross Country, I ran the Broadway Half Marathon. Two mega lung busting hills made sure the course was hard but the stunning scenery and some fast woodland decents kept me going. I enjoyed the pain and would recommend it to those who like trail runs and hills. I just scraped within my 2 hour target and was 18th overall (the good runners must have been at Coombe 8!

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Midland Police and Services XC

Well done to Jackie, Mitch, Tom and Kev for completing this XC POSITION NAME TEAM CAT TIME CIVVY CLUB POINTS KEVIN NAUGHTON GUEST V60 45m 53s Sphinx MITCH TIMMS GUEST V60 54m 01s Sphinx JACKIE TIMMS GUEST FV50 54m 02s Sphinx 56 TOM MARCHI PRISON/CIVIL SERVICE V75 67m 42s Sphinx 143

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Mens XC league race

Thanks to Wayne for the write up and results So with the ladies set of on their way at 1.30, the attention turned to sphinx men to start getting ready for the new xc league season, 22 blue and gold slowly leaving the tent just as the heavens opened, as per Clark of the course Bergin instructions to spice things up allitle, after health and safety!!!!!! Withdrew the technical section through the woods, who would of thought there would be tree roots in the woods !

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Ladies XC league

Our ladies took part in the first cross country league race at Coundon park. Results are Pos Race No Fav Name Time Category Cat Pos Gender Club Team Pos TOD 52 743 Ann Mosby 00:26:34 Masters 26 Female Sphinx AC 18 13:56:18 70 737 Lisa Abbott 00:27:16 Masters 39 Female Sphinx AC 18 13:57:00 87 746 Laura Pibworth 00:28:00 Senior 30 Female Sphinx AC 18 13:57:44 101 739 Eleanor Davies

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Coombe 8 2018

Thank you to everyone who took part in our 10th Coombe 8 race. Special thank you to Paul Bergin, Allen El-Sour and Mitch Timms for their work in the back ground to make this a great event. Thank you to all our marshals who kept cheering our runners round!! Our results can be found at http://www.sphinx.org.uk/sphinx-ac-races/coombe-8/coombe-8-2018-results/

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Centurion 5 mile

The first race of the season took place the 5th November. This race takes place on the first Sunday of each month for the next 6 months A six month series of races on Sundays. Each month is a separate run with lots of prizes - if you run 4 or more you will count in the series More info on the series can be found at http://www.centurionrc.org.uk/grandprix/ Results from the first race are at http://centurionrc.

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Snowdon Marathon

Well done to all our runners who completed this marathon. First Name Surname Gender Club Pen y Pass Stage Position 14Miles Stage Position 23Miles Stage Position Gun Time Overall Position Chip Time Chip Position Pawel Langer Male SPHINX AC 00:34:23 113 01:37:50 95 02:53:45 120 03:38:54 236 03:38:43 239 Bryan Pears Male SPHINX AC 00:37:25 277 01:48:00 269 03:19:35 450 03:56:01 453 03:55:39 461 Jackie Timms Female SPHINX AC 00:49:41

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