6 Sphinx runners took part in the third race in the Services XC season. The next race is Weds 15-Nov at Newbold Revel. Results: POSITION NAME TIME 33 K.NAUGHTON 41m 03s 43 M.TIMMS 44m 09s 51 L.ABBOTT 46m 59s 56 C.O’KEEFE 48m 43s 59 R.ALLEN 50m 20s 64 T.MARCHI 57m31s
Thanks to Wayne for the following report: Sphinx was well represented at this years cross country relay , at Wolverhampton with the men and ladies fielding 2 teams , with Darren and pete making their cross country debut Storm Brian played its part in making the 2 lap course (6 km each per runner ) even more of a challenge with a tough head wind to contend with, also for some had the effects of Friday nights presentation night to also contend with , Thanks to everyone who took part and good luck for the forthcoming xc season starting on Saturday 11th November , Ladies at Coundon park and the blokes are traveling down to Gloucester
Mitch and Jackie Timms and Jackie Stuart completed the first race in the Midlands Police & Services League, with the venue being at Edgbaston. Results: http://www.csaa.org.uk/17midservxcleagueresults1.pdf Pos Time Name 61 49:16 J Timms 62 49:17 M Timms 71 56:50 Jackie Stuart
Thanks to Wayne for the following report (next year’s Nationals are likely to be at Parliament Hill, London):
8 sphinx and 2 ladies competed in this years national xc at Wollaton park ( Nottingham ) , with over 1000 in the senior ladies race (8km) over 2000 in the senior men’s (12km),
meant for a challenging day, with most of the course a combination of a swamp and a bog snorkelling event ,
With Allen achieving his pre race target of becoming a top 1000 finisher crossing the line in 1000th place ,
Due to injury Rachael was not able to run but top supporting points acheived ,
A great day out
9 Sphinx ladies made the short trip to Warwick University for their final cross-country race of the league season. Well done to all those that have played a part during the season; the team finished in 23rd place in division 2.
Thanks to Wayne for the following report, and also for organising us so well over the season:
12 Sphinx made the trip back along the M42 to Droitwich ( different course to race 3 ) for the final league race of the season , the official Sphinx warm up was underway , i.e. Staying inside until the last possible moment before then giving it the full beans at the hooter ,with a sea of blue and gold leading the race through first 2 corners ,
With strong racing from everyone we managed to overtake the team ahead of us and finish in a brilliant 6th place out of 19 teams overall.
Well done and congratulations to Michael Gough in his first season as a senior , winning this season’s Sphinx cross country trophy .
A big thank you to everyone who represented the club throughout the whole season and making it a very enjoyable season
Thanks to Catherine Gough for the following report:
A sunny but windy 4th February saw UK Universities race at the BUCS (British Universities & Colleges Sport) Cross Country Championships in Graves Park Sheffield. It was an fun but tough 7.4k distance for the women’s race. Very hilly and muddy, featuring a hay bale jump and a short very steep part. Unlike some I stayed on my feet to finish 167 amongst the 619 runners!
Thanks to Wayne for the following report:
Prestwold hall park (Loughborough) was the venue for this years midlands counties xc championship, and for the first time in 5 seasons sphinx are able to field a complete team in this event, thankyou and well done to everyone for running in what turned out to be a brutal men’s race, with bad weather, a really high standard of competition and the fact they over measured the course by nearly 2 mile meant for a long day out for everyone,
3 Sphinx guests joined race 6 of the Midlands cross-country league at Delapre Park, Northampton.
7 Sphinx ladies made the trip to Wolverhampton for the 3rd of 4 league races, and represented the club in fine style. The final league fixture is on 11th Feb at Warwick University.
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