The young athletes of Herts Phoenix finished a creditable third in their final match and will now have to wait until all the results are calculated to see if they have qualified for either of the A or B finals in September.

Despite a valiant effort by the 9 women that made the trip to Wigan for the final UKWL match, the team could not achieve enough points to survive in division 3.

The nine men who travelled to Hastings for the final match of the season put in some very good performances in covering most of the events but were only rewarded with fourth place.

Twelve of Herts Phoenix U17s donned their county vests to represent Hertfordshire at the Inter-Counties match this weekend at Basildon.

Herts Phoenix runners acquitted themselves very well over a 3000m undulating course around the lakes in Fairlands Valley, Stevenage last week.