There was an excellent turnout of athletes from Herts Phoenix AC for the first of this season’s Metropolitan League Cross Country matches held on Saturday 10th October in sunny, warm conditions over the very hilly and testing courses in the woods adjacent to Ruislip Lido. A full set of results is in the "Results" section of the web site.

In the first race of the afternoon Jake Barraclough ran very well to win the under 13 boys’ race  by 18 seconds and supported by twins Sam and Jamie Jones came second in the Team race. The under 13 girls’ team continued from where they left off last season by winning their Team race with Lizzie Parry running strongly to finish in second place and being well supported by Megan Breen, Ellie Baker, Alicia and Isabel Found and Emily Hore who was making her cross country debut. The under 17 men all ran very well to secure 4th place in their Team race with their under 15 age group colleagues packing well to bring the B Team home in 10th place out of the 17 teams contesting this event. Ella Fuller performed well to finish second in the u17 womens race and with her colleagues also running well finished in 5th place in the Team event. Fresh from his excellent win at the Standalone Farm 10k road race last weekend the in-form Neilson Hall ran away from the field to come home in first place nearly 30 seconds in front of the second placed runner in the Senior Men’s race, he was well supported by Matt Carlisle 19th, Bryn Reynolds 29th, Steve Prosser 38th, Lee Reynolds 39th and Tom Gough (U20) 98th and their team mates to finish in 8th place in the Team Event. Norman Morrison (V55) and Richard Melvern (V60) won their respective Age-group categories and brought the Veteran’s Team home in 9th place out of the 27 teams contesting the race.

Individual Results:

Jake Barraclough 1st 10.42, Sam Jones 4th 11.40, Jamie Jones 6th 11.49
Team 2nd – 28 Finishers

Under 13 Girls – 3000m approx
Lizzie Parry 2nd 12.26, Megan Breen 5th 12.45, Ellie Baker 8th 12.59, Alicia Found 10th 13.15, Isabel Found 11th 13.17, 15th Emily Hore 15th 15.17
“A” Team 1st, “B” Team 5th – 18 Finishers

Under 17 Men – 4000m approx
Edward Shepherd (Boys High) 11th 13.21, David Wilson (Chauncy) 16th 13.34, Vasudev Zaver (St Albans Boys) 21st 13.48, Alex Cloona (Richard Hale)25th 14.06, Liam Dee (Richard Hale) (u15) 35th 14.35, Liam Cloona (Richard Hale) (u15) 36th 14.37, Nick Doyle (John Henry Newman) (u15) 37th 14.38, James Waterman (Boys High) 42nd 14.59
“A” Team 4th, “B” Team 10th – 63 Finishers

Under 17 Women – 4000m approx
Ella Fuller 2nd 15.42, Mary Gough (Presdales) (u15) 17th 16.58, Eloise Meakins (Queenswood) 28th 18.05, Rachel Hore ((Parmiters) (u15) 35th 18.57, Helena Page (Simon Balle) (u15) 37th 19.04, Megan Smedley 47th 22.02
“A” Team 5th, “B” Team 15th – 49 Finishers

Senior Men – 8000m approx
Neilson Hall 1st 25.57, Matt Carlisle 19th 28.16, Bryn Reynolds 29th 28.50, Steve Prosser 38th 29.19, Lee Reynolds 39th 29.19, Tom Gough (u20) 98th 38.40, Adam Frith 118th 32.26, Norman Morrison (V55 – 1st) 142nd 33.28, Richard Melvern (V60 – 1st) 143rd 33.32, Stuart Mann (V60) 214th 36.06, Peter Fitzpatrick (V55) 218th 36.20, Mark Faughnan (V45) 220th 36.27, Simon Doyle (V45) 232th 36.53, Dave Clark (V65) 235th 36.57, Mike Dixon (V60) 243rd 37.08, Martin Jones (V50) 252th 37.47, Richard Bloom (V60) 259th 38.06, Richard Foskett (V50) 266th 38.20, Mervyn Gilham (V55) 313th 42.43, John Steed (V70) 318th 43.36, Ash Zaver (V50) 325th 45.35
“A” Team Div 1 – 8th, “B” Team Div 2 - 7th, Vets “A” Team – 9th, “B” Team 15th – 329 Finishers 

 

Adrian Newman, Cross Country Co-ordinator