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Gloucester Cross Country League Fixture 3
Pitville Park, Cheltenham Spa
Saturday 10th December
Above: Karen Riley leaps the stream in the women’s race (no doubt Yasmine will have Karen jumping in the vets track & field league based on this form).
B&R athletes travelled to Pitville Park for the last Gloucester League fixture before Christmas. Orianna Ball elected to run even though she would be running in the West Midlands League the next day and was rewarded with 3 rd place in the Under 17 women’s race.
As in last week’s Midlands Women’s League the three scorers for our senior women’s A team were Sally, Tamara and Mel. They were 6 th senior team on the day an improvement of 3 places on the previous Gloucester League fixture. Sally (7th) led the way for B&R with a top ten finish. With nine athletes competing our women’s B team (Charlotte, Becky & Ann) were 12th and our C team (Karen, Betty and Denise) were 21st. Karen would have won the prize for the highest leap over the stream on each of the two laps.
As everyone knows, Sean Bowden (above) isn’t keen on cross country but uses it to maintain strength for the track season and he says that his style over country he has been compared to magnesium – sets off with a flash but then fades. Even so he was clearly our best male runner at Cheltenham and finished 23 rd to lead our men’s squad in. Kevin, Andy, Richard, Phil Anderson and Damian made up the rest of the scoring six for the A team and as at Blackbridge the team were 7 th. Jamie would have been our fifth scorer but lost time on the last lap especially due to a very sore hamstring. Hopefully it will be rested and recovered for the County Championships in January. Our first four vets (Kevin, Richard, Phil and Jimmy) produced the best result of the season for our old un’s finishing 3rd masters team.
Above: No matter what his arms say, Andy Freeman was determined not to surrender his position.
The last Gloucester League fixture will be the rougher course at Tewkesbury School on Saturday 4th February. Before that, the club have a very busy January. The Worcestershire County Cross Country Championships will be at Droitwich on Saturday 7 th January, the Men’s Birmingham League and the Women’s Midlands League on Saturday 14th January and the Midlands Championships at Wollaton Park on 28th January. So get training over Christmas and New Year!
Click for John Manley’s photos from the women’s race
Click for John Manley’s photos from the men’s race
Leading women
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Pos.
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Name (Club)
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Time
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1
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Heather Fell (Team Bath)
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21:31
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2
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Sue Harrison (Leamington) (L40)
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21:39
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3
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Jane Wassall (Stroud & District) (L45)
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21:54
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Above: Mel employs the Bruce Lee flying kick to clear the water
B&R women’s performances
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Pos.
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Name
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Time
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7
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Sally Hogan (U20)
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22:37
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23
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Tamara Ball
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24:05
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38
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Mel Hepke (L35)
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24:58
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46
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Charlotte Ball (L50)
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25:48
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47
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Beckey Selvey (L35)
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25:53
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56
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Ann Stuart (L50)
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26:41
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61
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Karen Riley (L35)
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27:15
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71
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Betty O’Gorman (L55)
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28:52
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80
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Denise Wixey (L50)
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29:51
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96 finishers
Selected Women’s Senior Team Results (3 runners to score)
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Pos.
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Club
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Points
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1
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Stroud & District
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20
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2
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Cheltenham Harriers
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32
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3
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CLC Striders
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36
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6
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Bromsgrove & Redditch A
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68
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12
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Bromsgrove & Redditch B
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149
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21
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Bromsgrove & Redditch C
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212
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24 complete teams
Selected Women’s Veteran Team Results
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Pos.
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Club
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Points
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1
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CLC Striders
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59
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2
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Cheltenham Harriers
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78
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3
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Leamington
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80
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5
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Bromsgrove & Redditch A
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131
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8
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Bromsgrove & Redditch B
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188
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11 complete teams
Leading Men
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Pos.
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Name (Club)
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Time
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1
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David Roper (Cheltenham Harriers)
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27:44
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2
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Joseph Dalgleish (Stroud & District)
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28:08
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3
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Rhys Park (Bristol & West) (U20)
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28:20
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B&R men’s performances
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Pos.
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Name
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Time
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21
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Sean Bowden (U20)
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30:56
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46
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Kevin Lanckham (M45)
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32:41
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51
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Andy Freeman
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33:10
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58
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Richard Shardlow (M40)
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33:33
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78
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Phil Anderson (M50)
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34:34
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83
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Damian Lewis
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34:45
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84
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Jamie Dancyger
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34:46
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100
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Jimmy Atkins (M40)
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35.39
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118
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Pete Hawcroft (M60)
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36:43
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122
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Phil Richardson (M55)
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37:10
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153
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Mike Leci (M55)
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40:14
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182
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Roger Beacham (M70)
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47:22
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187 finishers
Selected Men’s Senior Team Results (6 runners to score)
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Pos.
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Club
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Points
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1
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Cheltenham Harriers
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46
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2
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Worcester AC
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199
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3
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Severn AC
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237
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7
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Bromsgrove & Redditch A
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337
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17
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Bromsgrove & Redditch B
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759
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18 complete teams
Selected Men’s Veteran Team Results (4 runners to count)
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Pos.
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Club
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Points
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1
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Cheltenham Harriers
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154
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2
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Severn AC
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166
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3
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Bromsgrove & Redditch A
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282
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20
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Bromsgrove & Redditch B
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575
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20 complete veterans teams
Click for full results from the Gloucester League races at Cheltenham
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