Shave Cross ‘Marathon’ Aug 4^th

This was the 59^th running of this village event. I don’t suppose there’s hardly anyone around who ran that very first one back in 1948! The race is difficult to find…try looking for Shave Cross on a road atlas…but it’s worth the effort and this year’s race saw a record entry of almost 150 runners. The race is part of a fund-raising event for local village charities and is always held on a Saturday evening.

The race consists of 2.5miles uphill on road and then the same amount down hill, mainly across fields. As ever there was a handful of Harriers taking part. Paul Chadwick was 22^nd, Nick Edwards 28^th and Sue Cook was 6^th woman home, 50^th overall. Winners included athletes from Budapest, Israel and Yeovil.

In the accompanying junior race around the field Jake Cook, age 4, made his racing debut and ran all the way through the long grass. Solomon Chadwick was 5^th in the junior race