Gwent XC League – 5th (& final)
fixture at
The final Gwent Cross
Country League match at
The Harriers senior women
and men were confirmed as Divisional champions whilst the u’13 girls were
awarded 3rd place overall. Given that the League is contested by
over 50 Clubs from across South Wales and the Gloucestershire and
In the performances on the
day on the twisting and undulating course at
In the next age group up the
Harriers saw 4 of its strong u’13 girl’s team finish in the first ten home over
the 2.5km course. Kayley Kennedy
made a late decision to run given that she along with team mates will be running
again at the English School XC Championships on Friday. Kayley was 5th,
with Vera Assis a stride or two
behind in 6th, Lauren Willows
9th and Siobhan Stewart
10th. This performance was good enough for Kayley to finish in the
top 10 overall after the five fixtures. The accumulated points total from the
day and the other four fixtures was good enough for the Harriers u13 girls to
be awarded the 3rd place overall in the League behind a very strong
Bridgend team.
In the corresponding u13
boys fixture, Oliver Fox likewise
ran another great race for 8th place to finish in the overall top
ten, and was closely followed home by Curtis
Stevens, 9th, with Matthew
Cole 19th and Marcus
Gibbons, 42nd, also having good runs. Oliver has another two,
and Curtis and Matthew another year in this age group. Marcus showed he lacks
no energy by demonstrating his prodigious footballing skills after the race!
In the u’15 girls race over
3.2km only Jessica Woods made the
journey to
Laura Parker
ran in the u20s race in order to test her fitness ahead of other fixtures
coming up and was disappointed to finish in 10th place but it was
against a tough field of mainly older athletes. In the senior women’s race Jenny Moore again showed why she is one
of the best on the block for endurance running with a gutsy 4th
place over the 5km course. This was good enough for her to clinch the League
title outright and follows on from her being recently announced as Female Club
Athlete of the Year. Jenny was awarded the Club’s Athlete of the Year award on
the Friday evening along with the Marathon performance of the Year award for
her 3.00.03 clocking from the 2007
Also competing well in the
women’s race was Angela Thomas with
her 81st position which clichéd the 1st F60 League award
for the season as a whole. The women’s team were duly awarded the divisional
Championship following all five fixtures.
With a number of the senior
men hoping to be fit and ready for the more important inter-counties race in
mid-March, the men’s team at
The end of season results
indicate that the Club has easily made the transition from the local Wessex
League where 5 out of 10 team awards were won last year to the tougher more
competitive environment of the Gwent League. Well done to all of the athletes
that have contributed to this outstanding success, and to all team managers and
parents that have supported the team.
Good luck to all the Harrier
juniors running in the English Schools cross-country championships at