Somerset XC Championships 2008/09

Blaise Castle, Bristol on December 6th 2008

 

Report of Paul Chadwick

Somerset XC Championship Secretary

chair@wellscityharriers.org.uk

 

Once again the Somerset Cross-country championships were embedded within the Gwent XC League fixture hosted by Westbury Harriers. Our thanks to the hosts for a good challenging course with plenty of mud, the Gwent League officials for taking entries and recording finishing positions and times, and to Andy Heyes of Clevedon AC for arranging the joint championships this year.

 

The Gwent League fixture offered competitive fields in most age groups (e.g. the senior men’s race had over 300 competitors and the senior women’s race 130) Many thanks to the outgoing Somerset XC Championship secretary Brian Beale who assisted me with the presentation of Medals to the winning Somerset athletes immediately after each race.

 

Entries were received from athletes of 7 Clubs qualified for Somerset by the closing date of Dec 1st: Clevedon AC; Langport Runners; Mendip AC; Minehead RC; Taunton AC; Wells Harriers; Yeovil Town RR; and there was 1 unattached runner entered. The number of entries received by the closing date of December 1st was 132 Somerset qualified athletes. Well done to all that competed.

Full timed results will appear on the Gwent League website at

http://www.gwent-league.org.uk

 

Medallists

 

Senior Men                                                   Senior Women

1          Elliot Haimes (Wells)                       1          Anna Lewis (Wells)

2          Jon Gilling (Wells)                           2          Alice Hector (Wells)

3          Tim Hawkins (Wells)                       3          Katerina Prior (Wells)

V40     Nick Somerville (Wells)                  F35     Jenny Moors (Wells)

V50     Gordon Faulds (Taunton)              F45     Not awarded

V60     Mike Horwood (Clevedon) F55     Julia Hector (Wells)

u’20 Men                                                       u’20 Women

Not awarded                                                 1          Laura Parker (Wells)

2                    Rachel Heard (Taunton)

u’17 Men                                                       u’17 Women

1                    Nathan Young (Bristol/MAC)         1          Laura James (Taunton)

2                    Tom Thick (Wells)                            2          Leighanna Chappell (Wells)

3          Lizzie Hart (Wells)

u’15 boys                                                      u’15 girls

1          Simon Cooper (Taunton)               1          Aoife Thorogood (Mendip)

2          George Harris (Wells)                      2          Jessica Wood (Wells)

3          Isaac Taschimowitz (Taunton)      3          Harriet Rogers (Taunton)

u’13 boys                                                      u’13 girls

1          Oliver Fox (Wells)                            1          Holly Brown (Taunton)

2          Matthew Cole (Wells)                      2          Emily Smith (Wells)

3          James Todd (Wells)             3          Rebecca Carver (Mendip)

 

Next year the County AA intend that Taunton AC host the joint championships.