Wells & Yeovil athletes fly the flag for the south west at Southern XC championships

Early report from Uxbridge Jan 24^th

Highlights:

U’13 girls – 10^th team

U’13 boys – 13^th team

U’15 girls – 15^th team

U’15 boys – 30^th team

There were great individual performances by Emily Smith (u13g); Oliver Fox (u’13b); and Laura Parker (u20w) who all finished in the top 20 in their individual races. More detail to follow. This set of results confirms the Harriers as the top team in the south west, with no other SW team so high up.

Well done to all the athletes that made the long journey on Saturday to these prestigious championships, held for the first time at the home of Hillingdon AC, Uxbridge.

The heavy rain that fell overnight on Thursday/Friday made it a course that was to the liking of those that like mud! After the event even the spectators felt that they’d competed just getting to and from the course from the car park.

The Harrier tent was in a sea of mud by the end and Paul is still hosing down both the tent and the wheelbarrow 24 hours later. Is anyone else wondering whether to consign their studs/spikes to the bin (or maybe the compost heap?).

We will have a full report and link to the results just as soon as we spot them on the usual websites – the SEAA Programme refers to www.race-results.co.uk but the Athletics Weekly site is usually the best: www.athletics-weekly.com (Juniors – did you know that you can get a reduced price subscription to that magazine?).

Take a look at the Rogues Gallery for the various photos that we have from Simon and other sources.

Next Harrier XC event is the Gwent League fixture on Saturday Feb 14^th – minibus going. Contact Paul 01749 812420

Good luck to all in the forthcoming Somerset, or Dorset, Schools XC Championships