That’s a wrap for the XC season – well nearly!
On Saturday, 10th Feb, the final round of the Surrey XC league saw the Men and Ladies compete at the traditional final venue of Lloyd Park.
It is not everyone’s favourite, but it is mine and it served up a perfect course – dry and mild weather but gloopy mud and standing puddles, not to mention the odd hill!
See Facebook post for some lovely photos.
Men
The men started at midday with 26.2 having 24 runners, all of which made it to the end of the two-lap course, just!
We were led home by Matt Jiggins and James Senior who had very strong runs to finish 10th and 11th respectively.
Three runners, Joe Brewer, Michael Street and Bob Dean ran their first XC of the season.
Full Results
For the season 44 ran at least one race with special praise to the Magnificent Seven who ran all four fixtures: Ed Francis, Mark Cannings, Harry Kim, David Pimm, Max Riley, Dmitry Selemir and Richard Hall.
26.2 were 5th on the day, but after a strong performance over FOT on the day, we nipped in front of them to finish 4th overall.
A great improvement over last year. Ed Francis was also a superb third in the v50 individual award for the season.
Overall Results
Ladies
The Ladies ran at 2pm over the same 5-mile course with six runners. Daisy Street was our first runner home, followed by Tess Lambert, Jess Waring, Caroline Dawson, Sophie Cooke and Lisa Kingsbury.
Full Results
Over the season 22 people ran with Daisy and Lisa running all four, so special kudos to them!
The Ladies were 6th on the day and finished 4th overall, a brilliant effort.
Overall Results
So, to summarize a great XC season:
- Successfully hosted the first fixture at Epsom Downs
- Both the Men and the Ladies finished 4th in their league – the highest position for awhile
- We had a large total of 66 runners representing the club
Finally, good luck to Tom Sellen who will be the sole club representative at the National XC on the 24th. Good luck Tom!
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