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The
U13 Boys
were led by superb performances by Michael Jones and Jamie Buckley-Stanton
who won individual silver and bronze medals to claim the County Team
Title.
Taylor
of Thurrock dominated the age group, as he has all season, but he was
pushed hard by a strong run by Michael in the silver medal position with
Jamie finishing fast to hold onto the bronze medal position. Tremendous
support was given by Jack Waldron and Liam Bush having their best races of
the winter in 12th and 14th respectively. The Team won with 31 pts, seven
points clear of runners up Thurrock on 38 pts.
The
B team with Mitch English 17th, Chris Sullivan 18th, Jonathon
Seekings 29th and Luke Overton 41st
finished a creditable 6th place with 105 points.
Robert Lofthouse provided valuable support in 42nd.
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Photos:
Lesley Richardson. Other photographs
from this event can be viewed at www.rikko2photo.co.uk
Photos:
Lesley Richardson. Other photographs
from this event can be viewed at www.rikko2photo.co.uk
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The
U15 Boys
set off determined to defend the Title won convincingly last year with 4
Havering runners in the top ten from the beginning. Matt Bloy led the
field on the first lap but was unable to hold off the strong second lap of
Ronnie Sparke of Woodford Green. Matt held on to finish an excellent
second while Daniel Winters continued to impress year with another
excellent performance in fifth place in the strong field. Steve MacLachlan
had a good run in 10th place, and the team was closed by Grant Twist
running much better than last week to close behind in 12th place. The Team
won with 29pts to Southend's 38pts.. The B team also finished 6th place
with 104pts, with Simon Brown 21st, Daniel Shanney 23rd, Thomas Shanney
27th and Robbie Kidd 33rd. Valuable support was from Lenny Swain in 36th,
John Whitehead 40th and Jamie Harrington 41st.
The U13
Girls also repeated their Essex League form to claim team
silver. Sidnie Sales repeated her good form to place fourth, three seconds
off a medal, and strong runs from Emma McAuliffe (7th), Rebecca O'Neill
(14th) and Alex Edwards (23rd) ensured a podium place. Good support
was provided by the B team of Nicola
Peachey (25th), Deborah Knight (29th), Michelle Lovell (30th) and Jessica
Seekings (54th) placing eighth.
It was extremely pleasing for the senior women to be able to
field a full team at last, even if it was still below strength due to injuries and
illness.
Harriet Scott, running her first race as a senior over the
cross country, produced a fine performance coming home as Havering
Mayesbrook’s first athlete in seventh place. Lauren Deadman was
placed 9th a short distance behind and can be well pleased
with this performance as this was her first race of the season following a
prolonged injury that has blighted her promising career.
Nikkii Barnett was looking stronger after her Essex League race last week
and showed a welcome return to good health to finish 28th. She was chased
home all the way by club team mate Jo Sullivan, who completed the scoring in
the very good 29th place. The team position overall was fourth,
the best this winter and an
incredible result following the difficulties of getting everyone fit,
healthy and available at the same time. The squad was completed with Lesley Felton in 45th
place and Kym Sewell in 50th place, both very good performances
over the difficult Claybury course.
There
was disappointment for the U15 Girls
who failed to field a team of four. Ingrid Deane (8th) and Emma Fix (9th)
both achieved top ten finishes and Jennifer Holland was not too far back
in 14th but without a fourth runner any medal hopes vanished.
Link to full 
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Photos:
Lesley Richardson. Other photographs
from this event can be viewed at www.rikko2photo.co.uk
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Under 15 Boys:
2nd - Matt Bloy
13:10; 5th - Daniel Winters 13:35; 10th
- Steve McLachlan 13:49; 12th - Grant Twist 13:54; (Team 1st -
29 points) 21st - Simon Brown 14:21; 23rd - Daniel Shanney 14.31;
27th - Thomas Shanney 14:37; 33rd - Robbie Kidd 15:02; ("B"
Team 6th - 104 points) 36th - Lenny Swain 15:17;
40th - John Whitehead 16:03; 41st - Jamie Harrington 16:06
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Photos Below: Gary
Howard
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