Lauren Deadman took some consolation from missing out on the senior women's national relay success when she was a comfortable winner in the second round of the Essex XC League at One Tree Hill on Saturday.

But the depleted senior ladies were unable to repeat their win the first round last month and could only finish seventh in the team stakes, as Hayley Stibbs (16th) and veterans Angela Thompson (52nd) & Linda Smith (57th) completed the scoring four.

There were again team victories for all three girls' young athletes teams who are already well on the way to league titles..

Improving Amanda Blaxland's second place set up a big 20 point win for the u13 girls.  She was second in a tight finish for the minor placings behind Thurrock's dominant Jessica Judd. Four other HMAC athletes made the top ten, with Becky Stanley fourth, Shannon Sullivan 7th and Avril Loynes completing the scorers in ninth with Hannah Bloy finishing tenth. Jenny Harries was 27th.

Sidnie Sales' second place in the u15 girls' event also led the way to a team victory with all four scorers making the top 10.  Well matched Rachel Sadler & Amber Turner were sixth and seventh, while Rebecca O'Neill, who has bee unwell, a tentative tenth. With first round winner Eleanor Bounds not taking part the HMAC 25 point winning margin could have been even bigger. Michelle Lovell (28th) also took part.

Jenny Holland was first scorer for the victorious U17/U20 women in eighth, with Zoey Littlechild one place back and Alex Beard a(16th) and Katie Richardson (17th) the other scorers. Christina Holland was 23rd. With first round winner Georgie Sales not in action and a a promising run in sixth from Coopers' Coburn student Gemma Phillips who is awaiting clearance to compete for club teams, this age group looks strong.

Ross Clarke's third place in the senior men's event was the first of many good results contributing to the team who just missed their first top spot for several years, eventually having to settle for second place, just f our points adrift of Colchester Harriers. After dropping out when well placed in round one, Ross made no mistake this time to finish third, and strong runs from Rob Warner (13th) and Glen Hill (14th) also made the top 15.  Matt Bland showed good form in 18th, and the returning Peter Coates (33rd) and Trevor Keys (42nd) completed the scoring six.  Nine other club runners made it an impressive fifteen finishers with Rob Dickenson 51st just in front of vet Paul Berrett one place behind, with U20 Rob Jones 58th. Tony Collins 962nd) , Chris Coates (74th) and Russ Middleton (84th) all making the top 100. The senior vets were led home by 72 year old Len Parrott finished in front of almost 40 other runners in 134th, with "younger" 50+ vets Steve Kane (160th) and Martin McVeigh (162nd). Second claim James Connor (Kent AC) ran as a guest and finished in 10^th place

Grant Twist's best performance  in the U17 Men's race for some while saw him leading for much of the race and eventually brought him second place finish as the second placed team closed the gap on Basildon. The Shanney  twins, Thomas (8th) and Danny (11th) were next home and Simon Brown (17th) completed the scoring quartet.

There were third places for both the U13 and U15 boys. A consistent team performance from the U13 boys with saw Thomas Davis in 8th finish one place ahead of Ryan O'Mahoney in the top 10 with Tyler Bennett (15th) and Finbar Smyth (19th) the other scorers. James Conlon (32nd) and Andrew Holland (36th) also came home.  The U15 boys  improved one place in the team stakes after fourth place in round one, with Jamie Buckley-Stanton having an excellent run with fourth place. Liam Bush (16th), Mike Jones (19th) and Charlie Turner (23rd) scored, and six other boys including several newcomers, gave hope for continued improvement at Basildon in round three on 24th.

Link to full results                                 Link to league table                         

Under 13 Girls:  2nd - Amanda Blaxland 15:53; 4th Becky Stanley 15:55; 7th - Shannon Sullivan 17:13; 9th - Avril Loynes 17:21  (Team 1st - 22 pts) 10th - Hannah Bloy 17:36; 27th - Jenny Harries 19:19

Team: 1. HMAC - 22; 2. Southend 42; 3. Basildon - 52

League Standings: 1. HMAC - 2; 2. Southend 5;  3. Basildon - 6

Under 15 Girls: 2nd - Sidnie Sales 18:58; 6th - Rachel Sadler 19:45; 7th - Amber Turner 19:49; 10th - Rebecca O'Neill 20:26 (Team 1st - 25 pts) 28th - Michelle Lovell 25:02

Team: 1. HMAC - 25; 2. Chelmsford - 50; 3. Basildon - 55.

League Standings: 1. HMAC - 2; 2. Basildon - 5; 3. Orion - 7.

Under 17 Girls/ under 20 women:   [6th - Gemma Phillips - 19:34 - Non Scoring]; 8th - Jennifer Holland 19:42; 9th - Zoey Littlechild 19:46; 16th - Alex Beard 20:59  (Team 1st - 50 pts) 17th - Katie Richardson 21:24; 23rd - Christina Holland 23:58

Team: 1. HMAC - 50; 2. Southend 64; 3rd - Orion - 69

League Standings: 1. HMAC - 2; 2. Orion - 5; 3rd - Colchester & T - 8.

Senior Women: 1st - Lauren Deadman 29:54; 16th - Hayley Stibbs 34:23; 52nd - Angela Thompson 41:21; 57th - Linda Smith 42:10; (Team 7th - 126 pts) 

Team: 1. Colchester & T - 28; 2. Chelmsford - 42; 3. Southend 72;  ..7. HMAC - 126;

League Standings: 1. Chelmsford - 5; 2=. Basildon 7; 2= Southend - 7; 4. HMAC - 8;

Under 13 Boys:  8th - Thomas Davis 15:26; 9th - Ryan O'Mahoney 15:30; 15th - Tyler Bennett 16:16; 19th - Finbar Smyth 16:41; (Team 3rd - 51 pts) 32nd - James Conlon 18:04; 36th - Andrew Holland 18:30

Team: 1. Southend 16; 2. Basildon 49; 3. HMAC - 51

League Standings: 1. Southend 2;  2. HMAC - 5; 3. Chelmsford  - 7

Under 15 Boys: - 4th - Jamie Buckley- Stanton 16:42; 16th - Liam Bush 17:53; 18th - Michael Jones 18:03; 23rd - Charlie Turner 18:29; (Team 3rd - 61 points)  27th - Jonathan Seekings 18:59; 29th Ross Earney 19:34; 30th - Dean Leftley 19:45; 35th - Chris Hyde 21:03; 38th - Matthew Latimer 23:09; 40th - Connor Dyer 27:40

Team: 1. Thurrock 13; 2. Chelmsford 32;  3. HMAC - 61

League Standings: 1. Thurrock 2; 2. Chelmsford 4;  3. HMAC - 7

Under 17 Boys:  2nd - Grant Twist 28:05; 8th - Thomas Shanney 29:12; 11th - Daniel Shanney 29.14; 17th - Simon Brown 30:41;(Team 2nd - 38 pts)

Team: 1. Basildon 33; 2. HMAC - 38 3. Southend 49

League Standings: 1. Basildon 2; 2. HMAC - 4; 3. Southend 6

Senior Men: 3rd - Ross Clarke (U20) - 28:26; [10th - James Connor - 29:36] ; 13th - Rob Warner 30:03; 14th - Glen Hill 30:23; 18th - Matt Bland 31:03; 33rd Peter Coates 32:01; 42nd -Trevor Keys 32:32  (Team 2nd - 123 pts); 51st - Rob Dickenson 33:11;  52nd - Paul Berrett (V40) 33:15; 58th - Rob Jones (U20) 33:49; 62nd - Tony Collins 34:04; 74th - Chris Coates 34:50; 84th - Russ Middleton 35:40; 134th  - Len Parrott (V70) 41:28; 160th - Steve Kane (V50) 47:13

Team: 1. Colchester H - 119; 2 HMAC - 123; 3. Southend 144

League Standings: 1. Colchester H - 2; Southend 8; 3. HMAC - 9