Wins for Lauren Deadman (SW), Georgie-Lou Sales (U17-U20) and Ellie Bounds (U15G) were among the highlights of the third round of the Essex League, held at Gloucester Park, Basildon on Saturday. But of the three unbeaten female teams, only the U15 girls team were able to repeat their first and second round victories.

Lauren Deadman's second successive win in the senior women's event puts her top of the individual stakes. She finished 42 seconds clear of the rest and behind her Debbie Appleton showed she is on the way back to fitness with a great third place. Her younger sister Jo Sullivan had her first outing this winter in 22nd and veteran Linda Smith completed the scoring team in 49th, for a third place team finish. The team share second place in the table with Colchester & Tendring. 

In the combined Under 17/20 women Georgie Sales turned the tables on Colchester's Laura Condron, who had won the first two rounds, winning by a comfortable 13 seconds. Katie Richardson took a further step closer to fitness in 13th, and Jennifer Holland (16th) and Jade Edwards (22nd) completed the scoring team,  who had to concede victory to Basildon. Alex Beard two places further back in 24th while non-scorer Gemma Phillips was 11th.

Ellie Bounds had a winning return after missing round two in the Under 15 Girls' race to repeat her first round victory and lead the only team win on the day.Sidnie Sales, Rachel Sadler & Rebecca O'Neill packed sixth to eighth places for an emphatic team win. Amber Turner (15th), Sharmila Golan (19th) and Michelle Lovell (31st) also took part.

The Under 13 Girls lost their unbeaten records but still top the table. Becky Stanley & Amanda Blaxland were third & fourth in the race with Hannah Bloy (10th) and Avril Loynes (16th) the other scorers, as the team were pipped for victory by Southend.

The Under 17 Men again finished as second team. Grant Twist finished a good fifth, closely followed by Daniel Winters in seventh in his first race of the season, with good support form Daniel and Thomas Shanney in 12th and 14th.

Jamie Buckley-Stanton had an excellent race to finish 3rd in the Under 15 boys' event, ably supported by Liam Bush in 16th, Michael Jones 18th and Dean Leftley in 28th bringing the team home in fourth. Five other club U15s completed the testing course.

Late withdrawals robbed the senior men of a winning potential. With only two of the last outing's scorers in the team, the squad had to dig deep and still managed a creditable third. Rob Warner led the team home with a season's best eighth place and Steve Rand also made the top 20 with a good 17^th. Peter Coates and Rob Dickenson continued to improve with a fine 25^th  and good 40^th place, with the strong running Martin Chester not far behind in 43^rd. Chris Coates completed the scoring team with a much improved 48^th.

Paul Berrett 56^th led a trio of Havering runners with Russ Middleton 57^th and Rob Jones 58^th. Graham Hogan finished 68^th, Roger Winston 111^th , Len Parrot 125^th , Michael Meehan 138^th, and Martin McVeigh 148th completed the fourteen Havering finishers.

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Under 13 Girls:  3rd Becky Stanley 12:20; 4th - Amanda Blaxland 12:21;  10th - Hannah Bloy 13:23; 16th - Avril Loynes 13:46  (Team 2nd - 33 pts) 26th - Deborah Knight  14:27; 27th - Nancy Kane 14:29;  33rd - Jenny Harries 15:27

Team: 1. Southend - 31; 2. HMAC - 33; 3. Basildon - 52

League Standings: 1. HMAC - 4; 2. Southend - 7;  3. Basildon - 8

Under 15 Girls: 1st - Eleanor Bounds 16:29; 6th - Sidnie Sales 17:25; 7th - Rachel Sadler 17:28; 8th - Rebecca O'Neill 17:33 (Team 1st - 22 pts) 15th - Amber Turner 18:45; 19th - Sharmila Golan - 19:28; 31st - Michelle Lovell 23:55

Team: 1. HMAC - 22; 2. Orion - 60; 3. Basildon - 63.

League Standings: 1. HMAC - 3; 2. Basildon - 8; 3. Orion - 9

Under 17 Girls/ under 20 women:   1st - Georgie-Lou Sales 19:17; [11th - Gemma Phillips - 21:15 - Non Scoring]; 13th - Katie Richardson [U20] 21:28; 16th - Jennifer Holland 21:34;  (Team 2nd - 52 pts) 22nd - Jade Edwards [U20] 22:34; 24th - Alex Beard 22:47

Team: 1. Basildon 42; 2. HMAC - 52;  3. Southend 60

League Standings: 1. HMAC - 4; 2. Orion - 9; 3rd - Southend - 12

Senior Women: 1st - Lauren Deadman 26:56; 3. Debbie Appleton 28:06; 22nd - Jo Sullivan 32:55; 49th - Linda Smith 37:59; (Team 3rd - 75 pts) 

Team: 1. Southend - 47; 2. Colchester & T - 69; 3. HMAC - 75;

League Standings: 1. Southend - 8; 2= HMAC - 11; 2= Colchester & T 11

Under 13 Boys:  7th - Ryan O'Mahoney 13:47; 14th - Thomas Davis 14:27; 15th - Tyler Bennett 14:28; 31st - Luke Overton - 15:43 (Team 4th - 67 pts) 32nd - Finbar Smyth 15:48; 39th - Alex Ostermeyer - 17:06; 40th - Andrew Holland 17:18; 41st - Jordan Da Costa 17:31;

Team: 1. Southend 27; 2. Basildon 37; 3. Chelmsford - 44; 4th - HMAC - 67

League Standings: 1. Southend 3;  2. HMAC - 9; 3. Chelmsford  - 10

Under 15 Boys: - 3rd - Jamie Buckley- Stanton 15:04; 16th - Liam Bush 16:07; 18th - Michael Jones 16:15; 28th - Dean Leftley 16:50; (Team 4th - 65 points)  33rd - Jonathan Seekings 17:30; 37th - Adam Wileman 18:13; 38th - Chris Hyde 18:21; 40th - Adam Edwards 18:34; 43rd - Connor Dyer 26:25

Team: 1. Thurrock 18; 2. Chelmsford 37;  3. Basildon 50; 4. HMAC - 65

League Standings: 1. Thurrock 3; 2. Chelmsford 6;  3. HMAC - 11

Under 17 Boys:  5th - Grant Twist 25:13; 7th - Daniel Winters 25:30; 12th - Daniel Shanney 25:49; 14th - Thomas Shanney 26:11; (Team 2nd - 38 pts)

Team: 1. Southend 26; 2. HMAC - 38; 3. Basildon 48

League Standings: 1. Basildon 5; 2. HMAC - 6; 3. Southend 7

Senior Men: 8th - Rob Warner 27:20; 17th - Steve Rand 28:07; 25th Peter Coates 28:31; 40th - Rob Dickenson 29:41; 43rd - Martin Chester 29:53; 48th - Chris Coates 30:30 (Team 3rd - 181 pts); 56th - Paul Berrett (V40) 30:53; 57th - Russ Middleton 31:03;  58th - Rob Jones (U20) 31:09; 68th - Graham Hogan 31:38; 111th - Roger Winston - 36:39; 123rd - Len Parrott (V70) 38:04; 138th - Michael Meehan - 40:39; 148th - Martin McVeigh - 43:26; 160th - Steve Kane (V50) 47:13

Team: 1. Colchester H - 86; 2 Thrift Green - 173; 3. HMAC - 181

League Standings: 1. Colchester H - 7; 2.= HMAC - 12; 2+ Thrift Green - 12; 2= Chelmsford - 12