Essex Cross Country League, Round 2, Hockley, 15 November 2008  

There was another good turnout in the second round of the Essex Cross Country League, which took place at Hockley on Saturday. Lauren Deadman took a step towards retaining her Essex League individual title with a victory in the Senior Women's race, for the club’s only first individual or team first place of the day.

Against a strong senior women’s field . Lauren led from start to finish in a fine exhibition of front running, winning by some 15 seconds. First round victor Debbie Appleton ran well to achieve 7th place, with Jane Hallam (46th) and Angie Thompson (56th) completing the team for 6th place.


The under 13 girls ran well as a team with Avril Loynes (9th) leading the way followed closely by Lydia Hallam (11th), Lyndsey McLachlan (13th) and Hannah Bloy (14th) scoring. Newcomer Victoria Kersey (47th) completed the team which was unable to repeat its first place from the previous race, but did well to achieve second.

 

Also second were the under 13 boys. Nick Shade and Freddie Keefe were fourth and fifth and  Nick Duffey (12th) and Finbar Smythe (21st) completed the scoring quartet. Charles Hammond (35th), Thomas Pitkin (38th) and James Wright (39th) got their first taste of cross country competition and ran very well in a field of 44.

 

In the under 15 girls race Rachel Sadler achieved a good 9th place. She was followed closely by Rebecca Stanley (12th) and supported by Amanda Blaxland (18th), Shannon Sullivan (21st) and Sarah Busby (30th). The team was placed third against a Southend team which dominated the higher places.

Again the under 17/20 women raced well as a team with our scorers coming in 10th to 14th. Zoey Littlechild led the way with a good 10th place and very closely followed by Amber Turner (11th), Katie Richardson (13th) and Jennifer Holland (14th). Michelle Lovell (28th) completed the team which finished third place team.

Callum Sutton, in the U17 men race had a superb run against top opposition to come third. Daniel Shanney was a fine fifth, twin Thomas was 11th and Joseph Waked (19th) completed the scorers and George Jones also ran. Overall the U17 team is performing very well and hope to carry on as they have started.

In the U15 boys Ryan O'Mahoney worked very hard and significantly improved on his first round to earn 8th place. The result should give him the confidence to push forward this season. There was a good turn out again with eight finishers in fifth, and the team hopes to improve when they get a full turnout.

Rob Warner kept up his impressive start to the season with another strong top ten finish in the senior men's  event. Grant Twist worked hard to take a good 19th place with Steve Rand nearly catching him in 20th. Peter Coates improved greatly to take a very good 22nd. Matt Bland still on the come back trail, was just outside the top thirty in 31st . Rob Dickenson with another good run completed the scoring team in 42nd for third in  the team stakes. Ian Anthony returning from injury did well to take 56th followed home by Paul Berrett 68th and Neill Collins 69th. It was good to see Trevor Keys returning after a long lay off placing 74th with Russ Middleton not far behind in 80th. The line up was completed by Derek Earney in 180th.

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Under 13 Girls: 9th - Avril Loynes 11:46; 11th - Lydia Hallam 11:53; 13th - Lyndsey McLachlan 12:09; 14th - Hannah Bloy 12:14 (Team 2nd - 47 pts) 27th -Rosie Brett 12:50; 47th - Victoria Kersey 16:40

Team: 1. Chelmsford 30; 2. HMAC - 47; 3.Basildon 52

  

Under 15 Girls: 9th - Rachel Sadler 16:12; 12th Becky Stanley 16:28; 18th - Amanda Blaxland 17:18; 21st - Shannon Sullivan 17:35; (Team 3rd - 60pts)  30th - Sarah Busby 20:19

Team: 1. Southend 27; 2. Thurrock 59; 3. HMAC 50

 

Under 17 Girls/ under 20 women:   10th - Zoey Littlechild 18:25;11th - Amber Turner 18:34;13th - Katie Richardson 18:37; 14th -  Jennifer Holland 19:08;  (Team 3rd - 48 pts)  28th - Michelle Lovell 22:18

Team: 1. Basildon 31; 2. Southend 44; 3. HMAC 48

  

Senior Women: 1st - Lauren Deadman 23:53; 7th - Debbie Appleton 25:16;  46th - Jane Hallam 30:47; 56th - Angie Thompson 31:29; (Team 6th - 110 pts)  

Team: 1. Basildon 42; Colchester & T 52; 3. Chelmsford 63; ... 6th HMAC 110

  

Under 13 Boys: 4th - Nick Shade 12:41; 5th - Freddie Keefe 12:46; 12th - Nick Duffey 13:10; 21st - Finbar Smythe ??; (Team 2nd - 42 pts); 27th - Sean Wilson 13:51; 33rd - Andrew Holland 14:46;  35th - Charles Hammond 14:56; 38th - Thomas Pitkin 15:15; 39th - James Wright 15:20; 41st - Alex Law 15:38;

Team: 1. Southend 19; 2.  HMAC - 42; 3. Basildon 83

Under 15 Boys: - 8th - Ryan O'Mahoney 16:18; 22nd -Thomas Davis 16:17; 24th - Josh Connors 16:27;  27th - Ross Earney 18:11; (Team 5th - 81 points)  30th - Massi Dendani 18:49; 36th - Adam Wileman 19:46; 39th - Glen Wileman 21:46; 40th -Ben Thompson 21:51.

Team: 1. Southend 33; 2. Basildon 51;  3.Thurrock 53 ...5. HMAC - 81

Under 17 Boys:  3rd - Callum Sutton 22:50; 5th - Daniel Shanney 23:31; 11th - Thomas Shanney 24:13; 19th -  Joseph Waked 25:10; (Team 2nd - 53 pts) 27th - George Jones 30:43 Team: 1. Southend 35; 2. HMAC - 53; 3. Thurrock 60



 

Senior Men: 10th - Rob Warner 27:37; 19th - Grant Twist (U20) 28:22; 20th - Steve Rand 28:22;  22nd -Peter Coates 28:33; 31st - Mat Bland 29:03; 42nd - Rob Dickenson 29:38; (Team 3rd - 144 pts);  56th - Ian Anthony 30:28; 68th - Paul Berrett M45) 31:24; 69th - Nell Collins 31:33; 74th - Trevor Keys 31:53; 80th - Russ Middleton 32:16; 180th - Derek Earney (M40) 42:35

Team: 1. Basildon 96; 2. Colchester H 135; 3. HMAC 144;

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