Essex Cross Country League, Round 1, One Tree Hill, 10 October 2009

Harriet Scott's excellent second place finish saw the senior ladies team storm to victory as the cross country season got under way with the first round of the Essex League in warm and testing conditions at One Tree Hill.

Sara Luck followed closely with a fine fifth place while Debbie Appleton made a welcome return from injury to make it three in the top 10. Angie Thompson produced her best run to date in  36th place to ensure victory by four points from Basildon. Jane Hallam (52nd) and Linda Smith also returned from injury in 60th to complete the line up.

Three young athletes teams claimed second spots on a good start for club teams.

The U13 Girls got the day's proceedings underway to take second place ahead of Southend. Lydia Hallam was a good fourth with newcomer Heidi Surman-Wells impressing in eighth.  Rebecca Christmas (26th) and another debutant Amy Baggs (39th) were the scorers and Georgie Taylor, Rebecca Fox and Thiziri Dendani also saw action.

The U13 Boys had the best turn out of the day with eleven athletes, the majority new to cross country, toeing the line achieving a fine runners up position.  Freddy Keefe continued his return from injury to place seventh and two places back was the improving Sean Wilson.  Robert Woodgate in 18th and Adam Hill in 23rd were the other scorers and Sam Thompson, Charles Hammond, Nick Wade, Scott Fraser, William Hart and Jordan Fox also completed the course but Lewis Middleton's knee injury prevented him finishing.

Jamie Buckley Stanton shrugged off the effects of heavy cold for a fine third place to lead the U17 Men into second.  There was strong support from Joseph Waked (15th) Lima Bush (19th) and Ross Earney (22nd) and Massi Dendani (26th), Adam Wileman (28th) and Jon Seekings (31st) provided cover.

The U15 Boys earned an excellent third place spot with some good performances. Hoseah Gikungu's had his best race in club colours as relaxed performance brought him home in fourth. Tom Davis (15th) , Nick Shade (17th) and Josh Conners (28th)  were the scorers and Danny Wilson (35th) and Andrew Holland (43rd) also competed.

The U15 Girls were pipped for third by two points as Becky Stanley led them home in fourth. Te scoring quartet were completed by Amanda Blaxland (11th), Lindsey McLachlan (21st) and Avril Loynes (23rd). Shannon Sullivan (25th) and Lindsey Wiggins (31st) completed the line up.

Rachel Sadler (11th) and Patsy McWeeney (19th) were the only U17 Women in action.

The senior men were lacking their usual numbers. Rob Warner took up from where he left off last winter with another reliable performance in eighth and U20 Callum Sutton posted an excellent 15th place on his senior cross country debut. Matt Bland held his form in 22nd, followed by Paul Berrett (43rd) and Graham Hogan (45th). Neill Collins' returned from injury to complete the scorers in 88th and Russ Middleton was just outside the top 100 after a late decision to run. Simon Hart and Martin McVeigh both dropped out through injury.
 

 

 

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Under 13 Girls: ; 4th - Lydia Hallam 15:46; 8th - Heidi Surman-Wells 16:08; 27th - Rebecca Christmas 18:42; 39th - Amy Baggs (Team 2nd - 78 pts) 44th - Georgie Taylor 21:18; 48th - Rebecca Fox 22:51; 50th - Thiziri Dendani 23:55

Team: 1. Chelmsford 25; 2. HMAC - 78; 3. Southend 81

  

Under 15 Girls: 4th Becky Stanley 18:58;  11th - Amanda Blaxland 20:25; 21st - Lindsey McLachlan 21:37; 23rd - Avril Loynes 21:52 (Team 4th - 59pts) 25th - Shannon Sullivan 22:26; 31st - Lindsey Wiggins 24:52;

Team: 1. Southend 27; 2. Chelmsford 32; 3. Basildon 57; 4th HMAC 59

  

Under 17 Girls/ under 20 women:  11th - Rachel Sadler 20:23; 19th- Patsy McWeeney 22:19

  

Senior Women: 2nd - Harriet Scott 29:46; 5th - Sara Luck 31:16; 10th - Debbie Appleton 32:48; 36th Angie Thompson 38:19; (Team 1st - 53 pts) 52nd - Jane Hallam 40:21; 60th - Linda Smith 42:15

 Team: 1. HMAC - 53; 2. Basildon 57; 3. Colchester & T 66

  

Under 13 Boys:  7th - Freddie Keefe 15:33; 9th - Sean Wilson 15:38; 18th - Robert Woodgate 16:05; 23rd - Adam Hill  16:36 (Team 2nd - 57 pts); 24th - Sam Thompson 16:35; 27th - Charles Hammond 16:57; Nick Wade 17:03; 30th - Scott Fraser 17:13;31st - William Hart 17:26; 33rd - Jordan Fox 17:47

Team: 1. Eastwood School 45; 2.  HMAC - 57; 3. Orion 60

Under 15 Boys: - 4th - Hoseah Gikungu 16:55; 15th - Thomas Davis 17:42; 17th - Nick Shade 17:46; 28th - Josh Conners 18:37;  (Team 3rd - 64 points)  35th - Danny Wilson 19:57; 43rd - Andrew Holland 22:07

Team: 1. Southend 25; 2. Chelmsford 57; 3rd HMAC - 64

Under 17 Boys:  3rd - Jamie Buckley-Stanton 28:37; 15th - Joseph Waked 31:54; 19th - Liam Bush 32:45; 22nd - Ross Earney 33:50 (Team 2nd - 59 pts) 26th - Massi Dendani 35:04; 28th - Adam Wileman 35:33; 31st - Jon Seekings 36:19

Team: 1. Southend 39; 2. HMAC - 59; 3. Thurrock 65



 

Senior Men: 8th - Rob Warner 30:47; 15th - Callum Sutton (U20) 31:26; 22nd - Mat Bland 32:01; 43rd - Paul Berrett 33:47; 45th - Graham Hogan 33:53; 88th - Neill Collins 37:27 (Team 5th - 221 pts);  101st - Russ Middleton 38:18

Team: 1. Orion 13; 2. Chelmsford 135. 3. Southend 144 ...5. HMAC 221;

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