South of England Road Relays – Aldershot - 26 September 2004

The u17 girls' trio of Robyn Matson, Megan Foley and Katie Richardson started the winter season in style when they struck silver in the South of England Road Relays on Sunday.

After Robyn's solid opener in 11^th of the 46 starters in 11m 23s, Megan overhauled nine teams to come home second to put the team in medal contention with a sparkling 10:53 run, for seventh fastest leg overall. Katie's brilliant anchor leg of 10:22 was the fastest on the stage and was only bettered on the day by Woodford rival Jessica Sparke’s opener which was just one second faster in 10:21.  But Katie’s effort was not enough to close down winners Aldershot who came home winners by 19 seconds.

There was a great performance from the u15 girls' squad of Clare Robinson (11:41), Hayley Thomas (11:36) and Ingrid Deane (11:51) who finished 9th, with the B team of Michaela Roberts (11:54), Rachel Newman (12:33) and Charlotte Humphreys (12:05) in 17th.

The boys' u15 quartet – who were the U13 National runner's up last winter – found the going tough when they stepped up an age group, but still gave a good account of themselves.  Matt Bloy (10:09), Steve McLachlan (10:28), Joe Webster (11:04) and Grant Twist (10:44) came 13^th.

The U13 boys found the going tough when their leading performer Simon Brown, suffering with a knee problem, could only finish 24th after a first lap timed in 11:38. There were good legs from twins Daniel (11:20) and Thomas Shanney (11:33) before newcomer Luke Jones (12:43) brought the team home in a creditable 17th

On Saturday in the 6-stage relay the senior men were 46th with Gavin Maley (20:17) and Jason Lendon (20:28) fastest. Russ Middleton (21:55), Rob Warner (21:01), Graham Pritchard (21:55) and Chris Coates (23:14) completed the team