January 2013

 

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Featured events in January 2013:

Birmingham Cross-Country League Men's Race 3 at Droitwich - 12 January

11 Mick O'Shea   44:02
23 John Wilson   46:00
25 Richard French   46:14
32 Martin Winch   47:05
37 Mark Baker   47:39
38 Pete Austin   47:42
47 Rob Barry   48:10
67 Steve Turvey   49:34
73 Paul Stead   50:35
82 Pete Fellows   51:30
88 Eddie Simmonds   52:12
96 Dave Storer   52:36
111 Paul Robbins   54:03
117 Richard O'Shea   54:27
129 Chris Jones   55:36
138 Tony Hughes   56:14
190 Fraser Barrett   71:19

Full results on Bham League web site

Men's 'A' Team 2nd position on the day, 3rd overall (543 points)
Men's 'B' Team 1st position on the day, 1st overall (1295 points)

What a fantastic day for Northbrook AC. Humbling to see Fraser in 190th turn himself inside out to make sure that he could stay ahead of the Massey runner and take another place (and another point) for the club, inspiring for all.

A massive effort by everyone on an undulating, muddy and tough course which everyone enjoyed. The result keeps us in third place, following a superhuman effort by Massey Ferguson to win the race, who we trail now by 45 points. More importantly we have a 183 point safety net to 4th place, but this is no time for complacency! Interestingly Nuneaton who were clear leaders, maybe felt a bit complacent and lost a lot of ground. The Northbrook team beat them by 92 points meaning we are only 88 points from 1st place. Another result like this would see Massey Ferguson and ourselves take the top two places. It just goes to show that we can't be complacent and have to work harder than ever in the last race.

BUT, we can't do this without MORE people running. EVERY person counts in a XC race, not just the first 6 or 12. Even if you are the 15th counter for Northbrook and come in 100th place, you could come above the 6th counter of one of our rivals thereby increasing their points. THIS IS THE SAME AS GETTING A POINT FOR YOUR CLUB! You will have made a difference and you will count towards what will be a historic season for the club.

The next race is on Saturday the 9th Feb at our very own Coundon Park (we are hosting). I want EVERY RUNNER who is fit to don the sunburst vest and show the rest of the Birmingham league what we are made of. We should be able to field a team of 40 runners easily.

If you are getting annoyed by my incessant rantings then it will only stop when I have 40 names for the 9th Feb.

YOUR CLUB NEEDS YOU! - John

Birmingham Cross-Country League Women's Race 3 at Sandwell Valley - 12 January

74 Lyn McDonald   29:46
136 Amy Burdis   33:48
199 Linda Richards   41:10
209 Lee Hill   44:13

Full results on Bham League web site

Ladies' Team 28th, 409 points
Ladies' Masters 19th, 482 points

Centurion Grand Prix 5 Mile - 6 January

22 Denis Daly   34:31
59 Mike Duggan   41:34
77 Linda Richards   45:53

Warwickshire Cross-Country Championships - Newbold Comyn - 5 January

Ladies

6 Amanda Deavy   28:25 2nd Master
24 Lyn McDonald   31:43 11th Master
54 Amy Burdis   36:47 19th SF
78 Lee Hill   49:12 51st Master

6th Masters' Team (3 to count) 64 points

Men

37 Mick O'Shea   40:45 15th Master
67 Richard French   43:23 35th Master
68 John Wilson   43:30 36th Master
82 Mark Baker   44:30 46th Master
85 Rob Barry   44:41 49th Master
92 Pete Austin   45:06 55th Master
130 Dave Halford   49:40 78th Master
131 Eddie Simmonds   49:42 79th Master
151 Chris Jones   53:04 97th Master
DNF Mike Wheeler     1 lap

6th Masters' A Team (4 to count) 132 points
4th Masters' B Team (4 to count) 261 points

Seniors and Masters run in the same races.