17 B&R Athletes turned up for the third Birmingham League Division 1 race at Coundon Hall Park, Coventry.
Despite the recent rain the flat, 3 lap course was fairly firm underfoot which would favour the ‘Speed Specialists’ and the strong University teams of Loughborough and Birmingham had turned up in numbers.
Pre-race favourite Graham Rush from Cheltenham managed to hold off Richard Horton of Loughborough to win the race by 2 seconds in an impressive 26.21.
Loughborough again won the team race, getting their 6 counting runners in the first 11 positions.
B&R’s talented youngster 17 year old Conor Smith in his first season running as a senior ran a fantastic race to finish 23rd in 27.49.
The rest of the scoring 6 were as follows:
109 James Hood – 30.37
133 Mark Appleton – 31.21
151 Malcolm Duff – 32.03
160 Andy Freeman – 32.28
168 Ian Keyte – 32.44
The remainder of B&R’s squad were:
189 Dean Hartshorne – 33.37
190 Tom Smith – 33.48
196 Calvin Scoltock – 33.55
204 Rob Humphries – 34.12
208 Kevin Lanckham – 34.16
221 Tom Richardson – 35.04
243 Paul Atkins – 36.40
254 Jamie Dancyger – 37.54
272 Phil Anderson – 39.42
273 Ian Nutter – 39.42
278 Carl Grinnell – 41.18
285 Finishers
This result leaves B&R still at the foot of Division 1 with one race left and relegation into Division 2 now a formality
Full results:
http://www.birminghamccleague.co.uk
Report by Ian Keyte