Worcestershire County Cross Country Championships 2018
Saturday 6 January 2018
Warley Woods
Conor Smith (U20) and Natallie Hatfield (U15) County Champions
Saturday 06 January saw the Warwickshire and Worcestershire County Championship held at Warley Woods in Smethwick, West Midlands. With all the age groups running, this was a brilliant turn out producing some outstanding performances especially from the Bromsgrove & Redditch AC junior athletes. The course, over very tough parkland with a very big climb on the far side of the park, was made more difficult as the ground cut up as the races progressed.
Positions for the Worcestershire Championships are:.
U13 boys. 3k. 2nd (silver) Pijus Tvardauskus; 3rd (bronze) Finnan Robins; 4th Leo Merritt; 5th Seb Purvis. Team gold for Pijus; Finnan; & Leo.
U13 girls. 3k. 3rd (bronze) Esme Ranger; 8th Lucy Hatfield; 12th Alex Caldicott; 14th Louise Osbourne. Team bronze for Esme; Lucy; & Alex.
U15 boys. 4k. 6th Joe Cunliffe; 7th Luke Richardson; 9th Harrison Mayne; 12th Ty Adkins; 14th Josh Kyte; 15th Harry Williams;. 16th Adam Knowles. Team silver for Joe; Luke; & Harrison.
U15 girls 4k. 1st (gold) Natalie Hatfield; 6th Sophie Groom; 10th Lauren Sykes. Team silver for Natalie; Sophie; & Lauren.
U17 men 6k. 7th Joe Hamilton
U17 women 5k. 1st Beth Sykes; 3rd Amy Mijovic Couldwell; 5th Ellen Bowen; 6th Anna Nicod. Team Gold for Beth; Amy; & Ellen.
U20 men 6k. 1st (gold) Conor Smith; 7th Gareth Richardson.
Senior/Masters Women 6k. 4th Sally Hogan. 7th Tamara Freeman. 27th Sarah Richardson. Team 4th just missing out on a team bronze.
Masters Woman O/50 6k. 2nd (silver) Sarah Richardson ; 4th Dagmar Prinzing. 6th Jane Anderson.
Senior/Masters Men 10k. 9th Tim Spencer; 18th Mark Appleton; 19th Peter Ball; 26rd Andrew Freeman; 33rd Tom Richardson; 35th Steve Brooks. Team 4th team narrowly pipped for a podium place.
Masters Men. 10k. O/40. 5th Steve Brookes. 11th Matt Henney.
O/50. 4th Ian Keyte.
O/60. 3rd (bronze) Phil Richardson.
