Cross-country runners out in force around Britain

Whereas the highlight fell on the Liverpool Cross Problem, there have been loads of different occasions across the nation final weekend.

START FITNESS NORTH EAST HARRIER LEAGUE, Wrekenton, November 23

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Gateshead’s Lewis Liddle, from the S pack was first throughout the road however there have been quicker occasions set behind from the principle M pack.

There, it was Heaton’s Chris Larkin, who was second residence within the second quickest total time of 31:52, however he was simply headed by Newcastle College’s Luke Davis who, beginning within the F pack had a internet time of 31:49.

In flip, he was chased residence by fellow F Pack runner Jarlath McKenna’s third greatest open and quickest M40 time of 32:06.

Within the ladies’s race Maria Catterall was first residence and from the principle S pack however additional again there have been three F Pack chasers and Jessica Fox bought the higher of Jessica Eaton with Anna Pigford additionally chasing laborious for third quickest girl total.

Lewis Liddle (David Hewitson)

General: 1 L Liddle (Gate) 33:17; 2 C Larkin (Heaton) 34:23; 3 S Jackson (Sund, M40) 35:19

M50: 1 A Hart (Darl) 38:48

M55: 1 M Turnbull (Elsw) 39:14

M60: 1 I Norman (Warmth) 41:21

M65: 1 Ok Maynard (Sund St) 44:22

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Quickest (internet time): 1 L Davis (Newc U) 31:49; 2 Larkin 31:52; 3 J McKenna (Tyne Br, M40) 32:06

M40: McKenna (Tyne Br) 32:06

M50: Hart 38:48

M55: Turnbull 39:14

M60: Norman 41:21

M65: Norman 44:22

U17: 1 P Hayton-Rowell (NSP) 18:40; 2 W Hart (Darl) 19:01; 3 M Carr (Elsw) 19:57

Quickest: J Lonergan (T’dale) 17:11

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U15: 1 G Hunter (T’dale) 12:09

Quickest: Hunter 10:47

U13: 1 F Hutchinson (Durh) 12:21

Quickest: N Penfold (NSP) 11:20

Ladies: 1 M Catterall (Elsw, W35) 27:28; 2 J Hunter (Salt) 28:24; 3 S MacIntyre (Jesmond) 28:38

W45: 1 J Knight (Alnw) 30:25

W50: 1 M Stead (Morp) 29:02

W55: 1 N Cameron (Heaton) 30:22

W60: 1 J Cross (C’momy) 32:40

Quickest: J Fox (Sund) 24;40; 2 J Eaton (Tyne Br) 24:45; 3 A Pigford Hought) 24:59

W45: Knight 30:25

W50: Stead 29:02

W55: Cameron 30;22

W60: Cross 32:40

U17: 1 C Owens (Darl) 21:16

Quickest: M Owens (Darl) 20:54

U15: 1 O Murphy (Birt) 13:18

Quickest: Murphy 11:58

U13: 1 IM Carr (Prudhoe) 14:08

Quickest: Carr 12:48

BERKS, BUCKS & OXON CCA CHAMPIONSHIPS, Studying, Berkshire, November 23

Englefield Home supplied a parkland setting for this long-standing Affiliation’s championships and Ben Wills ran out a snug males’s winner over Rob Corney.

In a disappointing small ladies’s race, it was Windsor’s junior Jaq Heller, the 2024 English Nationwide junior sixth placer, who ran out a snug winner.

Within the age group races, Will Humm and Ben Lucas led Bracknell to a slender under-17 staff win, while Tara Ferguson, who was eighth within the 2025 English Nationwide under-17 championship took the under-17 ladies’s race by precisely a minute.

Males: 1 B Wills (Brack) 27:24; 2 R Corney (Learn RR) 27:39; 3 C Jardine (Abing) 28:27

M40: 1 M Stone (Newb) 29:22

M45: 1 C Madelaine (Learn) 29:52

M50: 1 A Ind (Newb) 30:51

M65: 1 E Southam (Abing) 33:41

U20: 1 O Stocker (Bic) 28:45

TEAM: 1 Abing 96; 2 Learn RR 98; 3 Newbury 114

U17: 1 W Humm (Brack) 20:15; 2 B Lucas (Brack) 20:29; 3 J Norton (Newb) 20:29

TEAM: 1 Bracknell 15; 2 WSEH 19; 3 Studying 21

U15: 1 L Blyton (Bic) 15:15; 2 L Moss (Newb) 15:20; 3 N Spruce (Abing) 15:26

TEAM: 1 WSEH 22; 2 Bracknell 31; 3 Abingdon 43

U13: 1 R Grey (Banb) 13:15; 2 J Lindsay (Abing) 13:20; 3 R Webb (WSEH) 13:41

TEAM: 1 Abingdon 16; 2 WSEH 18; 3 Studying 33

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Ladies: 1 J Heller (WSEH, U20) 33:06; 2 J Franklin (Newb, W45) 33:51; 3 Y Grant (WSEH, U20) 33:27

W55: 1 R Allen (Newb) 39;10; 2 S Francis (Learn) 39:35

W65: 1 G Hueter (Oxf C) 48:23

TEAM: 1 Newbury 13; 2 WSEH 13; 3 Studying 22

U17: 1 T Ferguson (WSEH) 22:32; 2 C Campbell (Oxf C) 23:32; 3 R Road (WSEH) 24:31

TEAM: 1 Newbury 21

U15: 1 H Lucas (WSEH) 17:11; 2 E Frost (Chilt) 17:17; 3 M Lennox-Imbastari (WSEH) 18:09

TEAM: 1 WSEH 9; 2 Bracknell 17; 3 Abingdon 37

U13: 1 E Baker (Brack) 14:07; 2 E Larkin (T Kdennet) 14:36; 3 A Pullen (Brack) 14;50

TEAM: 1 Bracknell 8; 2 T ennet Tri 32; 3 Studying 31

ESSEX LEAGUE, Match 3, Hadleigh, November 22

Southend’s Toby Rees-Jones scored a repeat victory as he headed Chelmsford’s Thomas Woodward to take the boys’s race over 8km and with three extra Southend runners simply behind his membership took the staff honours.

Lauren Reed moved up from second within the earlier match to move fellow over-40’s Rachel Wiseman and Sarah Williams as veterans dominated

The largest win of the day got here within the under-15 women’ race the place Brentwood’s Summer season Smith gained 90 seconds.

Males:

1 T Rhys-Jones (S’finish, U20) 28:10; 2T Woodward (Chelm) 28:42; S Norris (S’finish) 29:00; 4 S Boxhall (S’finish) 29:08; 5 M Stapleton (S’finish) 29:23; 6 J Stewart (Hav’g) 29:31

M40: 1 N Filer (Col H) 29:56

M50: 1 L Taylor (S’finish) 31:59

M60: 1 S Philcox (Ilf) 34:57

M70: 1 D Butler (Invoice’Cay) 40:26

TEAM Div 1 (6 to attain): 1 Southend471; 2 Havering74; 3 Orion 255

Div 2 (6 to attain): 1 Braintree 245

M40 TEAM: 1 Orion 114; 2 Brentwood Beagles 227; 3 Havering 229

U17:

1 F McLaren (Hav’g) 20:37; 2 J Parrott (Chelm) 20:56; 3 D Pollard (Chelm) 21;12

TEAM (3 to attain): 1 Chelmsford 12; 2 Havering 22; 3 Southend 24

U15

1 J Gilbey (Chelm) 13;59; 2 L Berry (Bas) 14:11; 3 J Boarer (Chelm) 14;27

TEAM (4 to attain): 1 Basildon 62; 2 C&T 64; 3 Havering 74

U13:

1 R Stringer (C&T) 11:45; 2 D Legislation (Chelm) 11:51; 3 A Brotherwood (SS) 12:06

TEAM (4 to attain): 1 SS Athletics 23; 2 Chelmsford 49; 3 Colchester H 60

Ladies

1 L Reed (Hav’g, W40) 26:16; 2 R Wiseman (Bas, W40) 26:36; 3 S Williams (Grange F&D, W40) 28:27

W40: 4 Ok Creak (Col H) 28:57

W45: 1 H Weir (Col H) 30:52

W50: 1 B Aldridge (Invoice’cay) 31:27; 2 W King (Chelm) 32:36

W55: 1 D Morley (Col H) 34:01

W60: 1 D Fisher (S’field0 36:44

TEAM Div 1 (4 to attain): 1 Havering 39; 2 Colchester H 55; 3 Chelmsford 61

Div 2 (4 to attain): 1 Springfield 152

W35 TEAM (3 to attain): 1 Colchester H 49; 2 Leigh-on-Sea 89; 3 Chelmsford 92

U17: 1 E Lole (Chelm) 24:21; 2 E Warn (B’wooden) 24:28; 3 Ok Cox (Chelm) 26:14

TEAM (3 to attain): 1 Basildon 24; 2 Havering 29; 3 Braintree 59

U15: 1 S Smith (B’wooden) 14:44; 2 I Younger (B’wooden) 16:14; 3 S Owen (SS) 16:33

TEAM (4 to attain): 1 Brentwood Beagles 23; 2 SS 24; 3 Basildon 34

U13: 1 R Reeve (Col H) 12:41; 2 E Brewington (B’wooden) 13:30; 3 S Davis (Chelm) 13:46

TEAM (4 to attain): 1 SS Athletics 33; 2 Havering 57; 3 Colchester H 52 (with simply 3)

MIDLAND COUNTIES 5 & 7 MILES CHAMPIONSHIP, Romsley, Worcestershire, November 22

A grim day on the sting of the Clent Hills greeted the athletes and Alastair Watson, the M45 London Marathon winner, regained the title he final gained in 2017 as Jonny Morris chased laborious earlier than operating out a snug second.

Watson, who led his Notts AC squad to a staff win and his membership additionally noticed 2022 total winner and now M55, Tim Hartley, thirteenth total.

Every week earlier, Watson had gained the British & Irish Masters Worldwide M45 title, while eight-time winner there, Tim Hartley was third M55.

The ladies’s race noticed Severn AC’s Alice Tredgett win by getting on for 2 minutes from Joanne Clamp.

Males (7M): 1 A Watson (Notts, M45) 38:12; 2 J Morris (W&B) 38:35; 3 A Jeavons (Worc) 39:40; 4 N Williams (Notts, n/s) 40:53; 5 A Berhe (Notts) 41:08

M55: 1 T Hartley (Notts) 44:23

TEAM: 1 Notts 49; 2 Tipton 71; 3 Wolverhampton &143 Bilston

Ladies (5M): 1 A Tredgett (Sev) 32:21; 2 J Clamp (Notts) 34:07; 3 L Collins (Hales) 34:32; 4 Ok McGonigal (B’ville) 34:31; 5 J Dale (Hales) 34:50

TEAM: 1 Halesowen 30; 2 Bourneville 35; 3 Tipton 52

KENT MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Dartford, November 22

Elle Baker, who has been in Britain’s successful European senior cross-country championship groups previously, loved a simple win in her occasion debut, Steve Smythe reviews.

Now in Tonbridge colors, the W40 gained by round 200 metres from former total South of England champion Carole Coulon.

The French-born W50 athlete had set a PB of 36:33 within the earlier week’s Brighton 10km and right here headed defending total champion Renate McDonnell.

Two seconds behind was Clare Elms who gained a file 14th particular person gold medal in successful the W55-64 title by over three minutes from Rose Baker who, like Elms, had run in England’s staff within the earlier week’s masters worldwide.

Elms is a former South of Thames winner and that occasion was going down lower than 20 miles away in Croydon sadly clashing with this occasion and one other SOT winner and nine-time champion right here Ben Reynolds additionally struck gold in Dartford.

The Tonbridge athlete comfortably retained his M60 title whereas one other England masters worldwide, Andy Bond defended, his M50 title with ease.

After quite a few seconds, Paul McCauliffe lastly gained a gold with an M70 victory whereas Barbara Wenham impressed in successful the W65 race and just one male M65 headed her right here.

Cambridge Harrier M45s Danny Kendall and Ben Shearer every moved up a spot from final 12 months to dominate the M40 race. Kendall, a former Dartford Half-Marathon winner, gained by simply 4 seconds.

Males M40 (8km): 1 D Kendall (Camb H, M45) 26:23; 2 B Shearer (Camb H, M45) 26:27; 3 L Cooper (M&M) 26:32; 4 B Day (Kent) 26:42; 5 M Bruce (B&B) 26:44; 6 M Evans (B&B) 26:51; 7 L De Bruyn (B&B, M45) 26:53

TEAM: 1 Blackheath &B 30; 2 Cambridge H 32; 3 Kent 41

M50 (8km): 1 A Bond (Dulw R) 28:13; 2 J Lane (M&M) 28:49; 3 D Varney (B&B) 28:53; 4 N Wright (M&M) 29:00; 5 C Compton (Kent) 29:56; 6 J Addison (Beck) 30:02

M55: 1 O Van Zyl (Sev) 30:07; 2 A Inexperienced (Dart RR) 30:16

TEAM: 1 Medway &M 32; 2 Tonbridge 82; 3 Camb H 114

M60: 1 B Reynolds (Ton) 18:43; 2 Ok Klidzia (Folks) 18:56; 3 Ok Dowson (Sev) 19:11; 4 M Pitcairn-Knowles (Ton) 19:34; 5 R Beardsworth (Kent) 19:46

M65: 1 M Leat (Camb H) 20:30

M70: 1 P McCauliffe (M&M) 22:30; 2 A Lawes (B&B) 22:33; 3 J Woolley (M&M) 23:55

M75: 1 T Edgley (I&I) 26:57

M60 TEAM: 1 Tonbridge 14; 2 Folkestone 15; 3 Kent 48

M70 TEAM: 1 M&M 25; 2 Kent 27; 3 I&I 39

Ladies (5km): 1 E Baker (Ton) 18:27; 2 C Coulon (B&B, W50) 19:05; 3 R McDonnell (Inv EK, W50) 19:14; 4 C Elms (Kent, W60) 19:16; 5 E Owen (Ton) 19:32 6 E Skinner (Kent, W50) 19:42

W45: 1 T Murphy (Kent, W45) 20:41

W50: 4 V Buck (Kent, W50) 20:07

W55: 1 C O’Connor (Folks, W55) 22:39; 2 M Hine (Camb H, W55) 23:40

W60: 2 R Baker (Camb H, W60) 22:25;

W35 TEAM: 1 Kent 10; 2 Ton 19; 3 Ashf & D 27

W45 TEAM: Kent 27; 2 Ton 28; 3 Central 42

TEAM: 1 Kent 18; 2 Camb H 22; 3 Folkestone 23

W65 (ran with Males M65): 1 B Wenman (Cant) 23:02; 2 G Arnott (Beck) 25:07; 3 J Daniels (Dov) 25:18

W70: 1 B Ockendon (I&I) 29:29

W65 TEAM: 1 Canterbury 19; 2 Istead &I 26

SOUTH OF THE THAMES CCA 5-MILE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP, Croydon, Surrey, November 22

Though Ed Chuck and Dulwich Runners got here out on high within the particular person stakes, it was Belgrave Harriers who dominated the staff occasions as they retained their males’s and girls’s titles.

A conflict with the Kent Masters championship disadvantaged the occasion of some contributors however this championship is ostensibly for junior or up and coming runners and it was fifth paced Ollie Buck who claimed that honour.

Chuck appeared to have issues his personal approach and established a lead on the primary lap however was by no means fully secure as Gavin Eccles led the Belgrave cost from Dulwich’s Jack Ramm behind.

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For the ladies and regardless of the presence of three-time winner Georgie Bruinvels it was Molly Smith who dominated for Herne Hill Harriers. This was her first outing since a 2:34:07 outing within the Frankfurt Marathon and the sister of two:11:57 marathoner Jake made no mistake right here with a two-minute victory.

This was over the W35 pairing of Aldershot’s holder Bruinvels and 2018 winner Saron Haileselaise, who led Belgrave’s staff win.

General: 1 E Chuck (Dulw R) 26:48; 2 G Eccles (Belg) 26:54; 3 J Ramm (Dulw R) 27:08; 4 S Sommerville (Belg) 27:32; 5 O Buck (Kent, U20) 27:40; 6 C McNally (Belg) 27:46; 7 J Neville (Belg) 27:50; 8 T Rowlands (S Lon) 28:06; 9 H Lawson (Belg) 28:09; 10 C Excessive (G&G) 28:17

M40: 1 M Cummings (Herne H) 29:58

M45: 1 N Henderson (E&E) 30:00

M50: 1 N Tearle (G&G) 30;15

M60: 1 A Roberts (Strag) 33:42

M65: 1 M Fletcher (Strag) 36:45

M75: 1 M Mann (Dulw R) 45:19

M80: 1 G Newton (B’mth) 46:39

U20: 2 J De Souza (AFD) 29:16; 3 B Dakin (AFD) 29:41

TEAM (4 to attain): 1 Belgrave 19; 2 Dulwich R 58; 3 AFD 71; 4 S London 96; 5 Guildford & G 102; 6 Cambridge H 147

TEAM (8 to attain): 1 Blegrave 70; 2 G&G 285; 3 Dulwich R 349

Ladies: 1 M Smith (Herne H) 29:33; 2 G Bruinvels (AFD, W35) 31:31; 3 S Haileselsie (Belg, W35) 32:22; 4 A Aherne (Kent) 33:01; 5 E Bowden (Belg) 33:59; 6 B Goddard (Belg) 34:08; 7 M James (S Lon, W50) 34:10; 8 A Karlsson (Tun W) 34:30; 9 E Freeden (Kent) 34:40; 10 Ok Ellison (Herne H, W40) 34:44