THE RETURN OF THE BIONIC MAN

Race report from Wessex Cross-Country League Race 3 – Glastonbury 16 December 2007

Glastonbury provides one of the Wessex league’s best courses. There were huge fields for the races on the day as the event was also combined with the Avon and Somerset Cross-Country Championships.

The big story for WACers was the return to competitive running of Graeme Furley. Graeme has made amazing progress since he was the innocent victim of a road accident that put him in a wheelchair for many months. Inevitably, Graeme being Graeme, he ended the day feeling he should have done better in the race. This probably tells us something about his determination and mental strength and helps to explain the extraordinary recovery he continues to make. For the senior ladies we had two new faces – welcome to cross-country Nicki Roe and Claire Newby.

Ian K

Full results for WACers were as follows:

Under 13 Boys

16^th – Jack Snook – 12.08

Senior Women (4th team)

32nd – Jill Harsent – 29.49

35th – Nicki Roe – 31:52

37th – Claire Newby – 31.56

Senior Men (7^th team)

56^th – Daryl Davies – 41.17

58^th – Graham Whiffen – 41.29

86^th – Steve Snook – 46.04

92^nd – Graeme Furley – 49.57