Cross-country report from
the final race of the HXC.
This race wrapped up the
Hampshire League season, apologies for the delay in publishing the
report we have been awaiting results. The first race of the day was
the under 13 girls and it was pleasing to see four red shirts out there.
We saw yet another strong performance from Abbie Hine and she had some
good back-up from her team-mates. It was a particularly good race for
Sharon as, for the first time since she picked up her chest infection,
she finished the race very strongly. No doubt the incentive of chasing
down team-mate Chloe helped. Sharon and Chloe crossed the line just 3
seconds apart. Alivia also ran well, just over 10 seconds back from
Chloe. With three of our four under-13 girls running in their first
cross-country season they have done really well. Unfortunately we do not
have a full set of aggregates available for the season for any of the
girls/womens age groups.
The under-13 boys have
given us plenty to cheer over the course of the season. We witnessed
another good race from Ryan, he is our highest place finisher in the
Hampshire League aggregates in any age group. Very well done. Jordan had
one of his best races of the season too, with Alex claiming the all
important third place to give us a good team score. Our other star of
the under-13 boys is Piers who wasnt able to run at Salisbury, he did
not record an end of season average as he didnt manage to get enough
races in, having a late start to the season waiting for his 11th
birthday to come around. The under-13 boys finished 8th in
the league.
Unusually we had only one
runner in the under-15 boys race. It was great to see Callum out there
once again having had to take an enforced lay-off which saw him miss
the South of England Championships and Dorset Schools Championships. He
has a little ground to make up to get back to the pre-illness fitness
levels, but it was a gutsy performance. Callum finished 21st
in the league overall, with his regular team mates Jack Snook at 28th
and Lewis Murphy-Parry at 32nd. The team were 7th
in the league.
Once again we had just Lynn
in the ladies race. She has done brilliantly this season. I am hopeful
that we should be able to get her some consistent back-up from
team-mates for next season.
We had another solid
performance from the men, with most of our regulars available and it was
good to welcome Gerry Hutchings back to the start line. For the second
season in a row Graeme Furley sits at the top of the Wimborne averages.
He needed to continue his improvement in order to stay top as he was
pushed very hard this term by Jerry Shield. Graemes improving form has
seen him back in the Dorset County team for the first time since the car
accident and all that subsequent surgery. In the mid-field there have
been some good battles between fellow WACers all season, Graham Whiffen
has given great commitment to the XC team (in both leagues) all season
and it has given Daryl Davies someone to chase! Also in the mix at some
of the races were Craig Dixon and Rich House. Phil Burgess, Paul Hine,
Ian Kennedy, John Hutchings and Steve Snook have had their tussles too.
The best inidividual performance over the season was Colin Reads at
Winchester, but unfortunately we didnt manage to get him out there for
the other races. The senior men were promoted as runners-up from
Division 3 to Division 2 in 2008/2009 so this year looked as if it would
need to be a year of consolidation, in the end we did a little better
than that. In the 10-team Division we finished 4th, and in
Division 2 of the Veteran Mens league we went one better, finishing 3rd.
Well done to all our
runners and support team over the course of the Hampshire League season
in 2009/2010.
WACers times and results were:
Under-13 Girls (54 finishers) 6th
team on the day
16 Abbie Hine 8:52
32 Sharon Hutchings 9:27
33 Chloe Morris 9:30
41 Alivia Gillard 9:43
Under-13 Boys (68 finishers) 5th
team on the day
There are no times available for
this race
9 Ryan Walbridge
19 Jordan Symington
29 Alex Diment
The U13boys team
finished 8th in the league
As individuals Ryan
was 8th, over the season with Jordan 27th & Alex
34th
Under-15 Boys (39 finishers)
24 Callum Kennedy 14:56
The U15boys team
finished 7th in the league
As individuals
Callum was 21st, over the season with Jack Snook 28th & Lewis
Murphy-Parry 32nd.
Senior Women (78 finishers)
45 Lynn Hutchings 23:28
Senior Men (174 finishers) (Wimborne
3rd in Div. 2, Wimborne Vets 4th in Div 2)
52 Graeme Furley 34:31
54 Jerry Shield 34:48
89 Stewart Little 37:03
113 Graham Whiffen 39:38
128 Daryl Davies 40:34
149 Paul Hine 42:36
155 Ian Kennedy 43:37
162 Gerry Hutchings 45:05
The senior mens
team finished 4th in Div. 2
The veteran mens
team finished 3rd in Div. 2
As individuals
Graeme was 50th, over the season with Jerry 61st
(13th vet), Stewart 85th (24th vet),
Graham 101st (39th vet), Daryl 118th,
Ian 140th (69th vet), Paul 144th (71st
vet) and Steve Snook 158th (83rd vet).
Full results for the Hampshire League
will be found at
www.athletics.hampshire.org.uk/events/hxcl.html
