Would the fact that most of Northants was under water stop our Cross-Country fix? Of course not!
Would anyone turn up? Of course they would, in fact we had 28 runners and a good number of volunteers who came and helped Team East Haddon marshal the event and help pull runners out of the mud.
This course is on the Pytchley Hunt point- to-point course and the going was officially heavy and unofficially boggy.
This year’s cross-country must be the wettest and muddiest ever and yet the races are more popular than ever before with record entries.
We baptised another four newcomers to the joys of cross-country and all agreed that they had never had so much fun in a muddy field. The runners in the middle of the pack had to avoid a sheep stampede at the midway point of the race.
The Ladies Team came 7th on day, a fantastic result overall. 10th Rosanna Andrews finally made her cross country debut and finished 10th overall lady. Mum Penny Andrews was 25th and Charlotte Yarker completed the scorers.
Paula Pinney and Katherine White also ran their first ever cross country events and have promised to come back for more. Suzanne Baldwin somehow managed to keep her kit completely clean.
Ladies Results
10th Rosanna Andrews 1st XC
25 Penny Andrews
50 Charlotte Yarker
51 Becky Hollowell
57 Jo Lee
75 Suzanne Baldwin
80 Jo Smith
118 Paula Pinney 1st XC
125 Helen Blackburn
139 Katherine White 1st XC
143 Sally Garrett
The Men’s Team finished 9th on day and Chris Lamb cemented his place as league leader after three events with a second place finish. In 25th was Tony Letts (home advantage well used) and Stu Drummond enjoyed a good race. Mark Nightingale was 64th and Jim McGowan 104th, the day after an impressive Parkrun. John Fleming was flying after arriving minutes before the start of the race. Mark Garrett was the final scorer.
Glen Cousner made his debut for the men and has also vowed to return for more.
Men’s Results
2nd Chris Lamb (league leader after 3 events)
25 Tony Letts
62 Stu Drummond
64 Mark Nightingale
104 Jim McGowan
110 John Fleming
113 Mark Garrett
128 Mark Kennedy
137 Darren Baldwin
140 Martin Andrews
143 Pete Moor
186 Jon Panter
219 Dave Blackburn
224 Jon Dilworth
247 Paul Braddock
259 Glen Cousner 1st XC
268 Tony Kennedy
Our Combined Team Result was 8th (of 14) our best this season.
Next event is on Sun Dec 16th at Stopsley. (Nr. Luton).Details are on website.
We will be taking the minibus and plan on stopping for a drink on the way home.
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