24 Blaydon Harriers braved the wind, rain and clarts at Druridge Bay today.
2 under 11’s Ruby Edwards in the girls and Alex Wallace in the boys, Alex finished carrying a shoe! Our only/13 boy was sprinter Lewis Cant who ran out of the fast pack today after last weeks 2nd place.
Only 2 u/13 girls, Abbey Lewis and Emily Walters, who were both from the fast pack.
U/15 boys. Another excellent performance from Luke Shears, Jack Bowden, Daniel Buffham, Tom Rutherford and another from the sprint group Matthew Cant who led the team home in 4th place.
Innes Orr and Rachael Curry were joined by two more sprinters, Elinor Walker and Molly Holliday making their debut in cross country. Well done girls, hope the conditions didn’t put you off!
The elation of last week’s senior men didn’t last long,only five turned out so we couldn’t close a team. Nevertheless, a fantastic 33rd place by David Heslop means that in two races he has gone from slow pack to fast pack. Excellent running, some solid performances from Alex Muir, Alan Armstrong both from the medium pack, Eric Lewis and Matthew Alderson who ran from the fast pack.
I have left the ladies untill last, as once again they were the stars of the show! Laura Kinkaid, Gillian Pearson, Lynne Michelson, Liane Brown and Jo Edwards battled through the mud to win Div 3 today with 41 points. Could they end up division champions? HOWAY THE LASSES!
