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30Jan/100

South of England XC Champs, Parliament Hill – Results

There were some great individual runs and a fine team result for the U17 men at Parliament Hill today.  It was disappointing that more people didn’t turn up to run, fair enough for the U13s, but I think older athletes could have handled the mini marathon trial and Southern in the same weekend.  The Southerns are one of the big races, the ones we (athletes and coaches) put so much… Continue reading

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23Jan/102

Middlesex XC Champs Results

Some great results and some clear signs of progress for those athletes turning up to training session in, session out…. Well done everyone. (Pictures and results at the foot of this page…)

U13 Girls – Rebecca went in to the race as favourite and lived up to that in style with a commanding victory, spreading the field out and opening up a winning margin of 23 seconds.  Rebecca was… Continue reading | 2 Comments

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23Jan/100

Surrey Schools XC Results

Well done to Maddie and Ollie who had good runs in the Surrey Schools today.

Maddie finished 7th in the Senior Girls race,  a year after finishing 13th in the Inter Girls race.  This is good progress which will hopefully see her selected for her first English Schools Championships.

Ollie also moved up an age group and finished in 18th which was good enough to earn selection  for… Continue reading

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28Nov/090

Met League (3) – 28th November – Wormwood Scrubs

Some good performances today from a slightly smaller team than normal following on from the school races this week…

U13 girls – Another win for Rebecca who dealt with the windy conditions well, sitting in with the lead group and then putting her foot down in the woods and kicking like crazy at the final corner – a very mature run, well done. Kirsty was a strong 6th on… Continue reading

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24Nov/090

Borough Schools XC Champs

KINGSTON – Tuesday

Senior Girls – 1st Maddie; Inter Girls – 1st Katie I; Junior Girls – 2nd Faye

Inter Boys – 1st Eoin, 2nd Ollie

HOUNSLOW – Thursday

Junior Girls – 1st Rebecca; Inter Girls – 1st Tulsi (multi-eventer in Jim’s group)

Junior Boys – 1st Ben, 2nd Jivendra, 3rd Jamie; Inter Boys – 1st Bradley, 2nd Jack

RICHMOND – Friday

Junior… Continue reading

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21Nov/091

Southern Inter Counties – Top 10s for Jivendra and Ross

There were plenty of SMRAC athletes in action for their counties today at Parliament Hill.  Jivendra and Ross made the top 10 in their races, an excellent showing in their biggest XC races to date.  Running for Surrey, Ross picked up a silver team medal for his efforts.

Full details to follow….. There are finally results for this race HERE

At Bushy Park Florence took 12seconds… Continue reading | 1 Comment

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14Nov/090

Molly wins Lord Mayor’s Mile! (and other results)

Molly won the middle age group.  Unofficial reports (Molly on the mobile) suggest the following:

Ross and Bradley 3rd and 4th in the oldest group (the winner was old enough to be a first year Uni student and mentioned Ross in the TV interview, quote “some people fell over”)

Jack 2nd in the middle group

Jivendra 3rd

Maddie 5th

Molly 1st and Christina 4th… Continue reading

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7Nov/090

Met League XC (2) Claybury – Jamie wins, Bradley and Rebecca 2nd

U13 girls – Perhaps a little too fast from Rebecca at the start but another good run none the less in 2nd.  Well backed up again by Ella in 4th. 2nd in the league despite only ever having half a team out!

U13 boys – Jamie took the race by the scruff of the neck leading from the start and holding on well in the final straight when being… Continue reading

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31Oct/090

English XC Relays, Mansfield – 31st Oct. – U17 men 9th, Jivendra 3rd fastest

An early start and a quiet coach up to Mansfield was the start a day which produced some good runs and some very good runs.  It is always nice when we can travel home knowing nobody has had a stinker!

Here is how the day unfolded.

First up were the U15 boys in which we had 5 runners, just short of two full teams.  Fast-improving Tomm Daborn lead… Continue reading

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10Oct/092

London Met League XC, Ruislip – Rebecca 1st, Jivendra 2nd, Jamie and Ella 3rd

Firm underfoot conditions and some testing hills were the order of the day.  It was warm too… far too warm for XC if you ask me, bring on the wind and the rain I say!!

Race Highlights
U13 boys – 3km – Our 800m star Jivendra Singh (4th in the country) continued his rapid improvement over the longer distances with 2nd here.  Jamie Finnegan followed with another strong… Continue reading | 2 Comments

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