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News: Cross-country
Oxford Mail League: Sunday 4th March
We need a full turn-out for the final round of the Oxford Mail Cross-country league takes place on Sunday 4th March at Didcot. Both Senior Men’s and Senior Women’s A&B teams are in strong positions but there is still some hard work required to secure podium postions. In addition, several of the individual Club Championship titles are still up for grabs.
In the event that we do win team medals in the Oxford Mail League, Andy has decided that the medals will be distributed according to the final Order of Merit standings after all 5 rounds are completed. The Senior Men’s teams require 7 finishers so points are awarded, for each round, to the first 14 Senior Men (14,13….1). In the Senior Women’s category there are only 3 scorers per team so points are awarded to the first six finishers (6,5,….1). The athletes with the seven (men) and three (women) highest points totals will be eligible for the A team medals if they are awarded. The athletes with the 8th to 14th (men) and 4th to 6th (women) highest points totals will be eligible for B team medals if awarded and provided that the A team have also won team medals. To qualify for inclusion in the table an athlete must complete at least two rounds of the league competition.
Current Oxford League Order of Merit standing after 4 rounds (Athletes shown in red need to run Round 5 to be included in the final table.). Additional A team medals will be purchased for athletes that have scored points for the A team on three or more occasions if their points total is not high enough to qualify already.
Women’s team increase their lead at snowy Cirencester
"Newbury AC Mascot !!??"
The Senior Women’s team have opened up a massive 195 point lead at the top of the Oxford Mail cross country league following some superb results in the penultimate fixture at a snowy Cirencester Park. Jess Franklin delivered her best league performance to date finishing runner up and coming within 11 seconds of the winning athlete. Sophie Fowler was one of several athletes that were competing in their 3rd cross country race in five days but she showed no signs of tiring as she not only earned 12th place in the Senior race but also 2nd in the under 20 age group, with sister Charlotte 3rd under 20, both now occupy medal placings in the league.
Chloe Coxhead produced her best run in recent years in 16th place to close the A team, Bev Hall was one place behind claiming 2nd place in the vet 45 age group in the process. Sarah Fowler made it four wins out of four as she pushed on to an unassailable lead in the vet 55 age group, while Sue Van Huyssteen hot off her 50 mile race the day before moved one step closer to sealing the veteran 45 age group crown with her 20th place finish. On the day our Senior Men came up against a very strong host club who packed all their 7 A team athletes in to record only 99 points, we did well to see our second best score of the season with 157 points. Thank you to all the athletes that made the trip despite the weather, it was very rewarding to see we still managed to get the required 14 Senior Men out to keep the B team flying high in division 2.
Full Results:
Under 11 G – Maddy Mitton 13th. Under 11 B – Ed Fry 8th, Oscar Reeves 20th. Under 13 G – Izzy Fry 7th, Holly Blower 14th. Under 13 B – Benji Fry 9th, Matthew Pudney 18th, Joshua Reeves 20th. Under 15 G – Jenny Pudney 14th, Polly Mitton 16th.
Under 15 B – Harry Russell 7th, Phillip Carter 9th. Under 17 W – Victoria Duncan 5th, Samantha Van Huyssteen 6th. Under 17 M – William Tyson 9th. Senior Women – Jess Franklin 2nd, Sophie Fowler 12th, Chloe Coxhead 16th, Bev Hall 17th, Sue Van Huyssteen 20th, Charlotte Fowler 22nd, Sarah Fowler 23rd, Fiona Pocklington 29th, Becky Coxhead 30th, Tania Whitby 41st, Julie Coxhead 59th, Catherine Tuttle 65th, Emma Carter 89th.
Senior Men – Mark Vardy 11th, James Craggs 18th, Sam Hall 21st, Peter Crisp 23rd, Steve Barnes 24th, Wayne Lillis 28th, Alan Money 32nd, Dave Wright 54th, Irwin Fairclough 63rd, Mike Robbins 68th, Andy Tuttle 70th, Chris Hobson 74th, Bruce Bamber 102nd, Paul Reeves 125th.
It was so good to see fifteen of our regular young athletes turn out on such a day, many acheiving their best runs to date.
Thames Trot: 4th February
Sue van Huyssteen finished 7th lady (72nd overall) in a time of 8:16:16 in the 50-mile Thames Trot. Around 250 runners started the event,which follows the Thames Path from Oxford to Henley, and 218 completed the course. Sue’s “recovery run” was Oxford Mail Cross-country in Cirencester on Sunday!
South of England Cross Country Championships – Brighton
The Senior Men’s team continued their good start to 2012 as they were the highest placed Berkshire club at the South of England Championships held at Stanmer Park on Saturday. The team were placed 36th out of 79 thanks to runs from James Craggs 166th, Sam Hall 217th, Mark Vardy 286th, Dave Wright 338th, Dean Makar 419th and Chris Hobson 446th.
Although the Senior Women were just one short of making a scoring team they all ran individual best placing’s at the championships, Jess Franklin came 44th, Sue Van Huyssteen 113th and Becky Coxhead 194th.
Alex Muir produced a very impressive run to finish 21st in the under 20 Men’s race, and Benji Fry ran well at his first major championships narrowly missing the top 100, finishing in 105th place.
Many thanks from the team to Brian Ireland for driving the Mini bus for us all.
Andy
Berkshire School’s Championships
Sophie Fowler (St Bart’s) was the best placed of a number of club athletes competing for their schools when coming 5th in the U19 County Schools Championship on 21st Jan at Wellington. She was closely followed by fellow St Bart’s pupils Vicky Duncan (7th) and twin sister Charlotte (9th).
In the U17 girls race Sam Van Huyssteen (The Downs) came 14th, Jenny Pudney 18th, Katie Metalli (St Bart’s) 37th, & Sally Herbert (Kennet) 53rd. In the boys equivalent Will Tyson ran well for 17th place. U15 Fen Holland (Kennet) came 16th with Ellie Williams, Polly Mitton and Hannah Wolak all from St Bart’s packing together to come in in 49th, 50th & 51st.
U13 races saw Holly Blower & Lizzie Parker both from The Downs in 12th and 53rd places respectively whilst in the boys equivalent Matt Pudney & Gerren Scapens of St Bart’s were 25th and 79th.
As a result of their runs Sophie, Vicky, Charlotte, Sam & Fen have been selected to represent Berkshire in the southern Inter-Counties cross country match on 4th February.
Oxford Mail Cross Country – February 5th is back at Cirencester
The 4th Oxford mail league fixture will now go ahead at Cirencester Park as originally planned, not back at Ascott-Under-Wychwood.
Please visit the Oxford Mail League website for all the details, please pass on the message to any club members. ( both courses have a little slope at the finish, I do not think it will make much difference !)
Also can I put out a call for the Senior Men’s shield, I have been asked if I could bring the shields to Cirencester so they will be ready to hand out at the final fixture in March.
Thank you all again for being so supportive of the cross country fixtures, you have been brilliant.
Andy
Newbury top the tables
Newbury A.C sit proudly at the top of both the Men’s and Women’s top divisions of the Oxford Mail cross country league following some good performances at the latest fixture held at Middleton Cheney.
The Senior Men’s team lowered their best ever team score down from 177 points to 136 points to leapfrog Cirencester at the top by 17 points with two matches to go. Tom Watkins and Alex Muir were right up with the leaders finishing in 3rd and 4th places respectively in the Senior race, and also claim 1st and 2nd in the under 20 age group, Alex is currently leading this age group.
The Senior Women head their division by a resounding 134 points above Headington in second place. Sophie Crumly is currently top of the individual Senior Women’s rankings after earning second place this time round, Jess Franklin finished 6th which keeps her nicely in 3rd place overall and the 3rd A team member on the day was Sue Van Huyssteen who tops the Veteran 45 age group. Sarah Fowler produced her 3rd consecutive win in the veteran 55 age group, Sophie and Charlotte Fowler are 4th and 5th in the under 20 age group, and Victoria Duncan is 5th, with Samantha Van Huyssteen 7th in the under 17′s. Ed Fry ran well to finish 5th in the under 11 Boys race, while brother Benji Fry also did well to come 4th in the under 13 Boys.
Full Results:
U11 Girls – Maddy Mitton 32nd. U11 Boys – Ed Fry 5th, Samuel Wright 15th.
U13 Girls – Izzy Fry 14th, Holly Blower 18th. U13 Boys – Benji Fry 4th, Matthew Pudney 17th.
U15 Girls – Jenny Pudney 16th, Polly Mitton 21st, U15 Boys – Harry Russell 13th, Phillip Carter 14th.
U17 Women – Victoria Duncan 7th, Samantha Van Huyssteen 9th. U17 Men – William Tyson 16th
Senior Women – Sophie Crumly 2nd, Jess Franklin 6th, Sue Van Huyssteen 23rd, Sophie Fowler 24th, Chloe Coxhead 28th, Sarah Fowler 33rd, Bev Hall 35th, Charlotte Fowler 40th, Fiona Pocklington 52nd, Becky Coxhead 55th, Liz Pudney 71st, Angela Baxter 98th, Roz Pearson 122nd, Emma Carter 143rd.
Senior Men – Tom Watkins 3rd, Alex Muir 4th, James Craggs 21st, Peter Crisp 23rd, David Fry 26th, Alan Money 29th, Steve Barnes 30th, Sam Hall 49th, Wayne Lillis 55th, Dave Wright 72nd,
Andy Tuttle 85th, Mike Robbins 89th, Chris Pudney 92nd, Chris Hobson 111th, Geoff Anderson 124th.
Photos from Steve Pocklington: MiddletonCheneyPhotos
Fell-running weekend: May 5th-8th 2012
Dave Wright is again organising a trip ” Up North” to do some fell races. Planned dates are 5th-8th May (7th is a Bank Holiday). A similar trip was held last year and was a great success. We even got a feature in the fell runners “bible” last time as we commended them on their camaraderie , exciting races and spectacular scenery. I think they admired the fact that 5 southerners had managed to run 4 races up and down hills/mountains in 4 days. Those who lived to tell the tale and would be happy to provide encouragement for you to join this year’s trip are: Becky Coxhead, James Craggs, Dean Makar, Chris Hobson and, of course, Dave Wright.
Accommodation will be in a Youth Hostel in Lancashire. Cost £16 per night, excluding breakfast which can be booked closer to the time. The running programme will have one race per day ranging from 5 to 7 miles in 4 different places near Manchester, Blackburn, Halifax and Sheffield. It’s up to you to decide how many (if any) of the races you run. The trip will include plenty of sighseering, walking etc over the 4 days.
Please contact Dave Wright, as soon as possible, if you are interested in joining all or part of this adventure. He can provide details on the races and alternative travel / accommodation options.
Five Gold Rings – Berkshire Cross Country Championships
Steve Barnes on his way to the Veterans' title
Newbury made a dream start to this Olympic year 2012 by winning five Gold medals at the Berkshire Championships held at Newbury Showground. The Senior/ Veteran Men were out in force for the first race of the day and no other club could match them for some superb teamwork, the scoring six all finished in the top Fifteen runners to win the team title for the second year running. The Veteran Men continued their enviable record in this event, this time coming out clear winners with the lowest score possible, Steve Barnes won his first Berkshire Veteran’s title, Wayne Lillis was second, Chris Pudney 3rd and Dave Wright 4th.
Sophie Crumly kept up her amazing record of having never been beaten in a County Championship since becoming a Senior three seasons ago. With Sophie claiming the title it gave the team such a good start and with Jess Franklin running well to earn a Bronze medal, Sue Van Huyssteen and Bev Hall closed the scoring team in the runner up spot. Sue and Bev proved invaluable, as when they were joined by Sarah Fowler and Rose Metalli they ensured Newbury’s 5th title of the day in the Veteran Women’s. Sophie Fowler is accumulating a rather impressive medal collection as she earned the Bronze medal in the under 20 age group.
Senior Women's Silver winning team
I would like to take this opportuntiy to say a massive thank you to everyone that ran today, it really does mean so much to me to see our club do so well in our County. Thank you also to Carolyn Walker, Sara Rudd, Sarah Fowler, Geoff Hardy,Brian Ireland and Dave Mason who did a superb job officiating.
Newbury AC Club Tracksuits – award scheme
Sample Club Tracksuit
Newbury Athletic Club in partnership with the Ollie Johnson trust fund have introduced a reward scheme for members of the club who have shown repeated loyalty and dedication in representing the club over multiple seasons and or disciplines.
To show appreciation to these athletes we have decided to award club track suits to all qualifying junior (U25) members. These track suits will be available for a nominal administration fee of just £10 and are not available for general sale to juniors. Adult members can purchase a tracksuit at a club subsidised rate of £50.
A list of juniors currently qualifying is available here:track suits people 2012 and all these people will shortly receive a letter with details of how to order including a size chart.
Adults who would like to order a tracksuit should contact Sara Rudd for further details.
