On the 10th November at Cob House Country Park 22 men from Halesowen Athletics attended the first of the Birmingham & District cross country league race. This was the first time that this race has been held here, so it was a completely new course for all. The 10km course (6 miles in Old money) consisted on one small lap followed by 3 large laps ; on a whole the route was generally flat although the large lap did have a 500m incline. The route was enjoyable as it passed through surrounding country side and the fishing ponds of Cob House Country Park, ground conditions were firm with a few muddy sections thrown in for good measure. The competitive spirit between all who raced only added to race, as people of different calibers raced against others who where of a similar caliber. First back for Halesowen was Kristen Bailey with a superb time of 35:17 & finished 10th overall second back for the club was Mateusz Sliwinski with a great time of 36:19. There were a lot of excellent runners who took part in the race and the level of athleticism was outstanding but I would like to thank all the guys from Halesowen Athletics who gave up their time to run for the club. (Steve Horton)
A- team sitting in 4th, 5 points from second place
B Team in 1st place
Up Owen!!!
Steve
Pos. No. Time. Name
10th 167 35:37 Kristian Bayley
20th 194 36:19 Mateusz Sliwinski
26th 186 36:29 Roger Mallard
32nd 183 36:50 Tom Kenderdine
33rd 198 37:01 Andy Yapp
34th 172 37:03 Adam Cross
46th 169 37:51 Russell Cadwallader
47th 195 37:56 Marc Turner
52nd 185 38:06 Jonathan Lewis
62nd 197 38:39 Matthew Wilkinson
83rd 184 39:45 David Lewis
97th 181 40:25 James Hoult
102nd 191 40:31 Bill Nock
112th 177 41:01 Nicolas Hazelwood
143rd 179 42:34 John Hill
154th 189 43:43 Alex Morgan
156th 193 43:49 Phil Scarr
164th 192 44:33 James Parker
174th 190 45:10 Andy Nock
201st 187 48:22 Steve Millington
210th 171 49:45 Nigel Crompton
217th 180 51:12 Steve Horton
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