Cross-Country Mid-Term Report
No more cross-country now until the County Championships at Witton Park,
Blackburn, on 5th January 2008.
In my humble opinion, having no meetings in December is disappointing and I am sure Graham at least agrees with me. What a complete waste of perfectly
good mud and atrocious weather conditions. Still it will give us all a chance
to rest and hone our skills in time to roar up the “Saucer”, several times in the New
Year.
So far we have had three Mid-Lancs meetings plus the English
National Relays. Turnout has been excellent with thirteen ladies and
twenty-three men taking part so far. It’s great to see so many of you out there
enjoying cross-country and well-done all
of you. A special welcome goes to newcomers, Kerry Eccles, Nick Brandwood and Mike Walsh.
Pride of place as far as results are concerned must go to
the Men’s vet 50 team who top the Mid-Lancs League at the half way stage.
On an individual level, particular praise goes to Gary Pendlebury who leads the vet 50 category. It’s great to see Gary
coming back so strongly after injury. It is also good to welcome Dave Waywell back after injury and now
that Mike Walsh has joined us we
should be able to field a vet 60 team on a regular basis.
On the trip to Mansfield for the National
Relays, we shared a coach with Blackpool, Wyre
and Fylde. This was a great success and we are thinking of doing so again
for the Northern and National
Championships.
Once again we had the clash with the Wesham 10k and the Sefton Park
meeting. This means of course that the Ladies
were unable to compete in Liverpool because of time restrictions. I’m sure they
would if they could. The men, however managed to field two open teams plus vet
40 and 50 teams. Five men completed the “Wesham
Tri” of 10k, cross-country and Dinner-Dance, some of them for the third time, well-done.
We haven’t met much in the way of hills as yet or even mud
for that matter, though I am sure we will enjoy plenty of both on our visits to
Blackburn and Lancaster
in January. Also to come in January are the Northern Championships at Roundhay Park,
Leeds. I, for one, hope it is the same
course that was used for the nationals a few years ago. It’s a cracker, “Hill 60” and all.
Well that’s all for now. Enjoy the December
break, though if I know you lot, you’ll still be doing plenty of racing. Hope
you all have a fantastic Christmas
and New Year and I look forward to
seeing you at Blackburn
on January the 5th.
Written by: Dave Young
Submitted: 14th December
2007
Edited by: Brenda
J Earnshaw WRR Editor
Plus if it is the
same course used for the “Nationals” a few years ago when we travel to Leeds for the “Northerns”