A busy week with the last round of Surrey cross country league matches. The ladies were on first at Coulsdon. Jo Locker was first home running 38.13 for 7^th place, closely followed by Fiona De Mauny who was 13^th in 38.36. Next were Lucy Bartlett in 46.24, then Jo Butcher in 46.47 and then Tina Howell in 55.07 and Ruth Tymens in 56.20. There were three juniors running, in the under 15 race Tiggy Tymens was 17^th and in the under 13 race Emma Horsey came 21^st closely followed by Clara Sawicki in 23^rd in a field of 52 finishers.

The boys were racing in Richmond Park. Ollie was a very impressive 2^nd (out of 43) in the under 13 boys race in 16.35, Jack Gemmell came 11^th in 17.48, then Ben Marks 15^th 18.10, Edward Dawson 20^th 18.51, Michael Cottrill 25^th 19.06 and Josh Cowie 38^th 21.40. the team came 2^nd on the day and finished 4^th overall in the league.

In the combined under15/under 17 race Matt Pharaoh was first home in 20^th place 17.01, then Josh Hathaway 25^th in 17.23, Charlie Feinson 29^th 17.54, Jamie West 31^st 17.56, Kieran Allinson 34^th 18.15, Mark Jacoby 40^th 19.02 and Jake Wakeling 42^nd 19.29, good performances considering that all the boys except for Matt are under 15’s. The team came 6^th on the day and 5^th overall in the league.

The senior men were at Lloyd Park and produced their best result of the season. Duncan Woolmer led the way with a best ever place of 4^th in 30.47. The next seven Walton runners finished within 65s of each other, Matt Reed 20^th in 32.15, Jon Hamblen 23^rd in 32.20, Ben Kennard 28^th in 32.37, Hugo Fleming 30^th 32.52, Jon Brine 32^nd in 32.55, James Harvey 35^th in 33.12 and Jon Ladley 38^th in 33.20. The scoring ten were completed by Chris De Mauny 75^th in 35.51 and Chris Ness 83^rd in 36.36. James Bartosik ran 38.10, then Martin Norman 39.26 and Rob Smith 41.20. The team came a very close 3^rd on the day and moved up to 5^th in the league.

Full results can be found on the Surrey League web site http://surreyleague.org/