What a great way to end the Birmingham League season, co-hosting at Coundon Park with a fantastic turnout of 33 runners. A massive well done and thank you to all the volunteers who were down at the park early on Saturday to set up the course and make it all happen, as well as staying behind to break it down while many of us were having a pint or getting our glad rags on. Special mention to Derek Burns who has worked incredibly hard to get the race on, and everyone else who supported him in the run up and on the day.
And of course well done to everyone who came out and ran on a chilly day, although it kept conditions fairly firm underfoot and was for the most part good running. We had 33 runners out including final race debuts for Chris Moore and Jan Hall, and managed to improve our points score from the previous race with the A team finishing 12th on the day and in a final position of 10th for the season, which is one place better than last year, and 57 points improvement. The B team had another very consistent season finishing 6th on the day and for the season, same position as last year but with an improvement of 53 points.
Thank you to everyone who ran throughout the season, we had over 40 competitors which is a great effort. I would also like to make a special mention to everyone who got along to all 4 races: Dean C, John H, Ross C, Jason N, Simon B, Dave Clarke, Simon N, Dean S, Dave Lee, Pete P, Alan Mc, Martin S, Ian O’D, Graham P, James P, Phillip S, Daniel C and Dave Phillips – fantastic commitment! We had some great performances throughout the season, and great to see so many having their best run in the last race on Saturday, including Matt A, John H, Ross C, Jason N, Simon B, Dean S, Dave Lee, Pete P and Alan Mc. And well done to Dean Clarke, retaining the Birmingham League trophy for a second season by 2 points over John Hosie. Dean dropped off the trophy to my house on Monday and as he hobbled up the drive with a sprained ankle I feared the worst. He still got out there and ran through the pain barrier to put in superb performance, a well-deserved runner of the year!
I hope everyone had a great night Saturday, I thought it was a brilliant occasion and a fitting environment to recognise some great running achievements this year, congratulations to everyone who was nominated and won an award. The nationals is in 2 weeks and then that’s it for another cross country season, I hope to see many more of you competing for your club next season.
Next club races:
Midland 12 Stage Relays Sutton Park – Saturday 25th March
Cotswold Hilly Hundred – Sunday 14th May
Please email rosstcooper@aol.com if you would like to be entered into these races.
Many thanks
Ross
Men’s Captain
Full results below…
Individual Results
8 200 38:45 Matt Amos A Team
61 226 42:30 John Hosie
84 213 43:43 Ross Cooper
98 210 44:15 Dean Clarke
101 241 44:21 Jason Nicholson
110 206 44:39 Simon Brown
112 261 44:40 Jeremy Trill B Team
120 632 45:10 Chris Moore
124 233 45:40 Gary Lawson
129 209 46:06 Dave Clarke
147 256 47:15 Dean Semple
149 234 47:23 Dave Lee
152 240 47:43 Simon Neale
158 245 47:57 Peter Paprcka
160 259 48:03 Richard Taylor
167 237 48:33 Alan McDougall
168 633 48:39 Jan Hall
179 227 49:52 Tony Hoy
198 257 51:01 Marc Skelton
202 224 51:13 Kevin Hinson
209 258 52:01 Martin Smith
211 262 52:11 Jamie Turner
223 242 54:20 Ian O’Donnell
231 230 55:41 Martin Judge
233 214 55:56 Leon Coppola
234 246 56:17 Graham Patton
235 208 56:23 Darren Chambers
236 248 57:01 John Peavoy
243 255 58:30 Philip Sellars
247 211 62:32 Daniel Connolly
249 244 65:35 James Padvis
251 223 71:29 Dave Goodwin
252 249 91:04 Dave Phillips
Senior Men Team Results Race 4
A Team
1 University of Warwick AC 5 7 11 15 17 21 76
2 Leamington C & AC 3 4 9 24 30 40 110
3 Trentham RC 2 12 14 28 53 63 172
4 Worcester AC 6 16 32 36 44 50 184
5 Telford AC 1 25 26 29 48 126 255
6 Bournville Harriers 31 34 38 41 47 69 260
7 Tamworth AC 10 18 37 58 106 113 342
8 Dudley & Stourbridge Harriers 19 22 33 86 102 107 369
9 C.L.C. Striders RC 13 27 60 90 104 105 399
10 Gloucester AC 39 49 72 78 93 103 434
11 Stratford upon Avon AC 42 45 51 64 121 128 451
12 Massey Ferguson RC 8 61 84 98 101 110 462
13 Dudley Kingswinford RC 54 74 92 99 125 135 579
14 Northbrook AC 76 85 111 115 127 139 653
15 Sparkhill Harriers 70 95 109 137 138 142 691
16 Amazing Feet RC 20 65 73 186 188 190 722
B Team
1 Leamington C & AC 43 46 55 57 62 71 334
2 Worcester AC 52 59 68 75 77 80 411
3 Trentham RC 66 67 81 83 87 94 478
4 University of Warwick AC 23 35 56 100 132 183 529
5 Bournville Harriers 79 88 108 114 119 130 638
6 Massey Ferguson RC 112 120 124 129 147 149 781
7 Northbrook AC 145 148 155 161 166 169 944
8 Sparkhill Harriers 153 164 165 176 184 192 1034
9 Stratford upon Avon AC 133 141 159 204 216 219 1072
10 Dudley Kingswinford RC 136 156 189 199 213 215 1108
Senior Men Series Points Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Match 4 Total
A Team
1 University of Warwick AC 116 122 115 76 429
2 Leamington C & AC 116 84 153 110 463
3 Trentham RC 191 197 129 172 689
4 Worcester AC 147 195 291 184 817
5 Bournville Harriers 220 362 320 260 1162
6 Dudley & Stourbridge Harriers 264 297 297 369 1227
7 C.L.C. Striders RC 381 415 366 399 1561
8 Tamworth AC 456 323 452 342 1573 Includes m1 penalty
9 Stratford upon Avon AC 311 354 487 451 1603
10 Massey Ferguson RC 341 381 491 462 1675
11 Telford AC 1075 317 121 255 1768
12 Northbrook AC 482 435 328 653 1898
13 Gloucester AC 566 501 475 434 1976
14 Dudley Kingswinford RC 723 599 589 579 2490
15 Amazing Feet RC 756 604 769 722 2851
16 Sparkhill Harriers 827 677 688 691 2883
17 Staffordshire Moorlands AC dns dns dns dns 0
B Team
1 Leamington C & AC 333 307 475 334 1449
2 University of Warwick AC 444 461 469 529 1903
3 Worcester AC 521 450 541 411 1923
4 Trentham RC 613 511 424 478 2026
5 Bournville Harriers 564 780 659 638 2641
6 Massey Ferguson RC 720 739 867 781 3107
7 Northbrook AC 1056 906 773 944 3679
8 Stratford upon Avon AC 978 897 1080 1072 4027
9 Dudley Kingswinford RC 1018 1123 997 1108 4246
10 Sparkhill Harriers 1182 1112 1194 1034 4522
11 Tamworth AC 919 1030 1949
12 C.L.C. Striders RC 1225 1133 2358
13 Telford AC 771 771