On a quiet weekend for road races in our area the juniors took centre stage with the Devon Sportshall competition held in the Plymouth Life Centre
We had 27 athletes there but we were very short of U13 and U15’s. All the athletes did extremely well and we are still in 2nd place overall although Torbay are challenging us. The next one is on Sunday 20th February again at Plymouth so we hope for an even better turnout.
The results of all the clubs athletes are shown here >>>
We had two of our athlete in Indoor Track action, Will Battershill competed in the World Tour event in Manchester clocking a time of 8.00.00 in a high quality 3000m and Nathan Brown set a new pb at 800m of 1.53.75 at Lee Valley.
Alison and Dave Engledew part in the Doynton Hard Half Marathon on Sunday (their third time, although first as EVH members).
It’s a tough, extremely muddy race on the edge of the Cotswolds
Dave finished in 1.54.16 and Alison was first VM60 and I was 2nd in age category in a time of 2.12.44.
I am sure we also had the usual take up of Parkrunners on the Saturday
Last Sunday was the first Westward League Cross Country of 2022 at a breezy but dry Westward Ho!
Conditions underfoot were muddy and wet after the recent rain but all of our athletes did well.
U11 Girls (23 Finishers)
Isabelle Drew 20th 11.44
U11 Boys (19 Finishers)
Isaac Drew 16th 10.55
U13 Girls (29 Finishers)
Isabella Trowell 7th 10.02 11th Team
U15 Girls (16 Finishers)
Bella May 6th 16.54 6th Team
U17 Men (11 Finishers)
Charlie Milward 7th 19.15 6th Team
Senior Women (60 Finishers)
Rebecca Lee 50th (5th V40) 26.25 13th Team
Linda Bracher 54th (8th V50) 27.16 8th Vet Team
Senior Men (95 Finishers)
Jamie Frost 10th 26.48 9th Team
Tom Davies 58th 30.50 12th Vet Team
Nick Bristow 64th (9th V45) 32.31
Simon Swift 73rd (6th V50) 34.33
Ken Summers 89th (3rd V65) 38.11
The next one is on Sunday 13th February at Westward Ho!