Essex
Road
Relays
Chelmsford
Ilford
AC
women's
squad
fielded
7athletes
in
Sunday's
Essex
AAA's
Road
relays
at
Melbourne
Park
Chelmsford. On
a tough
3.5 mile
loop Lyndsey
Barker
made a
welcome
return
to
competition
clocking
26.20 on
the
first
leg.
Nicola
Hopkinson
took
over on
leg 2
posting
a very
strong
25.46.
Bree
Nordin
anchored
the team
with an
impressive
24.31.
in the
"B" team
it was
good to
see
Sharon
Honey competing
in
Ilford
colours
again
leading
off with
a 27.20.
Sally
Gillam
was only
slightly
slower
in 27.58
handing
over to
captain
Keelie
Brooks
who was
competing wearing
a neck
collar
as a
result
of a
recent
skiing
incident
but
nevertheless
clocked
an
impressive
26.22.
Pam
Jones
ran the
lead off
for the
'C' team
clocking
29.38.
A
makeshift
men's
squad
consisting
of
Maloclm
Muir
(19.23)
John
MacDonald
(21.07),
Matt
Maple
(21.02)
and
Martin
Clarke
(23.59)
competed
well and
managed
a
creditable
15th
place.
British
Masters XC
Champs -
Bournemouth
Ilford
AC's
Iain Campbell
and John
Batchelor
narrowly
missed
out on
medals
when
both
took 4th
place in
their
respective
age
groups
when
competing
in
Sundays
British
Masters
Cross
Country
Championships.
The race
was held
over a
fast 2
lap
course
held in
King's
Park
Bournemouth,
mainly
dry and
flat but
with two
wicked
humps.
Campbell
was
particularly
unlucky with
only 15
seconds
covering
the
leading
quartet
including
Mark
Hargreaves
(Bournemouth),
Andy
Wetherill
(Redhill)
and Mark
Aspinall
(Clayton-Le-Moors)
with
Campbell
missing
out on
3rd by a
mere 2
seconds.
Batchelor
was
similarly
disappointed
with the
3 big
guns of
Steve
James
(Southport),
Walter
Ryder ((Morpeth),
and Fred
Gibbs(Bingley)
taking
the
major
honours.
Redbridge
Mini
Marathon
This
weekend
saw the
Redbridge
Mini
Marathon
trials
over a
tough 2
mile 2
lap
course
at the
Eastway
cycle
track,
Hackney.
Ilford
had 13
finishers
and the
best
performance
of the
day goes
to Alex
Richards
who
finished
in 1st
place
overall
in the
11-12
age
group
also in
the same
age
group
and
making
their
debuts
for
Redbridge were
Alex
Legon in
9th
followed
by Dylan
in 10th
and
Duncan
Whitfield
in 20th.
In the
13-14
age
group
first
home for
Redbridge was
Mohammed
Swamad
in 2nd
and then
Liam
Leddy in
8th
followed
by Vivek
Joshi
and then
Sam
Burgues.
Ilford had
one representative
in the
15-17
boys and
that was
Iain
MacDonald
who
finished
in 7th
place
for
Redbridge.
In the
girls
races in
the
11-12
age
group
making
her
first
apperance
was
Ceris
Burgues
who came
in 15th.
In the
13-14
age
group
first
home for
Redbridge
was
Lydia
Hall in
5th, followed
closely
by Madeline Thompson
in 8th
and
finally
in the
15-17
age
group
Maria
Whitfield
making
her
first
appearance
in this
age
group
finished
in 3rd
place
for
Redbridge
