Lancs XC Champs Report

ByJim Hickie

Lancs XC Champs Report

Well what a good turnout it was last weekend at Witton Park for Team Clayton.  It was nice to see so many orange and white vests at as always a very well organized event by Blackburn Harriers.

Junior XCLet’s start by mentioning some of the performances at the weekend from the Juniors up …..

Isaac Wilkinson took 14th place in the Under 11 boys.  Millie Stubbs 11th place, Roanna Holdsworth 26th place, and Grace Root 41st place in the Under 11 Girls.

The Under 13 boys: Thomas Bradley, Adam Quinn, Daniel Bradley, Zac Jordan.  Claiming 4th team overall.

Briony Holt, Eleanor Root, Karina Rycktnsca, and Alice Gane for 6th team in the under 13 girls. Kenan Eti, Alexander Townrow, Ryan Clarke, Curtis Holt… for 4th overall under 15 boys.

In the under 15 girls, Alice Pier was 21st. In the under 17 men George Pier was 23rd, and Jordan McDonald was 24th. In the Under 17 Women, Bethany Quinn was 13th.

IMG_0271Jean Brown, Angela Shian and Vicky Heys for bronze in the Ladies vets .

Spencer Riley, Stuart Fogg, Nick Gaskell, Garry Wilkinson, Colin Shuttleworth and Brian Horrocks for 4th overall men’s team.

Garry Wilkinson, Nick Gaskell, Colin Shuttleworth…for bronze overall in the men’s vets team. Colin Shuttleworth and our President Dave Scott took top podium position for 1st V55 and 1st V70 respectively. Team Clayton also won the Senior Men’s Plate.

IMG_0296And that’s not to mention everyone!  If I’ve missed you out I’m sorry, but here are the full results. Well done everyone. Next one is Mid Lancs Barrow this coming Saturday.  Let’s see if we can keep getting the numbers up and keep performing well.

In the XC department, the future is bright!

Many thanks to our new reporter Stuart Fogg for this race report.

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Jim Hickie