Harriers take fourth spot in Cross Country

Following a short break over Christmas, the Harriers went back to racing in a busy long weekend of fixtures with the Fun Run League, Cross Country Championship, parkrun and events further afield.
By Ben Adams
Published 6th Jan 2015, 07:58 BST
The Harriers' Men's A team took an impressive fourth place in the Cross Country Championship at Bexhill on Saturday.The Harriers' Men's A team took an impressive fourth place in the Cross Country Championship at Bexhill on Saturday.
The Harriers' Men's A team took an impressive fourth place in the Cross Country Championship at Bexhill on Saturday.

Cross Country

The Harriers’ Men’s A team took an impressive fourth place in the Cross Country Championship at Bexhill on Saturday. On a very muddy course and extremely competitive field, the team faired well and just missed out on third. The scoring Harriers were Phil Hardaway (45.19), Tom Mullen (45.37), Paul Tomlinson (45.49), Phil Radford (47.33), Paul Cousins (47.56) and Josh Pewter (48.43). There were also strong performances amongst the Senior Ladies and Juniors from U11- U17 with Siobhan Amer, Thomas Fox, Lily-Mae Bliss-Tomlinson, Jasmine Mamoany, Adam Dray, Daniel Blain and Simeon Cousins the leading Harriers in their races.

Tadworth 10

The Harriers’ Ladies also saw success this weekend, finishing third placed team in the Tadworth 10 mile race on Sunday in Surrey. This tough, multi terrain, two-lap, undulating course starting at Epsom Downs Race Course offered stunning views over the Downs but even the mist and mud on the day were not enough to dampen spirits for over 600 runners.

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The leading ladies for the Harriers were Kim Lo (1:11.39) who was seventh lady overall, Siobhan Amer (1:15.03), Amanda Soper (1:20.30), Michelle Pearce (1:23.01) and Marion Hemsworth (1:30.23). Jack Chivers was 51st overall and four minutes quicker than his time last year with 1:09.21 despite suffering stomach cramps. Carl Bicknell (1:19.15) and Peter Cobbett (1:43.26) were the next male Harriers home.

Hangover 5

The 2015 West Sussex Fun Run League season kicked off with the Hangover 5 hosted by the Goring Road Runners and the chance to clear fuzzy heads on New Year’s Day.

On the 5 mile trail climb on the hilly, chalky tracks and paths up to Cissbury Ring and back, Kat Barrett finished a brilliant seventh lady, with her time of 40:41, followed by Michelle Pearce in 12th (43:28). Stuart Austin was first male Harrier (40:14) on his return to racing from injury with Carl Bicknell (41:07) and Mike Derrick (43:25) closely behind.

Full results: Graham Kenwood (46:26), Julie Essex (48:23), Mile Essex (48:26), Rupert Purchase (48:55), Clare Kenwood (51:31), Irene Parsley (60:45).

Clair parkrun

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In the Clair parkrun, there were outstanding performances from Izzy Coomber who was first female in 20:29, Dominic Roberjot with his PB for this track (21:40) and Carl Bicknell who reached a special milestone of 50 parkruns in a busy weekend with his time of 22:33.