Weekly roundup

rebeccacampsall
Nov 18
2 min read

The 2^nd race in the West Yorkshire Cross Country League took place at Wakefield on Sunday with 49 runners from the club taking part.

Both the club’s senior teams came 3^rd in the team events. Niamh McLaughlin came 2^nd in the Women’s race to Leeds City’s Charlotte Van Zelst. Sophie Robertson-Dover was 1^st under 20 in 14^th with Jodi Bemand 19^th and Chrissie Dover running her 2^nd race of the weekend to be 2^nd vet 45 in 22^nd. Mark Bolland-Cage led home the men’s team in 15^th with Luke Haynes (25^th), Cole McAndrew (28^th), Will Hardy (29^th), Jack Ford (36^th) and Tim Pattison (36^th) making up the team. In the age groups Tim Pattison was 2^nd V35, Cole McAndrew was 3^rd U20 and Jon Blake 3^rd V60.

In the under 17 races Nina Hopkins led the team home in 6^th with the club winning the team race with Louis Richardson’s 4^th pace leading the team home for 2^nd place. James Bastow and Marianne Lowson both came 2^nd in the under 15 races as the club’s girls team came 1^st and the boy’s team 3^rd. The leading runners from the club in the under 13 races were Freddie Clayton (6^th) and Scarlet Bycroft (9^th) as the club’s girls team came 2^nd and the boy’s team 4^th. The leading runners from the club in the under 11 races were Lucas Leslie in 4^th and Joesphine Lowson in 5^th.

Chrissie Dover got another England vest in Saturday’s British Masters Cross Country International that was held at Roundhay Park in Leeds. Chrissie helped the England team to a gold medal in the competition between the home nations.

The latest race in the University of York 5k series took place on a very wet Friday evening. Despite the wet weather the runners still managed to turn out good times with over 20 runners under 16 minutes. There were two 5k road club records as new member Adam Davis ran a PB of 16.44 to take the vet 35 record and Jessica Robertson-Dover taking nearly a minute of her 5k road PB to run a under 20 club record with 17.21. First home for the club was Luke Haynes who narrowly missed his PB with 16.11. James Bastow (16.53) came just in front of Tom Davey (16.58) and Oscar Walker (17.00). Freddie Clayton ran 18.05 with Sophie Robertson-Dover making it two family PBs on the night with 18.31. John Lewis was another with a PB with 20.37 with Nick Lovett making a welcome appearance with 21.54.

The wet and windy weather continued into Saturday morning’s parkruns. Tim Pattison managed to beat the field and the rising River Wharfe to win the Ilkley Parkrun in 19.27 with James Wisbey winning the Heslington parkrun in 17.05. There was a junior age group win for Wilson Moisey-Smith and a veteran one for Steve Wright. Leighton Hopkins and Thomas Douthwaite came 1^st and 2^nd in the York Junior Parkrun.