Gloucester Cross County League 2009 2010 LATEST RESULTS

Cheltenham February 06th

A fast undulating and testing course around Pittville Park Cheltenham welcomed the runners for the last of the Glos 3As cross country league fixtures on Saturday the 06^th of February. The club managed to get enough runners to form a team for the veterans’ category.

Pos		Cat	Time
60	David Durden	MV45	00:37:05
66	Kevin Jackson	MV45	00:37:44
71	Tony Wooldridge	MV55	37:52
144	Roland Hobbs	MV60	00:44:42

Dave Durden was pleased to run well after a heavy cold all week, Tony Wooldridge felt he started too fast, but despite his winter layoff he held Kevin Jackson for quite some time before Kevin broke away.

The team came in 11^th out of 20 senor vets teams.

Running for Thornbury Nick Langridge came in 107^th (M55) in  00:40:38. Nick should have achieved a top three placing over the league series V55 Cat, as yet Glos AAA have not updated their website to confirm his final placing.

Tewkesbury December 12th

More real cross county was to be found in Tewkesbury with a slippery soggy course, with limited opportunities for overtaking. An indication of the wariness of the conditions was the slow start by the quicker runners. The race was won in 37.17, first Dursley runner home was Dave Durden in 44:05 in 58th, Chris AShworth followed him in in 48:28 (108th) with Nick Landridge (running for Thornbury) just two places behind in 48:40. Roly Hobbs coming in 137th in 52:20

Blackbridge Gloucester   21st November       

Real cross county conditions were to be found at this event. Torrential rain, soggy and slippery conditions made for a true test. 3 hardy fools turned out, Kevin Jackson, Roly Hobbs and Dave Durden. Kevin ran well to beat Dave convincingly getting revenge for Stroud and this event last year. Roly came in well and was pleased with his run.

Cotswold Farm Park         10th October

After it inaugural use last year the course was “softened up with the climb up the valley side. Closer studying of the course outline might have persuaded more Dursley runners to attend, in the event only Chris Ashworth made the trip