Outcomes from across the nation on a busy and chilly weekend for membership endurance runners
CHESHIRE CHAMPIONSHIPS, Betley, January 4
Males: 1 D Cliffe (HW) 31:31; 2 A Doyle (Vale R) 31:37; 3 A Dight (Vale R) 31:49
M45: 1 C Stanford (Warr) 33:35
TEAM: 1 Vale Royal
U20: 1 J Richardson (Hallam) 32:10. TEAM: 1 Vale Royal
U17: 1 M Wooden (Macc) 19:47. TEAM: 1 Warrington
U15: 1 J Eire (Macc) 14:26. TEAM: 1 Warrington
U13: 1 C Smith (C&N) 11:30. TEAM: 1 Warrington
Girls: 1 S Dufour-Jackson (Vale R) 24:13; 2 Ok Latham (Nant, W35) 25:36; 3 C Parsons (Chesh Dr, W45) 25:43
TEAM: 1 Vale Royal
W35 TEAM: 1 Vale Royal
U20: 1 G Roberts (Vale R) 24:33. TEAM: 1 Vale Royal
U17: 1 E Jha (Vale R) 22:24. TEAM: 1 Warrington
U15: 1 E Kinsey (Warr) 16:55. TEAM: 1 Warrington
U13: 1 B Bailey (Bing) 12:04. TEAM: 1 Crewe & Nantwich
Scott Nutter (Cumbria Champs)
CUMBRIA CHAMPIONSHIPS, Penrith, January 4
It was a household double for the Nutter brothers from Border Harriers as Scott received the senior males’s crown and brother Ben took the under-20 males’s title.
Males: 1 S Nutter (Border) 36:11
M50: 1 J Hatcher Border) 39:22
U20: 1 B Nutter (Border) 40:12
TEAM: 1 Border
U17: 1 G Tiffin-Lowe (Border) 18:22. TEAM: 1 Kendal
U15: 1 G Martin (Sedbergh Sch) 16:30. TEAM: 1 Leven V
U13: 1 N Cook dinner (Barrow &F) 9:58. TEAM: 1 Kendal
Girls:1 C McKnespiey (Leeds) 30:54
W45: 1 S Taylor (Helm H) 33:52
U20: 1 A Leadbetter (Newc U) 34:19
TEAM: 1 Border
U17: 1 R Gilldaley (Eden) 22:13. TEAM: 1 Leven V
U15: 1 C Bradley (Kendal) 19:12. TEAM: 1 Kendal
U13: 1 M Barron (Kendal) 11:31. TEAM: 1 Kendal
ESSEX CHAMPIONSHIPS, Basildon, January 4
Adam Hickey led his Southend membership to a different Essex title as solely Havering’s Callum Charleston, the defending champion, was capable of keep fairly shut regardless of falling and dislocating his shoulder.
It’s 5 years for the reason that 36-year-old received an Essex cross-country title, the identical 2020 12 months that he was second within the Inter-Counties and received the Southern title. That now makes it 5 senior titles over the nation to go along with Hickey’s quite a few worldwide consultant honours.
The senior ladies have been put in a joint race with the under-20 males, so winner Kai Mhlanga, the England 1500m champion and Euro Cross relay worldwide, missed the chance of main them house as 10 males have been forward.
Nonetheless, at the least second positioned Kate O’Neil had the Herts Phoenix runner simply forward on the line, albeit 30 metres, or so, down.
In that under-20 males’s race, it was all Chelmsford as Joseph Grange, the 2024 Southern third placer, had greater than 150 metres to spare over two clubmates. Defending champion Sam Plummer, who was second within the delayed English Nationwide in September, was adopted by Will Nuttall and so they look a superb wager for staff honours within the majors this winter.
Elsewhere within the youthful age teams, Olivia Forrest, 2024 a number of occasion champion, comfortably retained her under-17 title, as Brentwood Beagles team-mates Summer season Smith and Madison Kindler added the youthful women’ occasions.
Males: 1 A Hickey (S’finish) 39:24; 2 C Charleston (Chelms) 39:53; 3 J Stewart (Hav’g) 41:00
TEAM: 1 Southend 77; 2 Woodford Inexperienced with Essex Women 110; 3 Colchester H 147
U20: 1 J Grange (Chelm) 26:20; 2 S Plummer (Chelm) 27:00; 3 W Nuttall (Chelm) 27:09
TEAM: 1 Chelmsford 11
U17: 1 J Hurrell (Chelm) 20:14; 2 T Jones (S’finish) 20:16; 3 F Rowe (Hav’g) 20:19
TEAM: 1 Chelmsford 50; 2 WG&EL 56; 3 Basildon 59
U15: 1 G Watkins (WG&EL) 14:43; 2 J Delaney (Chelm) 15:24; 3 J Parrott (Chelm) 15:32
TEAM: 1 Chelmsford 22; 2 Brentwood 55; 3 WG&EL 57
U13: 1 E Frith (WG&EL) 11:45; 2 11O Lupton (SS Ath) 12:00; 3 M Sanford (Chelm) 12:01
TEAM: 1 SS Athletics 26; 2 Chelmsford 49; 3 WG&EL 62
Khai Mhlanga (Steve Wilkin)
Girls:1 Ok Mhlanga (Herts P) 30:11; 2 Ok O’Neil (Hav’g) 30:20; 3 L Reid (Hav’g) 31:43
TEAM: 1 Havering 37; 2 Colchester H 38; 3 Springfield 73
U20: 1 C Sergeant (C&T) 26:12; 2 L Nuttall (Chelm) 26:35; 3 A Begg (Col H) 26:46
TEAM: 1 Chelmsford 20
U17: 1 O Forrest (B’wooden) 20:25; 2 L Wilkin (Chelm) 21:10; 3 E Warn (B’wooden) 21:27
TEAM: 1 Chelmsford 28’ 2 WG&EL 66; 3 Havering 75
U15: 1 S Smith (B’wooden) 16:16; 2 H Woodley (B’wooden) 16:28; 3 E Harrold (Chelm) 16:44
TEAM: 1 Chelmsford 18; 2 Brentwood 32; 3 Havering 44
U13: 1 M Kindler (B’wooden) 11:58; 2 B Cooke (Chelm) 12:13; 3 I Kehoe (Chelm) 12:20
TEAM: 1 Chelmsford 21; 2 WG&EL 47; 3 SS Athletics 57
HAMPSHIRE CHAMPIONSHIPS, Botley, January 4
Fairthorne Manor performed host as Aldershot runners Theo Doran and Kate Estlea-Morris collected the senior gold medals however their membership was notable for its absence from the podiums of the younger athletes’ occasions.
For Doran, it was his first county championship win over the nation though he had delivered some success on the observe in earlier years.
Estlea-Morris has extra of a pedigree since becoming a member of from Basingstoke a couple of years earlier, significantly in Aldershot’s profitable relay and championship groups and positioned fifth within the 2023 South of England Championships.
Maybe the most important winner of the day was under-17 ladies’s race winner Florence East, who opened out a successful margin of effectively over a minute on second positioned Imogen Edwards to retain her title. A sixth spot within the Inter-Counties was the Portsmouth runner’s greatest effort of 2024.
Males: 1 T Doran (AFD) 36:39; 2 P Hart (Soton) 37:00; 3 R James (Soton) 37:35
M40: 1 A Greenleaf (Win) 38:37
M45: 1 H Calvert (AFD) 40:32
M50: 1 A Hamilton (Soton) 42:39
M60: 1 P Spencer (E’leigh) 48:37
M65: 1 M White (Stubb) 48:51
TEAM: 1 Southampton 54; 2 Aldershot, Farnham & D 79; 3 Guernsey 87
M40 TEAM: 1 Guernsey 31; 2 Winchester RC 33; 3 Portsmouth 58
U20: 1 W Atkins (Win RC) 29:18; 2 J Rees (Guern) 30:24; 3 L Holmes (Jers) 30:36
TEAM: 1 Winchester RC 6
U17: 1 A Pearson (IoW) 21:17; 2 C Wilson (Win RC) 21:27; 3 R Value (Win RC) 21:38
TEAM: 1 Winchester RC 6; 2 Portsmouth 22; 3 Winchester RC B 22
U15: 1 R Moore (BMH) 13:32/ O Knipe (Ports) 13:54; 3 N Manojkumar (BMH) 14:03
TEAM: 1 BMH 17; 2 Jersey 47; 3 Winchester & D 50
U13: 1 J Tildersley (Ports) 11:53; 2 P Friedrich (Guern) 12;15; 3 T Wilson (Jers) 12:19
TEAM: 1 Soton 46; 2 Guernsey 47; 3 Winchester & District 48
Girls: 1 Ok Estlea-Morris (AFD) 32:35; 2 S Winstone (Soton, W35) 33:52; 3 A Lane (Win RC) 34:00
W40: 1 E Jolly (Ports) 36:48
W45: 1 Ok Haniver (Stubb) 37:27
W50: 1 S Guerney (Win RC) 38:46
W60: 1 C Wheeler (Over) 41:57
TEAM: 1 Soton 33; 2 AFD 35; 3 Winchester RC 45
W35 TEAM: 1 Soton 16; 2 Winchester RC 45; 2 Portsmouth 52
U20: 1 E Johnson (Win RC) 36:15; 2 L Johnson (New F J) 37:21; 3 I Palmer-Ward (Ports) 37:24
TEAM: no staff closed in
U17: 1 F East (Ports) 23:45; 2 I Edwards (BMH) 25:03; 3 H Sterry (Jers) 26:19
TEAM: 1 BMH 10; 2 Winchester RC 17; 3 Jersey 21
U15: 1 M Spiers (BMH) 15:43; 2 Ok Hoppe (Soton) 15:44; 3 G King (Guern) 15:45
TEAM: 1 BMH 27; 2 Portsmouth 30; 3 Guernsey 50
U13: 1 D Bulters (Win) 12:44; 2 F Klepacz (Ports) 12;46; 3 T Goodchild (Havant) 12:56
TEAM: 1 Portsmouth 18; 2 Winchester & D 32; 3 Guernsey 38
HERTS & MIDDLESEX JOINT CHAMPIONSHIPS, Trent Park, Cockfosters, London, January 4
Hertfordshire runners Brett Rushman, Oscar Bell and Tom Butler simply got here out on prime on this joint championship that was scored individually.
It was the identical story within the senior ladies’s occasion the place Annabel Gummow led one other one-two-three for Hertfordshire and it was prime veteran Kate Rennie who was a detailed third behind Zoe Hewitson however the pair have been practically two minutes down on Gummow, who ran a nippy 56:11 within the Cabbage Patch 10, which adopted a collection of 5km races in about 16:30.
Hertfordshire
Males: 1 B Rushman (Herts P) 33:25; 2 O Bell (Herts P) 33;46; 3 T Butler (SB) 34:31
TEAM: 1 St Albans 92; 2 Herts Phoenix 112; 3 Ware J 148
U20: 1 G Stubbs (SB) 24:32; 2 A Marshall (St Alb) 24:48; 3 O Loveday St Alb) 25:05
TEAM: 1 St Albans 11
U17: 1 L Dunham (Herts P) 18:44; 2 B Murphy (Hetrts P) 19:17; 3 M Benvenisti (Herts P) 20:36
TEAM: 1 Herts P 6; 2 St Albans 18; 3 Sat Albans B 37
U15: 1 T Murphy (Dac) 13:11; 2 T Ford (Chilt) 13:41; 3 T Pritchard (Dac) 13;47
TEAM: 1 Dacorum 10; 2 Herts P 20; 3 Watford 33
U13: 1 J Docherty (Dac) 10:28; 2 J McNaught (St Alb) 10:36; 3 J Maidedn (Herts P) 10:40
TEAM: 1 St Albans 12; 2 St Albans B 36
Girls:1 A Gummow (Herts P) 27:07; 2 Z Hewitson (Royst) 28:53; 3 Ok Rennie (Dac, W50) 29:09
TEAM: 1 St Albans 35; 2 St Albans B 70; 3 Watford J 81
U20: 1 A Jubb (St Alb) 22:15; 2 S McGrath (St Alb) 22:58; 3 T Woodhouse (Herts P) 23:32
TEAM: 1 St Albans 7
U17: 1 L Johnson (Dac) 22:18; 2 E Ford (Chilt) 23:58; 3 G Luckhurst (Wat) 24:19
TEAM: 1 Dacorum 18; 2 St Albans 22; 3 St Albans B 34
U15: 1 E McGinley (Wat) 16:07; 2 P Daniels (St Alb) 16:58; 3 S So (S&NH) 17:21
TEAM: 1 St Albans 11; 2 Stevenage & North Herts 18
U13: 1 A Rochester (Wat) 11:27; 2 E Smith (St Alb) 11:41; 3 I Walsh (St Alb) 12:10
TEAM: 1 St Albans 9; 2 St Albans B 20; 3 Watford 22
Terry Fawden (Mike Lepps)
Middlesex
Males: 1 T Fawden (Excessive) 33:58; 2 M Cameron (TVH) 34:42; 3 P Surafel (TVH) 35:53
TEAM: 1 Thames Valley 67; 2 London Heathside 84; 3 Serpentine 169
TEAM (12 to attain): 1 London Heathside 576
U20: 1 S Greenstein (SB) 25:25; 2 F Kent (Excessive) 25:48; 3 E Jackson (Trent P) 26:19
TEAM: 1 Highgate 12; 2 Shaftesbury 13; 3 Harrow 37
U17: 1 H Austin (Excessive) 18:25; 2 T Mythen (St Mary’s) 19:08; 3 D Jelfs (St Mary’s) 19:32
TEAM: 1 Highgate 25; 2 Enfield & Haringey 28; 3 London Heathside 30
U15: 1 A Pflug (Excessive) 13:09; 2 D Lewis (Hill) 13:54; 3 Ok Hussein (VP&TH) 14:04
TEAM: 1 VP&TH 20; 2 London Heathside 31; 3 Highgate 42
U13: 1 B Kaspar (SB) 10:36; 2 D Pascal (SB) 10:38; 3 A Pettican (Excessive) 10:52
TEAM: 1 Shaftesbury 14; 2 VP&TH 20; 3 Highgate 41
Girls: 1 H Viner (Excessive) 28:16; 2 L Sterritt (TVH) 28:44; 3 R Piggott (Lon H) 29;12
TEAM: 1 London Heathside 35; 2 Trent Park 76; 3 Hillingdon 78
U20: 1 A Massey (TVH) 22:22; 2 I Watkins (Lon H) 24:05; 3 E McClusky (Barn) 24:12
TEAM: 1 TVH 14; 2 London Heathside 15
U17: 1 R James (VP&TH) 22:59; 2 L Delvendahl (Excessive) 23:30; 3 L McDonald (VP&TH) 23:38
TEAM: 1 VP&TH 8; 2 Highgate 19
U15: 1 J March (Barn) 15:31; 2 S Allen (Excessive) 15:32; 3 A Johnson (ESM) 15:37
TEAM: 1 ST Mary’s 25; 2 ESM 30; 3 London Heathside 35
U13: 1 V Meralidhar (ESM) 11:44; 2 M George (TVH) 12:03; 3 E Johnson (ESM) 12:14
TEAM: 1 ESM 18; 2 St Mary’s 50; 3 London Heathside 52
James Kingston leads (Mark Hookway)
Kent Championships, Manufacturers Hatch, January 4
James Kingston, the 2023 English Nationwide champion, received his third successive county title with a transparent victory at a really chilly Manufacturers Hatch.
The 20 year-old first 12 months senior Louis Small, who beat a below-par Kingston at Liverpool in November, held him to halfway by means of the race.
Nonetheless, the Tonbridge athlete, who was a positive sixteenth in Britain’s successful Euro under-23 staff in December, proved his better energy over the previous English Faculties and Inter Counties winner.
Kingston was one second sooner than he had been on the course in 2024.
Tonbridge packed six within the first seven to win each six and 12 to attain contests with ease with Alex Howard third forward of South of Thames champion Cole Gibbens.
Initially it seemed as if there is also a Kingston victory within the ladies’s race because the non-related Naomi Kingston of Blackheath and Bromley seemed like she may go one higher than in 2024.
Nonetheless, Rebecca Weston, operating her first Kent Championships since ending second to Emily Hosker-Thornhill within the 2013 under-20 race, proved the stronger.
Invicta’s Weston had completed thirty third within the World Championships that 12 months the place Britain took bronze medals however then took a break from the game till 2019 and now, aged 30, she ran 2:57:15 within the Amsterdam Marathon however ought to go a lot sooner in London this 12 months.
Rebecca Weston (Mark Hookway)
Kingston, who had been seven seconds behind Weston’s twenty seventh in Liverpool, completed a transparent second with Charlotte Younger ending strongly for the bronze.
Final 12 months’s winner Holly Dixon was unable to compete as she was racing in Spain for England over the weekend, ending in sixth in Elgoibar behind winner Beatrice Chebet.
Blackheath, with Kent League chief Chloe Sharp and Millie Smith, have been straightforward staff winners.
Remarkably 61-year-old Clare Elms was first grasp (W35 plus) by over a minute. She was second scorer in Kent’s bronze medal successful staff and she or he overtook former English Nationwide under-13 runner up Morgan Squibb, who’s 40 years her junior, within the remaining mile because the pair accomplished the highest 10.
The closest race of the day was the under-13 boys with Emery Aldridge and Man Bowers tight end deemed a tie.
Medway’s Freddie Gibson, sixth in Liverpool, and winner of three Kent Leagues this winter, simply received the under-15 boys race. Alex Dack, a former under-13 and under-15 winner, added the under-20 title and led Invicta to staff victory.
Blackheath’s Jed Starvis was first under-17.
Sophie Richmond (Mark Hookway)
Essentially the most overwhelming junior winner was under-15 woman Sophie Richmond of Weald Tri who retained her title by greater than a minute as Cambridge received staff gold as simply six factors lined the highest 4.
Underneath-13 winner Tyla Jade Thomas of Dartford went one higher than final 12 months as Cambridge once more received staff gold.
Blackheath dominated the under-20 ladies’s race with World Cross-Nation Twenty fifth-placer Eliza Nicholson main a clear sweep of the medals after successful under-17 gold final 12 months within the mixed race.
Holly Diprose of Sevenoaks was the main under-17 this 12 months as Medway took their one staff gold of the day.
The occasion which seemed at risk of not going forward earlier within the winter after earlier native organisers have been unable to hold on, lastly went forward with particular because of Central’s Tony Durey and Anoushka Johnson, Tonbridge’s Mark Hookway and Kent County’s Brian Charlton with many masters runners serving to with the marshalling.
Males (12km): 1 J Kingston (Ton) 38:18; 2 L Small (Ash) 38:57; 3 A Howard (Ton) 39:30; 4 C Gibbens (Ton) 40:00; 5 L Mills (Ton) 40:03
M35: 1 A Wilson (Dulw) 41:01; 2 B Cole (Ton) 41:39
M45: 1 A Webb (M&M) 42:37; 2 D Kendall (Camb H) 43:09
M50: 1 A Bond (Dulw) 45:37; 2 L Ercolani (B&B) 48:18
M55: 1 S Lynch (Ash) 52:12
M60: 1 G Saker (Ton) 50:48; 2 G Turner (TWH) 55:19
M65: 1 M Leat (Camb H) 55:47; 2 S Smythe (Dulw) 59:19
TEAM: 1 Ton 26; 2 M&M 144; 3 Camb H 178
TEAM (12 to attain): 1 Ton 186; 2 Camb H 531; 3 M&M 579
U20 (6.1km): 1 A Dack (Inv) 19:52; 2 F Shepherd (M&M) 19:58; 3 N Paterson (Inv) 20:01
TEAM: 1 Invicta 13; 2 Tonbridge 16; 3 B’hth 29
U17 (6.1km): 1 J Starvis (B&B) 20:02; 2 T Bawtree (Ton) 20:18; 3 J Hill (B&B) 20:24
TEAM: 1 Ton 18; 2 B’hth 22; 3 Camb H 78
U15 (4.4km): 1 F Gibson (M&M) 15:11; 2 Ok Farrell (B&B) 15:53; 3 L Gear (M&M) 15:58
TEAM: 1 B’hth 17; 2 Ton 47; 3 M&M 88
U13 (3km): eq 1 E Aldridge (B&B)/G Bowers (Padd) 10:39; 3 H Younger (White C) 11:03
TEAM: 1 B’hth 25; 2 Ton 43; 3 Sev 102
Girls (8.4km): 1 R Weston (Inv) 31:21; 2 N Kingston (B&B) 31:59; 3 C Younger (M&M) 32:13; 4 C Sharp (B&B) 32:27; 5 A Smith (B&B) 32:39
W35: 1 E Jenkins (Kent) 36:17
W40: 1 L Vincent (Dulw) 37:13; 2 V Cartwright (Kent) 37:29
W45: 1 E Owen (Ton) 36:47; 2 H Behagg (DRR) 38:19
W50: 1 Ok Cudmore (M&M) 39:47; 2 A Farrall (TWH) 40:22
W55: 1 Ok Marchant (Beck) 40:27
W60: 1 C Elms (Kent) 35:23; 2 T Taylor (TWH) 39:41; 3 R Baker (Camb H) 40:53
W65: 1 J Brown (Ash) 48:27; 2 J Moorekite (Inv EK) 54:46
W70: 1 M McDonald (Camb H) 55:30
TEAM: 1 B’hth 11; 2 Invicta 25: 3 Kent 29
TEAM (6 to attain): 1 B’hth 75; 2 Kent 88; 3 Tunbridge Wells 160
U20 (6.1km): 1 E Nicholson (B&B) 22:26; 2 H Clark (B&B) 22:57; 3 C Firth (B&B) 23:29
TEAM: 1 B&B 6; 2 M&M 15; 3 Ton 43
U17 (6.1km): 1 H Diprose (Sev) 23:38; 2 E Tynan (Camb H) 23:58; 3 H Painter (Med T) 24:05
TEAM: 1 M&M 15
U15 (4.4km): 1 S Richmond (Weald) 16:41; 2 A Chappell (Ash) 17:44; 3 C Yeatman (Camb H) 18:25
TEAM: 1 Camb H 26; 2 B&B 31; 3 Ton 31
U13 (3km): 1 T Thomas (Dart) 11:39; 2 C Foster (Camb H) 11:50; 3 Z Chappell (Ash) 12:16
TEAM: 1 Camb H 13; 2 Ton 23; 3 B&B 27
LANCASHIRE CHAMPIONSHIPS, Blackburn, January 4
Junior William Walker, who was solely eighth within the 2024 North of England under-20 championship, got here out on prime general forward of Ross Harrison as Ruth Jones regained the ladies’s title she held earlier than in 2023.
Males: 1 W Walker (CleM, U20) 33:08; 2 R Harrison (B’burn) 33:50; 3 S Perry (Northern, IoM, U20) 33:58
M50: 1 R Hope (PYB) 35:14
M60: 1 G Goodwin (Acc) 38:57
TEAM: 1 Blackburn 116; 2 Rossendale 117; 3 Preston 139
M40 TEAM: 1 Blackburn 69
U20 TEAM: 1 Northern IoM 18; 2 Preston 25
M70: 1 P Quibell (Wesh) 31:15
U17: 1 M Clark (Prest) 17:33; 2 F Myles (Prest) 17:48; 3 H Ward (B’burn) 19:08
TEAM: 1 Preston 8; 2 Blackburn 29
U15: 1 F Vidler (Ross) 12:38; 2 H Stennett (Northern, IOM) 12:48; 3 W Grundy (B’burn) 13:07
TEAM: 1 Preston 22; 2 Blackpool Wyre & Fylde 26; 3 Blackburn 29
U13: 1 A Yates (Prest) 11:18; 2 F Cheyne (Prest) 11:26; 3 H Hopkinson (Prest) 11:36
TEAM: 1 Preston 6; 2 Manx 29; 3 BWF 41
Girls:1 R Jones (Leeds) 24:55; 2 E McColm (Prest) 25:06; 3 N Jackson I(Kesw) 25:08
W40: 1 C Chisholm (Lytham) 27:39
W45: 1 J Robertson (Prest) 27:41
W50: 1 J Nelson (B’burn) 29:14
W55: 1 J Gorney (Lyth) 30:43
U20: 1 A Tomlinson (Prest) 26:01; 2 Ok Sutcliffe (Liv PS) 26:13; 3 Z Darkin (Prest) 26:31
TEAM: 1 Preston 27; 2 Blackburn 68; 3 Liverpool PS 77
W35 TEAM: 1 Rossendale 30
U17: 1 S Yates (Prest) 22:20; 2 T Duffey (Ross) 23:35; 3 I Perry (B’burn) 23:51
TEAM: 1 Preston 13; 2 Blackburn 15
U15: 1 Ok Leitch (BWF) 14:18; 2 S Mitchell (Prest) 14:25; 3 A Harling (BWF) 14:27
TEAM: 1 BWF 9; 2 Preston 26; 3 Blackburn 27
U13: 1 E Blackhurst (Prest) 12:30; 2 A Winstanley (Chor) 12:55; 3 B Quaye (Manx) 13:00
TEAM: 1 Preston 17; 2 Manx 35; 3 BWF 36
LEICESTERSHIRE & RUTLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS, Hinckley, January 4
September’s English Nationwide bronze medallist Gemma Metal added yet one more county title over Burnage Frequent, to go along with her wins in 2020 and 2023. These got here on prime of a stella profession collection of successes which included the 2014 European championship.
Dan Hallam received the lads’s race to maneuver up from his 2023 second place however there was success for his Wreake & Soar Valley membership elsewhere. That they had two runaway winners as Shaikira King, the European under-18 800m silver medallist, and Phoebe Langlands took the under-17 and under-15 races by massive margins to retain their titles.
Males: 1 D Hallam (Wreake) 36:19; 2 D Van Aardt (Wreake, U20) 37:09; 3 H Lupton (Charn) 37:24
M45: 1 T Don (Barrow) 39:09
TEAM: 1 OWLS 93; 2 West Finish 134
M40 TEAM: 1 Hermitage 30
U17: 1 J Llewellyn (Charn) 25:55; 2 H Campion (OWLS) 26:21; 3 E McKittrick (Charn) 26:25
TEAM: 1 OWLS 14; 2 Charnwood 15; 3 Wreake & Soar V 24
U15: 1 O Lockton (Charn) 15:17; 2 O Stenhouse (Charn) 16:03; 3 A Elmer (Corby) 16:04
TEAM: 1 Charnwood 13; 2 Wreake & SV 18
U13: 1 B Burman (Corby) 14:17; 2 T Bronnert (OWLS) 14:31; 3 F Melbourne (Charn) 14:32
TEAM: 1 Charnwood 12; 2 Wreake & SV 34
Girls:1 G Metal (Charn, W35) 31:17; 2 O Mathias (Newark) 31:29; 3 Ok Matthews (THH) 33:54
W55: 1 Ok Ramsey (Charn) 38:15
U20: 1 L Bryan (Wreake) 36:42
TEAM: 1 Charnwood 12; 2 Desford 39
W35 TEAM: 1 Barrow 13
U17: 1 S King (Wreake) 23:57; 2 R West (Wreake) 25:07; 3 L Donaghey (Wreake) 26:35
TEAM: 1 Wreake & SV 6
U15: 1 P Langlands (Wreake) 16:27; 2 E Graham-Brown (Wreake) 17:00; 3 L Energy (Wreake) 17:24
TEAM: 1 Wreake & SV 6; 2 Charnwood 20
U13: 1 M Smith (OWLS) 15:17; 2 E Griffiths (Corby) 15:26; 3 F Ives (Corby) 15:45
TEAM: 1 Wreake & SV 17; 2 Charnwood 30
LINCOLNSHIRE CHAMPIONSHIPS, Biscathorpe, Louth, January 5
On a completely depressing day with biting winds and misty rain, many runners discovered the going extraordinarily troublesome and issues weren’t helped by the tardy arrival of the portaloos and the espresso and burger van turning spherical and going away, with out buying and selling, to make issues worse.
Some runners too didn’t trouble to race and there was no shelter other than the one solitary membership tent that was managed to be erected within the winds.
Among the very younger runners completed their races in tears, due to the circumstances however there was no everlasting injury as First Help was readily available.
The stand-out athlete was Lincoln Wellington’s Ellarose Whitworth, the English Nationwide under-15 silver medallist, however even she had bother within the under-17 ladies’s occasion. She mentioned: “I popped my ankle earlier than the beginning after which it felt numb the entire manner.”
Ellarose Whitworth (Martin Duff)
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE & DERBYSHIRE CHAMPIONSHIPS, Nottingham, January 4
Bulwell Corridor performed host to the mixed championships as the 2 counties then separated out medallists and within the senior males’s race, Alex Ediker took the Derbyshire title from Notts champion Edward Buck.
Ediker, the 2020 BUCS silver medallist was fourth on this mixed outing two years earlier, while Buck was fifth in that very same race.
The senior ladies’s occasion noticed Juliet Potter achieve yet one more Nottinghamshire title after an general victory within the mixed counties race after transferring up from third general in 2024 and was the Masters worldwide’s fourth Nottinghamshire title on the trot.
The younger athletes’ occasions noticed Ewan Withnall, the UK Cross Problem chief, win the mixed under-15 race to retain his title.
Derbyshire
Males: 1 A Ediker (Salf) 34:36; 2 F Grant (C’subject) 35:00; 3 T Spencer (C^C) 35:03
M55: 1 C Nicholl (Der Tri) 41;41
U20: 1 E Busfield (Der) 35:39
TEAM: 1 North Derbyshire 88; 2 Buxton 88
M40 TEAM: 1 Mansfield 20
U20 TEAM: 1 Derby 10
U17: 1 S Watson (Der) 22:53; 2 W Croft (Der) 23:31; 3 H Hemmings (Burton) 23:40
TEAM: 1 Derby 7
U15: 1 E Withnall (Burt) 16:44; 2 O Blake (Der) 17:31; 3 L Fairey (Der) 17:50
TEAM: 1 Derby 11
U13: 1 O Seagal (Der) 13:18; 2 J Dutton (R 4 U) 13:25; 3 W Saunders (Der) 13:48
TEAM: 1 Derby 8
Girls:1 R Duckworth (Der) 33:41; 2 J Cooper (Der) 33:19; 3 H Gill (Mansf, W45) 33:24
TEAM: 1 Derby 10
W35 TEAM: 1 Mansfield 44
U20/U17: 1 I Clarke (Der, U17) 18:54; 2 M Trueman (Burton) 19:08; 3 N Griffin (Start2Jog) 19:22
TEAM: 1 Derby 8
U15: 1 O Lee (Der) 15:36; 2 P Department (Inventory) 17:11; 3 A Lincoln (Der) 17:27
TEAM: 1 Derby 9
U13: 1 C Hodge (Der) 14:12; 2 J Lenton (Dr) 14:38; 3 B Allen (H Peak) 15:16
TEAM: 1 Derby 7
Nottinghamshire
Males: 1 E Buck (Newark) 34:40; 2 M Campion B&W) 35:38; 3 A Hampson (Mansf) 36:08
M45: 1 J Bailey (Mansf) 37:59
U20: 1 E Sankey (Mansf) 37:12
TEAM: 1 Mansfield 45; 2 Notts 67; 3 Newark 109
M40 TEAM: 1 Beeston 32
U17: 1 J Nugent (Mansf) 21:06; 2 S Collins (Wreake) 21;14; 3 J Ryan (Mansf) 21:30
TEAM: 1 Mansfield 10
U15: 1 J Pares (Mansf) 16:50; 2 F McAllister (R’cliffe) 17:02; 3 O McClemens (Mansf) 17:41
TEAM: 1 Mansfield 12
U13: 1 O Wallace (Worksop) 13:38; 2 Z Ward (R’cliffe) 13:46; 3 E Greenhow (Newark) 13:59
TEAM: 1 Worksop 29
Girls:1 J Potter (Charn, W45) 32:08; 2 Ok Meeson (Traff) 34:31; 3 B Munroe 34:34
TEAM: 1 Mansfield 18; 2 Beeston 34; 3 Redhill RR 69
W35 TEAM: 1 Redhill RR 15
U20/U17: 1 G Manson (Mansf) 20:20; 2 H Limmer (Ret, U17) 20:42; 3 M Sayers (Notts, U17) 21:11
TEAM: 1 Notts 17
U15: 1 C Whysall (Mansf) 15:57; 2 L Mason (Mansf) 16:14; 3 S Chesterfield (R’cliffe) 16:18
TEAM: 1 Mansfield 8
U13: 1 O Wright (Mansf) 13:52; 2 E Clifton (Mansf) 14:00; 3 A Kemp (Wreake) 14:05
TEAM: 1 Mansfield 7
NORFOLK CHAMPIONSHIPS, Earlham Park, January 5
English Nationwide under-17 champion Michael Clark was the stand out athlete as his Metropolis of Norwich membership all however swept the board within the staff stakes.
Males: 1 C Bowen-Jones (NEB) 30:14
M40: 1 M Eccles (Bure) 31:52
M45: 1 N Adams (NNBR) 32:50
TEAM: 1 Norwich
U20: 1 Z Dunn (Norw) 30:38. TEAM: 1 Norwich
U17: 1 M Clark (Norw) 17:45. TEAM: 1 Norwich
U15: 1 F Winship (Norw) 14:49. TEAM: 1 Norwich
U13: 1 C Holland (Waveney) 10:18. TEAM: 1 Norwich
Girls:1 E Grubb (Norw) 36:43. TEAM: 1 Wymondham
U20: 1 S Barrett (Norw) 20:49. TEAM: 1 Norwich
U17: 1 R Dickerty (Norw) 18:16. TEAM: 1 Norwich
U15: 1 V Brooke (Norw) 15:59. TEAM: 1 Norwich
U13: 1 E Farnell (NNBR) 11:12. TEAM: 1 Norwich
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE CHAMPIONSHIPS, Kettering (January 4
Luke Greer had a helpful observe profession on the American Faculty scene previous to the pandemic with a greatest 5000m of 14:18.64 however, since then, has primarily used parkruns for his outings. Right here he took his first county title, though a few junior faculties’ titles went his manner a decade in the past.
The Rugby & Northampton membership dominated and staff mate Megan Stenhouse, who was twelfth within the 2024 delayed English Nationwide moved up from second final 12 months to make it a membership double within the ladies’s race.
Males: 1 L Greer (R&N) 33:59; 2 F Ward (R&N) 34:15; 3 N Bennett (R&N) 34:42
M45: 1 P Melling (R&N) 36:47
M50: 1 J Kemp (W’boro) 42:57
U20: 1 M Collins (T&N) 37:29
TEAM: 1 Rugby & Northampton
M35 TEAM: 1 R&N
U17: 1 J Orchard 24:07; 2 D Ransom 24:11; 3 N Lamb (R&N) 24:26
TEAM: 1 R&N
U15: 1 L Favier (R&N) 16:28; 2 B Scott (Kett) 16:32; 3 F Williams (Dav) 16:35
TEAM: 1 Daventry
U13: 1 R Grey 10:43; 2 C Confu (Dav) 11:04; 3 J MacDonald 11:13
TEAM: 1 R&N
Girls: 1 M Stenhouse (R&N) 26:16; 2 E Welch (Corby) 27:27; 3 L Stevens (R&N) 27:43
W40: 1 Ok Hemmington (R&N) 31:05
W45: 1 H Heley (Silson) 31:45
U20: 1 A Walters (Corby) 28:42
U17: 1 I Elwood (Kett) 31:51
TEAM: 1 R&N
W35 TEAM: 1 R&N
U15: 1 M Owen (Kett) 17:07; 2 M Sharp (Kett) 18:47; 3 S Lawton (Kett) 18:58
TEAM: 1 Kettering
U13: 1 B Lamb (R&N) 11:31; 2 F Carty (R&N) 12:17; 3 R Tannassee 12:55
TEAM: 1 R&N
OXFORDSHIRE CHAMPIONSHIPS, held inside the Oxford League, Oxford, December 5
The Horspath course with its steep up after which downhill on every lap noticed Radley dominate the senior males’s race as Rowan Miell-Ingram, the Euro Trials sixth placer, lead junior brother Quinn, who made that Euro under-20 staff and staff mate Johnny James to a one-two-three.
It was not so shut within the senior ladies’s race the place holder Jess Gibbon, who was twelfth within the Euro ladies’s race, was a category aside with a close to three-minute successful margin over prime junior Evey Powell.
Males: 1 R Miell-Ingram (Radley) 27:01; 2 Q Miell-Ingram (Radley, U20) 27:08; 3 J James (Radley, U20) 27:05
M50: 1 B Pavior (Herne H) 31:22
TEAM: 1 Radley
U17: 1 J Norton (Newb) 22:26; 2 H Cann (Oxf C) 22:43; 3 W Potts (Oxf C) 22:46
TEAM: 1 Oxford Metropolis
U15: 1 L Byton (Bic) 16:43; 2 F Byrne (Swin) 17:21; 3 S Nixon-Gagg (Abing) 17:29
TEAM: 1 Abingdon
U13: 1 N Spruce (Abing) 10:59
TEAM: 1 Abingdon
Girls:1 J Gibbon (Learn) 30:40; 2 E Powell (Abjng, U20) 33:33; 3 E Butcher (Abing) 34:19
W40: 1 L Fraser (Abing) 37:08
TEAM: 1 Abingdon
U17: 1 E Spencer (Swin) 26:22; 2 C Corridor (Banb) 27:39; 3 L Denne (Banb) 27:59
TEAM: 1 Banbury
U15: 1 N Parry-Spring (Oxf C) 20:25; 2 V Marsh (Learn) 20:21; 3 C Huepfl (Abing) 20:49
TEAM: 1 Oxford C
U13: 1 Z Tate (gst) 12:38; 2 C Griffiths-Clack (Swin) 12:50
TEAM: 1 Oxford Metropolis
SHROPSHIRE CHAMPIONSHIPS, Oswestry, January 4
Males: 1 M Collins (Osw) 34:08.
M50: 1 P Jones (Shrews) 36:14
TEAM: 1 Shrewsbury
U17: 1 P Harrison (Bir) 22:25. TEAM: 1 Shrewsbury
U15: 1 L Howard (Tel) 15:23. TEAM: 1 Telford
U13: 1 O Adams (Shrews) 12:05. TEAM: 1 Shrewsbury
Girls:1 M Williams (Shrews) 23:05
W50: 1 J Cook dinner (Shrews) 27:03
U20: 1 B Rawlinson (W&B) 24:42
TEAM: 1 Shrewsbury
U17: 1 E Lovelock (Shrews) 19:15. TEAM: no staff closed in
U15: 1 C Stewart (Shrews) 12:29. TEAM: 1 Shrewsbury
U13: 1 L Cross (Shrews) 8:05. TEAM: 1 Shrewsbury
STAFFORDSHIRE CHAMPIONSHIP, Parkhall Nation Park, January 4
Cancelled attributable to snow
SUFFOLK CHAMPIONSHIPS, Haverhill, January 5
Males: 1 J Millar (Ips H) 30:20; 2 M Bartrum (C&C) 31:35; 3 O Hitchcock (St Ed) 32:19
M45: 1 R Dobson New J) 33:55
TEAM: 1 St Edmund Pacers
U20: 1 S Tilly (Ips H) 24:33
TEAM: 1 Ipswich H
U17: 1 S Melero (St Ed) 18:41. TEAM: 1 St Edmund Pacers
U15: 1 M Bramald (Ips H) 13:35. TEAM: 1 St Edmund Pacers
U13: 1 D Marshall (W’bridge Sch) 10:01. TEAM: 1 Woodbridge College
Girls:1 H Fisher (Ips H) 29:39; 2 A Heather-Hayes (Ips H, W45) 30:45; 3 S Chook (Ips J) 30:57
U20: 1 L Squirrell (Ips H) 25:48
TEAM: 1 Ipswich H
U17: 1 B Taylor (St Ed) 18:37. TEAM: 1 St Edmund Pacers
U15: 1 A Kean (Ips H) 14:08. TEAM: 1 St Edmund Pacers
U13: 1 S Bolton (St ED) 11:00. TEAM: 1 St Edmund Pacers
SURREY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Croydon, January 4
Jack Kavanagh, who had received 4 Surrey League races in 2024, had a snug victory over the rolling hills and dust of Lloyd Park, as a trio of Aldershot males, led by Joseph O’Connell, have been left practically a minute adrift.
Nonetheless, regardless of their packing, they have been headed within the staff stakes by Belgrave Harriers who have been led to the medals by Phil Wicks’ sixth spot. The previous champion is tied with Bob Treadwell with probably the most wins, within the championship’s historical past, with six.
Suzie Monk, who was second within the 2023 Surrey championship, put an finish to a latest string of cross-country victories by South of England champion Georgie Bruinvels, as she led her Guildford & Godalming quartet to the staff medals.
Within the younger athletes’ races, Aldershot’s Will Smith upset the Sutton & District social gathering by snatching the gold from 5 of his rivals. It was Alex Lennon who gave chase for Sutton however Smith prevailed by a couple of metres on the line.
Aldershot’s Katy Pye, the European under-18 3000m champion, and Poppy Visitor, the English Faculties bronze medallist, once more got here good of their respective under-17 and under-15 occasions.
Males: 1 J Kavanagh (Holl Sp) 37:24; 2 J O’Connell (AFD) 38:18; 3 T Chandler (AFD) 38:20
TEAM: 1 Belgrave 85; 2 AFD 142; 3 Guildford & G 188
U20: 1 B Avenue (HW) 18:34; 2 M Pickering (AFD) 18:35; 3 J Pearce (AFD) 18:50
TEAM: 1 AFD 10; 2 Herne Hill 23; 3 Hercules W 24
U17: 1 W Smith (AFD) 18:35; 2 A Lennon (S&D) 18:38; 3 M Hudson (S&D) 19:05
TEAM: 1 Sutton & District 9; 2 Sutton & D B 20; 3 Hercules W 41
U15: 1 C Holmes (Herne H) 12:45; 2 T Creed (HW) 12:51; 3 T Clerkin (Herne H) 13:04
TEAM: 1 Herne Hill 18; 2 Hercules W 41; 3 G&G 99
U13: 1 S Bryce (AFD) 10:30; 2 I Derrian (HW) 10:34; 3 T Bridges (S Lon) 10:36
TEAM: 1 Hercules W 19; 2 Herne H 26; 3 Reigate Priory 72
Girls:1 S Monk (G&G) 28:43; 2 G Bruinvels (AFD, W35) 28:52; 3 D Corradi Leeds) 28:59
TEAM: 1 G&G 33; 2 AFD 41; 3 Thames H&H 74
U20: 1 A Bloomfield (E&E) 22;14; 2 R Clutterbuck (WSEH) 22:25; 3 E Hudson (G&G) 22:35
TEAM: 1 Epsom & Ewell 16; 2 G&G 21; 3 E&E B 38
U17: 1 Ok Pye (AFD) 21:40; 2 S Coppola-Johansen (E&E) 22:08; 3 Z Hughes (Choose) 22:57
TEAM: 1 AFD 19; 2 Herne H 33; 3 Woking 42
U15: 1 P Visitor (AFD) 14:14; 2 I Harrison (HW) 14:20; 3 M Robertson (AFD) 14:34
TEAM: 1 AFD 13; 2 AFD B 47; 3 Hercules W 61
U13: 1 E Davenport (G&G) 11:12; 2 J Wooden (HW) 11:17; 3 H Kalfos (G&G) 11:31
TEAM: 1 G&G 15; 2 S London 41; 3 Hercules W 66
SUSSEX CHAMPIONSHIPS, Bexhill, East Sussex, January 4
Little Frequent once more performed host to the occasion and Verity Hopkins and Matt Grindrod got here out on prime on the muddy course.
It was Hopkins first outing since a 2:34:20 private greatest in December’s Valencia Marathon and an enchancment on her second place on this occasion, on the identical course again in 2023.
It was the same story for Grindrod, who was additionally second right here two years in the past and this time headed team-mate Andrew Inexperienced, as their Brighton & Hove membership dominated within the staff stakes.
Within the age group races, Isabella Buchanen, the English Nationwide runner-up in September, defended her under-15 title
Males: 1 M Grindrod (B&H) 34:05; 2 A Inexperienced (B&H) 34:32; 3 R Boorman (Hast) 34:34
TEAM: 1 Brighton & Hove 35; 2 Phoenix 84; 3 Eastbourne R 216
U20: 1 H Yelling (B&H) 27:11; 2 R Clark (Phoe) 27:46; 3 C Ferris (B&H) 28:00
TEAM: 1 B&H 9
U17: 1 F Goodman (B&H) 17:42; 2 F Blythe (B’wks) 18:09; 2 L Gorrill (B’wks) 18:20
TEAM: 1 B&H 16; 2 B&H B 47; 3 Crawley 48
U15: 1 B Roberts (E’brne) 13:46; 2 G Armstrong-Smith (E’brne) 13:55; 3 F Lumber-Fry (E’brne) 13:59
TEAM: 1 Eastbourne R 6; 2 Chichester R 28; 3 B&H 32
U13: 1 H Chapman (Lewes) 12:03; 2 F Nottage (Craw) 12:20; 3 X Wagjiani(Craw) 12:22
TEAM: 1 Crawly 11; 2 B&H 25; 3 Phoenix 54
Girls: 1 V Hopkins (Ton) 31:08; 2 M Dickinson (Phoe) 31:22; 3 I Matthews (Chich R) 31:33
TEAM: 1 Phoenix 33; 2 B&H 43; 3 Lewes 60
U20: 1 A Barrett (Chich R) 24:27; 2 A Cox (Craw) 24:23; 3 E McLean (E’brne) 25:24
TEAM: no staff closed in
U17: 1 M Smithers (Chich R) 20:19; 2 A James (Lewes) 20:23; 3 D Connor (E’brne) 20:28
TEAM: 1 Eastbourne 16; 2 Lewes 19; 3 Phoenix 37
U15: 1 I Buchanen (Hy) 15:10; 2 E Hutchinson (Hast) 15:23; 3 S Dixon (Hy) 16:11
TEAM: 1 Hy 15; 2 Crawley 19; 3 Chich R 32
U13: 1 S Widdows (B&H) 12:36; 2 E Bartholomew (Lewes) 13:14; 3 D Wickenden (Craw) 13:29
TEAM: 1 B&H 16; 2 Hy 31; 3 Phoenix 36
YORKSHIRE CHAMPIONSHIPS, Ripon, January 4
Lightwater Valley noticed Katy Wooden transfer up from third final 12 months, on the identical course, to take the ladies’s race as Angus McMillan got here out on prime within the males’s occasion.
It was three in a row for 24-year-old McMillan, the Northen cross-country silver medallist, who had a profitable 2018 as a junior when his greatest effort was fourth within the Inter-Counties.
Wooden made it a double for Metropolis of York when transferring up from third final 12 months.
Within the younger athletes’ races, the stand out race was within the under-15 boys’ occasion the place English Faculties champion Yaried Alem had a slim victory over defending champion Thomas Thake, who had received 2023 Northern under-15 championships.
Tommy Energy, winner Angus McMillan, Ed Bovingdon and Andrew Heyes (Dave Woodhead)
Males: 1 A McMillan (York) 32:37; 2 T Energy (Hallam) 32:50; 3 E Bovingdon (Leeds) 32:59
TEAM: 1 Leeds 53; 2 Hallamshire 80; 3 York 209
U20: 1 Darood (Skyrac) 27:41; 2 A Budding (Ilk) 28:06; 3 J Hughes (Roth) 28:50
TEAM: 1 Rotherham 28
U17: 1 J Sanderson (Settle) 21:23; 2 M Bacon (Roth) 21:40; 3 J Norris (Bing) 21:44
TEAM: 1 Keighley & Craven 28; 2 Rotherham 36; 3 York 41
U15: 1 Y Alem (Leeds) 15:23; 2 T Thake (Hallam) 15:26; 3 A Robson (H’gate) 15:37
TEAM: 1 Hallamshire 11; 2 Ok&C 43; 3 Halifax 63
U13: 1 T Hastings (Wake) 9:11; 2 C Thorpe (H’gate) 9:26; 3 E Rose (Roth) 9:29
TEAM: 1 Wakefield 30; 2 Ok&C 35; 3 Bingley 48
Katrina Ballantyne, Nora Gmuer, Katy Wooden, Rebecca Flaherty, Georgia Malir (Dave Woodhead)
Girls: 1 Ok Wooden (York) 31:05; 2 R Flaherty (Bing) 31:16; 3 N Gmur (Leeds) 31:25
TEAM: 1 Leeds 20; 2 Bingley 64; 3 Holmfirth 72
U20: 1 A Lane (Wharfe) 24:01; 2 L Langan (Yorke) 24:49; 3 W Baker (H’gate) 25:09
U17: 1 G Igoe (Roth) 16:45; 2 P Henson (Leeds) 16:53; 3 G Turner (Roth) 17:00
TEAM: 1 Rotherham 9; 2 Ok&C 23; 3 Leeds 43
U15: 1 R Buddy (Leeds) 15:47; 2 A Kamau (Leeds) 15:53; 3 Ok Harrison-Sergeant (Hali) 15:57
TEAM: 1 Leeds 13; 2 Rotherham 37; 3 Hallamshire 45
U13: 1 S Levine (P’fract) 9:29; 2 J Thake (Hallam) 9:40; 3 A White (Ok&C) 9:51
TEAM: 1 Hallamshire 18; 2 Ok&C 22; 3 Bingley 37
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