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Birmingham & District Cross Country
07-Jan-2006
Division 1 standings
Midland Womens Cross Country League

Claire Martin led the Telford Athletic Club's womens team to the top of the Midland Womens Cross Country league as she finished 3rd in the 3rd fixture of the season at Aldridge on Saturday. Claire from Aqueduct was 5th in the opening race, first in the second and third this time in 20.12 behind Claire Holme from Birmingham University,19.55 and Sonia Thomas from Loughborough University, 20.03.

Kim Green was the second scorer in 8th place, 20.56 with Louise Taylor equalling her best ever position in 13th in 20.51. Sian Davies had a brilliant run finishing 14th in 21.52,her first race since she was injured in July. Kathy Ansell on her Christmas break from university to finish 21st in 22.23. Other TAC finishers were 26th Cheralyn Evans, 47th Julie Kirby, 49th Sarah Mackness,81st Helen Mattck and 117th Lisa Blagden.

The team finished second on the day with 24 points to the powerful Loughborough University squad that attract the top student athletes from throughout the country, who scored 15 points. Birchfield Harriers were 3rd with 40 pts, Newcastle, Staffs were 4th with 55 points. Telford still lead the league table and with just one race to go will be going flat out to win the league title for the first time ever, after finishing runners up last year. Overall league positions are 1st Telford AC 73pts 2nd Loughborough University 89 3rd Newcastle, Staffs 177 pts.

Birmingham Cross Country League

Telford Athletic Club enjoyed one of their best ever results in Division One of the Birmingham and District Cross Country League. The 4 division league includes over 50 teams with the top 13 in the first division. Competition is as tough as any league in the country as the first division includes two of the country's top university teams with Loughborough and Birmingham attracting students from throughout the country because of their running reputation.

In the 3rd fixture of the season at Coventry the Telford squad finished 4th team, led by Melbourne bound Chris Davies winning his second successive race but importantly behind Davies the 16 strong Telford squad packed well with 6 men in the top 62 and as show of their strength in depth they had 11 in the top 100. This is a massive improvement on the equaivalent fixture last season , when the first scorer was 30th and the team had 6 in the first 100 scoring 463 points to finish 12th putting the club deep into the relegation zone.
This season the team are now in a much healthier 6th place with just one race to go.

Chris Davies had a comfortable victory on a tricky course, generally flat but with several muddy patches especially on the tight corners. He set off in determined mood and quickly established a lead over the chasing pack which increased to 10 seconds at the end of the first lap extended it on the second and eventually won by 9 seconds as he eased home in 27.05 ahead of the Birmingham University pair of Luke Gunn and Richard Kay. Nick Andrews from Stirchley had one of his best ever races as he finished 24th,in 29.17, improving from 61st in the previous race. After taking the first two laps steadily, Andrews moved through on the final lap finishing with plenty to spare and intentions of even higher finishes to come in the future.

Paul Ward improved 9 places to finish 40th in exactly 30 minutes and just 4 seconds ahead of team mamte Dan Lewis 41st. Will Joyce showed a return to form in 47th, 30.19, whilst Ioan Illie finished the 6th scorer in 62nd, 30.54. Three Telford runners had been battling throughout the race for the 6th place and over the second half of the last lap Illie moved ahead of team mates Greg Wilson 70th,31.08 and Rick Hailey 72nd,31.11. Peter Plant was the next man home in 80th 31.36 ahead of Kevin Fisher 94th, 32.14 and Dale Wilkinson completed 11 men in 100 in 100th position in 32.22. Richard Andrews completed the B team in 128th, as the B team ( the second 6 scorers) were 3rd on the day.

Other Telford finishers were 140th Malcolm Dawes 34.58, 142nd Jamie Davies 35.12, 173rd Ian Beattie 41.05, 174th Alan Hodgkiss 45.33.

Birmingham University won the team race on the day with 61pts, Loughborough University were second with 87 pts and Tipton Harriers were 3rd with 113 with Telford 4th with 215. Host club Coventry were 5th with 240, Cheltenham 6th,292pts. Other positions on the day were 7th Stoke 382, 8th Leamington 398, 9th Owls ( Leicester) 406, 10th Kidderminster and Stourport 413, 11th Halesowen 449, 12th Staffordshire Moorlands 473, 13th Severn 513.

The overall Division One League table after 3 races and one race to go
1 Birmingham University 230
2 Loughborough University 272
3 Tipton Harriers 321
4 Coventry Godiva 705
5 Cheltenham Harriers 752
6 Telford AC 937
7 Stoke AC 1000
8 Owls 1083
9 Leamington 1188
10 Halesowen 1230
11 Kidderminster and Stourport 1267
12 Severn AC 1277
13 Staffordshire Moorlands 1479

Paul Sanderson
Pos.NumberFirst Name NameClubTimeJunior
1307CHRISDAVIESTELFORD00:27:05
28LUKEGUNNB'HAM UNIV00:27:14
313RICHARDKAYB'HAM UNIV00:27:27
4330NEILBURTONTIPTON00:27:36
517SAMJACOBSB'HAM UNIV00:27:47
643TOMLOWECHELTENHAM00:27:56
7159ANDYBAKERLOUGHBOROUGH00:28:03
8157CHRISWARBURTONLOUGHBOROUGH00:28:04
9327MATTLOCKETTTIPTON00:28:15
1054BENJONESCOVENTRY GODIVA00:28:17J
1152SCOTTHAZELLCOVENTRY GODIVA00:28:26
1220JAMESELLISB'HAM UNIV00:28:30J
13183FBADDICKLOUGHBOROUGH00:28:38
14231RFALKNEROWLS00:28:42
1571TKENDERDINEKIDD. & STOURPORT00:28:53
1610IANWILLIAMSB'HAM UNIV00:28:57
17194TOMMYDAVIESLOUGHBOROUGH00:29:01
1874SIMONWILKINSONKIDD. & STOURPORT00:29:03
19320LUKENORTHALLTIPTON00:29:05
20180DANIELSHANELOUGHBOROUGH00:29:07
21336NIGELSTIRKTIPTON00:29:11
22210ALANWALESLOUGHBOROUGH00:29:12
23365MIKECORNESB'HAM UNIV00:29:17
24298NICKANDREWSTELFORD00:29:17
2563HENRYHAMMONDCOVENTRY GODIVA00:29:19
26229RFRASEROWLS00:29:20J
27364SDUFFYB'HAM UNIV00:29:21
28142PHARWOODLEAMINGTON C & AC00:29:25
29319JOEHOLDENTIPTON00:29:29J
3021TDEEB'HAM UNIV00:29:30
31323PATCAVANAGHTIPTON00:29:34
32278PETEBENYONSTOKE00:29:36
33215CHRISO'NEILLOWLS00:29:39
34209MIKECOLTHERDLOUGHBOROUGH00:29:43
3538ADRIANPROPHETTCHELTENHAM00:29:46
36208TOMSETTLELOUGHBOROUGH00:29:47
37171JAMESDOUGLASLOUGHBOROUGH00:29:47
38243GBARNESSEVERN A C00:29:56
39276ALEXHALLSTOKE00:29:58
40309PWARDTELFORD00:30:00
41315DLEWISTELFORD00:30:04
4293WNOCKHALESOWEN00:30:05
4322RUSSELLFORSBROOKCHELTENHAM00:30:08
44204AELLIOTTLOUGHBOROUGH00:30:11
45141RHARPERLEAMINGTON C & AC00:30:17J
46206EDDLUMLEYLOUGHBOROUGH00:30:18
47313WILLJOYCETELFORD00:30:19
48233GHOPESEVERN A C00:30:22
4992DMORTONHALESOWEN00:30:28J
50254DAVEHOLLINSSTAFFS MOORLANDS00:30:29
51253DAVEALLENSTAFFS MOORLANDS00:30:29
52192CWILCOXLOUGHBOROUGH00:30:30
5357NOELEDWARDSCOVENTRY GODIVA00:30:35
54329SIMONMURCOTTIPTON00:30:37
55281TOMGAYLESTOKE00:30:40
56334HENRYKPIOTROWSKITIPTON00:30:41
57257STEPHENPYKESTAFFS MOORLANDS00:30:44
5872DHALLKIDD. & STOURPORT00:30:44
5936ROGERMULLINSCHELTENHAM00:30:45
60207DANPATTENLOUGHBOROUGH00:30:48
6127CORINHUGHESCHELTENHAM00:30:51
62302IONAILIETELFORD00:30:54
63122JOHNMUDDEMANLEAMINGTON C & AC00:30:55
64235TDALTONSEVERN A C00:30:58J
6558IWANJONESCOVENTRY GODIVA00:30:59
66279GAVINWALTERSSTOKE00:31:01J
67174LEWISMOSESLOUGHBOROUGH00:31:02
68181BENSCARLETTLOUGHBOROUGH00:31:02
69238PSTEPHENSSEVERN A C00:31:08
70303GREGWILSONTELFORD00:31:08
7185NHAZELWOODHALESOWEN00:31:10
72312RIKHAILEYTELFORD00:31:11
7395RMALLARDHALESOWEN00:31:15
745ROHANCRICHTONB'HAM UNIV00:31:17J
7581ALANJACKSONKIDD. & STOURPORT00:31:19
7656MIKEPETERSCOVENTRY GODIVA00:31:23
77344TOMHOLDENTIPTON00:31:27
78345DEANHILLTIPTON00:31:27
79321SCOTTROLLASONTIPTON00:31:32J
80311PETERPLANTTELFORD00:31:36
81199MIKEBOUCHERLOUGHBOROUGH00:31:38
82261CRAIGJEFFEREYSTAFFS MOORLANDS00:31:40
83158RICHWARBURTONLOUGHBOROUGH00:31:45
8470COLINDEASEYCOVENTRY GODIVA00:31:48
85285LEWISJONESSTOKE00:31:54J
86133PAULGRIFFINLEAMINGTON C & AC00:31:57
87131SIMONKINSONLEAMINGTON C & AC00:31:58
8833KEVINSPILMANCHELTENHAM00:32:00
89146MMOORELEAMINGTON00:32:02
90138SIMONRILEYLEAMINGTON C & AC00:32:02
9147MATTWARLEYCHELTENHAM00:32:07
92212MARKKNIPELOUGHBOROUGH00:32:08J
9368STEVESINCLAIRCOVENTRY GODIVA00:32:11J
94300KEVINFISHERTELFORD00:32:14
9561JOELATTWOOLLCOVENTRY GODIVA00:32:15
9635ALIMcNAYCHELTENHAM00:32:16
97237DLANDERSEVERN A C00:32:18
98333LEWISHEATHCOCKTIPTON00:32:19
9923DAVERANDALLCHELTENHAM00:32:19
100304DALEWILKINSONTELFORD00:32:22
101346ANDYCOOPERTIPTON00:32:27
102221NEILCARTEROWLS00:32:30
103176PETEHOLMESLOUGHBOROUGH00:32:38
104145JOHNSTATHERLEAMINGTON C & AC00:32:40
105282MARKKINCHSTOKE00:32:42
106109SGEGGIEHALESOWEN00:32:43
108110MALLENHALESOWEN00:32:47
107258SAMLUCKINGSTAFFS MOORLANDS00:32:47J
10967DANTAYLORCOVENTRY GODIVA00:32:48
110326TJOBBORNTIPTON00:32:58J
111368GEORGEHILLCOVENTRY GODIVA00:33:02
112134BRIANGREENLEAMINGTON C & AC00:33:08
113230TMEAKINOWLS00:33:13
114165PETERWARRENLOUGHBOROUGH00:33:18J
11569DCLARKECOVENTRY GODIVA00:33:21
116249DGILBERTSEVERN A C00:33:22
11789SCRUCHLEYHALESOWEN00:33:22J
118220JOEWILLIAMSOWLS00:33:29
119245SKINSEYSEVERN A C00:33:32
120163RICHBELTONLOUGHBOROUGH00:33:36J
121102AGRANTHALESOWEN00:33:37
12255JAMESGRIGGSCOVENTRY GODIVA00:33:41
12382HLAMBERTKIDD. & STOURPORT00:33:44
12480SPOULTONKIDD. & STOURPORT00:33:48
12576BPARKKIDD. & STOURPORT00:33:53
126259ANTHONYJONESSTAFFS MOORLANDS00:33:56
12794TBAILEYHALESOWEN00:33:57
128314RANDREWSTELFORD00:33:58
129123DAVEPOTTERLEAMINGTON C & AC00:33:58
130107AHAWKINSHALESOWEN00:34:12
131111SGOULDHALESOWEN00:34:18
13291JHILLHALESOWEN00:34:19
133263DALECALCLOUGHSTAFFS MOORLANDS00:34:23
134211DHELLMUTHLOUGHBOROUGH00:34:26
135222DANDOYLEOWLS00:34:27
136105ANOCKHALESOWEN00:34:32
137395TMEMERANSEVERN A C00:34:38
138178TOMO'LOUGHLINLOUGHBOROUGH00:34:46
13987BTHOMPSONHALESOWEN00:34:50
140310A NOTHERTELFORD00:34:58
141132STEVEROBERTSLEAMINGTON C & AC00:35:01
142316JDAVIESTELFORD00:35:12
14351HARVEYSPEEDCOVENTRY GODIVA00:35:16J
144139STEVEHUNDLELEAMINGTON C & AC00:35:32
145128ALEXMONTGOMERYLEAMINGTON C & AC00:35:37
146112NPRICEHALESOWEN00:35:38
14766BOBSTATHAMCOVENTRY GODIVA00:35:39
148140BRIANMILLERLEAMINGTON C & AC00:36:00
149339PETETHWAITETIPTON00:36:20
15024IANGILESCHELTENHAM00:36:21
151101SMILLINGTONHALESOWEN00:36:26
152337CHRISHOLL0WAYTIPTON00:36:31
153367FRANCESCOALLIGRETTICOVENTRY GODIVA00:37:08
15431PAULNEWCHELTENHAM00:37:14
155205NBYARDLOUGHBOROUGH00:37:20
15660ANDYGRAYCOVENTRY GODIVA00:37:22
15799RGUESTHALESOWEN00:37:39
158366STEVEPORTMANCOVENTRY GODIVA00:37:49
159243GBARNESSEVERN A C00:37:50
160113PALLENHALESOWEN00:37:52
161103ALLOYDHALESOWEN00:38:03
16245ANDYMcCOYCHELTENHAM00:38:16
163126GRAHAMGARCLICLEAMINGTON C & AC00:38:18
16488KCOURTHALESOWEN00:38:40
165284RICHARDBARRINGTONSTOKE00:39:00
16637ROGERWARLEYCHELTENHAM00:39:24
167195WILLGATHERERLOUGHBOROUGH00:39:49
16849GAVINCOTTERCHELTENHAM00:39:50
169262ROYMcCAULEYSTAFFS MOORLANDS00:40:00
170136MICKASTONLEAMINGTON C & AC00:40:27
171144ROBERTPAYNELEAMINGTON C & AC00:40:27
17248DAVEMcNAMEECHELTENHAM00:40:37
173294IANBEATIETELFORD00:41:05
174293ALANHOGKISSTELFORD00:45:33
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