Kim Green and Chris Davies gave Telford AC a double gold finish in the 4th Majestic Travel Cross Country League Race at Wrexham.

Kim Green from Sutton Hill running in her first North Wales Cross Country League race of the season, recorded her first victory coming home 12 seconds clear of Wrexham's Caroline Harney. Green had been tucked in behind the Wrexham leader on the opening lap but in dry and windy conditions she waited before making her break to the front and was then never headed winning in 16.58. Caroline Harney who was second to Claire Martin at Colwyn Bay back in September was second in 17.10 whilst another athlete Anna Frost the winner at Bangor and Lilleshall, was third in 17.23.Sandra Kleeman of Eryri was 4th in 17.53, Emma Parry completed the scoring 3 for league leaders Wrexham in 5th, 17.57 with Isabel Redfern of Colwyn Bay 6th in 18.01.

Oswestry's Alison Lavender was the first under 20 finishing 8th in 18.35 with Telford's Cerian Lancaster the first under 17 finishing 12th overall in 19.04. Oswestry's Birgit Eyke was 13th, in 19.10 and with her team mate Alison Tickner completing the scoring team in 15th,19.26 which gave them 36 points to take second place on the day one point clear of third placed Telford. Oswestry's veterans womens team comfortably won the team race with 17 points and are now leading the veterans category overall.

Other local Womens results.

23rd S. Hancock. Oswestry 20.44
24th L. Blagden. Telford 20.51
26th A. Thorpe. Telford 20.59
38th J. Jarvis. Oswestry 21.50
39th L. Sankey. Shrewsbury 22.15
55th S. Williams. Maldwyn 23.53
56th T. Jones. Maldwyn 23.59
62nd C. Orrells. Maldwyn 26.03
68th S. Richards. Shrewsbury 28.02

Team results on the day overall points 
and positions in brackets.
Division One
1. Wrexham 10    (74 - 1st)
2. Oswestry 36   (116 - 2nd)
3. Telford AC 37 (173 - 3rd)
4. Eryri 39      (232 - 5th)
5. Colwyn Bay 42 (187 - 4th)
6. Buckley 67    (300 - 6th)
7. Denbigh 90    (386 - 7th)

Division Two
5th Maldwyn   155  (704 - 6th)
6th Shrewsbury 182 (652 - 5th)

Chris Davies continued his comeback with an emphatic victory on the flat and fast 4 lap course. Davies followed up his pleasing performances in the Shropshire Championships and the Birmingham League ran his 3rd race in 3 weeks as he came home to win in 29.19. Chris won this race last year before jetting off to Australia and Japan for the Commonwealth Games and Word Cross Country Championships.Chris also had the satisfaction of leading Telford AC to win the team race with 83 points and now lead the league with just one race to go.

The Eryri pair of Alun Vaughan,29.48 and Richard Roberts,31.05 were second and third with Colwyn Bay's Harry Jones the first under 20 in 4th.Telford's Chris Bagshaw had his highest finish of the season in 6th,31.38 with Rob Hughes in 11th the club's third scorer, in 32.06.Mike James led the Shrewsbury team home finishing 14th in 32.27 as the team were 3rd on the day and lie 3rd in the league overall. However, this only half the story as Mike James, the winner at the previous race at Lilleshall and the opening race at Colwyn Bay, missed the start after a delay en route to Wrexham. He set off several minutes after the start and ploughed his way through the field to finish an amazing 14th.

Other local finishers

15th K. Francis SAC 32.46
16th J. Sanders TAC 32.48
18th N. Andrews TAC 32.50
19th D. Cheshire Mald 32.55
23rd J. Bowie Osw 33.08
25th A. Gray SAC 33.18
27th S. Waters SAC 33.23
31st C. Lancaster TAC 33.27
32nd D. Beale SAC 33.28
33rd A. Birch Osw 33.30
38th G. Jones SAC 33.52
40th J. Castillo SAC 33.59
45th P. Williams TAC 34.37
46th E. Davies Mald 34.38
47th J. Hancock Osw 34.39
55th S. Hatton SAC 35.08
62nd S. Owen Mald 35.33
63rd C. Wakeman SAC 35.33
66th N. Blake OSW 35.41
69th G. Manson Osw 35.59
70th A. Bearton SAC 36.04
81st D. Wilde BAC 37.02
83rd S. Nicholls Osw 37.06
84th J. Davies TAC 37.06
101st A. Smith TAC 38.13
103rd D. Owen SAC 38.22
113rd D. Rose SAC 39.26
114th D. Copus Mald 39.35
122nd N. Ballard Osw 40.47
124th D. Davies TAC 40.53
133rd I. Beattie TAC 42.13
134th S. Orrells Mald 42.14
144th J. Green Mald 43.13
148th W. Davidson Osw 43.49
150th A. Hodgkiss TAC 45.11
151st B. Walters BAC 45.59
152nd R. Griffin BAC 53.20

Team results , overall points and 
positions in brackets.

Division One
1. Telford 83 (417- 1st)
2. Wrexham 148 (935 - 4th)
3. Shrewsbury 151 (662 - 3rd)
4. Buckley 204 (1427 - 7th)
5. Eryri 243 (568 - 2nd)
6. Abergele 283 (990 - 5th)
7. Oswestry 306 (1720 - 8th)
8. Colwyn Bay 351 (1195 - 6th)

Division Two
3. Maldwyn 448 (1809 - 3rd)
11th Bridgnorth 909 ( 3573 - 11th )

Shrewsbury AC won the mens veterans race on the day with 26 points 3 points ahead of Telford with Buckley third. Oswestry veterans were 7th,74 pts, Maldwyn 11th,113 pts and Bridgnorth 15th, 233 pts.

Doug Morris of Oswestry won the over 70 race in 26.30, whilst Josh Ogden of Oswestry won the under 17's race in 13.54.

Paul Sanderson

The Senior Mens Race

The Senior Ladies Race