A revised course in Bourne Woods meant that the going was more muddy than in past races but the underfoot conditions did not stop our Junior and Senior teams from recording fine performances.
40 Club runners took part in the two races - 16 Juniors (4 boys/12 girls) in a field of 122 and 24 Seniors (17 boys and 7 girls) in a field of 413.
Our Juniors once again finished second to strengthen their hold on second place in the league overall (out of 13 teams).
Our Seniors bettered their performance in the previous race by finishing fourth. This means that the team is joint third in the league on league points but fourth overall (out of 17 teams) due to having having a higher race points total.
So, it is all to play for in the final races in four weeks time, which will take place on our doorstep in Huntingdon - here's hoping for a fantastic turnout to end the season.
Finally, thanks as ever to all our supporters.  

Event Website/Results:http://www.frostbiteleague.org.uk/

Posted by Andy Richardson on 09/02/2010 00:27:09

With the vast majority of Hunts AC athletes slogging it out over the Cambridgeshire mud, Matt Leadbitter was the club’s sole representative on the indoor circuit at the Birmingham Games. Matt did not let down as he sliced a quarter of a second from his personal best in the Senior Men’s 400m to finish 3rd in 50.70 secs behind Richard Buck who has competed at World Championship level. Matt’s time rates him as the second-fastest 400m runner in the Eastern Counties.

Huntingdonshire AC’s Emma Butcher and James Downing are on their way to the English Schools Cross Country Championships to be held next month in Manchester. With both running in fields of around 80 in the Anglian Schools Championships at Hinchingbrooke School, Emma clinched her spot on the Cambridgeshire Schools team with a fine 8th place finish in the Senior Girls race while James ran another excellent cross country race to place 5th in the Junior Boys race.

Junior Girls (3,200m) - 31st Katie Scholey; Junior Boys (3,500m) - 5th James Downing, 49th Silas Whitmore-Tennant; Senior Girls (4,500m) - 8th Emma Butcher

Senior Men (15,000m): 444th Barry Wild 69:54, 452nd Wayne Gimblett 70:11, 517th Martin Rowe 72:17, 561st Sean Barker 74:11 (806 finishers)
Senior Women (8,000m): 181st Julia McIntosh 40:19 (357 finishers)
Under 17 Men (6,000m): 169th George Allen 26:30 (189 finishers)
Under 15 Boys (4,500m): 115th James Downing 18:17 (228 finishers)
Under 15 Girls (4,000m): 100th Eleanor Smith 17:59, 136th Faye McLellan 18:50 (191 finishers) Under 13 Girls (3,000m): 90th Katie Scholey 14:26, 186th Polly Smith 16:28 (219 finishers)

16-year-old Hakeem Duckworth-Porter travelled to Birmingham to test his winter’s training progress over the 60m sprint race at the Midland Counties Indoor Open Meet. He didn’t disappoint as he won his U17M race in 7.75.

416 runners completed this challenging 2 lap, 15 mile course in excellent conditions. We were well represented with 8 runners taking part and some very impressive performances were recorded.   5th Dave Conell 1:28:43

Event Website/Results:http://www.yaxleyrunners.org.uk/folks%2015/racefhome.htm

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Posted by Wayne Gimblett on 27/01/2010 09:04:31