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08/12/2013  Frostbite League Race 3  details
At the third Frostbite League cross country race of the season, held at Hinchingbrooke Park, Huntingdonshire AC juniors continued their dominance with their most convincing win so far, with the five scorers in the top 11 in a field of 184 runners. Joey Croft, who still has two more seasons in this age group race, led the club home in 3rd place, with 11-year-old Andrew Worrall finishing just one place and seven seconds behind. Andrew has four more seasons to go in this age group! In the senior race, Dave Connell showed that running a 5k race the day before had no ill effect at all as he finished fifth, his highest placing in several years. Siobhan Skinner had a great run, leading the club women runners for the first time. Hunts AC tied for second place with league leaders Nene Valley and remain in third place overall.

Seniors: 5 Dave Connell 28:37, 11 Simon Margot 29:47, 13 Lee Brooks 30:04, 17 John Uff 30:45, 28 Ed McNeil 31:57, 33 Richard Holland 32:12, 34 Sean Barker 32:12, 39 Steve Church 32:30, 61 Shane Hunt 33:31, 68 Tom Walker 33:49, 74 Ian Gallagher 33:56, 80 Derek Darnell 34:10, 88 Rod McKee 34:27, 96 Andy Richardson 34:55, 103 Stuart Purbrick 35:12, 110 Andrew Enticknap 35:27, 111 Jim Stocker 35:33, 146 Siobhan Skinner 37:31, 164 Duncan Blake 38:16, 171 Rachel Porter 38:29, 184 Ian Blake 39:01, 185 Erik Martin 39:01, 189 Maggie Mulholland 39:10, 203 Ian Marshall 39:45, 204 Peter German 39:45, 214 Eleanor Smith 40:14, 222 Karen Cameron 40:31, 241 John Dixon 41:30, 242 Christina Marshall 41:33, 243 Karen Gracey 41:37, 244 Sammie Skinner 41:37, 246 Rebecca Pedley 41:40, 248 Caroline Saunders 41:58, 278 Eloise Webb 43:39, 290 Jo Short 44:46, 301 Pauline Stocker 45:14, 324 Di Gannon 47:11, 336 Hilary McConville 48:23 (388 finishers)
Team result: 1 Cambridge & Coleridge 523 pts, 2= Hunts AC & Nene Valley Harriers 647 pts, 4 Ely 847 (16 teams)
League standings after 3 races: 1 NVH 47, 2 C&C 45, 3 Hunts AC 43, 4 Ely 37

Juniors: 3 Joey Croft 9:49, 4 Andrew Worrall 9:56, 6 AJ Ellwood 10:01, 7 Jade Cox 10:02, 11 Francesca Worrall 10:14, 13 Ryan Boden 10:20, 14 Chris Duma 10:20, 20 Ashley Quince 10:38, 23 Polly Smith 10:46, 27 Toby Porter 11:02, 39 CC Hime 11:15, 40 Harry Godsell 11:16, 42 Charles Godsell 11:20, 46 Amelia Darnell 11:30, 52 Lucy Waller 11:40, 56 Seb Darnell 11:42, 57 Nicole Covell 11:44, 64 Howard Croft 11:50, 69 Sam Evans 11:56, 70 Markus Downhill 11:57, 72 Adam Taylor 12:00, 74 Nehemiah Goodridge 12:01, 84 Henry Nicholson 12:13, 87 Alex Berry 12:17, 94 Cameron Eakins 12:27, 101 Joe Short 12:32, 102 Dawson Wooldridge 12:33, 106 Henry Waller 12:40, 107 Nathan Hilton 12:40, 108 Connor Lyden 12:41, 109 Joe Purbrick 12:43, 111 Chloe Wilson 12:47, 115 Josh Vardy 12:50, 127 Ewan Jackson 13:16, 128 Josh Doyle 13:17, 135 Eleanor Phipps 13:30, 140 Toby Simpson 13:39, 141 Poppy O'Driscoll 13:39, 143 George Hamilton-Smith 13:41, 147 Julian Priest 13:45, 152 Aleta Fraylich 13:55, 154 Daisy Crawley-Queen 13:58, 157 Emily Purbrick 14:04, 164 Meadow Wooldridge 14:47, 167 Lilah Wooldridge 14:54, 169 Dan Wilkinson 15:12, 176 Barnaby Smith 15:34, 182 Charlotte Field 17:43 (184 finishers)
Team result: 1 Hunts AC 31, 2 Cambridge & Coleridge 69, 3 Riverside Runners 86 (15 teams)
League standings after 3 races: 1 Hunts AC 45, 2 C&C 41, 3 Riverside 40

Photos - http://huntsac.zenfolio.com/p116593283

03/12/2013  5M Handicap Race  details
In a closely contested race where the first 11 finishers were all within one minute of each other, Bob Hudson emerged the winner by 12 seconds. The all-time rankings were given a bit of a shake-up with six updates.
- Alex Smith reduced his best by 47 secs to move from 14th to 8th
- John Uff entered the rankings at 23rd equal - Wayne Gimblett improved his best by 9 secs to jump one place to 33rd
- Ian Gallagher entered the rankings in 37th
- Sean Barker knocked 7 secs off his best to move from 27th to 25th equal
- Rachel Porter entered the rankings in 7th
1 Bob Hudson 59:11 (40:36), 2 Jeff Chapman 59:23 (36:36), 3 John Dixon 59:28 (40:38), 4 Alex Smith 59:39 (28:09), 5 Dave Connell 59:40 (28:10), 6 Di Gannon 59:43 (43:11), 7 Wayne Gimblett 59:51 (30:32), 8 Sean Barker 59:53 (29:52), 9 Rod McKee 59:56 (31:56), 10 Ian Gallagher 59:58 (30:48), 11 Juliet Fuller 60:01 (45:15), 12 Peter German 60:18 (38:02), 13 John Uff 60:43 (29:43), 14 Rachel Porter 60:55 (34:55), 15 Ryan Woolf 60:55 (34:55), 16 Hilary McConville 61:24 (45:55), 17 Sarah Peatman 66:52 (54:33) - actual times in brackets
This race completed the 2013 5M handicap series with Bob Hudson winning the trophy with 49 points with Peter German and Hilary McConville in joint second with 51 pts and Di Gannon fourth with 59 pts.

01/12/2013  Nene Valley 10  details
On Sunday 1st December two Hunts AC members represented the club at the Nene Valley 10. The weather conditions were perfect for this fast course. It was dry, cool and there was no noticeable wind. The only problem in some parts of the course was actually being "blinded by the light" due to the low and very bright sun. (All we needed was the musical accompaniment of Manfred Mann!). The course was more or less flat with the only appreciable short gradients being due to slopes leading in and out of underpasses and on to and off footbridges. The occasional sharp turn was there just to test your ability to change stride.

The winners time was 52.33, with the first 34 runners completing the race in under the hour. First home for Hunts was Simon Rider 135/371 in a time of 70 mins 11 secs, and Alan Burgin was 151/371 in a new vets PB time of 71 mins 23 seconds. This was also enough to secure 1st over 60 place, but only by a few seconds!

30/11/2013  Huntingdon 5k Parkrun  details

Pos'n	Name	Time	Cat.	Age Grade	Notes
5/107	Simon Margot	00:21:35	SM35-39	61.06%	Huntingdon Parkrun PB stays at 00:18:36
8/107	Siobhan Skinner	00:22:08	SL20-24	66.87%	New Huntingdon Parkrun PB

30/11/2013  Peterborough 5k Parkrun  details

Pos'n	Name	Time	Cat.	Age Grade	Notes
3/186	Tom Stead	00:17:25	U20M	77.56%	New Peterborough Parkrun PB

30/11/2013  Kings Lynn 5k Parkrun  details

Pos'n	Name	Time	Cat.	Age Grade	Notes
1/116	Matt Pyatt	00:16:50	SM35-39	78.77%	Kings Lynn Parkrun PB stays at 00:16:28