Eastern Counties XC Champs, Horseheath, 18 Nov 2023

A decent turnout for Saturdays Eastern AA XC Championships at Horseheath.

31 Hunts runners took on the quite tough hilly course with a run through the pond and came away with several medals.

Esme Lydon was our best placed individual with a fine run for the bronze medal in the U13 girls race.

Thomas Richards was 5th in the U15 boys’ race and was backed up by Milo Gray and Frankie Benstead ensuring the U15B won the team trophy.

Like his sister, Aedan Lydon also had a good day and won the U20M championship race.

Lucy Mapp was a double gold medalist, the first senior woman, with the second placed runner with a full minute behind and, with Anna Douglas and Shelley Duffy also in the top 10 our women won the team competition.

Chris Smith was second overall in the men’s 12K race but was 1st senior man wrt the championship. With James/Ty/Simon/Steve/Ryan the men were second team.

Ty was 2rd O’50M, I was 3rd O’60M, and Shelley won an age group medal but as yet, we are not sure which medal! 

Several of our U20’s and seniors were also part of the Cambs AA medal winning teams as an Inter Counties competition is incorporated within this event.

Well done to all.

Derek

U13G (3k)

3^rd Esme Lydon 12:46 B

11^th Immy Wood 14:34

U13B (3k)

17^th Jake Johnson 12:27

U15G (4k)

19^th Freya Harris 17:26

U15B (4k)

5^th Thomas Richards 13:31

7^th Milo Gray 13:36

15^th Frankie Benstead 13:59

20^th Oliver Loveday 14:13

21^st Ethan Locke 14:14

29^th Natty Clifford 14:59

32^nd George Connell 15:20

33^rd Daniel Brook 15:25

40^th Liam Morris 15:57

Team

1^st (5^th, 7^th, 15^th) G

6^th (20^th, 21^st, 29^th)

8^th (32^nd, 33^rd, 40^th)

U17M (6k)

20^th Finnley Williams 23:49

U20M (8k)

1^st Aedan Lydon 26:02 G

6^th Dylan Tomaselli 29:11

U20M Inter-Counties

2^nd Aedan Lydon

9^th Dylan Tomaselli

Inter-Counties Team

3^rd Cambridgeshire (2^nd, 9^th) B

SW/VW (6k)

1^st Lucy Mapp 24:44 G

6^th Anna Douglas 26:45

9^th Shelley Duffy 27:20 (2^nd W45) S

13^th Gemma Bedford 28:38

18^th Amelia Darnell 29:51

27^th Lesley Jackson 41:52

Team

1^st (1^st, 6^th, 9^th) G

4^th (13^th, 18^th, 27^th)

SW Inter-Counties

4^th Lucy Mapp

10^th Anna Douglas

12^th Shelley Duffy

13^th Amelia Darnell

14^th Lesley Jackson

Inter-Counties Team

4^th Cambridgeshire (4^th, 10^th, 12^th, 13^th)

SM/VM (12k)

2^nd Christopher Smith 38:56 S

5^th James Orrell 40:35

17^th Ty Farrer 45:29 (2^nd M50) S

19^th Simon Bowman 45:49

24^th Steve Church 48:25

34^th Ryan Bullard 56:21

Team

2^nd (2^nd, 5^th, 17^th, 19^th, 24^th, 34^th) S

SM Inter-Counties

2^nd Christopher Smith

5^th James Orrell

14^th Simon Bowman

Inter-Counties Team

2^nd Cambridgeshire (2^nd, 5^th, 14^th) S

M60+ (6k)

4^th Derek Darnell 28:00

9^th Jim Stocker 32:51