Excellent team effort from BvH at the Warwickshire County XC Championships, hosted by BRAT at Cofton park. Nicola Sykes was first senior female and Paul Thompson was 3rd Masters male, and the senior female team was second. Well done to all who ran and thank you to all who supported.
Full results here (click on Results, then 2015)
(Warwickshire results only below)
WOMENS
Senior A Team – 2nd
Senior B Team – 3rd
Masters A Team – 6th
Masters B Team – 3rd
| Name | Position | Time | Category |
| Nicola Sykes | 1 | 21:55 | Sen |
| Caroline Harlan-Marks | 14 | 24:45 | Sen |
| Laura Leslie | 34 | 27:31 | Sen |
| Marianne Hensman | 42 | 28:26 | Mas |
| Laura Gale | 44 | 28:29 | Mas |
| Sarah Rock | 46 | 28:38 | Mas |
| Suz West | 50 | 28:46 | Mas |
| Monica Baptista | 69 | 29:55 | Sen |
| Jude Glynn | 71 | 30:41 | Mas |
| Claire Butler | 75 | 31:28 | Sen |
| Nicola Morris | 78 | 31:45 | Sen |
| Aine Garvey | 84 | 32:43 | Sen |
| Lesley Byrne | 109 | 39:21 | Mas |
MENS
Senior A Team – 5th
Masters A Team – 5th
Masters B Team – 4th
| Name | Position | Time | Category |
| Paul Thompson | 12 (3rd Master) | 38:02 | Mas |
| Oliver Kirkland | 46 | 41:49 | Mas |
| Stuart Pearson | 61 | 42:58 | Mas |
| Bradlee Tod | 75 | 44:12 | Sen |
| Andy Wheeler | 78 | 44:23 | Mas |
| Stuart Mugridge | 82 | 44:47 | Mas |
| Chris Harlan-Marks | 87 | 45:30 | Sen |
| Paul Gorman | 89 | 45:47 | Sen |
| Andy Hall | 96 | 46:18 | Sen |
| Dave Harte | 97 | 46:23 | Mas |
| Simon Newman | 129 | 49:06 | Mas |
| Antony Stewart | 132 | 49:35 | Mas |
| Matthew Pollard | 140 | 50:45 | Sen |
| Paul Samuels | 168 | 57:33 | Sen |
| Barrie Roberts | 170 | 58:14 | Mas |
Did anybody lose a BvH team t-shirt yesterday? (The dark blue one which says Team BvH in white). We seemed to have gained one! It looks quite small if that narrows it down.
A splendid start to 2015 by Team BvH. From a personal perspective,I felt `off the pace`,but three races in under a week had probably taken its toll.The undulating nature of the Course,the prevalence of heavy muddy sections and the near freezing conditions made it particularly energy sapping. Tremendous performance by Nicola Sykes,but also thought that so many of the BvH Women running under 30 mins was a tremendous effort on the day.
Paul Thompson showed his undoubted class, and did very well indeed to achieve a 3rd place in a very strong field.He was ably supported by some very commendable performances by the other BvH Men.
THANKYOU to all our wonderful supporters.
Well done to everybody out yesterday in tough conditions. I really enjoyed the event – thanks to all who shouted support and thanks to the sun for coming out eventually! Thanks also to Paul for continued XC organisation work and well done on your medal.