WMYA XC League Race 2 & Schools County Races (16/11/2014)
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- Published: 16 Nov 2014
It was a busy weekend for the Tipton Juniors and it was wonderful to see them dig deep and perform so well.
A number of them donned their County vests to compete at the Schools Cross Country Inter Counties Match at Oldbury Wells School, Bridgnorth. It was a really tough course with a killer hill with races run over championship distances. Bella fantom and Monique Oladujoye ran in the year 7 race, it was great to see Bella finish in 14th place, 3rd for West Mids. Oliver Mason and Haydn ran really well for the boys.
In year 8 and 9 we had Holly Sides finishing in a an amazing 14th position with strong runs by Bethany Walker, Eve Mulvaney, Rae Nicholls, Savannah Causer and an injured Kate Farnell.
Rosa Lewis worked hard as ever and also finished in 14th place in the year 10 and 11 race. Full results to follow if I can get them.
Sunday saw us at the 2nd WMYACC League match at Aldersley on a much improved course with a wonderfully wide start line. A big thank you to the boys and their parents for turning out in much better numbers.
It was great to see a full team of under 11 boys on the start line. Great running from Tom Bentley 46th (21 places higher than round 1), Joseph Lewis 67th,Team Captain Jack Cunningham 73rd, Robert Stones 74th in his first XC race for the club and Joshua Hickman 88th. 114 ran, team are 11th of 19.
More strong performances from the under 13's , Oliver Mason 20th, Team Captain Haydn Watson 25th (improving 22 places from round 1) , Lynden Hunt 27th and Dominic Stanton 99th. We need 1 more to make it a full team next time please lads. 114 ran. Team 12th of 18.
Only two under 15's ran.Team Captain Ben Prince 34th( back from injury) and a debut for Vinay Bakshi in 77th place.
The under 17 men were one short of a team with Chris Davies 25th and Team Captain Tom Brown 36th. A big thank you to them for their support to the under 11's.
The girls were out in force. The team of eight under 11's made a great start with our youngest competitor Isabelle Mason leading the charge. They finished well too : team captain Isabelle Mason 15th, Jade Charlton 31st (improving 14 places from round 1) , Navanjot Sandhu 32nd in her first XC race for Tipton, Phoebe Clark 41st, Alex Westbury 51st in her 1st race for Tipton, Jessie Walker 59th, Libby Small 90th and Isobel Eagle 121st in her 1st XC race. 136 ran. Team 5th of 19.
The Under 13's were 2 down due to illness and injury but they were undaunted. Team Captain Holly Sides stormed home in an incredible 6th followed by Megan Whincup 20th, a big improvement from Monique Oladujoye 23rd, Olivia Fellows 66th and Charlotte Macefield 121st. 171 ran. Team 8th of 19.
The Under 15's were also blighted by injury but still a good day. Team Captain Rosa Lewis with a very strong 9th, with Eve Mulvaney 23rd, Bethany Walker on her tail the whole way 24th, Amelia Caddick 39th,Holly Mason 46th, Sarah Henderson 52nd( 24 places better than round 1) and Chloe Walker 79th. Team in 5th place.
Great to see six runners out for the under 17 women. Team Captain Katie Dolan was 1st back for Tipton in 14th followed by Isher Mander 17th, Lauren Macefield 27th, Daniela Sedgley 28th, Lauren Shinton 33rd and Marianne Hughes 39th. Team 5th of 11.