TEAM Bath runners Dan Jones and Anthony Webb secured a one-two in the senior men’s race of the opening fixture in the Gloucestershire Cross Country League staged on a new course at Little Rissington.
North Somerset AC’s Cameron Coetzee forced his way into the top ten of a big field of 240 finishers in 10th while in the women’s race Team Bath’s Rebecca Pierce came fourth.
The opening match attracted a total of 659 runners across the five age groups reflecting its continuing growth.
Gloucestershire Cross Country League, Little Rissington – (BRR=Bourton Road Runners; C=Cheltenham & County Harriers; Ci=Cirencester AC; CLC=CLC Striders; D=Dursley AC; FoD=Forest of Dean AC; G=Gloucester AC; K=Kenilworth; L=Leamington; NC=North Cotswold Tri & Run; NS=North Somerset AC; S=Stroud & District AC; TB=Team Bath AC; TMS=Tockington Manor School; B=University of Bath; W=Worcester AC; Y=Yate & District AC).
Senior men: 1 Dan Jones (TB) 31:48; 2 Jim Webb (TB) 31:52; 3 Anthony Webb (C, M40) 31:59; 4 Garry Hughes (S) 32:02; 5 Will Ferguson (CLC) 32:04; 6 Liam Roarty (C ) 32:26; 7 Jonathan Barnes (C ) 32:39; 8 Phil Goud (L) 32:42; 9 William New (C ) 32:50; 10 Cameron Coetzee (NS) 33:02.
Teams: 1 Cheltenham & County Harriers 53; 2 Team Bath AC 95 (Jones, Webb; 14 Cameron Perkins, U20 1st) 33:30); 23 Mike Blackmore (M40, 7th) 34:12; 25 Ewen Malloch (M40, 8th) 34:28; 30 Eliot Ball 35:11).
Masters: 1 Cheltenham 76; 2 Team Bath 154 (Blackmore, Malloch, Dooley, Mackintosh); 3 Clevedon AC 243.
Under 17 men: 1 Harry Wells (Glos) 17:18; 2 James Chantler-Mayne (C ) 17:29; 3 Oliver Powell (C ) 18:02; 4 Dan Wilkinson (L) 18:15; 5 Jack Mundinano (C ) 18:21; 6 Greg West (L) 18:23.
Teams: 1 Cheltenham & County Harriers 10 (Chantler-Mayne, Oliver Powell Mundinano); 2 Leamington AC 20; 3 Cheltenham B 28.
Under 15 boys: 1 Fraser Wilmore (C ) 17:23; 2 Jake Warner (S) 18:46; 3 David Bendle (S) 19:02; 4 Justin Davies (TB) 19:14; 5 Felix Lunn (K) 19:51; 6 Owen Fishpool (G) 19:5.
Teams: 1 Kenilworth Runners 23; 2 Cheltenham 25 (Wilmore, 11 Joseph Tandy 20:36; 13 Henry James 21:14); 3 Worcester AC 39.
Under 13 boys: 1 Kan Ikeda (BRR) 10:02; 2 James Vaughan (W) 10:03; 3 Ben Powell (C ) 10:16; 4 Ben Harle (W) 10:26; 5 Charlie Hosking (Y) 10:32; 6 Jamie Stacey (S) 10:46.
Teams: 1 Cheltenham 22; 2 Worcester 22; 3 Tockington Manor School 33.
Under 11 boys: 1 Henry Sheffield (Ci) 7:11; 2 Charles Worsfold (S) 7:26; 3 Samuel Cotton (C ) 7:31; 4 Max Dunne (B) 7:34; 5 Isaac Henderson (C ) 7:38; 6 William Holdsworth (C ) 7:44.
Senior women: 1 Emily Smith (CLC) 22:02; 2 Jessica Gibbon (UB) 23:50; 3 Claudia Kelsall (UB) 24:05; 4 Rebecca Pierce (TB) 24:19; 5 Naomi Eaton (S) 24:25; 6 Fiona Blackmore (TB, W40) 24:28; 7 Marie Matthews (BRAT) 24:30; 8 Lucy Walmsley (NC, W40 2nd) 24:44; 9 Sally Hogan (B&R) 25:6; 10 Heidi North (S, W40) 25:09.
Teams: 1 University of Bath 18 (Gibbon, Kelsall, 13 Elle Twentyman 25:26); 2 Team Bath 25 (Pierce, Blackmore, 15 Eilidh Prise 25:42); 3 Stroud 46.
Masters: 1 Forest of Dean 83; 2 Cheltenham 88; 3 CLC Striders 110.
Under 17 women: 1 Megan Brinley (C ) 19:38; 2 Jade Littlechild (TB) 20:30; 3 Niamh Powell (G) 20:54; 4 Casarena Ferreira (U/A) 21:15; 5 Briony Bishop (G) 22:03; 6 Isabel Ovens (C ) 22:30.
Teams: 1 Gloucester 15 (Powell, Bishop, 7 Jess Sutton 22:33); 2 Cheltenham 20.
Under 15 girls: 1 Merryn Hilton (S) 20:51; 2 India Ibbotson (TB) 21:44; 3 Bethan Powell (G) 21:45; 4 Lauren Matthews (W) 21:52; 5 Emily Field (BRR) 21:57; 6 Grace Tavner (S) 22:08.
Teams: 1 Stroud 15 (Hilton, Tavner, 8 Libby Dickenson 22:53).
Under 13 girls: 1 Dalis Jones (TMS) 10:16; 2 Poppy Clark (C ) 11:05; 3 Matilda Ashley (G) 11:12; 4 Sophie Izon (Ci) 11:30; 5 Ruby Owen (NS) 11:38; 6 Ella Treby (TB) 11:42.
Teams: 1 Stroud 28 (7 Darcey Barton 11:46; 9 Tanwen Bird 11:59; 12 Florence Fuller 12:08); 2 Cheltenham 29; 3 Worcester 40.
Under 11 girls: 1 Seren Jones (G) 7:52; 2 Jessica Duncton (C ) 8:08; 3 Amelia Newell (G) 8:10; 4 Lulu Skurek (C ) 8:20; 5 Izzy Babij (FoD) 8:29; 6 Olivia Gardiner (C ) 8:32.
Teams: 1 Cheltenham 12 (Duncton, Skurek, Gardiner); 2 Cheltenham B 34; 3 Hereford 36.
