English Schools Cross Country Cup-Acklam Grange School 6th December 2003

Earlier this month, on Saturday 6th, several Richmond and Zetland Harriers competed for the Allertonshire School in the final of the English Schools X-C Cup at Acklam Grange School, Middlesbrough. The day was cold, the Course was hard and the going very fast! The Junior Girls team (years 8 & 9) finished 19th with Rosie Adams 22nd; the Intermediate Girls (years 10 and 11) team finished 22nd with Jo Adams 41st and Katie Roberts 82nd and the Intermediate Boys team finished 20th with ex-Harrier Andy Lagan in 7th place.

Cory, Fiona & Francesca

On the same day, three Harriers travelled to Carlisle to compete in an Open X-C meeting. In her first ever competition, Cory Fowden ran one small lap and came a creditable 7th out of 24 in the Under 11 Girls Race and her sister Francesca Fowden won the Under 13 Girls race over 1 large 2.4K lap in 10:06, stretching away from the field in the last 400m to finish clear by over 50m. Fiona Hughes, Club Coach, Manager and Athlete, continued her recent, literal run-of-good-form with 4th place in the Senior Ladies over 2 large laps, commenting that “only 3 Under 17 Boys ahead of me, plus the 3 Senior ladies obviously! and the Senior Ladies were at least 11 years younger than me”.

Andrea Woodvine

University Cross Country Races - Leeds 6th December 2003

Andrea Woodvine is another Harrier enjoying a purple patch and was also in action, competing for Nottingham University at Leeds in the annual X-C relay races. Andrea ran the first leg of the 3 x 3K for the team, finishing 8th in a time of 11:53 and the team finished in 8th place.