Cross country report

Skip Snelson and Emily Thompson both recorded wins in round 2 of the Oxon Mail Cross-Country competition which was run over a new course at Harcourt Hill, Oxford on Sunday 7^th November.

In the first race of the day under-9’s Ethan Aldous and Ruben Snelson ran really well for 2^nd and 3^rd place finishes respectively followed by Tilly Lainchbury who ran strongly for 37^th.  In the under-11 girls Sophie Howie was first home for Harriers in 42^nd place. Then in the boys under-11’s Jasper Bell produced a terrific 5^th place finish just ahead of Christopher Charles in 6^th, Ben Knox 15^th, Barney Ballantine 20^th, Ryan Barnby 25^th and Alex Phipps 43^rd. The under-13 girls produced solid runs from Lizzie Eskender in 24^th and Laura Berrie in 30^th. Snelson produced the run of the day in the next race to win the under-13’s, despite being in the younger year of the category and he was followed home by Stanley Bull who ran very well for 15^th place. Thompson then continued the Harriers success to win the under-15 girls event (within the under-17 race) followed home by Rose Lord in 6^th and Jenny Hannah in 7^th. In the under-17 boys Luke Sherlock was a creditable 5^th followed by Gregor Kelling in an ever improving 6^th.

In the senior events Ros Kelling produced the best Harriers finish of 10^th

overall but was first in the V2 category followed by Michelle Bartlett who was 26^th and 2^nd V2 home and Becky Pull in 65^th. The woman’s team finished 3rd overall in their division 2 pool. The senior men finished 8^th overall in their division 3 race with Tim Wright first home in 16^th, Simon Pritchard 67^th, Gerard Duncan 123^rd, Phil Coy 188^th, Andy Bartlett 235^th, Glyn Pritchard 237^th and Doug Scott 240^th.