Oxford Mail cross country

OXFORD MAIL CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE REPORT 

22 Banbury Harriers, mainly juniors, travelled to Cirencester Park for the second round of the Oxford Mail Cross Country League.  On arguably the best cross country course we run our U9’s got us off to a good start with Mollie Davis 3^rd and Joe Swift 10^th.  

Our Under 11’s clearly enjoyed the hills.  Isla McGowan has had a consistently good season so far, and came home in 2^nd place, with Richie Mack improving as the season goes on to finish 4^th in the boys race.   They were followed home by Frankie Scrivener 24^th and Merle Snelson 42nd in the girls race, and Thomas Roberts 24^th boy. 

Our Under 13 teams were 3^rd (boys) and 4^th (girls) on the day, with both Ruben Snelson, showing some good speed, and Tilly Lainchbury having recovered well after winning North Oxon Schools race in the week both 3^rd.  Sam Davis was 14^th, Archie Street 20^th, Miles Taylor 39^th, Rosie Brand 22^nd and Freya Pamphlett 26^th. 

Our only U15/U17 Lady was Katie Pamphlett who picked up places on the hills and finished strongly in 22^nd. 

Daniel Roberts had another consistent run to finish in 3^rd place in the U15/U17 Mens race, closely followed home by Owen Knox in 4^th after starting conservatively and picking up places all the way through the race following injury problems. 

Only 2 senior men were out due to a number running the previous day at Luton, with Mark Scrivener in 188^th and Neil Forbes 254^th. 

Our Senior Ladies team consisted of an U20, F45 and senior lady and finished a creditable 4^th team.  A slightly under par Tia Williams was 18^th, Michelle Bartlett ran amazingly well on the hills considering she had run the previous day in 20^th, and Charlotte Drummond surprised herself in coming 25^th despite having just returned to training following injury problems.

By Ros.

Photo is of Isla McGowan