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Gloucester Cross Country League
Cotswold Farm Park
Near Bourton-on-the-Water
Saturday 11th October 2008

Above: Simon & Richard reach the top of the hill on the first lap.
Click here for photo gallery (83 images).
Ben Lanckham made a terrific debut and finished 4th out of 30 in the U11 boys race with a time of 6:19 over 1.7 km.

Above: Sally Hogan leaps the last obstacle on the run in to the finish.
Sally Hogan achieved the highest place finish for a B&R athlete at Bourton, coming 3rd out of 14 iin the U15 girls race with a time of 21:26 for 4.9 km.

Above: Georgie and Jeanette leap the tyres neck and neck.

Above: Tamara completed the scoring for the senior women.
B&R women’s individual results (6.4 km)
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Pos. |
Name |
Time |
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36 |
Jeanette Malin |
31:50 |
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37 |
Georgie Fleming |
31:56 |
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42 |
Tamara Ball |
32:44 |
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52 |
Jane Anderson |
33:28 |
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55 |
Judy Appleby |
33:54 |
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56 |
Melanie Hepke |
34:04 |
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63 |
Caroline Cumming |
35:26 |
94 finishers
Provisional results: Our senior women’s team (Jeanette, Georgie & Tamara) was 8th out of 22 complete teams and 6th out of 14 A teams. The B team were 17th. Last season our women veterans were third overall in the league and they (Jeanette, Jane & Judy) made a good start at Bourton finishing 5th out of 12 teams.

Above: Kevin Lanckham alongside a Cleveland runner on the fast downhill stretch.

Above: Jamie Dancyger takes the hill in his stride.
B&R men’s individual results (11.2 km)
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Pos. |
Name |
Time |
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21 |
Kevin Lanckham |
47:49 |
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26 |
Jamie Dancyger |
48:26 |
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34 |
Richard Dando |
49:38 |
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59 |
Dave Daniel |
52:07 |
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66 |
Gavin Moorhead |
53:02 |
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69 |
Simon Lanckham |
53:19 |
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74 |
Andy Freeman |
53:54 |
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77 |
Phil Richardson |
54:04 |
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83 |
Simon Bowen |
54:28 |
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89 |
Jimmy Atkins |
55:01 |
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95 |
Phil Anderson |
55:50 |
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96 |
Clive Brown |
56:02 |
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105 |
Pete Hawcroft |
57:04 |
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117 |
Phil Woodyatt |
59:07 |
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131 |
Steve James |
62:58 |
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160 |
Roger Beacham |
89:54 |
B&R men's team (six to score) had a great start to the league with the A team finishing 4th and the B team 12th out of 16 teams. In the vets competition (four runners to score) finished 4th and 12th out of 18 teams.
Click for full results at Glos. AAA website

Above: Phil Richardson beat CLC Strider’s Chris Hale in a sprint finish.

Above: Jimmy Atkins shadows Clive Brown (309) on the hill.

Above: Phil Woodyatt coaches the youngsters and made his XC debut for B&R.
Click here for photo gallery (83 images).
Thanks to Tony Woodward for his support and the photos in this report. Thanks to Pete Hawcroft for extra photos of the women's race in the gallery (see link above).
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