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Georgina Taylor followed by South of England XC A very sporting act carried out
Joanna Clowes Championships, Brighton instinctively emphasising what
January 24th a great sport we are involved
many scalps handing over The U20 men’s race was a in and Will Ruiz having travel
to Richard Webb in 22nd. tough affair but saw Will down from University had
Richard, having interrupted a Fuller finish a strong 26th a solid run in 55th and Tom
holiday to race, continued the despite having only recently Desborough finished with
scalping crossing the line in a recovered from a lay off due to great pace in 59th.
very creditable 14th place. illness. Will Fuller showed his Sam Leighton was our lone
Showing we have strength in true class the previous week representative in the U20
depth Thomas Desborough at the Kent Schools (his first women and did well finishing
ran the first leg of our race back after illness) having 38th.
incomplete B team running raced a hard senior boys race
nearly 20 seconds quicker and pulled himself back to National XC Championships
than last year. fourth. This qualified Will for Parliament Hill
an automatic selection spot for 21st of February
Kent XC Championships the English school champs in And so to the finale for the
Hythe January 3rd Blackburn in March. Much to season. Sam Leighton was
Going into the new year the Will’s surprise he presented again our sole representative
U20 women continued our with a Kent Schools bronze in the U20 women race and
medal haul winning team medal. Apparently the boy in crossed the line in 82nd.
silver with Kate Curran fourth had not been registered We hadn’t had a scoring
placing 4th, Anna Myers by his school and so was quartet of U20 for many
7th, Sam Leighton 8th and running as a guest. Without years so it was great to see
Shauna Paice making her BB hesitation Will handed the four Blackheath vests on the
championship debut in 9th. bronze to the boy who had start of the U20 men’s 10k
Thomas Desborough, just come third, as he didn’t feel race. Will Fuller has had a
back from a hip injury was our he had won the medal, having couple of bouts of illness so
only representative in the U20 crossed the line in fourth. great to see him back racing
men after other withdrawals again and he should be very
due to illness and injury, Mary Guy pleased with his 26th finish.
didn’t enjoy his day much as Richard Webb had a strong
he had to pull out when his race in 74th as did Will Ruiz
hip problem flared up again. making the top 100 in 89th.
Hopefully a little rest and Most pleasing for me was
we will soon see Tom flying seeing ever present Thomas
around the country again. Desborough finally be part
of a full scoring team and his
fine 124th was good enough
to secure a great 6th in the
team competition. After
a frustrating winter hit by
injury Tom was able at last to
make his mark.
Paul Austridge
