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        the squad. Tonbridge took gold   35th and 36th respectively,   The large U13 girls team also
        but BBHAC did well in the mix   just 1 second apart. Millie   placed 7th and saw great runs
        and their efforts were rewarded   Smith was just behind in 43rd   from Lily Meers in 30th, Heidi
        winning team silver medals.  with Amy Leach in 50th and   Forsyth in 49th and Amarisa
        Surrey Cross Country    a great run from Jess Sellar   Sibley in 61st. Ellie Dolby
        Championships           finishing 54th. Graces Scopes   started the race positively and
                                in 87th and Charlotte Fairies   did well to continue, finishing
        Held in Lloyd Park, Croydon,
        Blackheath and Bromley   in 138th completed the squad   69th.Kelsey Pullin had a strong
        athletes put in some great   and secured a fine 4th in the   run crossing the line in 102nd,
        performances. Sophie Hoare   team race.         Olivia Berry was 121st, Hannah
        won the U15 girls title while   The U15 boy’s efforts   Clark 156th, Zara Aslam was
        Amy Miller ran well finishing   contributed to a respectable   169th and Isabella Louth
        12th. In the U13 girls race   5th team place and Matthew   rounded off the team effort
        Holly Sutton Trot was 18th   Francis led the attack with a   in 198th.
        making her BBHAC cross   solid top 20 finish coming   Morgan Squibb ran a solid race
        country debut.          19th. Peter Guy had another   U15 girls race and rewarded
        At the Middlesex equivalent   strong run placing 40th as   with a 10th place finish, Zoe
        in Hillingdon, the U13 girls   did Joe Georgiadis finishing   White had another great run
        excelled with Naomi Toft   54th and Oscar Heaney Brufal   in 47th as did Jess Neal in
        winning, Anwen Thomas   had a good run in 127th. Ben   57th. Good to see Rosie Allan
        placing 2nd and Maayan   Gardiner lost one of his spikes   running well and finishing
        Radus 4th. Yasmin Marghini   but was lucky enough to find   129th, follow by Niamh Milmo
        comfortably won the U15 girls   it, pick it up and carry on home   in 160th and Emily Davis in
        race and on her BB debut,   but still finished well in 186th.   220th. The team was 10th.
        Lucrezia Polloni ran well   Jake Leng was 214th and Seb
        finishing a great 4th.  Large 268th rounding off a   The U17 boy’s squad was also
        South of England Cross   great team result.     10th despite Lewis Mills having
        Country Championships   The U13 boy’s had the biggest   to pull out during the race
                                                        with a sore knee. Hopefully no
        The weather was unusually mild   squad on the day and did   lasting damage done and he
        for this years South of England   well finishing 7th overall.   can rest up and still compete
        cross country Championships   Sam Reardon and Tom Brash   later this winter. Callum Myatt
        and racing conditions at   continued their private battle   had a great run finishing 66th,
        Parliament Hill were excellent   and ran strongly finishing 34th
        with some of the ground   and 35th but with exactly the   with Oscar Hussey running well
        underfoot, firm! Fifty BBHAC   same time. Luca Thurlow, in   in 74th. Michael Eagling was
        young athletes took on the   only his second BBHAC race   124th and Finlay Brannan, in
        challenging Hampstead Heath   must have seen Sam and Tom   only his third race for BBHAC
        course and all our junior teams   in front as he finished with pace   was strong finishing 141st.
        finished in the top 10 with the   just 2 seconds behind them in   Charlie Andrews has been
        U17 girls being highest placed   37th. Max Gregson was a solid   running well all winter and
        in 4th. Jess Keene continued her   134th, Oliver Robertson 157th   was moving along nicely but
        great winter season winning an   and Jamie Sears 160th. Matt   fell heavily landing on his hip
        impressive bronze in the U20   Smith crossed the line in 172nd,   and struggled to complete the
        women’s 6k race.        Oles Chaban was 206th, Adam   course but did so and shouldn’t
        Lottie Weitzel and Genny Allan   Parkinson 257th and Nick   be too disappointed.
        had a great run in at the end of   Paddington completing the
        the U17 girl’s 5k race placing   squad in 295th.            Paul Austridge
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