Saturday 12th November saw the second Manchester Area Cross Country League, which was held at Boggart Hole Clough. There were 17 athletes competing for the club of which under 11 girl, Chloe Leigh ran for her first time and she finished the 2km course in 71st place in 12:31. Well done!
For the under 13’s, Michael Dobson finished the 3km race in 13:13, followed by Charlie Young in 52nd place in 17:20 and Max Young finished 54th in 17:32. The boys finished 11th as a team! Lucy Bridge was in the same race as the boys and she finished 45th in 16:03.
Running in the under 15’s 4k, Michael Brussels finished 23rd in 18:22, Charlie Roberts finished 32nd in 20:24. Meanwhile Liam Houghton completed the race in 37th in 21:08 and Scott Aldred (who competed for his first time over cross country!) finished 37th in 21:21. The team finished 8th! Alyx Bridge competed for the under 15 girls and finished 30th in 22:29.
Senior lady, Gemma Connolly ran 8km and finished 7th in 33:04.
Tom Griffiths ran in the men’s 9km race, he finished 18th in 36:12, John Greenall finished 84th in 40:29, Ian Roberts: 273rd in 48:47 and Andy O’Connor: 308th in 50:38. Also in the senior men’s race were Joseph Walker and Leon Hill; however they represented the under 20 men. Joe finished 14th in 43:37 and Leon finished 15th in 48:24. The team finished 28th overall!
Well done to everyone who ran!
See you at the next match, which is at Heaton Park on Saturday 3rd December!
Team Manager: Helena