England returned to this fixture after an absence of some years. We had the individual winner in Holly Weedall and third in Pippa Roesslar The course was dry and hard with softer parts in the newly introduced wooded area. The race was over three laps of a course that had inclines which with the laps…
Race Report: Junior Men – Cross Internacional de Italica, Seville, 12 November 2023
The XLI Cross Internacional de Italica in Seville was a huge success for our 4 junior men, completing a clean sweep of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Over a mixed terraine of hard baked soil and soft woodland trails the boys quickly on the 3 lap course exerted the pressure on the field of 43…
Race Report: Senior Women – Cross Internacional de Italica, Seville, 12 November 2023
Senior Women: Sarah Astin (Belgrave), Kate Axford (Belgrave), Phoebe Barker (Tonbridge AC) and Amelia Quirk (Bracknell AC) This high calibre meeting is now part of the World Athletics Cross Country Gold Level series. The course distance of 9.7km consisted of 4 hilly laps and although the ground was hard under foot and the temperature hitting…
Senior Men Race Report – Seville, December 2023
The latest racing of the ‘Cross Italica’ took place in Seville, Spain on November 12th 2023. England Cross Country teams regularly frequent this event and this year it was deemed ideally placed in the calendar at 2 weeks prior to the UK European Cross Country Trial at Liverpool. In the men’s race Ellis Cross, Jacob…
Race Report – Lotto CrossCup, Diest, Feb ’23 – Junior Men
The Belgians are renowned for their challenging cross country courses, organisation and hospitality so what better race to pick for our final international race of the season than Diest in Belgium. The Diest race is a part of the CrossCup series but as it is not a gold standard event it does not attract the…
Race Report – Lotto CrossCup, Diest, Feb ’23 – Junior Women
The course was the same as the junior men 5070m. Innes went immediately into the lead followed by Hattie, Olivia and Sophie. At the end of the first of three laps Innes was in a clear lead from Hattie followed by Olivia and Sophie. Innes continued to stretch her lead during the second lap followed by Hattie…
Race Report – Lotto CrossCup, Diest, Feb ’23 – Senior Women
The Senior Ladies team were represented by Sarah Astin, Niamh Bridson Hubbard, Rebecca Murray and Philippa Stone. The ladies delivered excellent performances on a challenging 9km multi lap course, each lap containing several tight turns, running through sand and running up and down steep banks. They all started positively and ran with the leading pack…
Race Report – Lotto CrossCup, Diest, Feb ’23 – Senior Men
On a particularly tight and twisty Diest course, a good start to the hairpin turn after two hundred metres was essential. All three England representatives were soon to the fore, with Tomer Tarragano (Brighton & Hove, Dean Miller) covering the lead, closely followed by Jack Gray (Cambridge & Coleridge, Mark Vile) and Ned Potter (Newham…
Race Report – Lotto Cross Cup, Hannut Jan ’23, Senior Men
Lotto CrossCup – Hannut 22/01/2023 England Senior Men – Race Report The team met at St Pancras, London for a lunchtime departure to Brussels on Eurostar then on to Leuven where we stayed overnight before transporting to the race venue in Hannut. 11.00am Sunday morning the team boarded the bus with very grey skies and…
Race Report – Lotto Cross Cup, Hannut Jan ’23, Junior Women
Junior women’s report from Hannut England returned to this fixture after an absence of some years. We had the individual winner Innes Fitzgerald and second with Rebecca Flaherty. The course was good with challenges for all. When the juniors approached their race the course was deteriorating as there were a number of younger athletes racing…