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Suffolk Winter League - Pakenham 01-03-20

Sunday 1^st March 2020 was the fourth in the series of xc runs in the Suffolk Winter League. It was a new venue for everyone as Bury St Edmunds Pacers had moved the race from the beautiful Nowton Park in Bury St Edmunds to Nether Hall, Pakenham, just east of Bury St Edmunds. Despite the slightly long walk from the field car park it was another typically picturesque country hall grounds, at least equally as pleasant as Nowton Park. The course was both xc and trail like in places with some modest hills and not too much mud - surprisingly!

Proceedings started with the junior race at 10.45am. This was one lap and about 3K. We had four juniors taking part. Kaitlin Sinden, Brooke Oram, Malachi Fabian and Izzy Last. All did very well but Malachi came in a very respectable 6^th with Izzy not far behind at 24^th (but also as first girl back – which is fantastic). They were followed by Brooke at 44^th and Kaitlin at 77^th. Well done all.

Just after the juniors started the U11 race went ahead. It was supposed to be an 800m course, but I am told it seemed more like 1.2K! This time we had three taking part. Tayla Goodswen, Ethan Glayzer and Liam Durrant. Again, all tried hard for the club with Ethan coming in 4^th, Liam 10^th and Tayla 12^th. All are well under 11years – so looks good for the future if we can keep them engaged.

In the adult female contingent we had Suzannah, Annette, Michelle, Lynn and new girl Gail Glayzer. We managed to find her a club shirt to wear thanks to Alli Hurren removing a layer of much needed clothing! For the men we had Kevin, Stephen, Stefan, Gary, Mark, Anthony, Ian, Ewan and Jonathan. Their race went off at 11.15am and consisted of two laps (8K). Despite several having various injuries we still put up a good show with Ewan coming home as the first B&BH member back in 47^th, followed by Mark in 65^th and Lynn in 78^th place. Jonathan, Anthony and Stefan all came back in close company of 100^th, 103^rd and 104^th respectively. Gail did very well in her first race for us to finish 166^th, whilst Suzannah continues to improve at 172^nd. Well done Stephen for completing yet another xc with very little training. Also, a tidy race for Michelle just keeping out of the 200’s at 197^th.

Many thanks to Annette for also bringing the hot water container with tea and coffee; to Ewan for giving Malachi a lift; to Julie for recording times and to Lynn for organising us!

Results as follows: -

U11’s

4^th Ethan Glayzer (8)

10^th Liam Durrant (7)

12^th Tayla Goodswen (7)

 

Juniors (11-16)

6^th Malachi Fabian (14)

24^th Izzy Last (1^st Girl) (12)

44^th Brooke Oram (15)

77^th Kaitlin Sinden (15)

 

Adults

47^th Ewan Sail

65^th Mark Hurren

78^th Lynn Emmett

100^th Jonathan Puxley

103^rd Anthony Sinden

104^th Stefan Goodswen

147^th Gary Howe

166^th Gail Glayzer

170^th Ian Gardner

172^nd Suzannah Sinden

197^th Michelle Hewitt

202^nd Stephen Harvey

229^th Annette Copeman-Lamoureux

233^rd Kevin Copeman-Lamoureux

 

Official placing and times should be available by the end of next week.