Solid performances at Surrey XC

Fears that Storm Claudia could deliver treacherous conditions to the weekend Surrey League XC fixtures proved unfounded, and both teams produced solid performances.

The women competing in division 1, in Beckenham Place Park, finished 11th with Nic Douglas our first finisher in 34th, with a time of 22:02, followed by Sophie Biggs and Lucy Chambers. Tracey Lenthall and Carla Cotton also scored.

The men competing in division 2, were racing at Hurst Green and with 30 participating, were able to field two teams. The first team finished 7th with Sonny Maund the first to finish in 28:43 and 31st position, followed by Pavel Przepiorski and Pete Gregorwski.

The men's B team finished 4th. Andrew Roberts and Malcolm Fletcher finished first and third in their age group. In Beckenham, the women's B team finished 12th. Sophie and Lucy were second and third in their age group, as were Pamela McHutchon and Sally Boulton in theirs.

The club was also represented in the junior races by two second-claim Stragglers. Ruby Rock finished 13th in the girls 15-17 race with a time of 10:17, while Ethan Russell was 24th in the boys' race with a time of 8:55.