March 25 Newsletter

The curtain comes down on this years Cross Country Season, with all the national finals during March. Good luck to Helen Heley, Julie Hammond, Richard Francis and in as reserve Steve Wareham. Keep training Steve you may be needed at the Inter Counties on March 8th.  Silson ended the league season with a creditable 3rd place finish (report below).

Chiltern League Horspath  Oxford Saturday February 8th

Silson required a huge result in their final league fixture, to secure a promotion place. This was always unlikely with Oxford on home turf and Redway Runners having a huge squad of runners. The club finished 3rd in league division 2, with senior ladies, lady vets and mens vets taking team prizes. Individually Helen Heley 9th won the lady vet 45s, Julie Hammond 8th on the day was 3rd overall in the same age group. Jayne Cooper 29th at Oxford was 3rd lady vet 55 and Hannah Torrance 61st was rewarded for completing all the league races with 3rd senior lady. A consistent winter season saw Simon Woodward 30th earn the 2nd male 50 prize. Working hard in the Oxford mud Richard Popiel 70th secured the 2nd male 60 place

Remaining Oxford Results Men 19th Richard Francis, 29th Alfie Long, 39th Chris Coghlan, 45th  Simon Storer, 47th Toby Heley, 51st Simon KH, 58th Paul Holmes. Ladies 18th Sarah Kay, 21st Louise Honeyball, 34th Susan Mulligan, 37th Rachel Prior, 43rd Mary de Frates, 52nd Fiona Storer, 58th Laura Torrance, 60th Sue Torrance, 62nd Kim Froggitt.

Final League Standings

1st Oxford City 5388pts

2nd Redway Runners 4765pts

3rd Silson AC 3718pts

4th Queens Park Harriers 3462

5th Luton AC 2750pts

March Fixtures

Saturday 8th Inter Counties Nottingham

Saturday 15th English Schools Gatwick

Saturday 22nd Primary Schools National Finals Daventry

Saturday 29th Midland Relays Sutton Coldfield

NB the first race in the Northants Road Running League is the Stanwick 10k on Easter Monday April 21st

The full list of EMGP and NRRL fixtures will be the April Newsletter

Training

Continues at Silverstone Circuit on Wednesday evenings 6.30pm.

Stowe Track Saturday March 15th - 90 second efforts followed by 1 mile time trial.

For Sunday Runs follow Facebook.

Any reports to silsonsecretary@gmail.com for the April Newsletter by March 25th.

Graham Linnell