Results for the Midlands XC Champs, 24-Jan-2015
6 ladies and 5 men represented Sphinx at the Midlands Cross Country Championships at Woolaton Hall.
Results for various parkruns, 24-Jan-2015
There was a record turnout at Coventry as numbers were swelled by a Warwick Uni vs Coventry Uni race-off. Andrejs finished in the top 10 overall.
Results for Midlands Police & Services XC league, 21-Jan-2015
Yet another cracking XC event courtesy of the above, this time at Delapre Park in Northampton. Bitterly cold, but another delightful course on muddy paths and trails through the woodland surrounding the park. Even Pete, who was doing his first XC run of the century, enjoyed it! Thanks to Tom Marchi for putting us onto this series of runs and I would highly recommend it to anyone who can spare a Wednesday afternoon and fancies a nice low-key FREE Winter off-road event (the last one was at the picturesque Bradgate Park in Leicestershire). Next one is at Newbold Revel (not Newbold Comyn), Stretton-under-Fosse, 2.00 p.m. start on Wednesday 25th February. Just ask Uncle Tom for details.
Results for the Wellingborough Dirt Run, 18-Jan-2015
4 Sphinx runners took on this 15km multi-terrain event.
Results for juniors XC @ Burbage Common, 18-Jan-2015
11 hardy Sphinx juniors made the trip up the M69 to Burbage Common to take part in the latest leg of the West Midlands Cross Country league. The weather was very cold but at least the sun was shining and the winds were light. We had entrants in all but one of the races and everyone ran well in the conditions. All of our runners managed to finish with both shoes on which cannot be said for all runners!
Results for Not The Roman IX, 18-Jan-2015
A good turnout of blue and gold and two category runner-ups.
Well done to Kev Naughton and Jane Edwards on 2nd place in their categories.
Results for Midland Women’s XC, 10-Jan-2015
11 Sphinx ladies braved the wind and mud to compete in the 3rd of 4 cross-country league fixtures. International experience was evident as Jess Judd and Chrissie Wellington were part of over 300 competitors.
Catherine was first counter for Sphinx in 90th position, and the team moved up two places in the division edging ahead of Centurions. Well done, ladies.
Results for the B’ham XC league, Div 3, 10-Jan-2015
10 Sphinx runners represented the club in the third of four XC league fixtures. It was a joint fixture with the women’s Midlands league fixture (their results to follow separately) and their support helped us through the mud and wind!
Ash finished in 4th place and Pete was 35th.
The team finished 9th our of 14 and occupy position 5 in the division.
The final fixture is hosted by Sphinx, at Wyken Croft on 7th Feb.
Results for various parkruns, 10-Jan-2015
Numbers were down due to the cross-country race in the afternoon, but there was still a good Sphinx turnout at Coventry, and Hannah Downing set a new PB at Sheffield Hallam.
Results for the Centurions Grand Prix (3 of 6), 04-Jan-15
17 Sphinx runners competed in the 3rd race of the 6 race series. Some had already ran 10 miles to the venue.