Stowmarket Cross Country

Position	Race	Name	Time
8	8	Chris Starmer	34.08
13	13	Nick Stephens	34.29
29	29	Michael Jones	36.40
32	32	M Pottage	36.59
39	39	Malcolm Penn	37.45
44	44	D Boggis	37.56
53	55	Peter Tricker	39.47
54	56	R McPhillips	39.50
64	67	G Stephens	40.27
86	101	S Baldry	46.14
91	111	T Abbott	48.16
95	126	J Naughton	52.42

There were 96 men finishers

Ladies Team

Position	Race	Name	Time
4	68	Tamara Jordan	40.30
11	93	Ellen Broughton	45.17
15	99	Heidi Bingham	45.41
21	113	Diane Stephens	49.02
31	125	Anne Fish	51.45
32	127	R Thurston	52.42
35	130	Linda Steward	55.01

There were 39 Lady finishers

There were 135 finishers in total (including guest runners).

Team Results

Position	Team	Points
4	Men's	524
4	Ladies	102
3	Combined	626

Out of 11 teams. St Edmund Pacers were top with 766 points.

Team Position after 3 races out of 4

Position	Team	Points
4	Men's	1490
3	Ladies	340
4	Combined	1830

Out of 11 teams. Current overall leaders are St Edmund Pacers A with 2156 points.
Also ahead are the Flying Shufflers with 1893 in second. Felixstowe Road Runners
have passed us gaining 50 points over Stowmarket in this race. This means that the

Stowmarket Striders have dropped a place to 4th.

Final event is Brandon Cross Country on the 11th Feb.

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In contrast to the last race at sunny Woodbridge, this one was very different!

Resembling those nightmare cross countries from your school days, the weather was
bleak to say the least! With snow still sitting on the ground, sleet gently fell from the
gray sky freezing anything it touched. Even the sheep stayed huddled together!

However this didn't seem to put the runners off, seeing a good turnout with numbers
similar to Woodbridge. Are they mad? or was it us marshals showing the way round the
course slowing going numb with the cold? The runners thanked us for our support jumping

and clapping them on. We'd like to take the credit but I think we were just trying to keep

warm!

This was a real winter cross country that saw impressive runs from the juniors as well as the

seniors. It is great to hear from the runners that, although tough, they enjoyed the course.

Again at this point we have to make a special mention to our honorable captain seen taking
an undisclosed number of doughnuts from the cakes provided for those who ran. Tut tut!

Rich & Katy