Framlingham XC

This race was full of technical difficulties. First was remembering to turn your clocks back the night before. The second was the infamous muddy course of Framlingham Castle. It is especially worrying when the pre-race announcements ask you to tie your running shoes up extra tight so as not to loose them in the mud!

A good turnout overall with 29 Striders starting the race. Individual positions put Louise Bunch in 3rd place in the lady seniors, Nikki & Ellen 4th & 5th in their age group and Anne Fish 2nd in hers. For the men's, Colin Pitts lies in 4th place in the Men 40+, Chris Starmer 2nd in Men 45+, Bernard Debney 4th in Men 55+ and Jim King is 2nd in Men 60+. Ben Naughton ran in the junior race for the Striders.

The Stowmarket Striders results are:-

Pos	Sex	Name	Time	Points
11	11	Colin Pitts	30:31	125
13	13	Nick Stephens	30:47	123
15	15	Chris Starmer	30:54	121
46	45	John Browning	35:24	91
49	48	Andy Green	35:49	88
51	50	Nick Hammond	35:58	86
58	56	Chris Gladwell	37:14	80
72	66	Colin Thomas	37:52
77	7	Louise Bunch	38:08	55
78	71	Bernard Debney	38:15
89	79	Miles Garrod	39:38
93	11	Nikki Knott	40:06	51
107	16	Ellen Broughton	41:46	46
109	91	Les Basham	41:49
117	22	Rachel Champion	42:20
118	95	Chris Chaplin	42:23
134	104	Jim King	44:27
139	31	Karen Goodwin	45:13
140	108	Mike Goodwin	45:14
143	110	Paul Austin	45:48
148	35	Maria Reynolds	46:20
156	38	Katy Nash	47:29
158	119	Grayhame Fish	48:28
160	39	Anne Fish	48:30
163	40	Jan Starmer	49:00
177	51	Denise Naughton	53:22
178	126	Jo Naughton	53:24

There were 179 finishers. Follow this link for the full results.

Team: (out of 13 teams)

Position	Team	Points
5th	Men's	714
2nd	Ladies	152
5th	Overall	866

The Striders lie 5th after the first race just 23 points behind Ipswich Harriers and 77 points ahead of the Flying Shufflers.