Woodbridge XC

A new course... again!, but probably a better course with only one lap of 8.3km, though a little disheartening when running along the endless perimeter fence. The course still takes in the wibbly wobbly wooded area and that high sand bank, though this time with an unavoidable deep pool of water at the bottom before going up a second high bank. Just as well that the rest of the course was dry.

Tammy came in as 1st Lady for the club, that also puts her in a strong position in her age category with just 2 points from 2 races. Louise, Karen and Tracey are strongly placed in the 11 ladies left in the category. Nikki Knott lies 2nd in her age group and Rachel 4th in hers. Anne Fish currently leads the ladies 55+ category.

Colin Pitts and Nick Stephens are strongly placed in the Men 40+ and Chris Starmer 2nd in the Men's 45+. Jim King holds 2nd place in the Men's 60+ category.

Well done everyone.

The Stowmarket Striders results are:-

Pos	Sex	Name	Time	Points
15	15	Nick Stephens	30:15	101
16	16	Chris Starmer	30:34	100
25	25	Chris Oliver	31:51	91
31	31	John Browning	32:40	85
36	1	Tammy Jordan	32:55	58
68	11	Louise Bunch	36:27	48
72	60	Miles Garrod	36:49	56
79	66	Richard Nash	37:18	50
82	14	Nikki Knott	37:27	45
85	71	Les Basham	38:04	45
89	74	Jim King	38:20
97	19	Karen Goodwin	38:54
109	83	Chris Chaplin	39:31
110	27	Rachel Champion	39:37
113	85	Les King	39:57
121	91	Grayhame Fish	41:04
125	93	Mike Goodwin	41:26
127	33	Ronel Van der Merwe	41:54
129	34	Anne Fish	41:59
131	97	Paul Austin	42:18
142	40	Jan Starmer	44:43
147	43	Tracey Lee	45:40
148	44	Heidi Bingham	45:40
154	48	Sue Seggar	52:21

There were 155 finishers. Click here for the full results.

Team after 3 events: (out of 13 teams)

Position	Team	Points
5th	Men's (6th in Woodbridge XC)	1704
2nd	Ladies (2nd in Woodbridge XC)	435
5th	Overall (4th in Woodbridge XC)	2139

The Striders lie 5th after the 3rd race just 31 points behind Newmarket and 157 points ahead of Ipswich & Bildeston.