A dull but dry day at Alton Towers for this premiere English XC event. The venue was spectacularly muddy, so much so that there had been injuries in earlier races and the courses for both senior events were changed and slightly shortened (though still 10k for the men). Wilmslow raced well in both events, with overall results as follows:-
| Senior Women | ||||
| Position | Time | Name | ||
| 1 | 0:23:49 | Louise Damen (ahead of Liz Yelling in 3rd) | ||
| 198 | 0:31:06 | Sally Gilliver | ||
| 200 | 0:31:12 | Kate Sutton | ||
| 291 | 0:32:50 | Christine Gerachty | ||
| 344 | 0:34:35 | Janine Ellis | ||
| 360 | 0:35:08 | Clare Hawkes | ||
| Team Position 39th | ||||
| Senior Men | ||||
| Position | Time | Name | ||
| 1 | 0:35:11 | Steve Vernon (Stockport Harriers) | ||
| 125 | 0:40:27 | Damian Nicholls | ||
| 186 | 0:42:00 | Malcolm Fowler | ||
| 330 | 0:44:38 | Graham MacNeil | ||
| 399 | 0:45:48 | Jim Pendrill | ||
| 732 | 0:51:03 | Andy Watts | ||
| 947 | 0:55:29 | Paul Garnett | ||
| 1054 | 0:58:26 | Paul Norris | ||
| 1224 | 1:06:00 | Chris Watts | ||
| 1279 | 1:12:24 | Trevor Faulkner | ||
| Team Position 34th | ||||
Full results on the English Cross Country site.
We may not have won the race but at least we won the ‘Best Place To Put The Club Tent’ competition!