Innes FitzGerald enjoys runaway win at English Schools Champs

Devon athlete enjoys 52-second clear victory at Wollaton Park in Nottingham as Zoe Gilbody, Molly Carvell, George Couttie, Sam Plummer and Joe Scanes additionally take gold on Saturday

A significant cross-country occasion returned to the grounds of Wollaton Corridor for the primary time for the reason that all-age group English Nationwide of 2020.

Growing prices of hiring the property had been given as the rationale, but it surely was additionally famous again then that the grounds have been left critically rutted by the quite a few parked vehicles. Nevertheless it was the expense of hiring the venue that was given as the true purpose for it falling off of the calendar.

This was backed up by Wendy Smith, the Lord Mayor of Nottingham, who famous that the unitary authority of central Nottingham is likely one of the poorest within the nation with an above common variety of low council tax band homes, which imply the council has to look to all signifies that it will possibly to try to stability its books.

For the second time in eight days the youthful runners have been once more referred to as upon to compete in a nationwide championships and it was once more for his or her counties albeit within the faculty entire educational 12 months age teams reasonably than the UKA designated ranges. This meant that runners moved from the highest of their age group to what all of them time period “’backside 12 months’.

Within the staff stakes, Surrey had two wins, whereas Kent have been second in all three boys races.

Senior women

Innes FitzGerald was probably the most predictable winner of the day and the Exeter runner duly opened out the largest margin of the afternoon after an equally dominant under-17 Inter-Counties win the earlier week over Zoe Gilbody. Right here the 16-year-old’s margin over second-placed Rebecca Flaherty was almost a minute as Lauren Russell took third.

Organisers struggled to recollect an even bigger margin of victory in the complete historical past of the championships. Keep in mind FitzGerald’s race was solely 4.5km as effectively, which she accomplished in 15:21 and which meant she had solely a restricted quantity of floor to create such a lead.

Flaherty was all the time within the hunt for silver however Eve Whitaker was an early guess for a medal earlier than she was given the soar by Russell, who had come from exterior the highest half-dozen or so within the second half of the race.

The tall FitzGerald famous that her “begin was not superb however then took the lead on the primary nook.”

Thereafter the margin elevated though the Devon runner stated: “I used to be fairly positive that I used to be going slower on the second lap.”

Following a win within the Euro Cross Trials at Sefton Park and a fourth spot within the under-20 race on the European Championships in December, FitzGerald has been undefeated profitable the English Nationwide and two Belgian Cross Cup races this 12 months.

Flaherty stated: “I used to be second from the beginning,” whereas Russell added: “I began slowly then labored my manner via,” however has improved from ninth within the Southern Championships to fifth within the English Nationwide, after 62nd on this race the earlier 12 months.

Senior women: 1 I FitzGerald (Devon) 15:21; 2 R Flaherty (West Yorkshire) 16:13; 3 L Russell (Middlesex) 16:22; 4 E Whitaker (North Yorkshire) 16:25; 5 A Lane (West Yorkshire) 16:27; 6 Y Kashdan (Sussex) 16:31; 7 O Martin (Oxfordshire) 16:35; 8 H Reynolds (Norfolk) 16:36; 9 S Livingstone (Devon) 16:38; 10 S Nicholls (Somerset) 16:41; 11 E Platt (Higher Manchester) 16:47; 12 S Duval (Staffordshire) 16:50; 13 I Barwell (Lincolnshire) 16:54; 14 A Stratton (Lancashire) 17:00; 15 E Inch (West Yorkshire) 17:01; 16 J Elvin (Essex) 17:03; 17 H Waugh (Northumberland) 17:04; 18 I Downes (Shropshire) 17:06; 19 J Leggate (Cambridgeshire) 17:08; 20 M Hughes (Buckinghamshire) 17:11; 21 C Marshall (Warwickshire) 17:13; 22 A Jubb (Hertfordshire) 17:14; 23 T Ford (Humberside) 17:14; 24 M Freeland (Buckinghamshire) 17:14; 25 E Brooks (Lincolnshire) 17:16; 26 A Ita (Derbyshire) 17:18; 27 I Frost (Hertfordshire) 17:19; 28 C Rawstron (West Yorkshire) 17:21; 29 A Cox (Sussex) 17:23; 30 H Clark (Kent) 17:25; 31 C Firth (Kent) 17:27; 32 I Courtney (Dorset) 17:27; 33 A Edgson (Higher Manchester) 17:31; 34 L Jones (Cambridgeshire) 17:31; 35 H Weedall (Cheshire) 17:34; 36 E Gibbins (West Yorkshire) 17:35; 37 I Wrightam (Leicestershire & Rutland) 17:36; 38 M Barker (Essex) 17:36; 39 Okay Webb (Surrey) 17:37; 40 F Griffiths (Higher Manchester) 17:39; 41 I Richardson (West Yorkshire) 17:40; 42 Okay Hewitt (Surrey) 17:41; 43 J Mawdsley (Hereford & Worcestershire) 17:42; 44 M Trueman (Leicestershire & Rutland) 17:42; 45 D Wilson (Hertfordshire) 17:42; 46 B Rawlinson (Shropshire) 17:42; 47 C Barennes (West Yorkshire) 17:42; 48 I Burke (Higher Manchester) 17:43; 49 L Milliner (Devon) 17:43; 50 L Denece (Surrey) 17:43; 51 C Thornley (Gloucestershire) 17:44; 52 C Dewar (Buckinghamshire) 17:44; 53 O Gregory (Cheshire) 17:45; 54 Okay Brady-Jones (Merseyside) 17:47; 55 S Lomas (Surrey) 17:48; 56 A Royden (Kent) 17:50; 57 J Charlton (West Midlands) 17:50; 58 S Latham (Hertfordshire) 17:50; 59 G Hodson (Lancashire) 17:50; 60 H Watson (Essex) 17:51; 61 G Phelan (Merseyside) 17:52; 62 I Bungay (Northumberland) 17:52; 63 J Sails (Northumberland) 17:53; 64 E Protect (Buckinghamshire) 17:54; 65 D Wilkinson (Hampshire) 17:54; 66 E Strevens (Sussex) 17:58; 67 E Yelling (Sussex) 18:01; 68 L Creasey (Cleveland) 18:01; 69 E Muelas (Hampshire) 18:01; 70 G Mason (Hertfordshire) 18:03; 71 A Hedge (Hertfordshire) 18:03; 72 I Mansley (Cambridgeshire) 18:05; 73 Okay Maher (Lancashire) 18:06; 74 I Pieters (South Yorkshire) 18:06; 75 S Huxtable (Cumbria) 18:07; 76 L Norton (Wiltshire) 18:07; 77 F Crowley (Hertfordshire) 18:08; 78 E Webb (Kent) 18:10; 79 N Mason (Higher Manchester) 18:10; 80 J Robertson-Dover (Humberside) 18:11; 81 Okay Flockhart (Berkshire) 18:12; 82 L O”Neill (Middlesex) 18:13; 83 S Banks (West Midlands) 18:13; 84 O East (Hampshire) 18:13; 85 B Rogers (West Yorkshire) 18:14; 86 O Brown (Berkshire) 18:14; 87 I Cunningham (Lancashire) 18:15; 88 I Chesterton (Bedfordshire) 18:17; 89 S Barker (Devon) 18:17; 90 L Bryan (Leicestershire & Rutland) 18:18; 91 E Phillips (Norfolk) 18:19; 92 M Kelly (Durham) 18:20; 93 Okay Youp (Hampshire) 18:20; 94 C West (Sussex) 18:21; 95 A Reed (Cambridgeshire) 18:21; 96 R Vinton (Suffolk) 18:22; 97 Okay Wilkinson (Dorset) 18:23; 98 A Aberley-Barker (Staffordshire) 18:24; 99 A Goodhand (Kent) 18:25; 100 P Barker (Staffordshire) 18:25

TEAM: 1 W Yorks 127; 2 Herts 294; 3 G Manchester 317; 4 Sussex 373; 5 Kent 403; 6 Devon 413; 7 Surrey 456; 8 Lancs 461; 9 Northumberland 513; 10 Bucks 541; 11 Cambs 559; 12 Hants 562; 13 Leicester & Rutland 618; 14 Cheshire 637; 15 Essex 638; 16 Middx 772; 17 Dorset 792; 18 Berks 817; 19 Durham 832; 20 Lincoln 840

Inter women

The race was the primary away on a surprisingly gentle afternoon and on a course that was ‘smooth to agency’ in horse racing parlance.

Gilbody was up in opposition to her Wreake & Soar Valley team-mate Saikira King and prime 12 months beat backside 12 months to take care of a longtime order. Each had received English Colleges titles earlier than, Gilbody in 2020 and King in 2022. Each are additionally pupils at Ratcliffe Faculty. The margin was solely 5 seconds on the line, whereas Isla McGowan was a predictable third.

This order was quickly established after Gilbody took the lead “on the nook after the primary small lap.” She famous that she had “run right here 3 times earlier than and every time it was a special lap.”

It took her a while to get into her stride as she stated she was boxed in and added: “I received caught behind a giant group, so I dropped again.”

King stored her membership team-mate shut however had no reply on that downward swoop to the end. McGowan was second within the English Nationwide behind Gilbody and second within the colleges race final 12 months and right here had just a few yards to spare over fourth positioned Sophie Jacobs, who was second within the under-17 Southern.

Inter women: 1 Z Gilbody (Shropshire) 11:50; 2 S King (Leicestershire & Rutland) 11:55; 3 I McGowan (Oxfordshire) 12:10; 4 S Jacobs (Bedfordshire) 12:15; 5 B Trow (Shropshire) 12:17; 6 I Jones (West Midlands) 12:20; 7 R Brook (Gloucestershire) 12:22; 8 E Nicholson (London) 12:23; 9 L Harris (South Yorkshire) 12:25; 10 Okay Pye (Surrey) 12:29; 11 L Langan (North Yorkshire) 12:39; 12 C Westcott (Berkshire) 12:40; 13 M Taylor (Nottinghamshire) 12:41; 14 L Danobrega (Bedfordshire) 12:41; 15 F Murdoch (Higher Manchester) 12:43; 16 T Nickell (Wiltshire) 12:44; 17 E Harvey (Cheshire) 12:45; 18 E Spencer (Gloucestershire) 12:45; 19 M Hoshiko (Merseyside) 12:47; 20 C Dillon (Durham) 12:47; 21 A Mills (Suffolk) 12:48; 22 E Ford (Hertfordshire) 12:48; 23 M Pearce (Buckinghamshire) 12:48; 24 L Quinn (Hampshire) 12:49; 25 I Saunders (Leicestershire & Rutland) 12:52; 26 S Roiditis (Higher Manchester) 12:54; 27 R Gasson (Sussex) 12:54; 28 F East (Hampshire) 12:54; 29 E Bartlett (Berkshire) 12:55; 30 L Belshaw (Essex) 12:55; 31 I Wharton (Cheshire) 12:56; 32 M Shorey (Devon) 12:56; 33 A Clough (Higher Manchester) 12:57; 34 E Davey (Berkshire) 12:58; 35 V Isaacs (Surrey) 12:58; 36 R James (London) 12:59; 37 E Wells (Dorset) 13:01; 38 I Edwards (Hampshire) 13:03; 39 Okay Battle (South Yorkshire) 13:03; 40 A James (Sussex) 13:03; 41 L MacDonald (London) 13:04; 42 S Massie (Berkshire) 13:04; 43 O Carroll (London) 13:04; 44 E Sensible (Hampshire) 13:04; 45 A Kemp (Surrey) 13:05; 46 G Tolputt (Somerset) 13:05; 47 L Wilkinson (Buckinghamshire) 13:05; 48 I Waugh (Derbyshire) 13:06; 49 N Robinson (North Yorkshire) 13:08; 50 H Coy (West Yorkshire) 13:08; 51 M Barlow (Kent) 13:08; 52 I Bryson (Devon) 13:09; 53 L Farr (Bedfordshire) 13:09; 54 I Grey (Wiltshire) 13:09; 55 E Norman (Surrey) 13:10; 56 J Heller (Berkshire) 13:10; 57 S Shaw (Sussex) 13:11; 58 P Worthy (Hampshire) 13:11; 59 R Gildaley (Cumbria) 13:12; 60 O Aldham (North Yorkshire) 13:12; 61 E Creasey (Cleveland) 13:13; 62 R Dickety (Norfolk) 13:13; 63 A Smethurst (Higher Manchester) 13:13; 64 Okay Shaw (Essex) 13:14; 65 F Baxter (Buckinghamshire) 13:14; 66 A Cox (Sussex) 13:14; 67 M Fieldsend (Berkshire) 13:15; 68 N Taylor (Dorset) 13:15; 69 S Barratt (Norfolk) 13:16; 70 L Brown (Surrey) 13:17; 71 L Kirkley (North Yorkshire) 13:17; 72 L Mico (Hereford & Worcestershire) 13:18; 73 R Le Fay (Sussex) 13:18; 74 L Mitchell (Kent) 13:18; 75 I Moore (Suffolk) 13:19; 76 I Crossley (Kent) 13:19; 77 L Barlow (Middlesex) 13:20; 78 S Honkowicz (Warwickshire) 13:20; 79 L Probability (Avon) 13:20; 80 H Munday (Middlesex) 13:21; 81 E Hudson (Sussex) 13:22; 82 A Jones (Lancashire) 13:22; 83 P Outdated (Northumberland) 13:23; 84 M Slattery (London) 13:23; 85 A Bell (Durham) 13:23; 86 T Grey (Hertfordshire) 13:24; 87 S Clough (Higher Manchester) 13:25; 88 A Matthews (Kent) 13:26; 89 L Bickerton (Dorset) 13:26; 90 Z Jetha (London) 13:27; 91 E Stephenson (Sussex) 13:27; 92 E Symonds (Surrey) 13:27; 93 D Gladwell (Suffolk) 13:28; 94 E Sinclair (Cheshire) 13:28; 95 E Symes (West Midlands) 13:29; 96 D Davies (Somerset) 13:29; 97 C Phillips (Humberside) 13:29; 98 E Baker (Kent) 13:30; 99 R Mooney (Cornwall) 13:30; 100 I Johnstone (Northumberland) 13:31

TEAM: 1 Berks 240; 2 London 302; 3 Surrey 307; 4 Hants 310; 5 G Manchester 332; 6 Sussex 344; 7 N Yorks 445; 8 Kent 511; 9 S Yorks 629; 10 Wilts 652; 11 Suffolk 666; 12 Dorset 696; 13 Bucks 713; 14 Essex 717; 15 Leics & Rutland 745; 16 Avon 776; 17 Cheshire 805; 18 Derbys 810; 19 Durham 811; 20 W Midlands 821

Junior women

This was probably the most carefully contested race of the day as only a second separated the highest three as Molly Carvell simply received the nod over Ellarose Whitworth and Olivia Forrest. Kitty Scott and Olivia McGhee adopted in shut order and simply 14 seconds lined the highest 10 as all of them swept down the ultimate hill to the road.

A stunned Carvell stated: “I can’t imagine it as I didn’t suppose I’d get into the highest 10 as I used to be solely fifteenth within the (English) Nationwide and I had been injured and in poor health all December and January and missed races.”

She added that she was down within the 20s however, because the race unfolded, she was “feeling superb and was within the lead within the woods for a bit.” Her rivals went forward till that ultimate mad sprint for the road.

It was additionally an excellent race for runner-up Whitworth who was solely twenty fifth final 12 months and eleventh within the English Nationwide, whereas third positioned Forrest was fourth there. Whitworth and Forrest missed the Inter-Counties whereas Carvell was 52nd. Given this, is it wise to stage two nationwide championships eight days aside?

Junior women: 1 M Carvell (Merseyside) 12:16; 2 E Whitworth (Lincolnshire) 12:17; 3 O Forrest (Essex) 12:17; 4 Okay Scott (Surrey) 12:18; 5 O McGhee (Warwickshire) 12:20; 6 Okay Webb (Buckinghamshire) 12:22; 7 P Quinn (Devon) 12:23; 8 G Turner (South Yorkshire) 12:25; 9 D Stollery (Essex) 12:25; 10 J March (Middlesex) 12:30; 11 O Steer (Devon) 12:36; 12 G Igoe (South Yorkshire) 12:38; 13 M Thomson (Gloucestershire) 12:39; 14 S Wooden (Wiltshire) 12:39; 15 B Wharin (Gloucestershire) 12:40; 16 T Ferguson (Surrey) 12:41; 17 I Pastor (Merseyside) 12:42; 18 I Harrison (London) 12:42; 19 P Langlands (Leicestershire & Rutland) 12:43; 20 L Energy (Leicestershire & Rutland) 12:45; 21 I Corridor (Channel Islands) 12:45; 22 D Connor (Sussex) 12:46; 23 L Smith (Kent) 12:47; 24 M Davies (Oxfordshire) 12:47; 25 S Chapman (Buckinghamshire) 12:48; 26 T Robertson (Surrey) 12:49; 27 S Ciceksever (London) 12:50; 28 P Boyle (Cumbria) 12:50; 29 S Richmond (Kent) 12:51; 30 O McManus (Higher Manchester) 12:52; 31 T Thursfield (Staffordshire) 12:54; 32 J Davey (Somerset) 12:54; 33 B Taylor (Suffolk) 12:56; 34 P Evans (Dorset) 12:56; 35 F Pearce (Sussex) 12:56; 36 C Campbell (Oxfordshire) 12:57; 37 D Woodcock (Cumbria) 12:57; 38 I Widdowson (Suffolk) 12:58; 39 M Smithers (Sussex) 12:58; 40 M Reeves (London) 12:58; 41 C Stuart (Shropshire) 12:59; 42 S Hutchinson-Thompson (Higher Manchester) 12:59; 43 L Webb (Buckinghamshire) 12:59; 44 I Cherrett (Dorset) 12:59; 45 L Sheridan (Berkshire) 12:59; 46 B Webb (Sussex) 13:00; 47 P Henson (West Yorkshire) 13:00; 48 L Agoston (Hereford & Worcestershire) 13:00; 49 M Jobbins (Surrey) 13:01; 50 M Schofield (West Yorkshire) 13:02; 51 P Taylor (Hampshire) 13:02; 52 B Buckley (West Yorkshire) 13:02; 53 D Fellows (West Midlands) 13:03; 54 C McKee (West Yorkshire) 13:05; 55 I Bennetts (Northamptonshire) 13:05; 56 J Corridor (Hertfordshire) 13:05; 57 I Porter (Lincolnshire) 13:06; 58 C Cole (Wiltshire) 13:07; 59 B Hughes (Cheshire) 13:07; 60 A Towlson (Leicestershire & Rutland) 13:08; 61 J Christmas (Cambridgeshire) 13:08; 62 F Collins (Hereford & Worcestershire) 13:08; 63 I Kaur (Surrey) 13:08; 64 G Griffiths (Staffordshire) 13:08; 65 S Coppola-Johansson (Surrey) 13:10; 66 E Whyman (Sussex) 13:10; 67 E Sheffield (Gloucestershire) 13:10; 68 I Hill (Higher Manchester) 13:11; 69 A Kirk (Middlesex) 13:11; 70 A Chappell (Kent) 13:12; 71 M Minielly (London) 13:12; 72 Okay Leitch (Lancashire) 13:13; 73 S Muscott (Devon) 13:14; 74 G Baker (Somerset) 13:14; 75 M Watts (Kent) 13:14; 76 I Forrest (Essex) 13:15; 77 Okay Harrison-Sargent (West Yorkshire) 13:16; 78 I Corridor (Higher Manchester) 13:17; 79 Okay Pye (Durham) 13:17; 80 E Warn (Essex) 13:17; 81 J Lamb (Northamptonshire) 13:18; 82 S Maxwell (Wiltshire) 13:19; 83 I Wilson (South Yorkshire) 13:19; 84 A Taylor (Lancashire) 13:20; 85 S Bartalotta (Higher Manchester) 13:20; 86 Okay Otterson (Northumberland) 13:20; 87 O Avery (Gloucestershire) 13:20; 88 H Harrison (Essex) 13:20; 89 H Martineau (Avon) 13:20; 90 S Jack (London) 13:21; 91 E Foster (Devon) 13:21; 92 E Dias (Berkshire) 13:21; 93 R Crossley (Kent) 13:21; 94 Okay Corkin (London) 13:21; 95 S Chesterfield (Nottinghamshire) 13:21; 96 J Holloway (Cornwall) 13:22; 97 C King (Cheshire) 13:22; 98 R Adams (Suffolk) 13:22; 99 J Walsh (Sussex) 13:22; 100 V Rudkin (Leicestershire & Rutland) 13:22

TEAM: 1 Surrey 223; 2 Sussex 308; 3 London 340; 4 Essex 371; 5 W Yorks 391; 6 Kent 393; 7 Gloucs 415; 8 G Manchester 509; 9 Devon 522; 10 Mersey 525; 11 Leics & Rutland 534; 12 Bucks 592; 13 Hereford & Worcs 637; 14 Dorset 639; 15 Wilts 659; 16 Suffolk 677; 17 S Yorks 687; 18 Middx 737; 19 Cumbria 743; 20 Oxford 759

Senior boys

Luke Birdseye got here from behind to take second behind George Couttie after simply heading him within the under-20 race at Prestwold Corridor the earlier weekend. This week the margin was three seconds versus two the earlier week.

Couttie didn’t present within the early phases, as a giant group battled for supremacy. At about 2km it was Brandon Pye forward of Will Singleton and Ed Chook, earlier than Shropshire man Singleton took his flip in entrance of Couttie and Chook, earlier than dropping proper out of competition.

James Dargan additionally then joined within the enjoyable as Birdseye started to maneuver up earlier than the lead modified once more as Chook had his go on the head of the sphere with the medal locations now settled, albeit not within the ending order.

Lastly Couttie received the soar and Birdseye moved as much as snatch second, however the prime two adopted totally different ways to of their under-20 Inter-Counties battle the earlier week. Birdseye stated: “I needed to work via.”

Couttie stated: “Final week I went for it however this week I used to be extra conservative however on the second lap Ed (Chook) got here previous, however then I felt good so put the hammer down and went for it.”

Runner-up Birdseye and third-placed Chook each ran for Britain in final month’s World Championships in Australia, however neither had a solution in opposition to the winner in Nottingham on Saturday.

Senior boys: 1 G Couttie (North Yorkshire) 19:12; 2 L Birdseye (Berkshire) 19:17; 3 E Chook (Dorset) 19:18; 4 J Dargan (Hampshire) 19:33; 5 J Keir (Kent) 19:34; 6 D Galloway (Shropshire) 19:36; 7 N Campion (Bedfordshire) 19:41; 8 M Pickering   (Surrey) 19:42; 9 W Rabjohns (Dorset) 19:42; 10 M Waterworth (Sussex) 19:42; 11 E Primett (Hertfordshire) 19:43; 12 L McCay (Merseyside) 19:44; 13 J Blevins (Northumberland) 19:45; 14 B Pye (Durham) 19:45; 15 G Mastrolonardo (North Yorkshire) 19:45; 16 H Dover (Suffolk) 19:48; 17 M Ruby (Dorset) 19:52; 18 W Strickley (Merseyside) 19:55; 19 C Norman (Surrey) 19:57; 20 J James (Oxfordshire) 19:59; 21 W DeVere Owen (Northumberland) 20:00; 22 D Stoneman (Avon) 20:00; 23 J Richardson (Cheshire) 20:03; 24 J Stevens (Kent) 20:07; 25 M Geddes (Sussex) 20:09; 26 E Coutts (Kent) 20:09; 27 Q Meill-Ingram (Oxfordshire) 20:10; 28 A Wilson-Spence (Hereford & Worcestershire) 20:15; 29 J Tilley (Northumberland) 20:17; 30 J Peck (Suffolk) 20:18; 31 A Sproston (Sussex) 20:19; 32 C Foley (Surrey) 20:22; 33 E Brady-Jones (Merseyside) 20:23; 34 J Rees Gara (Higher Manchester) 20:23; 35 W Singleton (Shropshire) 20:24; 36 A Adams (Warwickshire) 20:24; 37 F Hart (Gloucestershire) 20:25; 38 D Fisher (Somerset) 20:26; 39 T Jones (Merseyside) 20:26; 40 F McGrath (Berkshire) 20:27; 41 J Macdonald (Kent) 20:30; 42 T Carpenter (Lincolnshire) 20:31; 43 C Chilton (Surrey) 20:32; 44 D Holman (Lancashire) 20:34; 45 I Morgan (Cambridgeshire) 20:35; 46 A Poulston (Merseyside) 20:35; 47 J Taylor (London) 20:36; 48 Okay Tung (Shropshire) 20:37; 49 M Morgan (Cambridgeshire) 20:40; 50 A Riley (Sussex) 20:40

51 B Peck (Suffolk) 20:40; 52 A Hamud (Middlesex) 20:41; 53 Z Clemens (Cornwall) 20:41; 54 H Hewitt (Lincolnshire) 20:42; 55 W Sutcliffe (Merseyside) 20:43; 56 T Emery (Middlesex) 20:43; 57 G Thomas (Berkshire) 20:44; 58 D Van Aardt (Leicestershire & Rutland) 20:44; 59 J Reeve (Durham) 20:45; 60 T Claridge (Kent) 20:46; 61 L Buttrick (Nottinghamshire) 20:47; 62 M Brunnock (Hereford & Worcestershire) 20:49; 63 W Walker (Lancashire) 20:50; 64 L McCormack (Higher Manchester) 20:51; 65 F Roden (West Yorkshire) 20:51; 66 L Roche (Northumberland) 20:53; 67 O Conway (Oxfordshire) 20:55; 68 J Wilson (Cheshire) 20:55; 69 P Welsh (Derbyshire) 20:56; 70 H Yelling (Sussex) 20:56; 71 T Bongaerts (Norfolk) 20:57; 72 D Richardson (Durham) 20:57; 73 B White (Hampshire) 20:57; 74 S Beedell (Lincolnshire) 20:58; 75 A McDonald (Hertfordshire) 20:58; 76 R Foster (Dorset) 20:58; 77 J Winship (Hampshire) 20:58; 78 S Greenstein (Hertfordshire) 20:59; 79 H Totton (Buckinghamshire) 20:59; 80 I Henderson (Gloucestershire) 21:00; 81 M Sunderland (Surrey) 21:00; 82 C Parker (Berkshire) 21:00; 83 H Kentish (Buckinghamshire) 21:01; 84 B Simpson-Alexander (North Yorkshire) 21:01; 85 C O”Neill (Hertfordshire) 21:01; 86 A Finch (Hertfordshire) 21:02; 87 J Cumberland (Oxfordshire) 21:03; 88 I Rothwell (Cambridgeshire) 21:04; 89 J Bailey (Middlesex) 21:04; 90 R Chang (Wiltshire) 21:04; 91 A Currie (Kent) 21:05; 92 T Adler (Surrey) 21:07; 93 J McKenny (Durham) 21:07; 94 W Corridor (Lancashire) 21:08; 95 M Holden (Lancashire) 21:08; 96 L Newton (Sussex) 21:08; 97 T Bowman (Lancashire) 21:09; 98 J English (London) 21:10; 99 M Walton (Northumberland) 21:10; 100 R Carr (Northamptonshire) 21:11

TEAM: 1 Mersey 203; 2 Kent 247; 3 Surrey 276; 4 Sussex 283; 5 Northumberland 365; 6 Oxfordshire 435; 7 Herts 446; 8 Suffolk 454; 9 Berks 479; 10 Lancashire 512; 11 Dorset 514; 12 Durham 531; 13 G Manchester 558; 14 Hampshire 561; 15 N Yorks 610; 16 Middx 611; 17 Cambridge 635; 18 Lincolnshire 668; 19 Hereford & Worcs 790; 20 Gloucestershire 805

Intermediate boys

Sam Plummer dominated from the beginning though he feared that he would run out of steam within the second half of the race. Nevertheless it was to not be, as he was comfortably forward of the Surrey pair of Alex Lennon and Jacob Pearce on the tape.

Plummer was simply headed by Scot Craig Shennan within the under-17 Inter-Counties, a race that Lennon didn’t contest as he was eighth within the under-15 occasion and Pearce had a poor run.

Whereas Plummer was by no means troubled, Lennon simply received the higher of his team-mate on the line and celebrated in his traditional loud trend as Surrey completely dominated the staff race.

Plummer stated: “I sat behind for 2km then I made a little bit transfer after which might see a spot behind however I used to be so drained going up the hill.”

He added: “I used to be second within the Inter-cCounties however didn’t do the Nationwide and this was good race for the entire season.”

Third-placed Pearce stated he wanted an excellent race as “I used to be solely seventh final week,” however was filled with reward for Surrey team-mate Lennon, describing him as “a beast”.

English Nationwide under-15 winner Owen Ulfig was manner again in thirty first, a proven fact that appeared to stress the distinction {that a} 12 months makes in these faculty races. So prime 12 months usually beats backside however whereas Plummer was in a category of his personal, Lennon was the instance that broke the rule.

Inter boys: 1 S Plummer (Essex) 16:41; 2 A Lennon (Surrey) 16:59; 3 J Pearce (Surrey) 17:00; 4 A Burgess (West Midlands) 17:00; 5 H Maxwell (Wiltshire) 17:03; 6 L Conway (Cambridgeshire) 17:04; 7 O Calvert (Northumberland) 17:06; 8 M Clark (Lancashire) 17:09; 9 E Busfield (Derbyshire) 17:15; 10 J Nugent (Nottinghamshire) 17:16; 11 S Stapley (Surrey) 17:17; 12 A Ballard (Essex) 17:23; 13 A Whitlock (Kent) 17:24; 14 J Trangmar (Cambridgeshire) 17:30; 15 B Andrews-Callec (Channel Is) 17:31; 16 S Perry (Isle of Man) 17:32; 17 R Cawley (Dorset) 17:33; 18 L Gorrill (Sussex) 17:33; 19 F Goodman (Sussex) 17:34; 20 J Pepin (Hampshire) 17:35; 21 W Atkins (Hampshire) 17:35; 22 D Millard (Somerset) 17:36; 23 E Willis (Surrey) 17:37; 24 G Stubbs (Hertfordshire) 17:38; 25 J Shut (Northumberland) 17:41; 26 D Smith (Lancashire) 17:44; 27 J Grange (Essex) 17:46; 28 W Pridden (Hereford & Worc) 17:46; 29 T Chadwick (London) 17:46; 30 D Martin (Gloucestershire) 17:47; 31 O Ulfig (Staffordshire) 17:47; 32 I Stabler (North Yorkshire) 17:48; 33 T Webb (Somerset) 17:48; 34 J Hunt (Surrey) 17:49; 35 R Value (Hampshire) 17:50; 36 T Gilliver (Derbyshire) 17:50; 37 O Wallek (Sussex) 17:50; 38 M Falle (Devon) 17:52; 39 Z Dunne (Norfolk) 17:53; 40 S Wilson (Gloucestershire) 17:54; 41 O Head (Kent) 17:55; 42 S Barber (North Yorkshire) 17:55; 43 S Hembry (Hereford & Worc) 17:56; 44 T Taylor (Suffolk) 17:56; 45 H Barker (Middlesex) 17:57; 46 T Ronchetti (Kent) 17:59; 47 L Playing (Suffolk) 17:59; 48 T Cropley (Hertfordshire) 18:00; 49 C Morgan (Oxfordshire) 18:01; 50 R Gayer (Hertfordshire) 18:02; 51 O Gill (Lancashire) 18:02; 52 E Kelso (Northumberland) 18:02; 53 R Baines (Channel Islands) 18:03; 54 C McConnon (Middlesex) 18:03; 55 N Hammett (Bedfordshire) 18:04; 56 G Martin (Essex) 18:05; 57 T Ash (Lincolnshire) 18:06; 58 J Maxwell (Wiltshire) 18:07; 59 S Tilley (Suffolk) 18:08; 60 A Pinder (Buckinghamshire) 18:09; 61 H Sheffield (Gloucestershire) 18:09; 62 S Scrase-Area (London) 18:10; 63 M Murray (Durham) 18:10; 64 O Buck (London) 18:11; 65 N Paterson (Kent) 18:11; 66 F Shepherd (Kent) 18:11; 67 N Heal (Somerset) 18:12; 68 Okay Gibson (Cornwall) 18:12; 69 O Newbery (Dorset) 18:12; 70 H White (Hereford & Worc) 18:13; 71 T Hooper (North Yorkshire) 18:13; 72 A Peaker (West Yorkshire) 18:14; 73 M Collins (Northamptonshire) 18:14; 74 A Rolfe (Cumbria) 18:15; 75 A Durham (Essex) 18:17; 76 C Benyan (Cambridgeshire) 18:17; 77 J Walton (Higher Manchester) 18:18; 78 J McAllen (Suffolk) 18:18; 79 J Brown (Cleveland) 18:21; 80 J Hunt (Surrey) 18:21; 81 J Sanderson (North Yorkshire) 18:23; 82 F Sutcliffe (Sussex) 18:23; 83 H Parker McLain (Shropshire) 18:23; 84 H Fraser (Kent) 18:24; 85 N Gallagher-Thompson (W Yorks) 18:24; 86 S Collinson (Lancashire) 18:24; 87 I Achchi (Buckinghamshire) 18:25; 88 S Davis (Oxfordshire) 18:26; 89 L Hatton (Merseyside) 18:26; 90 J Lamb (Lancashire) 18:27; 91 S Bentham (North Yorkshire) 18:27; 92 B Jamieson-Wannell (N Yorks) 18:27; 93 R Baxter (West Yorkshire) 18:27; 94 C Lewis (Somerset) 18:28; 95 R Haigh (Surrey) 18:28; 96 H Gunthorpe (Lincolnshire) 18:28; 97 T Morris (Lincolnshire) 18:28; 98 H Richardson (Hampshire) 18:29; 99 F Corridor (Durham) 18:30; 100 C Prendergast (Kent) 18:30

TEAM: 1 Surrey 153; 2 Kent 315; 3 Essex 342; 4 Hants 381; 5 N Yorks 409; 6 Sussex 411; 7 Lancs 492; 8 Suffolk 537; 9 Northumberland 562; 10 Somerset 593; 11 London 617; 12 Cambs 646; 13 Middx 677; 14 Herts 737; 15 Northants 763; 16 W Midlands 840; 17 G Manchester 841; 18 Derrbys 855; 19 W Yorks 893; 20 Devon 893

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Junior boys

Joe Scanes got here from behind to beat long-time chief Neil Homer after a decrease key run within the under-15 race on the Inter-Counties, the place he was twenty sixth. He was probably the most stunned runner of the day as his face informed the story of a whole turn-up for the books.

Evan Grime was the early chief from Noah Homer however fell again behind his rival as Fred Jones went second. Homer continued to steer till Scanes swooped on the end. “I used to be main just about the entire manner,” lamented Homer, however Scanes was working out of his pores and skin in that final mad sprint for the road.

“I used to be behind at the beginning and on the finish I took the lead with 200m to go then simply pressed dwelling,” stated the stunned winner, who earlier this winter positioned fifth within the Southerns, adopted by ninth within the English Nationwide.

Runner-up Homer says he’s an avid reader of the AW outcomes internet pages: “I’m all the time ready for the earlier race report,” he stated.

He helped relegate West Midlands team-mate Jones to fourth behind Pio Aron.

Junior boys: 1 J Scanes (Kent) 14:04; 2 N Homer (West Midlands) 14:09; 3 P Aron (G Manchester) 14:13; 4 F Jones (West Midlands) 14:14; 5 E Grime (G Manchester) 14:22; 6 G Wagstaff (Hereford & Worc) 14:22; 7 A Lane (Warwickshire) 14:24; 8 S Collins (Nottinghamshire) 14:26; 9 W Birchall (Dorset) 14:29; 10 E Withnall (Derbyshire) 14:35; 11 S Wyatt (Avon) 14:36; 12 R Barclay-Watt (Devon) 14:36; 13 D Asmelash (Cleveland) 14:37; 14 O Davis (West Midlands) 14:38; 15 T Thake (South Yorkshire) 14:40; 16 T Loughlin (Wiltshire) 14:41; 17 G Watkins (Essex) 14:42; 18 R Playing (Suffolk) 14:45; 19 J Hill (Kent) 14:51; 20 S Aspey (Lancashire) 14:52; 21 A White (Higher Manchester) 14:54; 22 T Vestey (Somerset) 14:55; 23 J Delahaye (Warwickshire) 14:56; 24 D Jelfs (Surrey) 14:57; 25 O Reynolds (Hampshire) 14:58; 26 S Lambert (Warwickshire) 15:01; 27 H Cleary (Kent) 15:02; 28 J Lonergan (Durham) 15:03; 29 A Fraser (Higher Manchester) 15:04; 30 I Lamerton (Devon) 15:07; 31 B Pold (Cheshire) 15:07; 32 F Kelly (Suffolk) 15:07; 33 T Roberts (Buckinghamshire) 15:09; 34 T Ye (Higher Manchester) 15:10; 35 T Ford (Hertfordshire) 15:11; 36 M Taylor (Merseyside) 15:11; 37 J Norris (West Yorkshire) 15:13; 38 E Sone (Surrey) 15:13; 39 M Luck (Dorset) 15:14; 40 W Phillips (Lincolnshire) 15:14; 41 B Catchpole (Kent) 15:15; 42 W Delamere (Merseyside) 15:15; 43 F McLaren (Essex) 15:15; 44 E Sparey (Avon) 15:16; 45 O Morgan (West Midlands) 15:16; 46 S Ball (West Midlands) 15:17; 47 J Smith (Buckinghamshire) 15:17; 48 P Paul (Gloucestershire) 15:18; 49 J Department (Hertfordshire) 15:18; 50 S Blackwell (Suffolk) 15:18; 51 T Holland (Surrey) 15:19; 52 E Prendergast (Kent) 15:20; 53 A Phillips (Middlesex) 15:21; 54 L Norden (Essex) 15:21; 55 A Kelly (Essex) 15:22; 56 H Potton (Essex) 15:22; 57 D Campbell (North Yorkshire) 15:22; 58 J Palmer (West Yorkshire) 15:22; 59 B Beale (Durham) 15:23; 60 O Nagalingam (Hertfordshire) 15:23; 61 O Loveday (Cambridgeshire) 15:23; 62 G Gilbert (Sussex) 15:23; 63 M Needham (Cambridgeshire) 15:24; 64 F Dobson Emmas (G Manchester) 15:24; 65 S Thursfield (Staffordshire) 15:24; 66 F Palmer (Northumberland) 15:25; 67 L Draper (Kent) 15:25; 68 N Williamson (Durham) 15:25; 69 L Trubridge (Cornwall) 15:25; 70 J Chapman (Merseyside) 15:27; 71 G Dutton (London) 15:27; 72 T Wightman (Gloucestershire) 15:27; 73 A Bedford (South Yorkshire) 15:27; 74 T Glew (Devon) 15:27; 75 P Fitzmaurice (Kent) 15:28; 76 F Boniface (Sussex) 15:28; 77 F Rowe (Essex) 15:28; 78 R Owen (Cheshire) 15:29; 79 L Hayes (Devon) 15:29; 80 L Hemmings (Lincolnshire) 15:30; 81 J Stockton (Shropshire) 15:30; 82 T Mythen (Surrey) 15:31; 83 F Lumber-Fry (Sussex) 15:31; 84 T Silvey (Buckinghamshire) 15:32; 85 L Elmqvist (Kent) 15:33; 86 B Hutton (Sussex) 15:33; 87 A Roberts (Sussex) 15:33; 88 E Faulkner (Buckinghamshire) 15:34; 89 Okay Halsey (Warwickshire) 15:34; 90 F Harris (Northamptonshire) 15:34; 91 J Ramshaw (Durham) 15:35; 92 G Marsh (North Yorkshire) 15:35; 93 M Phelan (Merseyside) 15:35; 94 I Martin (Hampshire) 15:35; 95 T Murphy (Hertfordshire) 15:36; 96 H Ward (Lancashire) 15:36; 97 T Spurr (Gloucestershire) 15:37; 98 T Matthews (North Yorkshire) 15:37; 99 T Jepson (Lancashire) 15:37; 100 G Campbell (Northamptonshire) 15:39

TEAM: 1 G Manchester 156; 2 Kent 207; 3 W Midlands 214; 4 Essex 302; 5 Warwickshire 443; 6 Herts 473; 7 Suffolk 480; 8 Devon 514; 9 Surrey 519; 10 Durham 537; 11 Sussex 555; 12 Bucks 555; 13 Mersey 623; 14 Cheshire 711; 15 Hants 717; 16 London 737; 17 W Yorks 755; 18 N Yorks 800; 19 Lancs 859; 20 Cambs 860

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