Bourton Roadrunners’ Juniors
News & Results 2012
Blenheim 7k Race & 1 Mile Fun Run.
Sunday 13th May 2012.
Well done to Alastair Gleghorn who managed to finish 21st out of over a 100 runners at Blenheim Palace .
Gloucestershire Track & Field Championships. Cheltenham.
Sunday 13th May 2012.
At the Gloucestershire County Track and Field Championships at the Prince of Wales Stadium at Cheltenham our juniors did extremely well. Josephine Mutsaars (U11) had a superb race coming 1st in the 600m with a time of 2 min 2secs as did Max Pinkham (U11B) with a great sprint finish for 2nd in the boys race with a time of 2 min 3 secs. Alex Barter (U15) also did well in the 400m race winning a Bronze Medal with a time of 1 mins 8 secs as did Rosie Mutsaars (U13), 4th in the 1500m (5min 55secs). New member Peter Wood (U15) ran a personal best in his first race for the club in a time of 5 min 41 secs in the 1500m managing 7th overall.
Young Athletes Cross Country Race. Plock Court. Gloucester.
Saturday 24th March 2012.
There was an end of season race on the same day as the Primary Schools Cross Country Championships at Plock Court Gloucester. The Young Athletes Cross Country Race.
Tom Pinkham took the lead at the gun and pulled away for a very impressive win, he was followed in by Dylan Williams in 2nd and to finish the clean sweep for Bourton Max Pinkham finished 3rd despite running in the morning at Wotton. Daniel Bufton is starting to gain his full fitness again and with a very impressive sprint finish to claim 4th spot they were all very well backed up by Marcus Kiey-Thomas in 9th.
In the girls race Isabel Kiey-Thomas had a storming run to claim her first race win, she lead from the start, I am sure she will have many more considering she is only in year 4.Emily Williams also had a very good run to finish 2nd girl.
Primary Schools Cross Country Championships.
Saturday 24th March 2012.
On 24th March a number of Bourton Juniors took part in the Gloucestershire Primary Schools Championship a Katherine Lady Berkeley School at Wotton-under-Edge.
All top runners in the county were at this event so the standard was high over this 2.1k course.
In the girls race Felicity Darwent caught the leader and with 50 meters to go pulled away but the other girl dug in a clawed her back to win by the thickness of a vest but a brilliant 2nd for Felicity. Behind there was a real battle going on between Lucy Griffin and Josephine Mutsaars with Lucy winning out in 12th with Josephine 13th.Beth Boydell was close behind despite a bad ankle in 52nd.The every improving Kate Edgerton and Gabby Jones had a good battle to finish 72nd and 73rd respectively.
In the boys race Max Pinkham had a strong run to finish 30th considering he is only in year 4,with 2 more years at this event he is the one to watch for the future. Max Douglas backed him up well in 55th.
McCain Inter Counties Cross Country Finals. Birmingham.
Saturday 10th March 2012.
On 10th March the Inter Counties Cross Country Finals took place in Birmingham on a very tough and demanding course. This is regarded as the number one event in the Cross Country calendar as each county in the UK sends its best athletes in each age category; this race is used as selection for the World Cross Country Championships.
Bourton Juniors had three runners in the event and they all ran very well in fields of approx 400/500 runners, very good experience for all of them. Tom Pinkham finished 208th U13B, Rosie Mutsaars 182nd U13G and Lottie Hartley 273 U15G (who was called up last minute) as Sky Sports and they all covered an added bonus the event live had good coverage.
Junior Winter Cross Country Competition Medal Presentation.
Tuesday 6th March 2012
Well done to all the Juniors that took part in the Junior Winter Cross Country Club Competition and a big thank you to the Spar for sponsoring the Medals and Bourton Leisure Centre for allowing us to present the medals in a comfortable enviroment. Norman Lane who is one of the original founders of the Club kindly presented the medals.
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South Warwickshire Cross Country Championships.
Saturday 25th February 2012.
Well done to Dylan Williams who came 1st in the U9 South Warwickshire Cross Country Championships and will now go through to the regional finals. Helenor West 11th (U9G) and Emily Williams 21st (U10G) also did extremely well. Also extremely well done to Tom Pinkham who is representing Gloucestershire in the National Schools Cross Country Competition at Taunton, a great achievement and well deserved.
Primary Schools North Cotswolds District County Championships.
Thursday 9th February 2012.
A number of Junior Bourton Road Runners represented their school in the Primary Schools North Cotswold Cross Country Championships at Moreton Fire College on 9th February.
The top 12 in each of the Girls and Boys race qualified for the Gloucestershire Championship. There were approx 150 in each race. The actual race day was very cold with the temperature at –2C and the ground was very hard and rutted, so very difficult and tough conditions.
The girl’s race was dominated by Bourton Runners, Felicity Darwent the recently crowned Gloucestershire County Champion dominated the race and won in great style. Lucy Griffin who was not 100% ran very well in 3rd,she is only in year 5 so a great result. She was closely followed by Josephine Mutsaars in 4th, Gabby Jones in 5th, Libby Mathews in 8th, the every improving Beth Boydell in 9th and Kate Edgerton in 12th who is now reaping the rewards of some consistent training. These 12 are now through to the next round. They were very well backed up by Isabel Kiey-Thomas in 21st and Sophie Brown in 25th.
The Boys also did very well. Max Pinkham has been training very hard all winter and he is now reaping the rewards with an excellent 4th, close behind Max Douglas was 6th, both these two qualify for the next round. They were well backed up by
James Gunn in19th, Charlie Davidson in 20th, Murray Douglas in 26th, Daniel Bufton in 43rd, Alfie Dodridge in 45th, Jack Lainton in 63rd and Toby Phipp in 104th
South West Schools Championships - Exeter.
Saturday 4th February 2012.
Tom Pinkham was unable to run at Tewkesbury due to running in the South West Schools Championships at Exeter were he again had a superb run coming 30th overall.
Gloucestershire Cross Country League - Tewkesbury.
Saturday 4th February 2012.
In extremely cold conditions the juniors again excelled in the last of the Gloucestershire Cross Country League series at Tewkesbury. Rosie Mutsaars had a superb run coming 3rd in the U13 girls as did Felicity Darwent managing 5th in the U11 girls, winning a Bronze medal in the league overall. With help from Felicity the U11 girls also won a team bronze medal just beating Cheltenham Harriers with a fine display from Lucy Griffin 14th, Josephine Mutsaars 16th, Beth Boydell 23rd, Gabby Jones 29th, Isobel Hartley 30th, Kate Edgerton 32nd, Emily Williams 39th and Isabel Kiey-Thomas 40th. The U11 boys also did well with Dylan Williams 10th, Max Douglas 27th, Edward Butler 35th, Murray Douglas 36th, Alfie Dodridge 38th and Marcus Kiey-Thomas 44th.
Warwickshire Inter Schools Cross Country Championships
Saturday 21st January 2012.
Emily Williams, Helenor West and Dylan Williams acheived excellent results in the Warwickshire Inter School Cross Country Championships. Dylan won the Year Four Boys, beating a field of 83. Helenor came 5th in the Year Four Girls race with a field of 73 and Emily came 12th out of a field of 80 for Year Five Girls. Great results in terrible weather conditions, well done to them.
Inter Schools Cross Country Championships - Cardiff.
Sunday 15th January 2012.
Rosie Mutsaars and Tom Pinkham ran extremely well for Gloucestershire in the Inter Schools Cross Country with Rosie coming 23rd out of a 105 runners and Tom coming 26th out of 86 despite being the youngest in the age group. Well done to both of them.
Gloucestershire County Championships - Plock Court Gloucestershire.
Saturday 7th January 2012.
The Juniors achieved some excellent results in the Gloucestershire Cross Country Championships at Plock Court with a brilliant 1st place for Felicity Darwent in the U11 girls with the team also achieving 1st place with Lucy Griffin 6th, Josephine Mutsaars 10th, Beth Boydell 18th, Isobel Hartley 24th, Helena West 25th, Isabel Kiey-Thomas 26th and Emily Williams 29th. Tom Pinkham also ran superbly for 2nd in the U13 Boys with the U13 Boys team achieving 2nd place with Tom Pudifoot 12th, Josh Gray 17th and Alistair Darwent 21st. Dylan Williams continues to impress with 3rd place in the U11 Boys with the U11 boys doing very well for a 3rd overall, with Max Pinkham 8th and Marcus Kiey-Thomas 18th. Rosie Mutsaars also did well for 7th in the U13 girls as did Lottie Hartley with 10th in the U15 Girls.
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