Gloucestershire League X/C Pittville - 6th February
The Bourton Under 17 Boys are going from strength to strength this season with the top quality team of Lewis Gray (5th in 19:21), Conor Shoemark (6th in 20:04) and James Outhwaite (9th in 21:27) taking gold in the last of the Gloucestershire League X/C races at Pittville this Saturday.
The Under 17 Girls just needed one more runner, but Beth Pudifoot and Beth Wynn again gave superb performances in 1st (19:46) and 6th (21:30).
Eva Shoemark, just 2 weeks after finishing 4th overall and 1st girl in the 2.1 mile Linda Franks run, at only 8 years old, led home the Bourton Under 11 Girls in 16th place 7:57, followed by Felicity Darwent 27th 8:38 and 36th Laura Heming 9:42.
Tom Pudifoot crossed the line in a strong 9th position in 6:58 in the Under 11 Boys, followed by Alex Darwent 33rd in 8:11 and 48th Daniel Bufton 9:26.
Corrigan Cox had an excellent run again for 4th in the Under 15 Girls in 21:05, while Charlotte Hartley was the only Under 13 Girl, finishing 29th in 16:33.
In the Under 13 Boys Peter Marchant completed in 28th place 15:25, followed by Finn Shoemark 30th in 15:44.
Steph Lane and Brittany Teague were the only representatives in the Senior Ladies finishing 2nd and 23rd in 23:22 and 26.06 respectively.
Fortunately the Senior Men managed to field a team, headed by Dennis Walmsley in 19th place in 33:51 followed by Ewen Smith 58th in 36:50, 62nd Tim Heming 37:26, 97th Chris Hartley 39:49, 118th Neil Teague 42:08, 135th Norm Lane 43:53, 137th Richard Bufton 44:15, 163rd Chris Bence 52:02, earning them 7th veteran team.
Report Highlights
Under 17 boys take gold.
Other reports may be found on our recent race reports page.