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You are here >> Home - News - News ItemNews Item16 January 2024Manchester League Match 3 at Tatton ParkOn Saturday it was the 3rd out of the 5 Manchester League x-countries that take place this winter. Tatton park was the venue and after a dry week the ground was firm and over the relatively flat course, with little wind, fast racing was expected.
Well done to Betsy Widdop, one of the youngest in the field finished 38th out of 72 girls in the race.
In the U13 race there was another big turnout of Trafford boys with Thomas Daly just catching his team mate Ethan O'Brien as they led the Trafford Team home in 13th and 14th. Interestingly in the U13 race held on the 13th Thomas Daly was 13th in a time of 13 mins and 13 seconds. After missing the start Thomas Aron came through the field to finish 25th, just catching Ralphie Rome (26th). After that the Trafford boys packed well Joe Thomas 46th, Patrick Widdop 48th, Daniel White 49th, Joe Bowden 54th, Sammy Cowles 56th and Theo Kanakides 61st. This gave the team 3rd place on the day and consolidated the teams 3rd place overall in the series.
In the girls race Beth Stanley showed that she is improving this winter as she lead the Trafford team finishing 22nd. Anna Thomas was close behind in 26th and great debut races for the two youngest in the field Ianthe Jones 41st and Zoe Placzkiewcz 42nd. This keeps the Trafford girls team in joint 4th place with 2 races remaining in the series.
In the U17 Womens race Isobel Thomas was close behind some of the best runners in Manchester as she finished 8th and with Sophie Bowman 21st, Fay Lewis 31st and Daisy Atkiss 33rd the team finished 5th.
In the Senior Women's race making her Traford debut Jaz Maddocks held on after a fast start to finish 15th. Close behind all the way was Amelia Williams (19th), Vicky Cronin (20th) and Kate Meeson (26th), meaning the team were 3rd on the day and have consolidated their 2nd place overall in the series. The great runs continued through the Traford womens team as the 'B' Team of Zoe Storr (49th), Issy Pearson (62nd and 7th u20), Alison Drasdo (65th and 1st v55) and Louise Ambler (74th) were 2nd B team and are 2nd overall in the B team division. The theme continued with the 'C' team Teresa Kemp (84th), Claire Chaffer (103rd), Alice Woodbridge (134th) and Louise Mangan (138th) also finishing 2nd C team on the day and they are 2nd overall in the C Team division. Jo Lott (196 and 8th v55), Ruth Beresford (217th) and Sue Exon (318th and 4th v70) finished off the Trafford runners out of the 369 finishers and moved the Trafford vets team up to 1st place in the Veteran division 2.
Full results can be found here: https://www.race-results.co.uk/results/2024/maccl23-3.htm |
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