Birmingham League XC Division 1 – Race 4 19/2/2022

Our Senior Mens Team turned out in force at the final fixture in this seasons Birmingham & Distract XC League Race held at a very muddy Leamington Spa. 16 Athletes from the club tackled the extremely muddy 3 lap course and leading our team home with a fantastic run in 3rd position was Elliot Smith (35:31, he was also first Junior Man) Ben Brereton was 54th (39:09), Lewis Nagington was 80th (40:12), Jacob Droogmans 92nd (40:59), Craig Taylor 100th (41:20) and Andrew Walker 102nd (41:29) completed out first 6 for 431 pts and 13th position. Jerome Stevens was 128th (42:48), Scott Zikmanis 139th (43:18), Tim Twentyman 146th (44:04), Matt Robinson 151st (44:36), Andrew Brownsword 172nd (47:18) and Mark Creswell 173rd (47:27) completed our second 6 for 909 pts. Chris Nixon 195th (50:24), Mark Cotton 201st (52:09), Martin Bailey 212nd (57:25) and Pab Madox 213rd (57:44) were our final runners.

A great team performance over the course of the four races resulted in our team finishing in 12th position and our B Team showing our strength in depth by finishing in 8th.

Thank you to Craig Taylor for all your hard work getting out team out at all the fixtures and to Jon Kemp, Steph Nagington and all those who came to support/officiate/help with the club tent!

Congratulations to everyone one of – Elliot Smith, Jacob Droogmans, Lewis Nagington , Ben Brereton, Craig Taylor, Chris Nixon, Mark Cotton, Martin Bailey, Pab Maddox, Tim Twentyman, Jordan Nixon, Louis Wakefield, Andrew Walker, Jerome Stevens, Thomas Mogg, Mark Cresswell, Neil Gerrity, Jon Ranford, Andy Sprosan , James Fradley, Sam Crozier, Paul Tatler, Simon Crofts and Scott Zikmanis. – Everyone is important at XC!!! ?⚪️?