2012 Camberley Team Cross Country Championships.

WVR managed to get out 2 teams for the Camberley Team Cross Country Championships on the Frimley Fuel allotments on Sunday 18^th November. The race is hosted by Camberley and District Athletics Club (CADAC).  

A number of WVR runners have run this in previous years, where we have had some success (we have won it before). Numbers running in the senior race, tend to be quite small. This year, however, there were a lot more runners than normal.  WVR were the most represented club in the Senior race with 6 runners. The only club to field 2 teams.

The day before, Martin and I met up to do a recce lap, as Martin had not run the course before. Hopefully this left him in good stead as the 4 lap course had 2 significant hills at either end of the course. It definitely is an advantage knowing the course as the 2 hills on each lap of the course are quite demanding and if you are struggling, knowing that you have to do 8 climbs in total is a bit tough on the mind and the body!

 

The length of the course, furthermore, has been extended. In previous years the Senior Men's race was one medium lap, followed by 3 large laps. The 2012 was 4 large laps, some of our team were probably not overly pleased by the extra distance after they had finally got round the 9.6km course. J

The weather on the day was very pleasant, ideal for cross country running and there were only a couple of sections which were very muddy under foot.

The pace from the start was very brisk, this was driven by a team from Aldershot & Farnham District (AFD) and the CADAC runners who were competing for the victory.

Pete Hanson was our strongest runner and he naturally lead the WVR pack, followed by Russell Conaway who started fast, but slowed down slightly when he got to the first hill! J

As the race ensued I was within 100m of Pete till the end of the penultimate lap when he slowly disappeared into the distance. Our first three across the line being Pete, Ross and Russell.

 

The second team, were lead home by Martin Cox, Robert Littlejohn and John Darley in his first run for WVR.

The first team came third and got the bronze, a pretty reasonable performance considering that the team was put together rather last minute, some of the club were doing the run of the month and as few were doing the Gosport half marathon.

Camberley & District AC - Trophy Cross Country Race 2012
Junior + Senior Men
Race No	First Name	Surname Name	Race Position	Time	Affiliated Club
137	Mark	Greenwood	1	33:48:00	AFD
129	John	McCawley	2	36:07:00	CADAC
130	Jonathan	Payne	3	38:31:00	Sandhurst
126	Toren	Grainger	4	38:42:00	CADAC
121	Paul	Gaylor	5	39:09:00
128	Antung	Tilney	6	40:45:00	AFD
138	Peter	Hanson	7	41:34:00	Windle Valley
131	Daniel	Bleek	8	42:55:00	AFD
127	Richard	Heddle	9	42:58:00	CADAC
124	Ross	Maclagan	10	43:17:00	Windle Valley
125	Simon	Harvey	11	44:46:00	CADAC
132	Russell	Conaway	12	45:00:00	Windle Valley
123	Christopher	Grove	13	45:08:00
133	Martin	Cox	14	47:43:00	Windle Valley
122	Alex	Longmuir	15	48:42:00
136	Nick	Adley	16	49:06:00	Reading Roadrunners
135	Robert	Littlejohn	17	49:46:00	Windle Valley
134	John	Darley	18	52:59:00	Windle Valley
139	R	Dawkins	19	60:00:00	Unattached
Team winners
137	Mark	Greenwood		33:48:00	AFD
128	Antung	Tilney		40:45:00	AFD
131	Daniel	Bleek		42:55:00	AFD
129	John	McCawley		36:67	CADAC
126	Toren	Grainger		38:42:00	CADAC
127	Richard	Heddle		42:58:00	CADAC
138	Peter	Hanson		41:34:00	Windle Valley
124	Ross	Maclagan		43:17:00	Windle Valley
132	Russell	Conaway		45:00:00	Windle Valley

 Thanks for all of those who ran and Robert, don't forget to not answer your door next time when Russell is seeking extra team members for our squad! J

Let's see if we can get the silver next year!

Ross Maclagan