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Lee O · Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 298 Location: Canvey Island

I will be Working so Good Luck Everyone For Tomorrow..

Make sure We Retain The Trophy..

Lee

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david thomson · Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 181 Location: thundersley

hopefully ill be running, ill see how i am when i warm up.
just seen crispian bloomfield running at nottingham so thats 1 place for everyone to move up.

btw completely forgot to say , if your coming through basilldon and you see that dry street is closed , dont worry its open at least up to where you turn off .if your coming from the a13 theres no problem at all.
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Karl C · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 1555 Location: Rayleigh

yes, good luck everyone.

If we finish Roding Half Marathon in double quick time we will be down to lend a hand

(not that our super-fast fast boys and girls will need any - go for it !)

Stevie · Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 402 Location: Benfleet

Good luck to everybody able to run tomorrow, maybe next year ill be able to race these X-countrys Smile

Steffan · Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 538 Location: Basildon

Gutted,
ran my legs off today for runners up spot, shockingly bad turn out from Benfleet.

Those that ran did so with guts and determination, brings a tear to your eye seeing your clubmates giving 110% against the odds. Good on you all.

Next year, we'll get that title back..................

Well done to Thrift Green Trotters, quality and consistant running.

david thomson · Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 181 Location: thundersley

how did we loose that ?, seemed to have about 10 in the top 20 and we had the leading lady , i know thrift green had 2 ladies well up there and they had the winning man and 4th place i think , otherwise there werent many of them i dont think .

personally i pulled out after 500m when my calf tightened , shame as i was feeling good .

roll on next year
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Lee O · Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 298 Location: Canvey Island

Well just to say Unlucky folks, makes revenge even sweeter next season. Evil or Very Mad

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Karl C · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 1555 Location: Rayleigh

ONE TREE HILL X-COUNTRY REPORT

There was bitter disappointment for the reigning champions in the final race of X-country League at One Tree Hill being pipped at the final post by Thrift Green Trotters.

Despite having 3 men in the top ten (Graham Booty 4th, Tony Mead 6th and Jez Mancer 7th for the 2nd race in a row we were beaten into 2nd place by Thrift Green by 10 points which meant that Benfleet finished runners up in the championship.

However there was consolation as Stacey Ward blasted home in 1st place way ahead of her nearest rival finishing so impressively that she took not only the ladies trophy but finished in 7th place in the mixed field sandwiched between her male team-mates Tony Mead and Jez Mancer.

Charlotte was 7th and Denise Dudley was 9th showing that once again Benfleet’s ladies have been strong and consistent throughout.

It was perhaps the toughest course of the season, boggy and very slippery even Crispian Bloomfield had a spectacular mud slide down the 1st hill when it was pleasing to see Tony Mead overtake him in his moment of misfortune!

Even our esteemed captain took a tumble coming up the final hill but in true Benfleet spirit got to his feet straight away and didn’t lose a place!

The other male scorers were Andy Morris, who has been strong throughout the series improving with every race, who was 17th Dessie in 18th place and Steffan joining the scorers in this final race in 21st place. Paul Prosser made the trek from Brighton to make up the final scoring position in 22nd place.

We may have been defeated but those green shirts cannot break our spirit. Let us not forget that our ladies have been 1st in every race apart from this last one and we have probably had the best mens team for several years with Graham Tony and Jez battling it out to prove who is top dog on the mud ! It looks like the victor is Graham this year. But there’s always next season…..

And watch it you Trotters “We’ll be back !!!”

pp. DG

Imagimages · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Posts: 2 Location: Benfleet

Well done to all you muddy cross country runners for yesterday. If you would like any of the images from the gallery I would be pleased to email the full file images to you. Just send me an email with the image number and I will attach it to the reply. Unlucky for not winning the series, but a fantastic effort nonetheless.........Ian Maguire
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Karl C · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 1555 Location: Rayleigh

full results - if you can bare to look.... :blurp:

http://www.benfleetrunningclub.com/xc.final.07/xc.5.results.htm

Lee O · Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 298 Location: Canvey Island

Just seen the pics, everyone looks ready for The Off.

Mind you What a Pic Of Graham....Street Cred Gone Down a bit After That one Graham Laughing

Lee
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Graham · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 228

Should have seen me 12 hours later.......

Anyway the rabies look is all the post race rage nowadays. That or an oxygen mask.

debbie g · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 258

Nice piece (and pic) in the Echo today about the x-country. Lesson for today - how to turn defeat into a PR coup for Benfleet !!