Gloucestershire Cross Country League

BOURTON ROADRUNNERS Juniors again turned out in numbers to compete in the third round of the Gloucestershire Cross Country League competition at Pittville Park in Cheltenham.

In the U11 girls' event, Helena West and Isobel Barnett – first and second in the club competition – pushed each other hard to finish seventh and eighth respectively overall.

Celia Darwent ran her best race to date with an excellent 24th place.

The Bourton A team were fourth on the day and are remain in second place overall in the series.

The girls were well supported by Annabella Tallis (27th), Isabelle Morriss (33rd), Abigail Barnett (38th), Isabel Dennett (40th), Ella Lane-Gregory (51st) and Erika Creed (52nd).

They helped the B team to ninth and the C team to 13th on the day.

Lucy Griffin (second), Bethan Powell (third) and Josephine Mutsaars (seventh) kept the U13 girls' team at the top of the series standings although they came second to Stroud AC on the day.

Lucy was again pushed hard by Bethan and Josephine ran her best race of the season. Emily Field (22nd), Isabel Kiey-Thomas (25th) and Kate Edgerton (28th) all ran well on the day bringing the B team home in seventh place.

The U15 girls' A team managed a very creditable third place overall.

Top runner Niamh Powell had an off-day due to illness but still ran strongly for ninth place with very gutsy display.

Rosie Mutsaars is again starting to show her true potential with an excellent 10th place and Koumi Ikeda ran strongly for 15th.

These girls were again well supported by Charlotte Foster (18th) and Gabby Jones (22nd) who was also suffering from a cold.

The A team have a great chance of finishing third overall given a good display at Tewkesbury in the final round.

The U11 boys' A team managed to hold on to third place overall with third place on the day. Kan Ikeda (fifth), Louis Mutsaars (sixth) and Findlay Morriss, again led the boys home, all three running extremely well as they have all season.

The boys were greatly supported by Finn Watkins (21st), Lysander Tarrant (23rd), Beau Griffin (24th), Dicken Tilley-Loughrey (27th), Christopher Hunt (29th), Toby Sellek (31st), James Mace (34th), Connor McGuinness Dean (42nd), Jago Tarrant (48th), George Farley (54th), Edward Jones (55th) and Sean Farley 56th).

The group helped the B team to sixth position, the C team to ninth, the D team to 13th and the E team to 16th.

With many of these boys being U 9 or new to the club, we have a bright future in this age group and the U13s when they move up.

The U13 boys' A team did well for sixth place on the day and still have an outside chance of third place overall with a good display at Tewkesbury. Dylan Williams led the team home in 16th place with Josh Angus close behind in 20th.

Aden Corban and Thomas Wood ran well for 34th and 36th respectively. All these boys have just moved up from the U11s.