Cirencester Athletics and Triathlon Club

THIS Saturday saw the third meet of this year’s Gloucestershire Cross Country League at Wotton Under Edge.

The Ladies team finished sixth with Liz Thomas pipped into 79th place in a sprint finish.

Lisa Carpenter was not far behind, and our super dedicated Club Chair, Pam Wheeler, completed the three to score with an age-group win.

The Men needed to six to score so, with Dave Bell finishing fourth and other good runs from James Thomas, Bill Leggate and Luke Campbell to all finish in the first 50, only requiring Simon Campbell to finish as fifth team.

For the Juniors, only the U11 Boys fielded the requisite three runners to score.

They were led by Henry Sheffield who came in 10th despite a heavy cold.

Lucas Caws and Tom Williams completed the team.

Bella Alcott (U11Girls) finished second and older brother Sam (U13 Boys) 19th in his first cross country race of the season, while Archie Sheffield (also U13 Boys) was came in in an impressive sixth place.

Sophie Izon (U13 Girls) was fourth and Matt Pulley (U15 Boys) a good 25th in his first go at the event.