Cross Country
Welcome to our Cross Country Page
Telford Harriers have taken part in off road events since the
Club's early days. We originally competed in the North Wales Cross Country
League before applying to join the
Birmingham & District League in 1997 and the
North Staffordshire League a couple of years
later. We also have a team in the Midland Ladies League and have completed in
the Midland and National Cross Country Championships on a number of occasions.
The Club Mens' Cross Country Secretary is currently vacant; the Ladies'
Secretary is Pete Hough. We can be contacted at
enquiries@telfordharriers.co.uk
Jean Turner, Grace Hough and Michelle Clarke pictured representing Shropshire at the 2008 Inter-Counties Cross Country Championship held at Nottingham
Cross Country Fixtures - 2009/2010
Season
2009:
3/10/2009 North Staffs League (1 of 4) Lyme Valley (Men & Ladies)
24/10/2009 Birmingham League/ Midland Ladies League (1 of 4) Senneleys Park (Men & Ladies)
7/11/2009 North Staffs League (2 of 4) Park Hall (Men & Ladies)
14/11/2009 North Staffs League (3 of 4), Stafford Common
(Men & Ladies)
5/12/2009 Birmingham League (2 of 4) Leamington (Men)
12/12/2009 North Staffs League (4 of 4) Leek (Men & Ladies)
2010
16/10/2010 Birmingham League (3 of 4) Nuneaton (Men)
13/2/2010 Birmingham League (4 of 4) West Bromwich (Men)
2009/10 Cross-Country Results
14/11/09 North Staffs 3 - Stafford Common
Wet, cold & windy -
classic Stafford!! Great result for the Men's Team moves them up
a place and it was nice to see so many out there braving the weather..
Ladies:
31 Jess Harvey 31.01; 35 Jane Staite 31.33; 59 Jean Turner 34.02; 75 Alison Larwood 34.52; 85 Sara Rex 35.45; 105 Jane Tucker 37.55; 128 Lorraine Blythe 45.41;
Team 7th (Div 1)
Men:
52 Andy Dippie 50.56; 68 Nick
Thomas 51.47; 76 Mark Griffiths 52.16; 98 Alan Henderson 54.04; 110 Ian
Maxwell 55.07; 112 Dean Blyth 55.14; 122 Anthony Pinson 55.59; 148
Andrew Davies 57.59; 166 Richard Bailey 60.05; 182 Art Zammit 61.35;
183 Jim Roundsley 61.37; 210 Steve Fairs 64.27; 225 David Norman 65.43;
241 Gareth Edwards 68.48;
Team: 4th (Div 2)
7/11/09 North Staffs 2 - Park Hall
Its was as tough as ever on the hilly, twisty course at Park Hall.
Ladies:
28 Jane Staite 24.51;
62 Grace Hough 27.16; 68 Jean Turner 27.32; 101 Sara Rex 29.10; 114
Rebecca Clarke 30.19; 122 Rachel Shuker 31.51; 135 Anne Rickus 36.15
Team: 7th (Div 1)
Men:
55 Andy Dippie 41.27;
90 Alan Henderson 43.52; 98 Tom McCallion 44.39; 102 Ian Maxwell 44.53;
114 Dean Blyth 45.31; 134 Anthony Pinson 46.42; 145 Richard Bailey
47.27; 163 Mike Rickus 48.37; 180 Art Zammit 49.53; 185 Roger
Bilsby 50.19; 227 Steve Fairs 54.08; 239 Gareth Edwards 55.40;
250 Andy Wilkinson 59.01; 255 Spencer Clarke 60.41
Team 5th (Div 2)
3/10/09 North Staffs 1 - Lyme
Valley Park
After 3 weeks of dry, sunny weather, guess what? Yes,
the rain came down. It poured down before the start of the women's race
and also during the men's race. Spirits weren't dampened too much
though, and with several first-timers out our results were encouraging.
Ladies:
19 Jess Harvey 22.09; 25 Jane Staite 22.46; 60 Grace Hough 25.14; 81
Alison Larwood 26.19; 91 Sara Rex 26.56; 115 Helen Pritchard 28.52
Team: 8th (Div 1)
Men:
59 Nick Thomas 40.09; 85 Alan Henderson 42.11; 101 Anthony Pinson 43.14;
105 Dave Harley 43.19; 110 Ian Maxwell 43.42; 120 Dean Blyth 44.44; 122
Andrew Davies 44.47; 154 Richard Bailey 46.35; 163 Jim Rawndsley 47.00;
223 Phil Palin 53.44; 226 Andy Wilkinson 54.11; 229 Mike Sprason 55.14;
231 Spencer Clarke 55.33
Team: 7th (Div 2)
2008/09 Cross- Country Season Results
4/10/08 North Staffs 1 - Lyme
Valley Park
Wet & Windy - hilly, grassland course.
ladies:
14 Michelle Clarke 21.31; 23 Jane Staite 22.43; 26 Jean Turner 23.01; 33 Lisa
Watkins 23.48; 37 Emma Dobson 24.04; 60 Grace Hough 25.36; 70 Jenny Senior
26.44; 81 Deb Hugh 28.23; 94 Jan Glover 30.34; 109 Lyn Rathbone 35.27; 111
Cynthia Lewis 38.04
men:
25 Jamie Anderson 38.14; 27 Mark Griffiths 38.17; 37 Nick Thomas 39.49; 38 Marc
Gadsden 39.50; 105 Andy Sedgeley 44.50; 109 Andy Davies 45.13; 115 Jon Mahoney
45.49; 134 Alan Jenkins 47.43; 137 Roger Barlow 48.02; 151
Dave Fitton 48.42; 166 Jon Pierce 49.51; 170 Mike Owen 50.12; 171 Jeff Wright 50.13; 176
Martin Skehan 50.50; 178 Daron Fincham 51.06; 203 Mike Sprason 57.32
18/10/08 North Staffs 2 - Park Hall
Dry, breezy, little warmer than last time out. Hilly course over mixed terrain.
ladies:
14 Michelle Clarke 22.06; 22 Jane Staite 23.16; 32 Jean Turner
24.06; 33 Emma Dobson 24.17; 40 Lisa Watkins 24.35; 48 Jess
Harvey 24.58; 62 Sara Rex 25.32; 81 Alison Larwood 27.03; 89
Deb Hugh 28.00; 117 Cynthia Lewis 36.58
men: 25 Jamie Anderson 40.01; 32 Mark Griffiths 40.28; 45 Nick Thomas 41.42;
118 Andrew Davies 46.31; 134 Anthony Pinson 48.09; 140 Jonathon
Pierce 48.46; 149 Alan Jenkins 49.29; 176 Roger Barlow 51.10; 183
Darren Fincham 51.52; 189 Simon Rex 52.46; 197 Darren Windle 53.48; 215
Mike Sprason 57.13; 224 Spencer Clarke 60.32
25/10/08 Birmingham League(1) / Midland Ladies League(1) - Senneleys Park
Rain just about held off:)) Windy and cool grassland course with a detour into the stream...
Ladies: 103 Emma Dobson 31:03; 110 Sandra Eaton 31:24; 137 Grace Hough 33:03; 161 Debbie Hugh 36:11; 172 Cynthia Lewis 45:32
Men: 6 Jamie Anderson 37:38; 9 Mark Griffiths 38:17; 26 Nick Thomas 40:18;
43 Marc Gadsden 41:57; 74 Andy Sedgley 45:02; 85 Jon Pierce 46:26;
93 Alan Jenkins 47:11; 110 Tim Smith 49:00; 113 Daron Fincham 49:29;
128 Rob Day 52:00; 137 Mike Sprason 57:11
15/11/08 North Staffs 3 - Stafford Common
Cloudy, dark and wet. And also ...very muddy...
Ladies: 16 Michelle Clarke 22.15 ; 30 Jane Staite 23.31; 36 Jean Turner 23.56;
40
Lisa Watkins 24.25; 48 Sandra Eaton
24.46 ; 49 Jess Harvey 24.53; 51 Sara Rex 24.55 ; 82 Alison Larwood 26.55 ; 115
Cynthia Lewis 37.56
Men: 20 Jamie Anderson 37.20; 29 Mark Griffiths 38.57 ; 55 Nick Thomas 40.48
66 Marc Gadsden 41.41; 97 Andy Dippie 43.51; 105 Andrew
Davies 44.39; 111 Hugh Jobber 44.51; 122 Anthony Pinson
45.29; 126 Andrew Sedgeley 45.42; 144 Simon Rex
47.25; 163 Darren Fincham 48.33; 177 Mike Owen 49.46;
181 Rob Day 50.10; 187 Jonathon Pierce 51.02; 192 Darren
Windle 51.44 ; 218 Mike Sprason 59.03
Once again, muddy, they removed the stream crossing due to bad weather!!....
Men :11 Mark Griffiths 43:06; 53 Andy Dipple 48:07; 54 Andy Sedgley 48:13;
103 Daron Fincham 53:22; 123 Tim Smith 56:28; 140 Mike Sprason 63:00
13/12/08 North Staffs 4 - Leek
Quite cold and wet, but not as vicious as in previous years. Both men's and ladies teams did well (both 3rd in their respective divisions. The men's team missed out on promotion by just one point )
Ladies: 11 Michelle Clarke 26.26; 18 Jane Staite 27.55; 32 Jess Harvey 29.31; 37 Jean Turner 29.57; 45 Lisa Watkins 30.26; 51 Sara Rex 31.35; 81 Cynthia Lewis 45.33
Men: 11 Jamie Anderson 33.13; 23 Mark Griffiths 35.17; 37 Nick Thomas 36.28; 46 Marc Gadson 37.12; 74 Andrew Sedgley 40.11; 118 Rob Day 43.29 ; 128 Simon Rex 44.21; 135 Daron Fincham 45.42; 142 Alan Jenkins 46.35; 159 Darren Windle 48.44; 175 Spencer Clarke 52.05; 177 Mike Sprason 53.14
How to get to Cross-Country venues
Directions to Senneleys Park Cross Country
Midland Ladies League Newbold Comyn, Leamington (Streetmap)
Directions from Telford - M54 - M6 - At junction M6 4a, exit toward M1/M42/M40 (0.1 mi) Take the exit onto M42 toward London/Warwick/M40/Solihull - At junction 3a, exit onto M40 toward London/Warwick/Stratford - At junction 14, take the 1st exit onto Warwick Bypass heading to Leamington - Continue to follow A46 - Go through 3 roundabouts (2.9 mi ) - At the 3rd roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto A452 Kenilworth Road. Continue to follow A452 Kenilworth Rd. Follow A452 into town and keep on road until you reach mini-roundabout - go right into
Clarendon Avenue then sharp left into The Parade. At junction turn left into Warwick St which become Willes Rd. Turn left into Newbold Terrace E.
Birmingham League Div 3 - Droitwich High School (click for Streetmap location)
Directions from Telford * M54 - M6 - M5. Travelling South on M5, leave at Junction 5 and follow signs for Droitwich. Continue along A38, passing the Little Chef on the right, and the Chateau Impney on the left. At the traffic lights, carry straight on along the dual carriageway. At the large roundabout (Homebase on the left), carry straight on. Take the next exit off by the bypass and turn 1st left at the roundabout into Ombersley Way. After about half a mile turn left into Briar Mill, over the humps and Droitwich High School is on the left.
North Staffs Cross Country - Lyme Park. From Newport take A519 via Eccleshall vito J15 M6 (Newcastle) and then take 2nd left which continues to be A519 into Newcastle. Go right at the 2nd roundabout into Stafford Avenue and park at Fitness First or the Bowling Green; changing/ toilets are at the Cricket Club
North Staffs Cross Country - Park Hall (streetmap) From Telford take the A518 to Newport then the A519 to Eccleshall. At Eccleshall pick up the B5026 to Stone. At Stone pick up A520 and proceed through Meir Heath and Meir. Turn left onto B5040 for Weston Coyney / Adderley Green. Park Hall location is on the right.
North Staffs & BL Cross Country - Stafford Common (streetmap) From Telford take the A518 to Stafford. At the traffic lights by the station turn left onto Station Road; follow the road around turning right at the island onto Chell Road. At the next island turn left picking up the A34, Stone Road. Head for Stone, straight over the next island, approximately half a mile down the road at the Traffic Lights turn right into North Avenue, Sir Graham Balfour School it at the end of the road.
North Staffs Cross Country - Westwood High School, Leek (streetmap) From Newport take the A519 to Eccleshall. At the first small island in the town turn left. At the second small island in the town turn right onto the B5026 Stone Road. In Stone pick up the A520 follow the signs for Longton/Leek. Stay on the A520 heading towards Leek. At the “T” junction in Leek (in front will be an old church). Turn left and then bear left into West Street, continue down West Street past the Britannia Public house, after half a mile West Street becomes Westwood Road. After passing between two schools and down incline, old Gate House on left. Take the fifth turn on the right this is the car park for the school.