Hearing that the Under 13s had done so well at Colchester, it was now down to the rest of our squad to try and protect five divisional leads plus the overall lead.

Just under 40 young athletes made the trip west where, luckily, the rain that had been with us during the morning had eased, making it a little wet underfoot and with a tricky stream to negotiate for our Junior Women and Men.

Winners: U11 Girls squad. With individual winner Molly Sherrin (833) (Pic: Scott Kyson)

Results (scroll down / right to see all results)

The weather was clearly picking up where it left off as we arrived at at Uxbridge for fixture three in torrential rain. If the weather forecast was to be believed it would be Welwyn in reverse, and we’d end in glorious sunshine.

The third fixture of the Met League has been held here now for the third time. Two laps flat-ish with a sharp rise to a kind of trig point, each lap ending with a river crossing. In prior years this has been a mere trickle. After so much autumn rain this year, it was deep, flowing and as soon became clear for the unsuspecting runner, treacherous.

Whether unable to face a second soaking in a row, or busy shopping for the festive season, fewer athletes were around on Saturday with the women’s soft and slightly soggy field a ‘modest’ 215. Woodford had a team though, with two to spare - so we were happy.

A Team