It was honours even as the five day window closed on the Woodford Green versus Colchester Harriers 10k virtual Mob Match on 20th December. Woodford emerged victorious in the 12-to-score and ‘Mob’ overall team competitions, with Phil Norman (31:40) and Suzanne Phillips (40:28) recording the fastest men’s and women performances of the match. Age-and-sex graded rankings were also calculated. Colchester took the team competitions based on these recalculated standings. M60 Dave Cox’s 40:28, converted to a notional ‘senior men’s time’ of 31:39.9 for 2nd place, was the top Woodford performance in this competition.

19th Dec 2020

WGEL Junior (U11-U17) athletes travelled to Merchant Taylors School in Northwood over the weekend to compete in Round 2 of the ATW Cross Country Series.

Full Results

This was the second of a three race series. Round 1 (in October) attracted 600 competitors in junior and senior races. In Round 2, tight Covid rules forced the cancelation of senior races (restriction on over 18s) but the junior events carried on with strict safety procedures in place to protect all athletes and volunteers.

The event attracted high quality fields, including highly ranked South of England AA and Inter County athletes and winners of Met, Chiltern, Essex and Suffolk cross-country leagues. 

Rudy Parker-Bayes improved from 5th in Round 1 to 2nd here (pic: Paul Hancock)