Cross Country report from Dave Newton via Paul Jackson Keith Gerrard - 24th after stomach problems Kevin Loundes - 62nd Ed Gumbley - 230th Darren Gray - 236th Martin Malone - 242nd Andy Fox 468th Andy Watson - 511th Manx Harriers - 25th team 1400 men competing Gail Griffiths 141 out of 545 Follow the links to Manx Harriers at the National Cross Country at manxharriers.com

 

Andy Fox -leader of the gang

Its no surprise that Andy Fox has organised the Manx Harriers trip to the National Cross Country yesterday - he has been running for Manx AC/Harriers since he arrived in the Isle of Man in 1985 and ran his first National in 1987.

Follow the links to Manx Harriers at the National Cross Country at manxharriers.com

David Griffiths has researched all the results since 1998 and Andy has been one of the best performers each year, but he is always happy to support the younger runners as well as gaining his own success - here is Andy's record since 1998

Year	Position	Finishers	Time	Venue
1998	178	1666	50.43	Roundhay Park, Leeds
2000	260	1419	47.19	Stowe
2001	152	1228	41.58	Durham
2002	250	1220	46.01	Ashton Court, Bristol
2003	268	1258	50.09	Parliament Hill, London
2004	343	1399	50.12	Temple Newsam, Leeds
2005	336	1316	45.43	Cofton Park, Birmingham
2006	301	1288	47.14	Parliament Hill, London
2007	254	916	45.16	Herrington Park, Sunderland
2008	373	1244	40.04	Alton Towers, Staffordshire

VIEW ALL OF DAVID'S STATISTICS

The top photo was taken at the Lancashire Cross Country Championships in 2008 (ML), the middle one in the Manx Championships in 2003 (ML) and this final one (supplied by Chris Quine; unknown photographer) dates back to the 1988 National Cross Country (red shorts, Manx AC vest)

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