Saturday 6th January at Witton Park, Blackburn
Sarah Astin (left) struck Gold with a dominant performance in the U13 Girls race finishing 30 seconds clear of Becky Taylor from Blackburn Harriers. Older sister Gemma Astin (right) followed up with a Gold medal performance in the U15 Girls event. Manx Harriers won 8 medals in total with Conor Delanbanque also claiming individual Silver in the U15 Boys race. There were 2 team Silver medals for the U15 Girls and the Senior Men, and a Bronze for the Senior Ladies. In addition, Gail Griffiths & Andy Fox won Silver medals in their veteran age group categories. (photos by Murray Lambden)
Left; Jack Garrett was the sole Manx Harriers entry in the U13 boys event finishing well in 17th place (photo Ian Astin) Right; Emily Ashe with an impressive 14th place in the U13 girls (photo Bridget Kaneen)
Bronwen Kaneen & Rachael Franklin from the silver medal winning U15 Girls team (photos Bridget Kaneen)
Left; Conor Delanbanque Silver medallist in the U15 Boys event Right; Andy Fox with his Vet 45 silver medal (photos by Murray Lambden)
Lancashire Ladies; Ann Cain, Bridget Kaneen, Gail Griffiths, Sarah Nelson & Dawn Yates. In addition to Team Bronze, Gail won a silver medal in the Veteran 40 age group category (photo from the Kan-cam)
Manx Beagle; Keith Gerrard back from injury with a 5th place finish leading the silver medal winning Senior Men’s team home (photo Ian Astin)
In the Red; Gianni Epifani, Andy Fox, Kevin Loundes and Andrew Duncan (photo Ian Astin)
more photos later in the week
Full Results
Photos by Murray Lambden & Nigel Armstrong
Photos by Ian Astin
Photos by Bridget Kaneen
Summary of the Manx performances
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Under 13 Boys |
17th Jack Garrett |
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Under 13 Girls |
1st Sarah Astin |
14th Emily Ashe
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19th Catriona Cox
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Gold Medal |
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Under 15 Boys |
2nd Conor Delanbanque |
19th Jordan Cain
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Silver Medal |
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Under 15 Girls |
1st Gemma Astin |
8th Rachael Franklin
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18th Lauren Whelan
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Gold Medal & Team Silver Medal |
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25th Bronwen Kaneen |
28th Fay Latham
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Under 17 Men |
17th Ryan Fairclough (Northern AC)
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26th Tom Richmond
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Under 20 Men |
5th Andrew Newton |
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Senior/Vet Ladies |
15th Sarah Nelson |
17th Gail Griffiths |
22nd Dawn Yates |
Team Bronze Medal |
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30th Bridget Kaneen |
36th Ann Cain |
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Vet 40 Ladies |
2nd Gail Griffiths |
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Silver Medal |
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Senior Men |
5th Keith Gerrard |
11th John Halligan |
14th Gianni Epifani |
Team Silver Medal |
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20th Andy Fox
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25th Kevin Loundes |
32rd Mike Garrett |
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35th Andrew Duncan |
37th Darren Gray
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54th Murray Lambden
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92nd Dave Newton
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Vet 45 Men |
2nd Andy Fox
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Silver |
Lancashire Cross Country Championships 2006
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