Saturday 5th January at Witton Park, Blackburn
photos courtesy of Murray Lambden
Manx Harriers won 7 medals at the Lancashire Cross Country Championships at Witton Park, Blackburn The day started with an emphatic win by Sarah Astin in the U15 Girls race to claim GOLD medal followed by a BRONZE for her sister Gemma Astin in the U17 Girls leading her team mates Rachael Franklin & Bronwen Kaneen to a team SILVER. In the Senior Ladies there was an impressive performance from Gail Griffiths to finish 7th overall and a SILVER medal in the Vet 40 class. In the Senior Men’s race it was GOLD for Keith Gerrard & overall a fantastic GOLD for the Men’s team & SILVER for Andy Fox in the V45 class. (thanks to Dave Griffiths)
Team Gold for the Senior Men’s Team headed by an outstanding individual winning performance by Keith Gerrard. Also pictured on the podium are the other 5 counters, John Halligan, Kevin Loundes, Ed Gumbley, Nigel Armstrong & Darren Gray
Sarah Astn was the outstanding runaway winner of the U15 Girls race in her first year in the age group
Senior ladies team of (l-r) Sarah Nelson, Gail Griffiths & Bridget Kaneen. Gail finished an impressive 7th overall and claimed Silver Medal in the Veteran 40 class improving on her time by over 2 minutes from last year.
Juniors including (back row l-r) Bronwen Kaneen, Catriona Cox, Hannah Scarlett, Gemma Astin, Sarah Astin, Alice Ashe (front row l-r) Jack Garrett & Katie Astin. In addition to her Gold medal winning sister, Gemma Astin won Bronze medal in the U17 Girls event and together with Rachael Franklin & Bronwen Kaneen took team Silver medal also. Katie Astin entered the U11G race on the day – a new addition for 2008 & finished 6th.
Keith Gerrard of Newham & Essex Beagles and second claim Manx Harriers was in a race of his own from the early stages winning the Senior men’s race by the old proverbial.
Darren Gray has time to practice his Dave Newton impression on his way to 26th place just ahead of Gianni Epifani.
Team Silver for the U17 Girls (l-r) Bronwen Kaneen, Gemma Astin & Rachael Franklin (photo Ian Astin)
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Full Results here
Summary of the Manx performances
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Under 11 Girls |
6th Katie Astin |
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Under 13 Boys |
16th Jack Garrett |
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Under 13 Girls |
DNF Alice Ashe |
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Under 15 Girls |
1st Sarah Astin |
11th Hannah Scarlett |
13th Catriona Cox |
Gold Medal
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DNS Polly Rogerson |
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Under 17 Girls |
3rd Gemma Astin |
9th Rachael Franklin
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18th Bronwen Kaneen |
Bronze Medal & Team Silver Medal
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Senior/Vet Ladies |
7th Gail Griffiths |
15th Sarah Nelson |
23rd Bridget Kaneen
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Vet 40 Ladies |
2nd Gail Griffiths |
5th Bridget Kaneen
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Silver Medal
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Senior Men |
1st Keith Gerrard |
7th John Halligan |
12th Kevin Loundes |
Gold Medal & Team Gold Medal
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16th Ed Gumbley |
17th Nigel Armstrong
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25th Darren Gray
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26th Gianni Epifani |
31st Andy Fox
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33rd Mike Garrett
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42nd Russell Collister |
87th Dave Newton |
105th Les Brown
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DNS Andrew Duncan |
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Vet 40 Men |
6th Russell Collister |
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Vet 45 Men |
2nd Andy Fox
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Silver
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Vet 50 Men |
15th Dave Newton |
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Vet 55 Men |
6th Les Brown
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