Cranwell X Country 2008

By New Rave Dave

On this day of arnold,or should that be our lord?-ok,ok,i'll get on with it.
Seven bold/bald warriors and warrioresses(dont know if thats a proper word but what the heck) and infantry travelled to Cranwell's lands and proudly planted our flag there to do battle.
First into combat were the men.First home for mablethorpe was chairman Wayne Kew fresh from his Turkish training camp who finished an excellent 49th in 38 mins 31 secs.Next home was the ever improving Denzil Phillips known to his foes as the "juggernaut" who ran strongly all the way to the line to finish a great 61st with 40.19.Hot on his heels was Mark Lovett in 63rd with 40.33 after a neck and neck battle for much of the race.
Well run lads,all great performances Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Exclamation
Next into battle was the ladies quartet.First home was Janine Stones with an excellent run in 3rd place with 17 mins 28 secs seeming to glide over the ground.Next home was Sheryl Hawse in 10th place with 20.32 underlining her great potential.3rd home for Mabo was Jackie Love
who,despite in her own words "s**@@**g bricks about running in new spikes finished a creditable 29th in 23.50,well run 'jacks'.Completing our quartet was Lindsey Phillips who ran a very good solid race to finish in 42nd with 28.03.
Once again good runs all round,well done ladies Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Exclamation
Hopefuly Mark will post one of his excellent reports in more detail,but i hope this will suffice for now.
Ah well,back to my lovely padded wallpaper and smokey vallium crisps,fare thee well one and all Twisted Evil Twisted Evil
Any resemblance to person or persons living or dead is absbloodylutely intentional.
No animals or small cute furry mammals were hurt or injured in the making of this report.

 

By Mark Lovett

The Lincolnshire Cross Country Champion Ian Boneham of Notts A C took victory in the men's race of 9200metres which attracted a field of 80 runners in his pre race warm up for the forth comming National Cross Country Relay's.

These are very exciting times for the modest and inspirational athlete from Grantham, who trains with the Lincoln Wellington squad and this season has seen no let up in his performances and training under his coach Rob Lewis. Following his impressive 6th place at the 10000m Olympic trial race at Watford, Ian in the highly prestigious Chichester 10k clocked 29m44s, and guided Notts A C to 2nd place in the National Road Relay's at Sutton Park just last week, and will be aiming to claim 1st place at the Leeds Abbey Dash 10k where last year he claimed victory over Dan Robinson.

2nd place was Richard Brown the Louth A C runner from Alford who following his 2nd place at Mablethorpe in the half marathan gained a personal best for that distance at the Great North Run. Next week Richard's main competition will come from the now Wolds Vets runner Mick Jagger who is expected to run. 3rd place again proving why he is in his best form for ten year's was Nick Marsh (Louth A C) and 4th place from Lincoln Wellington was Mark Badderley.
Competing for Mablethorpe were
Wayne Kew 49th
Denzil Phillips 61st
Mark Lovett 63rd

The ladies race again was treated by several athletes as a pre warm up to the National Cross Country Relay's next week.
Victoryon the 4600m course went to 17 year old Blue Haywood of Lincoln Wellington, who this season has clocked 17m15 at 5k and at the Great Eastern Half Marathan clocked 1hr24m08s, chasing her all the way was her fellow team mate Lucinda Pitcher. Both these athletes were part of the Lincoln Wellington A team that claimed an impressive 19th position at the recent National Road Relay's. Lucinda who has been in great form this season at 3000m and on the road which has seen her clock 18m05 at 5k.3rd place went to Mablethorpe member and Lincs League Champion Janine Stones, who in the absence of some big names in the 2nd fixture at Louth next week and suited to the London road course will start the race as favourite.Rochelle Harrison Of Lincoln Wellington claimed 4th place, Rochelle ran for the Lincoln Wellington A Team in the North Of England Relay's at Hartlepool and the B team at Sutton Park, and had impressive races at both these fixtures. A well deserved 10th place went to Mablethorpe runner Sheryl Hawes in her best performance in club colours while fellow members Jackie Love (29th) and Lindsey Phillips(42nd) had good runs.