Hampshire Road Race League Update
STUBBINGTON Green's ladies still hold top spot in Division 2 of the Hampshire Road Race League, but they are being made to battle for the two promotion places.
After round 6 of the HRRL with the Stubbington 10km Road Race, the ladies in green lead the table by just a point with 24 points from Gosport Running Club, with Farnham Runners in third on 31 points.
At Stubbington, Farnham performed the best of the Division 2 clubs, and Stubbington were third.
Farnham didn't run well at the first two events of the HRRL season at Overton and Hardley, but since then they have never been out of the top two of the Division 2 clubs.
So even though the Surrey-based club are seven points off the lead, with Farnham able to drop their worst three races, they are looking strong to challenge.
The next race takes place on the Isle of Wight on January 28th with the Ryde 10. Stubbington's ladies' B team were the eighth best placed B team at Stubbington and they lie eighth behind leaders Winchester & District AC.
In the individual rankings, Lauren Coates is the best placed Stubby lady in 60th overall which follows her 73rd place at Stubbington. Others: 91st Susie MacGregor, 106th Lesley Harding.
In the men's standings, Winchester AC and Southampton Running Club are fighting it out for supremacy. Despite winning the men's team honours at Stubbington, the Stubby men lie fourth in Division One, three points behind third-placed Portsmouth Joggers with the goal a bronze medal finish.
The men's B team, second on Sunday, lie fifth overall behind leaders Southampton Running club.
In the individual standings, Mark Le Gassick, joint winner last year, lies ninth overall having run four of the six races.
Alton Runners' Richard Gowan, who has run in all six HRRL events, holds top spot. Others: 31st Ray Gunner, 34th Mike Harper, 47th Ross Lamport, 48th Zippy Grice, 63rd Richard Thomas, 70th Andy Simpson, 81st John Rawlins, 82nd Michael Breed, 88th Tony Allen, 92nd Tor Duffin.101st Alasdair Ewing, 110th Chris Hall. 116th Gordon Reid, 120th Noel Charlton, 140th Chris Furnell.