Stubbington Green Runners

Conditions at Lord Wandsworth College for the fourth of the Todays Runner series were considerably warmer and more comfortable than those experienced at the same event last season which made for very pleasant running.
 
Once again the ladies from Stubbington stormed to victory with another fine display of packing which saw all three scorers finish inside the top ten. It was an inspiring sight to see all three in close formation coming across the field towards the finish and in a final flourish Penny just edged out Susie nearing the line, both of whom were followed closely by Tina in her first run of the series. This gave the ladies first place over Farnham Runners (2nd) and Basingstoke (3rd).
 
In the men's race Chris once again led the team home with a fine run to make a top ten finish. Mike W was next home followed by Tony Smith who like Tina was also making his first appearance this season. Mike H was our fourth runner to cross the line whilst Mike B became the fifth member home as he just edged out Jon for the final scoring place. Despite considerably better finishing positions than at Farnham which consequently led to a much lower points total the men were only one place higher in sixth which indicates a much stronger field took part. As a result of the combined finishing positions we were third equal with host club Hart Road Runners on the day. After four races in the series Basingstoke head the league with 3 points with Farnham Runners close behind with 4. Hart are currently lying third with 8 points with ourselves just 1 point behind in fourth. There is then a gap of 6 points to fifth placed Fleet and Crookham so it looks as if we will be battling with Hart for third place at the end of the season.
 
Results
Men                                                                          Ladies
 10  Chris Hall                                                             6  Penny Forse
 20  Mike White                                                           7  Susie MacGregor
 25  Tony Smith                                                          9  Tina Chantrey
 34  Mike Harper                                                        41 Donna Mitchell
 71  Mike Bell                                                             83 Sharon White
 73  Jon Leigh                                                            84 Sarah Martin
 91  Nick Crane                                                          85 Caroline Street
101 Paul Hammond                                                    (94 runners) 
126 Mike Clarke
127 Nigel Whitcher
133 Alan White
155 Paul Southon
(172 finishers)
 
The next race is being held at Manor Farm Country Park on Sunday 13th February. As this race is hosted by us we need all the assistance we can get so any volunteers to marshall would be very welcome. If you are free that Sunday and are able to help out in any way please email me (john_tussler@hotmail.com) or call 02392 347962.

Photos here.