Northern - Cross Country Championships - Knowsley on 28/01/2017 5 Miles (Ladies)
The Northern Cross Country Championships returned to Knowsley Safari Park on Saturday, the course had been churned up by races earlier in the day and the overnight rain meant that by the time the men's and ladies' races started the course was muddy most of the way round. 14 ladies completed the 2-lap 8k, energy sapping, course with 20 men finishing 3 laps totalling 12k. The men finished 21st of 50 complete teams with counters being Connor McArdle (203rd), Rob Pearse (248th), Mike Green (253rd), Greg Jones (266th), Tony Barbat (277th) and Pete Bird (311th). The ladies finished 29th of 44 complete teams with Helen-Anne Stansfield (131st), Kate Ryan (132nd), Elaine Opara (206th) and Mary Rees (235th) counting. Anne and Bob Brimage, Jane and Neil Vick and Pete McArdle assisted with the marshalling on the day helping to make the race a great success.