Merseyside - Cross Country Championships - Arrowe Park on 06/01/2018 5 Miles (Ladies)
The Merseyside Cross Country championships took place at Arrowe Park, although the weather was fine on the day of the event the rainfall over the preceding days made the course boggy. The club has a successful day picking up 10 medals and a county selection. Alex Norton earned the right to represent Merseyside at the inter counties in Loughborough by finishing in an excellent fourth place in the under 17 boys race and picked up an individual bronze for first funner in an unplaced team. The ladies had a great day picking up the team bronze with Becky Blacklock (16th), Helen Anne Stansfield (19th), Elaine Opara (25th) and Vicky Kehoe (33rd) counting. The club had a clean sweep of the ladies V55 category with Rachel Saunders picking up gold, Mary Rees silver and Julie Barbat bronze. Vicky Kehoe also picked up a bronze in the V45. The men finished in fourth place with Rob Pearse (20th), Tony Barbat (31st), Jay Walker (32nd), Mike Green (38th), John Thelwell (43rd) and Phil Cuthbert (49th) being the counters. Tony Barbat picked up a gold medal for first V55. Luke Hampshire was ninth in the under 15 boys.