EAST YORKS CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE 

The East Yorkshire Cross Country League circus moved on to South Cave last Sunday, attracting a new record attendance of 175 runners all eager to get dirty in the name of sport.  The Drewton Woods course is well known to many of the Viking Striders through regular training runs, although in this case familiarity breeds not so much contempt as a healthy respect for the terrain and its degree of difficulty.

There were signs of improvement in both the Striders’ teams.  The ladies, with Karen Bexon, Julie Masterman and Kay Ryan leading the way, scored exactly the same points as in the first leg, but contrived to go up one place in the overall table to fourth because of the inferior performance of other teams. 

The men on the other hand stayed in third overall but showed one or two individual improvements.  Simon Griffin was up to an excellent 5^th place while Giles Harris also snatched a top 10 place following his fireworks at last week’s Guy Fawkes 10, where he recorded another personal best of 62.05.  Martin Midgley’s promising 23^rd position made up for the first leg, when he showed a total disregard for the Striders’cause by selfishly going on holiday. 

Striders’ positions and times:
Men:  5^th Simon Griffin 41.02, 10^th Giles Harris 42.18,  23^rd Martin Midgley 44.28,  33^rd Alan Bexon 45.37,  34^th Dave Hanney 45.52,  51^st Mark Thompson 48.17, 55^th Neil Bentley 48.46,  88^th Ray Smith 54.01,  100^th Dave Pullman 58.30,  105^th Richard Anness 60.13,  109^th Rob Oldridge 61.35,  110^th Mick Fenelon 61.42.
Ladies: 7^th Karen Bexon 48.51,  8^th Julie Masterman 49.04,  27^th Kay Ryan 48.50,  33^rd Patsy Fenelon 60.18,  38^th Alison Hoggarth 62.38,  39^th Dot Pullman 63.37,  43^rd Sandy Midgley 64.39,  45^th Karen Mitchell 65.28,  49^th Debbie Andrew 67.41,  50^th Michaela Shepherd 67.42,  51^st Marina Booth 67.57,  55^th Jo Mouncey 73.55.