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Stockport 10 a big success

Jenny Knass knocked 8 minutes of her personal best to record 62-53 to finished second

Jenny Knass knocked 8 minutes of her personal best to finish second in 62-53.

Stockport Harriers' headline event the Stockport 10 was held in near perfect conditions last Sunday and also drew praise for Paul Beaver and his team of hard working helpers for it's excellent organisation and friendly atmosphere.

Despite the loss of leading ladies Jenny Murray through a foot stress fracture, Toni McIntosh suffering a hamstring injury and Vicky Barrett and Sharon Glendon out with viruses it proved to be an excellent day with no more than 13 ladies running personal bests.

Jenny Knass was our first counter finishing 2nd behind the new course record holder Pauline Powell from Blackburn. Jenny who was looking to break the 65 minute barrier stormed through knocking 8 minutes of her personal best to record 62-53 for the distance.

Sally Keigher on her comeback trail finished in 68-56 for 7th place followed by Samantha Thomas 10th in 71-16, giving Stockport the ladies' team prize after just missing out last year.

Karen McCrackle was our 4th counter with another personal best in 72-25, followed by Alice Dagg in 73-04 and Alison Coulson in 77-38, breaking the club V45 10 mile record in the process.

Maryte Moore finished in 79-15 to record a personal best by 10 minutes followed by Ross Mann in a new club V50 record of 78-37. Ruth Lee knocked 5 minutes off her personal best to clock 82-37 followed Jayne Lawton, Jane Cocks and Helen Beard also with personal bests.

Many new ladies from the squad who were running their first race committed themselves well over the 10 miles.

bashir hussain

In the men's race Bashir Hussain (pictured right) was first home for the club in 54-00 for 5th place also winning the V40 prize, next Mike Shaw in 12th, Ben Gregory 18th and first V50 in 60-22. With Andy Whittington 22th, Stockports men's team took second in the team race behind a strong Sale Harriers squad who placed three in the first 10.

European Cross Country Championships

Steve Vernon finished 3rd counter for the Great Britain team

Steve Vernon (far right) finished 3rd counter for the Great Britain team

Steve Vernon put in a solid performance at the European Cross Country Championships in Tilburg, Holland.

The race was held in a local park and was a typical continental course lots of laps with tight twisting bends very spectator friendly but hard work for the athletes.

Steve was last out of the pen for the six man GB team but had made up considerable ground on his team mates by the second of the six lap course. He was up to 28th and was second counter after two laps for the team and was running in a group that contained four times past winner Paulo Guerra of Portugal.

Steve managed to hang on at the end for 36th being overtaken by fellow Brit Mike Skinner in the finishing straight.

He will be on international duty again this Sunday for the England Cross Country Team with fellow squad member Jessica Coulson who makes her England AAA team debut in the Junior women's race in Brussells, Belguim at the IAAF Lotto Cross Cup.

Greater Manchester Cross Country Championships

Stockport's juniors came away from the Greater Manchester Cross Country Championships with a huge collection of medals.

Ross Millington continued his run of county gold medals with a win the under-17's race ahead of East Cheshire's Simon Horsfield. Bronze went to Simon Pearson and with Steve Bennett in eighth Stockport won the team award.

Last year's under-17's champion Andy Nixon took the Junior gold this time.

Another double in girls' races where Michel Wiblin won the under-15's gold and led the team to second while Jess Coulson took the under-17's gold and helped the team take third.

Boxing Day Race

The year's Boxing Day race starts 12 noon from the Waterloo Hotel, Waterloo Street, Stockport on the 26th December.

Entry £3 for the 3 mile senior race and £1 for the 1 mile junior race.

All proceeds to the Beechwood Cancer Care Centre.

The race will be followed by the allocation of the Club places in the London Marathon.

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