Veteran Men’s Cross Country Review

With the Awards coming up on Monday 24th here is a review of the cross country races  – a focus for many Westbury runners during the winter season.

Veterans / Masters    Men 

Review of winter 2016/17 season

Gwent League

Well done to all the Veteran / Masters men who competed in the Gwent League – especially those who ran all five and made a real difference in the team competitions.

The Over 45 team were 2^nd team overall with a particularly impressive winning team performance in the last race at Pembrey. Nick Smart led the team home with Richard Noble producing his best run of the year closely followed by Ken Ham and Ewan Paton.

Much praise must go to Jullian Bailey-Gard (Snr)– another ever-present in the 5 race series. Jullian, as a (youthful !) 65 year old, opted to run in the longer senior men’s races, missing out on individual glory in the Over 65s  to enable the Westbury O55s to achieve another excellent 2^nd out of the 44 teams who competed.

Gwent League Vets Results

O35   Team results  ( Top 100 individual places)

Westbury 2^nd (44 Teams)

Name                  Pts      Races                          

Ken Ham               846      5

Oli Beale              758       3

Scott Campbell    688      3

Ewan Paton         687       5

Richard Noble    651        4

Nick Smart          556       3

Robin Phillips      542      3

Mike Mewse        529     4

O45   Team Results   (Top 50 places)

Westbury  2^nd

Name                 Pts      Races

Ken Ham           555       5

Ewan Paton      471       5

Richard Noble  423       4

Mike Mewse     363      4

O55 Team Results   (Top 20 places)

Westbury 2^nd

Name                           Pts      Races

Ken Ham                      236        5

Mike Mewse                  164       4

Jullian Bailey-Gard       103      5

O65s

Tony Jeffries (70)       39 pts     4        (4^th individual place)

Gwent League Top Ten Finishes

Bridgend    V35  Oli Beale 9^th   V55  Ken Ham 2^nd      Mike Mewse 8^th

V65   Tony Jeffries 6^th

Brecon   V35   Scott Campbell  8^th          V45  Nick Smart  5^th

V55    Ken Ham 3^rd  Mike Mewse 10^th   V65  Tony Jeffries 3^rd

Blaise      V35   Scott Campbell 8^th    V45 Nick Smart 7^th Dave Hobbs 10^th

V55   Ken Ham 2^nd    Mike Mewse 9^th     V65 Tony Jeffries 5^th

Newport  V55  Ken Ham 2^nd  Mike Mewse 8^th   V65  Tony Jeffries 6^th

Pembrey   V45 Nick Smart 5^th  Richard Noble 10^th   V55  Ken Ham 4^th

Championship Cross Country Races

Tri Counties Cross Country Championships   Bath University    December 2016

Anthony Glover     1^st MV40  (Avon and Tri counties champion)

Ken Ham                 1^st MV50 (Avon champion)

Mike Mewse          1^st MV60 (Avon and Tri Counties champion )

South West Cross Country Championships , Exeter , January 2017.

Richard Noble 25^th MV40     Ken Ham  8^th MV50     Mike Mewse   1^st MV60