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 2nd 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 2nd out of the 44 teams who competed.
Gwent League Vets Results
O35 Team results ( Top 100 individual places)
Westbury 2nd (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 2nd
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 2nd
Name Pts Races
Ken Ham 236 5
Mike Mewse 164 4
Jullian Bailey-Gard 103 5
O65s
Tony Jeffries (70) 39 pts 4 (4th individual place)
Gwent League Top Ten Finishes
Bridgend V35 Oli Beale 9th V55 Ken Ham 2nd Mike Mewse 8th
V65 Tony Jeffries 6th
Brecon V35 Scott Campbell 8th V45 Nick Smart 5th
V55 Ken Ham 3rd Mike Mewse 10th V65 Tony Jeffries 3rd
Blaise V35 Scott Campbell 8th V45 Nick Smart 7th Dave Hobbs 10th
V55 Ken Ham 2nd Mike Mewse 9th V65 Tony Jeffries 5th
Newport V55 Ken Ham 2nd Mike Mewse 8th V65 Tony Jeffries 6th
Pembrey V45 Nick Smart 5th Richard Noble 10th V55 Ken Ham 4th
Championship Cross Country Races
Tri Counties Cross Country Championships Bath University December 2016
Anthony Glover 1st MV40 (Avon and Tri counties champion)
Ken Ham 1st MV50 (Avon champion)
Mike Mewse 1st MV60 (Avon and Tri Counties champion )
South West Cross Country Championships , Exeter , January 2017.
Richard Noble 25th MV40 Ken Ham 8th MV50 Mike Mewse 1st MV60