South East Essex Cross Country League 2008 - 2009

| South East Essex
Cross Country League 2008 - 2009 |
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| October 26th | Hadleigh |
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win for BENFLEET |
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| Nov 23rd | Stubbers | ![]() |
win for BENFLEET | Benfleet continue the winning ways....
Benfleet 98 points, Thrift Green 122, Billericay 230, East Essex Tri 460, Havering 90 525 xls spreadsheet RESULTS webpage RESULTS
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| December 21st | Weald | moved to 22nd Feb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| December 14th
date changed ! |
Thorndon | ![]() |
win for
BENFLEET |
SOUTH ESSEX X COUNTRY LEAGUE
At the 3rd round of the South Essex Cross
Country League at Thorndon Park Benfleet chalked up their 3rd win of
the series.
The overall mens winner was Crispian Bloomfield
of Billericay Striders. However the star of the day was
Benfleet's Stacey Ward who not only finished 1st lady but was 8th
overall in the mixed field.
Benfleet's ladies destroyed the opposition to
take 1st, 2nd and 3rd place Tracy Swindell 2nd and Jacqui Watson
hot on her heels in 3rd. It was 7 in the top 10 for Benfleet
with Karen Goode 4th, Gail Dawson 6th, Lucy Mancer 7th and Vanessa
Dodds 10th.
Benfleet's men also had a strong showing with 3
in the top 10, Jez Mancer 4th, Graham Booty 5th and Andy Morris 10th.
Tony Mead 12th, Dave Thomson 17th, Kevin Steed 27th and Stuart Watson
29th completed the team who finished 42 points above 2nd place
Thrift Green Trotters.
This now places Benfleet in a commanding lead
with maximum 15 points after 3 races, 3 points ahead of Thrift Green
Trotters with just 2 races left in the series.
xls spreadsheet
RESULTS
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| February 15th | One Tree |
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win for
BENFLEET |
Overall Positions at One
Tree Hill
1st Benfleet RC
91 points
2nd Billericay Striders
166 points
3rd Thrift Green Trotters
228 points
POSITIONS AFTER 4 RACES
1st Benfleet RC
20 points
2nd Thrift Green Trotters 15
points
3rd Billericay Striders 13
points
4th Havering 90
6 points
5th EET 6
Points
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| February 22nd | Weald |
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win for
BENFLEET |
POSITIONS AT ROUND 5 1st Benfleet RC 86 points 2nd Billericay Striders 243 points 3rd Thrift Green 291 points 4th Havering 90 295 points 5th East Essex Tri 420 points OVERALL POSITIONS AFTER 5 ROUNDS 1st Benfleet RC 25 points 2nd Thrift Green 18 points 3rd Billericay Striders 17 points 4th Havering 90 8 points 5th East Essex Tri 7 points PDF results webpage results |
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So, what's it all about then this Cross Country League?
Well it is a inter-club winter cross country league, hosted by Benfleet Running Club, Havering, Thrift Green, Billericay , and Pitsea Running Club.
Each team hosts their own event, and the dates are listed below. The longest distance is around 6 miles. Each race starts at 10.30am sharp, so plan to arrive at least half an hour before that. Some of the locations have limited (and paying) parking so plan to get there early and lap up the pre-race tension. Each events cost £ 2.00 (tbc, this was last years fee) which gets paid to Clive or Lynn at the event.
Look out for Clive's Mystery Mobile, or the huddle of nervous (shivering) Benfleet Runners. You will be given a letter to wear on your vest ("E") which signifies you are one of us. Please ensure you also wear your Benfleet Running Club vest. The event is called to order and the race is off.
The terrain, as you can guess, can be anything from rock hard, muddy, wet, slippery, uphill, downhill, etc.
Good trail shoes (or spikes) are preferable but you can get away with decent running shoes. Just don't use you new ones !
When cross the finish line you will be given a disc (with a number on it) this is your finish position. This is not a medal to keep, but needs to be given to the "disc collector" at the finish. This will be either Clive, Lynn or somebody else from our club.
The winners are the team with the lowest aggregate position scoring, The scoring consists of 7 men to score including 2 vets (over 40) and 3 women to score of which 1 must be a vet (over 35). But the more runners we get out, the better chance you have of playing your part and ensuring the other club team members (booo) get beaten and have a higher score. This puts there score up, and will help us secure another fine win. Come along and have a go - what's a bit of mud between friends ? It's also a great stamina work-out for your training diary.
| CROSS COUNTRY DATES (including the Cross Country League) |
We Have also entered the Essex Cross Country League - Details Below
| ESSEX CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE 2008 - 2009 | |
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October 11th |
Loughton |
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November 15th |
Southend |
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November 29th |
Springfield Striders |
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December 13th |
Colchester |
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January 3rd 2009 |
Orion Harriers |
Cross Country League 2007 - 2008
They thinks it's all over...........
FULL
mens RESULTS
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FULL
mens RESULTS
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Match #4 ONE TREE HILL 2/3/08 |
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RACE five March 16th 2008 HADLEIGH
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..........It is now
FINAL TEAM POSITIONS
2007-2008 Season
| 1st | Thrift Green Trotters |
| 2nd | Benfleet |
| 3rd | Billericay |
| 4th | East Essex Tri |
| 5th | Ford Fitness |
| Cross Country League 2006/2007 | |
| FULL RESULTS MATCH #5 updated 26.2.07 | One Tree Hill |
| FULL RESULTS MATCH #4 updated 16/2/07 | Weald Park |
| RESULTS MATCH #3 | Thorndon Park |
| RESULTS MATCH #2 | Hadleigh |
| RESULTS MATCH #1 | Stubbers |
Cross Country League 2006/2007
| Date | Venue | Organisers |
| 9 Feb 06 | Thrift
Green Trotters
Thorndon Park |
Win for BENFLEET secures the Division One title !!! |
The final race of the South Essex x-country League at Thorndon
Park saw
victory for Benfleet Running Club winning not only the race but also
clinching the top position in the series to win the League shield for the
the last time we won the league was the 2002 / 3 season
It was another excellent turnout from Benfleet which meant that the margin
of victory over Bilericay Striders who finished 2nd was one of the largest
of the season.
The winning team was Jacqui Watson 2nd, Lucy Mancer 3rd Ann Howe 9th and
for the men Jez Mancer 8th Kevin Steed 10th Graham Booty 11th, Ian Pike
12th, Tony Mead 17th Steve Desborough 18th and Nick Edgeley 27th.
The performances were particularly impressive as the course was extremely
muddy and slippery in parts where many of the quicker runners were
struggling to keep a foot hold on the steep downhill sections.
1st lady was Donna Stirling of Ford Fitness and 1st man was Crispian
Bloomfield of Billericay Striders.
In the end it was a comfortable victory for Benfleet in the final League
standings, with wins in 3 of the 5 races at Hadleigh, One Tree Hill and
Thorndon.
Thanks to all the runners who turned out especially several faster runners
who were struggling with injury niggles but suffered the pain anyway for
the sake of the club and congratulations to the many male and female
runners who scored in the 5 races to help us bring the shield back where it
belongs - AT BENFLEET !
final positons -
| Div 1 | Pts | Total Score |
| Benfleet | 22 | 679 |
| Thrift Green | 18 | 941 |
| Billericay | 16 | 886 |
| Castle Point | 11 | 1720 |
| East Essex | 8 | 1762 |
PREVIOUS MATCHES
| 27 Nov 05 | Hadleigh Downs | Benfleet FULL RESULTS |
| 11 Dec 05 | Stubbers | Havering FULL RESULTS |
| 8 Jan 06 | One Tree Hill | Pitsea FULL RESULTS |
| 5 Feb 06 | Weald Park | Billericay Striders FULL RESULTS |