The Final trail of the summer, hosted by Yan and assisted by Howard, Graham and Dave. 84 Runners were treated to a superb 8.6 mile route and pampered by a magnificent range of facilities, including toilets, showers (plus towels) tea, beer and even "Batty Burgers" cooked by Graham. A grand total of £341 was raised in aid of the Essex Air Ambulance, a worthy cause, especially for the trail running fraternity, who are most likely to be in need of their services one day! The cost of the flights is met solely by charitable donations.
Leah Walland made light of the terrain to lead her county home. She was chased hard all the way by the experienced Tracey Apps. Eleanor Hall, who was a late call up to the squad, produced the run of the day in her first fell race and showed that she has great potential at this discipline. Sue Clarke was the final counter with another impressive County debut.
More than 300 take part over Easter, Greg wins the short event in silver end and finishes second overall, Eleanor is 4th in the long event and also finishes second overall.
Full results are on the Springfield Striders Website
Eleanor and Ian share the championship in a nail biting finish at Little Baddow
The Mid Essex Cross country league has finished. We were fifth overall
Eleanor was the top female in the league with two outright wins and a 2nd, 3rd and 5th place
The North Essex Cross country league has finished. Our Juniors, in their first season, were 5th overall in the league, just 1 point behind Springfield
Our senior squad had an excellent final event with the women coming 4th and the men 9th to finish 8th in the league overall, 2nd in pool B