XC relays
Aaron Scott anchors Notts to the win
Along with the Scottish championships at the weekend there were also relay champs in the Midlands, with Notts AC taking a dramatic win. Up in Scotland Inverclyde AC also caused a bit of an upset with Craig Ruddy anchoring a great win…
Bryan Mills reports from the Midlands:
At the Midland Cross Country Relay Championships it was first scalp of the winter season to the Notts AC quartet of Colin Palmer, John Muddeman, Martin Whitehouse and Aaron Scott.
Early on into the race the title appeared to be going to Coventry Godiva, but on leg 4 things changed around dramatically leaving a straight run off between Notts AC and Tipton’s Ross Jones. Jones took the advantage early on into the 2 lap 6K leg of Aston University Playing Fields, but an error by Jones, taking him off course put Aaron Scott back into contention and from there he pushed ahead to win by 6 seconds, with Coventry Godiva in third.
In the ladies race over 3 legs Birchfield were clear winners by over 3 minutes ahead of Rugby & Northampton with Charnwood in third.
Some great images now on Bryan’s facebook page, with full results here
The (Scottish) National Cross Country Relay Championships returned to Cumbernauld on Saturday. The forecast was for heavy rain; however the races took place in dry but windy conditions.
Full report on Scottish Athletics here and results here
