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5th February Despite the lingering ice, eight Whippets made it over to Alsager to slide round the 5 mile course. First home was Keith Cotton for the men. Fiona Dillon was first lady home. I'm told that Mr Dillon was there to cheer Fiona on but not race. It was good to see new member Carl Swain making his debut.

4th February Our intrepid Cross Country team arrived at the Marches School in Oswestry just in time to meet the snow. I guess that meant it was warming up - although I can't say I noticed! This was the last fixture in the season and we were delighted to have Emily Dove running as our ladies team.

Emily kept up our women's tradition of missing the start of this race! Despite giving the field a 30 second head start, Emily had a great run and finished in the mid twenties. Our men also gave it some welly with Graham Jones coming home in 16th place - his best yet in the league. It looks like we will have held off Prestatyn so should have maintained our 6th place in the league. For the record our runners finished as follows:

16 Graham Jones
27 Rob Sharam
53 Dean Richards
63 Colin Jones
66 Bob Wilson
89 Simon Phillips
104 Brian Hickson

My warm thanks to all who took part in the season's races. Maybe next year we can move forward in the league again. Thanks also to Simon Phillips for team managing.

3rd February A new web page for the Dearnford Relay has now been created. It's very basic at the moment but will be enhanced over the coming weeks. See Relay

29th January Gareth Dod kicked off his racing year with a fast 10k in the Shifnall Gallop coming home in 8th place in 38:42. Gareth was joined by Jon Morgan and John Rowlands. I'm not aware of any other weekend races at present.

24th January A few more results have now crept out. In Friday's Dashes in the Dark race it turned out to be a very close race between Graham and Dean with Graham just getting the upper hand. It will be interesting to see what happens in race 2.

Also in action at the weekend was Colin Jones in the Gloucester Marathon. Colin is still returning to full fitness so we shouldn't read too much into his performance in this windy race - but I'm sure Colin's well back on the way to running well.

22nd January Despite a brisk 23 mph wind several of our members enjoyed a run at the Helsby Half Marathon yesterday. Sarah Wilson had most joy recording a new PB (1:40:09) in her first race in 18 months. We are still waiting for all the results but Sarah was joined by Dave Wilson (1:29:44), Kate Waterhouse (2:07:13) and Laura Fisher (1:48 ish).

Results from last weekend's cross country match have now appeared and it looks like we managed to sneak one place up the table despite our short numbers. Now in 6th place, we head Prestatyn by just 4 points so we really need a good turnout at the final race.

20th January A small pack of whippets braved the dark to take part in the first of the Dashes in the Dark series at Llandegla. Race Report.

17th January The cross country season got back under way in bright, frosty conditions at Lilleshall on Saturday. A much depleted team of Whippets showed that they hadn't lost any fitness over the Winter break.

Club positions were:

23 Graham Jones
65 Colin Jones
72 Dean Richards
91 Simon Phillips

The next and final fixture is on the 4th February at Oswestry

12th January There's not been much happening since the start of the New Year. However, New Year's day saw a group of us run round Brown Moss in lovely spring weather!

As to racing, Sunday the 8th saw Heather Steward set the first result of 2012 with a 52:26 clocking in the Plymouth Roundtable 10k.

This weekend sees the 4th race in the North Wales XC league at Lilleshall.

28th December Another few results from the 27th have emerged. Brian Hickson, Laura Fisher and Jon Morgan were all in action at Wheaton Aston in a fast 10k. Brian recorded a new PB of 41:19 while Jon ran his best 10k of the year.

27th December Graham Jones set a new club 5k record in spring-like weather in the Seven Loop 5k at Shrewsbury. The course was certainly fast and mainly flat. John and Fiona Dillon also found the course to their liking as both set age records. John was 1st in his age category and Fiona 3rd in hers. They were joined by Dean Richards recovering from illness and Gillian Fowles who was recovering from mince pies! I've now added 5k records to the Stats page.

26th December A select bunch of Whippets assembled for a traditional boxing day run round Brown Moss. For the record the attendees were: Simon Parsons, Alison Birch, Sarah Wilson, Laura Fisher, Mel Oulton,Mark Bridgewater, Mark Gregory, John Dillon, and Dean Richards. It was great to see Mark Bridgewater over from Switzerland and Mel from Bronnington. A drink or three in the White Bear followed the run.

18th December Only one race to report on from the weekend - the Telford 10k. Just four Whippets in action - but it was great to see Sarah Wilson back racing. Sarah jumped into 3rd place in the ladies rankings with a 45:12 clocking. However, best run of the day came from Dean Richards who ran 39:40 to record a new PB. Sarah and Dean were joined by Colin Jones and Daren Peacock.

12th December It looks like it was a quiet weekend with just one race to report: Mortimer Forest 10 Mile Hill Race.

In other news, we have added two more qualifying races to the club championship series because of the clash between the Market Drayton 10k and the Chester Half Marathon. The Air Products 10k and the Ellesmere Half Marathon are now on the list - giving you even more choice!

6th December Club Championship standings now posted. Championship Standings.

4th December A good twenty-plus whippets assembled on the start line for the Helena Tipping 10k. There were age records for John Dillon and Christine Henderson. Helena Tipping 10k.

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