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Cross Country

Sussex XC League 4 - Lancing

Sat 20 Feb 2010

As a lot of our runners were doing the Brighton Half it left another poor turnout from Phoenix, there were just 5 scoring as senior men. Finn McNally(U20) came an excellent 3rd, Tom Coates 11th then vets Malcolm Hughes 28th, Nigel Herron 31st and Simon Roberts 76th. Needless to say we slipped down the league tables to 4th in the seniors and 6th in the vets. Finn was 2nd U20 and that gave him a Silver in the individual league.

Ananda Mello-Costa was our sole senior lady runner.

In the juniors Billy White was 2nd in the U13boys and so took Bronze in the individual league. The U15 boys finished 3rd in the team league.

Lancing results

Final individual medalists

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SEAA XC champs Parliament Hill

Sat 30 Jan 2010

Traffic chaos prevented some from reaching Parliament Hill, but some good performances here especially by Finn and Archie

Senior Men
Max Lippert 220th 1:02:38
James Miles 295th 1:04:52

Senior Women
Liz Durman 68th 36:03
Erica Martin 79th 36:35

U20 Men
Finn McNally 23rd 29:14
Sam Wade 56th 30:41

U17 Men
Charlie Grice 25th 21:56

U15 boys
Robbie Fitzgibbon 127th 18:26
Luke Reynolds 183rd 19:27

U13 boys
Archie Davies 42nd 12:38

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Cross Country

Sussex XC league (3) Bexhill

Sat 16 Jan 2010

A postponed event which was wet and muddy. In the circumstances there was a mixed turnout to report. Well done to the U13 girls, U15 boys and the senior/vet men for fielding complete teams.

Excellent performances in the junior races from Jodie Mann (12th U13G) Billy White and Archie Davis (3rd and 11th U13B) Robbie Fitzgibbon (6th U15B). The under 15 boys are still holding silver medal position.

There were just two senior women competing (impressive runs from Liz Durman 10th and Anita Jones 37th) but inevitably the team has now dropped to fourth place in division 2.

There were Just two senior men running backed up by four vets. Tom Coates was lead scorer with an excellent 20th place. Vet, Bruce Faulkner was next scorer in 26th. Although in fourth spot there are just 60 points to make up if we can field our top team in the final event at Lancing. The vets too are in fourth just 4 points away from bronze position. Easily attainable with a full turn out at Lancing.

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Sussex XC Champs

Sat 2 Jan 2010

The turn out of seniors was terrific, with A and B teams scoring for both the men's and women's races. In brilliantly sunny but freezing conditions we did well to take bronze team medals in both events.

Josh Guilmant (5th) and Pat Davoren (6th) were top scorers for the men with James Miles (26th), Tom Coates (27th), Max-Patrick Lippert (30th) and Bruce Faulkner (36th) completing the A team. Sophie Coleman (2nd), Erica Martin (12th), Liz Durman (20th) and Anita Jones (46th) made up the women's A team. Katie KIdger, who has transferred to Phoenix, was 19th but is not yet eligible to score for us. Looks like she is going to be a great asset for the women's team.

The junior age groups were represented thinly with no entries at all for U13 and U15 girls and complete teams only for U15 boys (silver team medal – William Dukin individual silver) and U17 boys (bronze team medal – Charlie Grice individual gold). Beth Kidger took individual bronze for the U17 girls and Finn McNally silver for U20 men. Sophie Coleman (second in the senior women's race) took gold for U20 women.

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Sussex Masters XC

Sun 6 Dec 2009

Over 60 Men Victorious at Dene Park

On a bright Sunday afternoon the over 60 men's team of Andrew Field, Andrew Haig and, celebrating his birthday, Pat Kearney finished 2^nd , 4^th and 10^th respectively to easily retain the title won last year with a 16 point lead over Brighton in 2^nd and Chichester 3^rd, a further 3 points back.

The over 50's and over 40's were missing some key runners due to injury but both teams still put in strong performances to register 4^th places in their races.

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Sussex XC League 2 - Plumpton

Sat 28 Nov 2009

There was a good turn out for the men's race, though as usual it was thanks to the masters filling the ranks. In what where very soggy conditions underfoot the first Phoenix finisher was Finn McNally in an excellent 5^thplace and 1^st U20. In the league the senior men are up to 3^rd. The vets remain 4^th.

The ladies are also up to 3^rd in division2 helped by Liz Durman's fine 8^th place.

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Cross Country

Beachy Head Marathon

Sat 24 Oct 2009

8th Tom Coates 3:27, 71st Brian Friend 3:57, 184th Jon Pike 4:19

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Cross Country

Cross Country League at Goodwood

Sat 24 Oct 2009

A misty day saw a reasonable turn out for Phoenix, a few more senior men would have been nice though, and there were some good results.
In the U17 women Beth and Megan Kidger scored 2nd and 4th.
Billy White won the U13 boys. Charlie Grice won U17men. In the men's race U20 runners Finn McNally and Sam Wade went well to help the team to 4th. The vet men are 5th.