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74 Phoenix members finished the Brighton Half Marathon on sunny but windy day with the Easterly wind in runners faces, which definitely affected race-times in the final few miles

Simon Heath ran 68:58 to continue his excellent record in this race having finished 4th and 9th in previous years. Todd Leckie ran 73:18 for 17th place

Sibel Latchman was first Phoenix woman and 6th FV40 with a time of 88:24 closely followed by Isabel Norris in 89:10

Tim Clarke and Stuart Robert came home 6th and 7th in the MV40 category with Gary White 10th in the MV50's. The evergreen Terry Avey finished 4th in the MV70 category.

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The Sussex Cross Country Championships returned on Sunday 9th January with a solid performance from Phoenix Athletes.

First on the board was an impressive performance from Under 13 Girls athlete Katherine Haslip in a closely contested from start to finish against Brighton and Hove AC’s Julieana Walsh. Walsh, who came into the race having won all league fixtures this season, was victorious, but Katherine, who is still officially U11 (but able to compete up an age as she has already turned 11) gave her a run for her money.

In the U15 boys race with Owen Wallek retained his fine form to win Championship Gold and Jude Clayton (Brighton & Hove AC) Silver.

Also unbeaten in the league iss another Brighton Phoenix athlete, Miles Waterworth. He kept the winning streak to take the Under 17 men’s title, followed by Henry Yelling (Brighton & Hove AC) and Charlie Wright (Lewes).

Samuel Leitch (Worthing District Harrier) won the Under 20 men’s race with Crawley’s Joshua Hobbs second and Liam Dunne (Brighton Phoenix) third. Crawley AC won the team Gold.

In the senior men’s race was William Cork (Brighton & Hove AC), unbeaten in the league this season, and the 2016 winner Finn McNally (Brighton Phoenix). However, it was Horsham Blue Stars’ athlete, Jacob Cann, who was victorious. Tomer Tarragano (Brighton and Hove AC) was second and in bronze place, Finn McNally. McNally was the first of many successful Brighton Phoenix runners to finish and as a result, they took both team Gold and Silver. The Brighton & Hove AC team were third.

Words edited from Kate Matthews report sussexathletics.net/author/km/