Surrey Schools Champs XC 2017 – Borough Report

Croydon schools athletes, competing in teams representing the North and South of the Borough, found success hard to come by on frosty demanding courses at Reigate priory Park on Saturday.

Harley Norman (South) achieved the only top three Croydon placing as worthy champion of the year 8/9 boys race. He had to pull out all the stops to win an enthralling battle with Reigate boy Felix Vaughan. A mere 6 seconds separated these two very promising athletes at the finish. Thanks to solid support from colleagues Rowen Furs (12^th), Joachim Banbury (25^th) and Gon Declercq (29^th), the team placed 4^th of 9, and were Croydon’s best placed team.

Amy Miller finished a very creditable 6^th in the girls year 8/9 race.

James Lyne (North) place a very good 5^th in the senior boys buy tadalafil online championship with Henry Stiff (S) not far behind in 13^th

Adam Shew

Toby Phillips a South London Harrier from outside Croydon,  split these two with a positive seventh placed run.

Imran Salami was the best Croydon runner at U13 level with a very encouraging 13^th spot finish, while Sofia Lorke (South) was Croydon’s only other top 20 place finisher in 17th^th

Other well placed local athletes representing different districts were, Nicholas Smith and Brendan Morell (SLH) 9^th and 11^th and Jessica Moore (Croydon Harriers) yr 10/11, 18^th.

Top six finishers should expect selection for the County in the English Schools’ Championships in Norwich on 18^th March.

The performances of several first timers lower down the fields suggest a brighter years ahead for Croydon athletes in this discipline.

Mike Fleet

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