From Sparrows Den to Croydon via Petts Wood

Lots of Beckenham action took place this weekend with Cross Country, Beckenham Grand Prix and title defences all in the space of a hectic 2 days….

So starting with Saturday, the first Kent League Cross Country race got under way with the ladies race, solid performances from Mel (12th), Anika (31st), Gail (43rd) and Nicky gave Beckenham enough points to leave the women in 8th place. Women results

Ben took some photo’s which he might add here at some point. ***Update, apparently Ben’s photography is not as good as his running skills so they came out blurred****

The men’s race followed despite having a weakened team and a few absences because of Sundays grand prix race there was sill a good turn out. After a frenetic first lap Chris Minns had to pull out after tweaking his hamstring leaving Nolan (43rd), Will (66th), Stuart (72) & Ben (80th) as the Beckenham scorer’s, which left us 12th overall. There’s plenty of scope to build on that one at the next race on the 23rd of October. Mens results & Overall team results

Sunday 10/10/10 at 10:10am saw the Croydon 10k and Beckenham’s next Grand Prix fixture, again there were a few absentees (some were saving themselves for a marathon, on holiday, MIA, or were at the 9th best race in the country as voted by runners world!). Craig finished a creditable 10th place in 37:40 (chip?) closely followed by Richard Selway in 38:30 and 13th place. Helen was the first of the ladies, with Gail next in (and first v50?). Croydon Results

And finally, well done to Mel who chose not race to race at Croydon so she could defend her Petts Wood 10k crown. And what a wise move, she only went and won it again! Congratulations, enjoy spending those vouchers….

While it was Williamson vs Selway at Croydon, it was Scott vs Lydon at Petts Wood. Despite Scott running at Sparrows Den the day before while Lydon stood on the sidelines resting up, Stuart managed to carve out a victory over his vet rival by 8 seconds! PW 10K Race Results 2010

Coming soon…. Beckenham does Reims.