Another Week Another Win

Okay I know, another week another photo of Alex Adams but the young man does seem to keep on winning races. Last weekend it was the U17 men's race at the Midlands XC Championship where he won by a fairly comfortable 11 seconds A library photo of Ben Kruze, sporting somewhat appropriately Number 1 Talking of another week another win, Ben Kruze triumphed in our very own Not The Roman 9 race last weekend by 15 seconds, a similar margin to Alex. Ben also ran in the Speedway 10k at Chepstow the previous Sunday, where he lowered his own PB by 44 seconds, finishing in a new club record time of 31.08. He finished 21st out of a field of 227 and his time ranks him 5th in the current UK rankings in his M35 age category. This week we report on more wins for Alex Adams and Ben Kruze. Alex was successful at the Midland XC Championships in Mansfield and Ben was 1st in the Not The Roman 9, where he also led our victorious men's team home. There's an excellent report from Paul Hawkins on the XC with a full report on NTRIX promised for next week. As a follow up to last week's story about George Hendy, we are now able to report that he has been selected for the England U20's squad for the opening clash of the 2022 Under-20 Six Nations series, as England face-off with Scotland on Friday. Many congratulations George. Finally we have a selection of photos from the XC, courtesy of Nick Campbell. Take care Best wishes David Jones View this email in your browser Georgie Campbell on her way to a 4th place finish in last weekend's Midland XC Championships. Storm Malik 1 - Club Tent 0. The Midland XC Championships last weekend courtesy of Nick Campbell Midlands Cross Country Championships Berry Hill Park, Mansfield 29th January 2022 Adams wins Midlands Cross Country Championships Report - Paul Hawkins The Midlands Cross Country Championships are the first of the major championships of the season and represent a step up in quality from the County Champs before the National Championships in February and March. The course at Berry Hill Park is a regular venue but not for the Stratford team, most of whom were racing here for the first time. The parkland course was mostly firm underfoot with technical running through the woods on each lap. Unfortunately, the Stratford team was smaller than usual due to injuries and many Covid absences. Nevertheless, there was plenty of quality on show. To add interest Storm Malik provided some very strong winds which blew many of the club tents away. The highlight for Stratford was Alex Adams who continued his good form in the Under 17 men’s race of 6k over two laps. The slow early pace didn’t suit Adams so after 2k he pushed the pace on and left the rest of the leading group in his wake, as no one was prepared to go…