A total of 35 Croft Runners took part in at least one of the Bearwood series races – the fastest of which counts for the club championship series.
This off road two lap 10k around field margins, farm tracks and a couple of short woodland paths was a great race to take part in – big thanks to Wye Valley Runner for organising.
There were some big improvements for some Croft runners who took part in all three races. Most notibly our esteemed chairman Huw who took of a very impressive 6.33 minutes off his first race time.
To,Roland 2.15, Eric 1.50, mark 1.32, Liza 1.23, mike 1.39 clare 1.36 Tom Powell 2.54.
There was some great results with Eric, with a seemingly superhuman ability to recover from a fracture only a few weeks before the first race, was able to finish the last race in first place in 36.34. Sam J had finished first in the previous two races was only 21 seconds behind in second place and Garath was 5th in 37.57.
Mia, running in her first race of the series was third lady in 48.50 with Jo T finishing fourth lady in 49.23.
The race series results saw quite a few Crofties taking home plants as prizes – a little different but gratefully recieved.
Jo T – first lady, Jo M third lady. Age group wins for Ali Davies and Anna.
Sam – first male, Eric Second male. Age group wins for Gareth, Paul and Mark.
Croft won the mens team and the ladies – Sam, Eric, Gareth and Jo T, Jo M, Liza.
| Runner | Age Cat | Race 1 position | Race 1Time | Race 2 position | Race 2 (time) | Race 3 (position) | Race 3 (time) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Juson | SM | 01 | 37.03.83 | 01 | 36.56.54 | 2 | 36.55 | |
| Gareth Leek | SM | 02 | 38.09.58 | 04 | 40.57.79 | 4 | 37.57 | |
| Eric Apperley | SM | 05 | 38.24.57 | 02 | 38.10.21 | 1 | 36.34 | |
| Jo Tilby | FV40 | 12 (first lady) | 48.20.43 | 16 | 48.28.66 | 23 | 49.23 | |
| Paul Parker | MV50 | 13 | 48.22.97 | 14 | 48.08.76 | 22 | 49.05 | |
| Lucy Austin | JF | 25 | 51.00.29 | x | x | x | x | |
| Mark Paviour | MV60 | 26 | 51.12.57 | 21 | 50.09.17 | 28 | 49.40 | |
| Jo Marriott | FV55 | 30 | 51.42.41 | 20 | 50.05.02 | 33 | 50.44 | |
| Bronwyn Preece | SF | 37 | 53.18.43 | x | x | |||
| Thea Preece | SF | 41 | 54.29.59 | x | x | |||
| Steph Main | FV50 | 54 | 57.05.98 | x | x | x | x | |
| Liza Austin | FV55 | 55 | 57.17.63 | 41 | 56.03.80 | 53 | 55.54 | |
| Sam Harper | FV45 | 61 | 58.46.55 | 51 | 58.43.51 | 64 | 60.27 | |
| Roland Preece | 62 | 59.12.15 | 50 | 58.09.50 | 56 | 56.57 | ||
| Hayley Colebach | FV35 | 65 | 60.28.63 | x | x | |||
| Steph King | FV55 | 71 | 62.24.98 | 68 | 66.14.47 | x | x | |
| Huw Williams | MV60 | 74 | 64.54.38 | 57 | 61.08.29 | 60 | 58.21 | |
| Mike Hayward | MV60 | 76 | 65.29.77 | x | x | 73 | 63.50 | |
| Clare Preece | 77 | 68.48.24 | 73 | 69.29.41 | 83 | 67.12 | ||
| Alison Davies | FV35 | 78 | 66.06.50 | 67 | 66.05.09 | 78 | 65.54 | |
| Anna Bromley | FV40 | 79 | 66.44.70 | 66 | 65.51.52 | 77 | 65.54 | |
| Theresa Jones | FV55 | 80 | 66.44.98 | 74 | 69.29.69 | x | x | |
| Carol Powell | FV50 | 81 | 69.02.29 | 70 | 67.10.82 | 81 | 66.15 | |
| Steve Partridge | MV40 | x | x | 09 | 45.52.58 | x | x | |
| Roxy Woodfield | SF | x | x | 12 (first lady) | 47.16.66 | x | x | |
| Tori Dickinson | FV55 | x | x | 72 | 67.42.53 | 86 | 68.08 | |
| Tom Davies | MV70 | x | x | 82 | 79.40.36 | x | x | |
| Joe Lynch | SM | x | x | x | x | 12 | 46.16 | |
| George Thomas | SM | x | x | x | x | 16 | 47.14 | |
| Mia Davies | SF | x | x | x | x | 21 | 48.50 | |
| Howard Verran | MV45 | x | x | x | x | 40 | 52.08 | |
| Sue Powell | FV60 | x | x | x | x | 58 | 57.12 | |
| Rob Wood | MV65 | x | x | x | x | 61 | 58.39 | |
| Guy Whitmarsh | MV75 | x | x | x | x | 63 | 60.15 | |
| Frank Luscott | MV65 | x | x | x | x | 85 | 67.59 |
