National - Cross Country Championships - Roundhay Park on 27/02/2010 7.5 Miles 12 Km (Senior Men)
The great tradition of the National Cross Country Championships was continued at Roundhay Park in Leeds. On a cool February day Wallasey had 12 male and 5 female runners. Connor McArdle was first to tackle the course which includes the famous 'Hill 60'. Connor had a strong run finishing the 10k course in 148th place. Wallasey's men finished 73rd out of 107 complete teams in the 6 man event, Greg Jones, Tony Barbat, John Armstrong, Matt Williams, Richard Perry and Mike Hughes being the counters. Greg was first home with a good run finishing in the top 500 despite a fall. The course which included plenty of mud and several hill climbs was testing for the 1428 runners who managed to complete it, other runners from Wallasey who managed this were Stan Williams, Pete McArdle, Derek McArdle, Mike Griffiths, Pete Ashton and Rolf Westrum. Wallasey's men also finished 40th in the 9 man team race. The ladies team ended the day in a creditable 47th place. Tricia Jones, Sallie Holt, Sharon Lamont and Alison Engle being the counters. Tricia was first home for the club in 294th place running 38:12 for the 8k course. The runners are also thankful to Ann & Bob Brimage also made the trip assisting as race officials.