{"id":2921,"date":"2014-10-13T12:23:59","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T12:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fodac.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=2921"},"modified":"2014-10-15T21:03:18","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T21:03:18","slug":"cross-country-season-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fodac.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=2921","title":{"rendered":"Cross-Country Season Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cross country season got under way this weekend with two consecutive days of events. Gloucester AAA held the first round of their championship at the Cotswold Farm Park, hosted by Bourton Road Runners. The weather was perfect and there was a terrific turnout of runners from over 30 different clubs but specifically an increase in FODAC runners in Adult and Junior races.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fodac.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Cotswold-2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2920\" alt=\"Cotswold 2014\" src=\"http:\/\/fodac.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Cotswold-2014-214x300.jpg\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/fodac.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Cotswold-2014-214x300.jpg 214w, http:\/\/fodac.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Cotswold-2014.jpg 686w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a>In the men&#8217;s race, the first home of the 258 runners was Graham Rush of Cheltenham &amp; County Harriers in 29.04. \u00a0The best-placed Forest man was Chris Penny in 35.43. The best placed Forest team was 11<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0out of 31 in the Seniors and 8<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0in the Masters. \u00a0Other times: Marcus Bennetto 36:08; James Dobbing 36:56; John Russell 37:24; Leyton Fleet 37:28; Dan Sandford 37:59; Mark Mathews 38:57; Hubert Ashley-Towell 39:00; Walter Leach 39:11; Michael Jenkins 39:30; Julian Boon 39:41; Daren Smith 39:41; Scott Berry 39:51; Richard powles 40:37; Ian Morgan 40:55; Rob Freeman 41:50; Richard Dennant 42:34; Frank Williams 43:29; Alan Robertson 44:18; Andrew Jones 46:59; Patrick Rennison 47:07 and Roy King 49:54.<\/p>\n<p>In the ladies&#8217; race, first lady of 140 was Jenny Nesbitt of Worcester AC\u00a0 in 26.09 and best Forest lady was Ann Nixon, 13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0in a time of 32.22. FODAC ladies were 8<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0team in the Open and 6th in the Masters. \u00a0Jacqui Wynds was 1st FV60 in 32:22. \u00a0Other times: \u00a0Carmen Rodriguez 30:04; Val Hamilton 31:18; Sherryl Hall 31:42; Emma Davies 32:07; Stef Francis 32:58; Jackie Green 33:20; Jane Creed 33:41; Bronwen Davies 34:10; Anna Freeman 35:01, Sarah Powell 35:40 and Jo Babij 39:12.<\/p>\n<p>In the Junior section the boys teams did extremely well with the MU15 taking 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0place the MU13 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0and the MU11 7<sup>th<\/sup>. The girls had success with the LU13 in 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0and the LU11 also in 6<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>The following day Gwent League also started their campaign at Newbridge Fields, <a href=\"http:\/\/fodac.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Ann-Nixon-Gwent-2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2918\" alt=\"Ann Nixon Gwent 2014\" src=\"http:\/\/fodac.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Ann-Nixon-Gwent-2014-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/fodac.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Ann-Nixon-Gwent-2014-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/fodac.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Ann-Nixon-Gwent-2014.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Bridgend. Once again FODAC was well represented, with many runners doing their second XC race of the weekend. \u00a0In the senior ladies race, I. Ainsworth (24:39) was the first to finish with Ann Nixon (28:33) the first FODAC lady to finish. \u00a0Other results: Stef Francis 35:27; Lynne Park 36:44 and Jackie Green 37:32.<br \/>\nO. Jones of Bristol and West AC won the senior men&#8217;s race in 32:42. \u00a0First FODAC male was Marcus Bennetto in 41:06. \u00a0Other results James Dobbing 41:34; Dave Lowthian 42:20; Mark Mathews 44:15; Julian Boon 44:17; Scott Berry 45:00; Chris Moore 49:11, David Jenkins 54:57 and Roy King 57:55.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cross country season got under way this weekend with two consecutive days of events. Gloucester AAA held the first round of their championship at the Cotswold Farm Park, hosted by Bourton Road Runners. 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