Four Athletes from Basildon took part in the Southern County Cross Country Championships this weekend in Brighton. In a large race of 192 athletes Max Jones ran in the U/13 Boys race and came a very creditable 6 th, Mason Webb also ran in this race and finished 74 th . We also had two boys in the under...

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Basildon A C Results Essex Cross Country Championships, Gloucester Park, Saturday 7 th January 2012 The Essex Cross Country Championships at Gloucester Park produced a few surprises and some unexpected performances, with probably the best finish seeing Alex Short of Chelmsford pipping our Jack Fitsall...

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Essex Cross Country League at Hadleigh Country Park Saturday, 19 th November 2011 The third round of the Essex cross country league at Hadleigh Country Park, the scene of the Olympic mountain bikes, on Saturday again saw some good performances by our athletes. Our teams took two firsts, two seconds and...

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Gemma won the U20 women’s cross country meeting in Burgos , Spain yesterday in her 1 st International appearance. Representing England she ran away from the field at half-way of the 3.9Km course to win by 18 seconds with Spanish athletes taking 2 nd , 3 rd and 4 th . The next English girl was Rachael...

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The senior men retain the title for the third year in succession Two Basildon athletes gained fastest runners in the Essex Cross Country Relay. First Mark Sanford and Second James Tydeman, with Grant Webb gaining forth fastest, great recipe for first team. Basildon women’s team finished 2nd with...

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Parliament Hill, was host to this year’s Southern Championships, is just over an hour’s train ride away. On Saturday there were runners from Cornwall , the Isle of Wight , Oxford , Poole and Bournemouth who must have spent many hours travelling. Indeed, it was thanks to an athlete from Huntingdon...

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