Chingford League CC, Alexandra Palace: Seniors
A few of our senior members tackled the Alexandra Palace CC course in the Chingford League on Saturday, a course notable for the very tough uphill which is run three times during the 7.7K race.
Having struggled badly on the hill each time, Bertie Powell was our first man home in 5th place, 22 seconds behind winner Brooks of London Heathside. Jim Roche (13), Chris Symonds (14) and Matt Molloy (16) had a good battle and were separated by 19 seconds at the death. Gareth Cavell (22) and Harold Wyber (43) made up the scoring team. We would have won the team race on the day if Wyber had not missed the start by several minutes. Fortunately it is not a race high on the squad's priority list.
Rob Quantrell (49), Terry McCarthy (61), Steve Lambert (91) and Roger Green (97) also ran in the field of 149 finishers.
The squad's next target race is the London City Runner Metropolitan League fixture at Ruislip on 17th December.