HARLOW Running Club competed in the first round of the East Herts and
West Essex Cross Country League on Sunday at a very muddy 5 mile
course at Ware. The league consists of teams from Harlow, Bishop’s
Stortford, Saffron Walden and Ware with the final league winners going
on to compete in a national final. Harlow suffered from missing some
of their top end runners, the ladies team finished 3rd, the men 4th
and combined were 4th. This first round was won by Ware with Saffron
Walden second and Bishop’s Stortford third. First Harlow lady to
finish was Julia Gardiner in 4th place and 2nd Lady Vet 35 with Paula
Reynolds not far behind in 5th place and 3rd Lady Vet 35 and Sharon
Wright 10th. First Harlow man was Rob Lowe in 12th place and 2nd Vet
40, Alan Broughton 24th and Daniel Jephcott 36th. John Tennant
finished 47th and 1st Vet 60 and Roy Steven was 51st and 2nd Vet 60.

Full HRC results:
Ladies
4th Julia Gardiner 2nd V35
5th Paula Reynolds 3rd V35
10th Sharon Wright
21st Lyndsey Hodge
30th Janice Page
35th Debbie Barry
36th Catherine Ridge
41st Sandy Rust
44th Paula Coleman
46th Kirsten Jolly
47th Holly Nairn
48th Debbie Smith
50th Michelle Aitken
52nd Louise Cootes

Men
12th Rob Lowe 2nd V40
24th Alan Broughton
36th Daniel Jephcott
38th Steve Mackenzie
44th Jason Haigh
46th Alex Smith
47th John Tennant 1st V60
48th Pete Brewin
50th Andy Terrell
51st Roy Steven 2nd V60
56th Sean Flynn
61st Jon Steadman
65th John Bull
69th Alan Cootes
72nd Mark Hayward
77th Jamie Luck
79th Andrew Ramage
87th Matt Jones
96th Terry Heapy
98th Brendan MacLean.

At the Gunpowder Parkrun 5K at Waltham Abbey Jamie Jephcott won the
event by finishing 1st out of 83 finishers in an excellent 18min
45sec. He was followed by son Daniel 3rd and 1st Junior in 20min dead
and Richard Solomons 13th and 1st Vet 60 in 21min 30sec.

At the Chelmsford Parkrun 5K Janice Page finished in 75th place out of
220 finishers and 1st Lady Vet 50 in a superb 23min 48sec and husband
David was 84th in 24min 17sec.

At the Southend 5 Mile race Robin Lozeau finished 33rd out of 329
finishers in a personal best time for the distance of 37min 42sec.