Leamington’s Masters men leap into first

The two victories helped the men claim first place in the team competition, with a depleted women’s side coming fourth to earn Leamington third overall.

Notable performances for the men came from Tom Foulerton, who came first in the M40 1500m in 4min 27.3sec and Chris Georgiou, who won the M40 100m in 12.5sec.

Dom Browne also claimed victory in the M50 100m in 13.1, while Laurie Dunn (M60) picked up seconds in the pole vault (2.30m) and long jump (4.25m) and third in the 100m (14.8).

Georgiou, Mark McAleenan, Phil Clayton and Browne featured in the winning 4x100m team, while Tom Foulerton, Tony Foster, Mark Wise and Craig Bower made up the 4x400m quartet.

For the women, Judith Hanlon was second in the W50 200m in 33.1, with Christine Taylor matching her finish in the W35 100m in 14.0.

Carol Blower had earlier opened the women’s campaign with third place in the W50 800m (3:03.3), while Janet Mee sashayed her way to third in the W35 2k walk and cleared 1.05m for bronze in the high jump.

Kenilworth Runners’ Mick Williams headed to Weston-super-Mare in North Somerset to take part in the inaugural Grand Pier Half Marathon.

Enduring heavy rain for the entire event, Williams showed a real return to form with a 15th-placed finish in a time of 1:25:28 and second in the V50-59 category.

Martin Dorrill also had to battle with elements in the Doone Run, which started out from the picturesque coastal village of Lynmouth in north Devon.

Despite a fall and endless hills, Dorrill came home a creditable 15th in 1:21:28.

Meanwhile, Gary Dilnot and Pauline Dable headed to Blenheim Palace to take part in the Woodstock 12, with Dilnot finishing 94th in 1:38:33 and Dable coming home 136th in 1:56:25, an improvement of three-and-a-half minutes on her 2011 time.

Beautiful autumnal weather greeted the first race of the Mid-Warwickshire Primary Schools’ Cross Country League at Southam College.

The girls got proceedings under way on a two-lap circuit and it was All Saints’ Alanah Mann who claimed victory from Sian Miller (Park Hill).

Long Itchington’s Kassidy Coburn was third to help her school to the team prize.

William Eadon led the boys home, with the St James Southam athlete finishing ahead of Charlie Johnson (Park Hill) and Cian McKeaney (Clapham Terrace).

Fourth-placed Claudio Ovington led home team winners St Joseph’s.

Girls’ result: 1, Alanah Mann (All Saints); 2, Sian Miller (Park Hill); 3, Kassidy Coburn (Long Itchington); 4, Amelia Robinson (Clinton); 5, Emily Reed (Priors Field); 6, Larrisa Hurt (Long Itchington); 7, Millie Lomas (Leek Wootton); 8, Olivia Benner (Milverton); 9, Daniella Sansome-Smith (Milverton); 10, Lydia Mae (Holloway St Mary’s Southam). Team: 1, Long Itchington (44pts); 2, Park Hill (47pts); 3, Telford (76pts) 4, Milverton (82pts) 5, Leek Wootton (99pts).

Boys’ result: 1, William Eadon (St, James, Southam); 2, Charlie Johnson (Park Hill); 3, Cian McKeaney (Clapham Terrace); 4, Claudio Ovington (St Joseph’s); 5, Morgan Watson (St Margaret’s); 6, George Brown (St Nicholas); 7, Jake Robbins (All Saints); 8, Shay Browne (St Joseph’s); 9, Danny Bradbury (Budbrooke); 10,Felix Lunn (Leek Wootton). Team: 1, St Joseph’s (75 pts); 2, Park Hill (93pts); 3, Telford (113pts); 4, St Nicholas (118pts); 5=, Budbrooke and St Margaret’s (123pts).