Peter Elsdon-Dean, Rhys Turnbull-Bester, Harry Kelly and Emily Knibbs all competed in the Sportshall Regional Finals competition at Hertfordshire Sports Village on Sunday for the Newmarket Joggers Junior Team all enjoyed their day and participated in the various events including the 2 by 2 lap race, Paarlauf and jumps.
Junior Jogger Jamie Sales had previously qualified to run for Cambridgeshire in the Anglian Schools XC championship which was held on Saturday, the event hosts the top 16 runners from each county of Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Northants and Lincolnshire schools. Jamie competed in the Junior boys event which also included the year above him and came a respectable 18th overall which means he’ll be representing Cambridgeshire in the English Schools Nationals next month. This was Jamie’s first appearance in a county vest. Jamie then competed on Sunday for Newmarket Joggers in the Suffolk County XC League fixture at Stowmarket and came a very impressive 6th overall in the Junior race and 2nd U13.
The Senior Joggers were also out in force at Stowmarket on Sunday and leading the club home in 14th position overall was Martyn Taylor, full results are yet to be published and will follow in next week’s report.