Above: Early scenes on Woburn Farm in the village of Corton, near Lowestoft.
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Suffolk Winter Cross-Country (XC) League 2024-2025: After the final fixture of the season on Sunday, February 16th, held at Corton near Lowestoft, Newmarket & Sudbury (N&S, joint team of Newmarket Joggers and Sudbury Joggers) men’s A team look almost sure to top their division of 22 competing clubs, with the women’s A team likely runners-up in their division after a late season surge. This would be the best that N&S have performed in this league for many years and we look forward to confirmation of the anticipated results.
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Official results are not yet out for the final fixture but results were recently released for the previous fixture held at Pakenham, near Bury St Edmunds on February 9th. They show that N&S men’s A team (first 7 N&S men to finish each fixture) retained the narrow lead they’ve held all season over rival team Saint Edmund Pacers; also, that the women’s A team (the first 4 N&S women to finish each fixture) managed to climb from 4th to 2nd position of 22 clubs, with excellent results at Pakenham.
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Above: N&S team at Woburn Farm.. Thanks for team photo.
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The senior XC race was over ~8km. The individual positions and teams for February 16th at Corton were as follows:
N&S women’s A team: Carol Carter NJ 62nd of 279 overall; Olivia Carter NJ 84th; Helen Hilario NJ 96th; Elke Hausler NJ 129th.
N&S men’s A team: Joey Bendall NJ 4th of 279 overall; Hugh Tawell NJ 7th; James Smith NJ 10th; Chris Balmer NJ 14th; Dan Hutchison NJ 18th; Andrew Sandeman NJ 58th; Paul Holley NJ 65th.
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Above top left: Jimmy Smith at the Corton XC. Other team members pictured at the Suffolk XC Champs
in January from left: Joey Bendall, Hugh Tawell, Steve Edwards; Elke Hausler, Pearl Fay, Sianie Painter,
Helen Wass. Thanks for photos.
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N&S women’s B team: Ruth Cowlin SJ 195th; Helen Wass NJ 205th; Angela Drury NJ 245th; Sianie Painter NJ 258th.
N&S men’s B team: Richard Defries NJ 80th; Steve Edwards NJ 83rd; Neville Clarke NJ 108th; Tom Elton NJ 125th; Rob Hawkins NJ 181st; Jeremy Reader NJ 196th; Alan Thornhill NJ 226th.
N&S women’s C team: Pearl Fay NJ 274th.
N&S men’s C team: Steve Cousins NJ 227th; Brian Munns NJ 235th; Jim Withers NJ 262nd; Chris Aylmer NJ 278th.
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We had one junior Jogger, Harvey Thomas NJ U15, who put in a very good effort to finish 5th overall in the ~3.5km junior race, which included U17, U15 and U13 boys and girls. Harvey stood in 3rd place in his U15B age group after the previous fixture.
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The N&S team minibus. driven by Paul Holley. In transit (left) and upon arrival (right) at Corton.