Friday, January 31, 2014

Blakes Heaven - Keswick Juniors

Nine hardy young fell runners turned out in their Keswick vests for the first race of the 2014 Keswick junior league last Saturday. The wonderfully named 'Blakes Heaven' race started from Lamplugh Green with tough routes around the fells under Blake Fell. The weather was freezing and so windy that some of the younger ones could barely run upright! However, they all put their hearts into it and returned exhilarated. Keswick had some excellent performances with Erin Stone taking first place in the Under 8 Girls and Emily Wightman with a perfectly timed sprint at the end (Mo Farah would have been proud!) to take first place in the Under 10s. Proving that athleticism runs in the family, Sam Stone took second in the Under 12 Boys on a tough straight up and down course. There were also excellent runs from Anne Mellor taking 3rd behind Erin and in the very competitive Under 10s race, Theo Coates took fourth with Zak Edginton in his first fell race coming in sixth. Isla Turnbull worked hard putting in a great performance to come in 4th behind Emily. We were also well represented in the older age groups with Ella Jackson winning the Under 14 Girls and Samuel  Macey taking fourth in the under 14 Boys. 

Results:
Under 8 Girls
1st  Erin Stone Keswick 8.38
2nd Fayth Bowness CFR 9.13
3rd Anne Mellor Keswick 9.31

Under 10 Boys
1st  Liam Bond CFR 5.38
2nd George Sidaway CFR 6.15
3rd Alex Rhodes CFR 6.19
4th  Theo Coates Keswick 6.49
5th Kyle Anderson CFR 7.29
6th Zak Edginton         Keswick 8.12

Under 10 Girls
1st  Emily Wightman Keswick 6.34
2nd Katie Russel CFR 6.36
3rd Alisha Bond CFR 7.46
4th Isla Turnbull Keswick 8.02

Under 12 Boys
1st Ryan Bond CFR 11.18
2nd          Sam Stone Keswick 11.58

Under 14 Boys
1st Joshua Boyle CFR 11.41
2nd Joseph Dugdale CFR 12.39
3rd Harry Greenbank CFR 15.38
4th Samuel Macey Keswick 16.35

Under 14 Girls
1st  Ella Jackson Keswick 16.21

Full results are on the CFR website.

The next Junior league race is at High Cup Nick on 22nd February. For more details see the Junior page of the Keswick AC website.


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