A very wet and muddy cross country series took place between December and March. Twenty different running clubs took part at six events across the county with runners accumulating points for their finishing position.
Shufflers collected a number of individual awards (photographed at this year’s 10k):
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Stu Haynes 1st Male 45 category
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Ruth Acworth 2nd Female 60 category
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Roger Ackerley 2nd Male 65 category
The Juniors Under 13 Girls Team also finished 3rd for the first time and represented by Junior coach Kate Hayward-Brackenbury.
In partnership with Saxons running club, the team achieved the following rankings:
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Men’s Team 2nd
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Men/Women Combined A Team 2nd
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Men/Women Combined B Team 2nd
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Men/Women Combined C team 2nd
Mike Ward Team captain was very pleased with this year’s achievements.
He said: “Congratulations to the individual winners and it’s great to see the overall team performance. We were able to field high numbers in all the events in pretty challenging conditions and having access to a mini bus to transport the team really helped as well.”