Saturday 12th November

Ardingly – Race 2/4

The Sussex Cross Country League is a series of four races, organised by the county 💙 💛 which takes place annually between October and February at different venues across Sussex.

Within the league there are age and gender graded distances of up to five miles and through recent years a non-scoring Under 11 race has also been introduced to give athletes aged 9+ more race opportunities 🏃🏼‍♀️ 

Temperatures felt more like June at the second cross country league fixture at Ardingly on Saturday 12th November as 

650 runners turned out to enjoy the conditions, even though underfoot was slightly tougher as a result of huge rainfall in the week before.

As always, the fixture kicked off with the Under 11s followed by U13 girls, U13 Boys, U15 Girls, U15 boys, U17 Men, U17/U20/Sen & Vet women before closing the day with the U20/Sen & Vet Men

This is the second year Sussex has held a league fixture at Ardingly and it proves to be a popular course with the organisation of the day led by Haywards Heath Harriers.

Enjoying the sunshine and the mud for the ladies in a tough field, were Hannah 29:49 (113th), Victoria 30:09 (116th), Julie Chicken 30:27 (121st) and Katie Manley 32:02 (126th) 🖤❤️

Well done ladies, superb running – what a fabulous team 🤩

Running in the men’s race saw Darren Gillett although he sadly and rightly pulled out due to a knee niggle 😞 A wise decision Darren but super well done for taking part ⭐️ ⭐️ 

The next fixture is on Saturday 3rd December and will be held at Stanmer Park in Brighton.