Surrey Women's CC League Division 1, Race 2, Lightwater

Belles top the league at the midway point

Belgrave took a firm grip on the Women’s Surrey League for 2003-4 as some great running over the Lightwater heathland made it two wins out of two at the halfway point in the series.

Tilly Heaton was most prominent for the Belles after the opening rush but yet again it was Angela Walker with our highest position at the end of the day. Angela now takes a clear lead in the Plate Competition but behind her things could hardly be tighter. Five runners are squeezed into the top three places and it is beginning to look unlikely that anyone can medal in this competition without covering all six events.

Rachel Weston celebrated her return to the Belgrave fold by making the scoring five for the ‘A’ team while behind her Syreeta Stracey led home a ‘B’ team that impressed by placing 5th. A total of fifteen women have turned out for the two races and with depth like this is going to be difficult to dislodge the Belles from the top of the pile.

Things are looking good in the under 20 age group as well as Imogen Ainsworth took 2nd spot with Louise Collier in 5th.

1 E.Baker (South London) 23:43; 2 E.Nelson (Epsom &E) 24:03; 3 A.Walker (Belgrave) 24:19; 4 S.Seal (Ranelagh) 24:25; 5 M.Heaton (Belgrave) 24:46; 6 C.Evans (South London) 24:53; 7 J.Clark W35 25:05; 9 E.Fogg 25:11; 12 R.Weston 25:28; 18 S.Stracey 26:04; 21 L.Cooper 26:24; 31 H.Smethurst 27:12; 36 R.Powell 27:31; 63, D.Hearn 29:56; 65 C.Eastham 30:10; 95 finished.

1 Belgrave H (3, 5, 7, 9, 12) 36 - 1st after two races with 92

2 South London H (1, 6, 8, 10, 20) 45 - 2nd 119

3 Ranelagh H (4, 11, 14, 19, 23) 71 - 3rd 170

4 Herne Hill H (13, 15, 16, 22, 38) 104 - 4th 128

5 Belgrave H B (18, 21, 31, 36, 63) 169 - 9th 493

6 South London B (24, 29, 30, 37, 56) 176 - 6th 363

19 Belgrave H C 485

U20W 1 A.Beverley U17 (Ranelagh) 17:15; 2 I.Ainsworth U17 (Belgrave)

17:42; 3 M.Knepsl U17 (Herc. Wimb) 17:59; 5 L.Collier U17 18:20.

U15G 1 K.Mertens (Woking) 13:03; 16 K.Burns 14:54

Restored from the club's earlier website, belgraveharriers.com, and published here as originally written.