"Sweatshop" Men's Surrey CC League, Petersham

Pipped by the "Irrepressibles"

Always a favourite course, taking in as it does sections of Richmond Park that are oft traversed in training runs, but the team was a bit thin and with South London Harriers getting a boost after realising that Michael Coleman was eligible to score after all (he was classed as a non-scorer in the previous race) our Coulsdon based rivals pipped us for third team place.

Paskar Owor had the better of Coleman in race two but here he had trouble holding on to the leaders as our own James Kelly and Thames' James McMullen forced the pace round the first lap with Coleman five metres back and Owor in 4th. Lap two saw Coleman move up and take the initiative with our James hanging on but losing out to his rival's final flourish.

A weaker than normal Thames Hare & Hounds still got the better of Herne Hill in the team stakes, in spite of the latter turning out 47 men.

Paskar now has a strong claim for the individual title, leading after this race with 7 points to James McMullen's 10. Third and fourth are way back: Herne Hill's Alan Barnes on 41 and Will Cockerell on 47.

Men. 1 M Coleman (South London) 28:43; 2 J Kelly (Belgrave) 28:47; 3 J McMullen (Thames H&H) 28:55; 4 P Owor 29:09; 14 W Cockerell 29:56; 31 M Byansi 31:05; 41 L Eguia 31:29; 44 R Stannard 31:42; 48 K Gadd 31:46; 93 A Marek 34:01; 107 A Luce M40 35:08; 126 E Smith 36:48; 132 R Ingoldby 37:10; 137 P Marsh M55 37:46; 164 M Humphrey 51:10.

Teams:

1 Thames H&H (3, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 21, 30, 48, 53) 215;

2 Herne Hill H (5, 7, 10, 17, 22, 23, 33, 40, 50, 54) 261;

3 South London H (1, 6, 31, 34, 43, 55, 57, 60, 62, 66) 415;

4 Belgrave H (2, 4, 14, 29, 39, 42, 46, 75, 83, 88) 422;

5 Hercules Wimbledon AC (8, 25, 28, 36, 45, 51, 61, 64, 67, 73) 458;

6 Reigate Priory AC (24, 38, 44, 47, 49, 52, 56, 58, 81, 89) 538;

7 Epsom & Ewell H (16, 20, 27, 37, 41, 70, 72, 86, 87, 90) 546;

8 Guildford & Godalming AC (18, 19, 35, 59, 63, 69, 74, 79, 84, 85) 585;

9 Ranelagh H (26, 32, 65, 68, 71, 76, 77, 78, 80, 82) 655.

Overall: 1 Thames H&H 575; 2 Herne Hill H 642; 3 Belgrave H 1333; 4 South London H 1358; 5 Reigate Priory AC 1480; 6 Hercules Wimbledon AC 1558; 7 Epsom & Ewell H 1689; 8 Guildford & Godalming AC 1744; 9 Ranelagh H 1906.

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