Main photo by Hannah Corne
Of the 39 teams taking part in the junior race, 17 were from Valley Striders.
Here’s a photo of the winners of the younger girls (school years 2-4) and younger boys categories. Our teams also gained 2nd place (but no trophies) in the older mixed (school years 5-7) and older boys categories. Our best placed older girls team was “only” 5th in their category but they finished 13th overall – there were some very good girls teams running including Skyrac whose girls team won the race.
51 of our junior members (26 boys, 25 girls) who are in year 7 or younger competed in the junior race where 39 teams of 3 took part, each runner running approximately 1 mile each. A “younger” junior team comprised all runners in year 4 or younger; an “older” junior team comprised a team which had at least one runner in year 5 or older.
And everyone on the list did come and run, which made my job so much easier, thank you!
Please note, if you’re comparing the individual race times, leg 1 will be typically 5 seconds faster than the other legs because leg 1 started 15 metres ahead of the changeover area and the leg 2 and leg 3 times include the time between the incoming runner passing the finish line to when the baton is handed over.
James Gostling’s time was second fastest of all clubs on the night, only 1 second slower than the fastest whose time was on leg 1, so I’d consider James’s run to be the best on the night (see the small print in the paragraph above). Edward Nabozny had the 4th fastest time.
| Pos | Name | Bib | A | Leg 1 | B | Leg 2 | C | Leg 3 | Category | Time | Cat Pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | V S Older Mixed 1 | 27 | Edward Nabozny (M6) | 07:04 | Alice Bonner (F7) | 08:25 | James Gostling (M7) | 06:57 | Older Mixed | 22:26 | 2 |
| 6 | V S Older Boys 1 | 21 | Ewan Reid (M5) | 07:13 | Eaden Lyons (M5) | 07:55 | Sammy Whitehouse (M5) | 07:49 | Older Boys | 22:57 | 2 |
| 9 | V S Younger Boys 1 | 30 | Seth Steere (M4) | 08:06 | Samuel Keene (M3) | 08:09 | Bertie Bell (M4) | 07:37 | Younger Boys | 23:52 | 1 |
| 13 | V S Older Girls 1 | 24 | Kirsten Brown (F6) | 08:27 | Maddie White (F6) | 08:41 | Isla Butterworth (F6) | 07:26 | Older Girls | 24:34 | 5 |
| 14 | V S Younger Boys 4 | 33 | Austin Lyons (M2) | 08:34 | Arthur Venning (M3) | 08:19 | Adam Bradley (M4) | 07:52 | Younger Boys | 24:45 | 3 |
| 17 | V S Younger Boys 2 | 31 | Henry Rollings (M3) | 08:52 | Lewis Buchan (M4) | 07:42 | Thomas Grosvenor (M3) | 08:42 | Younger Boys | 25:16 | 4 |
| 18 | V S Older Boys 3 | 23 | Thomas Sheen (M6) | 08:46 | Solomon Steere (M6) | 08:21 | Søren Pailor (M5) | 08:24 | Older Boys | 25:31 | 5 |
| 20 | V S Younger Girls 3 | 37 | Abigail Bottomley (F3) | 08:05 | Lucy Sheen (F4) | 09:14 | Imogen Burton (F4) | 08:25 | Younger Girls | 25:44 | 1 |
| 22 | V S Younger Boys 5 | 34 | George Redmond (M3) | 08:15 | Hugo Earl (M3) | 08:55 | Benjamin Gostling (M4) | 08:49 | Younger Boys | 25:59 | 5 |
| 23 | V S Younger Boys 3 | 32 | Isaac Rugg (M4) | 08:46 | Jenson Bennett (M3) | 08:46 | James Walker (M4) | 08:29 | Younger Boys | 26:01 | 6 |
| 24 | V S Older Boys 2 | 22 | Alfie Ball (M6) | 08:23 | Frankie Riley (M7) | 09:04 | Lars Hunter (M7) | 08:35 | Older Boys | 26:02 | 7 |
| 25 | V S Older Girls 4 | 26 | Melissa Ward (F4) | 08:28 | Georgia Ward (F6) | 09:01 | Natalie Ward (F7) | 08:34 | Older Girls | 26:03 | 8 |
| 26 | V S Older Girls 3 | 25 | Florence Bell (F6) | 08:58 | Caitlyn Hartley (F6) | 09:08 | Mary Venning (F6) | 08:22 | Older Girls | 26:28 | 9 |
| 29 | V S Older Girls 2 | 28 | Heidi Earl (F5) | 08:31 | Amelie Wallace (F5) | 09:40 | Matilda Walsh (F5) | 09:03 | Older Girls | 27:14 | 11 |
| 31 | V S Older Girls 5 | 35 | Ruby Richardson (F3) | 10:45 | Chloe Deak (F4) | 08:42 | Indi Banerjee (F5) | 09:07 | Older Girls | 28:34 | 12 |
| 35 | V S Younger Girls 2 | 36 | Ezzie Yansaneh (F3) | 09:47 | Bea Traviss-Turner (F3) | 09:38 | Erin Davies (F3) | 10:34 | Younger Girls | 29:59 | 4 |
| 36 | V S Younger Girls 4 | 38 | Evie Brown (F3) | 12:08 | Dora Walmsley (F3) | 09:41 | Lucy Walker (F3) | 09:37 | Younger Girls | 31:26 | 5 |
For full results see https://racebest.com/results/5vwgh
Adult race
10 of our junior members who are in year 8 or older competed in the adult race where 152 teams of 3 took part, each runner running approximately 2.75 miles each
| Pos | Name | Bib | A | Leg 1 | B | Leg 2 | C | Leg 3 | Category | Time | Cat Pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | V S Under 17 Men | 225 | Jamie Walker (M11) | 14:55 | Leon Jones (M10) | 17:18 | Alfie Jones (M11) | 16:35 | Junior Boys | 48:48 | 2 |
| 34 | V S Junior Boys 1 | 216 | Joseph Urquhart (M8) | 18:18 | Zak Reisman (M9) | 18:10 | Sam Redmond (M8) | 16:01 | Junior Boys | 52:59 | 5 |
| 86 | V S Junior Mixed | 218 | Oliver Lubiecki (M8) | 18:11 | Ella Jobson (F8) | 21:55 | Freya Hunter (F8) | 21:12 | Junior Boys | 61:18 | |
| 102 | V S Linley Jackson | 217 | Andy Linley (M) | 20:51 | Felix Linley (M9) | 20:08 | Bob Jackson (M) | 24:59 | Men | 65:58 |
For full results see https://racebest.com/results/5vwgh?