North London Cross Country Championships, Hackney Marshes, 21 November 2015

A fantastic fifth place from Martin Bateman at a very windy Hackney Marshes helped Hillingdon AC’s senior men finish in seventh place at the North London Championships.

With a strong cold wind but in bright autumnal sunshine, there was a fast pace set from off as athletes made the most of the firm underfoot conditions on the twisty paths in the scrubland around Hackney Marshes playing fields. Daniel Thompson was the club’s second scorer in 25^th, Liam Holbrook was 38^th, Paul Leppard 43^rd, Gary Horn 73^rd and Jeremy Collis 75^th as the senior athletes who comprised the scoring six in the team competition.

Trevor Steeples was 106^th, John Bignell 108^th, Bob Burton 111^th, Doug Milsom 126^th, Graham Wood 128^th and Alan Wells 129^th to finish as 5^th B team.

The race was won by John Franklin of Serpentine whilst the team race was won by London Heathside with Serpentine in second and Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets in third. There were 131 finishers in the men’s race.

Full results may be found here.