Lincolnshire Cross Country Championships glory for Nene Valley Harriers as ace Alex leads the way

Nene Valley Harriers’ under-20 men won an impressive team gold at the Lincolnshire Cross Country Championships.

Alex Hampson led them home by picking up individual bronze – and was followed by Niamh Payne and Bradley Spurdens in fourth and fifth respectively.

Also on-song was Megan Ellison, who claimed the under-17 silver medal following a fine run.

And there was another team gold for the under-15 boys, with fifth-placed Matt Dowling the first Harrier home ahead of Dan Lawrence, Tom Middleton and William Wright.

The under-17 boys won silver with Bradley Allan (fourth), Coding Leigh-Middleton (ninth) and Josh Stanwell (12th) all placing well.

Meanwhile, there were top ten finishes in the senior races for James McCrae (seventh) and Laura Grimer (eighth), while under-20 ladies Hermoinie Wright and Amy Gibbons finished just outside the medals in fourth and fifth.

Hanna Ray was also the sixth under-15 girl and Millie Weller finished tenth in the under-13 race.

  • Sean Reidy won the battle of the local big guns as he came out on top in the England Athletics Combined Events Indoor Championship at Sheffield over the weekend

Reidy and Adam Fidgett lined up against each other for the second time this winter, and Carl Titman from rivals Peterborough Athletics Club joined them.

Reidy secured his second success over Fidgett this winter with an 18th place finish and an impressive 3,638 points. Titman chased him all the way until disaster struck in the form of a torn hamstring in the penultimate discipline, the pole Vault.

Fidgett came in 20th with 3,167 points, a sizeable improvement on his 2,958 points haul at Lee Valley in December.

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