Alex Hope of Severn Athletic Club has been pleased with his winter season. The 57 year old, a distance star in his younger days, ran 2 hours 59 minutes in the Newport Marathon and has been a valuable scorer in Severn’s promotion winning team in the Birmingham Cross-Country League Division Three. He finished 50th and fourth over 55 in the final Gloucestershire Cross-Country League fixture at Old Down Country Park, clocking 39:19 for the stiff 6 Mile course. Club mate Nicholas Allen was fourth over 60 and ran a league best when 80th in 46:18. In the final placings for the 3 race series Allen placed second Vet 60 and Hope third Vet 55.

Gloucestershire Cross-Country League. Pittville Park:

47 Alex Hope 2/V55 42:26 & 108 Nicholas Allen 4/V60 52:06. 122 ran.

Gloucestershire Cross-Country League. Old Down Country Park:

50 Alex Hope 4/V55 39:19 & 80 Nicholas Allen 4/V60 46:16. 89 ran.

Another great effort by the club’s runners in the Bourton 10K with all of Severn’s runners coming away with a personal or seasons best time.

Bourton 10K:

36 Chris Brown 5/V40 35:26 SB, 64 James Smith V40 37:05 PB, 77 Dan Nurse V40 38:03 PB, 89 Dave Clarke V50 38:40 SB, 145 Alex Jenkins 41:32 PB, 160 Jon Schofield 42:14 SB, 204 Paul Dickens V40 43:52 PB, 242 Nicholas Allen V60 45:14 SB, 277 Farook Mota V50 46:37 SB, 298 Joshua Beardsworth 47:30 SB, 315 Greg Leyshon 5/V70 48:22 SB. 617 ran.