SILVERSTONE 10K

MAY 4TH 2016

The Veteran Men from Rugby & Northampton AC finished in 3^rd place in the Silverstone 10k, which was the first race in the East Midlands Grand Prix Series and included a record 1173 finishers.

Leading home the club was the R&N Veteran Cross Country Champion Brendan Moen and the 49 year old recorded a time of 36 mins 51 secs to place 31^st overall and 6^th in the M45 section.

Terry Egan clinched 3^rd spot in the M55 competition with 38:27 for 62^nd and Nigel Roberts was 14 seconds adrift in 65^th, which put him 11^th amongst the over 45’s.

The fourth man home for the club was Steve Dixon (133^rd in 40:35 ) and this helped the quartet to finish 8^th in the Senior Mens team race, but it was Laurence Scott who completed the Veteran team with his time of 42:23 ( M50 20^th ).

In the Ladies race Angela Copson suffered a rare defeat in the over 65 category. Her time of 43:34 was only enough for 2^nd behind Yuko Gordon (42:50 ) of North Herts Road Runners, who had won bronze behind Copson’s gold in the BMAF XC Champs in March.

Copson led home R&N in 13^th overall, followed by Lorna Latimer in 21^st with 44:26 and Kate Williams in 53^rd on 47:44, which gave her third spot in the W55 category.

The Senior and Veteran Ladies finished in 4^th place and closing out the veteran team was Helen Jones in 63^rd overall with 48:34 ( F45 10^th ).