Gwent League

Newport Harriers Gwent Cross Country League

Gwent Cross Country League 2007-2008

Newbridge Fields, Bridgend, 2nd December 2007

Hardee impresses in the mud

Incessant rain throughout the week ensured that Bridgend was once again a muddy quagmire as the Gwent League reached round three. Dave Proffitt pulled up with a hamstring injury after two laps which meant that Newport had only three scorers. Neil Hardee produced his best run yet in 17th place, defeating Les Croupiers rival Richard Bullen for the first time this season. Neil is now in 10th place overall and 3rd overall in the Vet40 category. Chris Oxley may be skipping track sessions these days but produced a good run in 57th, and overall is 28th. Darryn McAtee didn’t want to risk ripping open his adductor muscles on the slippery surface so ran very conservatively in 174th place but achieved his main goal of avoiding injury.

In the league Newport maintained 8th position. However, both Westbury and Pontypridd gained points on us and have the potential to overtake us if we cannot produce a full scoring team. If this happens we may have to rely on Bristol continuing to field weak teams to ensure our Division 1 status.

Senior Men Division 1

Senior women – Loudon to the rescue

In the absence of Ann Saxena there was a danger that. Newport would have no runners in the senior women’s race. Thankfully up stepped Rhian Loudon for her first outing of the season, finishing half way up the field in 62nd place. This didn’t prevent Newport slipping into the relegation zone and with a lack of athletes it doesn’t look too good for our women at the moment. 

Senior Women Division 2