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SYO�s event at Bradfield Moor attracted a decent class on both long courses.

Neil Northrop (SHUOC) showed his super-long runs over the winter are paying off by winning the M21L course by a minute and a half from Neil Conway. Hector Haines (AIRE) produced a storming run to finish in 6th place just a few minutes down and beating some quality runners in the meanwhile showing he�ll be a force to reckon with in M16 this year. On W21L Rachel Elder won by 2 minutes proving that two days racing in a row doesn�t affect you having run in the BUSA XC champs the day before, with Becky Carlyle in 2nd place also showing that living in the South doesn�t mean you can�t run well on the moors.

On the junior courses, Jo West (SOS) just beat MDOC�s Lizzie Britton on JW5L. On JM5L Jack Wood (AIRE) beat a number of runners who are in older age categories showing that AIRE�s junior men are a force to be reckoned with this year. Other notable wins came for Jenny Thornton (CLOK) on JW5S, beating Catherine Beresford (MDOC) by 5 minutes; Harriet Andrews of EBOR won JW4 by 6 minutes; Michael beasant (DEE) won JM4 by 5 minutes; and Zachary Field of EBOR won by almost 9 minutes on JM3.

In the veteran classes Martin Ward (SPOOK) used his home advantage well to win M35L by 5 minutes, while Kirsty Bryan-Jones beat the Sheffield pair of Lucy Wiegand and Jenny Hodgson to win W35L. Only 2 seconds separated Dean Field (EBOR) and Jon Emberton (EPOC) on M40L, with Field taking the win on the sprint finish as the splits show he was 8 seconds down at the final control! Other impressive performances came from Hilary Bloor (SYO) on W40L winning by nearly 12 minutes, Christine Andrews of EBOR won W45L by nearly 5 minutes, Richard Payne (EPOC) on a rather short M55L won by nearly 7 minutes, and Pauline Ward of DVO won W60L by nearly 6 minutes.

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