Nunroyd Park was the scene for the final race of the West Yorkshire League Cross Country series. We arrived in good time and were ably supported by Team Manager Andy Neale, who was threatening to throw his pork pie at any York Acorn runners who got in our way. We headed out for a warm-up and to inspect the course, as has been the case for most of the series the conditions were dry and mild with only a hint of mud.
The women’s race was up first and was roughly 5k in length. Learning from her mistake at the last race Cassie Holmes didn’t get sucked into too fast a start and was in the middle of the pack with Caroline Warrington and Bryony Parkinson. Caroline came home in 45th followed by Cassie in 52nd and Bryony in 66th.
In the individual standings for the Senior Men Chris Roberts was 7th and Rory Henderson 19th. In the M50 Pete Downes was 6th and Ian Bithell was an impressive 2nd in the M65. For the women Bryony Parkinson was 13th Senior in her debut season for Knavesmire and Caroline Warrington was 5th W35.