2015-16 Cross-country Plate Competition

Two Hard Fought Contests Conclude

The 15th annual Cross-country Plate competition ended at the National and Paskar Owor's deserved victory was whisked away at the last moment due to a late DNS and DNF by two other athletes on the day, which allowed Will Cockerell to sneak in to win by just one point.  Hardly justice, but them's the rules.It's an interesting men's list with plenty 'getting starts' but unable to crack on; the outstanding Andrius Jaksevicius a case in point.  The feeling amongst the team managers that this is the most promising local squad that we've had for over 40 years is evidenced by the calibre of names in the top 16; and to back them up, a little lower down there are two of the most gifted local signings for a generation in Gus Upton and Ed Auden.  Next step to get those two's attendance rate above 12.5%, then we'll be really smokin'. The women's season saw their top order from 2014-15 simply blown away.  The fab four of Wilkins, Doyle, Rhodes and Mackenzie's points tally of 531 was reduced to just 146 as 29 races became 8.  The shockwaves reverberated through the squad who in turn mustered only 45 races, compared to last year's 73.  But no-one's panicking - it's just been an unfortunate season which still saw them medal in both South of the Thames events [and the Southern cross relay not denoted here].And let's in no way discount Zoe Vail Smith's great sequence of races, who just like Andrius was cut short in her prime.  How strange for both of them to get stopped in their tracks like that - but there's the harsh world of distance running for you.  Zoe becomes the seventh different winner of this title in seven years.  You would have got long odds on Felicity Cole and Christina Pennock occupying the next two spots at the start of the season, but what troopers they've been amidst the chaos all around.  And the same goes for another debutante in fourth, Megan Bailey.The ladies have earnt this sabbatical for good behaviour after four wonderful seasons, and we're quite sure normal service will resume next term! 

MEN	Surrey lgue 1	Surrey lgue 2	SOT 5m	SOT 7.5m	Surrey lgue 3	Southern	Surrey Lgue 4	National	Total
Will Cockerell	17	14	15	14	15	15	14	16	120
Paskar Owor	20	20		19	20		20	20	119
Andrius Jaksevicius	18	18	19	20	19				94
Nick Smallwood	14			15	16	16	16	17	94
Zekeriyas Abery				16	18	19	19	19	90
Tom O'Beirne	9	10				14	13	15	61
James Goymour		12		13	14	13			52
Paul Lowe		17		17		18			52
Nick Buckle		16				17	17		50
Kieran Gilfedder	16	13					15		44
Rob Norville	7			12	12	12			43
Phil Wicks		19	20						39
Gregg Clark	15	11					12		38
Alex Miller			18	18					36
Nick Bundle					17			18	35
Matt Taylor		15	16						31
Philip Carstairs	5	5			11		10		31
Ben Hurley	12				13				25
Pete Willis		9	14						23
Terry O'Neill	4	6			10				20
Craig Ruddy						20			20
Gus Upton	19								19
Ed Auden							18		18
Roy Maddams			17						17
Owain Lewes	8	8							16
Ted Oldman	13								13
Stephen Addicott	6	7							13
Knut Hegvold	11								11
Doug Morton							11		11
Ben Moores	10								10
Richard Stannard							0		0
WOMEN	Surrey lgue 1	Surrey lgue 2	SOT 5m	SOT 7.5m	Surrey lgue 3	Southern	Surrey Lgue 4	National	Total
Zoe Vail Smith	20	20	19	18	20				97
Felicity Cole	19			17	17	19	17		90
Christina Pennock	16	17				17	15	19	84
Megan Bailey			17	14	14	16		17	78
Jojo Rhodes			18		16	18	19		71
Samantha Amend			20	20				20	60
Mel Wilkins				19	19	20			58
Lizzie Goldie-Scot				16			16	18	50
Saron Haileselase					18		20		38
Anne Hegvold		18			15				33
Vicki Goodwin				15	13				28
Nici Cahusac		19							19
Sally Underhill	18				0				18
Emily Robbins							18		18
Keri Mackenzie	17								17
Helen White							14		14