Belgrave men respond to the challenge ...

2XU Men's Surrey CC League Division 1

Saturday, 8 February, Petersham.

A twentytwo man turn-out resulted in a squad that placed third on the day and turned a league position which was uncomfortably close to relegation into a more comfortable berth just two points off fourth place in the final league table; an excellent day.

Paskar Owor was magnificent, running strongly to get away from Kent AC's Johnny Gilbert in the second half of the race for a clear win. It just shows what a decent pair of spikes can do. Great to see Phil Wicks on the come-back trail - scoring 3rd - and with Andrew Connick 5th we were off to a flyer. Belgrave positions were 1, 3, 5, 31, 33, 37, 44, 55, 56, 60 for 325, behind Thames Hare & Hound's 216 and Kent AC's 249.

1 P Owor (Belgrave) 29:17; 2 J Gilbert (Kent) 29:34; 3 D Davis (guest) 29:39; 4 (scoring 3) P Wicks 29:42; 6 (5) A Connick 30:26; 32 (31) K Marks 32:22; 34 (33) W Cockerell M40 32:27; 38 (37) R Maddams 32:43; 45 (44) N Bundle 32:56; 56 (55) J Browne 33:22; 57 (56) M Trees M50 33:23; 63 (60) M Welsh 33:35; 86 M Taylor 34:29; 89 D Morton 34:33; 113 F Logan 35:33; 122 R McHarg M50 35:55; 130 R Norville 36:27; 144 K Hegvold M50 37:19; 147 A Luce M40 37:46; 155 P Carstairs M50 38:27; 161 F Ward M50 38:43; 163 S Addicott 39:03; 173 M Byansi 40:31; 193 D Anderson M50 43:43; … 207 finished.

Teams: 1 Thames H&H 216; 2 Kent AC 249; 3 Belgrave H 325; 4 Herne Hill H 360; 5 Ranelagh H 455; 6 South London H 519; 7 Hercules Wimbledon AC 573; 8 Clapham C 579; 9 Walton 819.

Final Division One League Result: 1 Kent AC 918; 2 Thames H&H 1015; 3 Herne Hill H 1098; 4 Hercules Wimbledon AC 1924; 5 Belgrave H 1926; 6 Ranelagh H 2073; 7 South London H 2155; 8 Clapham Chasers 2181; 9 Walton AC 3090.

Under 13 Boys: 1 F Hodgson (Herne Hill) 18:35; 4 Z Addicott 19:04.