Belgrave put on a strong showing at Croydon's Lloyd Park to finish the 2018/19 Surrey League Cross Country season in a respectable 7th place.

Without match 1 winner Saron (injury), XC plate winner Mhairi Hall (injury) and strong scorer Emma Howsham (holiday), a small but strong team attacked this rearranged fixture in warm and dry conditions.

Fresh from a strong performance at the national, Georgie Fenn was first Belle home and 10th overall.

Finishing well not too far behind was Alice Reed in only her second race in claret and gold.

Third scorer - also on only her second race for Belgrave - was Jess Lowe: if we can keep those three fit then combined with the absent trio, next season is looking very promising indeed.

Track specialist Steph Hewitt will be looking forward to the faster stuff with XC strength in her legs, while Mimi and Jurgita both ran well to complete a high-spirited performance from the Belles.

End of season summary

After a long tough cross country season the Belles did well to finish 7th overall out of 15 division one teams. This year the league was dominated by very strong teams for Thames and Herne Hill, but the Belles - with many making their league debut and suffering from a number of crucial injuries - were only just over a hundred points from finishing in third place. This is largely a young group with excellent team spirit and they all improved with every race, making the prospects for next year very good. 

Belgrave finishers

Place	Name	Time
10	Georgie Fenn	31:10
18	Alice Reed	32:46
38	Jessica Lowe	34:31
57	Stephanie Hewitt	35:29
64	Mimi Corden-Lloyd	36:02
67	Jurgita Levertaviciute	36:09

Team standings, Lloyd Park

Pos	Club	Points	Scores
1	HHH A	32	1 2 6 8 15
2	THH A	43	3 4 5 7 24
3	H/W A	149	11 17 22 39 60
4	DUL A	177	9 13 45 54 56
5	FUL A	179	12 20 43 46 58
6	BEL A	187	10 18 38 57 64
7	RAN A	209	19 29 44 52 65
8	THH B	221	28 31 36 55 71
9	C/C A	226	25 33 48 51 69
10	HHH B	227	27 34 35 37 94

Final team standings, Surrey League Div 1, 2018-19

Position	Team	Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Total pts
1	THH A	48	111	93	43	295
2	HHH A	159	83	41	32	315
3	H/W A	196	142	107	149	594
4	C/C A	140	142	143	226	651
5	FUL A	208	149	129	179	665
6	RAN A	173	139	155	209	676
7	BEL A	143	209	174	187	713
8	SLH A	135	224	149	261	769
9	KEN A	305	224	186	232	947
10	E&E A	280	208	323	299	1110
11	DUL A	179	473	328	177	1157
12	HHH B	422	252	264	227	1165
13	REI A	325	254	414	364	1357
14	THH B	312	397	439	221	1369
15	G&G A	209	217	360	589	1375
16	C/C B	353	348	350	498	1549
17	W4H A	416	523	456	373	1768