As many of you know, Alan Mead has stood down after 19 years of incredible success of our men's Road and Country squad, to focus on other areas of club life. He is replaced by Will Cockerell and Charlie Dickinson who have served their apprenticeships with the women's squad for the last few years, and who they'll continue to serve.Charlie and Will be aided and abetted in their work by two squad captains for both the men and the women.

Men:

Dan Mulhare There is no doubt that Dan is one of the finest road and country runners ever to don the claret and gold. Ferociously competitive and dependable as oak. His fighting spirit is best summed up by the awful fall he took 1km from the finish of the 2011 national 12-stage. He sprang up, and battled to the finish, being careful not to swallow the loose teeth in his mouth. At the finish he inspected his lost gnashers, but was relieved to see he'd merely taken on a mouthful of gravel.

Roy Maddams Once every 10-15 years an athlete comes along who just keeps on getting better, and Roy's spectacular '13-14 season displayed just that. His upward trajectory has been outstanding and from struggling to score for us, he's now at the cutting edge of our affairs. With legs like Australian gum trees and a personality as strong, we have the perfect foundation to build our team around in the coming months.

Women:

Fee Maycock Fiona came to us from that tried and trusted source: an unnerved Facebook stalkee who politely wrote to Will's missive, "errr, thanks but no thanks. You might try my friend?" Some friend! Fee warned that we'd only see her for the London marathon to which we said, 'fine'. Well, in short, we've seen her for just about everything, and it's been a riot. She quickly picked up the moniker "Miss Medals" and has been at the epicentre of most of the Belles' wonderful success this past three years, usually with the oh-so-loyal 'Maycock Massive' in tow.Hester Barsham-Rolfe HBR runs likes she lives - by the seat of her pants. When that gun goes, she's off like a bat out of hell, at a pace too fast to sustain, but she won't have it any other way. Joining us at the very start of our climb she has played the role of "sweeper" to perfection, always there like some sort of guardian angel in last night's mascara, ready to pounce, lest any of the A-team has a problem. And pounce she has, with great effect to anchor us home to various podiums, or, of most worth, to Surrey League promotion when we were staring at disaster.Belgrave Harriers could not wish to have four more loyal and entertaining runners at the helm of our affairs. Wind 'em up and watch 'em go!