Our cross country team scooped a host of awards in Wilmslow last night with both women’s and men’s A teams taking second place overall. There were also awards in the B, C and Vets categories and Katherine Fitzpatrick and Steven Curley won individual awards.

PHOTO CAPTION: Katherine Fitzpatrick, Roz Webster and Alison Wainwright taking home the silver ware.

The awards marked the end of the 2022/2023 Manchester Area Cross Country (MACC) Leagues which saw members of Chorlton Runners run at five venues around Greater Manchester between October and March.

Chorlton Runners had a high turn out through out the league and organised one of the matches at Kenworthy Woods.

Ladies A - 2nd place

Katherine Fitzpatrick
Jenny Clarke
Rachel Brown
Amy Weyers

Ladies B - 2nd place

Frankie Bale
Rebecca Fitzsimmons
Nicky Dobra
Marta Cosp

Ladies Vets A - 3rd place

Katherine Fitzpatrick
Roz Webster
Amy Weyers

Ladies Vets C+ - 1st Place

Mels Williamson
Emma Banister
Alison Wainwright

Men's Team Awards

Mens A - 2nd place

Steven Curley
James Savage
Matt Shaw
Matthew Devlin
Gavin Tomlinson
Fraser Macdonald Oulds

Mens B - 1st place

Jonny Lancaster
Tim Fletcher
Sean Connon
Benjamin James Hobson
Peter Bray
Jonny O'Donnell

Mens Vets A - 1st place

Steven Curley
James Savage
Matt Shaw
Gavin Tomlinson

Mens Vets B - 1st place

Tim Fletcher
Patrick Goodrich
Paul Biff Griffiths
David Wyeth

MACCL Individual Awards 2022/23:

Senior Men

Steven Curley 3rd overall

Women V35

Katherine Fitzpatrick 1st

Men V40

Steven Curley 1st
James Savage 2nd

If you don’t mind a bit of mud and a few hills then cross country running s a great way to build strength. If you are interested in taking part in Cross Country in 2023/24 season, look out for announcement across our channels from September 2023 and sign up. It’s only about £5 for five races - bargain. Thank you to Val Brennan and Neil Wainwright for all their hard work organising the events.