Match Report, By Des Webb:
Team Southampton's runners turned out again in wet and blustery conditions for the second time in consecutive weekends, this time for the 4th fixture in the hampshire Cross country League.

Top individual performance of the day again went to Neil Phillips in the Senior mens race when he managed to come in second place and lead the mens team to a 5th place overall. Neil ran much of the course with the eventual winner before being pipped to the victory over the closing stages. Also performing well in the senior mens race, which consisted over over 150 competitors, was J Qunint in 9th and Russell Osborn who came in 29th place, just ahead of Neil Wright in 31st. In the Senior Womens race Hayley Pointer again ran well to take 7th place and Helen Warner came in 32nd.

In the junior age groups there were fine turn outs from the youngest runners in the U13's age group with the girls again being led home by Mhairi-Clair Stewart in 4th place, who'd recovered well from illness that had hampered her run in the Hampshire Championships the week before. She was backed up well by the rest of the team who came in 2nd place overall on the day. In the U13 boys it was the turn of Martin Campbell who came in 8th to lead the team home, this time ahead of brother Simon who battled to finish in 20th place. max Costley was 25th and debutant Alex Ruggles, just old enough to compete ran well to finish in 29th place.

Other notable runs came in the U17 boys race where Jamie Knapp continued a good season to finish in 4th place with Chris Dennis second in for the club in 13th, and in the U15 boys, Simon Nimmin who took 9th place position and led that team to 5th place overall on the day. The teams performance was slightly hampered by a fall at the start where Aaron Bennett was tripped and fellow teammate Martin Nottingham stopped to assist but in doing so collided with another Team Southampton runner Louis gates causing a minor pile up at the start.

The team's next fixtures include the South of England Championships at the end of the month in Norfolk followed by the last of the hampshire league fixtures in early February.

Senior & U20 Men

Position	Name	Performance
2	Neil Phillips	29:07
9	J Quinint	31:14
29	Russell Osborn	32:55
31	Nigel Wright	33:00
151 (60th Vet)	Peter Haynes	41:21

Senior Team 3rd in Div 1, Vet Men 10th in Div 2

Senior / U20 Women

Position	Name	Performance
7 (4th U20)	Hayley Pointer	22:59
32	Helen Warner	26:01

U17 Men

Position	Name	Performance
4	Jamie Knapp	18:37
13	Chris Dennis	19:59
18	Peter Batten	20:14
29	C Thompson	23:45

Team 2nd

U15 Boys

Position	Name	Performance
9	Simon Nimmin	14:09
23	Martin Nottingham	14:45
33	Louis Gates	15:09
35	Aaron Bennett	15:24
36	G Fisher	15:34

Team 5th

U15 Girls

Position	Name	Performance
9	Laura Connolly	12:12
11	Jenny Beckingham	12:22
27	Alisha Parnell	14:23

Team 2nd=

U13 Boys

Position	Name	Performance
8	Martin Campbell	11:20
20	Simon Campbell	11:83
25	Max Costley	12:06
29	A Ruggles	12:17
41	Rob Galbenu	13:17

Team 3rd

U13 Girls

Position	Name	Performance
4	Mhairi-Clair Stewart	10:13
8	Nicky Humphrey	10:40
12	Daena Bennett	10:49
16	Laura Seaman	11:00
38	Nicole Dally	12:10

Team 2nd

Please Note:
These results are based on information sent to me. Any problems with names / times / positions then e-mail teamsouthampton@hotmail.com