Match Report By Des Webb
Team Southampton finished off their Hampshire cross country league season with a range of medals for their runners and teams right across the different age groups with the completion of the final league fixture at Hamworthy on Saturday.

Top of the pile again was Neil Phillips in the Senior Mens category having run consistently throughout the 5 race series coming in the top 6 finishers in each of the races. On Saturday in the bright but crisp conditions his 3rd place finish was enough to see off the opposition and ensure he took the title again. In the process he also ensured the men's team took a strong second place league finish overall having been backed up well by the clubs other senior men throughout the series, including in particular Gareth Klepacz who finished overall 5th.

In the Junior men there were also top ten individual places for three of the clubs runners overall with Will Davis (6th), Renato Veraj (7th) and Ross Fripp (9th) showing the clubs strength in depth in the age group.

In the U17 age Group Jamie Knapp - 2nd on both the day and overall in the league ensured the team had a strong finish to bring it a second place also in the league. Here both martin Nottingham (8th) and Chris Dennis (10th) made top 10 finishes overall to bring the team a much deserved runner up spot to a strong Aldershot team. In the U15 boys the team finished in 4th place with Simon Ninnim top performer with 6th place overall and in the U13 boys Alex Ruggles also managed a 6th place overall but this time helping the club to a top three bronze league medal.

In the womens events the younger age group starred with newcomer Emily Jenkinson snatching 5th place overall and the team taking an excellent second place finish. Individually there were also good top ten performances in the u15 girls, with Jenny Beckingham - 5th and Mhairi-Clair Stewart 9th and in the U17 girls with Vikki Cronin taking 6th and Laura Connolly taking 9th place.

The club will next have some athletes competing this saturday at the national Cross country championships at Alton Towers and then they will be finishing off the XC season when some will be representing Hampshire at the Intercounties championships at Nottingham and at the English Schools championships in Liverpool next month.

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Chris Lewis, Mhairi-Clair Stewart, Jamie Knapp, Caitlin Stewart & Daena Bennett
Caitlin Stewart & Daena Bennett	Jamie Knapp

Senior Men

Position	Name	Performance
3	Neil Phillips	29:03
7	Gareth Klepacz	29:37
22	Jon Quint	31:02
25	J Charles	31:20
31	Christian Folliot	31:33
49 (6th U20)	Renato Veraj	33:06
90 (11th U20)	Ross Fripp	35:44
124 (57th Vet)	John MacInnes	37:56
158 (86th Vet)	Pete Haynes	41:26

Final Result:
Seniors 2nd in Division 1; Vets Team 14th in Division 2
Individual Aggregate of Positions (SM): 1st Neil Phillips (14); 5th Gareth Klepacz (27)
Individual Aggregate of Positions (U20): 6th W Davies (51); 7th Renato Veraj (54); 9th Ross Fripp (68)

Senior Women

Position	Name	Performance
27	Sophie Hall	25:23
65 (29th Vet)	Karen Washford	31:13

U17 Men

Position	Name	Performance
2	Jamie Knapp	19:36
13	Chris Dennis	21:44
14	Peter Batten	21:49
19	Aaron Bennet	23:13

Final Result:
2nd in League
Individual Aggregate of Positions: 2= Jamie Knapp (11); 8th Martin Nottingham (51); 10th Chris Dennis (64)

U17 Women

Position	Name	Performance
6	Vicki Cronin	16:13
10	Laura Connolly	16:44

U15 Boys

Position	Name	Performance
7	Simon Ninnim	13:54
23	Martin Campbell	14:46
30	Simon Campbell	15:23
32	C Lewis	15:36

Final Result:
4th in League
Individual Aggregate of Positions: 6= Simon Ninnim (33)

U15 Girls

Position	Name	Performance
13	Mhairi-Clair Stewart	12:40
21	Nicky Humphrey	13:37
22	Rachel Weager	13:57
24	Hannah Musker	14:06
27	Alisha Parnell	14:35

Final Result:
4th in League

U13 Boys

Position	Name	Performance
10	Alex Ruggles	11:02
15	Zak Peress	11:19
21	L Williams	11:33
22	David Fisher	11:34
29	Ben Ninnim	12:06
38	H Morcombe	13:04

Final Result:
2nd in League

U13 Girls

Position	Name	Performance
5	Emily Jenkinson	11:11
8	Daena Bennett	11:23
14	Caitlin Stewart	12:08
16	Katie Grimmett	12:14
22	Nicole Dally	12:22
41	Eliza Reynolds	14:51

Final Result:
3rd in League
Individual Aggregate of Positions: 6th Alex Ruggles (38)

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