Chris Rimmer and Paul Ward, in their first cross country race of the season were an impressive 2nd and 3rd in the opening Birmingham and District Cross Country League Division Two race at Leamington on Saturday. The race was won by Leamington's Richard Harper in 36.44 with Chris Rimmer then second just 17 seconds behind with Paul Ward, who recently got married just a further 2 seconds behind in 3rd. Greg Wilson warmed up for his forthcoming international race finishing 27th in 40.22 just one place ahead of his team mate Ryan Heath celebrating his 18th birthday weekend still managed to finish 28th and 6th junior in 40.31. Johnny Sanders made a welcome return to cross country action finishing 69th with Paul Williams completing the scoring 6 in 90th and Dave Tatton not far behind in 101st. The club finished 6th on the day with 219 points, but only 28 points behind 3rd placed Dudley and Stourbridge who were 3rd. The top 3 get promoted to Division 1. Rugby won the team race with 129 pts, Wolverhampton and Bilston were 2nd with 146 pts, Worcester 4th with 206 pts, Severn 5th with 213 pts.
The team were split on Saturday as another team of TAC senior men, a slightly slower group went to the North Wales XC Lge at Deeside. The club had 16 men out at both venues, another great turn out.
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