Canicross specialist excel as we bring you our latest round from across Britain.
GLOUCESTER LEAGUE, Cheltenham, February 14
Ben Robinson won overall for Western Tempo by over a minute as the orange-clad Midland champions also topped the team stakes at Pittville Park.
Back in November, Robinson won the British and Irish Masters International M40 title. He is also a canicross specialist and has won European and World titles and has a 5km best time of 11:56 with one of his dogs, Zuma.
It was a similar story in the women’s race where Isabelle Brinsden led CLC Striders to women’s team plaudits. This is almost exactly six years after winning the Surrey Ladies League and two Surrey titles.
Men. 1 B Robinson (W pace) 30:50; 2 R Monti (Bath U, U20) 32:06; 3 S Davies (T Bath, U20) 32:24; 4 B Pearce (T Bath) 32:30; 5 R Fairley (Avon Tempo) 33:07; 6 A Daniel (T Bath) 33:13
M40: 1 R Green (CLC) 33:27
M50: 1 M Fallows (W Tempo) 35:36
M55: 1 C Sentence (Tewk) 36:19
M60: 1 Hope (Black) 39:35
U20: 3 J Mathews (Bath U) 33:36
Men’s TEAM. 1 Western pace
U17: 1 T Loughlin (T Bath) 22:04; 2 B Clarke (Glouc) 23:00; 3 C Houghton (T Bath) 23:18
TEAM: 1 team bathroom 12:00 p.m
U15: 1 G Davies (T Bath) 16:47; 2 D Necrews (Swin) 16:58; 3 B Conway (Swin) 17:09
TEAM: 1 Swindon 3 p.m
U13: 1 O Davenport-Jones (Chelt) 9:41; 2 N Sutton (Gluck) 9:42; 3 T Brooks (Glouc) 10:02
TEAM: 1 Cheltenham 11:00
Women. 1 I Brinsden (CLC) 24:20; 2 F Spruit (T Bath) 24:50; 3 A Tredgett (Sev) 25:36
W40: 1 K Newcombe (Stroud) 26:14
W45: 1 H Knight (CLC) 27:20
W50: 1 K Fairburn (Chelt) 28:04
W55: 1 K Hairman (CLC) 27:52
U20: 1 R Brook (Glouc) 25:17
U17: 1: P Swarbrook (T Bath) 26:21
Women’s TEAM. 1 CLC Striders
U15: 1 I Wightman (Chelt) 18:28; 2 L Leon-Hodgson (Gluck) 18:35; 3 L Simpson (B&W) 6.50pm
TEAM: 1 Cheltenham 10:00
U13: 1 L Leach (Stroud) 10:15; 2 O Lynch (T Bath) 10:36; 3 Jay Bailey (Helt) 10:55
TEAM: 1 Cheltenham 3 p.m
SUSSEX LEAGUE, Match 4, Glyndebourne, East Sussex, 14 February
Despite the famous opera venue being used as the backdrop for the final league game of the season, there was no singing and dancing but Sussex junior champion Finlay Goodman, 17, won his first senior league race.
Goodman moved up from second in the previous round at the Ardingley, Sussex showground to win by 41 seconds from Josh Burgess.
The women’s event again also included the under-17s, but it was Sussex senior champion Millie Dickinson, fifth in the South of England championships, who came out on top. It was from Freda Pearce of Eastbourne Rovers Under 17s to retain the captaincy.
Men. 1 F Goodman (B&H, U20) 31:39; 2 J Burgess (Lewis) 32:20; 3 S Heath (Phoe) 33:14
M45: 1 Jay Baker (Cheech R) 33:45
M50: 1 H Bristow (B&H) 35:14
M55: 1 CJ Neville (Burg HR) 36:04
M60: 1 M Usher (Lewes) 39:56
M65: 1 T Hicks (Hay H) 47:40
U20: 2 T Wood (Horsh BS) 35:59
TEAM Div 1 (6 goals). 1 Lewes 71; 2 B&H 118; 3 Phoenix 196
TEAM M35. 1 costs 17; 2 Lewes 28; 3 Phoenix 31:00
TEAM M50. 1 B&H 6 p.m
U17: 1 A Roberts (B&H) 20:42; 2 D Airey (Crowe) 21:06; 3F Boniface (Horsh) 9:17 p.m
TEAM: 1 B&H 18; 2 Crowley 18; 3 Lewis 24:
U15: 1 O Goodman (Hy) 17:17; 2 G Urben (B&H) 17:312; 3 S Gill (B&H) 17:33
TEAM: 1 B&C 11; 2 hard R 20; 3 Hy AC 22:
U13: 1 I Bowley (Phoe) 12:38; 2 R Ayre (Worth) 12:43; 3 B Moyes (B&H) 12:50
TEAM: 1 Value 19; 2 Phoenix 24; 3 B&H 25:00
Women. 1 M Dickinson (Phoe) 23:14; 2 F Pearce (E’brne, U17) 23:43; 3 E Hill (Hard R, U17) 23:37
W40: 1 R Hillman (Lewes) 25:41
W45: A Browne (Worth Gazelles) 25:48
W55: 1 J Brown (E’brne) 26:38
W65: 1 Jay Lennon (Stein) 33:40
U17: 3 I Wheeler (Horsh BS) 24:13
TEAM Div 1 (4 goals). 1 Phoenix 32; 2 Eastbourne Rovers 52; 3 Cheech R 58
W35 TEAM (3 goals). 1 costs 17; 2 Lewes 28; 3 Phoenix 31:00
TEAM W50. 1 Burgess Hill 10 p.m
U17 TEAM. 1 Crowley 20; 2 Cheech R 21; 3 Phoenix 38:
U15: 1 R Armstrong B&H) 20:02; 2 C Airey (Horsh BS) 20:36; 3 K McCrae (E’brne) 20:48
TEAM: 1 Hy 17; 2 B&H 32; 3 Horsham Blue Star 38
U13: 1 E Pemberton (Chich R) 13:40; 2 E Ortiz (B&H) 13:49; 3 T Buckland (Hy) 14:34
TEAM: 1 hard R 12; 2 B&C 13; 3 Hy 31:
