BOURNEMOUTH AC ROAD AND DISTANCE RUNNING INFORMATION

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March 2007 Round Up
*25/3/07 British Masters Cross Country - Mark Hargreaves battled through a week of niggling injuries to take a silver medal at the British Masters Cross Country Championships in Mansfield.

The 2006 M45 winner had been struggling with knee and foot problems in the build up to his title defence. But Mark completed the rolling 8k course in 27:28 to add a silver medal to his list of National honours.

The Bournemouth AC athlete beat every competitor in the M35 category and was denied gold by Ian Furness of Dudley and Stourbridge. Hargreaves said, “It was a course I like and I was pleased to bring home the silver medal.”

*25/3/07 Eastleigh 10k  (written by Rob McTaggart) - Jon Sharkey and Rob McTaggart departed at the crack of dawn for the Eastleigh 10km which was moved from its usual afternoon slot. Against a field which included Cross Country Grand Slam supremo Frank Tickner, neither athlete was expected to feature in the honours list. McTaggart was first back, slightly disappointed with his 33:39 while Sharkey followed closely behind in 34:22.

*23/3/07 5k Winter series - Rob McTaggart won his second honour inside a week as senior men's runner up while Simon Hunt secured the M50 title in the series without needing to run. Samuel Merk was making his debut in yellow and blue. Matt Kiernan earned himself a new PB.
2 Samuel Merk 16:21, 4 Rob McTaggart 16:29, 41 Ian Graham 20:17, 69 Matt Kiernan 21:50.

*18/3/07 Wessex League Cross Country Avon Heath Country Park (written by Rob McTaggart) - Lone voyagers, messers Sharkey and McTaggart went seeking confidence boosting performances in the final Wessex League fixture of the season at the picturesque, Avon Country Park.

Both athletes were at the head of the field during the first of two 4.7k laps laps opting to run hard from the start to see what they could do. Sub 32minute 10km runner, Mark Le Gassick then put in a decisive surge which split the field. McTaggart defeated league champion Dan Woolford to secure 2nd place in the league and on the day while Sharkey battled hard over the final circuit to wind up 5th in his maiden Wessex League race.

*11/3/07 Poole 5k - Congratulations to Laurent Kelly for a 17:55 PB while Tony Chutter was third M40 in 17.29.

*4/3/07 March Hare 20 - Twenty miles on flooded roads across the farms of Burton, what do you mean we can't field a team? The South's Premier pre London Marathon warm up race saw five gallant runners clinch third place by a solitary point and maintain second in the league.
(Dorset League Positions) 6 Mike Hoey 2:08:23, 10 Duncan Wells 2:12:22, 13 Francois Mouton 2:12:59, 40 Ian Graham 2:31:20, 53 Howard Smith 2:43:19.

*2/3/07 5k Winter series - A BAC one-two on a day that made January's race weather look calm!
1 Rob McTaggart 17.21, 2 Francois Mouton 17.40, 12 Ian White 19.00, 14 Laurent Kelly 19.08, 25 Simon Hunt 19.48, 50 Joe Price 22.07.

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