The second half of the cross country season resumed where it left off for Bedford & County’s endurance squads with another medal haul at the Bedfordshire County Cross Country Championships.  The hilly course around Ampthill Park and cold, wet and windy weather made for truly testing cross country conditions.  However, showing no signs of excessive indulgence over the Christmas break, several of the club’s athletes won their respective age groups becoming county XC champions:  Eleanor Smith (U13 girls), Finley Bent (U13 boys), Lily Farr (U15 girls), Oliver Wilson (U15 boys), Imogen Chesterton (U20 women) and Ed Blythman (senior men).

In addition, there were medals for Megan Barnicoat and Catherine Warren (2^nd & 3^rd U13 girls); Oliver Coombes (2^ndU13 boys); Elllie Harper (2^nd U15 girls); Mackenzie Kotrys and Theo Beale (2^nd & 3^rd U15 boys), Lyla Danobrega (2^ndU17 women); Euan Supple (2^nd U17 men); Lauren Nichols (3^rd senior women); Emma Coombes (3^rd V40 women); Craig Emmerson and James Minter (2^nd & 3^rd senior men); and Ewan Wilson (3^rd V50 men). 

The good turnout and strong running from so many club athletes meant that Bedford and County also won team trophies for U13 girls, U13 boys, U15 boys and senior men.

Alan Turnbull was also the first M50 in the Cambridgeshire County Championships.

Full results below: