Sagar and Bolland challenging the leaders at the final race of the Cross Country League

Spenborough & District Athletic Club hosted the final West Yorkshire Cross Country League races of the season on Sunday. Over 500 runners from 9 years to 69 years enjoyed the challenging course on the fields behind the Princess Mary Stadium. The final race of the day saw a large field of senior men tackle the muddy 8.7km course. Spenborough's Joe Sagar and Simon Bolland were challenging in the leading group. However previous winner Joe Baxter from Pudsey ran out a comfortable winner with Sagar coming in 3rd place and Simon holding on to finish in 18th place. Joe finished 3rd overall in the league open age category. Tom Dart (22nd), Edward Revell (44th), Scott Alder (61st) and Craig Thompson (86th) completed the Spenborough Team that finished 5th. Other senior Spen runners were Gerard Skippins (90th) and Stephen Hunt (99th).
In the Senior Women's race Laura Thornton (29th) led the team to 6th place with other Spen runners Natasha Geere (31st), Sara Wallace (32nd) and Angela Hall (41st) completing the team. Former Spen member Jenny Walsh from Leeds won the race.