On Saturday 28th January 2012 11 HAC athletes competed in The SEAA XC champs reports Martin Bateman.
Stamner Park on a South Downs hill outside Brighton was the venue and it provided a real test of strength and stamina over steep, but thankfully for a change in January, dry course for good fun racing. I would liken the course to our Ruislip course but on a much bigger scale. In the senior men’s race which was 1 short lap of about a kilometre plus 3 just under 5K each there was only a short section of flat terrain to relax a little before muscle burning big ascents and joint shaking descents on hard chalky earth.
Hopefully the SEAA will choose to return there in a few years because those that didn’t compete missed out on a good event and HAC was well down as a club based on the talent and numbers we have to offer. Well done to all our competitiors who can say they conquered Stanmer Park.
Full results here. Official photos here.
745 finishers
| 121 | 00:57:07 | Martin Bateman |
| 150 | 00:58:07 | Daniel Thompson |
| 204 | 00:59:48 | Anupam Das |
| 492 | 01:10:16 | Steve Hirons |
| 512 | 01:10:57 | Andrew Malyan |
| 601 | 01:15:32 | John Bignell |
| 605 | 01:15:47 | Martin Searle |
| 733 | 01:35:51 | Alan Wells |
U20w 6k race. 54 finishers
| 48 | 1697 | 00:29:30 | Hannah Wells |
U15B 4.5K race. 221 finishers
| 58 | 00:16:29 | Sam Lloyd | |
| 148 | 00:17:56 | Sanjiv Solanki |