Gloucestershire XC League 24/25

20 February 2025

A tough Gloucestershire XC League wrapped up last weekend and overall the club has won 7 team Golds, 2 team Silvers and 3 team bronzes! Individually Harriers have won 7 Golds, 4 Silvers and 5 Bronzes!

Gold medalists:

  • Ivy Wightman in the U13 girls category with two 1st places and a 2nd place.
  • Erin Musty won the U17 girls event with two 2nd places and a final fixture win.
  • Isobel Watt won the U20 women’s despite it being her first year in the age group with a 1st, 2nd and 6th place finish.
  • Clare Hawling was a convincing winner in the F60 age group winning 3 fixtures!
  • Jack Shingler took U13 boys Gold winning 2 fixtures and finishing 2nd once.
  • Teddy Spurr also won two fixtures on his way to U15 boys gold and a 5th place finish in his third fixture secured the victory.
  • M55 Gold went to Heath Bampton winning with ease after 3 race wins. 

U11, U13, U15, U17 Girls + U11, U13, U15 Boys Teams 

Silver Medalists: 

  • Jess Bailey’s consistency earned her U11 girls Silver, she finished second twice before saving her best for last and winning the final fixture.
  • Milly Foster won a well deserved silver in the U20 women’s event thanks to an 8th, 14th and impressive 3rd place finish in the last fixture. Impressively it was a family double with her dad Martin Foster also winning league silver in the M45 category.
  • Ellie Balfe earned second F40 with three 3rd place finishes. 

U17 + U11 Boys Teams

Bronze Medalists:

  • Megan Cowley made it two Harriers on the U13 girls podium with two 5th place finishes and a 2nd.
  • Likewise Jess Sheppards bronze also made it two Harriers on the U17 girls podium, a superb season for Jess saw her finish 1st, 6th and 4th. This was also another family double with Sarah Sheppard taking 3rd in the F40 category.
  • Tom Wightman achieved a bronze in the U17 boys event with a 5th, 4th and 3rd place finishes.
  • The incredible Andy Gore added another medal to his huge collection with 3rd M50 placing 4th, 5th and 2nd through the season. 

U13 Girls, Ladies Open + Men’s Masters Teams

All our athletes competed hard throughout the season. Congratulations to them all. Full Harrier results below:

U11G - A 1st, B 4th

  • Jess Bailey 2nd, 2-2-2-1
  • Maisy Little 5th, 3-9-19-5
  • Isabella Cook 7th, 6-7-7-7
  • Elsie Thornton 11th, 11-10-12-18
  • Ivy Hodgson =17th, 17-33-10
  • Hana Steele 21st, 21-24-20
  • Bethan Wilson 23rd, 14-29-28
  • Eleanor Smalley 25th, 25-27-30
  • Charlotte Harvey 26th, 24-26-35

U13G - 1st A, 3rd B

  • Ivy Wightman 1st, 1-1-2
  • Megan Cowley 3rd, 2-5-7-5
  • Eliza Nolan 6th, 5-4-15-6
  • Kimberley Hodgkinson 7th, 6-6-13-7
  • Elena Williams 10th, 12-9-27-10
  • Niamh Pettingell 11th, 11-10-29-11

U15G - 1st A

  • Bella Watts 4th, 11-14-5
  • Isla Harvey 7th, 6-8-21

U17G - 1st A

  • Erin Musty 1st, 2-2-9-1
  • Jess Sheppard 3rd, 1-6-4
  • Harriet Smith 4th, 3-5-15-5
  • Katie Agombar 8th, 7-23-8

U20W

  • Isobel Watt 1st, 1-2-6
  • Milly Foster 2nd, 8-14-3

F40

  • Ellie Balfe 2nd, 3-3-3
  • Sarah Sheppard 3rd, 5-4-2

F45

  • Angela Pippard 4th, 7-9-5

F60

  • Clare Hawling 1st, 1-1-2-1

Ladies Open - 3rd A, 9th B

Ladies Masters - 4th

U11B - 1st A, 2nd B, 4th C

  • Freddie Miles 4th, 5-6-6
  • William Johnson 6th, 6-4-10-8
  • Joseph Bradshaw 10th, 16-21-2
  • Lewis Shirlaw 12th, 15-22-29-9
  • Archie Stainer 17th, 20-21-34-28
  • Alfie Adnams 18th, 29-33-12
  • Harrison Lee 22nd, 35-31-47-24
  • Jack Kitching 23rd, 32-33-31
  • Oliver Lambert 29th, 36-45-35
  • Edward Lewis 32nd, 43-37-51

U13B - 1st A

  • Jack Shingler 1st, 2-1-1
  • Monty Wilkins 5th, 3-5-9
  • Benjamin Lewis 10th, 10-20-7
  • Theo Green 15th, 10-17-44-24
  • Lucas Oliveria 21st, 23-18-34
  • Freddie Hole 24th, 26-31-23
  • Lisle Hazeldine 28th, 20-32-49

U15B - 1st A

  • Teddy Spurr 1st, 1-1-5
  • Noah Seabright 6th, 9-10-8
  • Tobias Danaher 13th, 18-21-21
  • Sebastian Sheppard 14th, 13-42-15

U17B - 2nd A

  • Tom Wightman =3rd, 5-4-14-3
  • Rhys Haines 9th, 6-18-7
  • Harry Knight 11th, 14-14-28-8
  • James Worthington 12th, 12-13-33-12

SM

  • Harrison Miles 15th, 22-42-13
  • Robert Churchill 18th, 34-39-47-25
  • Matt Evans 25th, 37-54-27

M40

  • Al Raitt =5th, 8-14-4

M45

  • Martin Foster 2nd, 5-4-1
  • James Wilkinson 5th, 3-6-6

M50

  • Andy Gore 3rd, 4-5-2

M55

  • Heath Bampton 1st, 1-1-1-2

M65 

  • Michael Ede 4th, 4-4-4-3

Mens Open - 6th

Masters - 3rd