Cross Country Season 2024/2025 Report
February 09, 2025
by Martin Lawrence
Frontpage Article, Headlines, News Specials
Well done to everyone involved in the Chiltern Cross Country League this year!
We started back in October at Keysoe, with our yearly dash through the water splash, followed by a massive 70 turning out at our home fixture at Teardrop Lakes in early November. Late November saw us taking a trip down the M1 to Luton, and then in January we froze our socks off in Watford.
On Saturday, the season ended on a very muddy high in Oxford, in swamp-like conditions, with smiles and awards aplenty.
Every one of you who ran at any of the five fixtures this season contributed to a hugely successful season. Thank you and well done!
Dennis Orme Memorial Trophy
With an amazing 244 performances compared to 159 last season, we won the Dennis Orme Memorial Trophy for the largest percentage increase in participants.
Overall Team Results (Division 2)
We finished second in the Overall Team competition so have been promoted to Division 1
Also second were the Overall Male Team, Overall Female Team and Overall Seniors. The Juniors finished a strong 5th, comfortably in the top half of the table.
Men’s Age Group Results (Division 2) :
The U13 Boys and Veteran Men delivered storming performances throughout the season to finish in first place in their age group competitions
The Senior Men finished in second
The U20 Men were 8th, the U17 Men were 7th, and the U15 Boys were 5th
Women’s Age Group Results (Division 2):
In the women’s results, we finished second in the Senior Women and third in the Veteran Women.
The U17/20 Women were 6th, the U15 Girls were 7th, and the U13 Girls were 5th
Individual Results (Division 2):
Congratulations to the following who achieved individual awards
- V40 Men:
Andrew Cross 
Ben Fairhall - V60 Men: Chris Brown
- Senior Women:
Lorrie Adams - V35 Women: Sarah Buck
- V55 Women: Julie Martin
- Overall Women: Sarah Buck
Particularly well done to Jasper Potter who has had a fantastic cross country season. He has been selected to run for Buckinghamshire schools after a great performance mid week in the Buckinghamshire schools championships at Stowe.
Well done to everyone for an incredible season. Thank you to all the runners, the supporters, the volunteer marshals, the organising committee, the cake bakers and the gazebo builders.
The next season is expected to start in early October and we hope that many more will join us for all the cross country fun that 2025/26 has in store. Look out for sign up information in the summer.
