1st November 2003	BIRMINGHAM CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE- SENNERLEYS PARK
	Rob Whalley was the star of the show in the traditional mass start to the Birmingham League Cross Country season. Always close to the front Rob battled throughout to finish 5th overall in the Reebok Challenge and just beat Glynn Tromans to the Division 1 first place position. A depleted Stoke team could not match this auspicious start but Andy Allen showed he is rapidly getting back from injury with a fine 30th place.  Special mention should be made of Alex Derricott who won the U15 boys race to win his second Reebok Challenge event of the series. This followed his first win in Scotland a couple of weeks earlier. Alex looks set to dominate the U15 Cross Country rankings this winter if he can build on this level of form. To add to this, the U15 team, like Alex coached by George Cooper, won the team race, the first time a Stoke team has done so at this level. Full Birmingham League Division One results at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dave_macn/ Reebok Challenge results at http://www.ukathletics.net/  John Danahay
	1. Rob Whalley 30. Andy Allen 54. Andy Mawdsley 79. Gavin Walters 87. Adrian Thiemicke 97. Paul Hodgkinson 106. Andy Prophett 126. Danny Barker Teams: 1. Loughborough Uni 2. Birmingham Uni 3. OWLS 4. Birchfield Harriers 5. Coventry Godiva 6. Tipton Harriers 7. Staffs Moorlands 8. Trentham AC 9. Stoke AC 10. Leamington 11. Kidd & Stourport 12. Rugby & Northampton 13. Halesowen	33.23 36.42 38.10 39.28 39.53 40.51 41.12 42.24 125 134 135 136 214 263 319 347 348 386 416 418 425