11th January 2003	BIRMINGHAM CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE - RUGBY
	There were gains and losses in the 3rd fixture at Princethorpe College. Unfortunately we lost Richard Sinclair through injury and Matt Jones through exams. It was however great to get Ray Plant out, but the semi frozen course was definitely not to his advantage. Andy Allen was back to close to his best though and I achieved my highest ever Div1 finish after a fierce battle with him every inch of the 10km course. Pete Benyon, suffering from a sore hip, was uncharacteristically down on the form I know he has got in him - but I'm sure he'll be a top 25 finisher next time out. Jamie Pringle continued his consistent first season with us for 64th. Steve Heathcote was another who expected to run better but Div1 races don't take prisoners. Again, next time out I would expect to see Steve easily in the top 50. Ian Milner and Andy Prophett also found the going tough, but made sure that we had back-up. (They would have scored in some of the other teams!) Adrian Thiemicke trotted round to complete a satisfactory team turn-out.  5th place was our best result of the season so far and a reflection of our depth in a really tough field. Outside the top 4 all the other teams posted big scores! We are now 6th overall - just behind OWLS.  John Danahay
	20. Ray Plant 23. Andy Allen 25. John Danahay (V40) 49. Pete Benyon 64. Jamie Pringle 85. Steve Heathcote 109. Ian Milner 119. Andy Prophett 140. Adrian Thiemicke Team 1. Birmingham Uni 2. Loughborough Uni 3. Birchfield 4. Tipton 5. Stoke 6. Kidd & Stour 7. OWLS 8. Cheltenham 9. Staffs Moorlands 10. Coventry 11. Rugby 12. Telford 13. Severn Team (After 3 fixtures) 1. Birmingham 2. Tipton 3. Loughborough 4. Birchfield 5. OWLS 6. Stoke 7. Coventry 8. Staffs Moorlands 9. Kidd & Stour 10. Rugby 11. Cheltenham 12. Severn 13. Telford	34.39 34.53 34.54 36.03 36.38 37.28 39.00 39.49 42.22 57 123 126 129 266 319 346 355 362 371 419 430 509 244 332 343 515 740 764 986 1132 1163 1257 1347 1451 1455