Rob Whalley has rounded off his successful winter cross country campaign by being named in Great Britain team for the World Cross Country Championships in Brussels on March 21-22. Despite establishing a notable career as a cross country short course specialist, the Avon based City of Stoke athlete switched his attentions to securing a place in the long course team for the first time this winter and despite finishing just outside the automatic selection places at the trial race in Nottingham his form throughout the season was justification enough for the selectors to include him in the team.

The club would like to wish Rob and the rest of those athletes selected to represent Great Britain the best of luck for the championship.

The full British team is as follows

Senior Men 12km:
Jon Brown (Sheffield AC)
Billy Farquharson (Mansfield Harriers)
Ben Noad (Bristol AC)
Chris Thompson (Aldershot, Farnham and District AC)
Glynn Tromans (Coventry Godiva Harriers)
Robert Whalley (City of Stoke AC)

Senior Men 4km:
Andrew Baddeley (Harrow AC)
Rob Birchall (Notts AC)
Andrew Graffin (Belgrave Harriers)

Junior Men:
Gary Davenport (Bristol AC)
Keith Gerrard (Manx Harriers)
Chris Lamb (Chester le Street)
Anthony Moran (Trafford AC)
Jonathan Thewlis (Rotherham Harriers)
Andrew Vernon (Aldershot, Farnham and District AC)

Senior Women 8km:
Kathy Butler (Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow AC)
Louise Damen (Bournemouth AC)
Natalie Harvey (South London Harriers)
Paula Radcliffe (Bedford and County AC)
Liz Yelling (Bedford and County AC)
Hayley Yelling (Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow AC)

Senior Women 4km:
Helen Clitheroe (Preston Harriers)
Lisa Dobriskey (Ashford AC)
Freya Murray (Edinburgh Woollen Mill)
Jo Pavey (Exeter Harriers)
Paula Radcliffe (Bedford and County AC)
Kate Reed (Bristol AC)

Junior Women:
Dani Barnes (Newquay and Par AC)
Karrie Hawitt (Warrington AC)
Claire Holme (Ipswich Harriers)
Rosie Smith (Durham City Harriers)
Victoria Webster (Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers)
Katrina Wootton (Bedford and County AC)