3rd November 2007	NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY RELAYS - MANSFIELD
	With all of George Cooper's U13 and U15 boys competing in the Staffordshire Schools Cross Country championships at Stafford it was up to the girls and the U17 men to provide the Stoke presence at this event.  In any case they produced some excellent individual and team performances. Star of the show was undoubtedly Kate Holt with a brilliant fastest lap of the day in the U15 girls, but Sam Bailey also had a great run and the team finished 15th overall after a spirited last lap from Rachel Cadagan.  In the U17 women Heather Holt ran strongly for 13th place on the first lap, and from the double team U17 men's turn-out Josh Beresford was best performer, showing that he has recovered well from a recent dip in form. Emma Jackson also improved considerably on last year with a top 10 placing on the first lap in the senior women's race. Unfortunately the junior and senior men missed this event for the first time in many years. However, if all goes to plan, the next couple of races will see an indication of some strength recovered... Full results Great Photos once again from Mick Hall
	U15 Girls (1) Kate Holt (3) Sam Bailey (15) Rachel Cadagan U17 Men - A (60) Josh Kinch (44) Josh Berrisford (43) Dave Clarke U17 Men - B (70) Rob Cook (71) Liam Hendricken (67) Jake Hart U17 Women (13) Heather Holt (25) Hannah Gillet (32) Claire Capper Senior Women 'A' (9) Emma Jackson (21) Nikki Daniels (24) Clare Booker	15th / 66 teams 6.39.25 7.49.10 8.26.15 43rd / 78 teams 10.21.45 9.56.90 10.12.20 67th / 78 teams 10.38.35 11.07.55 10.33.70 32nd / 53 teams 9.15.93 10.32.15 10.51.30 24th / 83 teams 10.10.45 11.30.10 11.45.65