With overnight snow making Burbage Common look more like Lapland than Leicestershire the latest cross country race for the WMYACCL was like an assault course rather than a cross country course.  Hat’s off to all the athletes on the day coping with freezing conditions snow and lots of deep icy mud!

The Tamworth AC athletes took it all in their stride with the Under 17 Women starting off the races. Rebecca Brayer giving her usual strong performance finishing in 9^th place.

The Under 11 boys race was next, the Tamworth AC athletes determined at the start to get to the front.  James Stretton once again proving himself finishing in a valiant 9^th place. Kai Buckley finished strongly in 20^th place with his team mate Luca Bradley close behind in 26^th. Daniel Aston was next in 43^rd place and Caydon Fairburn finished off the Tamworth AC squad in 61^st place.  On the day the under 11 boys team finished in 4^th place.

The Under 11 girls team ran in the next race. Despite the conditions they ran from the start with huge smiles on their faces until they reach the first stretch of mud squealing as they went through it.  Teagan Vickery was the first Tamworth AC girl home in 20^th place followed by Emily Pearce 30^th, Imogen Milligan 42^nd, Connie Allen 48^th, Ellie Gauntlett 63^rd, Daisy Smith 84^th and Skye Wesson 113^th. The under 11 girls team finished in 7^th place.

The Under 15 Boys race was next with all the Tamworth AC athletes coming inside the first 40. James Oakley ran strongly to finish 19^th, Bradley Hammond ran superbly to finish in 27^th followed by Max Kent 29^th, Tom Holloway 30^th and Andrew Woods in 36^th. The superb placings meant that the team finished on the day in 5^th place.

The Under 13 Girls ran next with Abi Hamer as usual leading the Tamworth AC team finishing in 16^th place. Charlotte Perry was next in 30^th place, Katie Stretton was 54^th, Sophie Perry came 57^th and the final runner for Tamworth AC was Amy Cook in 94^th place. The Tamworth AC girls finished 9^th in the team result.

The Under 13 Boys once again gave a good performance despite the conditions. Ben Edwards led the team finishing in 10^th place, James Sherriff was close behind in 15^th, James Walker followed up in 20^th, Adam Morton finished in 25^th and Fin Cross was the final team member finishing in 43^rd. The splendid positions of the team meant that on the day they finished in 3^rd place.

The Under 15 Girls team are proving to be a force to be reckoned with. Hannah Brayer ran a superbly strong race to finish in 3^rd place, close behind in 5^th place came Charlotte Bush and Eve Clawley finished just behind Bush in 6^th place. Erin Bush crossed the line in 38^th place.  Short of one athlete for the team placings the girls finished in 8^th place.