In the 6x's one lap of Sutton Park, HIGHGATE HARRIER JACOB ALLEN was only 3 seconds behind the the outright winners' Leed's lead off man on the first leg.
Leeds City won in 1:44.09 but, that was not surprising as, they had two of the very best road runners in the country running for them who were both current Olympians in their team and, they were Emile Cairess & Phil Sesermann , so they ended up well clear of 2nd placers Shaftesbury Barnet. But all in all, with a couple missing, Highgate, did well and, ran the course in Sutton park in 1:47.9 just behind National cross winner's Bristol & West who were 6th. Highgate's team was- 2 Jacob Allen16:57; 8 Pete Chambers 17:54; 8 Terry Fawden 18:10; 6 Roger Poolman 17:14; 7 Hary Allen 18:15; 7th and, the anchor man Joseph Young bringing the team in ming in in 7th place. 18:15.
For the women National 4 Stage relay; 'A Star' Mountain racer and a junior last year Laureen Russell came in 19th on Leg 1. in 14:53, then came Hannah Viner up to 6th in 14:53 on Leg 2,; 16th was then Emily Chong on Leg 3 in 16:15 and then the anchor leg run by Yasmin Goater 12th in 15:18.The total time was 61:07. Herne Herne Hill Harriers won in 58:12.