Miles Hollinshead (Giffnock North AAC), winner in Falkirk, had to concede victory this time to Ben Coldray (Gloucester AC) who won by three seconds in 12:28.  Third was Nathan Young (Mendip AC), fourth Sam Winters (Milton Keynes AC) and fifth Chad Lambert (Milton Keynes AC).  Daniel Sutton (Royal Sutton Coldfield AC) out sprinted Kristian Bibby (Preston Harriers), who finished third in Falkirk, for sixth place. 

Coldray, who won Reebok Cross Challenge races in Liverpool and Cardiff last year, said: “It went well.  With 200m to go I knew I had won.  It was a hard course but I enjoyed it.”

Nathan Young (Mendip), who combines cross country running with playing rugby surpassed his aim of finishing in the top 10 by winning the boys under 13 race beating Birmingham winner Ben Coldray (Gloucester) by three seconds.

Ben Coldray made it a Gloucester Under 13 double with his victory over Nathan Young (Mendip AC). Young went into the lead making every effort to get away from Coldray who was a few metres behind.

With 400m to go Young looked to be tiring and a confident Coldray worked hard to make up ground before producing a last sprint 50m from the line. He finished in 9:35 with Young two seconds behind in 9:38 and Miles Hollinshead (Giffnock North AAC) third in 9:49.

Coldray said: “It was a tough race. It was a fast course. Nathan led all the way and I wanted to outsprint him”. 

A predictable winner came in the Under 13 race where Gloucester’s Ben Coldray recorded his third success of the Series, adding to wins at Birmingham and Liverpool. He took control early from Peterborough’s Ed Gunby.