Following on from his runaway victory in the Beddington Park 10k just six days earlier, Kevin Quinn became HHH’s 2009 club 10 mile cross country champion with an outright win at the Pirie 10 at Farthing Down, Coulsdon.
Kevin saw off a determined challenge from top veteran runner Jason Simpson, exchanging the lead on numerous occasions eventually prevailing by 5 seconds in the finishing sprint to win in 55:15. This sets Kevin up for a strong run in HHH’s big head to head confrontation with Thames Hare & Hounds at next Saturday's Surrey League race.
Kevin was very well backed up in the 10 mile race, with Mike Cummings placing a fine 4th, recording a time of 60:20. Rajdave Singh was able to was HHH’s 3rd team counter in 9th place in a fine 62:52, while the scoring team was closed by Paul Shiel in 17th in 65:48.
Other HHH runners to complete was were Ben Hallifax, 32nd in 70:12, Simon Donaghy, 38th in 71:39, Penelope Fixter, 77th overall in 85:40 and Hassan Dervish, 85th in 90:21.
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