Family news!!! There's no reason this should be interesting to anyone else, but as a proud Dad, I'm going to report it anyway! So there! Parent first, business owner second!
Our Billy lined up against the best U13s from Wiltshire, Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Gloucestershire in the South-West Cross Country Championships at Exeter over a tough two mile fast and icy course (oh the stress of it all) on Saturday.
What a race it turned out to be! Billy went side by side with Robert Howarth (the big gun from Team Bath or 'the whippet' as we called him). In the end, despite a heroic last 100 metres, one yard and less than a second was all that separated them. Having to take the long way around the final bend, was his undoing ('the whippet' showing a bit more race experience). Third place crossed the line 20 seconds later and Millfield's top runner came in 30th, a minute later.
In summary, the boy done good! What does it mean? Very little in the big scheme of things! But in the meantime, 2nd in the South-West? He'll take that and walk a few inches taller for a few days because of it.
Okay, you can open your eyes again now. Report all over! (ps You'll be pleased to know that this is the edited version! My first one was much, much longer!).
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