{"id":3859,"date":"2020-02-09T15:24:04","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T15:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buxtonac.org.uk\/?p=3859"},"modified":"2020-02-09T15:24:04","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T15:24:04","slug":"longdens-takes-match-win-while-soles-takes-series-silver-in-manchester-league-cross-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/?p=3859","title":{"rendered":"Longdens Takes Match Win While Soles Takes Series Silver in Manchester League Cross Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last race in the Manchester Area Cross Country League was held in the majestic grounds of Heaton Park this weekend.\u00a0 Buxton AC juniors were out in force and ended the season with fantastic results.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3861 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/84443999_10158343604501807_2798466287662006272_o-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/84443999_10158343604501807_2798466287662006272_o-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/84443999_10158343604501807_2798466287662006272_o-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/84443999_10158343604501807_2798466287662006272_o-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/84443999_10158343604501807_2798466287662006272_o-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/84443999_10158343604501807_2798466287662006272_o-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Will Longden made a spectacular MACCL debut to win the under 17 race, closely followed by team mate Sam Soles in 3rd, Ed Diamond in 11th and Stu Diamond in 13th.\u00a0 The under 17 mens team were first team overall.\u00a0 Sam Soles finished the league with an <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3862 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/85102352_10158343604546807_6607640931006939136_o-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/85102352_10158343604546807_6607640931006939136_o-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/85102352_10158343604546807_6607640931006939136_o-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/85102352_10158343604546807_6607640931006939136_o-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/85102352_10158343604546807_6607640931006939136_o-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/85102352_10158343604546807_6607640931006939136_o-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>outstanding overall Silver medal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3863 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/84605002_10158343604821807_3319269039812902912_o-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/84605002_10158343604821807_3319269039812902912_o-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/84605002_10158343604821807_3319269039812902912_o-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/84605002_10158343604821807_3319269039812902912_o-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/84605002_10158343604821807_3319269039812902912_o-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/84605002_10158343604821807_3319269039812902912_o-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Youngsters needed to compete in at least 3 of the 5 races to achieve an overall League position &#8211; which an impressive 10 Buxton Juniors achieved.\u00a0 Amy Whelan had another great run in the under 17 girls race to come in 7th &#8211; giving her an overall league position of an impressive 5th.<\/p>\n<p>In the under 15 race Sienna Philips ran well to come in 37th whilst under 13 girls Grace Longden and <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3864 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/85054163_10158343604196807_3706069181695787008_o-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/85054163_10158343604196807_3706069181695787008_o-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/85054163_10158343604196807_3706069181695787008_o-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/85054163_10158343604196807_3706069181695787008_o-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/85054163_10158343604196807_3706069181695787008_o-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/85054163_10158343604196807_3706069181695787008_o-1.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Rebecca Cudahy were 20th and 63rd respectively.\u00a0 Rebecca completed the series to finish in an overall 45th position.\u00a0 Rebecca&#8217;s sister Rachel also completed the series finishing 52nd overall in the under 11 girls &#8211; after achieving 43rd position in this race.\u00a0 Team mate Lena Goulding also had a great race to come in 42nd &#8211; leaving her 43rd overall.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3865 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/85171040_10158343603016807_1262548685116407808_o-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/85171040_10158343603016807_1262548685116407808_o-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/85171040_10158343603016807_1262548685116407808_o-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/85171040_10158343603016807_1262548685116407808_o-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/85171040_10158343603016807_1262548685116407808_o-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/85171040_10158343603016807_1262548685116407808_o-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Jack Cook lead the under 13 boys home in a fantastic 9th over, with team mates Tommy Goulding and Matt Rolfe 48th and 53rd.\u00a0 The boys were 11th team overall with Jack taking a final league position of 10th, Tommy 39th and Matt 41st.<\/p>\n<p>The awesome under 11 boys team of Jonty Brown and Dylan Gray were 17th and 36th in this race, <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3866 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/84544479_10159366030268012_605380016942874624_n-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/84544479_10159366030268012_605380016942874624_n-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/84544479_10159366030268012_605380016942874624_n-1.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>giving them final league positions of 21st and 39th.<\/p>\n<p>Buxton team manager said &#8220;Well done to all the juniors who took part in this highly competitive league, you have all worked really hard and every single athlete has progressed over the course of the 5 races.\u00a0 We are all really proud of you!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3870 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/84462843_10159366030193012_1403117411321774080_n-3-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/84462843_10159366030193012_1403117411321774080_n-3-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/84462843_10159366030193012_1403117411321774080_n-3-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/84462843_10159366030193012_1403117411321774080_n-3.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last race in the Manchester Area Cross Country League was held in the majestic grounds of Heaton Park this weekend.\u00a0 Buxton AC juniors were out in force and ended the season with fantastic results. Will Longden made a spectacular MACCL debut to win the under 17 race, closely followed by team mate Sam Soles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cross-country","category-juniors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}