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<u>DISAPPOINTMENT FOR COURAGEOUS RICHARD JOYCE!</u>
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<u>British Cross-Country:</u>
<u>Leeds Championships 2002 - U19's Boys Race:</u>
Richard Joyce finished 4th.
(Abbey Grange C of E High School &SixthForm)
At Garforth, Leeds, England
Att: 100 (estimated)
Richard Joyce ran his first Cross-Country raceon Saturday morning which resulted in mixed emotions for the young fellow.
Richard, 17, ran in the under 19's age which was the last race to be contested at 11:30am.
Ten youngsters were originally sopposed to run the race although only four contested, one of them Richard and three others.
RJ' was up against it right from the start as he was forced to practically sprint the first lap of the course due to the experience and pace of the other runners. By the start of the second lap of the course RJ was metres behind and it needed a tremendous effort to catch up to the others. But the little fellow simply didn't have it in him and fell further behind after a small comeback. By the third and final lap, RJ was about three quarters of a lap behind but the crowd spured him on to finish the race.
Above, Richard Joyce's race number was 243.
Richard may have finishedlast(4th out of 4 competitors), but he did himself proud completing a very hard course (one of the toughest throughout Yorkshire) against three other competitors who run for Leeds and other running clubs. For a debut, it was a good performance, stepping up from a bit of training on Beckett Park to a full blown high quality Leeds Championships.
Coaches Mr Kilkenny and Mrs Pearcewere a great help to all of the competitors from Abbey Grange who overall produced some top class performances.
<ul> [*]All of Abbey Grange's results will follow this small report in a few days time. [*]Quotes from apress-conference on the aftermatch of the race will also follow.[/list] rj.
<u></u>
<u>British Cross-Country:</u>
<u>Leeds Championships 2002 - U19's Boys Race:</u>
Richard Joyce finished 4th.
(Abbey Grange C of E High School &SixthForm)
At Garforth, Leeds, England
Att: 100 (estimated)
Richard Joyce ran his first Cross-Country raceon Saturday morning which resulted in mixed emotions for the young fellow.
Richard, 17, ran in the under 19's age which was the last race to be contested at 11:30am.
Ten youngsters were originally sopposed to run the race although only four contested, one of them Richard and three others.
RJ' was up against it right from the start as he was forced to practically sprint the first lap of the course due to the experience and pace of the other runners. By the start of the second lap of the course RJ was metres behind and it needed a tremendous effort to catch up to the others. But the little fellow simply didn't have it in him and fell further behind after a small comeback. By the third and final lap, RJ was about three quarters of a lap behind but the crowd spured him on to finish the race.
Above, Richard Joyce's race number was 243.
Richard may have finishedlast(4th out of 4 competitors), but he did himself proud completing a very hard course (one of the toughest throughout Yorkshire) against three other competitors who run for Leeds and other running clubs. For a debut, it was a good performance, stepping up from a bit of training on Beckett Park to a full blown high quality Leeds Championships.
Coaches Mr Kilkenny and Mrs Pearcewere a great help to all of the competitors from Abbey Grange who overall produced some top class performances.
<ul> [*]All of Abbey Grange's results will follow this small report in a few days time. [*]Quotes from apress-conference on the aftermatch of the race will also follow.[/list] rj.