Holly

Three FVO athletes were on national team duty at the Junior Home Internationals in south-east England, which saw the home nation regain the trophy.

New signing Holly Stodgell was included in a short-handed Wales team, and was 10th in W18 (127.40), nevertheless scoring valuable points in the overall rankings.

James Hammond continued his rich vein of form in M16 by once again heading the field, coming home in 53.19 for a three minute margin over team-mate Adam Barrie, while Rebecca Hammond made her Scotland debut in W14, and was 9th of 13 starters (54.48).

Despite winning both races in the relay, Scotland was pushed into 2nd place overall by a resurgent England team, which claimed three of the remaining four places at the head of both boys and girls races. James Hammond led out the Scotland A boys team, and brought them back with a 67 second lead over England's #3 string. Laurence Ward (INT) came in two seconds behind the England athlete at the end of the second leg, but Sam Griffin (GRAMP) raced on in the final stages to post a four second winning margin, winning the race by two seconds for Scotland.

Scotland A trailed England D by around five minutes after the first two legs of the girls race, before Rachel Brown (ESOC) pulled out a strong closing lap to get to the front of the pack, posting the fastest leg by seven minutes to take the win by just under two minutes.

Rebecca Hammond was on the 2nd leg for Scotland D, who finished 6th overall, with a W16 on anchor duty, while Holly Stodgell was in an Ireland/Wales combo team, which didn't finish the race.

New signing Holly Stodgell was included in a short-handed Wales team, and was 10th in W18 (127.40), nevertheless scoring valuable points in the overall rankings.

James Hammond continued his rich vein of form in M16 by once again heading the field, coming home in 53.19 for a three minute margin over team-mate Adam Barrie, while Rebecca Hammond made her Scotland debut in W14, and was 9th of 13 starters (54.48).

Despite winning both races in the relay, Scotland was pushed into 2nd place overall by a resurgent England team, which claimed three of the remaining four places at the head of both boys and girls races. James Hammond led out the Scotland A boys team, and brought them back with a 67 second lead over England's #3 string. Laurence Ward (INT) came in two seconds behind the England athlete at the end of the second leg, but Sam Griffin (GRAMP) raced on in the final stages to post a four second winning margin, winning the race by two seconds for Scotland.

Scotland A trailed England D by around five minutes after the first two legs of the girls race, before Rachel Brown (ESOC) pulled out a strong closing lap to get to the front of the pack, posting the fastest leg by seven minutes to take the win by just under two minutes.

Rebecca Hammond was on the 2nd leg for Scotland D, who finished 6th overall, with a W16 on anchor duty, while Holly Stodgell was in an Ireland/Wales combo team, which didn't finish the race.