Report by Paul Nourse
On a very cold, frosty and early Sunday morning Broad Street in Oxford was the venue for a most bizarre away fixture with the under 14’s (x30) supported by the coaching team, a sprinkling of parents and their other offspring all wearing their Santa outfits and false beards.
Cheered on by Fox FM’s Matt and Giselle, the excellent capella group 'Out of the Blue' and choirs from Magdalen College and Headington Schools the team warmed up for the ‘Santa’s on the Run’ 2 mile charity fun run with 1000 other runners out of Broad Street and around University Parks.
Tim Price was cheered across the line in a little over 12.5 mins in third position overall behind two very accomplished adult runners (well done Tim!!). The very sad thing is that he was not even out of breath. The second team member Cameron Fortin-Smith appeared moments later bounding towards the line as he often does from 5 meters out.
The crowd were aghast to then see the team manager Paul Gayler literally throwing himself towards the tape gasping for oxygen. A remarkable effort from Paul given that he was at least twice as old as any of those that passed the tape before him.
Callum McCulloch stormed over the line displaying a turn of speed not seen from him for the six weeks he had been laid up with a broken finger. He was closely pursued by Jack Stone and PJ Gardiner. Colin Mawdsley was the second adult home (in front of his son it must be said) being piped to the line by a last gasp sprint from Chris Nourse. Those listed (and perhaps a few other missing names) were in the top 30 runners across the line.
Thereafter, we lost count of who came where but needless to say the team’s fitness and competitive streak showed.
But alas Santa’s other adult helpers including the small one (who could only be heard) were nowhere to be seen (see picture below).’
Cheered on by Fox FM’s Matt and Giselle, the excellent capella group 'Out of the Blue' and choirs from Magdalen College and Headington Schools the team warmed up for the ‘Santa’s on the Run’ 2 mile charity fun run with 1000 other runners out of Broad Street and around University Parks.
Tim Price was cheered across the line in a little over 12.5 mins in third position overall behind two very accomplished adult runners (well done Tim!!). The very sad thing is that he was not even out of breath. The second team member Cameron Fortin-Smith appeared moments later bounding towards the line as he often does from 5 meters out.
The crowd were aghast to then see the team manager Paul Gayler literally throwing himself towards the tape gasping for oxygen. A remarkable effort from Paul given that he was at least twice as old as any of those that passed the tape before him.
Callum McCulloch stormed over the line displaying a turn of speed not seen from him for the six weeks he had been laid up with a broken finger. He was closely pursued by Jack Stone and PJ Gardiner. Colin Mawdsley was the second adult home (in front of his son it must be said) being piped to the line by a last gasp sprint from Chris Nourse. Those listed (and perhaps a few other missing names) were in the top 30 runners across the line.
Thereafter, we lost count of who came where but needless to say the team’s fitness and competitive streak showed.
But alas Santa’s other adult helpers including the small one (who could only be heard) were nowhere to be seen (see picture below).’
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