Just one week after a successful 20Km international appearance in Lugano, Switzerland, Leicester's Fiona Mcgorum easily won the Midlands Area 20Km championship at Abbey Park finishing in a time of 1:54:29. Sarah Lightman took the silver medal position in 2:18:35 and Sue Rey finished 4th in 2:33:17 to secure the team title for the host club.
In the Mens 20Km event, The Leicester team took 2nd place just 3 points adrift of the winning team from Birchfield Harriers and only 2 points ahead of 3rd placed Nuneaton. Chris Berwick took the individual silver medal in a time of 1:58:28 with Colin Vesty 6th in 2:09:04 and Hardeep Minhas 7th in 2:14:05 making up the team.
There wer also individual victories in the junior events for Jasmin Nicholls in the under 17 5Km (29:02) and Emma Achurch in the U15 3Km (17:13).