BROMSGROVE and Redditch Harriers enjoyed a fruitful outing at the Worcestershire Cross Country Championships at Halesowen.

Laura Kyte won the un-der17s Women event with a time of 21min40sec and teammate Adele Wylde came in second, 2min 40sec behind her.

But with three runners needed to place in the team event B&R were not eligi-ble.

The area was well repre-sented in the Senior Women's event with Alve-church's Commonwealth Games hopeful Bev Harti-gan breaking the tape.

The Birchfield Harrier finished after 21.31 and Redditch-based clubmate Cath Mijovic was second after 22.42.

B&R veterans Jane An-derson (13th) and Ann Stuart (15th) represented the club.

Bromsgrove and Red-ditch were runners-up in the u15 Boys team event with Matthew Addison (15.41) second, Joe Fras-cina (16.15) third, Tom Killigrew eighth, Damien Lewis 13th and Sam Bailey 15th.

Steph Lewis was runner-up in the u20 Women's race after 26.42 for B&R and club veteran Phil Car-butt was second in the Senior Men's after 37.51 to lead the team to fifth.

Ian Keyte (20th), Phil An-derson (42nd), Tony Woodward (46th), John Manley (47th) and Steve James (50th) made up the team.

Sarah Potter was first home in third (18.24) for the B&R team who came in fourth in the u15 Girls with Sarah Brakes 17th and Me-gan Fisher 18th.

And Sophie Laxton came home ninth in the u13 Girls for B&R with Alex Chapman 21st.

Harriers have a Men's Birmingham Cross Country League meeting on Saturday and club secretary Rita Brownlie is managing the England Women's Team in Seville.

The club holds its AGM at the Ladybird Inn, Aston Fields, Bromsgrove, on Friday and sends a team to the Midland Veterans Cross Country Champion-ship at Northampton on Sunday.