POOLE AC under-13 William Rabjohns impressed with a 15-second winning margin in the opening round of the British Athletics Cross Challenge in Cardiff.

Wimborne AC’s Grace Copeland was ninth in the under-17 women’s event, while Tom Bourne (WAC) and Ben Lewis (PAC) each achieved 12th places.

Meanwhile, Bournemouth AC’s Emma Dews was the second veteran home at King’s Park in the opening Hampshire League meeting.

Sean Harnett of New Forest Runners won the under-15 boys’ race, with Poole AC’s Ashia Wilson fourth and Poole Runners’ Fern Kimber sixth among the girls.

Hampshire Cross-Country League, senior men: 16 Craig Palmer (BAC) 32:03, 17 Joshua King (BAC) 33:08, 32 Dominic Willmore (PR) 33:22, 44 Steve Yates (PR) 34:10, 49 Tom East (PR) 34:23, 51 Mark Smith (PAC) 34:29, 55 Jamie Grose (PAC) 34:40, 57 Stuart Nicholas (BAC) 34:45, 60 Steve Way 34:59, 68 David Jones (PAC) 35:24, 69 John Bassinder (PAC) 35:27, 71 Dave Hicks (PAC) 35:32, 72 Joseph Kelliher (WAC) 35:41, 75 Pat Robbins (BAC) 35:59, 83 Brandon Meredith (BAC) 36:20, 84 James Macaffery (PAC) 36:24, 91 John Phillips (BAC) 36:47, 95 Mike Akers (PR) 36:51, 96 Tom Paskins (BAC) 36:52, 101 Jack Nixey (DAC) 36:59, 108 Richard Wade (BAC) 37:09. Team – Division One: 5 Bournemouth AC 224, 7 Poole AC 314 Div 2: 1 Poole Runners 338. Veteran team – Division One: 3 Poole AC 32, 4 Bournemouth AC 50 13 Poole Runners 173.

Under-17 men: 30 Nathaniel Willmore (PR) 22:54.

Under-15 boys: 1 Sean Harnett (NFR) 13:35, 18 Ben Martin (WAC) 14:33, 21 Seth Lake (WAC) 14:38, 26 Tom Farwell (BAC) 14:45, 31 Joel Green (WAC) 15:03, 33 Tom Fuller (WAX) 15:10, 35 William Brodie (PR) 15:15, 36 Jasper Todd (BAC) 15:16, 46 Oliver Rawles (WAC) 15:53. Team: 4 Wimborne AC 70.

Under-13 boys: 19 George Mahon (PAC) 12:09, 21 Tristan Green (WAC) 12:11, 38 Finn Pardy (PAC) 12:31, 41 Jay Dunn (WAC) 12:38, 44 Jago Smith (WAC) 12:43, 55 Samuel Farwell (BAC) 13:00, 66 Thomas Jefferey (WAC) 13:34, 70 Finlay Nunn (PR) 13:51. Team: 3 Poole AC 50, 8 Wimborne AC 106.

Senior women: 12 (2nd veteran) Emma Dews (BAC) 22:58, 29 Serena O’Connor (PR) 24:20, 30 Harriet Slade (BAC) 24:27, 48 Hannah Acquah (WAC) 26:07, 49 Chloe Tomlinson (PR) 26:12, 56 Becky Neal (PAC) 26:41, 62 Sharon Shaw (PR) 25:59, 70 Yvonne Tibble (BAC) 27:14, 83 Louise Hendes (PAC) 28:13, 88 Kirsty Drewitt (BAC) 29:28, 91 Clare Snape (PAC) 28:41, 93 Jane Neal (PAC) 28:47, 111 Kirstin Hay (PAC) 29:55, 113 Jessica Kennedy (WAC) 30:11, 114 Rachael Barry (PR) 30:17, 120 Annette Lewis (PR) 31:12. Team: 8 Bournemouth AC 112, 11 Poole Runners 140, 14 Poole AC 230, 16 Wimborne AC 253. Veteran team: 5 Bournemouth AC 68, 9 Poole Runners 105.

Under-17 women: 8 Madeleine Johnson (DAC) 15:45, 21 Katia McCudden (PAC) 16:52, 24 Lita Short (PR) 17:01, 29 Bethanie Kingswell-Farr (WAC) 17:15, 30 Caitlin Rogers (WAC) 17:25, 42 Yasmin Rogers (WAC) 19:37, 44 Emma Graham (PR) 20:53. Team: 7 Wimborne AC 101.

Under-15 girls: 4 Ashia Wilson (PAC) 15:26, 6 Fern Kimber (PR) 15:34, 14 Maddy Herbert (DAC) 16:03, 24 Demi-Marie Goddard (PAC) 16:57, 28 Isabelle Somers (PR) 17:12, 34 Anya Sandell (BAC) 17:34, 39 Charlotte Piper (PAC) 17:58, 54 Gina Phillips (WAC) 21:45, 56 Leala Eskander (PR) 22:44/ Team: 5 Poole AC 68, 7 Poole Runners 88/ Under-13 girls: 7 Sarah Graham (WAC) 12:36, 14 Iris Courtney (WAC) 12:47, 15 Martha Preece (BAC) 12:51, 56 Lara Broderick (BAC) 14:16, 60 Ruby Sergeant (WAC) 14:26, 61 Abigail Phillips (BAC) 14:40, 66 Georgina Stokes (PR) 14:50, 69 Leah Watts 14:58, 71 Charlotte Smith 15:18, 75 Millie Small (PR) 16:45/ Team: 6 Wimborne AC 81, 11 Bournemouth AC 132/ Key to clubs: BAC – Bournemouth AC, DAC – Dorchester AC, PAC – Poole AC, PR – Poole Runners, WAC – Wimborne AC.