Southampton Running Club's men recovered from a weaker team performance in round two of the Hampshire Cross-Country League to push back to fifth in Division 1 at Overton.

Mark Campbell led the way in eighth, followed by Ian Robertson (25th) Alex Stobbard (junior, 32nd), Paul Fotherby (59th) and Eric Parker (73rd).

For the veterans, Tim Hatch (vet-50) was 108th, Dave Roots (vet-50) 139th and Gordon Whelan (vet-40) came home 170th.

SRC's women fielded a complete team comprising Debbie Colsett (6th), Claire Forbes (12th), Nala McRobert (vet-35, 30th) and Christine Robertson (52nd).

The next round of the league is on Saturday, January 15 at Prospect Park, Reading.

Meanwhile SRC sent a large contingent to the Hayling 10, which doubled as the fourth round of the Hampshire Road Race League and the Hampshire Road Championship.

SRC's men hold third place in the League, behind Denmead and Winchester, after finishing fifth team on the day, but the women faltered slightly from their run of second places to wind up a distant fourth behind the dominant Winchester squad.

Kaye Harwood was officially timed at 60.03, but her personal timing was 59.58 which, if correct, entered her into the elite band of sub 60-minute runners.

Southampton Running Club results:

15th Graham Bungay 55.48 (pb), 24th Simon Ridley 57.32 (pb), 37th Russell Coleman 59.06, 60th Ian Richardson 61.43 (vet-50), 64th Alan Doney 61.55, 66th and 3rd woman Kaye Harwood 60.03 (pb), 77th Martyn West 62.45 (vet-50), 81st Derek Smyth 63.05, 87th Graeme McRobert 63.21, 99th Mike Read 64.38 (pb), 114th Tim Allen 64.56 (pb), 124th Richard Dance 65.51, 131st Jim Bennett 66.21, 155th Malcolm Knight 68.23 (vet-50), 186th and 20th woman Alice Neal 69.08 (pb), 193rd Dave Roots 69.27 (vet-50), 261st Kim Batten 72.22 (vet-50), 276th Paul Harvey 72.56 (vet-40), 379th and 66th woman Rachel Walklate 77.12, 381st and 67th woman Anna Walklate 77.15, 475th and 103re woman Sue Read (vet-40) 80.52 (pb),483rd Ken Williams 81.16 (vet-50),519th and 11 woman Fiona Walbridge 83.07, 523red and 119th woman Ann Saunders (vet-40) 83.19 (pb), 542th Ken Hawkins 85.00 (vet-60), 575th John Weet 87.25.

l The fifth round of the Hampshire Road Race League takes place on January 9 at the Stubbington 10km, which has just announced a full house of entries.