It was a great event but had an air of being low key about it. I saw some great runs especially the two Yorks girls in the U16 race who beat most of the boys. There was some chat at the races on saturday about the timing with many of that age group being involved in exams at the moment. Some suggested it might be better to use a different event such as combine it with an English junior champs event or the English schools. I would have thought any of those 7 races could accomodate runners from outside of England for an Inter Counties race. Although Shining Tor is a great race to run in, from a spectator perspective its not the best (basically none of the race is visible) and I think that needs thinking of so at least athletes finish to a bit of a crowd and a reception committee. almost no one saw the juniors finish on Saturday!!

Why also only U16 and U18. these two age groups represent the thinning of fields in all junior athletics comps and that was reflected too on Saturday. I think to generate the atmousphere and make it an event it would be better separated from the seniors.