Hercules Wimbledon's cross country runners ended their first season for a decade in the top division of the Sweatshop Surrey league with another strong team performance in Richmond Park last weekend.

Hercules finished third out of the nine competing teams in the final match in Richmond Park on a gloriously sunny afternoon.

Egyptians Hussein Ahmed Aly and Belal Aly led the Hercules Wimbledon runners home finishing ninth and 11th in 29 minutes 37 seconds and 29:52, respectively.

Aidan Hogan was 18th in 30:13, Richard Xerri 30th in 30:48, Jamie Helmer 43rd in 31:10, Justin Kelly 51st in 31:37, Phil Glynn 69th in 32:17, veteran Peter Lee 88th in 33:19 and Arnaud Claverie 89th in 33:20. Final member of the scoring team was over 50 veteran Hugh Saxby who finished 105th in 34:12.

Other Hercules Wimbledon finishers were Steve Sinnott 116th in 34:56, Frank Wood 147th in 37:12, John Querstret 148th in 37:17, Ed Reed 156th in 38:21, Maurice Sharp 165th in 39:53, Mike Stables 167th in 40:14 and Tom Cheetham 177th in 42:37.

Hercules Wimbledon teenager Liam White, who had won the three earlier under 15 races, was forced to cheer his clubmates on from the sidelines after dislocating his knee playing in a schools football match a few days earlier. In his absence Geordie Logan won the under 15 race in 16:16 with Alex Robinson taking the under 17 race in 16:08. With Charlie Carrington fifth in 17:14, Bradlee Mulroe 11th in 18:59, Paul Stables 13th in 19:36 and Alex Watson 15th in 19:59, Hercules Wimbledon easily took the team honours on the day to lift the overall league title for the season.

Brothers Tom and Patrick McCahon were ninth and 10th in the boys' U13 race in 22:32 and 23:44, respectively.

Hercules Wimbledon's Eleanor Smith-Hahn was the highest place club runner in the Surrey Ladies League races also staged in Richmond Park. She was third out of 47 runners in the girls under 13 race in 13:31. Maire Gillmartin was 20th in 15:04 and Ella Dobson 35th in 16:17.

Amelia Lloyd made an impressive league debut finishing 10th out of more than 130 runners in the senior race in 24:16. Serena Brotherton, who started about 50m behind the field, managed to work her way through to finish 71st in 29:25. She was also the second junior.

Seven Hercules Wimbledon athletes were in action in a schools inter-county match at Paddock Wood, Kent. Twins Rosemary and Jennifer Fernando were 27th and 34th in the senior girls race in 22:25 and 22:51, the fourth and sixth Surrey runners to cross the finishing line.

Alex Bruce-Littlewood was 18th for Kent in the senior boys race in 21:12 with Andrew Penney 41st in 22:06 and Deyan Knespl 54th in 22:59, both running for Surrey. Joe Toomey was 23rd in the intermediate boys race in 18:10 while Ed Saywell was 29th in the junior boys race in 16:56.

Hercules Wimbledon's Stuart Fraser beat a 1000-plus strong field to win the London Love in 10km road race in Battersea Park in 34:53.

This weekend, Hercules Wimbledon compete in an inter-club cross country match hosted by the Bank of England in Richmond Park on Saturday. It starts from near Roehampton Gate at 3pm. On Sunday, several Hercules Wimbledon youngsters will be in action for Surrey in the South East Regional Sportshall final at Guildford's Spectrum Leisure Centre on Sunday.