Strong start to 2019 at the Surrey Championships

The Thames 2019 racing season kicked off in earnest on a chilly first Saturday of the year with the County Championships. The Thames Ladies won a great team silver at the Surrey Championships held in Lloyd Park. Katy Hedgethorne led the team home in 6^th with Nathalie Seymour 11^th, Rebekah Edgar 19^th and Victoria Barthelmess 29^th making up the scoring team and they were well supported by Claire Altmann 39^th, Vikki Filsell 64^th and Jess Davies 66^th.

The Men were a decent 5^th in the team competition with James Hoad running well for 6^th, James McMullan was 23^rd, Neil Chisholm 27^th, James Meiklejohn 44^th, Andy Weir 54^th and Tom Greenwood was the sixth scorer in 61^st backed up by Nic Gould 100^th and Ed Catmur 103^rd. Around the other Counties there were impressive top 10 finishes for Paddy Roddy (5^th at Warwickshire and Worcestershire) and Jim Allchin (6^th at Kent).