STROUD AC star Tom Curr finished ninth on his England overseas debut in the prestigious Elgoibar Cross-Country Festival in Spain.
Curr, 17, was included in the four-man squad for the Under-20s men's race.
Farnham and District's Jonny Hay was the star performer of a fifteen-strong England squad.
In heavy rain and mud-drenched conditions, the 17-year-old took a three-second victory in the junior men's race over team-mate, Richard Goodman.
Warrington's 18-year-old Harry Ellis; the recently-crowned Northern 3,000m indoor junior Champion placed seventh, whilst World School Games' 3,000m fifth-placer Curr completed the team in ninth.
Curr will take part in the Midland Cross- Country Championships this weekend.
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