Niall Robinson made a solid start to the XC season with a very respectable 22nd place (26:38) in the highly competitive Gerry Farnham XC races at Phoenix Park, Dublin on Saturday. The race over 5miles was won by Joe Sweeney (24:37) with Annadale placing 2nd team 1pt behind DSD and 2pts ahead of Raheny in 3rd, Clonliffe 4th.