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The first big domestic league weekend saw cross-country runners in action with Belgrave excelling in a top class event at Richmond Park
TRACKSMITH SURREY LEAGUE Div 1, Richmond Park, October 14
Belgrave Harriers had a great day winning both senior team events and also taking the individual honours too through Ian Crowe-Wright and Kate Axford.
The senior women were off first at the early start time of 11am over a fast but testing parkland course.
It soon became a two-way race between Belgrave’s former hockey international Axford and Herne Hill’s Georgie Grgec.
Kate Axford (left) with Georgie Grgec in Richmond
In her first Surrey League, Axford’s power told on the second lap and she eventually won by 20 seconds from Grgec, who had won the previous league fixture at Croydon in February.
Almost a minute further back was Eliza Hawthorn of Stragglers in third.
Belgrave had five of the first 10 and won easily from Thames Hare and Hounds with Belgrave B beating Herne Hill for third spot.
Lisa Bailey was first W40 in 13th and Clare Grima the best of the W45s with leading W50 Sophie Biggs just heading top W55 Clare Elms.
Belgrave were not as dominant in the men’s race winning by just two points from Hercules Wimbledon even though they had a 23 point lead over the first three scorers but Hercules, with just one in the top 13 packing superbly in the 10 to score contest.
Herne Hill were narrowly third just ahead of local rivals Dulwich Runners who had their best ever league result in fourth.
The individual honours went to Crowe-Wright who this year has improved his 5000m PB to 13:28.08. He had been second in his two league outings last year.
He won by 12 seconds from Scot Max Milarvie, who was running his first cross-country race for Dulwich.
Jack Millar, twice fifth in the English National, and top M40 Andy Coley-Maud, the 2018 English National silver medallist, completed a quality top four.
Simon Coombes was first M50.
Ian Crowe-Wright (Mark Shearman)
Under-15 Isabella Harrison dominated the combined U17/15 race while Hercules Wimbledon also provided the under-13 winner through Alex Bramwell.
Sutton’s English Schools’ runner-up Alex Lennon won the under-17 men’s race with Caspian Holmes the first under-15 in eighth overall while Hercules Theo Creed easily won the under-13 race.
Men:
1 I Crowe-Wright (Bel) 25:50; 2 M Milarvie (Dulw R) 26:02; 3 J Miller (THH) 26:12; 4 A Coley-Maud (G&G, M40) 26:17; 5 A Fyfe (Belg) 26:20; 6 S Bramwell (Herne H) 26:23; 7 J Egerton (THH) 26:33; 8 D Cliffe (HW) 26:44; 9 M Heyden (Belg) 26:49; 10 E Chuck (Dulw R) 26:58; 11 C Reilly (G&G) 27:01; 12 J Ramm (Dulw R) 27:03; 14 M Nicholls (Kent) 27:09; 15 T Austin (Clap) 27:21; 16 C Eastaugh (HW) 27:24; 17 T Foster (G&G) 27:25; 18 E Mallett (HW) 27:28; 19 H Hart (Bel) 27:31; 20 R Sesemann (Kent) 27:32
M40: 2 T Mower (Kent) 28:05
M45: 1 T Sharp (Kent) 30:11
M50: 1 S Coombes (Herne H) 29:09
M55: 1 I Sheridan (THH) 32:04
M60: 1 D Williams (G&G) 34:00
U20: 1 G Ogden (S Lon) 27:42
TEAM (10 to score): 1 Belgrave 253; 2 Hercules W 255; 3 Herne H 430; 4 Dulwich R 453; 5 Kent 366; 6 Guildford & G 479; 7 S London 549; 8 THH 645; 9 Clapham 656; 10 Ranelagh 864
B TEAM: 1 Belgrave 142; 2 Herne H 180; 3 Hercules W 232
U17/U15:
1 A Lennon (S&D) 15:09; 2 M Hudson (S&D) 15:16; 3 E Newell (S&D) 15:16; 4 E Willis (Rei P) 15:25; 5 O Jermy (Wav’ly) 15:25; 6 H Hayman (S Lon) 15:37
Alex Lennon
U15: 1 C Holmes (Herne H) 15:58; 2 E Sone (S Lon) 16:19; 3 T Clerkin (Herne H) 16:27; 4 T Liasides (G&G) 16:44; 5 H Cline (Opt) 16:44; 6 W Weyham (S Lon) 16:48
TEAM (4 to score): 1 Sutton & D 315; 2 S London 256; 3 Herne H 246; 4 Epsom & E 238; 5 Waverley 220; 6 Woking 219
U13:
1 T Creed (HW) 9:22; 2 G Bone (G&G) 9:37; 3 J Fraser (HW) 9:40; 4 F Jenkin (S Lon) 9:40; 5 H Mythen (Opt) 9:41; 6 W Hughes (S Lon) 9:44
TEAM: 1 Hercules W 175; 2 S London 173; 3 Kingston & Poly 135
Kate Axford
Women:
1 K Axford (Belg) 22:20; 2 G Grgec (Herne H) 22:40; 3 E Hawthorne (Strag) 23:37; 4 S Monk (G&G) 23:48; 5 L Adamson (Belg) 23;52; 6 E Apsley (THH) 23:57; 7 K Popadich (Belg) 23:59; 8 L Major (THH) 24:01; 9 E Lowery (Bel) 24:15; 10 E Robins (Bel) 24:26; 11 M Smith (Bel) 24:28; 12 F Harrison (Belg) 24:29; 13 L Bailey (Strag, W40) 24:36; 14 B Murray (THH) 24:37; 15 S Carter (THH) 24:38; 16 G Leyland (Herne H) 24:40; 17 R Woolfe (THH) 24:46; 18 S Holt (Strag) 24:49; 19 K Rowland (Kent) 24:53; 20 R Brown (Belg) 24:54
Women’s start
W45: 1 C Grima (HW) 25:31; 2 C Fhogartaigh (Kent) 25:50
W50: 1 S Biggs (Strag) 25:52
W55: 1 C Elms (Kent) 25:54; 2 S McDonald (S Lon) 27:44
W60: 1 P Flynn (Strag) 30:13; 2 S Harrison (G&G) 30:16; 3 A Norris (Dulw R) 30:49; 4 P Whitter (Strag) 30:50
W65: 1 J Haworth (Strag) 32:45
W70: 1 S Boulton (Strag) 38:57
U20: 1 E Warren (G&G) 25:04
TEAM (5 to score): 1 Belgrave 32; 2 THH 60; 3 Belgrave B 101; 4 Herne H 117; 5 Kent 177; 6 Guildford & G 208; 7 Stragglers 225; 8 Herne H B 262; 9 Hercules W 274; 10 S London 290
Under-17 and under-15 start
U17/U15:
1 I Harrison (HW, U15) 17:39; 2 S Coppola-Johnson (E&E, U15) 18:12; 3 A Tharmakulasingam (S&D, U15) 18:22; 4 F Mills (Herne H, U15) 18:25; 5 V Isaacs (G&G) 18:31; 6 I Freeman (Wok, U15) 18:32; 7 A Kemp (S Lon) 18:32; 8 S Jack (Herne H, U15:18:41; 9 O Garcia-Davis (HW, U15:18:47; 10 I Kaur (S&D, U15) 18:51
Isabella Harrison
U17 TEAM: 1 Epsom & E 42; 2 Herne H 45; 3 S London 46
U15 TEAM: 1 Herne H 23; 2 Hercules W 28:3 S London 45
U13:
1 A Bramwell (HW) 10:43; 2 D Larkin (Bel) 10:46; 3 F Tombleson (Rei P) 10:51; 4 E Bayley (G&G) 10:52; 5 G Booth (S Lon) 10:53; 6 S Mendes (Herne H) 11:07
TEAM: 1 Hercules W 36; 2 S London 58; 3 Reigate P 81
TRACKSMITH SURREY LEAGUE, Divisions 2, 3 & 4, Epson Downs, October 14
For the first time in years the league was able to use the Downs in October after previously having been prevented by the Conservators, who usually favour the views of the horse training establishment, Martin Duff reports.
It was a close-run battle for supremacy in the men’s division two match and Holland Sports’ Jack Kavanagh just got the nod from Croydon’s James Hancock, although Epsom & Ewell took the team honours on the day.
Epsom can dream of a long-awaited return to the league’s top flight after being a regular there 30 or more years ago.
Newcomers to the league Sutton Striders turned out in force in the division 4 standings with their Bryn Reynolds, who joined from Herne Hill, placing fifth in the combined three and four match.
The women’s league was extended to three divisions and they also raced on the Downs in a joint match with the lower men’s division s. saw Fulham come out on top of the division two match and new club Sutton Striders, just as their men had, the third.
Individually, it was Fulham’s Hannah Cox who came out on top of the combined race that had 283 finishers.
Men Div 2
1 J Kavanagh (Holl Sp) 25:54; 2 J Hancock (Croy) 25:55; 3 C Sinden (E&E) 26:56; 4 H Lawson (Holl Sp) 27:01; 5 T MacKy (Fulham) 27:17; 6 J Hutchins (Wok, M40) 27:39
M40: 2 Z Adem (Croy) 28:04
M45: 1 C Blackburn (Holl SP 29:38
M50: 1 S Crook (E&E) 30:42
M55: 1 F Dawson (DMV) 32:46
M60: 1 M Fletcher (Strag, M65) 37:33
U20: 1 T Sadler (E&E) 27:52
TEAM Div 2: 1 Epsom & E 227; 2Woking 315; 3 Croydon 351; 4 Fulham 367; 5 Holland Sp 431; 6 Kingston & P 437
B TEAM: 1 E&E 68; 2 Fulham 206; 3 Woking 407
Men Div 3 and 4
1 D Woolmer (Walt, M40) 27:49; 2 B Chown (26.2RRC) 28:09; 3 C Jarman (Walt) 28:23; 4 J Kraner (Walt, M40) 28:44; 5 B Reynolds (Sutt St) 29:02; 6 A Williams (L City) 29:41
M50: 1 R Lloyd-Smith (Sutt R) 31:04
M60: 1 M Stone (SoC) 32:16
M65: 1 J Dean (SoC) 36:50
M70: 1 S Hill (Tad) 40;39
TEAM Div 3: 1 Walton 214; 2 Striders of Croydon 311; 3 26.2RRC 317
B TEAM: 1 26.2RRC 172
TEAM Div 4: 1 Sutton Striders 217; 2 Verts 412; 3 Sutton R 416
B TEAM: 1 Sutton Striders 62
Women Div 2/3:
1 H Cox (Fulham) 24:14; 2 M Collings (Wok) 24:48; 3 P Oliver (Croy) 24;56; 4 E Leeson (R’mede) 25:08; 5 A Malin (Fulham) 25:23; 6 L Mills (Wok) 25:38; 7 L Rooney (Coll, W40) 25:50; 8 R Keddie (K&P) 26:05; 9 S Corsbrek (Clap P, W35) 26:12; 10 S Walker (DMV, W50) 26:20
W50: 2 S Alexander (Ling) 27:15
W55: 1 P Adams (W4H) 28:54
W60: 1 L Woolhouse (Vets) 28:46
D2 TEAM: 1 Fulham 45; 2 Woking 75; 3 Dorking MV) 83; 4 W4H 122; 5 Croydon 138; 6 L City 163
D3 TEAM: 1 Sutton Striders 70; 2 26.2 RRC 107; 3 Runnymede 147
CHILTERN LEAGUE, Keysoe, Bedfordshire, October 14
The league were at this equestrian centre for the final match of last season and the course was pressed into action again and saw Chiltern Harriers’ Richard Slade post his best result to date, Martin Duff reports.
This was over former world steeplechase finalist Zak Seddon but it was a close-run thing between the leading runners from the two league divisions. Here, Slade repeated his win from the final match of last season, which was his first ever in the league.
Just a few seconds down were St Albans’ 3:38.35 performer James McMurray and Bedford junior Noel Campions.
Chiltern also took the under-17 men’s race as Alex Hughes also got the better of a division two runner in the form of Luton’s Josh Hampson-Wallace, to repeat his February win in the league.
Last year, Milton Keynes’ Southern champion Jacque Smith had a clean sweep in the under-13 races but here had to concede to St Albans’ Oscar Nagalingam as he moved up an age group.
The senior women’s race saw Rebecca Murray, the English National fifth placer, post a comfortable victory over Milton Keynes’ W40 Lara Bromilow.
Almost immediately after finishing her 6.1km race, Bromilow then ran in the men’s 10km where she recorded 37:37.
Katie Webb, the English Schools sixth placed runner, repeated her under-15 girls’ race victory from the final match at Keysoe last winter and did so ahead of Milton Keynes team mate Sophia Chapman.
English National bronze medallist Kara Gorman has a two-year unbroken stretch of league wins and here it continued with another easy looking victory over fellow Chiltern Harrier Juliette MacDowell, in the under-13 race.
Overall, Chiltern again came out on top in the multi-age-group totals despite being headed by Bedford Harriers in the overall men’s event.
Men (10km): 1 R Slade (Chilt) 29:59; 2 Z Seddon (Brack) 30:00; 3 J McMurray (St Alb) 30:06; 4 N Campion (Bed C, U20) 30:07; 5 E Blythman (Bed C) 30:24; 6 M Marshall (Head) 30:59; 7 J Clay (NEB) 31:19; 8 J Minter (Bed C) 31:24; 9 S Bossi (Chilt) 31:31; 10 M Dicks (Mil K) 31:38; 11 D Clark (Wyc P) 31:56; 12 J Pocock (Mil K, M35) 31:57; 13 J Richardson (Bed C) 31:58; 14 R Harvie (Brack) 32:12; 15 E Whiting (Bed C) 32:21; 16 M Caddell (Wyc P) 32:21; 17 H Totton (Mil K, U20) 32:31; 18 M Harrison (Bed C) 32:35; 19 C Emmerson (Bed C) 32:37; 20 M Evans (Chilt, U20) 32:54; 21 I Wood (Mil K, M40) 33:02; 22 K Lindars (VoA) 33:20; 23 S Buckle (St Alb S, M40) 33:31; 24 O Paulin (Cov) 33:33; 25 D Moffett (Head) 33:34; 26 L Busby (Wyc P) 33:39; 27 J Farmer (L Buzz Tri, M35) 33:41; 28 A Campana (Tring, M35) 33:42; 29 C Palmer (Bed C, M40) 33:43; 30 K Hurst (G’way, M35) 33:47; 31 S Tuttle (Mil K) 33:59; 32 L Tanganyika (Mil K, U20) 34:01; 33 K Morris (Thame) 34:02; 34 N Hughes (Chilt, M50) 34:12; 35 D Childs (Wyc P, M35) 34:16; 36 A Shute (Chilt, M35) 34:18; 37 G Pepaj (Redway, M45) 34:20; 38 W Galliford (SNH, U20) 34:26; 39 I Whitten (SNH, U20) 34:27; 40 A Davidson (Chilt) 34:29; 41 T Dobra (Head) 34:30; 42 A Cracknell (Dac, M35) 34:36; 43 H Taylor (Bed C, M40) 34:43; 44 W Harding (G&G) 34:44; 45 M Pearce (Buck&St, M35) 34:45; 46 R Henderson (Wyc P) 34:48; 47 R Rowlands (Dac) 34:50; 48 D Lloyd (Wyc P, M45) 35:07; 49 A Pavey (Tring, M40) 35:07; 50 P Davis (Lut, M45) 35:09
Men’s start (Mark Easton)
M50: 2 P Williamson (L Buzz Tri) 35:14; 3 N Turner (Chilt) 37:22
M55: 1 F Campbell (Head) 36:16; 2 S Still (Bed C) 38:35; 3 F Fulcher (Handy C) 39:18
M60: 1 M Turney (Chilt) 38:23; 2 R Popiel (Sils) 41:23; 3 M Slevin (Head) 42:14
M65: 1 T Jones (VoA) 41:26; 2 A Jones (Hazlemere) 41:39; 3 J Griffiths (Head) 42:32
M70: 1 A Daglish (Lut) 50:42; 2 K Smith (Mil K) 51:44; 3 C Usher (Buck&St) 53:16.
M75: 1 B O’Connor (QPH) 75:12.
U20: 7 J Edwards (Mil K) 36:36; 8 R Lenoire (Wyc P) 36:38; 9 O Watkins (SNH) 38:00; 10 J Vinnicombe (Bed C) 38:01
Women: 1 L Bromilow (Mil K, W40) 37:37
Men: Div 1
Senior TEAM: 1 Bedford & C 2192; 2 Milton Keynes 1974; 3 Chiltern1939
M40 TEAM: 1 Bed C 792; 2 Chiltern 762; Wycombe P 648
U20 TEAM: 1 Mil K 611; 2 Bed C 384; 3 Northampton 275
Div 2
Senior TEAM: 1 Bucks & Stowe 685; 2 Silson 489; QPH 446
M40 TEAM: 1 Bucks & Stowe 336; 2 QPH 326; 3 Silson 308
U20 TEAM: 1 Stevenage & NH 290
U17 (6.1km): 1 A Hughes (Chilt) 18:49; 2 J Hampson Wallace (Lut) 19:08; 3 O Cooper (Wat) 19:15; 4 C Barnes (Bed C) 19:20; 5 B Westmoreland-Alexander (N’pton) 19:25; 6 H Johnson (Lut) 19:30; 7 F Cushing (N’pton) 19:45; 8 I Jessop-Tranter (Chilt) 19:53; 9 J Orchard (Dav) 19:54; 10 O Stocker (Bic) 19:57
Div 1 TEAM: 1 Bed C 137; 2 Chiltern 124; 3 Northampton 113
Div 2 TEAM: 1 Luton 60
U15 (4.1km): 1 O Nagalingam (St Alb) 12:22; 2 J Smith (Mil K) 12:33; 3 E Faulkner (Wyc P) 12:50; 4 J Tipping (Rad) 12:54; 5 T Ford (Chilt) 12:55; 6 A Murray (SNH) 12:59; 7 J Holdsworth (Chilt) 13:04; 8 C Quantrill (Chilt) 13:05; 9 T Reynolds (Chilt) 13:06; 10 A Henderson (Bed C) 13:08
Div 1 TEAM: 1 Chiltern 186; 2 St Albans 157; 3 Wycombe P 149
Div 2 TEAM: 1 S&NH 35
U13 (3.2km): 1 O McDonald (Dac) 10:20; 2 J Legg (Brack) 10:38; 3 I Gibson-Dunt (St Alb) 10:47; 4 F Hayward (Wyc P) 10:48; 5 L Gaskell (Chilt) 10:58; 6 L Blyton (Bic) 11:02; 7 J Parker (Mil K) 11:15; 8 A Salifu (Mil K) 11:18; 9 D Southgate (Mil K) 11:24; 10 Z Honour (VoA) 11:26
TEAM
Div 1: 1 Milton Keynes 234; 2 St Albans 230; 3 Bed C 187
Div 2: 1 Bracknell 32
U11 (2km): 1 S Cousins (Rad) 6:25; 2 T Living (Young Athletes Club) 6:33; 3 H Proger (Banb) 6:42
TEAM: 1 St Albans 134 ; 2 Milton Keynes 132; 3 Radley 120
Men Overall
Div 1 TEAM: 1 Bed C 2655; 2 Chiltern 2435; 3 Mil K 2406
Div 2 TEAM: 1 Thame 515
Women (6.1km): 1 R Murray (Bed C) 20:25; 2 L Bromilow (Mil K, W40) 21:13; 3 M Freeland (Mil K, U20) 21:17; 4 R McNabola (Lut) 21:29; 5 E Mears (MKDP) 21:40; 6 N Peters (Bed C) 21:45; 7 M Hughes (Chilt, U20) 21:57; 8 L Nichols (Bed C) 21:58; 9 G Ingles (Wat) 22:13; 10 R Doherty (Higham) 22:14; 11 C Hallissey (Dac, W40) 22:16; 12 I King (Mil K) 22:28; 13 J Roberts (Wyc P, W35) 22:54; 14 A Roskilly (Mil K, W35) 22:58; 15 E Shield (Chilt, U20) 23:09; 16 R Carrasco (Mil K, W40) 23:10; 17 S Moss (Wellingborough & District AC) 23:14; 18 R Cooke (Buck&St, W50) 23:32; 19 K Sharman (Higham, W45) 23:40; 20 B Cooke (Lut) 23:44; 21 C Durbin (St Alb) 23:45; 22 R Reed (Wyc P) 23:49; 23 S Needleman (Tring) 23:54; 24 S Bosher (Bed C, W40) 24:01; 25 S Usher (Wyc P, W50) 24:02; 26 K Hamilton (Dac) 24:13; 27 J Armson (QPH, W40) 24:14; 28 L Ambrose (Head, W35) 24:20; 29 K Royals (Chilt) 24:25; 30 C McMahon-Adie (Lut, W40) 24:26
Rebecca Murray (Mark Easton)
W45: 2 T Reason (Gade V) 24:41; 3 S Davies (Oxf C) 24:53
W50: 3 J Hammond (Sils) 24:55; 4 H Heley (Sils) 25:16; 5 S Barnard (QPH) 25:16; 6 S Bailey (QPH) 25:18
W55: 1 M Attree (St Alb S) 28:46
W60: 1 D Steer (St Alb S) 28:11; 2 D Brent (Mil K) 28:19; 3 S Cook (Thame) 29:06
W65: 1 G Hueter (Oxf C) 29:39
U20: 4 C Docwra (Chilt) 25:34; 5 H Ashby (Chilt) 26:16; 6 A Cuthbert (VoA) 29:45
U17: 1 I Lancaster (Sils) 26:13
Div 1
Senior TEAM: 1 M Keynes 786; 2 Chiltern 754; 3 Wycombe P 704
W35 TEAM: 1 M Keynes 504; 2 St Albans 422; 3 Gade V 410
Div 2 TEAM: 1 Oxford C 276; 2 QPH 272; 3 Thame 268
W35 TEAM: 1 QPH 220; 2 Thame 213; 3 Bearbrook 202
U20 (5.2km): 1 M Pearce (Mil K, U17) 18:42; 2 L Farr (Bed C, U17) 18:54; 3 I Frost (Dac) 19:20; 4 E Ford (Chilt, U17) 19:23; 5 L Wilkinson (Chilt, U17) 19:33; 6 T Gray (Dac, U17) 19:37; 7 E Davies (Brack, U17) 19:44; 8 K Flockhart (Brack) 20:24; 9 A Manson (SNH, U17) 20:25; 10 E Brooker (Dav, U17) 20:28; 11 S Percival (Bed C, U17) 20:30; 12 I Haines-Gray (Oxf C, U17) 20:39; 13 I Uhart (Wyc P, U17) 20:42; 14 G Luckhurst (Wat, U17) 20:48; 15 Z Hilton (St Alb, U17) 20:57
Div 1 TEAM: 1 Chiltern 112; 2 Dacorum 109; 3 Bed C 98
Div 2 TEAM: 1 Bracknell 30
U15 (4.1km): 1 K Webb (Mil K) 14:01; 2 S Chapman (Mil K) 14:07; 3 I Bennetts (N’pton) 14:10; 4 L Webb (Mil K) 14:34; 5 L Johnson (Dac) 14:37; 6 O Geary (Mil K) 14:38; 7 M Sichova (Brack) 14:49; 8 A Hamilton-Martin (Brack) 14:57; 9 I Robinson (Chilt) 15:00; 10 C Koyejo (Wat) 15:04
Div 1 TEAM: 1 Mil K 231; 2 Chiltern 194; 3 St Albans 144
Div 2 TEAM: 1 Bracknell 34
U13 (3.2km): 1 K Gorman (Chilt) 10:52; 2 J Macdougall (Buck Sch) 11:15; 3 E McGinley (Wat) 11:34; 4 M Davis (Chilt) 11:50; 5 T Davies-Dixon (Brack) 11:55; 6 E Smith (St Alb) 12:11; 7 C Healy (Brack) 12:13; 8 A Eyre (Banb) 12:14; 9 B Robinson (Chilt) 12:15; 10 N Clarke (Chilt) 12:29
Div 1 TEAM: 1 Chiltern 207; 2 St Albans 173; 3 M Keynes 142
Div 2 TEAM: 1 Oxf C 42
U11 (2km): 1 E Ingham (Chilt, U13) 7:21; 2 E Pinder (St Alb S) 7:32; 3 E Baker (Brack) 7:38
TEAM: 1 St Albans 132; 2 Northampton 117; 3 M Keynes 108
Overall Women
Div 1 TEAM: 1 Chiltern 1267; 2 Mil K 1251; 3 St Albans 1084
Div 2 TEAM: 1 Oxford C 351; 2 QPH 272; 3 Thame 268
Overall (M&W combined)
Div 1: 1 Chiltern 3702; 2 Bed C 3696; 3 Milton K 3657
Div 2: 1 Thame 783; 2 Bearbrook 746; 3 QPH 734
ESSEX LEAGUE, One Tree Hill, Langdon Hills, Thurrock, October 14
Havering veteran James Connor scored a run-away victory in the opening Essex League race of the season, Martin Duff reports.
Only sixth in the final match of last winter, the Havering 40-year-old won by more than a minute from Braintree’s junior Oscar Graham-Pereira and this came after a second spot in the Southend 10km two weeks earlier where he ran 31:33.
Adam Hickey, the 2020 Southern champion and Inter-Counties silver medallist, just lost out for second place but has only turned out once and that to win a parkrun, since winning the final league match of last winter.
Adam Hickey (Gary Mitchell)
The Southend 35-year-old has made a habit of successfully bouncing back from injury but his big race performances are impressive and he has won the English National in 2018 as well as a second in 2016 and numerous European representative outings.
The women’s final race of last season saw 41-year-old Rachel Wiseman lead the pack home but here it was the younger legs of Lizzie Wellstead, the South of England U20 champion, who comfortably came out on top.
In a turn up for the purists, Wiseman and third placed Abby Rex helped their division 2 club, Basildon, head all of the top flight outfits in the four-to-score women’s team race.
The younger age group races were better supported than last winter and saw English National and Inter-County fourth placer Olivia Forrest come out on top in the under-15 girl’s event as she led her Brentwood Beagles to a solid team win.
Men:
1 J Connor (Hav’g, M40) 26:00; 2 O Graham-Perera (Brain, U20) 27:01; 3 A Hickey (S’end) 27:02; 4 B Prior (Thurr) 27:11; 5 Z Bridgeland (Chelm) 27:19; 6 A Clayton (Col H) 27:20; 7 T Gardner (Ilf, M40) 27:29; 8 S Dillon (Thurr) 27:34; 9 K Swann (Brain) 27:35; 10 J Morley (Col H) 27:36
M45: 1 L Taylor (S’end) 28:34
M50: 1 R Maidment (Orion) 28:54
M55: 1 A Smalls (Col H) 31:51
M60: 1 C Ridley (Col H) 32:21
M65: 1 M Bridgeland (Chelm) 40:16
M75: 1 P Binns (S’end) 40:59
U20: 2 F Rattray (Chelm) 27:48
TEAM:
Div 1: 1 Southend 88; 2 Havering 140; 3 Thurrock 155; 4 Colchester H 156; 5 Orion 205; 6 Braintree 222
Div 2: 1 Leigh-on-Sea 387; 2 Castle Point 838; 3 Phoenix St 1009
M40 TEAM: 1 Orion 141; 2 Havering 162; 3 Southend 167
U17:
1 J Hurrell (Chelm) 19:41; 2 G Martin (Chelm) 19:44; 3 T Jones (S’end) 19:53; 4 M Sanderson (B’wood) 19:55; 5 W Sweeney (Chelm) 20:50; 6 P Taylor (B’wood) 21:01
TEAM (3 to score): 1 Chelmsford 8; 2 Southend 25; 3 Basildon 32; 4 Brentwood 37; 5 Ilford 47; 6 Colchester H 64
U15
1 F Rowe (Hav’g) 12:53; 2 S Horsley (Ilf) 13;17; 3 F McLaren (Hav’g) 13:36; 4 G Watkins (Harl) 13:38; 5 A Kelly (Chelm) 14:02; 6 H Potten (S’end) 14:20
TEAM: 1 Chelmsford 29; 2 Havering 31; 3 Harlow 71
U13
1 F Ferman (Chelm) 11:39; 2 C Calver (W Suff) 13:47; 3 A Hart (C&T) 11:54
TEAM: 1 Basildon 38; 2 Chelmsford 41; 3 Colchester & Tendring 67
Women
1 L Wellstead (Col H, U20) 22:48; 2 R Wiseman (Bas, W40) 23:21; 3 A Ray (Bas) 24:48; 4 M Williams (Chelm) 25:36; 6 L Coleman (S’end, W40) 25:44; 7 M Campbell (Hav’g) 26:26; 8 H Freegard (Col H, U20) 26:28; 9 S Williams (Grange F&D, W40) 26:31; 10 H Lamkin (Halst) 26:44
W45: 1 H Rogerson (Orion) 28:43
W50: 1 W King (Chelm) 27:43
W55: 1 M Deasy (Col H) 28:31
W65: 1 C Kennedy (Orion) 30:46
W70: 1 T Flannigan (Ex Tri) 43:51
TEAM:
Div 1: 1 Chelmsford 44; 2 Southend 56; 3 Colchester H 67; 4 Havering 74; 5 Grange F&D 132; 6 Orion 175
Div 2: 1 Basildon 41; 2 Leigh-on-Sea 113; 3 Tiptree 166
W35 TEAM: 1 Grange F&D 72; 2 Colchester H 99; 3 Tiptree 112
U17:
1 A Aitken (S’end) 24:41; 2 C Sergeant (C&T) 24:48; 3 L Taylor (S’end) 24:51; 4 A Milburn (C&T) 25:57; 5 L Nuttall (Chelm) 25:29; 6 H Evans (Hav’g) 25:53
TEAM: 1 Southend 11; 2 Colchester & T 23; 3 Havering 31
U15:
1 O Forrest (B’wood) 14:18; 2 E Warn (B’wood) 15:02; 3 D Stollery (Chelm) 15:04; 4 M Tiller (B’wood) 16:06; 5 Z Morley (Bas) 16:11; 6 J Walker (S’end) 16:21
TEAM: 1 Brentwood 16; 2 Southend 27; 3 Basildon 57
U13:
1 S Smith (Hav’g) 12:13; 2 I Eida (Chelm) 12:26; 3 F Phillips (Chelm) 12:36
TEAM: 1 Chelmsford 24; 2 Brentwood 45; 3 Basildon 67
KENT LEAGUE, Footscray Meadows, October 14
Before the senior races, there was a minute’s applause for the recently departed Dave Maynard.
Maynard, who joined Cambridge Harriers in 1951, was a ever regular supporter or official out on the course of cross-country races and apart from being a qualified starter, Kent county representative in road running and walking, he was also a former Kent County president and chairman.
His son Graham ran in the senior race which attracted 300 participants where Kent 5000m champion Teweldebrhan Menges repeated his win from this venue last November with a clear victory.
Teweldebrhan Menges leads (Mark Hookway)
Tonbridge though had the next five finishers led by Corey De’ath and they easily won the men’s team event and took the 12 man title by 128 points with Medway, Cambridge, Blackheath and Central all duplicating their four to score position.
M45 Anthony Webb was the over-40 runner while former South of England 1500m champion Graeme Saker, a 3:42.66 performer, was the first over-60 runner.
Sean Molloy leads (Mark Hookway)
Tonbridge also won the women’s six to score but Blackheath and Bromley comfortably beat them in the three to score.
Individually the runaway winner was Cambridge’s Holly Dixon over the same course as the men which was well over 500 metres over the advertised 8km.
Holly Dixon (Mark Hookway)
She won by over a minute from Chloe Sharp who led Blackheath to victory but they had to wait to 48th for their sixth scorer compared to Tonbridge’s 28th.
W45 Renata McDonell was third and W55 Maria Heslop was sixth overall.
First W55 Maria Heslop (Mark Hookway)
Blackheath also took most of the team honours in the various junior races winning in the under-17, under-15 and under-13s in the male events and under-20, under-17 and under-15s in the females.
Cambridge Harrier Erwan Rostan won the under-20 race just ahead of the under-17 winner Alexander Middleton of Blackheath.
Blackheath also had the under-15 victor in the shape of Joseph Hill.
Central Park provided the under-13 boys winner as Samuel Watson had a clear winning margin.
Blackheath had the individual winners in both the under-20 and under-17 women’s races through Hannah Clark and Megan Slattery.
The M70 and W65 races were held with the junior races and there were wins for Tonbridge’s Alan Newman and Cambridge’s W70 Maria MacDonald, who was the oldest woman in the field as she defeated all the W65s.
Sophie Richmond of the Weald Tri club was a runaway winner of the under-15 race while Dartford’s Tyla Jade Thomas led home the under-13s also by a big margin.
Men (8.6km)
1 T Menges M&M 26:58 2 C Dea’th Ton 27:27; 3 C Chambers Ton 27:35; 4 T Higgins Ton 28:34; 5 M Ellis Ton 28:37; 6 J Higgins Ton 28:44; 7 B Babaker Camb H 28:48; 8 B Tyler M&M 28:53; 9 J Walsh M&M 28:59; 10 C Loudon Camb H 29:05; 11 A Currie Ton U20 29:06; 12 A Webb M&M M45 29:17
First M40 Anthony Webb (1176) (Mark Hookway)
M40: 1 J MacDonald Camb H 29:57; 2 M Evans B&B 30:10
M45: 2 B Shearer Camb H 29:51
M50: 1 A Lee Sev 30:43; 2 G Whitlock Inv 33:26
M55: 1 R Tomlinson M&M 31:44; 2 G Kitchingham Orp 34:40
first M60 Graeme Saker (1261) (Mark Hookway)
M60: 1 G Saker Ton 34:23; 2 S Georgiadis Orp 36:04
M65: 1 M Beecher Beck 39:26; 2 S Smythe Camb H 40:08
TEAM (12 to score): 1 Tonbridge 171; 2 Medway & M 299; 3 Camb H 473; 4 Blackheath & B 728; 5 Central P 965; 6 Dartford 1361
Former English National medallist Barry Royden (Mark Hookway)
TEAM (4 to score): 1 Tonbridge 14; 2 M&M 30; 3 Camb H 53; 4 B&B 117; 5 Central P 165; 6 Bexley 193
M70 (5.5km): 1 A Newman Ton 25:06; 2 J Harley Ton 26:49; 3 R Seabrook (Beck, M75) 27:15
Alan Newman (Mark Hookway)
M75: 2 P Hadey Camb H 32:18
U20: 1 E Rostan Camb H 18:00; 2 A Starvis B&B 18:15; 3 H Hopkins Ton 18:22; 4 M Malkinson Ton 19:18
TEAM: 1 Tonbridge 13
U20 Erwan Rostan leads home U17 winner Alex Middleton (Mark Hookway)
U17 (5.5km): 1 A Middleton B&B 18:03; 2 T Bawtree Ton 18:09; 3 J Starvis B&B 18:18; 4 T Beghein Ton 18:27; 5 C Prendegast Ton 18:45
TEAM: 1 B&B 10; 2 Tonbridge 11; 3 Central P 61
U15 (4km): 1 J Hill B&B 14:16; 2 P Fitzmaurice Ton 14:29; 3 F Gibson M&M 14:34; 4 E Berthe S Factor 14:53; 5 J Petrie Ton 14:55
Joseph Hill (Mark Hookway)
TEAM: 1 B&B 14; 2 Tonbridge 16; 3 M&M 54
U13: 1 S Watson Central 11:27; 2 O Barker Ashf 11:36; 3 L Szumilewicz Ton 11:39; 4 Z Kelman B&B 11:45; 5 J Martin B&B 11:51
Samuel Watson (Mark Hookway)
TEAM: 1 B&B 15; 2 Ashford 23; 3 Tonbridge 30
Women (8.5km): 1 H Dixon Camb H 31:45; 2 C Sharp B&B 32:49; 23 R McDonnell Inv EK W45 34:20; 4 C Coulon B&B W45 34:33; 5 A Seager SKH 34:50; 6 M Heslop Ton W55 35:00; 7 A Karlsson TWH 35:22; 8 H Roberts Dart W40 35:31; 9 P Pitcairn-Knowles Ton 35:41; 10 L Whitehead TWH 35:45; 11 C Johnson Maid 35:49; 12 J Keene B&B 36:21
Third placer and first W45 Renata McDonnell (737) (Mark Hookway)
W40: 2 G Carter-Collins Ash & D 36:34
W50: J Butler B&B 37:15; 2 J Backley Camb H 37:44
W55: 2 T Taylor TWH 38:03
W60: 1 G Arnott Beck 45:14; 2 G Lawrence Orp RR 47:30
TEAM (6 to score): 1 Tonbridge 91; 2 B&B 104; 3 Tunbridge W 145; 4 Camb H 159; 5 Beckenham 341; 6 Dartford 355
TEAM (3 to score): 1 B&B 18; 2 Tonbridge 29; 3 Camb H 39; 4 Tunbridge W 40; 5 Maidstone 73; 6 Beckenham 76
W65 (5.5km): 1 M McDonald Camb H W70 31:13; 2 S Richardson TWH 31:26; 3 M Deighton TWH 33:49
U20 (5.5km): 1 H Clark B&B 20:24; 2 C Firth B&B 20:57; 3 E Webb M&M 21:15; 4 A Royden M&M 21:27; 5 A Barnes B&B 21:50
Hannah Clark (Mark Hookway)
TEAM: 1 B&B 8; 2 M&M 13
U17 (5.5km): 1 M Slattery B&B 21:20; 2 H Diprose Sev 21:41; 3 A Lawrence Camb H 21:46; 4 B Palmer M&M 22:31; 5 O Owen Ton 22:33
U17 winner Megan Slattery (Mark Hookway)
TEAM: 1 B&B 20; 2 M&M 23; 3 Tonbridge 24
U15 (4km): 1 S Richmond Weald Tri 16:05; 2 A McDonagh B&B 16:38; 3 N Mossi B&B 16:51; 4 A Chappell Ash 16:53; 5 I Gowing Ton 17:05
Sophie Richmond (left) won from Aoife McDonagh (Mark Hookway)
TEAM: 1 B&B 16; 2 Tonbridge 19; 3 Camb H 49
U13 (3km): 1 T Thomas Dart 12:13; 2 P Hutchings Ton 12:39; 3 E De Bruyn B&B 12:41; 4 S Ellis Ton 12:41; 5 S Mossi B&B 12:43
Tyla Jade Thomas (Mark Hookway)
TEAM: 1 Tonbridge 13; 2 B&B 17; 3 Dartford 26
MANCHESTER LEAGUE. Heaton Park
Ed Shepherd enjoyed a close duel with Vale Royal teammate Aaron Doyle before prevailing by 24 seconds on a sunny yet breezy Autumnal afternoon, Steve Green reports.
Shepherd was at the fore of a phalanx of around a dozen men coming up the first long climb on the first of three large laps.
Ed Shepherd (2108) leads (Harry Shakeshaft)
By lap two the duo had drawn clear with Shepherd utilising his 14:10 5km strength on the woodland areas to pull clear of Doyle. Stockport’s Ed Corden ran splendidly to finish third another 100m in arrears. Karl Darcy, first M40 in 11th led Salford Harriers to a team win. Joshua Wragg was the first under-20 to break the tape.
Emily Kearney left no room for debate in a top-quality women’s race and was quickly at the head of affairs on the first of three small laps fighting against a brief heavy rainstorm. The Warriors Pentathlon & AC athlete, who has run 15:39 for 5km, was around 70m clear of Mollie Williams by halfway and made light work of the sweeping downhills and sharp climbs to extend her advantage to 23 seconds by the tape.
Emily Kearney (Harry Shakeshaft)
Sophie Wood held down third place 20 seconds down and led Sale Harriers to a resounding team win. First under-20 in 14th place was Lucy Fairclough of St Helen’s Sutton, whilst League ever-present Diane McVey of Wilmslow, was the first W40 home.
Nia Griffin of Start2Jog had a comfortable victory with a 59 second margin in the under-17 girls’ section, ahead of Rosie Philbin of Stockport Harriers, with Sarah Smith of Warriors Pentathlon & AC third. In the under-17 boys’ race Finlay Day and namesake Goddard both of Sale Harriers, resisted the efforts of Oberon Kearney with Day eventually pulling clear by five seconds by the tape.
Isla Pastor continued the winning ways for Warriors Pentathlon & AC in the under-15 girls’ race, 20 seconds ahead of Oonagh McManus with fellow ‘Warrior’ Holly Coates in third. Trafford’s Pio Aron showed great strength in the latter stages to emerge the victor by six seconds to the good ahead of Alex Fraser, with Jake Ireland in third.
More success followed in the under-13 girls’ event for Warriors as sisters Eve and Isobel Beddow pulled clear of Sale Harrier Isobel Soper, with Eve taking the spoils by seven seconds. Bobby Birkett shone for St Helen’s Sutton, with a 13 second win over Nathaniel Glascott- Tull of the Warriors outfit, with Liverpool’s Bobby McEvoy third in the boys’ section.
Daisy McVicar of Warriors took the inaugural under-11 girls’ race, well clear of Emilia Gandy, while Ethan Statham of Bury edged Tommy Collard in the boys’ version.
Men’s start (Harry Shakeshaft)
Men:
1 E Shepherd Vale Royal 32:56; 2 A Doyle Vale Royal 33:20; 3 E Corden Stockport H 33:38; 4 Matthew Leahy Liverpool H 33:46; 5 J Buckley St Helens Sutton Ac 33:46; 6 A Lawton Sale Harriers Manchester 33:49; 7 J Kevan Horwich R M I 33:52; 8 P Taylor-Bray Chorlton Runners 34:03; 9 L Hudson University Of Manchester 34:04; 10 C Broadbent University Of Manchester 34:19; 11 K Darcy M40 Salford H 34:22; 12 L Foley Horwich R M I 34:25; 13 D Fox Warrington A C 34:29; 14 M Barnes M45 Sale Harriers Manchester 34:43; 15 R Sharkey n/s 34:48; 16 R Worland Salford H 34:51; 17 J Hudak East Cheshire Harriers & Tames 34:55; 18 S DelCampo Manchester Met Unive 35:00; 19 D Wood Stockport Harriers & Ac 35:04; 20 R Smyk Salford Harriers & AC 35:08
TEAM: 1 Salford H 158; 2 Sale Harriers Manchester 195; 3 Horwich R M I Harriers 219
Women’s start (Harry Shakeshaft)
Women: 1 E Kearney Warriors 31:56; 2 M Williams Stockport Harriers & Ac 33:19; 3 S Wood Sale Harriers Manchester 33:39; 4 R Jones Salford Harriers & AC 34:04; 5 H Warburton Sale Harriers Manchester 34:08; 6 K Moulds Vale Royal Ac 34:20; 7 L Whittingham Wilmslow Running Club 35:07; 8 K Fitzpatrick W35 Chorlton Runners 35:18; 9 A Wright Sale Harriers Manchester 35:32; 10 B Reid Manchester Metropolitan Univer 35:35; 11 J Nugent W35 Sale Harriers Manchester 35:36; 12 L Quine W35 Liverpool Harriers & Ac 35:49; 13 R McQuillan Warrington A C 36:20; 14 L Fairclough U20 St Helens Sutton Ac 36:25; 15 L Lombard W40 Salford Harriers & AC 36:30; 16 I Trinder Glossopdale Harriers 37:14; 17 V Cronin Trafford Athletic Club 37:18; 18 D McVey W45 1 Wilmslow Running Club 37:28; 19 S Hudak Trafford Athletic Club 37:46; 20 K Reynolds Salford Harriers & AC 37:48
TEAM: 1 Sale Harriers Manchester 28; 2 Trafford 85; 3 Wilmslow Running Club 85
METROPOLITAN LEAGUE, Claybury, October 14
Roger Poolman, a physics teacher who last won a Met League race at Wormwood Scrubs in 2019, led Highgate Harriers to victory. They finished their 12 scorers in 41 of 390 finishers, showing their intent to win the league for the 11th year, Alastair Aitken reports.
In the cool but often sunny weather on the undulating Claybury course, Poolman said: “I was hoping to stay in group for the first mile but put an effort in on the second lap.”
In second place was Terry Fawden, who was just strong enough to get ahead of his clubmate Alex Lepretre on the last hill as Highgate completed a top three ahead of Thames Valley’s Chris Thomas.
Liz Janes went well clear of the women’s field early on and, never looked like giving any ground away. She had her whole family (runner Matt Janes and her three children) supporting her.
In second place was Rebecca Piggott, who led favourites London Heathside to top the table, while in third was Yasmin Goater, who achieved her best Met League position.
In the under-17s Luke Dunham, wearing a white cap like his hero Dave Wottle, went clear in the last 200m. Surprisingly 113 ran in that race or 15/17 combined. Dunham is an 8:49 3000 runner and coached by Andy Hobdale.
Jorjia March, the National cross-country champion in February in the under-13s, won the under-15/17 women’s race. She also has an impressive record on the track as an 800m runner and is in year nine at The Latymer School.
Abigail Reid was second.
Ellina Ponkratieva, whose parents came from Siberia, led a St Mary’s top three in the under-13 girls race.
Aidan Wolpert, who pushed it on the second lap, won the under-13 boys race.
Men:
1 R Poolman (High) 25:00; 2 T Fawden (High) 25:06; 3 A Lepretre (High) 25:07; 4 C Thomas (TVH) 25:07; 5 A Lawrence (VP&TH) 25:58; 6 R Wilson (High) 26:02; 7 J Dove (WG&EL, U20) 26:04; 8 A Millberry ( VP&TH) 26:06; 9 J Hotham (VP&TH) 26:11; 10 J Young (Lon H) 26:14; 11 F Grierson (High) 26:30; 12 T Beedell (WG&EL) 26:37; 13 J Ismael (Hill) 26:40; 14 S Renfer (High) 26:46; 15 P Chambers (High) 26:50; 16 J Payne (VP&TH) 26:51; 17 K Woldegiorgis (Lon H, U20) 27:02; 18 J McVann (High) 27:04; 19 G Gurney (Lon H) 27:04; 20 T Holliday (VP&TH) 27:06
M40: 2 J Dale (VP&TH) 27:33
M45: 1 J Cooper (Harr) 29:38
M50: 1 S Shaw (ESM) 29:49
M55: 1 G Law (TVH) 29:58
M60: 1 C Finill (Harr) 33:13; 2 A Davidson (High) 33;16; 3 P Cates (Eton M) 33:27
M65: 1 T Pamphilon (WG&EL) 34:25
M75: 1 R Bloom (Herts P) 40:17
U20: 1 C Hudson (Harrow) 26:10
TEAM
D1: 1 Highgate 1649; 2 VP&TH 1567; 3 London H 1396; 4 WG&EL 1244; 5 Trent P 946; 6 Hillingdon 903
D2: 1 L Front 697; 2 Ealing E 681; 3 Eton M 611
D3: 1 VP&TH B 584
M40
D1: 1 VP&TH) 376; 2 Trent P 298; 3 Lon H 292; 4 Serpentine 235; 5 Harrow 187; 6 Eton M 186
D2: 1 VP&TH B 225; 2 Shaftesbury 192; 3 Highgate 168
D3: 1 VP&TH B 108
U17/U15:
1 L Dunham (Herts P) 13:54; 2 A Phillips (SB, U15) 14:01; 3 F Cha-Kent (Herts P) 14:12; 4 H Stockill (W&EL, U15) 14:14; 5 L Moore (TVH) 14:30; 6 A O’Gorman (SB) 14:35
U15: 3 E Phillips (SB) 14:58; 4 D Mills (Lon H) 15:08; 5 D Arnold (WG&EL) 15:10; 6 D Lewis (Hill) 15:11
TEAM: 1 Shaftesbury 420; 2 WG&EL 420; 3 Herts P 401
U13:
1 A Wolpert (VP&TH) 10:55; 2 J Haywood (ESM) 10:58; 3 T Bainbridge (WSEH) 11:04
TEAM: 1 WSEH 221; 2 ESM 218; 3 Lon H 174
U11:
1 J Maiden (Herts P) 5:16; 2 D Pascal (SB) 5:20; 3 N Cinesi (VP&TH) 5:34
TEAM: 1 Shaftesbury 147; 2 VP&TH 127; 3 WG&EL 104
Women:
1 E Janes (Herts P) 29:10; 2 R Piggott (Lon H) 31:34; 3 Y Goater (High) 31:46; 4 S Ainley (TVH) 31:50; 5 N Sheel (Serp) 32:11; 6 J Dos Santosv (VP&TH) 32;13; 7 K Castleton (Serp) 32:13; 8 C Bentley (Harrow) 32;23; 9 J Triou (ESM, W40) 32:23; 10 L Woolcock (Lon H) 32:54
W40: 2 K Clark (VP&TH) 34:04
W45: 1 A Greenwood (Trent P) 34:41
W50: 1 N Cendrowicz (High) 35:54
W55: 1 S Russell (High) 34:52
W60: 1 S Moffatt (Barn) 40:46
W65: 1 L Wilson (ESM) 41:20
U20: 1 t Woodhouse (Herts P) 34:39
TEAM
D1: 1 Lon H 354; 2 Serpentine 313; 3 VP&TH 308; 4 Highgate 302; 5 Lon H B 212; 6 TVH 182
D2: 1 Herts P 212; 2 Trent P 181; 3 Ealing E 169
D3: 1 Barnet 97
W35 TEAM
D1: 1 Highgate 116; 2 ESM 89; 3 Barnet 88
D2: 1 Barnet B 70
D3: 1 Trent P 11
U17/U15:
1 J March (Barn, U15) 15:39; 2 A Reid (WG&EL) 15:56; 3 A Johnson (ESM, U15) 16:14; 4 L MacDonald (VP&TH) 16:17; 5 A Kirk (Lon H, U15) 16:19; 6 A Van Zyl (Harrow, U15) 16:30
U15: 5 M Hunt (Lon H) 16:57; 6 K Corkin (Lon H) 17:00
TEAM: 1 Lon H 167; 2 VP&TH 154; 3 WG&EL) 149
Jorjia March (Gary Mitchell)
U13:
1 E Ponkratieva (St Mary’s) 11:48; 2 M Lapine (St Mary’s) 11:51; 3 E Archer (St Mary’s) 11;57
TEAM: 1 St Mary’s 194; 2 Shaftesbury 165; 3 Harrow 156
U11:
1 K Hailey VP&TH) 6:02; 2 S Darcy (SB) 6:02; 3 G Rooney (SB) 7:00
TEAM: 1 Shaftesbury 127; 2 WG&EL 123; 3 London Heathside 108
START FITNESS NORTH EAST HARRIER LEAGUE, Druridge Bay, October 15
Cameron Allan from the slow pack, which started first, was the fastest with 31:57 with Chris Coulson, who ran 32:32 but started five minutes back the best of the ‘fast’ pack.
Cameron Allan (David Hewitson)
Sophie Pikett, who though a former South of England top six-placer in her Belgrave days. was also from the slow pack and she led home the women with a 24:47 from Louise Mitchell’s 25:09 with the quickest time from the ‘fast’ pack only 25:26 from W40 Jane Hodgson.
Sophie Pikett (David Hewitson)
Men (10km) (not including handicap):
1 C Allan (Hought) 31:57; 2 C Larkin (Heaton) 33:23; 3 W De Vere-Owen (Morp, U20) 33:53; 4 T Balsden (Morp) 34:38; 5 L Walshaw (Sund) 35:17; 6 S Hodgson (Blay) 35:43
Fastest: Allen 31:57
TEAM: 1 Morpeth 55; 2 NSP 90; 3 Birtley 123; 4 Gateshead 189; 5 Wallsend 193; 6 Durham 193
Men”s start (David Hewitson)
M65 (8km):
1 G Hewitson (Crick) 30:54
TEAM: 1 Crook 13
U17:
1 S Penn (Gate) 16:24; 2 O Tomlinson (Morp) 16:39; 3 J Price (Aln) 17:02
TEAM: 1 Gateshead 44; 2 Birtley 48; 3 Morpeth 49
U15:
1 J Duthie-Brown (Wallsend) 12;21; 2 H Mason (Durh) 12;37; 3 F Pentland-Rice (Darl) 12;47
TEAM: 1 Tyne Br 23; 2 Heaton 31 3 Tynedale 54
U13:
1 E Eland (Elsw) 13;12; 2 J Thompson (Morp) 13:27; 3 E Laude (Morp) 13:31
TEAM: 1 Morpeth 11; 2 Elswick 32; 3 Blaydon 53
Women:
1 S Pickett (Elsw) 24:47; 2 L Mitchell (Durh) 25:09; 3 M Finn (Durh) 27:26; 4 I Hessey (Elvet) 27:46; 5 C Sinclair (Jesmond) 28:06; 6 W Chapman (Sund Str, W50) 28:24
Women’s start (David Hewitson)
Fastest: 1 Pickett 24:47
TEAM: 1 Durham 45; 2 Morpeth 46; 3 S Shields 62
U20:
1 E Lunt (T’dale, U17) 20:04; 2 I Dee (Newc U) 20:46; 3 M Gains (T’dale, U17) 20:56; 4 E Pugh (T’dale, U17) 21:03; 5 H Atkinson (NSP, U17) 21:05; 6 O Sharp (Aln) 21:07
TEAM: 1 Tynedale 8; 2 Tynedale B 34; 3 NSP 47
U15:
1 N Phillipson (Birt) 13:48; 2 H Robinson (Hought) 14:06; 3 E Tomlinson (Morp) 14:08
TEAM: 1 NSP 17; 2 Morpeth 35; 3 Durham 39
U13:
1 P Phillipson (Birt) 13:04; 2A Stead (B’hill) 14:23; 3 Z Tomlinson Morp) 14;26
TEAM: 1 Birtley 18; 2 Elswick 52; 3 Gosforth 67
NORTH MIDLANDS LEAGUE, Markeaton Park, Derby, October 14
Men:
1 E Smith-Rasmussen (Newark) 36:04; 2 G Phillips (Notts) 36:40; 3 A Hampson (Mansf) 37:22; 4 P Wright (Mansf) 37:34; 5 J Bailey (Mansf) 37:36; 6 H Alock (Notts U) 38:00
M40: 1 C Patterson (Mansf) 39:06
M55: 1 T Hartley (Notts) 39:08
TEAM: 1 Mansfield 39; 2 Notts U 75; 3 Derby 112; 4 Notts 132; 5 Peterboro &NV 194; 6 OWLS 190
M40 TEAM: 1 Mansfield 143; 2 Holme Pierpont 216; 3 Redhill RR 232
U17:
1 T Gilliver (H Peak) 21:44; 2 L Powell (Der) 22:06; 3 E Sankey (Mansf) 22:37; 4 J Smith (Notts) 23;21; 5 J Monk (Newark) 23:29; 6 D Muscos (Drr) 23:30
TEAM: 1 Derby 16; 2 Mansfield 38; 3 Notts 42
U15:
1 E Withnell (Burt) 16:14; 2 S Collins (Wreake) 16:39; 3 H Campion (OWLS) 17:02
TEAM: 1 OWLS 17; 2 Burton 20; 3 Derby 24
U13:
1 L Shaw (Burt) 13;13; 2 H Fletcher (Charn) 13:47; 3 M Fletcher (Charn) 13:52
TEAM: 1 Charnwood 16; 2 Derby 30; 3 OWLS 35
U11:
1 W Saunders (Der) 5:55; 2 L Brown (Charn) 6:03; 3 E Trotman (Charn) 6:09
TEAM: 1 Charnwood 12; 2 Derby 22; 3 Burton 45
Women:
1 L Coleman (Mansf) 23;36; 2 F Kimby (Notts U) 23:54; 3 M Truman (Burt, U20) 24:21; 4 R Gallop (Newark) nt; 5 H Gill (Mat, W45) 25:13; 6 N McIntyre (Notts U) 25:16
W45: 2 Jane Potter (Charn) 25:27
W50: 1 S Higgs (Burt) 26:47; 2 S Eadesforth (Beest) 27:02
W55: 1 N Nealon (Hunc) 26:59
TEAM: 1 Notts U 15; 2 Mansfield 44; 3 Matlock 62
W35 TEAM: 1 Holme P 134; 2 Rushcliffe 149; 3 Mansfield 164
U17:
1 M Taylor (Notts) 19:03; 2 I Shipley (Der) 20:38; 3 J Parker (OWLS) 21:35; 4 J Braithwaite (Newark) 22:14
TEAM: 1 Heanor 26; 2 Newark 26; 3 OWLS 26
U15:
1 P Langlands (Wreake) 13:58; 2 A Jackson (Wreake) 14:31; 3 P Radbourne (Der) 14:41; 4 M Jackson (Wreake) 14:58; 5 O Shaw (Mansf) 15:01; 6 M Slack (Mansf) 15:09
TEAM: 1 Wreake & S V 7; 2 Mansfield 21; 3 Burton 32
Maisie Mullett (Martin Duff)
U13:
1 M Mullett (Wreake) 11;42; 2 C Whysall (Mansf) 12:03; 3 A Kemp (Wreake) 12:22
TEAM: 1 Wreake 10; 2 Mansfield 25; 3 Charnwood 33
U11:
1 M Smith (OWLS) 6:33; 2 J Lenton (Heanor) 6:39; 3 A Drage (Wreake) 6:55
TEAM: 1 Derby 31; 2 OWLS 32; 3 Mansfield 35
ENGLAND MASTERS INTERNATIONAL TEAM SELECTION TRIALS, Markeaton Park, Derby, October 14
The event was held within the North Midlands League.
England’s team for the Masters cross-country International at Glasgow was confirmed after this event with the first four places in the M35-M50 events and first three in the men’s events for the M55 plus and all the women’s events. The younger male events are six to run and the others four per team and the remaining places were selected by committee.
The International cross-country is not yet offering equal opportunity for gender and age!
The event here was compromised slightly when the organisers of the league event refused to allow athletes to compete in the league and the Masters event which led to some confusion in the results (they were not available until four days after the event) and team selection with some athletes told of their selection which was then later changed though all athletes offered selection were at least included in the reserves.
The original team manager Matt Long has now resigned and been replaced by former managers Harry and Kim Matthews.
Midlands sixth-placer and Lee Gratton was a clear overall winner of the men’s main race.
Gratton, 16th in the Inter Counties at Loughborough, won from fellow M35 Paul Wright as unusually the M35s dominated with nine of the first 14 finishers.
First M45 Jan Bailey who was fifth and first Englishman in the Masters International in Dublin, was third across the line ahead of Stephen Jackson who led home the M40s by two seconds from Rob Warner.
Ben Paviour led home the M50s from World Masters Indoor 3000m champion Anthony O’Brien.
Phil Leybourne, who competed for England in the International five years ago, narrowly led home the M55s in the Vets but it’s worth noting that multi masters international winner Tim Hartley was a couple of minutes quicker in the league and will lead England in Glasgow.
John Convery, who was second M60 in Dublin, led home his age group narrowly from Peter Knight.
The women’s race plus M65 and over men, was comfortably won by BMAF cross-country and 1500m champion Juliet Potter. Potter was second W40 in Dublin.
Juliet Potter (David Hewitson)
Becky Penty was first W35 home 25 seconds back but was the only W35 to make the top six.
W40 Rebecca Luxton just beat her fellow age groupers Nicola Curtis and Jane Hodgson to take third overall.
Sarah Murphy was sixth and the leading W45 while in tenth in-form European Masters 800m champion Nikki Sturzaker was clearly first W50.
Nicki Nealon, a multi European and World masters track medallist in the W40 age group, but has not competed in the International since being a W45 in 2014, led home the W55s though was just behind Monica Williamson, third in Dublin, who was first W60 by over a minute from Sue Cordingly.
The W65 was much closer with Lorraine Daglish finishing just two seconds clear of Jenny Morgan.
Dot Kesterton was first W70 and she was just over a minute ahead of leading W75 Angela Copson, just a few weeks after winning European W75 gold at 800m, 1500m, 5000m and 10,000m as well as relay gold.
Copson led home her age group by ten minutes from Elaine Statham
The men were led home by Jonathan Haynes, who third in Dublin and finished 24th within the women’s and M65 plus race.
Kevin Newman was just 13 seconds back.
Close behind the leading 65s was first M70 David Butler who finished almost a minute ahead of Stan Owen. The 1972 Olympic 1500m semi finalist and European Indoor 3000m medallist Ray Smedley was sixth in his age group.
The M75 was unusually one of the most competitive age groups and last year’s Dublin winner Peter Giles, who is now aged 79, could only finish fourth here in a race won by BMAF 400m, 800m and 1500m champion Malcolm Weir from John Exley.
England’s team are expected to do better than in Dublin but it is clear that so far a separate trial race has not attracted as many leading English vets as anticipated and some suggest awarding it an England Championships event with medals might give it a greater purpose and stronger field and possibly not holding it on a league weekend might make the younger age groups stronger.
M35:
1 L Gratton 36:18; 2 P Wright 37:34; 3 G Jayasuriya 37:41; 4 R Connor 39:16; 5 D Awde 39:16; 6 J Read 39:28; 7 J Carter 39:36
M40:
1 S Jackson 38:01; 2 B Gamble 38:03; 3 R Warner 38:43; 4 M Eccles 39:15; 5 N Phillips 39:48; 6 D Wheat 40:31; 7 L Athersmith 40:58
M45:
1 J Bayley 37:36; 2 M Burrett 39:13; 3 O Beale 39:42; 4 J Hunter 40:08; 5 A Gibbins 40:41; 6 G Raven 40:50; 7 A Russell 41:28
M50:
1 B Paviour 39:42; 2 A O’Brien 40:03; 3 S Doyle 40:21; 4 J Prest 40:36; 5 A Bond 40:57; 6 A Beevers 41:21; 7 C Nicoll 42:09
M55:
1 P Leybourne 41:26; 2 F Rafferty 41:34; 3 J Richardson 43:50; 4 A Brown 45:02; 5 T Hyland 48:28; 6 D Hands 48:34
M60:
1 J Convery 42:57; 2 P Knight 43:06; 3 S Watmough 43:22; 4 A Marshall 44:06; 5 M Tennyson 44:09; 6 E Southam 44:22; 7 M Cursons 44:44; 8 D Ogden 45:22
M65 (6km approx.):
1 J Haynes 26:05; 2 K Newman 26:18; 3 D Bedwell 27:10; 4 M Whitmore 27:35; 5 G Davis 28:49; 6 D Gibbons 29:06; 7 M Eustace 29:30; 8 C Morrison 29:31
M70:
1 D Butler 26:23; 2 S Owen 27:14; 3 T Hutchison 28:06; 4 J Skelton 28:30; 5 S Thorp 28:53; 6 R Smedley 29:03; 7 M Page 29:49
M75:
1 M Weir 30:10; 2 J Exley 30:32; 3 P Young 30:53; 4 P Giles 32:18; 5 M McNally 32:22; 6 R Bloom 32:33; 7 G Newton 32:52; 8 M Mann 32:53
W35 (6km approx.):
1 B Penty 24:08; 2 T Rogers 24:33; 3 L Niemz 24:38; 4 R Gallop 25:03; 5 N Sutton 25:14; 6 F Sharpley 25:55; 7 K Sheedy 26:09
W40:
1 Juliet Potter 23:43; 2 R Luxton 24:18; 3 N Curtis 24:21; 4 J Hodgson 24:23; 5 E Renondeau 24:48; 6 J Franklin 25:13; 7 C Wills 25:35; 8 L Gawthorne 25:36; 9 L Da Silva 25;44; 10 A Baird 26:04
W45:
1 S Murphy 24:31; 2 J Sanzo 25:26; 3 Z Oldfield 25:37; 4 M Cook 25:52; 5 S Lewis 25:56; 6 C Lathwell 26:10; 7 K Haniver 26:43
W50:
1 N Sturzaker 25:03; 2 K Rennie 25:18; 3 A Davies 26:50; 4 C Betmead 26:52; 5 R Coupe 27:44; 6 R Thackray 27:47; 7 H Smith 28:07
W55:
1 N Nealon 26:59; 2 N Skilton 27:15; 3 C Jolliffe 27:34; 4 K Ramsey 27:57; 5 F Jeffries 29:07; 6 J Hanmer 29:27; 7 R Loutit 29:39
W60:
1 M Williamson 26:55; 2 S Cordingly 28:01; 3 C Wood 28:08; 4 C Page 28:09; 5 H Robinson 29:53; 6 S Gill 29:59; 7 G Richardson 30:16
W65:
1 L Daglish 31:21; 2 J Morgan 31:23; 3 J Fabes 32:01; 4 L New 32:02. 5 M Derrick 32:20; 6 M Thompson 34:24
W70:
1 D Kesterton 32:26; 2 M Statham-Berry 34:29 3 J Georghiou 37:18
W75:
1 A Copson 33:23; 2 E Statham 43:25
SUSSEX LEAGUE, Goodwood, October 14
The downs adjacent to the famous Goodwood racecourse were again pressed into service just two weeks after the venue hosted the county cross-country relay championship, Martin Duff reports.
Former Hastings AC runner Ross Skelton came out on top of the senior men’s race in the colours of relatively new outfit Hy Runners. It was the 30-year-old’s first outing over the country since winning this fixture a year earlier.
Under-20 Alexander Riley took second and comfortably led Brighton & Hove to another senior men’s team win.
There was no 1094 race victory for James Baker on his home course, but the M45 was top veteran home.
There were repeat wins for under-15 and under-13 winners Daisy Connor and Inter-Counties silver medallist Isabella Buchanan from the final race of last winter in the well supported younger races.
Under-17 women dominated the all of the other women’s race with six of the top dozen home and nine of the top 20. They were led by the Lewes AC pairing of Ava James and Esme Stephenson and the team race was comfortably theirs.
Men:
1 R Skelton (Hy R) 21:58; 2 A Riley (B&H, U20) 24;18; 3 R Fitzgibbon (Phoe) 24:42; 4 M Grindrod (B&H) 24;48; 5 K Barnes (B&H) 24:53; 6 H Yelling (B&H, U20) 25:13
M40: 1 J Baker (Chich R, M45) 25:16
M50: 1 J Skinner (Hay H) 26:47
M60: 1 M Dooley (B&H) 32:26
M70: 1 D Beattie (Craw) 45:26
U20: 3 T Hutton (Phoe) 25:23
TEAM
Div 1 (6 to score): 1 Brighton & H 44; 2 Phoenix 105; 3 Lewes 176; 4 B&H B 199; 5 Haywards H 208; 6 Hy R 333
Div 2: 1 Eastbourne 126; 2 Worthing 151; 3 Phoenix B 154
M40 TEAM: 1 B&H 11; 2 Haywards H 20; 3 Phoenix 28
U17:
1 F Goodman (B&H) 15:55; 2 T Matthews (B&H) 16:15; 3 F Pearce (E’brne) 16:28
TEAM: 1 B&H 8; 2 B&H B 36; 3 Crawley 37
U15:
1 J Trotman (Lewes) 14:01; 2 B Stewart (Chich R) 14:03; 3 F Lumber (E’brne) 14:15
TEAM: 1 Eastbourne 19; 2 Lewes 20; 3 Chichester R 29
U13:
1 T Thorn-Watts (B&H) 10:59; 2 J Webster (E’brne) 12:12; 3 L De Giovani (Ports, gst) 11;12
TEAM: 1 Eastbourne 14; 2 B&H 18; 3 Lewes 46
Women:
1 A James (Lewes, U17) 17:53; 2 E Stephenson (Lewes, U17) 17:58; 3 E Strevens (E’brne) 18:28; 4 D Knotkova (Lewes) 18:43; 5 R Gasson (B&H, U17) 18:46; 6 N Lesova (Craw, U17) 18:49; 7 G Tuesday (Lewes, U17) 18:59; 8 E Carman (Worth, U17) 19:05; 9 G Wilkinson (Lewes) 19:09; 10 C Powderhill (Phoe) 19:15
W45: 1 F Cripps (Chich R) 20:56; 2 S Fenmore (Chich R) 20:57
W50: 1 S Fry (E’brne) 21:00
W55: 1 N Anderson (Chich R) 23;31
W60: 1 J Hughes (Arena) 23;47
W65: 1 J Carder (B&H)) 25:17
TEAM
Div 1 (4 to score): 1 Lewes 14; 2 Crawley 50; 3 Worthing 53; 4 Lewes B 81; 5 Eastbourne 101; 6 Phoenix 107
Div 2 (3 to score): 1 Chichester R 55; 2 Chich R B 88; 3 Worthing B 91
W35 TEAM (3 to score): 1 Chichester R 20; 2 Eastbourne 28; 3 Worthing 41
U17 TEAM: 1 Lewes 8; 2 Worthing 26; 3 Chichester R 29
U15:
1 D Connor (E’brne) 15:06; 2 F Pearce (E’brne) 15:15; 3 M Smithers (Chich R) 15:48
TEAM: 1 Eastbourne 15; 2 B&H 30; 3 Crawley 35
U13:
1 I Buchanan (Hy R) 11:41; 2 A Whitehouse (Craw) 12:01; 3 G Fox (B&H) 12:05
TEAM: 1 Hy R 10; 2 Crawley 21; 3 B&H 22
AYRSHIRE RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Irvine. October 15
Men (4x4km): 1 Kil’k 47:55 (C Ferguson 11:42, J Phillips 11:32, C Scobie 13:02, J Downey 11:39); 2 Irv 49:27 (J Coulter 12:19, C Houston 12:32, E Clark 12:40, M Rimicans 11:56);3 Ayr S 49:36 (M Miller 12:08, L Ross 12:03, G Andrews 13:13, K Neill 12:12); 4 Kil’k B 53:22; 5 Kil’k C 55:53; 6 Nith 56:38
Fastest: Phillips 11:32
U17 (3×2.5km): 1 Kil’k 26:49 (J Work 8:18, M Monachello 9:34, L Anderson 8:57); 2 Ayr S 29:10
Fastest: Work 8:18
U15 (3×2.5km): 1 Ayr S 32:22 (L Marshall-Watt 10:35, I MacLean 10:54, F Love 10:53); 2 Irv 39:58
Fastest: L Grundy (Nith) 9:31
U13 (3×3.5km): 1 Kil’k 31:37 (C Fitzgerald 10:34, C O’Neil 11:02, L Sinclair 10:01); 2 Nith 34:56; 3 Kil’k B 35:05
Fastest: Sinclair 10:01
U11 (3×1.2km): 1 Kil’k 13:58 (M Young 4:34, S McNicol 4:59, C Cooke 4:25); 2 Kil’k B 15:02; 3eq N Ayrs/Ayr S 15:48
Fastest: R Marshall-Watt (Ayr S) 4:43
Women (3x4km): 1 Ayr S 40:35 (E Creasey 13:29, H Terrance 13:33, K Oakley 13:33); 2 Troon 44:29 (V Dougan 15:13, D McKinney 15:30, K Kelly 13:48); 3 Kil’k 46:03 (L Haggarty 15:08, S I’Anson 16:15, L Jedrusiak 14:40); 4 N Ayrs 50:15, 5 Ron’s R 50:49; 6 Kil’k B 52:20
Fastest: Creasey 13:29
U17 (3×2.5km): 1 Nith 35:31 (N McGregor 10:51, J Caig 12:45, N Dailly 11:55); 2 Kil’k 36:36
Fastest: McGregor 10:51
U15 (3×2.5km): 1 Kil’k 34:31 (L Henderson 11:35, E Cooke 11:28, C Monachello 11:28); 2 Nith 36:36; 3 Kil’k B 37:03
Fastest: Cooke, Monachello 11:28
U13 (3x 2.5km): 1 Nith 33:55 (L Ferguson 10:46, E McMillan 11:17, E Finnigan 11:52); 2 Kil’k 35:35; 3 Ayr S 36:52
Fastest: Ferguson 10:46
U11 (3×1.2km): 1 Ayr S 15:19 (A Good 5:06, D Logg 5:19, E Good 4:54); 2 Kil’k 15:21; 3 N Ayrs 16:36
Fastest: E Good 4:54
DUNBARTONSHIRE RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Dumbarton, October 14
(Times are approximate and leg times do not add up to total times)
Men (4×3.23km): 1 Garsc 39:24 (J Wilkes 9:42, C Smith 9:33, C Whitby 10:06, J MacLeod 10:01); 2 Garsc B 40:12 (J Connolly 10:13, C MacDonald 9:53, J Coyle 10:03, C Shields 10:02); 3 W’lands CC 42:28 (J Bowden 10:04, C Butler 10:36, S Leith 12:15, G Stewart 9:31); 4 W End R 43:59; 5 Garsc C (M40+) 44:57; 6 Helen 45:53
Fastest: Stewart 9:31
Young males (U13-U15-U17, 3×2.7km): 1 Garsc 23:40 (M Connolly 8:46, D Hendry 7:50, J Alexander 7:03); 2 Garsc B 24:04; 3 Garsc C 26:39
Fastest – U17: Alexander 7:03
U15: C Campbell (Garsc) 7:35
U13: Connolly 8:46
U11 (1.2km, all VPCG): 1 R Tinkler 4:21; 2 A Matheson 4:22; 3 R Gall 4:22
Women (3×3.23km): 1 Garsc (W40+) 36:04 (K White 11:26, L Gray 12:27, G Blee 12:10); 2 Helen (W40+) 38:30 (L Johnstone 13:43, N Morocza 13:39, C Heasman 11:06); 3 W End R 38:40 (C Campbell 12:12, E Martin 12:59, C McKinlay 13:29); 4 Garsc B 40:25; 5 Kirkin (W40+) 43:53; 6 W End R B 44:01
Fastest: Campbell 12:12
Young females (U13-U15-U17, 3×2.7km): 1 VPCG 28:28 (S Friel 10:52, E Morrison 9:08, A Ross 8:27); 2 Helen 29:12; 3 Garsc 30:08
Fastest – U15: Ross 8::27
U13: L MacKenzie (Helen) 10:05
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