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RACHEL FELTON EXCELS FOR ENGLAND – The Lotto Cross Cup at Hannut , Belgium on 25 January. Held over a course covered in snow and slush the England runners raced well.
The Senior Women’s race saw Belgian Louise Caston win in 22.04, over a course where they had to negotiate a number of small hurdles. England’s lead runner was Rebecca Murray of Bedford & County in 5th place (22.43), next came RACHEL FELTON 8th, 7 seconds down on Rebecca.
NATHAN FOX COMPETED FOR ENGLAND – NATHAN (Coach FRANK ATTOH) competed in Bratislava, Slovakia on 1 February. In his first competition in 2015, he won the Triple Jump with a (SB 15.75m)
SBH HIGH JUMPERS GO HEAD TO HEAD – The Scottish Indoor Championships took place in Glasgow last Sunday. The High Jump ended up with ALLAN SMITH winning the Gold Medal on countback from fellow club mate DAVID SMITH who both cleared (2.25m). This was ALLAN’S personal best indoors which was (2.24m) which he jumped on 17 January. DAVID’S jump equalled his personal best which he recorded at Loughborough in May 2014, his personal best indoors was also (2.24m) which he recorded just over a year ago.
In the Shot ANGUS MCINROY won the Silver Medal with a put of (14.10m)
NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE MATCH 4 – Took place last Saturday at Harrow. It was a very cold day taking into account the wind chill factor. It proved to be another excellent all round performance from our Young Athletes, especially as we had some of our athletes competing in the Hertfordshire Schools XC Championships on the same day.
We had 3 Individual wins from – U11 Girls MAAYAN RADUS, U13 Boys FINN HARVEY and U17 Women GABRIELLA KYRIACOU.
The League Tables after 4 fixtures are my assessment. The U11 Girls stay in 1st place and now have a lead of 96 points over Highgate Harriers. The U11 Boys have dropped to 2nd place 22 points behind Highgate Harriers. The U13 Girls slipped down to 3rd place but are only 7 points behind Harrow. The U13 Boys have now taken over 1st place and are now 18 points ahead of Highgate Harriers. The U15 Girls are now in 2nd place overall and are 18 points behind Thames Valley Harriers. The U15 Boys slipped down to 5thplace. The U17 Women stay in 1st place and have increased their lead over Thames Valley Harriers from 23 to 27 points. The U17 Men slipped from 8th to 9th place.
The final North West London League fixture takes place on Saturday 28 March at Wormwood Scrubs, which is the Club XC Championship race for the Under 11 Boys and Girls.
Under 11 Girls (1200m) – MAAYAN RADUS 1st (6.03), AIMI WEIGHTMAN 2nd (6.13), SYDNEY ALLEN 3rd (6.18), ELINA BULMAN 9th (6.47), 33 finishers, Team Result 1st Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers (6 points), 2nd Highgate Harriers (35), 3rd Cookham (42).
League table after 4 fixtures 1st Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers (28 points), 2nd Highgate Harriers (124), 3rd Barnet & District (146)
Under 11 Boys (2000m) – LUCA STUBBS 3rd (9.01), DYLAN MICHEL 4th (9.17), SAMUEL GREENSTEIN 12th (9.44), 46 runners finished. The winner was R.McGonagle of London Heathside (8.47). Team Result 1st Highgate Harriers (33 points), 2nd Harrow (46), 3rd Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers (66).
League table after 4 fixtures 1st Highgate Harriers (138 points), 2nd Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers (160), 3rd Harrow (251)
Under 13 Girls (2000m) – LOUANN LAMY 7th (10.30), 26 finishers The winner was L.O’Brien of Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (9.19). Team Result 1st Harrow (19 points), 2nd Highgate Harriers (20), 3rd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (24), 7th Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers “A” (61),
League table after 4 fixtures 1st Highgate Harriers (77 points), 2nd Harrow (115), 3rd Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers “A” (122), 8th Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers “B” (262)
Under 13 Boys (3000m) – FINN HARVEY 1st (12.37), MATTI HARRIS 6th (13.52), SAMUEL CAHILL 9th (14.29), SHAY KOHLER 18th (15.31), 29 runners. Team Result 1st Trent Park (30 points), 2nd Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers A (34), 3rd Harrow (46)
League table after 4 fixtures 1st Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers A (164 points), 2nd Highgate Harriers (182), 3rd Trent Park (187), 6th Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers B (469)
Under 15 Girls (3000m) – LIDIA KYRIACOU 4th (14.02), KAYLA MICHEL 141th (15.24), ANUSHA BULMAN 17th (16.10), 23 finishers The winner was K.Weir of Thames Valley Harriers (13.22). Team Result 1st Thames Valley Harriers (6 points), 2nd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (33), 3rd Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers A (35)
League table after 4 fixtures 1st Thames Valley Harriers (91 points), 2nd Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers A (109), 3rd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (138), 9th Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers B (295)
Under 15 Boys (4000m) – RUFUS KENT 5th (16.37), 18 runners, the winner was Lucillo Burrell of Thames Valley Harriers (15.22). Team Result 1st Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (38 points), 2nd Enfield & Haringey (48), 3rd Thames Valley Harriers (52), 7th Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers (62)
League table after 4 fixtures 1st Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (199 points), 2nd London Heathside (202), 3rd Harrow (227), 5th Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers (234)
Under 17 Women (4000m) – GABRIELLA KYRIACOU 1st (17.34), REBECCA ANDREOU 4th (19.40), 7 finishers Team Result 1st Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers (13 points), 2nd London Heathside (15), 3rd Barnet (16)
League table after 4 fixtures 1st Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers (56 points), 2nd Thames Valley Harriers (83), 3rd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (85)
Under 17 Men (4700m) – OLIVER GREENSTEIN 8th (21.22), 10 runners, the winner was M.Farah of Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (19.17). Team Result 1st London Heathside (16 points), 2nd Trent Park (16), 3rd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (21), 6th Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers (30)
League table after 4 fixtures 1st Trent Park (117 points), 2nd London Heathside (135), 3rd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (164), 9th Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers (216)
CROSS COUNTRY WINTER POINTS UPDATE – These are the up to date positions;
U11, U13 and U15 Girls best 4 out of 6 results to count – U11 Girls 5 races completed, points adjusted to include the best 4 results 1st Maayan Radus (30), Equal 2nd Sydney Allen and Aimi Weightman (28) final race is NWLL 28 March. U13 Girls 4 races completed 1st Scarlett Kent (23), 2nd Lia Radus (16), 3rd Mia Groom (13) final 2 races are National 21 February and NWLL 28 March. U15 Girls 4 races completed 1st Lidia Kyriacou (32), 2nd Kayla Michel (21), 3rd Georgia Lee (19) final 2 races are National 21 February and NWLL 28 March.
U17, U20, Senior and Master Women best 5 out of 7 results to count – U17 Women 5 races completed 1st Gabriella Kyriacou (32), Equal 2nd Rebecca Andreou and Amalia Edwards (21) final 2 races are Metropolitan League 7 February and National 21 February. U20 Women 5 races completed 1st Natalie Connor (24) final 2 races are Metropolitan League 7 February and National 21 February. Senior Women 5 races completed 1st Naomi Taschimowitz (30), 2nd Victoria Walker (27), 3rd Rebekah Gardiner (22) final 2 races are Metropolitan League 7 February and National 21 February. Masters Women 35-39 5 races completed 1st Rachel Felton (32) final 2 races are Metropolitan League 7 February and National 21 February. Masters Women 40-49 5 races completed 1st Maggie Cooper (30), 2nd Victoria Dawes (24) final 2 races are Metropolitan League 7 February and National 21 February.
All Men’s age-groups best 4 out of 6 results to count – U11 Boys 5 races completed, points adjusted to include the best 4 results 1st Luca Stubbs (32), 2nd Dylan Michel (28), 3rd Samuel Greenstein (24) final race is NWLL 28 March. U13 Boys 4 races completed Equal 1st Freddie Shiret and Daniel Greenstein (27), 3rd Finn Harvey (24) final 2 races are National 21 February and NWLL 28 March. U15 Boys 4 races completed 1st Rufus Kent (17), 2nd Jamie Harper (16), 3rd Frankie Fox (12) final 2 races are National 21 February and NWLL 28 March. U17 Men 4 races completed 1st Oliver Greenstein (27), 2nd Khalid-Ali Ahmed (21), Equal 3rd Benjamin Grainger and Jamie Dee (8) final 2 races are Metropolitan League 7 February and National 21 February. U20 Men 4 races completed 1st Phillip Crout (27), 2nd Michael Callegari (24), 3rd Ben Rochford (15) final 2 races are Metropolitan League 7 February and National 21 February. Senior Men 4 races completed 1st Daniel Watts (44), 2nd Glen Watts (36), 3rd Michael Potticary (35) final 2 races are Metropolitan League 7 February and National 21 February. Masters Men 35-39 5 races completed, points adjusted to include the best 4 results 1st Orlando Edwards (32), 2nd Tim Parkin (29) final race is Metropolitan League 7 February. Masters Men 40-49 5 races completed, points adjusted to include the best 4 results 1st Ronan Breen (31), 2nd Anthony Jackson (16), 3rd Andrew Millett (8) final race is Metropolitan League 7 February. Masters Men 50-59 5 races completed, points adjusted to include the best 4 results 1st Robert Rigby (32), 2nd Philip Cunningham (28), 3rd Ray Powell (6) final race is Metropolitan League 7 February. Masters Men 60-69 5 races completed, points adjusted to include the best 4 results 1st John Kelly (24) final race is Metropolitan League 7 February.
FEBRUARY HALF TERM CAMPS AT ALLIANZ PARK – You will get the opportunity to be coached by some of our elite athletes and high quality coaches. Individuals can expect to cover a range of athletics disciplines over the course of the camp in this world class facility. With the use of our 70m Olympic indoor track with other indoor facilities including a jumps pit, high jump and pole vault facility this promises to be a great experience for any young athlete wishing to develop their athletic disciplines.
MASTERS ROAD RELAYS – Takes place at Sutton Park, Birmingham on Saturday 16 May. I have decided as a one off to organise in getting a Men’s team or two toeing the line. The categories are 35+ (6 to a team), 45+ (4), 55+ (3), ages are on the day of the race. Athletes in older age-groups may compete in a younger age-group. The next step is to EMAIL ME whether you wish to compete, or not. MAGGIE will be contacting her Women.
LONDON BOROUGH OF BARNET MINI LONDON MARATHON TRIAL – Please remember each athlete has to register with Ian Bannister before they can compete in the trial on 28 February.
Attached is the Athletes Registration Form which you must complete and return to Ian Bannister at ianbannister@saracens.net by Wednesday 25 February.
UPCOMING CROSS COUNTRY FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS
ACTIVE TRAINING WORLD METROPOLITAN LEAGUE – The fifth and final fixture takes place on Saturday 7 February at Wormwood Scrubs, Linford Christie Stadium, Du Cane Road (SatNav W12 0AE). Enter main car park off Du Cane Road (via Artillery Lane), through 6’6” height/width barrier. Extra parking will be available in the enclosed/fenced hospital parking area. Parking is free in all areas at the week-end.
Timetable – 1.00pm U11 Boys/Girls 9+ years of age (1500m), 1.15pm U13 Boys (3000m), 1.20pm U13 Girls (3000m), not before 1.35pm U17 Men and U15 Boys (4000m), not before 1.40pm U17 Women and U15 Girls (4000m), not before 1.55pm U20, Senior and Veteran Women (6000m), not before 2.35pm U20, Senior and Veteran Men (8000m).Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run.
Please go to Active Training World Metropolitan League web site www.metleague.co.uk for information on course maps.
CASH PRIZES will be awarded again this season, firstly for U20 MEN and WOMEN. 1st place £55, 2nd place £30 and 3rd place £15, these prizes will be awarded at each of the 5 fixtures.
SENIOR MEN and WOMEN on a league table system with points awarded at each race, with the best 4 race points total to count. PRIZES are 1st place £575, 2nd place £400, 3rd place £325, 4th place £250, 5th place £200, 6th place £150 and 7th place £100.
ENGLISH NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 21 February at Parliament Hill Fields, Hampstead Heath NW5 1QR, nearest station is Gospel Oak.
Timetable – 11.00am 24th U17 Women (5000m), 11.25am 13th U15 Boys (4500m), 11.45am 50th U20 Women (6000m), 12.15pm 43rd U13 Girls (3000m), 12.35pm 70th U17 Men (6000m), 1.00pm 50th U15 Girls (4000m), 1.20pm 68th U20 Men (10000m), 2.05pm 13th U13 Boys (3000m), 2.20pm 83rd Senior Women (8000m), 3.00pm 128th Senior Men (12000m)
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your Team Manager
OTHER RESULTS – CROSS COUNTRY UNLESS STATED
The Watford Half Marathon (Road took place on 1 February
DANIEL DAVIES 9th (73.30) who was the Senior Hertfordshire Half Marathon Champion, JO KENT V45 (2nd Claim) 86th (83.49), RONAN BREEN V40 108th (85.31), BARRY CHISOLM V55 629th (103.54), RUSSELL DEVITT V60 1251st (119.31) 1821 runners finished
The Mornington Chasers Regents Park 10k (Road took place on 1 February
ASHER BROOKS U23 7th (1st U23 PB 36.32) taking .33 of a second off his 2014 time
The London Senior/U20 Games (Indoors) took place at Lee Valley on 31 January & 1 February
60m – Senior Men Race A1.1 JOHN OTUGADE U23 2nd (PB 6.70) taking .03 of a second off his 2014 time, OJIE EDOBURUN U20 3rd (SB 6.70), Race A1.2 RANDY MOMIE U23 7th (PB 6.92) taking .05 of a second off his 2013 time. Race A2.1 JOHN finished in 2nd place (PB 6.67) taking .03 of a second off his previous race, and is ranked UK N0.2 U23 in 2015, OJIE was just behind in 3rd place (PB 6.69) taking .02 of a second off his 2014 time, and is ranked UK N0.1 U20 in 2015, Race A2.2 RANDY finished in 6th place (6.95), Race B1.1 RICHARD MORRISSEY 6th (SB 7.37), Race B1.2 RENARD FREDERICK 1st (SB 6.94) in Race B2.1 RENARD finished in 1st place (PB 6.92) equalling his 2013 time, Race C1.4 SEAN LODOVICA U23 5th (SB 7.47) in Race C2.5 SEAN finished in 4th place (7.50)
60m – U20 Men Race 1.1 ZANSON PLUMMER 6th (SB 7.11), Race 1.2 GERALD MATTHEW 2nd (PB 7.02) taking .03 of a second of his 17 January time, ANDREW AMOAH3rd (7.12), Race 1.5 SAM HAZELL 6th (SB 7.56), Race 2.1 GERALD finished 5th (PB 6.98) taking .04 of a second off his previous race, Race 2.2 ZANSON finished 4th (7.12),ANDREW finished 5th (7.15), Race 2.8 SAM finished 2nd (PB 7.52) taking .04 of a second off his previous race
60m – U20 Women Race 1.1 DARYLL NEITA 1st (SB 7.47), PAGE FAIRCLOUGH 3rd (PB 7.71) taking .04 of a second off her 2014 time, Race 1.2 SABRINA BAKARE 3rd (7.87), Race 1.4 KAYANNA REID 1st (PB 7.47), Race 1.7 LAYLA WALKER-LAWRENCE 1st (8.58), Race 1.8 LILY BECKFORD (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 8.17), SIMONE REINDERS 1st (SB 8.32), Race 2.1 DARYLL finished 1st (SB 7.43) taking .04 of a second off her previous race, and is ranked UK No.2 U20 in 2015, PAGE finished 5th (7.72), Race 2.2 SABRINA finished 3rd (7.81), Race 2.4 LILY finished 1st (8.00) taking .17 of a second off her previous race, Race 2.5 KAYANNA finished 1st (8.20) taking .07 of a second off her previous race, SIMONE finished 6th (8.30) taking .02 of a second off her previous race, Race 2.7 LAYLA finished 5th (8.75)
200m – U20 Men Race 1 GERALD MATTHEW 3rd (SB 22.34)
200m – Senior Women Race 1 PHILIPPA LOWE (HCA) 2nd (SB 25.07) – U20 Women Race 1 LILY BECKFORD (2nd Claim) 1st (SB 25.31)
800m – Senior Men Race 4 JOE SHERRY U23 3rd (SB 2:02.28)
800m – Senior Women Race 3 LISA WEBB V45 5th (SB 2:28.58)
60m Hurdles – Senior Men Race 1.3 MAURICE RYAN 1st (SB 8.61), Race 2.2 MAURICE finished 6th (8.69) – U20 Men 1.3 MATTHEW HALL 1st (PB 8.46) taking .21 of a second off his 2014 time, Race 2.2 MATTHEW finished 2nd (PB 8.51) taking .15 of a second off his earlier race
60m Hurdles – Senior Women Race 1.4 SIMONE REINDERS 4th (SB 9.67), Race 2.3 SIMONE finished 2nd (SB 9.44) taking .23 of a second off her earlier race
High Jump – Senior Men Pool B AKIN COWARD U20 8th (SB 1.96m)
Long Jump – Senior Women Straight Final ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V50 13th (SB 3.60m) – U20 Women Pool B YASMIN LAKIN U23 6th (SB 4.80m)
Triple Jump – Senior Men Pool B ALANDO ALFRED U20 1st (PB 14.13m) adding 8cm to his 17 January jump
The British Universities Championships took place in Brighton on 31 January
Senior Men – RICHARD GOODMAN U23 (St Mary’s University) 4th (39.09), MICHAEL CALLEGARI U20 (St Mary’s University) 29th (41.24), MARK PEARCE U20 (Birmingham University) 39th (41.52), WILLIAM RYLE-HODGES U23 (Oxford University) 51st (42.24) 314 runners finished. The winner was Jonathan Hay of Birmingham University (38.57)
Senior Women – VICTORIA WALKER U23 (Birmingham University) 35th (25.23), KATE BARBER U23 (Warwick University) 164th (29.06) 243 runners finished. The winner was Emelia Gorecka of Holloway University (23.06)
The Loughborough Students Open (Indoors) took place on 31 January
Shot Put 4kg – KELLY BRAMHALD U23 3rd (PB 11.44m) adding 62cm to her 10 January put
The Adidas Classic (Indoors) took place in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA on 31 January
WT15.88kg – NICK PERCY U23 (Nebraska University) 5th (17.77m)
The New Mexico Team Invitational (Indoors) took place in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA on 31 January
800m – SOPHIE CONNOR U23 (New Mexico University) 2nd (SB 2:08.92)
The Armory Track Invitational (Indoors) took place in New York, USA on 30-31 January
800m – MARILYN OKORO 1st (SB 2:06.13)
3000m – LIZZIE BIRD U23 (Princeton University) 2nd (SB 9:56.64)
The Boston University John Terrier Invitational (Indoors) took place in Boston, Massachusetts, USA on 30-31 January
3000m – LIAM DEE U20 (Iona College) 7th (PB 8:13.40) taking 6.42 seconds off his 2014 time, and is ranked UK No.2. U20 in 2015
The Razorback Invitational (Indoors) took place in Fayetteville, Arizona, USA on 30-31 January
1 Mile – ZAC RANDALL (Oklahoma University) 9th (PB 4:14.42)
PARKRUN RESULTS 31 January – BLANFORD – CLAIRE SIMM 20th (First Time 23.26) – OAK HILL – LIA RADUS U15 7th (20.04), KIERAN MORELAND U23 8th (20.16), STUART SINGER V5014th (21.08), DOMINIC HOLMES U13 58th (31.31) – WORCESTER – ANTHONY WHITEMAN V40 2nd (16.50)