Our latest round-up includes news from the West Mids Young Athletes’ League, Birmingham League, Manchester Area League and Start Fitness Met League
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WEST MIDLANDS YOUNG ATHLETES’ LEAGUE, Match 2, Rugby, Northamptonshire, November 10
The Country House at Newbold Revel played host to what claims to be the strongest in the county for the younger age groups.
Midland champion Olivia McGhee matched her win in the opening match but another Midland champion, Archie Lane, who had won the October race in the league, had to give ground in his under-17 race. That was to former champion Owen Ulfig in the under-17 men’s race to emphasise the strength of this league.
U17 Men: 1 O Ulfig (W&B) 15:42; 2 A Lane (Leam) 16:00; 3 S Lambert (Strat) 16:05
U15: 1 F Jones (W&B) 9:30; 2 J Smith (Leam) 9:36; 3 C Pearson (C&S) 9:41
U13: 1 Z Rush (S&SM) 9:08; 2 S Palmer (W&B) 9:22; 3 J Yang (W&B) 9:33
U17 Women: 1 O McGee (R&N) 14:27; 2 F Collins (Hales) 15:07; 3 Z Mzuku (W&B) 15:12
U15: 1 H Turner (Stoke) 10:34; 2 M Blower (B&R) 10:39; 3 T Conway (Bir) 10:52
U13: 1 B Lamb (R&N) 8:53; 2 L Pearce (W&B) 9:58; 3 Z McNamara ((Stoke) 10;16
BIRMINGHAM LEAGUE, Division 1, Match 1, Northampton, November 9
The league started where it left off back in February with a return to Abington Park in a joint match with the Midland Women’s League top flight and it was Aldershot’s Will Barnicoat who won by nearly a minute.
Barnicoat repeated his victory from this fixture last year to add to his European under-20 and under-23 championship wins over the past two seasons.
Running in the colours of Birmingham University, Barnicoat headed Rugby & Northampton’s Finlay Ward.
Further back, Birchfield’s Ed Banks, champion last winter, continued his run as top veteran in the league.
Men: 1 W Barnicoat (Birm U) 29:06; 2 F Ward (R&N) 30:02; 3 B Kandola (Leam) 30:07; 4 T Bridger (Birm U) 30:11; 5 D Gillett (EW Tempo) 30:12; 6 T Shaw (Birm U) 30:15
M40: 1 E Banks (Bir) 31:22; 2 C Jones W Tempo) 32:50; 3 T Evetts (W Tempo) 31:55
U20: 1 L Gilyear (Warw U) 31:26; 2 F Rattray (Birm U) 32:03
TEAM: 1 Birmingham U 79; 2 BRAT 125; 3 Loughborough U 159
B TEAM: 1 Loughborough U 366
M40 TEAM: 1 W Tempo 25; 2 Bromsgrove & Redditch 42; 3 BRAT 61
B TEAM: 1 B&R 130
BIRMINGHAM LEAGUE Div 2, Match 1, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, November 9
Results not yet available
BIRMINGHAM LEAGUE Div 3, Match 1, Pelsall, November 9
North Common saw the third division join forces with the Midland Women’s League Division 2.
The third flight was won by Telford’s Jack Cole from club mate Dan Onyango as they dominated in the team competition.
Men: 1 J Cole (Tel) 35:20; 2 D Onyango (Tel, M40) 35:36; 3 K Heeley (Amaz Ft) 35:37
TEAM: 1 Telford 38; 2 Bourneville 161; 3 Northbrook 168
M40 TEAM: 1 Telford 18
CHILTERN LEAGUE, Match 2, Milton Keynes, November 9
The second match was again at Teardrop Lakes and it was Richard Slade who scored an individual victory for Chiltern Harriers. This was narrowly over Bedford & County’s junior Noel Campion, whose Bedford & County club took control of the league overall with victory in both men’s and women’s sections.
In the senior women’s event, it was regular league winner Rebecca Murray who dominated over junior Madeleine Pearce as top master Kate Rennie, a British & Irish Masters champion, took fourth.
In the young athletes’ races, the stand-out athlete was again Paris Olympian Phoebe Gill, who confirmed what she told AW the previous week about competing in the league before Christmas.
After her fastest under-20 lap in the cross-country relays the previous week, the Dacorum runner said that she would tread the boards over 400m in the new year.
Men: 1 R Slade (Chilt) 29:20; 2 N Campion (Bed C, U20) 29;25; 3 C Allan (Wyc P) 29:51; 4 B Davies (Bed C) 30:09; 5 M Shantry (Head RR) 30:31; 6J Janes (Bed C) 30;44
M40: 1J Eves (Bed C) 31:33
M50: 1 P Williamson (L Buzz Tri) 35:20
M60: 1 M Turney (Chilt) 38:40
U20: 2 J Hampton-Wallace (Lut) 31:1; 3 H Johnson (Lut) 31:21
Div 1
Senior TEAM: 1 Bedford & County 2525; 2 Milton Keynes 2389; 3 Wycombe Phoenix 2444
M40 TEAM: 1 Ampthill & Flitwick 874
U20 TEAM: 1 Bed C 748
U17: 1 M Kotrys (Bed C) 19:32; 2 T Roberts (Mil K) 19:42; 3 E Johnson (Chilt) 19:43
Div 1 TEAM: 1 Bed C 176; 2 Chiltern 139; 3 St Albans 136
U15: 1 T Ford (Chilt) 14:51; 2 E Langley-Aybar (Brack) 14:55; 3 F Hayward (Wyc P) 14:56
Div 1 TEAM: 1 Wycombe P 171; 2 Chiltern 165; 3 Dacorum 142
U13: 1 N Spruce (Abing) 10:57; 2 J Docherty (Dac) 11:01; 2 L Dolan (VoA) 11:02
TEAM
Div 1: 1 St Albans 217; 2 Bed C 191; 3 Chiltern 189
Overall Men’s TEAM: 1 Bed C 3025
Women: 1 R Murray (Bed C) 20:54; 2 M Pearce (Mil K, U20) 22;10; 3 E Butcher (Abing) 22:14; 4 K Rennie (Dac, W45) 22:51; 5 K Stern (St Alb) 22:32; 6 M Blizzard (Bed C) 22;37s
W45: 2 R Cooke (Bucks & Stowe) 24:10
W55: 1 L Bentham (St Alb) 26:45
W65: 1 G Heuter (Oxf C) 30:47
U20: 1 L Danobrega (Bed C) 22:44
Div 1
Senior TEAM: 1 Bed C 911; 2 Dacorum 879; 3 Headington RR 865
W35 TEAM: 1 Dacorum 563
U20/U17: 1 P Gill (St Alb) 17:20; 2 S Chapman (Mil K, U17) 18:45; 3 L Johnson (Dac, U17) 18:51
Div 1 TEAM: 1 Dacorum 117; 2 Mil K 113; 3 Chiltern 96
U15: 1 I Bennetts (Northampton) 16:36; 2 A Lorrimer (Oxf C) 16:39; 3 O Geary (Mil K) 16:54
Div 1 TEAM: 1 Chiltern 144; 2 Mil K 121; 3 St Albans 121
U13: 1 J McDougall Chilt) 11:55; 2 H Lucas (Brack) 12:12; 3 T Davies-Dixon (Brack) 12;27
Div 1 TEAM: 1 Chiltern 196; 2 St Albans 188; 3 Mil K 170
Overall Women’s TEAM: 1 Bed C 1215
Overall TEAM (M&W): 1 Bed C 3436; 2 Wycombe Phoenix 3196; 3 Milton Kenyes 3038
Emily Haggard-Kearney (Harry Shakeshaft)
MANCHESTER AREA LEAGUE, Match 2, Kenworthy Woods, November 9
Max Wharton led a quartet of Sale runners to a resounding team victory in clear and dry conditions at Kenworthy Woods, Stephen Green reports.
Wharton, winner at this venue in February of this year, was always to the fore and by the last of three large laps, had only Nigel Martin and Arlo Ludewick for company, with eventual fourth placer Nicholas Barry coming adrift.
Coming out of the woods and series of three sharp hills, Wharton was able to use his 1:47 800m speed to full effect to pull four seconds clear of Martin on the flatter finish section, with Ludewick two seconds down. First under-20 home was George Noble (11th) also of Sale Harriers.
Emily Haggard Kearney survived the fast early pace set by Lucy Armitage to come clear by over a minute. The Warriors athlete, who has a half-marathon best of 70:45, looked strong through the series of trails, and playing fields.
Mollie Williams, in third, was around 150m in arrears, replicating her position from the first fixture at Heaton Park. Armitage led Sale to the team win and Lucy Clitheroe of St Helen’s (7th) was the first under-20 home.
Imogen Wharton (Warrington AC) was the day’s most emphatic winner in the under-17 women’s race, 90 seconds ahead of Constance Johnston, who was a minute to the good from Rosie Philbin.
Liam Johnson was able to shake off the early attentions of fellow under-17 Pio Aron, to break the tape 30 seconds ahead, with Finley Goddard third.
In the under-15 races, Warrior’s Isla Yorke, won a closely fought race by three seconds from Rebecca Murphy with Beatrix Soper third. Jake Ireland of Macclesfield enjoyed a 70 gap from Michael Phelan, with Samuel Conkie a close third.
Warriors’ Beddow twins continued their winning ways in the under-13 races, this time it was Isobel, around 80m ahead of Eve, who just managed to edge Kitty Crossland. Fellow Warrior Harry Redhead broke the tape, 13 seconds clear of Loxley Schofield, with Bobby Hughes third.
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The under-11 events saw a win for Lewis Lyons from fellow Salford athlete Isaac Taylor Unitt, with Jack Rattray third. Jasmine Rogan of Warrior was the girls’ champion ahead of Sophie McCready and Emilia Gandy.
The league continues to grow across all age-groups. The senior men and women combined saw almost 850 runners complete the course.
Top three men (Harry Shakeshaft)
Men: 1 M Wharton (Sale) 32:10; 2 N Martin (Sale) 32;14; 3 A Ludewick (Sale) 32;16; 4 N Barry (Sale) 33:09; 5 S Hoydal 33:22; 6 C Williams (Vale R) 33:24
M40: 1 A Norman (Altr) 34:28
M45: 1 N Barnes (Sale) 35:15
M50: 1 G Raven (Salf) 35:32
M55: 1 A Porter (Bramhall) 37;40
M60: 1 S Watmough (Warr) 39:26
M65: 1 A Rafferty (Sale) 43:32
M70: 1 D Gee (Manch) 47:30
TEAM: 1 Sale 29; 2 Salford 150; 3 Vale Royal 163
U17: 1 L Johnson (St Hel) 21:50; 2 P Aron (Traff) 22;20; 3 F Goddard (Sale) 22:36
TEAM: 1 Trafford 13; 2 Sale 33; 3 St Helens Sutton 34
U15: 1 J Ireland (Macc) 17:00; 2 M Phelan (Warriors) 17:13; 3 S Konkie (Vale R) 17:19
TEAM: 1 Macclesfield 10; 2 Warriors Pentathlon 23; 3 Vale Royal 31
U13: 1 H Redhead (Warriors) 14:32; 2 L Schofield (Salf Met) 14:41; 3 B Hughes (Warriors 14:42
TEAM: 1 Warriors 13; 2 Salford 23; 3 Sale 36
Women: 1 E Haggard-Kearney (Warriors) 29:25; 2 L Armitage (Sale) 30:40; 3 M Williams (Stock) 31:15; 4 V Cronin (Traff) 31;44; 5 R Jones (Salf) 31;58; 6 L Clitheroe (St Hel Sutt) 32:21
W40: 1 L Lombard (Salf) 32:22
W45: 1 S Murphy (Vale R) 33:24
W50: 1 M Vaughan (E Chesh & T) 36:49
W55: 1 W Higginbottom (Buxton) 36:21
W60: 1 B Jackson (Alt) 39:57
W70: 1 A Jones (Macc) 44:07
TEAM: 1 Sale 47; 2 Trafford 54; 3 Salford 56
U17: 1 I Wharton (Warr) 25:40; 2 C Jennison (Buxt) 27:10; 3 R Philbin (Stock) 28:01
TEAM: 1 Trafford 13; 2 Sale 33; 3 St Helens Sutton 34
U15: 1 I Yorke (Warriors) 18:22; 2 R Murphy (Liv) 18:25; 3 B Soper (Sale) 18;40
TEAM: 1 Macclesfield 10; 2 Warriors 23; 3 Vale Royal 31
U13: 1 I Beddow (Warriors) 15:14; 2 E Beddow (Warriors) 15:26; 3 K Crossland (Horw) 15:27
TEAM: 1 Warriors 3; 2 Salford 23; 3 Sale 36
KENT CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUE, Match 2, Bexley, November 9
Tonbridge maintained their domination of the league, at Danson Park, with another easy team victory as Cole Gibbens led home team-mate Ted Higgins, who now leads the individual standings after three fixtures.
While the women had a weekend off, under-13s Emery Aldridge and Tyla Jade Thomas, under-15 Freddie Gibson, under-17 Holly Diprose, M70 John Tolhurst and W65 Michele Bradshaw all gained their third victory of the winter.
Men (8.2km): 1 C Gibbens (Ton) 25:41; 2 T Higgins (Ton) 25:47; 3 J Shayler (B&B) 26:01; 4 L White (TWH) 26:31; 5 O Weston (Inv EK) 26:48; 6 J Teece (Cent P) 26:59; 7 B Babaker (Camb H) 27:07; 8 J Walsh (M&M) 27:09; 9 N Armstrong (Bex) 27:25; 10 B Tyler (M&M) 27:27; 11 J O’Hara (Bex) 27:30; 12 J Bradley (Than) 27:31; 13 A Webb (M&M, M45) 27:31; 14 S Molloy (Ton) 27:35; 15 M Berry (Cent P) 27:41
M45: 2 B Shearer (Camb H) 27:44; 3 D Kendall (Camb H) 27:44
M50: 1 A Lee (Sev) 27:56; 2 D Varney (B&B) 30:27
M55: 1 O Van Zyl (Sev) 31:21; 2 A Rodgers (M&M) 31:47
M60: 1 G Lewis (CPT) 33:02; 2 S Moss (Beck) 34:31
M65: 1 S Smythe (Camb H) 37:05; 2 S Austin (TWH) 37:12
TEAM: 1 Tonbridge 33; 2 M&M 52; 3 Camb H 74; 4 B&B 81; 5 Cent P 97
TEAM (12 to score): 1 Tonbridge 408; 2 M&M 510; 3 B&B 517
M70 (5km): 1 J Tolhurst (Padd W) 26:23; 2 A Newman (Ton) 26:48; 3 J Denyer (Sev, M75) 28:20
M80: 1 V Thomas (Green T) 35:56
U20 (5km): 1 F Shepherd (M&M) 17:18; 2 M Constable (B&B) 17:28; 3 H Faye (B&B) 17:52
U17 (5km): 1 H Kelk (Inv) 17:14; 2 O Buck (Camb H) 17:32; 3 L Elmqvist (B&B) 18:11
TEAM: 1 B&B 14; 2 Tonbridge 27; 3 M&M 36
U15 (4km): 1 F Gibson (M&M) 14:15; 2 C Warren (Ton) 14:56; 3 K Farrell (B&B) 14:58
TEAM: 1 Tonbridge 15; 2 B&B 27; 3 M&M 39
U13 (3km): 1 E Aldridge (B&B) 10:54; 2 G Bowers (Padd W) 10:54; 3 H Beeraje (B&B) 11:19
TEAM: 1 B&B 11; 2 Tonbridge 32; 3 Dartford 52
Women W65 (5km): 1 M Bradshaw (TWH) 27:08; 2 J Lenton (Orp) 27:21; 3 M MacDonald (Camb H, W70) 32:44
U20 (5km): 1 E Nicholson (B&B) 19:26; 2 E Webb (M&M) 20:12; 3 C Firth (B&B) 20:21
TEAM: 1 M&M 11; 2 B&B 12
U17 (5km): 1 H Diprose (Sev) 20:38; 2 E Tynan (Camb H) 20:44; 3 N Mossi (B&B) 20:53
TEAM: 1 M&M 19; 2 B&B 22; 3 Tonbridge 24
U15 (4km): 1 S Richmond (Weald Tri) 16:02; 2 S Mossi (B&B) 16:37; 3 E de Bruyn (B&B) 16:45
TEAM: 1 B&B 12; 2 Tonbridge 21; 3 Camb H 24
U13 (3km): 1 T Thomas (Dart) 11:53; 2 C Foster (Camb H) 12:05; 3 A Watts (Ton) 12:26
TEAM: 1 Tonbridge 19; 2 B&B 26; 3 Camb H 26
MIDLAND WOMEN’S LEAGUE, Division 1, Match 1, Northampton, November 9
The women joined up with the Birmingham men’s league’s top flight and Birmingham University’s Kate Willis repeated her victory from the January fixture. This led to a win over Western Tempo’s Megan Marchant.
However, it was college rivals Loughborough who comfortably took the team race.
Women: 1 K Willis (Birm U) 20:13; 2 M Marchant (W Tempo) 20:27; 3 B Gunn (Bir) 20;55; 4 E Muzio (Lough) 21;10; 5 H Seager (Charn) 21;24; 6 A Coffee (Lough) 21:29
W40: 1 T Freeman (B&R) 22:55
W45: 1 H Knight (CLC) 23:54
W50: 1 L Tait-Harris (W&B) 24:06
TEAM Div 1: 1 Loughborough U 25; 2 Birmingham U 49; 3 Birchfield 78
W35 TEAM: 1 Bromsgrove & Redditch 21; 2 Stoke 22; 3 CLC 52
DIVISION 2, Match 1, Pelsall, November 9
The second flight joined Birmingham League men’s third division and Coventry Godiva’s Sophie Hurst dominated with a comprehensive victory over team mate Amelia Starling.
Women: 1 S Hurst (Cov G) 22;21; 2 A Starling (Cov G) 24:01; 3 R Routledge (RSC) 24:12; 4 A Deavy (N’brook, W45) 24:17; 5 G Delaney (RSC) 24:23; 6 C Van Der Merwe (RSC) 24:44
W40: 1 D Thomas (Trenth) 25:01
W50: 1 J Standfield (Trenth) 25:52
TEAM Div 1: 1 Royal Sutton Coldfield 24; 2 Spa 52; 3 Coventry Godiva 93
W35 TEAM: 1 SPA 34; 2 Trentham 35; 3 Knowle & D 40
NORTH MIDLANDS LEAGUE, Match 2, Corby, Northamptonshire, November 9
West Glebe Park played host to the second match and Jersey National Thomas Atkinson and Aimee Seager of Charnwood ran out winners of the two senior races.
Men: 1 T Atkinson (Notts Trent U) 29:33; 2 A Hampson (Mansf) 29:36; 3 P Wright (Mansf) 30:01
M45: 1 J Bailey (Mansf) 31:11
M50: 1 D Cass (Mansf) 33:50
M55: 1 T Hartley (Notts) 32:34
M60: 1 P Whittingham (Mansf) 37:26
U20: 1 H Samkin (Linc W) 30:54
TEAM: 1 Mansfield 37; 2 Notts 93; 3 Newark 135
M40 TEAM: 1 Peterboro & NV 102; 2 Beeston 143; 3 Long Eaton 146
U17: 1 J Nugent (Mansf) 18:09; 2 J Ryan (Mansf) 18:11; 3 J Lane (R’cliffe) 19;10
TEAM: 1 Mansfield 11; 2 Rushcliffe 23; 3 OWLS 24
U15: 1 J Pares (Mansf) 16:47; 2 A Phillipson (Linc W) 16:59; 3 O McClemens (Mansf) 17:09
TEAM: 1 Lincoln Wellington 37; 2 Wreake & SV 34; 3 Mansfield 35
U13: 1 W Saunders (Der) 10:38; 2 T Bronnert (OWLS) 10:41; 3 F Melbourne (Charn) 10:44
TEAM: 1 Charnwood 15; 2 OWLS 36; 3 Notts 37
Women: 1 A Seager (Charn) 21:15; 2 E Griffiths (Notts U) 21:22; 3 H Gill (Mansf, W45) 21:59
W55: 1 K Ramsey (Charn) 23:34
W60: 1 C Heaton (H’pont) 26:51
U20: 1 A Wallace INotts U) 21L57
TEAM: 1 Notts U 15; 2 Charnwood 20; 3 Mansfield 46
W35 TEAM: 1 Mansfield 108; 2 Huurstpierpont) 191; 3 Grantham 243
U17: 1 A Arbon (Mansf) 19:48; 2 M Taylor (Notts) 19:58; 3 I Ellwood (Kett) 19:58
TEAM: 1 Derby 19; 2 Mansfield 20; 3 Kettering 28
U15: 1 M Owen (Kett) 10;16; 2 C Whysall (Mansf) 19:31; 3 L Mason (Mansf) 10:40
TEAM: 1 Mansfield 10; 2 Kettering 17; 3 Charnwood 34
U13: 1 O Wright (Mansf) 10:53; 2 A Rennie (Linc W) 10:54; 3 E Clifton (Mansf) 11:14
TEAM: 1 Mansfield 14; 2 Wreake & SV 19; 3 OWLS 49
START FITNESS MET LEAGUE, Match 2, Horsenden Hill, London, November 9
Jacob Allen, a PE teacher who recently placed second in the Manchester-Half Marathon, took Highgate Harriers clear in the points table, setting them on course for their 13th annual Metropolitan League victory, despite Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets winning their first encounter at Woodford, Alastair Aitken reports.
Highgate Harriers had all their 12 men in the first 33 places from 443 finishers, with M80 runner Stuart Mann 440th (45:17.49), beating three runners who were behind him.
In the good conditions Hanah Viner, who last won a Met League in February 2023, was looking good again as she won the women’s race.
Jorjia March and Arjuna Pflug were winners again as they were first under-15 races at Woodford.
Men: 1 J Allen (High) 24:03; 2 F Grierson (BHigh) 24:09; 3 F McGrath (Gst) 24;13; 4 T Butler (SB) 24:23; 5 D Jinks (High) 24:48; 6 S Lewis (VP&TH) 24:50
M45: 1 P Martelletti (VP&TH) 25:38
M50: 1 S Shaw (ESM) 28:18
M55: 1 G Low TVH) 29:34
M60: 1 M Cursons (Harow) 29:49
U20: 1 C O’Neill (Herts P) 25:46
TEAM: 1 Highgate 2034; 2 VP&TH 1893; 3 Highgate B 1465; 4 London Heathside 1439; 5 VP&TH B 1337; 6 WG&EL 1288
U17/U15: 1 I Mezey (ESM) 13;27; 2 A Pflug (High, U15) 13:35; 3 B Murphy (Herts P) 14:01; 4 S Turner (Lon H) 14:04; 5 H Stockhill (WG&EL) 14:12; 6 O Eaton (WG&EL) 14:15
U15: 2 D Lewis (Hill) 14:20; 3 K Hussein (VP&TH) 14:25
TEAM: 1 WG&EL 408; 2 Shaftesbury 402; 3 Herts P 389
U13: 1 D Pascal (SB) 9:26; 2 B Caspar (SB) 9:27; 3 J Maiden (Herts P) 9:34
TEAM: 1 Shaftesbury 198; 2 VP&TH 180; 3 Herts P 161
Women: 1 H Viner (High) 29:18; 2 C Boyd-Squires (VP&TH) 29:21; 3 C Baker (TVH) 29;44; 4 L Sterritt (TVH) 29:48; 5 K Catsreton (Serp) 29:52; 6 J Dos Santos (VP&TH) 29:54
W40: 1 K Clark &VP&TH) 31:26
W45: 1 J Triou (ESM) 32:02
W50: 1 J Singer (VP&TH) 33:37
W55: 1 D Rushman (Gerts P) 33:23
U20: 1 A Reid (WG&EL) 30:12
TEAM: 1 TVH 442; 2 VP&TH 435; 3 Lon H 397; 4 Highgate 3654; 5 VP&TH B 325; 6 Serpentine 261
U17/U15: J March (Barn, U15) 15:29; 2 A Johnson (ESM, U15) 15:48; 3 E Ponkrateva (St Mary’s, U15) 16:28; 4 E Archer (St Mary’s, U15) 16:31; 5 R James (VP&TH) 16:16; 6 L McDonald (VP&TH) 16:50
TEAM: 1 St Mary’s 202; 2 VP&TH 189; 3 Lon H 178
U13: 1 V Muralidhar (ESM) 12:20; 2 M Keam-George (TVH) 12;28; 3 L Graham (St Mary’s) 12;28
TEAM: 1 WG&EL 154; 2 ESM 137; 3 VP&TH 107
SURREY LEAGUE Div 1, Match 2A, Beckenham, Kent, November 9
The top flight divisions in both the men’s and women’s sections again used the former public golf course in Beckenham Place Park and the races went ahead as planned after a circus which had used part of the course completed their packing up.
The scheduled young athletes races have been given a new date of November 30 at Nonsuch Park Ewell for their second match.
Hercules Wimbledon, champions last winter, continued their No.1 men’s team position in the league with another victory over Belgrave Harriers. They were led home by Stuart McCallum, who was ninth in the delayed English National in September.
He just got the better of Thames Hare & Hounds second claimer Jeremy Dempsey, who moved up from sixth in the first match.
Another to improve from the opening match was women’s race winner, Herne Hill’s Lucy Jones, who moved up from fourth in the October fixture but she could not stop Belgrave from scoring a repeat team win.
Men: 1 S McCallum (HW) 22:03; 2 J Dempsey (THH) 22:05; 3 A Milne (HW) 22:1; 4 J Coller (Kent) 22:22; 5 B Dewer (Herne H) 22:25; 6 A Fyfe (Belg) 22:25
M40: 1 R McDowell (HW, M45) 23:16
M50: 1 C Greenwood (Kent) 24:06; 2 N Chisholm (THH) 24:50; 3 S Winder (E&E) 24;57
M60: 1 B Reynolds (THH) 26:28; 2 M Tennyson (G&G) 27:44
M65: 1 D Ogden (S Lon) 30:14
M70: 1 T O’Neill (Bel) 42:52
TEAM (10 to score): 1 Hercules W 199; 2 Belgrave 267; 3 THH 344
B TEAM: 1 Belgrave 131
Women: 1 L Jones (Herne H) 19:12; 2 E Warren (G&G) 19:29; 3 I Wolsey *belg) 19:30; 4 S Tooley (Herne H) 19:35; 5 E Fennelly (Belg) 19:36; 6 R Carter (HW) 19:37
W40: 1 A Clements (Kent) 19:43
W45: 1 C Grima (HW) 21:09
W50: 1 S Biggs (Strag) 21:38
W55: 1 A Riddell-Webster (Ful) 22:11; 2 S McDonald (S Lon) 23:19
W60: 1 C Elms (Kent) 21:51
W65: 1 P Iannella (S Lon) 25:49
TEAM (5 to score): 1 Belgrave 37; 2 Herne H 84; 3 THH 85
SURREY LEAGUE, Match 2B, Hurst Green, Oxted, November 9
There were three races for the lower divisions of the league, as the meeting opened with the men’s division 2 fixture, followed by a combined men’s division 3 & 4, then, finally the afternoon ended with a women’s division 2 & 3 race.
Holland Sports’ Jack Kavanagh, who won three races in the league last winter, again totally dominated the senior men’s race with a near two-minute victory, but was unable to prevent newly demoted Clapham Chasers again just edging the team race.
However, both clubs are now on course to go up to the top flight; Clapham to continue their up and down see-saw, but Holland Sports for the first time. This is likely to condemn relegated Ranelagh Harriers to a second year in Division 2.
In the other men’s race, the combined division three and four outing, it was Reigate’s under-20 Sam Rolaston who led the former division 1 outfit to another commanding team win.
The second flight women’s race, which included their third division, was again won by Kingston & Poly’s Rebecca Keddie, from Croydon’s junior Zoha Jetha.
Men Div 2
1 J Kavanagh (Holl Sp) 24:14; 2 R Bradford (Clap) 26:07; 3 R Soh (Clap) 26:10
M40: 1 M Hyatt (K&P) 27:08
M50: 1 C Blackburn (Holl Sp) 26:32
M60: 1 S Corfield (SoC) 31:25
TEAM Div 2: 1 Clapham 203; 2 Holland Sports 215; 3 Ranelagh 290
B TEAM: 1 Clapham
Men Div 3 and 4
1 S Rollaston (Rei P, U20) 27:25; 2 T Harvey (Ling, M45) 27:33
TEAM Div 3: 1 Reigate Priory 190
B TEAM: 1 Reigate 101
TEAM Div 4: 1 Elmbridge 365
Women Div 2: 1 R Keddie (K&P) 23;56; 2 Z Jetha (Croy, U20) 24:31; 3 A McClelland (Dulw R) 24:47
W50: 1 N Ozawa (L City) 25:27
W55: 1 S Dixon (Vets) 27:42
W60: 1 V Mitchell (Vets) 27:24; 2 A Norris (Dulw R) 27:40
W70: 1 A Garnier (Vets) 29:36; 2 M Statham (Holl Sp) 30:47
D2 TEAM: 1 Dulwich R 65; 2 Ful-on-Tri 71; 3 Holland Sports 100
Div 3 TEAM: 1 Elmbridge 64; 2 26.2 RRC 74; 4 Walton 100
HAMPSHIRE LEAGUE, Match 2, Aldershot, November 9
For many years hosts Aldershot were unable to have a home fixture in the league but Wellesley Woods was opened up and again played host.
Their under-17 Katie Pye had a senior women’s race victory over the W35 masters pairing of Portsmouth’s Cassie Thorp and Aldershot clubmate Georgie Bruinvels.
Pye, the European under-18 3000m champion, was also third in the English Schools championships earlier this year.
Thorp had won the Brighton Half-Marathon earlier in February, while Bruinvels, the Surrey champion, notched up three wins over that same distance earlier in the year.
The younger women’s races saw Kitty Scott head half a dozen Aldershot runners in the under-15 event, as her club continued their autumn domination of the age group. They have taken both English relay championships at Sutton Park and Berry Hill Mansfield in recent weeks.
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The senior men’s event saw refugee Abdinasir Mohamoud Elmi score his second win of the campaign but it was close this time as Aldershot’s Joe Wigfield just lost out by a second.
Men: 1 A Mohamoud Elmi (B’mth) 30:35; 2 J Wigfield (AFD) 30:36; 3 C Charleston (AFD) 32:02; 4 T Chandler (AFD) 32:12; 5 R James (Soton) 32;19; 6 W Atkins (Win RC, U20) 32;32
M40: 1 L Jolly (Read) 32:50
M55: 1 M Symes (AFD) 38:38
M60: 1 P Jewell (Read RR) 40:22
U20: 2 A Marshall (AFD) 32:34
Div 1 TEAM: 1 Aldershot F&D 30; 2 Soton 104; 3 Soton U 115
M40 TEAM: 1 AFD 38; 2 Winchester RC 48; 3 Reading 52
U17: 1 O Wheeler (BMH) 20:18; 2 W Smith (AFD) 20:21; 3 H Worship (Fleet) 20:28
TEAM: 1 Winchester RC 25; 2 AFD 28; 3 Soton 37
U15: 1 O Knipe (Ports) 12:52; 2 N Manojkumar (BMH) 13:08; 3 B Rivero-Stevenet (AFD) 13:08
TEAM: 1 AFD 19; 2 Portsmouth 24; 3 BMH 28
U13: 1 L Moss (And) 10:48; 2 J Tildersley (Ports) 10:50; 3 S Bryce (AFD) 11:04
TEAM: 1 AFD 26; 2 Portsmouth 28; 3 BMH 3432; 3 AFD 39
Women: 1 K Pye (AFD, U17) 22:00; 2 C Thorp (Ports, W345) 22:15; 3 G Bruinvels (AFD, W354) 22:20; 4 K Estlea-Morris (AFD) 22;22; 5 J Corbett (Soton U) 23:04; 6 A Mann (Win, U20) 23;19
W40: 1 V Gill (Win) 23:22
W55: 1 L Elliott (Win RC) 24:22
W60: 1 C Wheeler (Over) 28:32
TEAM: 1 AFD 8; 2 Winchester & District 41; 3 Winchester RC 44
W35 TEAM: 1 Winchester & D 21; 2 Portsmouth 23; 3 AFD 24
U20 TEAM: 1 AFD 8; 2 Winchester & D 24
U17: 1 I Edwards (BMH) 14:49; 2 G Langdon (Read) 15:16; 3 U Doublet (BMH) 15:18
TEAM: 1 BMH 8; 2 Soton 32; 3 Portsmouth 40
U15: 1 K Scott (AFD) 13:39; 2 I T Robertson (AFD) 14:12; 3 K McBride (AFD) 14:13
TEAM: 1 AFD 6; 2 BMH 42; 3 Portsmouth 47
U13: 1 A Uniacke (Win) 11:42; 2 F Klepacz (Ports) 11:46; 3 D Bulters (Win) 12:06
TEAM: 1 Winchester & D 9; 2 Portsmouth 21; 3 BMH 52
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