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The track and field season runs from April through to September each year.
The club provides competition for athletes of all ages and standards through
its teams which are entered in a variety of national, regional and local league
competitions. In addition there are various Open meetings (not team competitions)
which are typically advertised in
(Athletics
Weekly) magazine or on club notice-boards at Hornchurch or Mayesbrook.
Athletes can also enter Essex, South of England, East of England or National (AAA) Championships,
where necessary subject to reaching qualifying standards.
The club has set series of aims that we want our
teams to achieve - click here
for details.
A brief explanation of our track and field teams and the leagues they compete
in is set out below. All leagues are made up of teams with two athletes (A &
B strings) in each event, with a full events programme:
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Men's British Athletics League
(National Div 3) The senior men's
team regained their British League status in 2009 after five years out of
the national scene. The division comprises eight teams who compete against each other in
four fixtures during the summer. Following the withdrawal of
Border AC the team have been promoted to Division 3. The opposition in summer 2010
will be Bournemouth, Cambridge Harriers, Exeter, Kingston & Poly,
Southampton, Southend, Swansea & Yeovil. Team
Manager: Peter Estcourt
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- Men's Southern League (Division 3 North)
There is a second senior men's team competing in the Third Division
(North) of the Southern
League which acts as a stepping stone to provide competition for
athletes not yet in the BAL team. There are 16 clubs who meet each
other once in five fixtures through
the season, with the top and bottom teams usually going up or down.
Team
Manager: Kevin White
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UK
Women's League (Division 3) This is the club's eighth
season in this National League which
provides competition for Senior & Junior Ladies only, having been
relegated from Division 2 in 2008. The competition
structure and promotion/relegation arrangements involves eight clubs who compete against each other in three fixtures
during the summer. The opposition in summer 2009 will be: Coventry,
Glasgow,
Herts Phoenix, Medway & Maidstone, Newham & EB, Thames Valley,
&
Wakefield, Team Manager: Vacant
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Women's Southern League (Seniors Division
1)
This League provides competition for Senior & Junior Ladies only, and
(at present) also hurdles events for under 17s. The competition
structure and promotion/relegation arrangements are similar to the Men's
Southern League with 25 clubs facing each other during the season on
five fixture dates. It was decided to join the new Senior only division
for summer 2008 and the team were promoted to Division 1 for summer 2009,
finishing third .
Team Manager: Vacant
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National
Junior Athletics League - (Thames Division) The
NJAL format was revised from summer 2006 to comprise mixed
teams of men & women with joint scoring. Under separate
sex scoring HMAC ladies team reached the National Final four times in
four year, with a best finish of second in 2004. However the joint team
were relegated from the Southern Premier Division in 2006 & in summer
2010
compete in the Thames Division where our opponents are Bedford/Biggleswade (composite), Herts Phoenix,
Basildon Beagles (Basildon & Newham & EB composite), Orion Harriers,
Team Cambridge and
Team Cobra (Colchester & Tendring, Colchester Harriers & Braintree composite).
There are four league fixtures . Team
Managers:
Len Swain (men) & Tony
Benton (Women)
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- National
Young Athletes League (Southern Premier) The
structure of the National YAL is a combined league comprising mixed teams covering the U13,
U15 and U17 age groups. After losing our position in the Southern Premier Division
in 2008 last summer the team bounced back into the top flight. The
League Structure for 2010 is currently under review. Team
Managers:
Gary Peachey, Cheryl
Middleton, Lynn Taylor, Lesley Wilson, Ian Law,
Angie Hewitt
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- Eastern Young Athletes League This
regional league brings together boys and girls from clubs all around
East Anglia in five fixtures throughout the summer. With non-scoring
events running alongside the scoring events there are opportunities
for athletes of all standards to compete and stake a place in the
team. The top six teams in
the Division compete in the end of season Trophy Final.Gary
Peachey, Cheryl Middleton, Lynn Taylor, Lesley Wilson, Ian Law,
Angie Hewitt
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