Jimi Tele added the England Athletics triple jump title to his English Schools crown when his second round jump of 14.68m clinched gold in the national Under 17 Championships at Bedford today. It brought Jimi revenge on Bradley Pike who had claimed gold in the Home Countries Schools International last month. Josh Olawore improved his 100m hurdles PB to 13.54s to qualify for the final but he smashed into an early hurdle and failed to finish.  It took him to second on the club all-time list and he has another season to overhaul the year-old club record  added 22/08/10  

Richard Morrissey's victories in both 100m and 400m, and runners up spot in the 200m led the way for the Men's British League team at rainy Swansea. Sean Stewart's long jump PB gave him victory with Anthony Williams adding B string full points, and Adam McCarthy comfortably won the 400m Hurdles B in difficult conditions.  Jason Lendon's 3k 'chase season's best earned him B string second place and Georgie Bean defied the elements with B string javelin runners up spot. The 4x400m squad of Paul Adair, Isaac Ogunlade, Sean Stewart and Richard Morrissey ended the day in style with a fine second. Sixth place on the day was enough for the team to finish fifth over the season and secure another year in National 3 Division, as Southend and Exeter grabbed the promotion placings and Bournemouth and Southampton dropped a flight.    More...   added 22/08/10   

Victory in the final Eastern Young Athletes fixture at Colchester on Sunday was good enough to keep the league title with Havering Mayesbrook for another year.  The holiday-affected squad beat Bedford by nearly 50 points and a big win by second-placed Stevenage in their fixture failed to bridge the points gap between the teams. The Under 17 men once again took the limelight with an amazing 21 individual wins and relay success. Dale Marks-Swain and Michael Lewis cleaned up with maximum points in the 100, 200 & 400, both improving their bests in the shorter sprints. The improving Under 13 Girls saw off the opposition with six victories. Chenice Constable’s long jump of 4.59m was fifth best ever by a club u13. More...   added 16/08/10   

Josh Olawore was in fine form for Essex at the South of England Inter-Counties Championships at Stevenage on Sunday.  After smashing his personal best in the long jump with a 6.60m winning leap, third best ever by a club U17, Josh was timed at 22.9s in the 200m – for a place in the club all-time top 10 – before winning the 100m hurdles in 13.8s, a shade outside his best. Seven other club U17s pulled on the red vest of Essex.  Andy Kerr once again equalled his personal best of 3.20 in runners up spot in the B vault while Massi Dendani was third in the B 800m in 2m 03.2s.Jake Nelson recorded a pair of fourth places in the 400m hurdles (63.3s) and high jump (1.75m) while Lewis Walker-Dobson went one better with a hat-trick of fourths in triple jump (11.56m), high jump (1.60m) and long jump (5.15m).For the girls Under 15 Mercy Gutteridge stepped up an age group to place third in the B vault with 2.20m, Sophie Baggs threw 29.22m for fourth in the discus, while Patsy McWeeney was sixth in the javelin with 24.10m. added 09/08/10   

The Southern Women's team notched up their best result and best points score of the season in finishing third in their Seniors Division 1 fourth round match at Mayesbrook Park yesterday.  But despite some good results with eight victories the club's home advantage was undone by gaps in seven events. Chloe van Wulven produced a win double coming home in from in a sprint hurdles seasons best and winning the B high jump, while Bethan Siddons added a seasons best in winning the high jump A.  Becky Stanley was a fine 800m winner. Jade Edwards won the 1500m and Vicky Smith returned from injury to win the B. Claire Brennan was victorious in the 400m hurdles and Ellie Watson's long jump PB earned her B string victory.   added 08/08/10   

Two club records fell as the National Young Athletes team racked up a big points tally against bottom clubs Bedford & Bexley in the final fixture at St Albans yesterday. Mercy Gutteridge improved her U15G pole vault record yet again, clearing a new best 2.30m for victory. And the U17W 4x300m quartet of Becky Stanley, Jess Seekings, Nicola Peachey and Debbie Knight carved another two seconds off their previous mark to dip under three minutes for the first time with 2:59.1s. There were many other personal bests in warm conditions. The squad's points score lifts them to third in the table & wins a coveted place in the Area Final at Hendon in two weeks where the opposition will be Windsor SE& H, Tonbridge, Reading, Team Southampton, Enfield & Haringey, Blackheath & Bromley and Croydon.    & pics added 19/07/10 & updated 21/07/10  

Lauren Deadman won her first National Senior track medal, winning 5000m bronze in a PB of 16:08:45 in the England Athletics Senior Championships at Gateshead on Sunday. She battled hard in the blustery conditions to improve her previous best by four seconds to finish under seven seconds behind the eventual winner Charlotte Purdue of Aldershot.  added 19/07/10  

English Schools Champion Jimi Tele suffered defeat in Saturday's Home Countries Schools International at Glasgow. Although leaping an impressive 14.59m Jimi was defeated by School's runner up Adam Khan's 14.76m PB.

There were some promising performances and a clutch of medals as club youngsters contested the Eastern Counties Championships at Cambridge yesterday. There was double discus gold as Sophie Baggs took the U17W title with a season's best of 32.56m and Georgie Taylor added the U15G crown with 31.48m. Alex Law jumped further than before in wining U15 Triple Jump gold with an 11.34m Championship best and Long Jump silver with 5.88m. Karl Tucker returned with a hat trick of medals & two PBs, taking silver in the U15 80m Hurdles in a PB of 12.38s, another high jump silver with 1.55m and triple jump bronze in a PB of  10.23m. Bethany Chambers won two bronze medals with two new PBs, jumping 10.19m for triple jump bronze to set a new club U15 best, and a wind-aided 4.88m in the long jump. Bethany was also sixth in the 200m with 27.53s. In the U20 Mens 400m Hurdles Adam McCarthy was beaten on the dip winning silver in a season's best of 57.31s. Rylie Trott was fourth in the U17W 80 hurdles with 12.85s.  added 18/07/10  

Neill Collins was fifth in the 800m in the INAS-FID European Championships held in Croatia this weekend. After placing second in his heat on Saturday in 2:05.72s Neill recorded a season's best of 2:05.43s in Sunday's final. Neill also competed in the 1500m on Friday, finishing eighth in another season's best of 4:19.91s.  added 13/07/10    

A convincing victory over league leaders Chelmsford at Braintree on Sunday restored the Eastern Young Athletes team’s narrow lead at the top of the table with one match to go. The U15 boys, U13 girls and U17 women all won their sections and the other three teams were all runners up. Victory in the final round on 15 August at Colchester will ensure that the HMAC side retain the league title as the club just head the table on event points, ahead of Stevenage and Chelmsford who share the same match points total. Seventh placed Bedford will be the main opposition.  added 13/07/10    

A strong Belgrave squad just had the upper hand as the Southern Men's team fell three points short of victory at their home Division 3N fixture at Mayesbrook Park on Saturday. Four track A STRING victories came by virtue of Ian Price (800m, Joe Waked (1500m), Steve Rand (5k) and Dan Miller ('chase) while Anthony Soar added B string 800m top points. Nathan Steele returned to club action with a triple jump win and Arron Bonning produced wins in both B 10 hurdles and high jump as part of his eight event workload. Simon Richards, Jordan Brown, Joe Waked and Scott Spencer combined to round off events with a win in the 4x400m but Belgrave hung on for a three point winning margin.  added 13/07/10    

Jimi Tele further improved his cub U17 triple jump record with a massive 14.86m leap as he won Inter Boys' gold at the English Schools' Championships at Birmingham on Saturday.  He now competes for England in the Schools International at Glasgow on Saturday. Georgie Taylor was edged out of a medal in the junior girls' discus finishing fourth with 31.45m. Flic Clarke improved her 400m hurdles PB to 63.66s in finishing sixth in the senior girls' event and there were also sixth places for Kike Oniwinde (senior Javelin 43.86m) and Emmanuel Quarshie (senior shot - 14.01m). Holly Thomas failed to finish in the 80m hurdles final after a recurrence of her hamstring injury. Isaac Ogunlade moved closer to the club U20 110m hurdles record with his 14.76s heat clocking, while Josh Olawore went out in the inter boys' 100m hurdles semi finals. Brad Burr was 11th in the senior javelin.   added 11/07/10    

Nine club members represented the Havering Borough U15 team on Sunday at the Balfour Beatty London Youth Games at Crystal Palace.  Lydia Hallam's exciting 800m victory saw her smash her personal best with a time of 2.18.9. A bronze medal went to Bethany Chambers in the 300m and she took 9th in the Long Jump. Georgie Taylor, Rachel Forder and Tomi Akingbade all gained valuable points. For the boys, Billy Bilton was 8th in the Javelin then stepped up to run the 400m in an excellent 56.5 sec that gained him a place in the final where he placed 6th. Alex Law finished 4th in the Long Jump with 5.65m and, immediately afterwards, won his heat of the 200m to make the final but withdrew due to heat exhaustion. Another fourth place and fine PB went to Karl Tucker for his 1.60m High Jump and Ben Thompson gained good points in the Shot with 10.75m. added 05/07/10    

Mat Bland defended his British Masters' M40 1500m title at Cardiff in style this weekend when he came home in 4:08.07s in the National Veterans' Championships. Mat was also fifth in the 800m in 2:05.37s. And new Veteran Jason Lendon earned his first national title when he was victorious in the M35 3000m steeplechase with his 10m 06.24s clocking.  Another club athlete new to the vets ranks was Scott Spencer who came away with silver medals in both 200m (23.90s) & 400m (51.57s) in the M35 age group. Paul Berrett returned from injury to win bronze in the 3000m 'chase for M45s with his 11:16.78s effort and was also seventh in the 1500m.  added 05/07/10    

A near full-strength ladies team bounced back from their first round seventh position with a third place finish in their UK Women's Division Two fixture at Stevenage on Sunday. The middle distance events provided the backbone of the squad's success.  Lauren Deadman was an emphatic B string 800m victor before winning the 1500m A race in equally dominant fashion. Faye Fullerton was third in the 800m before kickinghard for 3000m victory. Sara Luck had an excellent B string double taking 300m B honours before returning with 1500B maximum points. Claire Brennan's 400m Hurdles PB brought her B string win and took her into the club all-time top 10. Kate Cowley showed her class with long jump victory and was also second in the B javelin and scored in the shot.  The final fixture is at Coventry on 1 August and another strong turn out is essential if the Havering side are to keep their Division Two place. added 05/07/10     & pics

A battling fifth place finish at Yeovil on Saturday lifted the men's British League squad to fourth place in the table at the half-way stage. Richard Morrissey again improved his club U20 400m record in taking victory in the A string and his 48.04s PB clocking sealed his selection for the GB Juniors 4x400m relay team at the World Junior Championships in Moncton Canada at the end of the month.  Luke Stott provided the second A string win with a confident 200m victory. Richard joined Joseph Ramie, Isaac Ogunlade and Shaun Stewart in a fine 4x100m relay quartet who comfortably ran out winners. The result lifts the club to fourth in the table but the positions are tightly poised and with the bottom two clubs Southampton and Swansea hosting the final two fixtures on 31st July and 21st August nothing can be taken for granted.  added 05/07/10    

Josh Olawore broke the club U17 Octathlon record at the first time of asking, competing for Essex in the Eastern Schools combined events competition at Chelmsford. He set six PBs on the way to a 4524 points tally which added 50 points to Brad Burr's record set last year. LJ: 6.48m (PB), DT: 24.69m; JT: 35.49m (PB); 400: 53.4 (PB); 100H: 14.1s; HJ: 1.74m (PB); SP: 11.78 (PB); 1500m: 5:10.3 (PB). Brad Burr made up for the loss of his U17 record with a fine decathlon performance close to 5000 points in the senior boys competition setting PBs of 1.74m (HJ), 16.7s (110mH), 5.62m (LJ) and 2.60m (PV) in fifth. Both will represent Essex in the National Finals at Stoke on 18/19 September.  added 28/06/10 & updated 30/06/10    

Lauren Deadman was a fine fourth in the European Trials and UK Championships at Birmingham this weekend. Her 16m 27.78s clocking for 5000m in heat wave conditions on Sunday saw follow medallists Freya Murray, Laura Kenney and Justina Heslop across the line ahead of several athletes with faster times. Alexa Joel was 12^th in 16m 43.72s.Sara Luck improved her season’s best to 10m 48.55s in finishing ninth in the 3000m steeplechase while Faye Fullerton was tenth in the a pedestrian 1500m which developed into a flat out last lap sprint after a funereal early pace. added 28/06/10    Photo: Peter Luck

The National Junior League squad hopes of a Promotion play-off final place were not dented as a depleted side held on to their top of the table spot after a third place finish at sweltering Bedford on Sunday. Flic Clarke and Nicola Peachey provided a winning start on the track when they won both A & B 400m hurdles races, with Nicola smashing her PB. Katherine Knight excelled in the throws, throwing a season’s best for runner up in the discus, and smashed her PB in the hammer for B string second place. Jack Edgar-Hill provided the only A string victory for the men winning the 110m hurdles in a new legal best and Lewis Williams’ B string hammer win was the other maximum points. added 28/06/10  

The combined efforts of the magnificent seven team members who made the trip to Luton on Saturday could not stop another fourth place finish in their Southern Women's League Division 1 fixture. The sprint hurdles provided maximum returns with Claire Brennan winning the A and Kate Cowley taking B honours. Former multi-eventer Kate scored well with second places in the long jump (season’s best), high jump and pole vault, and third in the shot, while Claire added 400m hurdles, 200m and javelin points. A much improved turn out is needed for the next fixture which the club host at Mayesbrook Park on 7^th August. added 28/06/10   

Eight club athletes – four throwers and four hurdlers – will compete for the Essex Schools Team in the English Schools Championships at Birmingham on 10/11 July. A ninth athlete, Jimi Tele, who attends Millfield School in Somerset, will represent that county after improving his club U17 Triple Jump record to 14.19m and again extending it to 14.43 last weekend.. Javelin throwers and previous medallists Brad Burr (senior boys) and Kike Oniwinde (senior girls) have been selected as have shot putter Emmanuel Quarshie (senior boys) and promising junior girls’ discus thrower Georgie Taylor. Hurdlers Holly Thomas, fifth last year but nursing an injury, and Josh Olawore, who won triple jump silver last year,  go in the intermediate sprint hurdles, while Flic Clarke, fourth in the inter mediate girls’ 300m hurdles event last year steps up to the senior 400m hurdles event and Isaac Ogunlade contests the senior 110m hurdles. The event will be televised by Sky Sports. added 21/06/10   

Havering Mayesbrook young athletes left it late but overhauled hosts Herne Hill to place second at Battersea on Sunday, keeping alive hopes of an end of season Regional final place. The U17 Men led the way with eight individual victories. Josh Olawore contributed two, smashing his triple jump best, taking the long jump and just losing out in the 100m hurdles. Andrew Kerr added another double with victories in hammer and pole vault. The U17 Women had three wins and six runners up spots and there was a good team display from the U15 Boys who had three wins and no fewer than 10 second placings. There were four victories and a club record from the U15 Girls as Mercy Gutteridge again improved her pole vault club best.  Enfield & Haringey and Blackheath & Bromley have bagged two of the four Final places but it looks like a three-way battle between Herne Hill, Croydon  and the Havering Mayesbrook squad for the other two. The final match is at St Albans on 18 July.   added 21/06/10   

Richard Morrissey earned a fantastic bronze medal at this weekend's national U20 championships and World Junior Trials at blustery Bedford. After winning his heat and semi final on Saturday, the latter in 48.45s just shy of his club record, Richard was third in today's final in a time of 48.68s.  Jack Edgar-Hill bounced back with a fine fourth place in the 110m hurdles in 14.82s after his disappointing seventh in last week's Southern Champs. In qualification he smashed his best to run 14.65s- better than the club u20 record but the wind was just over the allowable limit. Brad Burr threw 53.92m for seventh in the U20 javelin, with Georgie Bean 11th, and Kike Oniwinde threw 41.29m for eighth in the women's equivalent. Flic Clarke (65.63s), Isaac Ogunlade (56.97s) and Adam McCarthy (59.68s) all went out in the 400m hurdles heats.   added 20/06/10   

A gold, three silvers and a bronze were the medal tally from this weekend's South of England Under 20 and Senior Championships, held at Crystal Palace. Sara Luck successfully defended her senior 2000m steeplechase crown with victory in a new club record of 6m 48.20s. Another club record to go came not unexpectedly in the U20 Men's 400m where Richard Morrissey erased Kevin Lidlow's 30 year old mark. Isaac Ogunlade battled the strong head winds to win silver in the U20 men 110m hurdles event.  Emmanuel Quarshie was a fine third in the U20 Men's shot and Kike Oniwinde returned to form with a season's best of 44.00m to win U20 javelin silver. added 13/06/10  & pics 

Club athletes won at least six gold medals and several other podium places at yesterday's Essex Schools Champs at Chelmsford. Three hurdles golds came by virtue of Holly Thomas (Inter Girls - 80mH), Josh Olawore (Inter Boys 100m H) and Jake Nelson (Inter boys 400mH)Throws golds came from Debbie Knight (Inter Girls javelin, Georgie Taylor (Junior girls discus )and Rachel Forder (junior girls shot). Other podium places went to Danny Wilson (IB discus bronze), Billy Bilton (JB javelin silver), Sophie Baggs (IG discus bronze), Alex Law (JB long jump bronze) Lydia Hallam (800 JG bronze) and Bethany Chambers (JG 200m). These and other athletes await the outcome of the Essex selectors' meeting today to pick the team for the English Schools  Championships in July.  added 13 & 15/06/10  & pics 

Club squads came away from the Essex Relays Championships at Braintree last night with one gold and two bronze medals.  The Men's Under 17 squad struck gold in the 4x400m relay. Dale Marks-Swain gave the squad a fantastic start with his 54.2s opener to hand over in front to Ryan O'Mahoney who ran a fine 55.6s on second to maintain the lead. Danny Wilson ran his fastest leg of 53.5s and regained the lead after being passed to hand over with a short lead. Massi Dendani's  superb 51.6s anchor just kept the team in front and sealed gold in 3m 34.9s. The two Under 13 boys' squads both earned bronze. The sprint relay team of Sam Dell, Liam Norman, Sean Wilson and Alex Hewitt clocked 57.3s in the 4x100m event while Fraser Scott, Thomas Pitkin and Sean Wilson again clocked 8m 06.5s for third in the 3x800m competition.   added 9/06/10 

The Eastern Young Athletes Squad top the table after two rounds after a crushing 200 point victory at Luton on Sunday, winning all six age groups. Both U17 teams were dominant.  The U17 men won eight A string events and nine B strings. Debbie Knight starred for the U17 women again improving her javelin best to 33.95m for second on the club all time list. Strength in depth saw both Under 15 squads win their sections. The Under15 boys had one A and three B winners while the U15 girls again had a field day as Georgie Taylor & Rachel Forder won five events. The U13 boys remarkably came out on top despite no individual wins and they had to wait until the final event the relay before claiming maximum points. added 7/06/10  Full results

A short-handed ladies team battled well to avoid the wooden spoon in their first UK Women’s League fixture at a damp Wakefield on Sunday. International Faye Fullerton made the trip despite an Achilles injury and provided the only A string victory in the 800m backed up by 400m B string runners up but the contributions of her ten teammates were every bit as valuable The hurdles events provided good points.  In the 400m hurdles Nicola Hill was overhauled and had to settle for second while in the B race Flic Clarke made a winning league debut with an easy victory. In the 100m hurdles Chloe van Wulven held on for third place and B string partner Claire Brennan came through to take first place points. added 7/06/10  Full results

The promoted Men’s British League squad got their season off to a solid start with a fifth place finish at Hendon on Saturday.  Evergreen Mat Bland ran his fastest time for many years to break the 25 year old club veterans 1500m record, as his 4m 05.15s clocking shaded the long-standing best by just 0.05 to earn the 43 year old fifth place points. Richard Morrissey was just outside an even older record, as his 48.78s winning 400m run left him a mere 0.06 secs short of the 30 year old club U20 record. Morrissey also ran in both relays clocking an impressive 47.1 secs anchor leg in the 4x400m relay. The team next head west for the round 2 match at Yeovil on 3^rd July added 7/06/10  Full results

Sara Luck defended her Inter Counties Championships title with a fine 3000m steeplechase victory in Essex colours in near gale force wind conditions at the Inter Counties Championships at Bedford on Saturday, coming home ten seconds clear in 11:01.72s. In the men's equivalent Rob Warner secured the bronze medal, leading for the first five laps in the windy conditions, but was overtaken with two laps to go and came in a very good third for a podium place with 9m 56.50s.  Alexa Joel completed the medal tally on Sunday placing third in the women's 1500m with 4m 31.97s. Completing the HMAC quartet was 17-year -old Felicity Clarke who marked her senior debut, placing fifth in her heat, with a fine PB of 63.93s in the 400m hurdles for third fastest ever on the club all-time lists. added 30/05/10

Two bronze medals were the total pickings as HMAC Under 15 and Under 17 athletes at this weekend's South of England age group championships, held at Ashford. Kent. Georgie Taylor battled against Saturday's windy conditions to claim discus bronze with her 30.77m effort in the Under 15 Girls competition. And on Sunday previously topped-ranked Holly Thomas was disappointed to win bronze in the Under 17 Women's 80m Hurdles with 11.76s after a poor start left her out of contention early on.  added 30/05/10

Faye Fullerton recorded an impressive victory in England colours when her sprint finish saw her cross the line first in the 3000m event at the Loughborough International on Sunday. Her 9m 12.42s clocking saw her beat Emily Pigeon (9:12.74) and Sonia Samuels (9:13.06) in a close finish as World 1500m silver medallist Lisa Dobriskey finished off the pace in fourth. Alexa Joel ran 9:39.95s for ninth in the same race. Luke Stott was also in Loughborough action, clocking a season's best of 22.07s in the 200m.  added 24/05/10

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The National Junior League squad stay on track for a place in the Promotion match after a fine win in heat wave conditions at Ware on Sunday. The men claimed three track wins. Richard Morrissey repeated his first round 400m victory winning comfortably, Jack Edgar-Hill showed his worth with victory in the sprint hurdles and Jamie Buckley-Stanton had a good win in his first 2000m 'chase race. On the field Brad Burr had two wins, taking the javelin A and making it a double with B shot success. Nicola Hill returned from injury to win her speciality 400m hurdles and Felicity Clarke took B string points. Holly Thomas and Nicola Peachey made it a long jump double. The victory keeps the team on top of the table two points clear of Herts Phoenix.   . added 24/05/10 Full results

The return of Kate Cowley and Sarah Deacon boosted the Senior Women's team's hopes but could not prevent another fourth place finish in their Southern Women's League fixture at scorching Milton Keynes on Saturday. Former international multi-eventer Kate returned to action after maternity leave and tackled four events and the relay, placing first equal in the high jump and second in the long jump. Sarah returned after three years injury absence to compete in all four throws, winning the B javelin and coming second in the B shot. The hurdles produced maximum points with Claire Brennan and Laura Bealey in the 400m hurdles and Chloe van Wulven and Brennan in the sprint hurdles. The fourth place finish leaves the squad needing good results in the remaining three fixtures to hold onto their Division one place.     . added 24/05/10 Full results

A fine blend of youth and experience coupled with great competitive spirit saw the Southern Men's team win their second round Div 3 fixture in emphatic style at Ipswich on Saturday. Isaac Ogunlade set the track team off to a winning start in the 400m hurdles. This was followed by winning the next event the 100m, having a rest then winning the 400m flat then completing the day undefeated in both winning relays. The team's backbone of Darron Keevil and Arron Bonning competed in ten events resulting in an impressive 33 points of the team's 122 point tally.  . added 17/05/10

There were three more county medals for club athletes  at Woodford this weekend as Days 4 & 5 of the Essex championships were held in conjunction with the County multi-events competition. On Saturday Rob Warner won the county 3000m steeplechase title for the fifth consecutive year. In a fast race Rob beat Gavin Chatterton of Leeds in a time of 9.42.19, his best of the season.  On Sunday Ingrid Deane smashed her previous best to clock 10:46s to win gold in the U20 ladies 3000m event while Jamie Buckley-Stanton also set new personal marks of 9m 20 secs to take bronze in the U20 Mens' equivalent. added 17/05/10