September 2009 to March 2010
| Faye's best yet in World Cross | |
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Faye Fullerton produced her best international
performance to date when finishing
33rd in the senior women's
race with a time of 26:36 at today's World Cross
Country Championships held in Bydgoszcz,
Poland. Faye was the
second finisher for the Great Britain team who
were placed sixth. Steph Twell was 23rd finisher,
while UK Trials winner Freya Murray was 37th,
Stevie Stockton 47th and European Champion
Hayley Yelling, who has been suffering from
ill-health recently, was down in 63rd. It was
Faye's sixth appearance at these World and her
previous best placings had been 44th in the
junior race in 2003 and 45th in the senior event
two years ago.
added 28/03/10
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| Men fourth in Essex Relays | |
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The senior men fielded two teams in today’s Essex County Road Relay Championships. Although missing many of their top runners the athletes who stepped up to the mark did remarkably well. The A team was led off by Jason Lendon (19:59) who ran a strong race to hand over to Ian Anthony (20:54) who brought the team up to 5th. Rob Warner picked up the gauntlet and ran the team's fastest leg (19:31) making up another place. Matt Bland (20:01) took up the baton and brought the team home in a very good 4th place. The B team started with Graham Pritchard (21:16) handing over to Under 17 Joe Waked who ran well in his first senior outing (20:54) Chris Smith then took up the challenge with a fast 20:11. Paul Berrett covered the last leg in 21:42 to bring the B team home in 7th place with the distinction of being the first B team home. Simon Hart had the unenviable job of running a single leg and ran a good time of 21.00. added 21/03/10 |
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| Kevin White is new President | |
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Highly respected club stalwart Kevin White has taken over the reins as Club President after Mark Bishop stands down after an excellent six years in the post. Mark now becomes a Life Vice President and retains his place on the club committee. Long-standing club member Sue Deane joins the club committee to fill one of the recent vacancies and Graham Knight takes over as Coaching Coordinator. Life Membership was awarded at Friday's Annual General Meeting to Irene Brennan and Tony Benton for exceptional and meritorious service to the club, and active athletes Lauren Deadman and Lucy Sargent also become life members after obtaining GB International Vests in 2009. The Young Athletes Team has a full complement of managers but the club is still looking for managers for its senior women's teams in both the UK League and Southern Women's League - Can you help fill these gaps? List of officers for 2010 added 20/03/10 |
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| Lydia team gold in English Schools | |
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Lydia Hallam helped the Essex Schools' junior girls' team to victory at today's English School's Cross Country Championships at Heaton Park, Manchester. Her 51st place finish in a time of 10:47 contributed to the Essex team's narrow two point victory over Surrey. Bethaney Hall was a fine 102nd in a time of 15:02 for the Essex Intermediate Girls' team which placed sixth. Jamie Buckley-Stanton and Callum Sutton pulled on Essex vests in the Senior Boys' competition, finishing in 145th and 181st respectively with times of 26:51 and 27:19 as Essex took the bronze medal. added 20/03/10 |
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| Indoor season ends in style | |
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Holly Thomas made up for her recent disappointing performance in the National Indoor Championships when she won for Essex in the U17 60m hurdles Indoor Inter Counties meeting at Lee Valley on Saturday. Her fine victory was achieved in a new PB of 8.80s, which lifts her to fourth on the national rankings, and she beat Chelmsford’s Hayley McLean, the National bronze medallist, who clocked the same time. Josh Olawore had a busy day. He equalled his 60m hurdles PB of 8.54s, losing out by just 1-100th to Essex team mate Ben Clark, and had to give second best again to Clark in the long jump, leaping a new best of 6.14m. He also equalled his high jump best of 1.65m, placing sixth. Annie Adewole and Emmanuel Quarshie were also in Essex action, both finishing second in the shot. Annie threw 8.37m in the U17 women’s competition while U20 Emmanuel threw the senior shot a new PB of 12.40m in the senior men’s event. Three club athletes competed in this weekend’s British Universities Indoor Champs at Sheffield. Luke Stott was eliminated in the 200m semi-final after a 22.56s heat but returned to join the silver medal winning Loughborough 4 x 200m relay team. Sara Luck (London) was seventh in the 1500m in a season’s best of 4:39.24s while Laura Bealey (Sheffield) improved her indoor 400m best to 60.37s in placing third in her heat. added 15/03/10 |
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| Fabulous Faye third in World Trials | |
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Faye Fullerton showed her potential with a fantastic third place
in the World Cross Country Trial incorporating the
Inter Countries Championships, earning a coveted
automatic selection place for the World Cross Country
Championships. Always well placed, Faye covered the
leaders' break when Steph Twell and Freya Murray took
on the race and was in contention until the last two
kilometres of the 8km course. A jubilant Faye said
"I surprised myself! I just tried to cover the break
and hold on to the leaders for as long as I could. I
started to suffer in the final few kilometres but
just managed to hold on". Faye's performance
has earned
her selection for the Great Britain team for the
World Cross Country Championships in
Bydgoszcz, Poland in two weeks (28 March). It
will be Faye's sixth World Championships - after
three appearances as a junior and two others as a
senior. Eight other club athletes earned
Essex honours - for details see report. added 12/03/10 |
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| Faye & Harriet "On Camp with Kelly" | |
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Faye Fullerton and Harriet Scott are two of the five
new athletes who have been selected by double
Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes to join her
successful ‘On Camp with Kelly’ mentoring and
education initiative.
The five athletes
- the other three being Vicky Griffiths (Liverpool
Harriers), Amanda Moss (Cardiff AAC) and Shelayna
Oskan (Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow) -
all
attended the latest ‘On Camp with Kelly’
Get-Together at Birmingham University on Sunday 21
February. Dame Kelly said: “Not all athletes develop
at the same rate and I wanted to open up ‘On Camp
with Kelly’ to a small number of high achieving
older athletes who were not invited as juniors.
Faye said "This opportunity provides me with
enormous inspiration and I'm honoured to be
selected". Harriet added "Having seen how other
athletes have benefitted from "On Camp with Kelly"
in the past, it makes me excited to be part of it".
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| Four in Schools Y7/Y8 Inter Counties | |
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Four club athletes represented Essex Schools last weekend at the South East
Schools Years 7 and 8 Inter Counties too place at
Eastleigh,
Hampshire on Saturday. Lydia Hallam was highest
placed, coming home fifth in the Year 8 competition
in 9:16 as Essex were runners up. Francesca
Smith was 26th with 10:05. Heidi Surman Wells
was 11th in the Year 7 race as with 8:32 as Essex
won the team stakes. Fraser Scott celebrated his
Essex vest with a 51st place finish in the Year 7
boys' race.
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| Emmanuel best at U20 Indoors | |
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Shot putter Emmanuel Quarshie was highest placed of the small HMAC
contingent at this weekend's age group championships
at Birmingham's National Indoor Arena.
His fourth round 14.15m PB putt placed him sixth in
the U20 men's shot and moved him closer to the club
record set in 1991. Josh Olawore improved his 60m
Hurdles PB to 8.54s in qualifying for the U17 men's
final in which he was eighth in 8.61s. He was also
10th in the triple jump with 12.50. Richard
Morrissey was fourth in his U20 men's 400m semi
final is a fast 49.62s, after placing third in his
heat with 49.92. Holly Thomas was
edged out of a final place in the U17 women's
hurdles equivalent. After a third place heat (9.17s)
Holly was fourth in her semi final in 9.0s but had
to run off for a fastest loser spot for the final,
but missed out. Jack Edgar-Hill was eliminated
after placing fourth in his U20 Men's hurdles heat
in 8.64s and in the U15 Boys' hurdles newcomer Billy Bilton (9.87s) and Alex Law (9.92s) gained good
experience on the national stage but also did not
progress.
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| Faye fourth in National XC, ladies team fifth | |
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Faye Fullerton was an
excellent fourth in today's National Cross Country
Championships in Leeds, one place higher than her
previous highest placing in the event. She was
headed only by winner Steph Twell and silver and
bronze medallists Stevie Stockton and Hatti Dean,
finishing in 28:21 ten seconds outside a podium
place. Harriet Scott repeated her 25th placing of
last year with 30:03 and with Sara Luck in 90th
(32:53) and Robyn Matson two places further back
(32:55) in a field of over 500 the quartet were
fifth of the 61 complete teams, one place lower than
last year. The U17 Men were 16th. Jamie
Buckley-Stanton led the way in 73rd in 22:10 with
Joseph Waked close by in 86th (22:18). Adam Edwards
(187th) and Massi Dendani (248th) completed the
foursome. Rob Warner was 183rd, just down on
his highest ever placing, completing the course in
44:11. Just two other team mates joined him: Mat
Bland was 100 places higher than last year,
finishing 344th with 46:48 and Neill Collins was
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| Good night at Havering Sports Awards | |
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The efforts of club athletes, managers, coaches & administrators was recognised when the club picked up three awards at the Havering Sports Council Awards event at Upminster Golf Club on Monday 22nd February. Talented all rounder, Alex Law who set club U13 Boys' records at discus and hurdles and was ranked in the top six nationally in each event collected the Junior Male Sports Competitor Award. Lauren Deadman's excellent cross country exploits earned her the Senior Female Sports Competitor Award and the club won the Club of the Year award for the third consecutive year. Georgie Taylor was a nominee for the Junior Female title. added 23/02/10 More details here Photo: Jo Law |
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| Lydia third in Essex Y8 Champs | |
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Lydia Hallam was the
highest placed club athlete in Wednesday's Year 7 &
Year 8 Cross Country Championships held at Hylands
Park, Chelmsford. In the colours of Coopers
Coborn Lydia was third in the Year 8 race, with
Francesca Smith a fine 12th out of nearly 200
finishers. Heidi Surman-Wells (Hall Mead) was
an excellent sixth in the Year 7 competition with
Abigail Spink (St Martins) 30th. There were also top
30 finishes for Fraser Scott (Emerson Park) who was
13th and Nick Wade (Coopers) who placed 29th in the
Y7 boys event.)
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| Faye, Lucy, Luke in UK Trials action | |
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Faye Fullerton, Lucy Sargent and Luke Stott were in action at this weekend's UK Indoor Championships and World Trials held at Sheffield. Faye's 9m 12.97s run in the 3000m event earned her a fourth place finish and a UK Champs bronze as the Irish winner was ineligible for a podium place. It was Faye's fastest indoors and her second fastest ever at the distance. Lucy Sargent clocked her fastest 200m time of the winter with 24.40s in placing third in her heat but she missed out on a final place. It earned Lucy a place in the B final but with her opponents opting not to compete again Lucy coasted to an untroubled 24.60s walkover. Luke Stott recorded an encouraging 22.28s in finishing second in the Men's 200m B final, after a third place heat effort. added 14/02/10 |
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| Eight in Schools XC Inter Counties | |
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Jamie Buckley-Stanton was a fine eighth place clocking 23:50 for the winning Essex Schools senior boys team in the Southern Schools Inter Counties Championships at Reigate on Saturday. Callum Sutton (25:15) and Joseph Waked (25:32) were 26th and 30th in the same race. Lydia Hallam also helped the Essex Junior Girls team to victory with her 16th place finish in 13:56. Francesca Smith was 49th (14:47). Nick Shade placed 22nd in the junior boys race and Bethany Hall (16:38) and Rachel Sadler (17:37) were 37th and 58th respectively in the Inter Girls competition. added 09/02/10 Jane Hallam recorded a respectable 1:41.22 on her half-marathon debut at Great Bentley on Sunday, as part of her preparations for the London Marathon. |
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| Faye wins in City Challenge | |
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Faye Fullerton was victorious in the 1500m for London North in the McCain’s City Challenge at Sheffield on Sunday, clocking 4m 21.72s. She also ran an 800m leg in the medley relay. Lucy Sargent improved her 200m best this winter to 24.45s when placing second at the Birmingham Games at the National Indoor Arena. After a heat win in 25.10s, Lucy improved to 24.61s in her semi-final before trimming her time further in the final. Laura Bealey also reduced her 400m time this year to 60.49s in the senior race - for a new indoor personal best. added 09/02/10 |
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| Eleven more medals in Essex Indoors Day 2 | |
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There were five more golds,
five silvers and a bronze at the second day of the
Essex Indoor Champs at Lee Valley today. There
was a fine U13 boys 200m victory from Alexander
Hewitt who clocked 29.2s for gold. Emanuel Quarshie
improved his PB to take gold in the U20 Men's shot
with 13.88m and Annie Adewole's 8.83m effort took
gold in the U17W equivalent. Jack Edgar-Hill's
superb form continued as he broke the club U20
indoor hurdles best for the third time in for weeks
stopping the clock at 8.42s. Josh Olawore's busy day
earned him four U17 medals - triple jump gold with
12.36m, and three silvers in the long jump (6.06m
PB), high jump (1.65m - PB) and hurdles (8.71m).
Holly Thomas again improved her best with 8.88s
runners-up spot in a
high quality U17 hurdles race and Laurence
Goodacre's 12.06m put won him silver in the U20
competition. Ashley Purnell's 5.74m (?) long jump
brought him U17 long jump bronze. added 06/02/10
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| Medals in Day 1 Essex Indoors | |
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There was a good start to the Essex Indoor Champs at Lee Valley today. Nicola Hill took gold in the U20 Women's 400m with her 60.07s clocking and Georgie Taylor stepped up into the U15 age group with a shot put victory with 9.08m. Silver medals came from Massi Dendani who was timed at 4:32.15s for runners up spot in the U17 Men's 1500m and Alex Law whose long jump PB of 5.08m was just 8cms short of victory. Law was sixth in the U15 hurdles final after his heat win in 10.11s and was fourth in the 60m semi-final. Alexander Hewitt won silver in the U13 Boys 60m after wining his heat in 8.81s. Danny Wilson set a new 400m PB of 55.46s to take bronze in the U17M event. Other club athletes in action were Sophie Sharp (U13G 60m - 9.99s), Tomi Akingbade (U15G - 60m - 8.64s heat & 8.72s semi) and 47.84s for fourth in the U15 300m. added 06/02/10 Further results to follow asap |
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| Lucy's winning start indoors | |
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Lucy Sargent opened her indoor
account this winter with a 200m victory at the
London Indoor Games at Lee Valley clocking 24.81s.
Lucy was also runner up in the long jump with 5.66m
and ran 7.74s for 60m sprint. Jack Edgar-Hill
further improved his club U20 Men's 60m Hurdles
record with his 8.47s heat clocking and was fourth
in the final in 8.54s. Holly Thomas dipped under the
nine second barrier clocking 8.96s for runners up in
the U17 hurdles. Rylie Trott made her U17 debut with
a win in her race with 9.71s. Josh Olawore was
unable to repeat his recent fine hurdles PB,
clocking 8.87s in the U17M event and race-rusty
Chloe van Wulven managed a best of 9.54s in the
senior event. In the senior 400m Laura Bealey
improved her season's best to 60.78s.
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| Harriet silver in Southern XC | |
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Harriet Scott continued her successful winter season with an excellent South of England silver medal placing behind GB international Jess Sparke on a cold but sunny Parliament Hill Fields on Saturday. Harriet was in the chasing group at the end of the first short lap but then started to work away from this group and eventually held off the strong challenge of Andrea Whitcomb to win the silver medal in 31:04. Sara Luck (33.03) finished impressively in the top 20 in 18th place with Robyn Matson (35.01) in the top 50 in 46th. Hoseah Gikungu (38th) led home the U15 Boys, with Ryan O'Mahoney 58th, Josh Connors 135th and Nick Duffey 174th. Jamie Buckley-Stanton (59th) and Joseph Waked (61st) were close together in the U17M race, and Ross Earney (152nd) and Chris Hyde (189th) completed the quartet. Callum Sutton was the only U20 Man competing, finishing 66th. For the U13 boys Adam Hill was 98th, Fraser Scott 158th and Will Hart 188th. added 31/01/10 & updated 01/02/10 |
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| Great schools' win for Nick Shade | |
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Nick Shade's front running tactics brought him victory
in the junior boys' at yesterday's Essex Schools Cross Country Championships at
Hylands Park. Taking the lead after the first few hundred metres
he led throughout to clinch a place in the Essex team for the
championships at Manchester in March. Jamie Buckley-Stanton and
Callum Sutton will also making the trip to the north-west after finishing
fourth and sixth in the senior boys' race, and Joseph Waked's
12th place finish in the same race earned him an Essex vest in
the schools inter-counties. Lydia Hallam put in a fine run in
the Junior Girls' event to finish fourth and earn her national
selection and Francesca Smith's eight place may also merit
selection. Bethaney Hall placed eight to lead home the club
contingent in the Inter Girls and Becky Stanley (15th) and
Rachel Sadler (16th) earned inter counties selection.
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| Two shot bronzes at SEAA final day | |
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Laurence Goodacre and Alex Law each won shot putt bronzes at the final day of the SEAA Indoor Championships. In his first competition as an U20 Laurence threw 12.89m for third place while Alex's modest 7.87m effort also earned a U15 Boys' shot podium place. Alex also progressed through the first round of the 60m sprint with his 7.99s clocking. Sara Luck opened her indoor campaign with fourth in the senior women's 1500m with 4m 46.72s clocking but Jamie Buckley-Stanton's 4m 23.6 effort in the U20 equivalent did not win him a final place. added 17/01/10 |
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| Jack & Holly best at SEAA First day | |
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Jack Edgar-Hill and Holly Thomas posted the best club results at the first day of the main South of England Indoor Championships at Lee Valley today. In his second outing as an U20 Jack added the club U20 60m hurdles to his U17 indoor & outdoor hurdles records from last year. After a PB of 8.72s in his heat he improved to 8.58s in his semi-final shading the club best of 8.6s dating from 1980, but it left him 1-100th of a second short of a place in the final. Holly improved her best in winning her u17 60m hurdles heat with 9.11s and after making the final with a 9.12s run improved to a new PB of 9.06s for fourth in the final. Nicola Hill ran 9.28s to make the U20 women's 60m Hurdles final where she finished fifth while Angela James ran 9.70s in her U20W hurdles heat. Alex Law competed at the U15 hurdles for the first time clocking 9.81s and placed fourth in the long jump with 4.93m. Annie Adewole threw a respectable 8.26m shot putt to place seventh in her first competition as an U17. added 16/01/10 |
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| Josh Fourth in SEAA Multis | |
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Talented all-rounder Josh Olawore marked his first competition in the Under 17 age group with a fine fourth place in the South of England Indoor Pentathlon Championships at Lee Valley on Sunday. Josh opened his account with a fantastic 8.63s 60m hurdles clocking for second place, and he slipped to third after his 5.72m long jump – with a long last round effort ruled a no jump. A fine 10.99m effort in his first competition with the U17 weight shot putt saw him hold onto a podium place, but his 1.63m high jump saw him slip out of the medal position and his 3m 12.13s time for the 1000m brought him a total points score of 2939 for fourth place. Also in action were new signing Felicity (Flic) Clarke who was third in her U20W 400M heat with 61.85s and Danny Wilson who clocked 57.41 in the U17M equivalent added 12/01/10 |
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| Lauren 10th in good company | |
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Lauren Deadman showed the resolve to overcome cancelled trains and planes to complete a 10 hour journey, and then put in a stunning display to claim a top 10 finish at the Edinburgh International Cross Country on Saturday. On the beautiful snow-covered Holyrood course, Lauren worked with fellow internationals Lisa Dobriskey and Stevie Stockton for the first two laps of the four lap 5.8 km race. Just after the half way mark Lauren started to move away from these GB athletes to finish well clear of them in tenth place; a little more than a minute behind winner Ethiopia's World Champion Tirunesh Dibaba. European Champion Hayley Yelling was best of the Brits in fourth. added 10/01/10 Photo: Roger Deadman |
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| Faye's day but Harriet's title | |
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Faye Fullerton continued the club's recent dominance of the Senior
Women's race with an individual win in the final round of the
Essex League at Colchester on Saturday but Harriet Scott's runners up
spot ensured her the individual league title with two wins and
two second places in her four qualifying races. Jamie
Buckley-Stanton's fourth place in the U17 race helped the team
to place second on the day & in the league, and earned him
individual bronze. Another individual bronze was gained by Lydia
Hallam thanks to her third place finish on the day in the U13G
race. For the senior men Rob Warner's seventh place
finish placed him third senior over the season and Mat Bland's
20th spot lifted the veteran's title. Hoseah Gikungu's fifth
place for the U15B's also on him fifth ranking over the season.
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02/01/10 & updated 03/01/10
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| Boxing Day Handicap | |
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Fortunately, despite concerns a few days back the club's 2009
Boxing Day Handicap was not a victim of the weather. Although
parts of the early sections of the course were still slightly
slippery underfoot this did not deter the 36 competitors. A
clear but cold day set up another good race with athletes from a
mixture of local clubs including Havering 90 and Thrift Green
Trotters. A field of strong runners battled the tough road
course with Jeff Black Havering 90 winning the open race and the
ever green Gary Howard returning to form to win the Havering
Mayesbrook race. Anne Gifford who has recently returned to
competitive athletics won the women's race. The outstanding
performance of the day came from Jamie Buckley-Stanton who in
winning the Under 20s trophy also improved by 4 minutes running
the second fastest time of the day and he is still only 17 years
of age. There was also a donation from the athletes of just over
£100 which will be passed onto St Francis Hospice.
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| Eight in Senior Women's list | |
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Middle distance aces make up half of the eight females who reached the Senior women's UK Top 50 rankings for 2009, published this week. Sara Luck's club 3km steeplechase record of 10:38.37s ranked her 10th nationally and she also made the 3000m flat top 50. Harriet Scott features in 800, 1500 and 3000m lists placing 19th in the metric mile with her 4:15.12 PB, 20th in the 3k with 9:17.33 and 40th in the 800m. She also ranked in the 10km road rankings. Faye Fullerton appears in five lists ranking 4th in the 3k list and 28th in the 1500m on the track and an impressive sixth in the 10 miles road list, 11th in the 5k road list and also ranks in the 10k road. Lauren Deadman ranked 22nd in the 3k, 23rd in the 5000m and made the 1500m top 50. Lucy Sargent was an impressive 12th in the 200m rankings with her 23.57s club record and 22nd in the shorter sprint. Nicola Hill ranks 16th in the 400m hurdles while Kike Oniwinde (18th) and Emma Christmas (28th) are in the javelin lists. added 24/12/09 |
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A convincing
victory by Harriet Scott, her second of the season, confirmed her
Essex League leadership and a second victory by the U15 Boys, with
all four scorers inside the top 12, took them to the top of
the league table. Jamie Buckley-Stanton was third as the U17 Men
were pipped by a single point. The senior men were third but
there were no top three finishes for other teams as the U13 girls &
boys, the U15 girls and U17/U20 women were all fourth, and the
senior women placed fifth. Top ten finishes went to Lydia Hallam
(U13G), U15 girls Bethany hall (7th) and Becky Stanley (9th),
Hoseah Gikungu (4th) Ryan O'Mahoney (8th) and Tom Davis (10th) for
the victorious U15 boys, Joe Waked (9th - U17M) and eight places for
Gemma Phillips (U17/U20W) and Rob Warner (SM) added
10/12/09
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| Alex, Will & Freddy in U13B rankings | |
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Alex Law, Will King & Freddy Keefe all feature in the summer 2009 U13 Boys rankings, published today. All round talent Alex features in three top 20 lists. His club discus record of 30.34m ranks Alex third nationally and 15th best all time, and he also features sixth in the 75m Hurdles list with his 12.2s club record, and makes the long jump rankings too. Will King, another club u13 to improve a club record ranked 10th with his 34.54m javelin best. Freddy Keefe features in both 1500m & 800m rankings at ninth & 20th respectively despite missing most of the season through injury added 10/12/09 |
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| Mat wins Essex Veterans gold | |
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Mat Bland took a well deserved gold medal in the Vets 40 age group at today's Essex Veterans Championships at Chigwell Row. Leading from the start, Mat was in control of the race and though being tracked by Ilford’s Ian Campbell he held him off to win by 50m. Gary Robins was the only other HMAC runner and did well to come in 53rd in his first outing for the club in many years. Len Parrot was the only athlete to take up the challenge of the over 50 race and did very well against runners over twenty years his junior finishing 81st. Jo Sullivan was the sole team member for the lady vets but she acquitted herself very well with a strong finish to take 18th place. added 5/12/09 |
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| Josh Third in Schools International | |
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Josh Olawore produced a fine performance on his International debut when he placed third for English Schools in the Home Countries Pentathlon International at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow today. He opened with a swift 8.71s for 60m hurdles, placing third and he held onto a podium place after his 5.91m long jump, fourth longest on the day. He was second in his 200m heat and fifth overall) with a good 24.54s clocking to move up to second and his second-longest ever shot put of 11.77m held his position. An 800m run in 2m 29.84s saw Josh slip a place but hold onto bronze medal spot as the England team comfortably won the competition. added 5/12/09 |
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| Georgie, Rachel, Tia in U13G List | |
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Georgie Taylor, Rachel Forder and Tia Telford-Dickson all feature highly in the U13 Girls track & field rankings published this week. Georgie's club U13 discus record of 32.31m saw her rank second nationally and 11th best UK all-time. Newcomer Rachel Forder was not far behind in sixth in the discus lists with 27.48m for third on the club all-time rankings, while her shot club record of 10.23m also saw her rank sixth nationally. Tia, another end of season newcomer, was an impressive fifth nationally with her 27.1s 200m PB (equal second on the club all-time list) and joint sixth in the 100m rankings with 13.1s for third best all-time by a club u13G. added 5/12/09 |
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| Lauren earns GB Euro call up | |
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Lauren Deadman has earned her Great Britain call up for the
European Cross Country Championships after her impressive run at
Liverpool on Saturday after she was named today by UK Athletics
in the six strong senior women’s team which will travel to
Dublin on 13 December. It is a fantastic achievement by the 25
year old teacher from Harold Wood who has battled injury for
much of her career after winning medals as a young athlete at
the English Schools Championships back in 2001 & 2002. She
joins Laura Kenney (Royal Sutton Coldfield); Freya Murray
(Chester Le Street & Dist AC); Sonia Samuels (Sale); Katrina
Wootton (Bedford & County); and Hayley Yelling (Windsor Slough,
Eton & Hounslow in a team that could challenge for honours.
Lauren's best cross country performance placed her a superb
eighth overall in the Trials, held as part of the McCain Cross
Country Challenge. Against a high quality field in difficult
muddy and wet conditions Lauren's 27:30 clocking for the 8.1km
course was under 20 seconds off the fourth place automatic
qualifying place in a race won by Hayley Yelling who returned
from retirement.
Although Lauren finished eighth in the trials two of the
athletes in front of her will contest the U23 event in Dublin. Faye
Fullerton was back in 20th and Robyn Matson was a creditable
56th.
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| XC teams still in Essex league hunt | |
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A win for the U15
Boys, and second places for theU17 men and U17/20 ladies were the
team highlights at today's Essex XC league at Hockley.
Jamie-Buckley-Stanton's runners-up spot in the U17 Men's race was
the best individual result and good placings came from U15 Hoseah
Gikungu (3rd), Lydia Hallam's fourth place for the U13 girls and
sixth place finishes for newcomer Bethany Hall (U15 Girls) and Ryan
O'Mahoney (U15 Boys). Also making the top 10 were Joseph Waked (U17M
- 7th) and Nick Shade (U15B - 10th)
added 28/11/09
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| Josh & Danny in U15 rankings | |
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Josh Olawore and Danny Wilson feature highly in the Under 15 Boys' rankings, published this week. Josh's amazing debut season saw him ranked in three events. He topped the lists with a 13.10m leap in the triple jump where he won England Athletics gold & English Schools' silver, ranked fourth in the Pentathlon where he won National Bronze and was sixth in the 80m Hurdles with his club record 11.4s clocking. Josh competes for English Schools team at pentathlon in Glasgow next weekend. Danny's PB of 40.58 earned him bronze in the England Athletics championships ranked him ninth nationally and took him to second on the club all time lists. added 28/11/09 |
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| Medals in London XC Champs | |
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The cross country
team had a very good Saturday at Parliament Hill, winning two team
Golds, a team silver and four individual Silver medals in the
London Cross Country Championships, run in conjunction with the
South of England Inter Counties. Nick Shade’s individual silver in
the Under 15 boys’ event, was supported by good efforts from Hoseah Gikungu, Ryan O’Mahoney and Thomas Davis as the club quartet’s 25
point tally saw them win comfortably from Thames Valley (64) and
Orion (82). Josh Conners, Nick Duffey and Danny Wilson provided
support on one of the most testing courses around. In the U17
Men’s competition Jamie Buckley-Stanton had a good run, to lead home
the Essex team finishing in 17th place overall and runner-up of the
London entrants winning individual silver. Adam Edwards in 6th,
Joseph Waked (12th) and Dean Leftley (15th)
ensured team gold and Massi Dendani and Ross Earney also took part
placing 20th & 21st. Amanda Blaxland
added another individual silver in the U15 Girls competition and
Lindsey McLachlan, Rosie Brett and Avril Lyons
combined well to make it team silver. Lydia Hallam was another to
win individual London silver, placing 14th overall in the U13 Girls
event and also winning team gold for Essex. Amy Baggs was 87th in
her Parliament Hill debut.
Harriet Scott took over a minute off her previous best time to clock 34:53 when winning the Chelmsford 10k road race in windy conditions on Sunday. |
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| Havering win by miles | |
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Havering’s young athletes again proved to the best in London when they won the overall team title in Saturday’s inaugural Lord Mayor’s Mile held before the Lord Mayor’s Show in the City of London. The event, covered live on BBC television, was run along similar lines to the London Mini-Marathon across three age groups (11/12. 13/14 and 15/16/17). Two runners represented each London borough in each of the six races in front of thousands of spectators. Eight top-ten finishes ensured that Havering again finished on top of the 33 London Boroughs. In the girls’ 15/16/17 race, Eleanor Bounds and Ingrid Deane (both past winners of the Mini-Marathon) ran superbly to finish 3rd and 7th respectively. In the 13/14 girls’ race, Amanda Blaxland waved the Havering flag with a terrific 6th place whilst Kirsty Mills from Sanders Drapers School ran well in 41st place. In the youngest girls’ age group, both runners ran brilliantly to finish in the top-ten – Heidi Surman Wells in 6th and Lindsay McLachlan in 10th. For the boys, Callum Sutton was a magnificent 6th and Jamie Buckley-Stanton close up in 9th. In the 13/14 race, Ryan O’Mahoney showed his talent to finish 11th whilst Adam Edwards ran a solid race in 35th. For the 11/12 boys, Nick Shade was an excellent 7th supported in 31st by Charles Hammond. The athletes gathered pre-event in the historical surroundings of the Drapers Hall from where they were escorted to the start of each race at the Mansion House. The idea for the event came from the new Lord Mayor, Nick Anstee, who has completed several marathons successfully. Hopefully, the event will now become a regular feature in the annual show. added 19/11/09 |
Pic: DougTierney |
| Harriet wins Essex League | |
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Harriet Scott improved on her runners-up
spot in round 1 to claim a comfortable victory in round 2 of the Essex
League held at wet and windy Hylands Park on Saturday. Robyn Matson was an
excellent fourth and the team held on to their league leadership. Three
teams finished second on the day. Rob Warner's sixth place set up
the senior men for second and they hold that place in the league. Adam
Hill in 9th was first finisher for the U13 Boys whose second place
confirmed the same position in the league. The U17/U20 Women were also
second. Becky Stanley's third place led the U15 Girls team to third and
Massi Dendani (13th) was first across the line for the third placed u17
men. Thomas Davis's 11th position was best for the U15 boys who were 4th
and the U13 girls had an incomplete team.
added 15/11/09
Pics added 19/11Faye Fullerton's fourth place finish in 29:03 led England to victory at the Gateshead International Cross Country on Saturday with Lauren Deadman an impressive ninth (29:28) in a race won by rising international star Steph Twell. |
Pic: Kevin White |
| Four in Under 17 Men's rankings | |
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Four talented club Under 17 Men have made
the National Top 20 Summer
2009 rankings published this week. Brad Burr led the way placing third
in the javelin lists with an excellent 63.96m early season throw for
second on the all time list and the all-rounder's club Octathlon record
of 4476 points also made the National top 20. Jack Edgar-Hill's fine
season saw him rank fifth in the 100m Hurdles with his club record of
13.40s. After his fantastic 2008 season Jimi Tele suffered an injury hit
2009 but his triple jump best of 14.00m was good enough to rank 13th
nationally and take him within 7 cms of the club record. The fourth club
U17 to rank was Laurence Goodacre whose end of season 14.15m shot put
made the rankings.
added 13/11/09
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| Kike & Holly in Under 17 rankings | |
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Kike Oniwinde and Holly Thomas both
feature in the Under 17 women's rankings for the Summer
2009 track & Field season, published this week. Kike was runner up
in the U17 javelin rankings, after ranking fifth on the recent U20 list
with her excellent 45.60m throw which places her fifth on the UK U17 Women's all-time list. Louise Mathews' club senior record of 46.41m is within
reach for the talented thrower next summer. Holly Thomas' breakthrough season, which
brought her a South of England silver medal & English Schools Final
place, saw her rank fifth nationally in her 80m Hurdles speciality
with her 11.56s clocking. She is third on
the club all time lists and has all the summer 2010 season to overhaul Chloe
van Wulven's 11.36s club best.
added 8/11/09
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| Ladies sixth in National XC relays | |
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Lauren Deadman
gave the team the best possible start at the English Cross Country
Relays at Mansfield on Saturday. After lying second till half way
she took the lead and held off all challenges to finish strongly and
hand over in front after her superb leg of 9:59,
the fifth fastest time overall on the day. Late stand-in Robyn
Matson, substituting for the unwell Harriet Scott, ran a good second leg
against stiff opposition but slipped to tenth after her 11:15 leg. Faye
Fullerton's anchor leg of 9:56 overhauled four opponents and
was to prove the third fastest overall but there was a little too much
to do and she brought the team home in a
very good sixth place out of 85 finishers. So after winning in 2007
and placing second last year the senior ladies cross country trio missed
out on a third set of medals.
added 31/10/09 & updated 1/11/09
Photo: Roger Deadman |
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| Nic & Kike in Under 20 rankings | |
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Nicola Hill and Kike Oniwinde both
feature in the newly-published Under 20 women's rankings for the Summer
2009 track & Field season. Nicola placed third in the 400m Hurdles list
with her 60.14s best after a season which saw her win silver in both the
English Schools and England Athletics Championships She also made the
top 20 for the sprint hurdles, ranking 17th with her 14.79s best for the
100m event. Although still an Under 17 Kike's superb club U17 & U20
javelin record of 45.60m, achieved when winning silver in the England
Athletics Championships to add to her English Schools' bronze, placed
her fifth in the national u20 lists. It was also the fifth longest all
time by an U17 women nationally.
added 27/10/09
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| Faye silver in National 10 Mile Champs | |
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Faye Fullerton won silver in the National
10 Mile Championships, held in conjunction with today's Great South Run
at Portsmouth. Her 56:28 timing was just 40 seconds behind National
winner Claire Hallisey and placed her seventh in an International
quality race field. It ranks Faye fifth in the 2009 UK rankings and
would no doubt have been faster had the first four mile not been into a
stiff breeze. 1500m specialist Faye does not usually race that distance
but after receiving an invitation decided to take part instead of a
planned 10 mile training run and to take the opportunity to catch up
with friends and training partners from St Mary's University.
added 25/10/09
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| Young Athletes claim relay medals haul | |
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There was a great haul of medals as club
youngsters claimed four silvers and a bronze at today's Essex Road Relays
at Colchester. The u13 Boys started the ball rolling as Charles
Hammond (10:15), James Wright (10:34) and Freddy Keefe (9:10 - second
fastest of day) took silver. Excellent runs by U15s Ryan O'Mahoney (8:44),
Josh Conners (8:58), and Hoseah Gikingu (8:21) added another silver
before the U17 Men made it a hat-trick of silvers for male teams. Jamie
Buckley-Stanton's opener of 7:51 proved to be the second fastest on the
day and Joseph Waked (8:15) and Adam Edwards (8:18) saw the team a
stride off victory. The U15 girls also added to the silver tally
thanks to Avril Loynes, Amanda Blaxland & Becky Stanley. The U13
girls trio of Lydia Hallam, Abigail Spink & Amy Baggs added bronze.
added 18/10/09
Photo:
Sue Blaxland |
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| Ladies 16th in National Relays | |
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Harriet Scott's fine start to the winter
season continued when was ran the 13th fastest stage overall as
the Senior Women's Squad combined well to finish 16th in near perfect
conditions at the National Road Relays at
Sutton Park, Birmingham. Harriet's 14:28 opening stage - six seconds
faster than her previous best, brought her home in fifth.
Sara Luck ran 15:34 on the second leg, looking powerful on the hills, handing over to Robyn Matson in
12th. Robyn appeared fresh a week after making a fine half-marathon
debut with 84:59 when placing seventh in the Birmingham event.
Robyn completed her stage in 16:00, finishing 13th, before Vicky Smith's
shrugged off an ankle injury to run bravely on the anchor stage of 16:06
to bring the quartet home in 16th out of the
73 finishers in this high profile event.
added 18/10/09
Photo:
Helen Scott
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| Women storm to Essex League win | |
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Harriet Scott led the senior women to
victory, while Sara Luck and Debbie Appleton made the top 10 as the Essex
Cross country League kicked off in warm & testing conditions at One Tree
Hill on Saturday. Three young athletes teams were runners up. Lydia
Hallam was first home in fourth for the second placed U13 girls and
Freddy Keefe's seventh was best for the U13 boys. Jamie
Buckley-Stanton's third place led home the U17 men to second also. A
fine run from Hoseah Gikungu in fourth was best for the third placed U15
boys and Becky Stanley was also fourth as the U15 Girls placed fourth.
Ever consistent Rob Warner was eighth as the senior men were fifth and
the U17 women was incomplete.
added 11/10/09
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Photo: Peter Luck |
| Faye wins Southend 10k | |
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Faye Fullerton opened her winter season
in style when she won the women's race in the Southend 10k road race on
Sunday. Her 34:50 (chip) effort brought her home 19yjth overall in the
mixed event and two minutes ahead of the runner up Charlotte Smith of
Colchester. Vicky Smith had a fine run to slash three minutes off her PB
to dip under 40 minutes with 39:21 to place fourth female. Steve
Rand was an excellent ninth in the men's event setting a new PB with his
33:42 finish time. Graham Hogan was 54th in 37:28 and Gary Howard 248th
in a field of 1700 clocking 43:25.
added 30/09/09
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