Havering Mayesbrook’s Debbie Sullivan and Kate Brewington have been ranked in the senior ladies top 50 lists for the summer 2000 track and field season. Middle distance star Debbie shows a tremendous range of performances, ranking in four track events, placing eight in the 10,000m, 17th in the 5,000m and also makes the top 50 in the 3,000m and the 800m. Kate appears in three lists. Her highest placing is in the Heptathlon with her England international debut performance ranking her fifth in the under 20s and 19th in the seniors. Her 100m hurdles club best ranked her seventh U20 and 32nd senior, while her long jump performance ranked as 12th junior and inside the national senior top 50. Only Stuart Wells, who has now left the club, appears in the men's rankings, ranking 13th in the long jump. (added 28/12/00) 

Kate Brewington - ranked in Long Jump, Heptathlon & 100m hurdles

Havering Mayesbrook’s under 13 and 15 girls’ teams swept aside the opposition to win both of the team and individual titles at the Essex Young Athletes Cross Country Championships at Chelmsford on Saturday, with Megan Foley and Sara Luck winning their respective races.  And the boys’ teams did not go away empty handed as there were bronze team medals for the under 13 boys. There were medals too in the veterans county events as Tim Pailthorpe gained individual gold in the M60 category and Lesley Felton gained a women's bronze. (added 17/12/00)

Megan Foley won individual Essex U13 gold on Saturday  

Havering Mayesbrook’s veteran runner Len Parrott ran superbly to become the national champion for his age group, winning the British Veterans' (BVAF)10 mile road championship for the M65 category at Brockwell Park, Herne Hill recently. (added 17/12/00) 

Essex Schools sprint champion James Gregory is ranked in both 100m and 200m, placing 15th in the shorter sprint and  two places lower in the 200m event. Two club athletes make it into the 80m hurdles lists with Dean Shirley in 17th and Andrew Luck ranked 19th. Unluckiest athletes were Peter Tyler and Christian Newton whose 400m times would have placed them 11th, had they come to the compiler's attention. (added 8/12/00)

Havering Mayesbrook Athletic Club has been successful in attracting £6,550 from The Jack Petchey Foundation. 

The funding is in respect of two ‘Achievement Awards’ and one ‘Leader’s Award’. The areas in which the money will be used include 

• assistance towards defraying the substantial costs of coach transport during the 2001 track and field season; 

• replacement of old trophies; 

• costs of re-accreditation for the Club’s coaches in line with UK Athletics’ policy; and 

• costs of organising special one-day workshops for young athletes next year.

Club Chairman Doug Tierney commented that ‘this money is the first significant funding that the Club has received for some years and we are extremely grateful to The Jack Petchey Foundation for their generosity’. (added 4/12/00)

Jack Petchey was born and brought up in the East End of London and has become one of the country's most successful businessmen. The Foundation’s award scheme is run through clubs, schools and community groups in East London and West Essex and the awards are aimed, in the main, at young people between the ages of 11 and 24.

Havering Mayesbrook Athletic Club’s track and field award winners for the 2000 season received their trophies during the Club’s annual presentation disco on Saturday evening. Club President Trevor Wells presented the trophies and the award winners were introduced by Chairman Doug Tierney who paid tribute to the excellent work of the Club’s coaches and team managers. (added 4/12/00)

Photo of Sara Luck courtesy of Joe Lee Computing & English Schools AA website

Chloe Van Wulven, joined Megan Foley & Emma Bonny in the Under 13 Girls' rankings .