CROSS COUNTRY NEWS
Congratulations to our young athletes selected to represent Surrey at the SEAA Inter Counties at Oxford on Saturday 8th Dec, with nine Boys/Junior Men selected. The U13 boys Surrey team took gold, with Conrad Norman in a tremendous run finished 11th and Matthew Pickering finished strongly in 15th both making the scoring team. Luke Danby also ran well to finish 36th. Felix Vaughan had a good run in the U15 boys race, finishing 3rd and the team took silver. Jacob Harrison, in his first race since joining SLH, finished 80th was a bit under the weather, but will surely gain from the experience and do well in the championship races coming up. Sam Sheppard finished 33rd in the U17M and was the 5th Surrey scorer. Three other U17M were a bit off their best, with Jack Burton 83rd, Harley Norman 84th and Nick Smith 88th. Katie Mooney won her first Surrey vest in the U15 girls race and finished 47th. Katie will also gain from the experience and come out stronger in the races to come later this season.
Slightly further afield we had young athletes competing for Surrey Schools at the Schools Inter counties in the West Midlands. In really tough conditions with lots of mud and driving rain Brandan Morrell was 34th in the Junior boys’ race. In the Junior girls race Tabby Welsh was 60th and Maddie Vickers was 69th. In the Intermediate boys race Owen Waite finished 50th.
Well done on all on their selection and performances in tough conditions.
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SPORTSHALL at Guildford
We had a great afternoon of Sportshall athletics at the Guildford Spectrum on Sunday the 25th November. Mason Owusu Dellimore was the top U15 boy in the individual points with a total of 72, and Alex Berard finished 2nd with a total of 67. It was great to have Samuel Owen on the team for the first time and he did very well. Leo Neiro did well in the 2 lap race and relay and the U15 boys finished 3rd team. Deji Bello continued with his winning ways in the U13 boys taking the 2 lap race and the shot to finish top points scorer. Deji had good support from Eralbi Hyselli, and James Roxburgh who won the paarlauf, Jeffrey Quaynor who did very well in the 4 lap race, Dylan Taylor, Noah Emery and Oliver Owen who were all competing for the first time in sportshall, and Laurie James.
BRUCE JUDD XC RELAYS
On a cold windy afternoon in Stoke Park Guildford there were some very good performances from our junior athletes.
The U13 boys got us off to a tremendous start winning the U13 boys race. Matthew Pickering lead the team off coming in first in 7.39.There was slight confusion at the takeover but Luke Danby did not panic and running strongly ran an excellent leg in 7.37 to maintain our first position. Conrad Norman was on the last leg with Christo Chilton of Herne Hill Harriers around 9 seconds behind. Conrad ran a great leg and Christo hardly made any inroads into our lead and running 7.24 Conrad brought us home for the win. His time was the 2nd fastest, with Luke running the 3rd fastest and Matthew the 4th fastest. Our U13 boys B team finished in 15th place with Jack Chaudhury running 8.29, Dylan Kingaby 9.47 and Max Lorke 8.57. The U13 girls were next up and they finished in 15th place with Laila Morrell running 9.35, Phoebe Kemp 9.48 and Olivia Vickers 10.22. The U15 boys were next and were lead off by Martin van Domselaar who had a strong run finishing his leg in 7.53.Brandan Morrell was second leg and running 7.44 moved us into 12th place.
Felix Vaughan ran the last leg and, storming through the field, brought us home in 7th place in 6.49 which gained him the medal for the fastest lap. Sam Osmond ran well in our incomplete B team finishing in 8.49. Our U15 girls were next and finished in 7th place. Katie Mooney led us off and came in 3rd with an excellent leg of 7.52 which was the 5th fastest of the day. Maddie Vickers was next off and running very well came in 7th with a leg of 8.52, Sophia Lorke ran strongly on the last leg to maintain our position running 8.36. The B team of Gabriella Thoburn, Alice Stanley and Roisin Sharma also ran well. Our U17 boys were next and against some very strong opposition they finished in 6th place. Robbie Tambling in his first race for the club ran the first leg finishing in 7.07 which was the 12th fastest leg of the day. Nick Smith was next and maintained our position running 7.28, Harley Norman ran the last leg and ran 7.14. It was great to see Thomas Porter who has been out with a health problem for some time running in our incomplete B team. Our U17 girls team was also incomplete but there were a good runs by Emma van Domselaar and Amy Beattie. A good day for the juniors.
SURREY COUNTY COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS
U15 GIRLS David Weir Leisure Centre 9th September 2018.
Gabriella Thoburn ended her track and field season on a high winning the bronze medal in the Surrey County Combined Events championships on the 9th September.
EA U15/U17 CHAMPIONSHIPS, 25/26 August Bedford.
Felix Vaughan continued with his championship winning season taking the England Athletics U15 boys 1500m title in 4.19.59. Felix cruised through the qualifying heat on Saturday and was set for the final on Sunday.
SOUTH of ENGLAND T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS
There were some very good performances by our young athletes in the South of England Track and Field Championships at Lee Valley over the weekend (11/12 August). Jack N’Douba had a great run to finish 2nd in the U13 boys 100m in 12.56, and Deji Bello just missed out on a medal finishing 4th in 12.78. However Deji (above) went on the win the long jump with a massive personal best of 5.30m. Felix Vaughan continued with his championship winning season taking the U15 boys 1500m title in 4.22.85.
ENGLISH SCHOOLS' T&F CHAMPS Felix Vaughan wins National Title
Congratulations to Felix Vaughan who, running for Surrey Schools, won the Junior Boys 1500m at the English Schools Track and Field Championships at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on 14th July. Felix cruised through his heat on Friday winning in 4:18.17. In the final he ran a very mature and intelligent race, keeping out of trouble for the first two laps, ensuring he was well placed with the leaders as the race unfolded.
