CROSS COUNTRY NEWS
SEAA XC Championships
There were some excellent performances by our junior athletes at the South of England cross country championships art Parliament Hill on the 26th January 2019. The conditions were reasonably dry under foot and the weather was very overcast but not too cold.
The U15 boys got the morning off to a great start finishing 3rd and taking bronze medals. They were led home by Felix Vaughan who finished 9th, with new recruit Dillon Quirici finishing 32nd, Jacob Harrison 38th and Ben Harrison in 86th place who completed to scoring team. Martin van Domselaar finished 207th. Next off were the U13 girls. The team finished 34th lead home in 108th place by Eva Maignan, with Annice Kemp in 125th, Laila Morrell in 256th and Samantha Moon in 312th place. These young ladies are all first year U13s so will gain a lot from the experience. In the U13 boys race Conrad Norman had a great run to finish 9th, as did Matthew Pickering in 20th place. Tom Harmer ran strongly for 97th place and Max Lorke completed the scoring team in 149th position and the team finished 11th. Max Read unfortunately got spiked, the second time in a race this season, and did well to finish in 160th place. Katie Mooney continued her great season finishing 28th in the U15 girls race. Maisie Gibbins ran well to finish 102nd with Sophia Lorke just behind her in 104th place. Owen Waite ran well in the U17 mens race to finish 195th with Alfie England in his first South of England Championships finishing 225th. James Lyne had a strong race in the U20 mens competition finishing in 49th position. Parliament Hill is always a testing course so well done to all our youngsters who did so well.
It was a very busy weekend as on Sunday we had the last Sportshall fixture of the season at the Guildford Spectrum. We had 27 competing across the U13 and U15 age groups. The results are not available at the moment but there were some standout performances. Deji Bello looked awesome winning the U13 boys 2 lap race and the shot, and anchoring our relay teams to narrow wins. Mason Owusu-Dellimore looked equally dominant winning the 4 lap race convincingly and the triple jump. Both are provisionally the individual winners of the U13 and U15 boys categories. Deji and Mason will undoubtedly be in the Surrey team for the regional Sportshall final at the end of February, and Gemma Rainsford, Evie Nimako and Maryam Jarra also have a chance of making the Surrey team in the U13 girls. It was sad to see Katie Mooney competing in her last Sportshall competition as next year she will be too old, but she finished on a high when her and Maddie Vickers ran really well in the 8 lap paarlauf to beat some very strong teams from Herne Hill and Guildford. It was a great afternoon of competition and our youngsters did SLH proud.
SURREY CHAMPIONSHIPS
We had our most successful Surrey Cross Country Championships for a number of years winning medals in all the male categories and our girls/ladies also doing very well.
In a very dry Lloyd Park in Croydon the first race off was the U13 boys and what a start we had with the team winning gold and Conrad Norman storming home in second place, Matthew Pickering just missing out on the bronze medal finishing in 4th, Luke Danby having a very strong race to finish 7th, and Tom Harmer having a very good run to finish in 28th to complete the scoring team. Felix Welsh finished 30th, Max Lorke 53rd, Sam Willson 63rd, Max Read 64th, Jack Chaudhury 66th, Ethan van Huyssteen 69th and Daniel Hickin 93rd. The boys were followed by the U13 girls. Many of them are first year U13s and running in their first country championships so it was quite a challenge but there were some good performances and they will surely benefit from the experience next time round. First home and having an excellent run was Eva Maignan, Annice Kemp was next in 45th place, Phoebe Kemp 63rd and Erin O’Connor completed the scoring team in 74th place and the team finished 8th. Laila Morrell was 75th Ella Greenaway 77th, and Samantha Moon 78th.
The next race was the U15 boys and Felix Vaughan looked very impressive winning the race and taking gold. Jacob Harrison was next to finish in 22nd place with his brother Ben in 37th and Martin van Domselaar completed the scoring team in 53rd place and the team took bronze medals. Sam Osmond finished in 68th place.
The boys were followed by the U15 girls sporting white and maroon hair ribbons. Katie Mooney had a great race finishing in 4th place with Maisie Gibbins also running very well to finish 16th. Sophie Lorke was next to finish in 29th place with Tabby Welsh completing the scoring team in 31st place and the team finished in 5th place. Maddie Vickers was next home in 47th, Gabriella Thoburn in 67th and Roisin Sharma 70th.
The U17 boys were next up and Sam Sheppard had an excellent run to finish 4th, with Harley Norman running well in 13th, Nick Smith also finishing strongly in 16th and Jack Burton finishing 22nd to complete the scoring team which took bronze. Owen Waite had a solid run in 32nd, and Alfie England finished 46th. In the U20 race we took team silver with Henry Stiff having a good run to finish in 15th place, fighting all the way to the line with Gianluca Ercolano in 16th, and George Tovey completed the scoring team in 26th place. Julia Tomzcak who has had injury problems looked back to her best winning the U20 ladies race with an excellent run. An excellent championships for our junior teams. The senior men also had their most successful championship for some time taking team bronze medal.
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Surrey Schools XC-Reigate
There were some excellent races at the Surrey Schools with our youngsters performing very well. In the U13 girls race Annice Kemp finished 17th, her sister Phoebe 57th, Fleur Coppack was 66th and Laila Morrell was 76th. Luke Danby had a good run to finish 3rd in the U13 boys race, with Tom Harmer in 5th, Ethan Van Huyssteen in 22nd, Noah Findell in 35th and Sam Willson 60th. Katie Mooney continued her excellent season finishing 8th in the Intermediate girls race, with Maisie Gibbins also running well to finish 21st and Katie Jefferson in 40th place. Felix Vaughan had a very good run to finish 4th in the Intermediate boys race, Matthew Pickering was 7th, Nick Smith 16th, Harley Norman 22nd, Jack Burton 27th and Owen Waite 40th. In the Junior girls race Sophia Lorke finished 28th, Maddie Vickers 35th and Rebecca Collins 91st. Conrad Norman had a great run in the Junior boys race to finish 6th and Martin van Domselaar was 33rd. In the senior boys race it was good to see Robbie Tambling running after a lay off with injury and he finished 20th. Congratulations to our young athletes in making these championships.
Woodcote XC Races
On a very chilly morning we held the second primary school race at Woodcote High School on Saturday. There were some excellent performances by our youngsters. Erin Magill won the Year 3/4 girls race with Noelle Carr of St.Davids in 2nd place and Charlotte Chaudhury in 3rd place. The team race was won by St.Aidans. Aaron Morrell won a very exciting year 3/4 boys race with Mason Phillip of Smitham in 2nd and Sam from the Hayes in third place. Smitham won the team race. Scarlett Nimako won the year 5/6 girls race looking very strong, and Maia Morrell was 2nd with Zara Browne from St.Davids in 3rd place. Regina Coeli won the team race. Fred Harris from Atwood won the year 5/6 boys race with Samuel Little in second place, Hero Enslin in 3rd and Samuel Hossack in 4th. The team race was won by Regina Coeli.
A big thank you to all the helpers who made the event run so smoothly. The last fixture is on the 16th March 2019.
Surrey Lge -Mitcham
There were some excellent performances by our boys in the 3rd Surrey League match at Mitcham on the 12th January 2019. It was great to see Jacob Harrison (U15) having an excellent run finishing in 5th place and leading the U15/17 boys team home. Next to finish was Harley Norman in 10th, Nick Smith in 14th and Jack Burton in 18th to complete the team which finished in 2nd place to Walton. Ben Harrison (U15) was next finishing in 22nd place, with Owen Waite next home in 33rd, Ben Pritchard (U15) was 54th and Sam Osmond (U15) was 109th. After 3 matches we are 2nd overall and 33 points adrift of Walton. Fingers crossed we can get our strongest team out for the final match on the 9th February.
There were some good performances by our U13 boys as well with Tom Harmer our first finisher in 12th place, Max Read having his best run of the season to finish 20th, Max Lorke next home in 21st place and Noah Findell completed the scoring team in 26th place. Dylan Kingaby was 44th, Ben Whyatt 45th and Daniel Hickin 47th. The team finished 4th.
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.
