Clubhouse Improvement Project

Many members will know that our Clubhouse HQ in Coulsdon has been suffering from a number of leaks in the roof, which is now over 100 years old and in desperate need of replacement. We have received various quotes, which are too much for the club's finances to handle alone. Therefore we have launched a Crowd Funding bid to try and raise the money towards this project. At the same time we will install insulation and lighting and heating switches to save on our energy use.

We have also been receiving complaints from our users and members about the kitchen, and this something else we would love to replace not only for our events and users, but also our upcoming 150th Anniversary Celebrations. This work can’t be done until the roof has been replaced.

The Crowd funding process works by getting between 100 and 150 pledges from members or local people in the area. Once we reach this target, it feeds into the larger funders such as the Mayor’s Fund or GLL who look at projects on the Spacehive platform to check out projects that are wanted by the local community. If they see lots of pledges, they may pledge themselves. They have funding that can go towards Community projects.

We are therefore now asking members to publicise this project as much as possible and make a pledge to the project. This doesn’t have to be a large amount (as little as £2), as numbers are the most important thing. We need to hit a target of 100 to 150 pledges to attract the larger backers.

Please click on the image below to look at the project in more detail, and make a pledge.

It works like PayPal or Just Giving, through a process called Go Cardless, however nothing is taken from your account unless the full target amount is reached.

The decision as to whether we will be considered for funding will be made after 17th June 2019.

IN MEMORIAM

 

IN MEMORIAM

VICE PRESIDENT

S R "ROLY" LANGRIDGE

20/04/1937 - 12/06/2019

Elected 1952

 


 

News

SURREY T & F CHAMPS 2019

The club had one of our most successful county championships to date winning 8 gold medals, 9 silver medals and 7 bronze at Kingsmeadow on 11th and 12th May. The weather over the weekend was reasonably kind with a few showers during the day on Saturday, and it did get very warm on Sunday afternoon which made the 3000m races tough.

Starting with the sprints what a championships  Amanda Obijiaku had winning the U17 girls 100m in 12.43 and the 200m in 25.41. Another double medallist was Mason Owusu-Dellimore who won the U15 boys 100m in 11.86 and the 200m in 23.92. Deji Bello a first year U15 did very well to get to the final of the 100m running 12.11 but really gave Mason a run for his money in the 200m where he took the silver medal with a time of 24.25.

Aaliyah Brown ran really well in the U15 girls 100m taking the gold medal in 12.43. Naomi Gbada also did well to reach the final of the U15 girls 200m  where she finished 6th in 28.30. Rihanna-Moore Carnagie-Francis also got to the final of the U13 girls 200m where she finished 6th in 30.56. Oliver Owen did very well to make the final of the U13 boys 200m where he finished 6th in 30.07. It was great to see Megan French running in the U20 womens sprints and she finished just outside the medals in the 100m finishing 4th in 12.91 and was 6th in the 200m final.

Turning to the middle distance it was great to see Tom Higgs winning the senior mens 5000m in 15.09.14. His sprint finish from around 200m on the final lap was amazing! In the U13 boys 1500m we had 5 competitors out of the 12 finalists. Joseph Hunt won in 4.43 from his brother Jacob who ran 4.44.72 and Oscar Prebble had an amazing race to take 3rd place in a new PB of 4.45.51. Max Lorke finished 9th with a new PB of 5.00.58 and Max Read 10th also with a new PB of 5.03.46.

In a very exciting U15 boys 1500m race Christo Chilton took silver in a new PB of 4.21.71 and Conrad Norman took bronze in a new PB of 4.21.75. Felix Vaughan battled hard in the U17 boys 1500m taking 2nd in 4.13.30 and Jack Burton had a great run to take the bronze medal in a new PB of 4.18.19. Owen Waite finished 9th in 4.39.38. Felix returned later in the day on Sunday to run the U17 3000m and in very warm conditions he finished 3rd in 9.09.02. Jacob Harrison and Ben Harrison found the heat really tough but finished 8th and 10th respectively in 9.40 and 9.45, good times given the conditions. Katie Mooney also ran her first 3000m and took the bronze medal in the U17 girls race in 10.51.53. Matthew Pickering ran very well in the U15 boys 3000m taking the silver medal in 9.58.60 and Brandan Morrell finished 8th in 10.21.63. Eva Maignan just missed out on getting a medal in the U13 girls 1500m. In a very competitive final with hardly anything separating the lead runners coming down the home straight she was just edged out into 4th place but ran a great new PB of 5.05. Tom Harmer ran very well in the U13 boys 800m taking bronze in a new PB of 2.18.08. Jack Chaudhury also did very well to make the final where he finished 5th in a new PB of 2.28.41.

There were some excellent performances in the field. Gabriella Thoburn won the U15 girls high jump with 1.60m. Joanna Barnaby was 2nd in the U20 womens shot with 10.44m. Evie Nimako just missed out on a medal in the U15 girls discus finishing 4th with 19.14m , and was 8th in the shot with 8.10m.Tom Bullen was his ever consistent self, winning the senior mens discus with 39.75m and taking silver in the shot with 12.78m which was the same distance as the winner but Tom lost the gold medal on count back. Ethan van Huyssteen did very well in the U13 boys long jump taking silver with 4.33m. Leo Neiro was very unlucky in the U17 mens long jump. He had a great first jump of 5.75m but injured himself on the 2nd jump and had to withdraw. His first jump was still good enough to take the bronze medal though, but he was very disappointed as he felt he could have got close to 6m and taken gold. Tate Williams did very well to take silver in the U13 boys shot with 9.45m.

An excellent championships for the club and well done to all who took part.

Middle Distance Evening

We held a very successful evening of middle distance running at Track Coulsdon on Wednesday evening 24th April. In bright but blustery conditions the event started with an 800m race and it was great to see Robbie Tambling running very strongly and coming home in first place in 2.07.42 with Dillon Quirici in second place in a new PB of 2.07.75. Next up was a 1500m race and there were some excellent performances with Joseph Hunt winning in a new PB of 4.41.46 to go top of the Power of 10 U13 rankings and his brother Jacob following him home in a new PB of 4.42.32 to go 2nd on the Power of 10. Brandan Morrell was 4th in 4.48.08 and Katie Mooney was 5th in a new PB of 4.50.32. Tom Harmer was 6th in a new PB of 5.02.80, Oscar Prebble followed him in with 5.05.97. Max Lorke was 9th in a new PB of 5.09.15, with Tabby Welsh 10th in a new PB of 5.10.11 and Sophia Lorke was 11th in a new PB of 5.13.25.

The sun disappeared and the wind seemed to strengthen for the last race but there were some very impressive performances. Harley Norman looked back to his best winning in 4.07.05, with Felix Vaughan 2nd in 4.10.54. Jacob Harrison was next in with 4.21.98, with Christo Chilton having a great run and finishing 4th in a new PB of 4.22.44. Nick Smith was 7th in 4.24.02 with Conrad Norman finishing 9th in a new PB of 4.29.57. Ben Harrison was 10th in 4.30.80 with Jack Burton 11th in 4.31.48. Matthew Pickering was 13th in 4.34.17 with Owen Waite 14th in 4.34.51.

A great evening of racing with some excellent pace making by Tom Hooks and Tom Butler from St.Marys and our own Tom Higgs. Good feedback from the athletes that came along from other clubs. We plan to put on another event in a month or so and hope to grow on the success of this event. RESULTS

SURREY INDOOR CHAMPS

DAVID WEIR LEISURE CENTRE 16TH AND 17TH FEBRUARY 2019.

We had a very successful Surrey indoor championships winning 4 gold medals, 2 silver medals and 2 bronze medals.

Gabriella, Anna and Joanna

In the U15 girls Gabriella Thoburn was a double medalist taking a bronze in the long jump with a new PB of 4.58m, and winning the high jump with an amazing jump of 1.60m. Gemma Rainsford in her first competition as an U15 girl also jumped well in the long jump finishing 4th in a new PB of 4.33m. Mason Owusu-Dellimore looked great in the U15 boys 60m, just missing out on gold and winning silver in 7.45. Deji Bello in his first competition as an U15 did very well to make the final where he finished 4th. Amanda Obijiaku in a very competitive U17 girls 60m won gold in 7.80 having run 7.60 in the heats. Montell Markland also did well making the final of the U17 boys 60m where he finished 5th in 7.34. Anna Given took gold in the U20 women’s high jump with 1.50m and Joanna Barnaby had an excellent competition in the U20 women’s shot taking gold with a throw of 10.67m.  It was great to see Jonathan Kombe-Kajue in his first championship take a silver medal in the U15 boys shot with a throw of 11.6. Daniel Haydon in his first county championships also did well taking bronze in the U15 boys high jump. Well done to the medalists and all who took part over the weekend.

We also had a very successful morning in the Downs League on Epsom Downs of the 17th February. The Harrison twins continued their domination of the U15 boys’ competition with Jacob taking 1st place and Ben 2nd. Dillon Quirici completed the scoring 3 in 4th place. Katie Mooney won the U15 girls race with a great run. We had 13 U11 athletes taking part and they all did very well as did the U13 youngsters.  A  good weekend for the juniors.