CROSS COUNTRY NEWS
INTER-COUNTIES XC
Congratulations to our athletes competing for Surrey in the Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships at Loughborough on Saturday 9th. March. In the U13 boys race there were excellent runs by Christo Chilton who finished 7th, Conrad Norman in 8th and Matthew Pickering 31st and the boys were part of the Surrey team that took the gold medals. Felix Vaughan running for the U15 boys team finished 28th and was part of the team that took bronze medals. Julia Tomzcak had a very good run finishing 15th in the U20 ladies race, and the Surrey team took silver medals. Katie Mooney running in her first Inter-Counties championship finished 105th in the U15 girls race. Well done to all our athletes.
SLH TEAM GOLD AT NATIONAL XC CHAMPS
HAREWOOD HOUSE, LEEDS 23RD FEBRUARY 2019.
In the stunning setting of Harewood House, and in spring sunshine we had a brilliant National Cross Country Championships. Our U13 boys team took gold with a great team performance. Conrad Norman lead the team home with an amazing run to finish 6th, new recruit Christo Chilton ran strongly for 19th place, Matthew Pickering continued his excellent season finishing 28th, and Luke Danby who has another year in this age group finished an excellent 49th to close the scoring team. Max Read in his first National Championship also ran well finishing 195th. There were 408 finishers.
Our U15 boys team also did so well to take bronze medals led home with a solid run by Felix Vaughan in 29th place, next Jacob Harrison had a great run to finish 35th, his brother Ben was next home in 52nd place, and Dillon Quirici in 71st position completed the scoring team. Katie Mooney had a great run in the U15 girls race to finish in 55th place with Tabby Welsh battling hard for 244th position. Maisie Gibbins started the race but unfortunately had to pull out with a hamstring problem. Jack Burton ran well in the U17 mens race to finish in 155th place. James Lyne had the goal of finishing in the top 60 in the Junior mens race and ran very strongly to finish 57th. What a great day for our junior athletes.
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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Weekend Round Up 16, 17 March
At a very windswept Woodcote High School we held the final primary schools races of the season on Saturday. Despite the conditions we had over 200 finishers across the 4 races with some great competition. First off were the year 3 & 4 girls and in a close fought race Noelle Carr from St.Davids was the winner with Anoushkae Pathak of Cumnor Girls in 2nd place and Charlotte Chaudhury of South London Harriers in 3rd. Charlotte won the award for the top year 3 and 4 girl over the season. In an even closer finish in the 3 & 4 boys race with around an inch between 1st and 2nd Mason Phillip just pipped Aaron Morrell for 1st place and Stephen Lamont of Smitham was 3rd. Aaron took the award for the top year 3 & 4 boy for the season with Mason in 2nd place. Scarlett Nimako of South London Harriers made it 3 wins out of 3 taking the Year 5 & 6 girls race with a very good run. Casey Damo of Regina Caeli was 2nd and Maia Morrell of South London Harriers was 3rd. Scarlett took the award for the top year 5 & 6 girl and Maia was 2nd. Hero Enslin running in his new South London Harriers vest stormed to a win in the year 5 & 6 boys race, with Daniel Finch of Regina Caeli in 2nd , Sam Little in 3rd , Samuel Hossack in 4th, and George Stebbings in 5th all running for South London Harriers. Sam Little took the award for the top Year 5 & 6 boy over the season. The Mark Burtwell cup for the overall winning school over the season went to Smitham. The races are very popular with the local schools and a great advert for our club. A big thank you to all the members and parents who helped over the season.
Further afield we had 8 athletes competing in the English Schools Cross Country Championships in Leeds. Just to make these races is a big achievement. In the Junior boys’ race and running for Surrey Conrad Norman continued his great season finishing 13th, and Matthew Pickering finished 80th. Surrey won the Junior boys’ race. Running for London in the same race Christo Chilton also had a fine run to finish 20th. In the Intermediate boys race running for Surrey Felix Vaughan was their 2nd scorer and finished 55th. Dillon Quirici running for Sussex finished 119th. Running for London Jacob Harrison finished 141st and Ben Harrison 233rd. Running for London in the Junior girls race Louise Maignan had a solid run to finish 158th.
Well done to all these athletes for making the respective teams.
Back at Coulsdon Orion Harriers arrived with 36 runners for the Mob Match. In windy conditions the race was won by Billy Casserley but, as with most mob matches, the team with most runners won. SLH could only put out 23 runners so lost SLH 644, Orion 294.
There were also some excellent runs over the weekend in road races. Running in his first half marathon James Lyne ran the Reading half marathon in 73.29 which was a great debut over the distance. Kevin Quinn despite missing the start won the Richmond half marathon in 71.22 (chip 70.15) and Ollie Garrod finished 2nd in 74.10. Well done to our lads! Congratulations to Ollie Garrod who is making his England debut in a 100k race next weekend, we hope he has a great run and wish him lots of luck. It was good to see a former member doing well in the Reading half marathon Steph McCall finished 6th lady in a new PB of 75.58.
Weekend Round Up 2nd,3rd March
Another very successful weekend for the junior side of the club. On Saturday in the last Surrey League fixture of the cross country season in Lloyd Park Croydon the U15 girls finished 2nd with a great team performance.
Katie Mooney lead the girls home in 5th place, next in was Louise Maignan in 12th, Maisie Gibbins in 13th and Sophia Lorke in 14th. What great packing. There were good runs also by Tabby Welsh and Maddie Vickers. The U17 girls finished in 3rd place led home by Amy Beattie with good runs from Katie Jefferson, Lailah Touray and Roisin Sharma who completed the scoring team. The U15 girls finished 2nd overall for the season which was a great result. Katie Mooney took the individual 3rd place award.
It was a busy day on Farthing Downs with the primary school races in the morning and the senior school races in the afternoon. There were some excellent performances from our athletes with Samantha Moon winning the Year 5/6 girls’ race in a very close finish with Scarlett Nimako who was 2nd. Pieter ten Cate who came straight from a football match finished 2nd in the Year 5/6 boys’ race. Aaron Morrell finished a very close 2nd in the Year 3/4 boys’ race. In the afternoon Brandan Morrell ran strongly in the Junior boys race finishing 5th and Nick Smith had a very good run in the Intermediate boys race to finish in 3rd place.
On Sunday we hosted the final Downs League race of the season on Epsom Downs. It was a very wet and windy morning and medals should go to all the helpers who came and marked the course so efficiently and then marshaled in the damp cold conditions for nearly 90 minutes. We have not got the full results in but the organizers were able to make the awards to the leading athletes in the respective age groups. Katie Mooney won all the 4 races in the U15 girls’ competition and received the award accordingly. Jacob Harrison did likewise in the U15 boys, with Ben Harrison 2nd in the 4 races, and Dillon Quirici managed to finish in 3rd on Sunday and so take the overall 3rd place award. Great performances by these athletes. There were some good performances by our U11, U13 and U15 athletes who ran in very tough conditions.
Further afield at The Triangle Leisure Centre in Burgess Hill we had athletes competing for Surrey County in the South East Regional Sportshall Final. Deji Bello was part of the Surrey team that won the U13 boys competition so qualifying for the National finals in Manchester in April winning the 2 lap race and the 4x2 lap relay. Gemma Rainsford and Evie Nimako were part of the U13 girls team who finished 2nd but with a very good chance of qualifying for the National finals in Manchester as one of the highest 2nd placed teams. The U15 boys team also won and star of the show was our Mason Owusu-Dellimore who against very strong competition won the individual overall top athlete award. An excellent weekend of competition.
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.
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.
