Middle Distance Evening

We held a very successful evening of middle distance running at Track Coulsdon on Wednesday evening 24^th 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 2^nd on the Power of 10. Brandan Morrell was 4^th in 4.48.08 and Katie Mooney was 5^th in a new PB of 4.50.32. Tom Harmer was 6^th in a new PB of 5.02.80, Oscar Prebble followed him in with 5.05.97. Max Lorke was 9^th in a new PB of 5.09.15, with Tabby Welsh 10^th in a new PB of 5.10.11 and Sophia Lorke was 11^th 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 2^nd in 4.10.54. Jacob Harrison was next in with 4.21.98, with Christo Chilton having a great run and finishing 4^th in a new PB of 4.22.44. Nick Smith was 7^th in 4.24.02 with Conrad Norman finishing 9^th in a new PB of 4.29.57. Ben Harrison was 10^th in 4.30.80 with Jack Burton 11^th in 4.31.48. Matthew Pickering was 13^th in 4.34.17 with Owen Waite 14^th 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

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 2^nd place and Charlotte Chaudhury of South London Harriers in 3^rd. 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 1^st and 2^nd Mason Phillip just pipped Aaron Morrell for 1^st 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 2^nd 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 2^nd and Maia Morrell of South London Harriers was 3^rd. Scarlett took the award for the top year 5 & 6 girl and Maia was 2^nd. 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 2^nd ,  Sam Little in 3^rd , Samuel Hossack in 4^th,  and George Stebbings in 5^th 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 13^th, and Matthew Pickering finished 80^th. Surrey won the Junior boys’ race. Running for London in the same race Christo Chilton also had a fine run to finish 20^th. In the Intermediate boys race running for Surrey Felix Vaughan was their 2^nd scorer and finished 55^th. Dillon Quirici running for Sussex finished 119^th. Running for London Jacob Harrison finished 141^st and Ben Harrison 233^rd. Running for London in the Junior girls race Louise Maignan had a solid run to finish 158^th.

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 2^nd 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 6^th 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 2^nd with a great team performance.

Katie Mooney lead the girls home in 5^th place, next in was Louise Maignan in 12^th, Maisie Gibbins in 13^th and Sophia Lorke in 14^th.  What great packing. There were good runs also by Tabby Welsh and Maddie Vickers.  The U17 girls finished in 3^rd 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 2^nd overall for the season which was a great result. Katie Mooney took the individual 3^rd 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 2^nd. Pieter ten Cate who came straight from a football match finished 2^nd in the Year 5/6 boys’ race. Aaron Morrell finished a very close 2^nd in the Year 3/4 boys’ race. In the afternoon Brandan Morrell ran strongly in the Junior boys race finishing 5^th and Nick Smith had a very good run in the Intermediate boys race to finish in 3^rd 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 2^nd in the 4 races, and Dillon Quirici managed to finish in 3^rd on Sunday and so take the overall 3^rd 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 2^nd 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 16^TH AND 17^TH 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 4^th 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 4^th. 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 5^th 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 17^th February. The Harrison twins continued their domination of the U15 boys’ competition with Jacob taking 1^st place and Ben 2^nd. Dillon Quirici completed the scoring 3 in 4^th 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 17^th, her sister Phoebe 57^th, Fleur Coppack was 66^th and Laila Morrell was 76^th. Luke Danby had a good run to finish 3^rd in the U13 boys race, with Tom Harmer in 5^th, Ethan Van Huyssteen in 22^nd, Noah Findell in 35^th and Sam Willson 60^th. Katie Mooney continued her excellent season finishing 8^th in the Intermediate girls race, with Maisie Gibbins also running well to finish 21^st and Katie Jefferson in 40^th place. Felix Vaughan had a very good run to finish 4^th in the Intermediate boys race, Matthew Pickering was 7th, Nick Smith 16^th, Harley Norman 22^nd, Jack Burton 27^th and Owen Waite 40^th. In the Junior girls race Sophia Lorke finished 28^th, Maddie Vickers 35^th and Rebecca Collins 91^st. Conrad Norman had a great run in the Junior boys race to finish 6^th and Martin van Domselaar was 33^rd.  In the senior boys race it was good to see Robbie Tambling running after a lay off with injury and he finished 20^th.  Congratulations to our young athletes in making these championships.