Adrian Essex wins British Masters Pentathlon
A late report this week, featuring a gold medal for Adrian Essex in the British Masters Pentathlon champs, a sixth place for our women in the South of England Cross Country Champs, a new club record for Rachel McDonald in the 400m and for Trey Corliss in the U20 60m hurdles at the London Indoor Games and 10th place for Andy Barnes in the Chingford League. Meanwhile, Rebecca Bunting was first woman and first overall in the Lordship Recreation Grounds Parkrun on January 20 in a time of 17:20.
South of England Cross Country Championships, Beckenham Palace Park, January 27
On a perfect day in Beckenham 65 of our runners took part in the ‘Southerns’. Perhaps the best performance was Rebecca Bunting’s 16th place in the 8k women’s event, in which our team came sixth. With Seyfu away our first man was Kader Seyed in 29th place. The men’s event was advertised as 15km but was in fact 13.6km (8.5miles). Our highest scoring junior was Amy Kirk who came 20th in the U15 Girls event.
Plenty of Young Heathsiders trekked to South London for the South of England Championships in perfect weather for racing. The issues that bugged the first races now appeared to have been sorted and the course offered a good challenge combined with the big fields of runners. The outstanding performance was by our U15 Girls who with Amy Kirk finishing 20th and Kiara Corkin, Rosa Cormacain and Margot Hunt all having top 50 finishes just missed out on a team medal finishing 4th. The U17 Women also produced an excellent performance finishing 9th with Millie Watkins our first home in 47th. The U13 Boys were 11th with Rory Willis finishing an excellent 29th. Sam Turner’s 38th place anchored the U15 Boys who finished 14th.
U13 Boys (3km, 174 finishers)
1st O Mcdonald (Dacorum) 9:48
29th Rory Willis 10:31
38th Charlie Nicolson 10:40
96th Alex Kirk 11:17
148th Aidan Lappin 12:13
Team:- 1st Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow 66 pts, 11th London Heathside 311 pts
U15 Girls (4.5km, 183 finishers)
1st O Forrest (Brentwood) 14:51
20th Amy Kirk 16:08
39th Kiara Corkin 16:50
40th Rosa Cormacain 16:51
46th Margot Hunt 17:02
66th Caitlin Roberts 17:43
93rd Lettice Gundry 18:17
101st Lila Blustin 18:23
103rd Maya Westgate 18:27
135th Ivy Gray 19:13
169th Jasmina Roberts 21:12
Team:- 1st Aldershot Farnham & District 67 pts, 4th London Heathside 145 pts
U15 Boys (4.5km 181 finishers)
1st J Scanes (Blackheath & Bromley) 13:20
38th Sam Turner 14:58
82nd Ennio Kaloukian 15:36
115th Phoenix Bonhote 16:19
128th Joe Skelsey 16:36
164th Leon Bestmann-Calvo 17:46
Team:- 1st Winchester Running Club 51 pts, 14th London Heathside 363 pts
U17 Women (6km, 121 finishers)
1st E Nicholson (Blackheath & Bromley) 20:21
47th Millie Watkins 24:05
55th Issy Watkins 24:35
73rd Ishanna Cannell 25:09
93rd Amaya Skankardass 26:02
Team:- 1st Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow 42 pts, 9th London Heathside 268 pts
U17 Men (6km, 166 finishers)
1st S Plummer (Chelmsford) 18:15
75th George Saint 20:26
156th Artie Feeny Willings 24:05
162nd Ben Ryan 26:12
Team:- 1st Chelmsford 33 pts, London Heathside No Team.
U20 Men (8km 94 finishers)
1st J Dargan (Aldershot Farnham & District) 23:26
26th Oliver O'Connor 25:33
32nd Abel Woldegiorgis 25:46
61st Bedo Draskoczy 27:34
Team:- 1st Aldershot Farnham & District 18 pts, London Heathside No Team
Senior Women (8km 361 finishers)
1st J Gibbon (Reading) 25:46
16th Rebecca Bunting 28:10
23rd Rebecca Piggott 28:53
69th Katherine Hawkshaw 31:03
88th Chiara Borg 31:58
109th Genevieve Weston 32:37
120th Becca Walker 32:55
124th Francesca Stocco 33:06
149th Tanya Addison 34:13
230th Annabel Judd 37:34
253rd Kimberli Butler 38:40
278th Jackie Wastell 39:46
283rd Ann Woulfe 40:04
Team:-1st Aldershot Farnham & District 37 pts, 6th London Heathside 196 pts
Senior Men (15km, 720 finishers)
1st J Kingston (Tonbridge) 42:50
29th Kader Seyed 46:18
62nd Yann Sevestre 47:41
70th James Wooldridge 48:00
125th Andy Barnes 50:10
136th Peter Gould 50:35
145th Matthew Rallison 50:54
207th Keith Geoghegan 52:59
217th Oliver Negus 53:09
264th Darryn Hillson 54:25
277th Sammy Keenan 54:52
318th Etienne Daries 56:04
382nd Valentin Valeanu 58:24
388th Joel Northcott 58:40
434th Chris Hartley 1:00:12
459th Paul Mercer 1:00:55
476th Matt Beard 1:01:54
530th Gavin Evans 1:03:57
560th Leo Pemberton 1:05:31
584th Federico Forti 1:06:29
591st Francois Barou 1:06.58
670th Marco Maserati 1:12:05
692nd Antonio Ribeiro 1:14:51
Team:- 1st Highgate 84 pts, 10th London Heathside 567pts
British Masters Athletic Federation National Pentathlon Championships, Institute of Sport, Sheffield, Sunday January 28
Adrian Essex picked up yet another multi-even age group gold medal here – the first V70 athlete with 2397 points. He wrote:
‘I had an enjoyable day at the BMAF pentathlon championships yesterday and despite a slightly subpar performance came away with a gold medal . I would recommend these championships to anyone looking to practise a wider range of skills than just running .
I'd also recommend the British Championships at Lee Valley on February the 17 and 18th. The closing date is 7th February.’
Chingford League, Epping Forest, January 20
Caroline White reports that ten brave Heathsiders headed east on a bitterly cold Saturday morning to take part in a 5 mile xc race in Epping Forest – part of the Chingford League. With ground frozen solid, killer hills, rough ground and rutted mud it was a tough choice between trail shoes or spikes – neither were perfect for everything. Despite the biting cold and wind it was a great race and the views were terrific. Andy Barnes was our first man home in 10th place and Francesca Stocco was our first woman home.
10th Andy Barnes M40 00:32:38
72th Hugo Cox M50 00:37:13
92nd Francesca Stocco SW 00:38:51
158th Andrew Wooding SM 00:44:04
167th Pete Crockford M60 00:44:50
189th Marco Maserati M60 00:46:22
213th Caroline White W60 00:48:24
229th Edyta Szot W40 00:49:21
324th Emilia Vynnycky W50 01:00:23
329th Bob Gould M80 01:02:04
London Indoor Games, Lee Valley, Saturday and Sunday January 20-21
60m
H5 3rd Imani Quamina (U20W) 8.25
H5 4th Imani Quamina (U20W) 8.26
200m (U20M)
H2 2nd Oscar Hall (U20M) 23.39
400m
H5 4th Rachel McDonald 1:02.85 PB New Club Record
60mH (U20M)
H2 2nd Trey Corlis (U20M) 8.32 PB New Club Record by 0.07s
H2 DNF Trey Corlis (U20M)
60mH (U20W)
H5 5th Imani Quamina (U20W) 9.53 PB
H4 5th Imani Quamina (U20W) 9.61
Cross Challenge London, Parliament Hill, 20.1.24
U13 Boys (3km, 21 runners)
1st C Calver (West Suffolk) 11:07
6th Rory Willis 11:35
U15 Boys (4km 34 runners)
1st J Scanes (Blackheath & Bromley) 13:42
23rd Ennio Kaloukian 15:48
U15 Girls (4km 30 runners)
1st O Forrest (Brentford Beagles) 15:20
22nd Margot Hunt 17:40
Open Women & BUCS 4km Trial (4km 19 runners)
1st B Morley (Leeds City) 14:20
16th Kim Butler 22:31
Senior Men (10km, 99 runners)
1st H Milner (Derby) 29:58
55th George Gurney 33:22
Parkruns, Saturday 20 and 27
The Parkrun performance of the year so far belongs to Rebecca Bunting. Coming back from a severe back injury V40 Bunting was first overall in the Lordship Recreation Grounds Parkrun on January 20, as well as being the first woman, in a time of 17:20, putting her 11 second ahead of the first man. She was one of 89 Heathsiders who took part in 31 Parkruns that Saturday. There were also wins for Chloe Wilkinson in Finsbury Park (19:38), Emily Reichert in Highbury Fields (20:03), Annabel Litchfield in The Old Showfield (20:14) and Trudy Kearney in Medina (24:52). Full results here
Eighty of our runners competed in 31 Parkruns on Saturday 27. There were first places for Rhian Male at Lordship Recreation Grounds (18:16). Rhian was also second overall. Jose Sabroso was first in Sunny Hill lin 19:04.The fastest Parkrunner on the 27th was Jake Spencer, who ran 17:06 in Dulwich Park, which put him in 30th place (the winner did 15:16). Full results here.
Report by Gavin Evans, with thanks to Simon Baker and Adrian Essex.