Gold at Middlesex Masters XC
11.03.2020 It was a busy weekend of racing generally, with a special triumph for Ruth, Sue and Fiona at the Middlesex Masters XC in Stanborough for winning the V45 team gold. Some impressive results were also seen at the Hillingdon 20, and a number of club records were smashed at the British Masters Indoor track and field.
Hillingdon 20, Hillingdon, 8th March 2020
12 Heathsiders took part in the Hillingdon 20 (previously known as the Finchley 20), the longest running 20 mile race in the UK. Alex Sweet had an astonishing run, coming in 12th at 2.05 lapping many of us, and making it all look so effortless, Joel wasn’t far behind in 2.16 and Graham followed him at 2.18 Louisa was first Heathside woman beating Sif by 4 seconds, and Caroline was 1st VW60.
Results
Name Net Time Category Gender Position
12 Alex Sweet 02:05:14 Senior 7 Male 11
44 Joel Northcott 02:16:08 Senior 25 Male 41
52 Graham Wilkinson 02:18:05 Senior 29 Male 47
95 Simon Nichols 02:28:45 M50 10 Male 77
134 Louisa Pointon 02:35:53 Senior 6 Female 29
137 Sif Sumarlidadottir 02:35:57 W40 14 Female 31
142 Filipe Cardoso 02:36:24 M40 37 Male 111
161 Glen Taylor 02:40:58 M40 41 Male 128
163 Michael Fenton 02:41:32 Senior 66 Male 130
244 Caroline White 03:00:37 W60 1 Female 65
262 Andy Dawson 03:04:30 M60 4 Male 191
356 Patrick McHugh 03:36:00 Senior 97 Male 230
Cambridge Half, Cambridge, 8th March 2020
Jonathan and Simon took part in the Cambridge Half , no report sent in, but good times by both.
Results
542 1.27.23 Jonathan Shipley
2002 1.40.06 Simon De Deney
Middlesex Masters XC, Stanborough, 8th March 2020
Fiona, Sue and Ruth took part in the Middlesex Masters x country at a very sunny Stanborough lakes and came away with a huge haul, winning the V45 team gold, plus individual V55 silver for Ruth and bronze for Sue Eadle. Chris Vincent also won a V40 bronze.
Results
Men 10km approx
Chris Vincent V40 3rd 39.21
Jonathan Litchfield V40 4th 41.06
Nick Hayward v40 5th 41.32
Women 8km approx
2nd Ruth Miller FV55 39.55
3rd Sue Eadle FV55 43.08
4th Fiona Holland FV55 44.12
Team FV45 Gold
ETU Duathlon championships Punta Umbria, Spain, 7th and 8th March
Gabi sent in this report “It is the start of the multi sport season (yay) with the European Duathlon Champs last weekend in Punta Umbria, Spain. Three Heathsiders qualified last year to race for team GBR and made the trip out for some racing and much needed sunshine. We were ably supported by John Driscoll who was there supporting non Heathside daughter Kate who won a bronze medal in the 16-19 age group sprint. Karina, having posted the second fastest female bike leg of the day was just 11 seconds away from gold medal and Elinor came away with bronze in her age group. “
Results
Standard distance duathlon (10KM/40KM/5KM) Sunday 8 March 2020
Karina Kaufmann 2hr05min26sec (40.30/1.01/22.16) 2nd Age Group 40-44 female
Elinor East 2hr08min53sec 3rd (38:40/1.06/21.31) 3rd Age Group 35-39
Sprint distance duathlon (5KM/20KM/2.3KM) Saturday 7 March 2020
Gabi Johnson 1hr18min35sec ( 22.36/38.17/14.55 ) 12th in Age Group 50-54
Gabi, Elinor, Karina and Kate at Punta Umbria
Last Friday of the Month 5k, Hyde Park, 28th February 2020
Late results for this event held on the last Friday of every month. Four Heathsiders took part, and were led home by Karis Fiorrucci in a time of 1954
Results
83 Karis Fiorrucci 19:54 SM
89 Steve Monaghan 20:08 V45
142 Michael Abrahams 22:17 V60
196 Alun Nash 25:21 V55
10k Series, Regents Park 1st March 2020
Three Heathsiders took part in this race, which takes place every first Sunday of the month. Carl reported back that he won a pair of socks being 1st MV60, Valentin Valeanu was 4th V40 at 40:20. and Seb Ratcliffe was 14th V40 at 45:06.
Results
18th 2082 Valentin Valeanu 00:40:24 00:40:20 MV40 4 Male 18
69th 1972 Seb Ratcliffe 00:45:23 00:45:06 MV40 14 Male 60
93th 901 Carl Heap 00:47:50 00:47:40 MV60 1 Male 75
British Masters Indoor Track and Field and Winter throws Championships 2020 7/8 March 2020
Scarlett reported on this event: Tony K ran the MV55 1500 on Saturday, and has taken quite a chunk off Peter C's club record with a fantastic 4.59.97.
I was hoping to do well in the MV45 800 but had one of those weekends where my mental health was sabotaging my aspirations. With 250m to go, myself and fellow VAC member Matthew Preston clipped spikes, both of us managing to stay upright. This was enough to rouse me from my stupour and try to claw back a few places AND remember there was a club record to be had. I ended up 5th in 2.13.13, taking a few seconds off Tony K's mark.
Mark Lawrence was also there, jumping 5.88m to take silver in the M45 long jump, completely obliterating the previous club record
Results
LJ M45 (7 Mar)
2 5.88 Mark Lawrence SB V45 (new club record)
800 M45 (7 Mar)
5th 2:13.13 Scarlett Parker SB V45 (new club record)
1500 M55 (7 Mar)
6th 4:59.97 Tony Killilea SB V55 M (new club record)
200 M65
3rd 29.26 Adrian Essex V65
Inter-Borough Challenge, Finsbury Park, 7th March 2020
Simon sent in this report: The club hosted the annual Inter-Borough Challenge and Mini-Marathon Trials on Sunday 7th March. There were a total of 260 runners from U7 to U17 taking part in 12 races around Finsbury Park.
The final results can be found in a separate report on the website
The U7 Race winners were Zachery Boullouak and Cleo Calver, the U9’s Abraham Lock and Phoebe Willhoff-King and the U11’s Billie Cooke and Paloma Guisset.
In the Inter-Borough Challenge run over a 3,000m course Johnny Brindle (Islington) was 1st Ruaridh McIntyre (Camden) 2nd and Thomas Bradbury (Hackney) 3rd. In the girls race Kiara Corkin was 1st from Ruby Walls and Skye Kelly all are from Islington. In the U15'‘s race Jack Davis Black (Haringey) was 1st with two Islington Runners Bedo Draskoczy and Michael Smith in 2nd and 3rd place. In the Girls race Ruby Higgins (Newham) was 1st with Jess Parry (Camden) 2nd and Mimi Johnson (City of London) 3rd. In the U17’s Jonah Kramer (Camden) was first home followed by Theo Chesire (City of London) and Paul Oso (Newham). In the women’s race Ellen Donald (Camden) was 1st ahead of Evelyn Dumbelton (Hackney) and Kiara Valkenberg (City of London).
Well done to Camden who retained their Trophy.
Thanks to Russell and David for their organisation as well as all the coaches who helped out and club volunteers without whom running this event would not be possible.
UK CAU Inter-Counties XC, Prestwold Hall, Loughborough 7th March 2020
7 Heathsiders represented Middlesex in the annual Inter-counties race against teams from across the UK. As you would expect they were faced with a course coated in thick sticky mud creating exceptionally hard running conditions. If you watch any of Mark Hookway’s youtube videos you can see the difficulties runners had negotiating the course especially with many only recently run the National Championships. Never the less the Heathsiders did themselves proud with Tom Aldred, Thomas Archer and Hattie Munday all the second Middlesex runners home. Thomas was slightly disappointed with his 17th place but many fancied runners struggled on the day on what has been an exceptionally long and hard season. Hattie Munday’s 65th place in the U13 Girls race finishing ahead of Hillingdon’s Asmaa Abdirahman was a great demonstration of her continued development this season as was Spike Blake’s 74th place in the U15 Boys.
Results
Senior Men (10Km, 293 Runners)
1st M Mahamed (Hants) 37:21
69th Tom Aldred 42:00
U17 Men (6KM, 265 Runners)
1st W Barnicoat (Surrey) 20:41
17th Thomas Archer 21:55
U15 Boys (4,500m, 280 Runners)
1st L Sullivan (Suffolk) 14:30
74th Spike Blake 15:58
176th Jack Davis Black 16:53
U13 Boys (3,000m, 293 Runners)
1st H Sheffield (Glous) 13:12
147th Ivor Joslin 15:07
223rd Tynan Parker 15:48
U13 Girls (3,000m, 306 Runners)
1st Z Gilbody (Salop) 13:36
65th Hattie Munday 15:32
London Schools Inter-Borough Cross Country, Avery Hill Park, 3.3.20
A number of Juniors ran for their Boroughs in the Yr7/Yr8 London Schools Inter-Borough XC Race,. London comprises inner London Boroughs not afiliated to Middlesex, Essex, Surrey or Kent.
Yr 7 Girls
1st A Richards (Greenwich) 10:00
18th Lena Westgate (Hackney) 11:17
51st Ella Burridge (Hackney) 12:29
Yr 8 Girls
1st M Sealey (Ham&Ful) 10:16
8th Ruby Walls (Islington) 10:53
9th Lucy Corkin (Islington) 11:04
Parkruns can be found here:
Congrats to Pete Gould for coming first at Ally Pally, and Chiara Borg first women at Victoria Dock and Annabel Litchfield first woman at Highwoods . And Joel Hawes sent this message in “A special shout out for Jenny Wing this week for finally going Sub-20 for 5k at Hackney Marshes Parkrun - she completed it in 19:47 and was third Female, behind Lily Woolcock (2nd Female) who ran a Parkrun PB of 19:10 but not a 5k PB (18:57). The course was changed last minute to include a hill for the very first time. I also ran a PB of 1 second, completing in 21:58. “
Compiled by Caroline with thanks to Joel Hawes, Scarlett, Gabi, Jonathan S, Carl, Adrian E, Ruth and Simon
