Heathside finishes second with a solid performance at Thurrock
The highlight this week was the final SAL last Saturday, which included great contributions from the team of Heathside helpers and fantastic performances from many Heathside athletes.
SAL, Thurrock
Noelle sent in the following report from the SAL last Saturday:
“Firstly, a big thank you – the SAL season could not have run so smoothly without the help of Jonathan Litchfield, Officiator Extraordinaire, whose team of helpers enabled the events at every single SAL this summer to run well. Alongside Jonathan, the team yesterday comprised Jerry Odlin, Chris Dissanayake, Zac, Tony Killilea, Mark Jefford, Olivia Desborough, Jessica Vinluan, Orrin Ross, Lily Woolcock, Bethany Scott, Steffi Luker-Edwards, Kim Butler, John Flahive, Dave Walton, Claudia Backhaus and Mike Bense, and contributed to the, now standard, Heathside reputation for good organisation and friendly, experienced officials.
Key performances yesterday included Adam Kirk-Smith, whose registration came through the day before the match and who won the 800m, 5000m and steeple chase, despite running the latter with broken spikes. He then ran the 4x400 in a pair of borrowed spikes. Persistence paid off for Emmanuel Nwaobodo, who got PBs in both the triple jump and the long jump. As always, Nathan Cyrus and Ivan Ross covered multiple events between them, including 110m hurdles, 400m hurdles, and pole vault; Nathan also did triple jump while Ivan did high jump and javelin. Izaiah Turner also showed his talent in the field, including obtaining a big PB in the javelin. Our new Heathside members who competed as non-scoring athletes showed great promise for next season, with solid efforts by Deji Agbede in the 400m, Simon Everard in the 100m and 200m, Kollier Din-Bangura in the 100m and long jump and returning Heathsider Djanira Da Costa in the 100m and 4x100m relay. Jenny Wing and Lily Woolcock led by example to show off their multiple talents: Jenny competed in 800m, steeple chase, high jump and 100m hurdles (having learnt the hurdles two days earlier), while Lily competing in 400m hurdles, 1500m and steeple chase (leaping over a steeple chase barrier for the first time that week). Yanna Raykov bravely competed in pole vault and won the B string despite injuring her ankle during her warm up.
Our solid performances put us second behind an extremely strong team (Tonbridge) and will keep us highly placed in our division, maintaining our position from last year and further demonstrating the depth and breadth of Heathside’s talent. To recognise this talent, SAL awards will be given out at the Heathside AGM at 7:15pm on Monday 10 September at the track – make sure you’re there!”
Civil Service Track and Field Champs
Three Heathsiders competed in the Civil Service last Wednesday at a breezy Lee Valley. Tony Killilea sent in the following report:
“The competition took place alongside the Police Service championships, which made for a busy programme which the officials did a great job at managing. Amid the coppers there was no shortage of gold, silver and bronze for the three Heathsiders involved.
The most arresting performance was from Dan Johns who took the senior silver in the 800m and bronze in the 1500m as well as an M40 gold in the 800m. Pete Crockford showed why he is the 8th ranked British M60 in the 5000m this year by taking the gold in that age category. Tony Killilea took the M50 gold in the 400m and silver in the 200m. All were a little disappointed by their times, but the wind meant quality times were very difficult to achieve. Hopefully the haul of medals was sufficient reward for the efforts of the day.”
Elsewhere:
Carl Heap ran well in the Burham Beeches half marathon, finishing in 1:43:58 and 3rd V60.
Five Heathsiders took part in the London aquathon last Saturday, comprising a 400M and a 5K run. Chris Baker led Heathsiders home in 29:34, followed by Gail Mackee (22:34) and Lixx Diaz (23:39), whilst Sue Eedle finished the first in her age category (F60) for the second time in less than a week.
Paloma Gabriel ran in the Regents Park 10K on Sunday finishing in just under an hour (59:49).
John Mullee finished the Isle of Wight half marathon in 1:47:26.
Parkruns
Many ran in parkruns this week. Congratulations for first place finishes go to Sue Rust (Finsbury Park,, 20:16) and Rebecca Bunting (Worthing, 18:12). Full results can be found here.
Results
Southern Athletic League, Thurrock, 18th August 2018
Tonbridge 227.5
London Heathside 200
Thurrock Harriers 174.5
Herts Phoenix 150
Men's A 100m
2 Joseph Galea 11.3
Men's B 100m
4 Ajarni Hines 12.8
Men's A 200m
4 Joseph Galea 23.6
Men's B 200m
4 Ajarni Hines 26.5
Men's A 400m
1 Luke Gray 51.6 4
Men's B 400m
2 Lemi Mideksa 56.7
Men's A 800m
1 Adam Kirk-Smith 1:57.0
Men's B 800m
3 Richard Macaulay 2:06.6
Men's A 1500m
2 Seyfu Jamaal 4:09.4
Men's B 1500m
3 Richard Macaulay 4:30.4
Men's A 5000m
1 Adam Kirk-Smith 14:46.1
Men's B 5000m
2 Andy Barnes 16:38.7
Men's A 110mH
3 Nathan Cyrus 20.7
Men's B 110mH
2 Ivan Ross 22.4
Men's A 400mH
3 Nathan Cyrus 64.3
Men's B 400mH
2 Ivan Ross 66.3
Men's A 2000m Steeplechase
1 Adam Kirk-Smith 6:11.8 4
Men's B 2000m Steeplechase
2 John Flahive 7:34.1
Men's A High Jump
3 Ivan Ross 1.50
Men's B High Jump
3 Joel Hawes 1.45
Men's A Pole Vault
1 Nathan Cyrus 3.20
Men's B Pole Vault
1 Ivan Ross 2.70
Men's A Long Jump
1 Emmanuel Nwaobodo 6.29
Men's B Long Jump
1 Mark Lawrence 5.75
Men's A Triple Jump
1 Emmanuel Nwaobodo 13.06
Men's B Triple Jump
1 Nathan Cyrus 12.21
Men's A Shot Putt
3 Emmanuel Nwaobodo 11.22
Men's B Shot Putt
2 Izaiah Turner 10.93
Men's A Discus
3 Izaiah Turner 31.19
Men's B Discus
3 Joel Hawes 25.47
Men's A Hammer
2 Izaiah Turner 33.61
Men's B Hammer
1 Joel Hawes 24.98
Men's A Javelin
3 Izaiah Turner 33.62
Men's B Javelin
3 Ivan Ross 31.51
Men's 4x100m
4 London Heathside SM 46.9
Men's 4x400m
2 London Heathside SM 3:39.2
Women's A 100m
3 Noelle O'Regan 13.4
Women's B 100m
4 Alishia Abodunde 14.1
Women's A 200m
2 Noelle O'Regan 27.9
Women's B 200m
2 Naomi Conlon 29.0
Women's A 400m
3 Naomi Conlon 63.3
Women's B 400m
2 Ella Conlon 64.2
Women's A 800m
2 Bethany Scott 2:16.1
Women's B 800m
2 Jennifer Wing 2:31.5
Women's A 1500m
3 Lily Woolcock 5:00.6
Women's B 1500m
3 Jessica Vinluan 5:57.1
Women's A 3000m
1 Kelly Thorneycroft 10:33.1
Women's B 3000m
1 Olivia Desborough 10:46.6
Women's A 100mH
2 Jennifer Wing 21.1
Women's A 400mH
2 Lily Woolcock 76.8
Women's B 400mH
2 Kim Butler 100.5
Women's A 2000m Steeplechase
3 Jennifer Wing 8:14.8
Women's B 2000m Steeplechase
3 Lily Woolcock 9:36.6
Women's A High Jump
4 Jennifer Wing 1.35
Women's B High Jump
4 Gokce Baydar 1.20
Women's A Pole Vault
3 Gokce Baydar 2.40
Women's B Pole Vault
1 Yanna Raykov 1.20
Women's A Long Jump
4 Gokce Baydar 4.03
Women's B Long Jump
4 Claudia Backhaus 3.72
Women's A Triple Jump
4 Claudia Backhaus 7.87
Women's B Triple Jump
2 Gokce Baydar 6.70
Women's A Shot Putt
3 Noelle O'Regan 9.61
Women's B Shot Putt
3 Helene Kehoe 6.24
Women's A Discus
3 Noelle O'Regan 29.24
Women's B Discus
3 Helene Kehoe 16.41
Women's A Hammer
3 Noelle O'Regan 24.33
Women's B Hammer
3 Helene Kehoe 16.02
Women's A Javelin
4 Claudia Backhaus 19.35
Women's B Javelin
3 Gokce Baydar 12.18
Women's 4x100m
2 London Heathside SW 52.9
Women's 4x400m
2 London Heathside SW 4:20.5
Men Non-scoring events
400H Andrew Johnston 73.9
800 Lemi Mideksa 2:13.8
800 John Flahive 2:22.1
100 Kollier Din-Bangura 12.5
400 Simon Everard 54.4
400 Tony Killea 60.2
400 Dey Agbede 55.9
5000 William Griffiths 17:10.0
5000 Jonathan Litchfield 18:59.9
200 Dey Agbede 24.1
200 Simon Everard 25.6
2000SC Ben Lewis 7:19.4
2000SC Mark Jefford 7:36.9
LJ Kollier Din-Bangura 5.06
TJ Dey Agbede 10.97
DT Ivan Ross 21.28
4x400 Heathside SM Heathside 4:06.7
Women Non-scoring events
800 Steffi Luker Edwards 2:29.9
100 Djanira Costa 13.6
3000 Bethany Scott 10.10
3000 Jessica Vinluan 12.24
3000 Kim Butler 13.51
SPW Claudia Backhaus 5.61
SPW Kim Butler 4.57
JTW Helene Kehoe 9.93
Man of the match awards
5000m 1 Adam Kirk-Smith 14:46.1
2000mSc 1 Adam Kirk-Smith 6:11.8
Civil Service Track and Field Championships, Lee Valley, 15th August
200m Tony Killilea 28.79 6th (2nd M50)
400m Tony Killilea 60.38 6th (1st M50)
800m Dan Johns 2:13.61 2nd (1st M40)
1500m Dan Johns 4:38.41 3rd (2nd M40)
5000m Pete Crockford 19:23.02 7th (1st M60)
Burnham Beeches half marathon, 12th August 2018
158 1:43:58 Carl Heap
Regents Park 10K, Sunday 19th August 2018
203 Paloma Gabriel Pinel
Isle of Wight Half marathon
12 1:47:26 John Mullee
London Aquathon, Queen Elizabeth Park, 18th August 2018
400m swim+5K run
Posn Name Total Swim T1 Lap 1 Lap 2 Lap 3
13 Chris Baker 29:34 7:52 2:19 6:29 12:59 19:22
39 Gail Mackie 32:41 8:08 1:59 7:21 15:01 22:34
50 Lixx Diaz 33:30 8:12 1:37 7:55 15:54 23:39
65 Katie Belkin 35:23 9:22 1:40 8:01 16:15 24:19
95 Sue Eedle 38:04 10:43 1:27 8:24 17:09 25:53
Compiled by Emilia with thanks to Noelle O’Regan, Lixx Diaz, Carl Heap, Tony Kililea
Photo – Noelle O’Regan.