Heathside triumphs at Cambridge SAL
Heathside opened their Southern Athletics League campaign with a fantastic win in Cambridge where we defeated London rivals Serpentine, Ryston Runners and, most impressively, the host club, Cambridge and Coleridge. Thanks to Tony Killilea who wrote this report: " Runners, jumpers, throwers (including Stephanie Kleynhans, Noëlle O’Regan, Adrian Essex, Mark Lawrence and Ivan Ross who were all of these) each contributed wonderfully to a team performance that saw us overturn a midway deficit to win the match by 6 points. This puts us top of the league table.
I was going to name all the Heathsiders who took maximum points in their events, but to type the list would have caused serious risk of RSI, so I’ve picked out just a few highlights. Lauren Hendry travelled from Glasgow to win both her hurdles races while Gokce Baydar matched her PB in winning the pole vault. For the men, Jimmy Thoronka was typically imperious in winning the 100m in under 11 seconds, then U20 runner Luke Gray displayed great maturity in pacing his 800m before producing a blistering finish to win by 0.4 seconds.
As I’m sure we all know, sport can be a series of highs and lows and Mark Lawrence experienced the extremes of both. He broke the British Masters M45 long jump record with a magnificent leap of 6.85m; but later in the afternoon ruptured his achilles in a valiant attempt at the 110m hurdles. Typically of Mark, it wasn’t long before the smile returned to his face, despite the pain and the need for a trip to the hospital from which he returned on crutches with his leg in plaster.
Particularly pleasing was the number of new recruits to the team. Giuglia Ariete, Claudia Backhaus, Katie Sandford, Ella Conlon, Ruairi McCance and Martin Burn all made their SAL debuts and contributed both to the team’s performance and the great team spirit. Hopefully they’ll spread the word about how much fun these events are. Good as the turnout was, though, there’ll be plenty seats on the bus available for more athletes next time.
Special praise must go to Jonathan Litchfield for ensuring that Heathside provided its required quota of officials. This has been a problem area for us in the past, which has cost us brownie points and actual league points. So we are indebted to Jonathan, along with those who officiated on the day, for his dedication and resourcefulness. Praise is also due to the coaches for preparing their athletes so well and to the supporters who helped to make it such a great day."
Team Scores
London Heathside 223
Cambridge & Coleridge 217
Ryston Runners 191
Serpentine 144
Men's A 100m
1 Jimmy Thoronka SM London Heathside 10.9
Men's B 100m
1 Ashley Braithwaite SM London Heathside 11.8
Men's A 200m
1 Jimmy Thoronka SM London Heathside 22.6
Men's A 400m
4 Gregory Ducat SM London Heathside 57.4
Men's B 400m
2 Ed Garrett M40 London Heathside 59.9
Men's A 800m
1 Richard Macaulay SM London Heathside 2:01.6
Men's B 800m
1 Luke Gray U20 London Heathside 2:04.3
Men's A 1500m
3 Ed Garrett M45 London Heathside 4:36.3
Men's B 1500m
4 Andy Barnes SM London Heathside 4:49.7
Men's A 5000m
3 Andy Barnes SM London Heathside 16:51.6
Men's B 5000m
3 Jonathan Hopkin M45 London Heathside 18:18.3
Men's A 110mH
3 Ivan Ross M40 London Heathside 22.0
Men's A 400mH
2 Ivan Ross M40 London Heathside 63.9
Men's B 400mH
4 Adrian Essex M60 London Heathside 86.7
Men's A 2000m Steeplechase
3 Richard Macaulay SM London Heathside 6:49.9
Men's B 2000m Steeplechase
3 John Flahive M50 London Heathside 7:25.4
Men's A High Jump
4 Ivan Ross M40 London Heathside 1.50
Men's B High Jump
3 Adrian Essex M60 London Heathside 1.35
Men's A Pole Vault
2 Duncan Hicklin SM London Heathside 3.10
Men's B Pole Vault
1 Ivan Ross M40 London Heathside 2.70
Men's A Long Jump
1 Mark Lawrence M45 London Heathside 6.85
Men's B Long Jump
2 Ruairi McCance SM London Heathside 4.38
Men's A Triple Jump
2 Nathan Cyrus SM London Heathside 11.63
Men's B Triple Jump
4 Adrian Essex M60 London Heathside 7.88
Men's A Shot Putt
3 Mark Lawrence M45 London Heathside 9.58
Men's B Shot Putt
3 Nathan Cyrus SM London Heathside 8.91
Men's A Discus
3 Nathan Cyrus SM London Heathside 27.49
Men's B Discus
2 Ivan Ross M40 London Heathside 20.10
Men's A Hammer
3 Ashley Williams M40 London Heathside 26.60
Men's B Hammer
3 Adrian Essex M60 London Heathside 16.88
Men's A Javelin
2 Jimmy Thoronka SM London Heathside 47.11
Men's B Javelin
1 Ashley Williams M40 London Heathside 40.84
Men's 4x100m
1 London Heathside SM 48.6
2 Ryston Runners SM 50.9
3 Serpentine SM 52.0
Men's 4x400m
1 Cambridge & Coleridge SM 3:38.8
2 London Heathside SM 62.52 Duncan Hicklin
57.94 Ed Garrett
54.94 Luke Gray
56.97 Richard Macaulay
3:52.7
3 Serpentine SM 4:03.9
4 Ryston Runners SM 4:10.3
Women's A 100m
2 Stephanie Kleynhans SW London Heathside 12.8
Women's B 100m
2 Lauren Hendry SW London Heathside 14.0
Women's A 200m
1 Noelle O'Regan SW London Heathside 27.2
Women's B 200m
1 Stephanie Kleynhans SW London Heathside 28.2
Women's A 400m
2 Noelle O'Regan SW London Heathside 63.3
Women's B 400m
2 Rosa Serafini SW London Heathside 61.3
Women's A 800m
1 Ula Cartwright-Finch W35 London Heathside 2:24.4
Women's B 800m
2 Jennifer Wing SW London Heathside 2:42.3
Women's A 1500m
2 Rosa Serafini SW London Heathside 4:59.3
Women's B 1500m
2 Ula Cartwright-Finch SW London Heathside 4:59.8
Women's A 3000m
1 Kelly Thorneycroft SW London Heathside 10:25.6
Women's B 3000m
2 Katie Sandford SW London Heathside 11:04.0
Women's A 100mH
1 Lauren Hendry SW London Heathside 18.9
Women's B 100mH
2 Helene Kehoe W50 London Heathside 30.4
Women's A 400mH
1 Yanna Raykov SW London Heathside 72.7
Women's B 400mH
1 Lauren Hendry SW London Heathside 76.3
Women's A 2000m Steeplechase
3 Jennifer Wing SW London Heathside 8:25.8
Women's B 2000m Steeplechase
4 Helene Kehoe W50 London Heathside 11:36.8
Women's A High Jump
1 Anna McAllister U17 London Heathside 1.45
Women's B High Jump
1 Lauren Hendry SW London Heathside 1.35
Women's A Pole Vault
1 Gokce Baydar W35 London Heathside 2.20
Women's B Pole Vault
1 Yanna Raykov SW London Heathside 1.00
Women's A Long Jump
1 Stephanie Kleynhans SW London Heathside 5.28
Women's B Long Jump
1 Gokce Baydar W35 London Heathside 4.30
Women's A Triple Jump
2 Lauren Hendry SW London Heathside 8.36
Women's A Shot Putt
1 Stephanie Kleynhans SW London Heathside 9.39
Women's B Shot Putt
1 Noelle O'Regan SW London Heathside 8.97
Women's A Discus
1 Noelle O'Regan SW London Heathside 26.00
Women's B Discus
2 Helene Kehoe W50 London Heathside 15.80
Women's A Hammer
3 Noelle O'Regan SW London Heathside 23.65
Women's B Hammer
2 Helene Kehoe W50 London Heathside 15.24
Women's A Javelin
3 Gokce Baydar W35 London Heathside 16.16
Women's B Javelin
3 Claudia Backhaus W40 London Heathside 12.48
Women's 4x100m
1 Cambridge & Coleridge SW 52.3
2 London Heathside SW 56.4
3 Ryston Runners SW 61.5
4 Serpentine SW 64.8
Women's 4x400m
1 Cambridge & Coleridge SW 4:17.3
2 London Heathside SW 67.27 Noelle O'Regan
63.19 Rosa Serafini
64.94 Ula Cartwright-Finch
65.28 Yanna Raykov
4:20.7
3 Serpentine SW 5:03.7
4 Ryston Runners SW 5:16.2
Men Non-scoring events
100 Joseph Galea U23 London heathside 11.6
100 Adriano Barbera SM London Heathside 12.3
100 Ruairi McCance SM London heathside 13.9
100 Darnell Plummer SM London heathside
200 Joseph Galea U23 London heathside 24.7
200 Adriano Barbera SM London Heathside 25.3
200 Ashley Braithwaite SM London Heathside 25.5
200 Martin Burn SM London heathside 27.3
200 Adrian Essex M60 London Heathside 28.9
200 Ruairi McCance SM London heathside 29.1
400 Martin Burn SM London heathside 57.8
800 John Flahive M50 London Heathside 2:22.6
5000 Jonathan Litchfield M40 London heathside 18:04.4
DT John Flahive SM London Heathside 14.03
HJ Martin Burn SM London heathside 1.60
JT Ashley Braithwaite SM London heathside 23.99
PV Nathan Cyrus SM London heathside 2.90
TJ Alex Malzer M40 8.47
Women Non-scoring events
100 Giulia Ariete W35 London heathside 14.3
400 Naomi Conlon U20 London heathside 66.1
800 Ella Conlon U17 London heathside 2:33.0
1500 Kelly Thorneycroft SW London heathside 4:58.6
1500 Jennifer Wing SW London heathside 5:31.9
3000 Jessica Vinluan W35 London heathside 13:21.0
JTW Helene Kehoe SW London Heathside 7.66