Heathside women win Met League - 5th time in a row

The highlight of the week was the victory by Heathside’s women in the Met League for the fifth consecutive year – and Rebecca Piggott, who anchored our team in the final event at Trent Park, won second place overall in the individual rankings. Our rapidly-improving men’s team came second overall, with the vets team taking first place on the day and second overall. Seyfu Jamaal won the men’s individual title. Our U13 girls also came second overall. Meanwhile at the National Junior Indoor Championships in Sheffield U17 Magdeline Paitoo took the bronze medal in a club-record-breaking PB time of 40.94 and Suraya Frost Suraya Frost picked up a new club record and PB in the U15G 60m hurdles in a time of 9.46. Also, Callum Coleman broke his PB by 80 seconds, finishing in 33:38 at the Battersea Park 10k.

Met League 5, Trent Park, February 11 2023

Simon Baker reports on the juniors:

With the Cross-Country Season now coming to a close it was great to see another great turnout of young athletes despite the start of half term.  There were no age group wins but the U13 Girls and Junior Women teams were 2nd.  Individually top ten finishes were recorded by Rosa Cormacain (U13G)Amy Kirk, Hattie Munday and Kiara Corkin (Junior Women) and George Saint (Junior Men).

This was enough for the U13 Girls to secure 2nd overall and for our Junior Women who were predominantly U15’s win the age group anchored in particular by Amy Kirk, Hattie Munday and Kiara Corkin.  However there have been great performances across the age groups with many running in their first season.  The club finished 3rd in the Howard Williams Trophy matching last year’s efforts.

Lenny Martin reports on the seniors:

Our first visit to Trent Park for a Met league since 2020 on Saturday was a hugely successful one. Despite some worries earlier in the week that the women's team may be vulnerable at the top of the league due to a number of injuries or people having arranged their wedding for that day (congratulations Olivia!), the team led by ever-presents Rebecca Piggott and Lily Woolcock did enough to finish third in the fixture and secure a 5th consecutive league title by nearly 100 points. Rebecca also secured 2nd place in the overall individual rankings, with Lily just behind in 6th.

The women's B team finished the season in a strong 8th position in division 1 and continue to contribute enormously to the overall success in that division. The C team ended in 9th place in division 2.

There were also fine performances for our rapidly developing men's squad who had one of their best results in memory to push Highgate hard for the fixture win. They finished 2nd in the fixture, but placing all 12 scoring runners within the top 70 offers great encouragement for coming seasons. 

Having already done enough in the first four fixtures to secure the individual title, Seyfu Jamaal added a prestigious gold star to his honours for the season by finishing 3rd this time. Joseph Young also claimed 8th place in his debut Met League season with Heathside.

The men's B team also had a fine fixture, doing enough to climb out of the division 1 relegation zone and finish in 10th place. The C team finished in 8th place in division 2. 

The combined success of the men's and women's teams also meant that Heathside finished top of the Howard Williams Trophy standings for best overall club in the senior age groups for the first time - a fitting reward for the consistent excellence all of our teams have shown this year.

There was heartbreak for the men's vet team though - announced as league winners at the end of season presentation, a later correction in the results had them bumped down to 2nd place. Consolation was available in the form of an individual title for Sion Lewis as best veteran man over the season.

There were 28 women and 101 men represented the club in the senior races this year, including the following 15 runners who completed every fixture to earn a coveted gold star:

Rebecca Piggott
Lily Woolcock
Jennifer Wing
Lorna Stevenson
Seyfu Jamaal
Matthew Wheat
Adam Mitchell
Chris Hartley
Liam Hazelton
Rob Shulman
Kris Milovsorov
Pete Crockford
Andrew Owen
Russell Weston
Jerome Boughton Mills

Special mention also to Bob Gould who raced just a few days after celebrating his 80th birthday. Thanks to all those who have given their time to contribute to another fantastically successful season.

Results

U11 Boys (1700m 50 runners)
1st T Bainbridge (Guest) 7.22
18th Joshua Collins 8.05
25th Jacob Purcell 8.15 (8th U10)
26th Alex Rankin 8.17
46th William Edwards 9.23
Team 1st SBH 192 pts, 5th London Heathside (Collins, Purcell, Rankin, Edwards) 98 pts
Overall 1st SBH 835 pts, 6th London Heathside 396 pts

U11 Girls (1700m 31 runners)
1st V Muralidhar (ESM) 7.40
12th Edith Deakin 8.52 (4th U10)
22nd Verity Mitchell 9.39 (11th U10)
Team 1st WG&EL 76 pts, 6th London Heathside (Deakin, Mitchell,x,x) 30 pts
Overall 1st WG&EL 454 pts, 7th London Heathside 211 pts

U13 Boys (3000m 43 runners)
1st J Branch (Herts P) 10.28
14th Rory Willis 11.27
21st Alex Kirk 11.41
34th Enio Kaloukian 12.28
Team 1st SBH 144 pts, 8th London Heathside (Willis, Kirk, Kaloukian,x) 63 pts
Overall 1st SBH 704 pts, 8th London Heathside 381 pts

U13 Girls (3000m, 43 runners)
1st J March (Barnet) 11.12
6th Rosa Cormacain 11.45
10th Margot Hunt 12.19
27th Kiara Pegor 13.44
31st Lydia Negatu 14.02
37th Charlotte Beale 14.50
Team 1st ESM 105 pts, 2nd London Heathside (Cormacain, Hunt, Pegor, Negatu) 98 pts
Overall 1st Trent Park 548 pts, 2nd London Heathside 531 pts

Junior Men (4,000m 59 runners)
1st M Cattini (Harrow) 13.28
10th George Saint 14.30
32nd Eric Beale 15.41 (16th U15)
49th Artie Feeny Willings 16.54
54th Amarin Preka 18.04
57th Ben Ryan 18.28 (37th U15)
Team 1st WG&EL 215 pts, 7th London Heathside (Saint, Beale, Feeny-Willings, Preka) 95 pts
Overall 1st SBH 1173 pts, 6th London Heathside 915 pts

Junior Women (4000m 48 runners)
1st L Russell (Highgate) 14.48
6th Amy Kirk 15.53 (3rd U15)
8th Hattie Munday 16.06
9th Kiara Corkin 16.10 (4th U15)
20th Lucy Corkin 17.27
25th Ishanna Cannell 18.06 (15th U15)
40th Jessica Lappin 20.15 (25th U15)
47th Eva Morgen Spence 23.55 (30th U15)
Team 1st WG&EL 164 pts, 2nd London Heathside (Kirk, Munday, K Corkin, L Corkin) 153 pts
Overall 1st London Heathside 821 pts, 2nd WG&EL 805 pts

Senior Women (8,000m 161 runners)
1st H Viner (Highgate) 29.02
10th Rebecca Piggott 31.03 A
15th Lily Woolcock 32.01 A
22nd Rhian Male 32.48 A
23rd Chiara Borg 32.49 A
41st Seren Hughes 33.52 A
49th Ciera Kennedy 34.48 A
66th Maura Bellio 36.18 A
68th Jennifer Wing 36.42 B
72nd Tanya Addison (V50) 37.03 B Vet A (4th V50)
94th Kimberli Butler 39.04 B
102nd Jackie Wastell (V60) 39.37 B Vet A (3rd V60)
116th Ann Woulfe (V40) 40.59 B Vet A (14th V40)
123rd Rebecca Marshall (V45) B Vet A (11th V45)
138th Marianne Gibson (V55) 44.03 C Vet B (7th V55)

Division 1
Team 1st TVH 384 pts, 3rd London Heathside 285 pts, 12th London Heathside B 68 pts
Overall 1st London Heathside 1622 pts, 8th London Heathside B 647 pts

Division 2
Team 1st Eton Manor 185 pts, 10th London Heathside C 41 pts
Overall 1st Harrow 1046 pts, 9th London Heathside C 320 pts

VetW Division 1
Team 1st VP&TH 151 pts, 8th London Heathside 72 pts
Overall 1st VP&TH 646 pts, 8th London Heathside 292 pts

VetW Division 2
Team 1st Eton Manor 223 pts, 8th London Heathside B 7 pts, 11th London Heathside V 0 pts
Overall 1st Eton Manor 223 pts, 11th London Heathside B 7 pts, 12th London Heathside C 0 pts [Both London Heathside B and C Relegated]

Senior Men (8,000m 370 runners)
1st J Allen (Highgate) 23.53
3rd Seyfu Jamaal 24.32 A
13th Joseph Young 25.33 A
16th Tom Aldred (V40) 25.51 A Vet A (2nd V40)
30th Yann Sevestre 26.57 A
38th Matthew Wheat 27.31 A
39th Rahul Metcalfe 27.38 A
42nd Sion Lewis (V40) 27.47 A Vet A (5th V40)
44th Peter Gould 27.49 A
51st Kader Said (U20) 27.55 A (5th U20)
59th Abel Woldegiorgis 28.21 A
62nd Harry Kleiman 28.22 A
69th Filipino Minelle 28.48 A
72nd Oliver Negus 28.51 B
80th Jordan Marshall 29.01 B
105th Joseph McKeown 29.40 B
111th Ed Borden (V50) 29.55 B VetA (3rd V50)
114th Adam Mitchel (V40) 29.58 B Vet A (15th V40)
129th Justin Badger (V55) 30.32 B VetA (1st V55)
142nd Martin Potter (V55) 30.59 B VetA (2nd V55)
145th Joel Northcott (V40) 31.03 B VetB (21st V40)
149th Andrew Fargus (V40) 31.09 B VetB (22nd V40)
153rd Marcus Brown 31.17 B
160th Jose Sabroso 31.26 B
166th Liam Hazelton (V40) 31.45 B VetB (28th V40)
170th Matt Beard (V50) 31.50 C VetB (5th V50)
179th Kwai Agyei Owusu (V40) C VetB (33rd V40)
185th Chris Hartley (V55) 32.29 C VetB (4th V55)
186th Janak Subberwal (U20) 32.30 C (12th U20)
187th Rob Shulman (V55) 32.31 C VetB (5th V55)
188th Paul Mercer (V45) 32.31 C VetB (14th V45)
194th Leonard Martin 32.48 C
196th James Waddell 32.49 C
198th Chris Magierek 32.54 C
214th Peb Pamies (V45) 33.18 VetB (19th V45)
221st Lee Connor (V50) 33.33 VetB (12th V50)
229th Joe Starkey 33.48
235th Steve Crowley (V55) 34.11 VetC (10th V55)
246th Oliver Murray (V50) 34.34 VetC (16th V50)
258th Mark George (V55) 34.57 VetC VetC (12th V55)
262nd Leo Pemberton (V45) 35.04 VetC (29th V45)
264th Christopher Greenwood 35.10
266th Harry Owrid 35.17
271st Kris Milovsorov 35.26
288th Pete Crockford (V60) 36.10 VetC (7th V60)
289th Padraig Waldron (V50) 36.12 VetC (25th V50)
295th Andrew Owen (V50) 36.27 VetC (26th V50)
296th Peter Scodie Ward (V40) 36.31
302nd Andrew Johnston (V50) 37.02 (28th V50)
330th Russell Weston (V60) 39.32 (15th V60)
350th Jerome Boughton Mills (V60) 41.41 (19th V60)
354th Dave Walton (V60) 43.04

Division 1
Team 1st Highgate 1339 pts, 2nd London Heathside 1261 pts, 8th London Heathside B 616 pts
Overall 1st Highgate 6996 pts, 3rd London Heathside 5907 pts, 10th London Heathside B 2379 pts

Division 2
Team 1st SBH 983 pts, 8th London Heathside C 522 pts
Overall 1st Trent Park 5420 pts, 7th London Heathside C 3442 pts

Vet Men Division 1
Team 1st London Heathside 401 pts, 2nd Trent Park 386 pts, 5th London Heathside B 286 pts, 10th London Heathside C 178 pts
Overall 1st Trent Park 1787 pts, 2nd London Heathside 1766 pts,   6th London Heathside B 1160 pts, 12th London Heathside C 670 pts

Howard Williams (Seniors)
1st London Heathside 44 pts (3 wins), 2nd VP&TH 44 pts (0 wins)

Howard Williams (Juniors)
1st WG&EL 101 pts (9 wins), 3rd London Heathside 85 pts (1 win)

England Athletics Junior Indoor Championship, Sheffield, February 11

Simon Baker reports:

A fantastic weekend of performances from the Club’s young athletes at the national indoor championships over the weekend.  4 New club records and a bronze medal for Magdeline Paitoo in the U15G 300m.  Magdeline negotiated three rounds before holding her position to secure bronze in the final and in the process broke Lily Beckford’s 10-year-old record.  To give this context Lily went on to represent Great Britain at 400m. This is also Magdeline and Ella Burridge’s first year competing as an U17W.  Malakai David McKenzie Callum took part in two events making the final of the 60mH and finished 4th in the final despite hitting he first hurdle.  Not bad for someone who doesn’t specialise in this event.  Suraya Frost also returned to form recording two PB’s and a new club record reaching the semi-finals in the U15G 60mH. Well done all the athletes and coaches Mary, Israel and Tony.

Results

60m U15B
H1 5th Malakai David McKenzie Callum 7.70

300m U17W
H2 1st Magdeline Paitoo 41.77 Q
H3 5th Ella Burridge 42.76
SF1 2nd Magdeline Paitoo 41.26 PB Q
Final 3rd Magdeline Paitoo 40.94 PB New Club Record

400m U17M
H3 3rd Sam Brown 51.01 PB q
Final 5th Sam Brown 50.92 PB New Club Record

60mH U15B
H1 4th Malakai David McKenzie Callum 9.19 Q
Final 4th Malakai David McKenzie Callum 9.11 PB New Club Record

60mH U15G
H2 4th Suraya Frost 9.51 PB q
SF 6th Suraya Frost 9.46 PB New Club Record 

Battersea Park 10k, Saturday February 11

At least three Heathsiders ran in the Battersea 10k. First in was Callum Coleman, who shattered his PB by 80 seconds, finishing in eighth position in 33:38. Steve Pennington was the second V50 in 37:26 and Amy Cook was the seventh woman in 39:15;

Results (665 finishers)

8th Callum Coleman – 33:38

46th Steve Pennington – 37:26 (2nd V50)

74th Amy Cook – 39:15 (7th Woman)

Bramley 20-mile, Bramley, February 12

Gavin Evans reports:  The Bramley 20 (and 10) returned this year after four years (Covid and weather cancelations). This year it was run under perfect weather conditions. It’s a two-lap countryside course, with the second half of each lap containing almost all the hills. It serves as a good starter-pack preparation for Spring marathons – and a more scenic 20 than the Hillingdon four-lapper. The only thing to watch out for is that you can be tempted to keep pace with 10-milers who start at the same time, so you need to avoid being pulled along by them.

I still had a touch of Watford Half in my legs, so I took it more cautiously than usual, trying to maintain three-hour marathon pace. I was a bit off in the end, finishing in 2:19:19, which although a new club V60 record was a PW on this course.

Result (373 finishers)

57th Gavin Evans – 2:19:19 (3rd V60 and club record).

Parkruns

The Met League meant a diminished field of Parkrunners on Saturday with 52 or our members taking part in 20 races. There were first places for Chris Vincent in Ford (19:32) and Marc Pujol Farres in Mousettte (27:38). Full Heathside results are here

Report by Gavin Evans with thanks to Lenny Martin, Simon Baker, Callum Coleman for the reports and to Lorna Stevenson, Jacob Howe, Ruth Miller and Simon Baker for the pictures.