Heathsiders run the extra mile - Golden Stag and Battersea Park relays

This week’s report includes stunning performances at 1 mile races both on the track (Golden Stag mile) and on the road at the Battersea Park relays, new club records from Seyfu Jamaal, Brogan Wallace and Sue Eedle and several other track events.

Golden Stag Mile, Finsbury Park, 22.7.22

Simon Baker sent the following report from the Golden Stag mile:

“Our friends at Barnet hosted their annual mile races at Finsbury Park on Friday evening on a cool summer evening perfect for running.  There were 13 time graded races with 19 Heathsiders taking part.  The highlight being Brogan setting a new Women's Mile Record previously held by Rosa Serafini.  Brogan's time of 4:53 was good enough to finish 2nd fastest women across the meeting.  In the Men's A race Seyfu took the race out hard only to be overtaken at the bell by two runners.  However he kicked again on the final bed to take 2nd place setting a new Senior Club Mile record with 4:16, breaking Adam Kirk Smiths record set in 2016.  “

 Sue Eedle also set a new club womens V65 record for 1 mile on the track, finishing  in 7:22.29

Results

Race 2

6th Sue Eedle (VW65) 7:22.29

Race 3

12th Adrian Essex (V70) 8:15.33

Race 4

5th Trudy Kearney 6:20.98

8th Michael Gray 6:26:76

13th Jerome Boughton-Mills (V60) 6:50.35

Race 5

2nd Chris Greenwood (V35) 6:03.84

11th Alex Tsirigotis (V35) 6:24.42

Race 6

3rd Ciara Williams 5:37.03

12th Pete Crockford (V60) 6:04.12

Race 8

2nd Melvin Lewis (V40) 5:24.64

4th Harry Owrid 5:30.37

Race 9

3rd Chris Vincent (V40) 5:07.91

4th Annie Arnold 5:08.66

7th Pete Dowds (V35) 5:17.65

9th Justin Badger (V55) 5:19.12

12th  Olivia Desborough 5:20.07

Race 10

4th Valentin Valeanu (V45) 5:09.10

5th Andrew McGeary (V40) 5:11.13

6th Lily Woolcock 5:11.68

9th Rebecca Piggott (VW35) 5:17.09

12th Jonathan Halliwell (V35) 5:20.39

Race 11

1st Jonny Forsyth (V50) 4:50.62

2nd Alan O'Shea 4:54.07

10th Joseph McKeown (V35) 5:05.30

Race 12

8th Filippo Minelle (V35) 4:52.86

9th Brogan Wallace 4:53.94 PB New Club Record

13th Janak Subberwal (U20) 5;05.85

Race 13

2nd Seyfu Jamaal 4:16.37 PB New Club Record

5th Joseph Young 4:21.11

9th Yann Sevestre 4:34.37

Battersea Park 1 mile Relays

A large group of Heathsiders travelled to Battersea Park for the 1 mile relays, which made a welcome return on Monday after a three year break due to Covid.  Even the muggy conditions failed to dampen the runners’ enthusiasm.  The first Heathside team (Sion Lewis, Christopher Gracie and Andy Barnes) finished in fifth, with fastest individual times from Sion Lewis (4:46) and Christopher Gracie (4:52).  Two of Heathside’s teams finished first and second in the V50 team grouping.  Thanks are due to Martin Potter for organising the teams and for trying to come up with imaginative team names, and to the club for paying for the entries.  

Individual results [updated 14.08.22)

Position  Name  Time

10th Sion Lewis 4:46

16th Christopher Gracie 4:52

22nd Andy Barnes 4:57

25th Chris Holmes  4:58

28th Filippo Minelle  5:01

37th Joseph McKeown 5:03

46th Oliver Negus 5:07

48th Valentin Valeanu 5:08

55th Chris Vincent 5:11

97th Martin Potter 5:29

99th Matthew Cockerill 5:29

127th Emily Mckane 5:42

129th Tony Shearer 5:42

143rd  Oliver Murray 5:51

142nd Leo Pemberton 5:50

175th Nicholas Grassly 6:06

162nd Pete Crockford  5:59

166th Phil Hogg 6:00

254th Jackie Wastell  7:12

267th Rebecca Marshall 7:24

274th Emilia Vynnycky 7:30

Team results [updated 14.08.22 to include updated rankings for the first 3 Heathside teams)

Team rank           Individual position           Name    Time

5th (Sion Lewis 4:46, Christopher Gracie 4:52, Andy Barnes 4:57)

11th (Chris Holmes  4:58, 43rd Oliver Negus 5:07, Valentin Valeanu 5:08)

20th (Filippo Minelle  5:01, Chris Vincent     5:11, Tony Shearer     5:42)

47th & 1st V50 team  (Martin Potter    5:29., Matthew Cockerill 5:29, Oliver Murray  5:51)

Heathsiders before the Battersea Park 1 mile relays

61st (Emily Mckane 5:42, Leo Pemberton 5:50, Nicholas Grassly 6:06)

69th & 2nd V50 team  (Lisa Thomas  5:59, Pete Crockford  5:59, Phil Hogg 6:00)

94th (Jackie Wastell 7:12 Rebecca Marshall 7:24, Emilia Vynnycky  7:30)

Lee Valley Sprint Open, Lee Valley, 20.7.22
100m
H6 2nd Justin Paul (U20) 11.72
200m
H5 3rd Justin Paul (U20) 23.38 PB by 0.68s

Thames Valley Harriers Open, Linford Christie Stadium 20.7.22
800m
U17X1 1st Amarin Preka (U17M) 2:49.03
U17X3 3rd Artie Feeny Willings (U17M) 2:33.59
U17X3 4th Rory Willis (U13B) 2:33.69
SX4 7th Greg Berrisford Smith (U17M) 2:26.25
SX4 10th Ben Ryan (U15B) 2:43.82
SX5 6th Nana Oduro-Nyaning (U20M) 2:15.64
SX5 9th George Saint (U17M) 2:21.12
3000m
SX1 7th Koppany Szentes (U15B) 10:23.02

BMC Regional Races, Wormwood Scrubs 20.7.22
800m
DX 2nd Lily Woolcock 2:23.02
1500m
BX 9th Brogan Wallace 4:26.04

Derek Croakes Under 13 Inter-County Meeting, Kingsmeadow, 24.7.22

 Simon sent in the following report from Kingsmeadow:

 Ivy and Gabriel had their first taste of representative athletics turning out for Middlesex AA at the reinstated Derek Croakes Inter-county meeting organised by Surrey for all the southern counties.  Gabriel even broke his club 75mH record taking it below 11.9s.

 U13 Girls

100m

Ivy Paitoo 14.35s 6th ns

Shot Putt

Ivy Paitoo 7.84m A 4th

 U13 Boys

100m

Gabriel Edwards 13.21s B 3rd

200m

Gabriel Edwards 26.71s A 2nd

75mH

Gabriel Edwards 11.89s A 1st PB New U13 Club Record by 0.02s

4x100m

Middlesex (Edwards, Yadav, Jaysola, Barnor) 53.69s 6th

Parkrun

Many Heathsiders took part in parkruns last Saturday.  Congratulations for first place finishes go to Seyfu Jamaal (Highbury, 14:55), Annie Arnold (Highbury, 14:55), Filippo Minelle (Oakhill, 18:03), Hoedspruit (Guy Harling, 19:57).  Full results can be found here.

Compiled by Emilia with thanks to Simon Baker and Tony Killilea (vets league photo)

Heathsiders at the Vets league on Monday (results not yet in…)