Cross Challenge and Fraternity/Soriority Cups
Another busy weekend of cross country running this time over the rolling hills of Trent Park although Brogan and Oliver competed in the Euro XC Trials in Liverpool. Elsewhere Heathsiders were busy with road races including the Florence marathon and the club hosted a Photofinish Officials course at Finsbury Park.
British Athletics Cross Challenge Liverpool, Sefton Park 26.11.22
Brogan Wallace and Oliver O’Connor took part in the Cross Challenge races in Liverpool which were also trials for the GB Euro XC Teams.
Senior Women (8.1km 359 runners)
1st J Warner Judd (Blackburn Harriers) 27:17
58th Brogan Wallace 30:13
Junior Men (6.7km 149 runners)
1st W Barnicoat (AF&D) 20.17
74th Oliver O’Connor 22.26
Fraternity and Soriority Cups, Trent Park, 29.11.22
Returning to it’s traditional course Barnet again hosted well run Cross Country competition which remains a popular highlight of the fixture calendar
Pete Crockford reports “A good turnout of Heathsiders for some proper cross country on a heavy but surprisingly unmuddy course, on a dry day with a bit of a chill breeze. Senior performance of the day was from Joseph Young, leading the men’s team home, well clear in 2nd place. Leading the women home was Olivia Lukasewich in 14th. The men’s A team were 8th, and the B’s 16th, whilst the women’s A team were 10th, and the B’s 20th.
In Saturdays race at Trent Park, within the Fraternity and Sorority Cups, Heathside women’s and men’s teams both won their Division 2 fixture!”
Fraternity Cup
2 Joseph Young 25:35
35 Matthew Cockerill 30:18
48 Janak Subberwal 31:05 1st U18
54 Alex Sweet 31:25
69 Rob Shulman 32:25 8th V50
73 Matthew Beard 32:38 10th V50
74 Lee Connor 32:41
79 Leo Pemberton 33:36
91 Pete Crockford 34:14 3rd V60
102 Ben Ridley-Johnson 34:34
114 Jonathan Hopkin 35:23
140 Daniel Wrapson 37:25
153 Jerome BoughtonMills 38:50
172 Marco Maserati 40:43
173 Michael Hickey 41:04
194 Dave Walton 44:07
207 Bob Gould 48:47
[212 finishers]
Sorority Cup
14 Olivia Lukasewich 33:53
23 Chiara Borg 35:12
44 Catherine Jones 38:46
48 Kim Butler 39:24
59 Caroline White 40:34 2nd V60
78 Marianne Gibson 42:52
79 Sue Eedle 42:57 4th V60
83 Lorna Stevevnson 43:48
[116 finishers]
NWLL 3#, Trent Park, 26.11.22
The Young Athletes numbers were down this weekend, unsurprising given this was the 6th consecutive weekend of racing. We managed two complete teams U11 Boys and U17 Men. The U11 Girls, U13 Girls and U17 men secured 3rd place finishes with the U17 Women and U15 Girls 4th places. Edith Deakin (U11G), Rosa Cormacan (U13G), Ishanna Cannall (U15G), Lettice Gundy (U15G), Milly Watkins (U17W) and George Saint (U17M) all had top 10 finishes.
U11 Girls (2000m, 46 runners)
1st E Prince (WG&EL) 7.44
5th Edith Deakin 8.24
13th Imogen Wraigh 8.46
14th A Pan 6.46
Team:- 1st SBH (2,7,8,11) 28 pts, 3rd London Heathside (3,9,10,x) 45 pts
U11 Boys (2000m, 54 runners)
1st D Pascal 7.21
17th Seb McNeely 8.02
18th Alex Rankin 8.02
35th Zak Wahid 8.52
45th William Edwards 9.11
Team: 1st SBH (1,2,7,8) 18 pts, 6th London Heathside (14,15,26,32) 86 pts
U13 Girls (3,000m, 38 runners)
1st J March (Barnet) 11.12
7th Rosa Cormacan 12.31
11th Lila Blustin 12.45
17th Georgia Pegoraro 13.39
Team:- 1st Trent Park (3,5,16,17) 41 pts, 3rd London Heathside (7,10,14,x) 69 pts
U13 Boys (3000m, 38 runners)
1st O McDonald (Dacorum) 10.32
17th Rory Willis 12.01
Team:- 1st Trent Park (4,9,11,16) 40pts, 8th London Heathside (12,x,x,x) 84 pts
U15 Girls (4000m, 27 runners)
1st M Rosen (Barnet) 15.32
6th Ishanna Cannell 16.54
7th Lettice Gundry 17.01
Team:- 1st Highgate (3,4,x,x) 63 pts, 4th London Heathside (6,7,x,x) 69 pts
U15 Boys (4000m, 37 runners)
1st L Moore (TVH) 14.46
16th Ben Ryan 15.56
33rd M David 18.41
Team:- 1st TVH (1,3,16,17) 37 pts, 9th London Heathside (13,x,x,x) 93 pts
U17 Women (5000m, 15 runners)
1st I Frost (Dacorum) 20.19
5th Milly Watkins 23.32
Team:- 1st Barnet (2,4,11,x) 28 pts, 4th London Heathside (5,x,x,x) 41 pts
U17 Men (5000m, 26 runners)
1st M Cattini (Harrow) 17.26
7th George Saint 19.08
8th Alex Smith 19.11
22nd Artie Feeny Willings 22.34
24th Archie Evans 23.55
Team:- 1st Highgate (2,3,10,x) 36 pts, 3rd London Heathside (6,7,17,19) 49 pts
Lee Valley Velo Park 10 mile, November 26
Gavin Evans sent in the following report “I entered this truly awful event, which was part of a morning of running that included a half marathon, 10k, 5k and one mile race. What was billed as an undulating race was, in fact, perpetually hilly. The 10-miler consisted of 10 supposedly one-mile laps, each with four big bridges and other up-and-down bits, so that meant 40 bridges in all and hardly any flat running. And the total distance on my Garmin and that of other runners I spoke to afterwards was 10.14 miles. But the worst bit was that the runs overlapped, probably to save time and money for the organisers. At the star, slower half marathon runners got in the way and then, suddenly, our path was blocked by the 82 10k runners who were let loose in the middle of our race. And so it went until the end when we were welcomed home by an exasperatingly perky announcer who couldn’t stop gushing how wonderful everything was. I ended up coming third (getting pipped on the line by a young man) but in a truly awful time of 67:55. Oh well.”
Result
3rd Gavin Evans 67:55 (1st v50/60)
Serpentine Last Friday of the Month 5k, Hyde Park 25.11.22
24th Matt Collins (V45) 18.06 (2nd V45)
67th Leo Cador Pemberton (V40) 20.22
Wimborne 10, Wimborne, 20.11.22
60th Isobel Rea (VW45) 1:06.33 (4th SW, 1st VW45)
Welsh Inter-Regional Championships, Monmouth 19.11.22
22nd Sion Lewis (V40) 35:30
Firenze Marathon, Florence, 27.11.22
1864th Yvette Ralston (V35) 3:37.02 PB
Photofinish Officials Course, Finsbury Park, 26.11.22
In what may very well be a completely new departure London Heathside played host to an England Athletics Introductory Photo Finish course this weekend, in the meeting room at Finsbury Park.
Helena, who attended the course commented
"The course is a great intro and not scary like jumping straight in on an event (like I did). I think it would be extremely helpful for a few more club members to participate. I think anyone who does the course would feel more confident to volunteer, however, would still need experienced supervision [..]. Also for our current officials to have a better awareness of photo-finish processes, might help communications between officials and organisers and therefore smoother event running."
Heathside is currently seeking funding to improve the club's photo finish equipment as part of the overall event offering at Finsbury Park.
If you'd like to be part of the Heathside officiating team contact me, Adrian Essex at aessex@bmaf.org,uk or via WhatsApp on 07970705411. or the Club Officials Secretary Jonathan Litchfield. The club will pay course fees for any members interested in giving something back to the sport.
London Heathside Band on the Run
The latest musical offering from the Clubs musicians is a rendition of “Come on Eileen” and can be found here
Parkrun
A few Heathsiders ran in parkruns this weekend. Congratulations for first place finishes go to: Seyfu Jamaal (Finsbury Park 15.43), Matthew Wheat (Clair 17.36), Rebecca Bunting (Hampstead Heath 18.58), Olivia Desborough (Highbury Fields 19.18), Maura Bellio (Lordship Rec 20.43), Sara Black (Ally Pally 21.42), Jessica Vinluan (Beckton 22.43) and Ciara Williams (Aldenham 23.39). Full results can be found here
Compiled by Simon, with thanks for all reports to Gavin Evans, Pete Crockford and Adrian Essex, photos from Caroline White