The 4th Met League of the season took place on Saturday in Welwyn with impressive results all round – and the Senior Women coming 1st. There were also some excellent results from the Southern U17/U15/U13 Indoor Championships at Lee Valley over the weekend, with 5 new club records, showing the excellent strides the club is making in track and field

Met League 4#, Welwyn, 14.1.23

Despite the relentless rain and winds, London Heathside had a superb #4 Met League on Saturday at Welwyn. In a nutshell:

Senior Women - 1st

Junior Women - 2nd

Senior Men - 3rd

U13 Girls - 3rd

Junior Men - 5th

U11 Boys - 5th

U13 Boys - 5th

U11 Girls - 8th

Seyfu Jamaal - 2nd

Here’s Simon’s report on the day’s activities:

The Middlesex Champs having been moved to next weekend the XC returned with the 4th instalment of the Met League. This meeting is also later than normal usually being race 2#. It certainly turned out to be eventful with rain, sunshine, drizzle and runners taking the wrong course or having to pick their way through spectators trying to stay upright on the muddy course.

Seniors

Numbers for the women were down to just 13, however this didn't stop them pretty much guaranteeing the title, with another win built on 3 finishers in the top 10. This race showed the clubs depth of talent with Rebecca Piggot (6th), Olivia Desborough (8th), Lily Woolcock (10th), Nicola Graham, Olivia Lukasewich and Ciara Borg (who crossed the line in 42nd place) making up the A team scorers. Tanya Addison was 3rd V50 and Annabel Judd 4th V55. With one race remaining the team now have a 116 point buffer over 2nd placed VP&TH.

Fifty-two Senior Men turned out, another terrific showing, led from the front by Seyfu who produced a great race to finish 2nd. George Gurney and Joseph Young both had top 20 finishes. Thomas Archer our 4th finisher was 2nd U20 Man with Oliver O'Connor just 1 place behind. Sion Lewis was 2nd V40, Matthew Cockerill 3rd V50, Martin Potter 2nd and Chris Hartley 3rd V55s. The team’s 3rd place on the day has consolidated their overall 3rd place in the league. Fourth placed Harrow are 670 pts behind. making the critical last race, if the Club are to win the overall title and the Howard Williams Trophy, slightly less pressured.

Juniors

Another great turnout from the Juniors with full teams in all races except the U11 Girls and many running in the 1st year of their age category. The Junior Women finished 2nd despite all but Hattie being in their 1st year as U15s. Amy Kirk continued her progress this season with 6th place, followed by Hattie in 7th and Kiara Corkin in 12th, with the scorers completed by Lettice Gundry. Tied on 155 pts with Herts Phoenix and TVH, the places were sorted by count back. The U13 Girls secured 3rd place with good solid running from all, with Kitty Kelsall our first runner home in 12th with Margot Hunt the same time. The U11 Girls were one short but Edith Deakin was again our first runner home in 15th. The Junior Women currently lead the overall league 27 pts ahead of WG&EL.

The Boys did not quite match the girls but again produced a fine collection of runs. Joshua Collins was the first U11 Boy home in 19th place. Rory Willis was the first U13 Boy in 18th place just 5 seconds and 7 seconds ahead of Seb McNeely and Alex Kirk. The Junior Boy’s race was the most eventful of the day with the leader taking the wrong turn and then followed by the field which meant the race was 2,000m shorter than it should be. George Saint was again our first runner home with Eric Beale, back from long term injury, our first U15 Boy.

Well done to all who took part in, at times, awful conditions.

The full results are here:

U11 Boys (1,700m 44 Runners)

1 T Bainbridge (Guest)00:05:30

19 0Joshua Collins 0:06:10

26 Sebastian Mcneely 00:06:26

27 Alexander Rankin 00:06:27

31 Jacob Purcell 00:06:43

38 William Edwards 00:07:30

Team:- 1st SBH 133 pts, 5th London Heathside 73 pts, 14th London Heathside B 7 pts

Overall:- 1st SBH 639 pts, 6th London Heathside 294 pts, 22nd London Heathside B 11 pts

U11 Girls (1,700m 39 runners)

1 V Muraidhar (ESM) 00:05:55

15 Edith Deakin 00:06:47 (5th U10)

28 Thalia Roberts 00:07:21

31 Verity Mitchell 00:07:34

Team:- 1st SBH 110 pts, 8th London Heathside 181 pts

Overall:- 1st WG&EL 378 pts, 7th London Heathside 181 pts

U13 Boys (3,000m 50 runners)

1 J Branch (Herts P) 00:11:30

18 Rory Willis 00:12:58

21 Enio Kaloukain 00:13:03

22 Alex Kirk 00:13:05

25 Charlie Nicolson 00:13:22

26 Mikail Wahid 00:13:23

42 Owen Schec 00:14:18

Team:- 1st Hillingdon 150 pts, 5th London Heathside 114 pts, 12th London Heathside B 32 pts

Overall:- 1st WG&EL 563 pts, 8th London Heathside 318 pts, 17th London Heathside B 42 pts

U13 Girls (3,000m, 41 runners)

1 J March (Barnet) 00:11:57

12 Kitty Kelsall 00:13:38

13 Margot Hunt 00:13:38

23 Maya Westgate 00:14:33

31 Chiara Pegoraro 00:15:02

32 Lydia Negatu 00:15:17

35 Charlotte Beale 00:15:48

Team:- 1st Trent Park 108 pts, 3rd London Heathside 89 pts, 12th London Heathside B 17 pts

Overall:- 1st Trent Park 451 pts, 3rd London Heathside 433 pts, 11th London Heathside B 147 pts

Junior Men (4,000m, 76 runners, No Times due to running wrong course)

1 M Cattini (Harrow) (U17)

15 George Saint (U17)

21 Alex Smith (U17)

28 Eric Beale (U15) – 13th U15B

44 Sam Turner (U15)

55 Ben Ryan (U15)

62 Artie Feeny-Willings (U17)

71 Archie Evans (U17)

Team:-1st WG&EL 261 pts, 5th London Heathside 193 pts, 20th London Heathside B 43 pts

Junior Women (4,000m 50 runners)

1 L Russell (Highgate) (U17) 00:15:56

6 Amy Kirk (U15) 00:16:29 (4th U15G)

7 Hattie Munday (U17) 00:16:42

12 Kiara Corkin (U15) 00:17:06 (8th U15G)

24 Lettice Gundry (U15) 00:18:12

45 Jessica Lappin (U15) 00:20:56

Team:- 1st Herts P 155 pts, 2nd London Heathside 155 pts, 18th London Heathside B 6 pts

Overall:- 1st London Heathside 668 pts, 2nd WG&EL 641 pts, 18th London Heathside B 8 pts

Senior Women (8,000m 161 runners)

1 E Janes (Herts P) 00:29:04

6 Rebecca Piggott 00:31:18 A

8 Olivia Desborough 00:31:35 A

10 Lily Woolcock 00:32:17 A

14 Nicola Graham 00:32:28 A

32 Olivia Lukasewich 00:33:55 A

42 Chiara Borg 00:34:43 A

48 Ciera Kennedy 00:35:31 B

71 Tanya Addison (V50) 00:37:40 B Vet A (3rd V50)

73 Maura Bellio 00:37:46 B

80 Jennifer Wing 00:38:54 B

88 Annabel Judd (V55) 00:39:21 B Vet A (4th V55)

108 Kimberli Butler 00:42:24 B

127 Lorna Stevenson 00:44:43 C

Division One

Team:- 1st London Heathside 330 pts, 2nd VP&TH 312 pts, 10th London Heathside B 111 pts

Overall:- 1st London Heathside 1337 pts, 2nd VP&TH 1221 pts, 8th London Heathside B 579 pts

Division Two

Team:- 1st Herts P 189 pts, 11th London Heathside C 11 pts

Overall:- 1st Harrow 869 pts, 8th London Heathside C 279 pts

Vet Women League 1

Team:- 1st VP&TH 116 pts, 8th London Heathside 39 pts

Overall:- 1st VP&TH 545 pts, 7yth London Heathside 220 pts

Vet Women League 2

Team:- 1st Herts P 56 pts, 11th London Heathside B 0 pts, 12th London Heathside C 0 pts

Overall:- 1st TVH 179 pts, 11th London Heathside B 0 pts, 12th London Heathside C 0 pts

Senior Men (8,000m 357 runners)

1 O Bell (Herts P) 00:25:41

2 Seyfu Jamaal 00:25:56 A

16 George Gurney 00:27:10 A

17 Joseph Young 00:27:12 A

29 Thomas Archer (U20) 00:28:07 A (2nd U20M)

30 Oliver O'Connor (U20) 00:28:15 A (3rd U20M)

40 Yann Sevestre 00:29:00 A

41 Sion Lewis (V40) 00:29:05 A Vet A (2nd V40)

43 Matthew Wheat 00:29:08 A

58 Conor Brown 00:29:43 A

59 Peter Gould 00:29:46 A

60 Patric Clark 00:29:48 A

74 Kader Seyed (U20) 00:30:16 A (9th U20M)

88 Filippo Minelle 00:30:51 B

94 Luke Pike-Mullins (U20) B 00:31:10

103 Charlie Ogilvie 00:31:30 B

107 Sammy Keenan 00:31:43 B

109 Oliver Negus 00:31:49 B

117 Joseph Mckeown 00:31:57 B

125 Adam Mitchell (V40) 00:32:21 B Vet A

127 Martin Potter (V55) 00:32:23 B Vet A (2nd V55)

140 Bedo Aron Draskoczy (U20) 00:32:54 B

141 Ryan Mccarthy 00:32:55 B

152 Matthew Cockerill (V50) 00:33:15 B Vet A (3rd V50)

157 Jose Sabroso 00:33:22 B

166 Chris Hartley (V55) 00:33:41 C Vet A (3rd V55)

169 Liam Hazelton (V40) 00:33:45 C Vet A

175 Justin Badger (V55) 00:34:05 C Vet B (4th V55)

184 Joel Northcott (V40) 00:34:39 C Vet B

188 Matt Beard (V50) 00:34:47 C Vet B (5th V50)

190 James Waddell 00:34:52 C Vet B

194 Philip Hogg (V50) 00:35:01 C Vet B (6th V50)

196 Pep Pamies (V45) 00:35:04 C Vet B

198 Marcus Brown 00:35:08 C

199 Paul Mercer (V45) 00:35:09 C Vet B

216 Rob Shulman (V55) 00:35:52 Vet C (9th V55)

219 Janak Subberwal (U20) 00:35:56

222 Joe Starkey 00:36:07

223 Leonard Martin 00:36:08

227 Michael Smith (U20) 00:36:15

235 Harry Owrid 00:36:35

240 Christopher Greenwood 00:36:49

251 Kwasi Agyei-Owusu (V40) 00:37:09 Vet C

259 Alex Praag 00:37:27

266 Pete Crockford (V60) 00:37:44 Vet C (9th V60)

268 Kris Milovsorov 00:37:50

273 Leo Pemberton (V45) 00:38:09 Vet C

274 Jonathan Hopkin (V55) 00:38:17 Vet C

291 Andrew Owen (V50) 00:39:06 Vet C

298 Padraig Waldron (V50) 00:39:47

311 Andrew Johnston (V50) 00:40:57

328 Russell Weston (V60) 00:42:47

331 Jerome Boughton Mills (V60) 00:43:38

Division One

Team:- 1st Highgate Harriers 1371 pts, 3rd London Heathside 1,239 pts, 10th London Heathside B 512 pts

Overall:- 1st Highgate Harriers 5,657 pts, 3rd London Heathside 4,646 pts, 12th London Heathside B 1,763 pts

Division Two

Team:- 1st Trent Park 1,041 pts, 6th London Heathside C 731 pts

Overall:- 1st Trent Park 4,499 pts, 6th London Heathside C 2,920 pts

Vet League Division One

Team:- 1st Trent Park 335 pts, 3rd London Heathside 316 pts, 7th London Heathside B 199 pts, 11th London Heathside C 92 pts

Overall:- 1st Trent Park 1,401 pts, 2nd London Heathside 1,365 pts, 6th London Heathside B 874 pts, 12th London Heathside C 495 pts

Howard Williams Trophy

1st London Heathside 44 pts (3 wins), 2nd VP&TH 44 pts (0 wins), 3rd Highgate Harriers 41 pts (3 wins)

Howard Williams Trophy (Juniors)

1st WG&EL 104 pts (6 wins), 2nd SBH 94 pts (8 wins), 3rd London Heathside 84 pts (1 win), 4th VP&TH 83 pts (0wins)

Southern U17/U15/U13 Indoor Championships, Lee Valley, 14-15.1.23

Simon reported: Silver for Gabriel Edwards (u13b) 60m and bronze for Magdeline Paitoo (U17W) 200m were the highlights of these championships with 4 others making finals and 5 New Club Records, showing the steps the club are making in track and field.

Results

60m U15B

S1 5th Malakai David McKenzie Callum 7.72s

H2 2nd Malakai David McKenzie Callum 7.71s

60m U13B

F 2nd Gabriel Edwards 8.00 PB NCR 🥈

H2 1st Gabriel Edwards 8.04 PB

60m U15G

H2 7th Munevver Akesen 8.85s

60m U13G

H1 7th Matilda Barrand 9.41s

H3 6th Rhoswen Keeping 9.02s

200m U17W

F 3rd Magdeline Paitoo 26.17 PB NCR🥉

S2 1st Magdeline Paitoo 26.35

H4 1st Magdeline Paitoo 26.58

200m U15G

H2 3rd Ivy Paitoo 28.94

300m U15G

F 6th Kyra Smith 46.69

H1 4th Kyra Smith 45.76 PB

400m U17M

F 5th Sam Brown 53.30

H3 2nd Sam Brown 52.21 PB NCR by 1.1s

H3 3rd Oscar Hall 53.46 PB

400m U17W

H2 Ella Burridge 63.38 PB NCR

60mH U17M

F 4th Thomas Wassermann 8.92s

H2 2nd Thomas Wassermann i.95s

60mH U15G

H2 4th Suraya Frost 9.95s

Long Jump U15B

5th Malakai David McKenzie Callum 5.32m PB

Long Jump U15G

F 10th Milli Bridgeman-Athanasatos 4.39m

QB 5th Milli Bridgeman-Athanasatos 4.27m

Triple Jump U15G

4th Milli Bridgeman-Athanasatos 9.29m PB NCR by 0.53 cm

Shot Putt U15B (4kg)

6th Malakai McKenzie David Callum 8.82m

In other news there were parkruns – full results can be found here. Congratulations on first places for Tom Aldred (Finsbury Parkrun), Brogan Wallace (Queen’s Parkrun, Glasgow) and William Wagstaff (Bower Parkrun).

Compiled by Caroline White, with thanks to Simon Baker as always for pretty much everything in this report, and Ruth and Maura for photos.

Met League #4 Welwyn - First place for Heathside Senior Women

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