SAL Heathside heroes show future promise!

Southern Athletics League

On Saturday, a slightly depleted squad (due to various injuries, exams, holidays and marathons) of hardy Heathsiders headed to Ipswich on an unusually sunny and pleasant mid-April afternoon. What we lacked in numbers, we more than made up for in spirit; despite some late withdrawals, we covered every single event with an A and B scorer. And although we finished 4th by the smallest of margins, to come so close to 2nd while missing some key athletes is a positive sign. Moreover, we saw some very promising debut performances, including Giulia Ariete breaking a 16-year-standing club record for W35 in the high hurdles by 2 whole seconds with a time of 19.4 (sorry, Rachel Weston, for bumping you out of the record), and Anna McAllister winning the 400m hurdles B race, having learnt hurdles the Thursday before the match (clearly there is some excellent hurdles coaching at this club!).

Other very noteworthy performances include Luke Gray's 400m PB in 51.0 (a sub 50 is well within reach this season), and Andrew Brooker winning the 5000m race by over a minute in 15:25. Emmanuel Nwaobodo and Mark Lawrence won the A and B string shot despite neither of them specialising in or even training for the event (note: Mark is still recovering from a ruptured Achilles and also did a credible long jump and discus). On the women’s team, the 4x400m relay smashed it, with a winning combination of Conlon siblings + European talent (Italian import Elena Susana and Irish/German hybrid Noelle O’Regan). Pole vault was also in the bag with Gokce Baydar and Genevieve Weston winning the A and B string, respectively (2.30m and 1.10m). And Genevieve Weston and Chiara Borg literally stepped up in the steeplechase, taking 2nd place in A and B string.

As captains, we were massively impressed by the enthusiasm from the team to make sure all events were covered, with multiple athletes participating in numerous events, including disciplines far outside their traditional comfort zone. Especially big thanks to Ivan "I can do anything except the steeplechase" Ross, who not only did PV, javelin, 110m hurdles and 400m hurdles, but also …. steeplechase! Nathan Cyrus competed in TJ, 110m hurdles, 4x100m relay and javelin. Emmanuel did LJ, TJ, shot, and 4x100m relay. David Fallon was a great hand, competing in 400m, 1500m, 4x400m relay and HJ. And Tom Fancett competed in 800m, 1500m, HJ and 4x400m relay despite recently returning from injury. Adrian Essex was another great team player, offering to fill any remaining gaps and doing the 400m hurdles, hammer and PV. Newcomer Pauline Le Tacon took on 100m, LJ, TJ and 4x100m; Giulia Ariete competed in 100m hurdles, LJ, TJ and 4x100m. And just because we’re Heathside and we have athletes to spare, we had numerous 100m, 200m, 1500m and shot non-scorers, and even a 4x100m non-scoring women’s relay team.

A huge thanks to Jonathan Litchfield and his team of incredible helpers: Peter Holland, Dave Walton, Sebouh Takvorian, Justyna Senderowicz, Claudia Backhaus, Jessica Vinluan, Tom Godec, Richard Macaulay, Tom Fancett, John Flahive, Kim Butler, David Fallon and Zac. Lovely to see Pete Holland again, who has relocated to Ipswich, but remains a Heathsider at heart. And finally, thank you to the coaches, who give up countless hours every week to help us athletes compete and improve.

Victoria Park Open 5 Miles 14th April 2018

About 11 Heathsiders turned up at busy Victoria Park on a warm Saturday for the Victoria Park Open 5 mile race. Despite the heat and having to dodge pedestrians, dogs and children on bikes and scooters, there were some great performances. Tom won! Leigh was the 3rd woman, Cathy posted a great time, and we saw Jane return to Heathside colours. I was pleased to run a 3-second PB and the Heathside women's team came second. All in all, not a bad afternoon, and I'm sure I'm missing out some other strong performances. This is an inexpensive, fast race that's worth entering if you don't mind the slightly awkward start time of 2:30pm: Just pretend it's cross country!

Brighton 10K 15th April 2018

Emilia Vynnvcky did the Brighton 10K on Sunday. She writes: ‘it was a nice well-organised race, held just before the marathon started and was not too crowded despite having over 3500 runners. The initial downhill helped me to get my best 10K time for 12 years (43:22), making up for for any remaining disappointment after I'd decided not to do the full marathon following an ankle injury in February.’

Brighton marathon 15/4/2018

The results are to follow as we are waiting for the full results to be published.

Parkruns

There were some impressive park run results, to shout out a few from Rebecca Bunting at Worthing completing in 18.19, first woman in, 6th place overall. Josie Hinton at Hackney Marshes in 18.26, first woman in and 12th overall. Willian Grifiths at Chipping Sodbury was 2nd overall in 17:48.
full results

Compiled by Sarah Illingworth, with huge thanks to contributions from Noelle O’Regan, Tammela Platt, Keith Burrows and Emilia Vynnycky,

Results

Chase the Sun QE Olympic Park 11/4/2018
Keith Burrows 35.12

Southern Athletics League 14/4/2018

Results below:-
Position Team Score
1 Ipswich 228
2 Ryston Runners 185.5
3 Havering AC 179
4 London Heathside 176.5

Men
Event Name Result
100m Joseph Galea 11.2, Ashley Braithwaite 11.7, NS Ajani 12.6
200m Joseph Galea 23.6, Ashley Braithwaite 24.5, NS Ajani 26.2
400m Luke Gray 51.0, David Fallon 59.6
800m Tom Fancett 02:08, John Flahive 02:22
1500m Tom Fancett 04:30, David Fallon 05:15
5000m Andrew Brooker 15:25, Jonathan Litchfield 19:16
110mH Nathan Cyrus 20.6, Ivan Ross 22.3
400mH Ivan Ross 68.0, Adrian Essex 95.8
2000m SC John Flahive 07:57, Ivan Ross 08:47
High jump David Fallon 1.55, Tom Fancett -
Pole vault Ivan Ross 2.70, Adrian Essex 1.90
Long jump Emmanuel Nwaobodo 6.12, Mark Lawrence 5.19
Triple jump Emmanuel Nwaobodo 11.67, Nathan Cyrus 11.49
Shot put Emmanuel Nwaobodo 11.08, Mark Lawrence 10.04, NS Tom Godec 7.19
Discus Mark Lawrence 30.56, Richard Macaulay 22.25
Hammer Richard Macaulay 19.71, Adrian Essex 15.60
Javelin Nathan Cyrus 38.60, Ivan Ross 35.10
4x100m London Heathside 46.2 (Joseph Galea, Nathan Cyrus, Ashley Braithwaite, Emmanuel Nwaobodo)
4x400m London Heathside 03:45 (Andrew Brooker (57.13), David Fallon (60.11), Tom Fancett (58.01), Luke Gray (51.14))

Women
Event Name Result
100m Pauline Le Tacon 13.6, Alishia Abodunde 13.9, NS Francesca Johnson 15.0, NS Becky Wing 14.2
200m Noelle O'Regan 27.5, Elena Susana 28.5, NS Naomi Conlon 28.3, NS Francesca Johnson 30.8, NS Becky Wing 31.0, NS Chiara Borg 38.1
400m Naomi Conlon 63.6, Elena Susana 64.5
800m Lily Woolcock 02:28, Ella Conlon 02:31
1500m Lily Woolcock 05:15, Eilidh Wagstaff 05:17, NS Justyna Senderowicz 06:34
3000m Eilidh Wagstaff 11:19, Jessica Vinluan 12:18
110mH Giulia Ariete 19.4, Francesca Johnson 21.3
400mH Kim Butler 105.0, Anna McAllister 88.3
2000m SC Genevieve Weston 08:45, Chiara Borg 09:16
High Jump: Anna McAllister 1.40, Genevieve Weston 1.15
Pole vault Gokce Baydar 2.30, Genevieve Weston 1.10
Long jump Pauline Le Tacon 4.52, Giulia Ariete 4.21
Triple jump Pauline Le Tacon 8.31, Giulia Ariete 7.87
Shot put Noelle O'Regan 8.96, Kim Butler 4.47, NS Chiara Borg 5.05
Discus Noelle O'Regan 30.82, Francesca Johnson 13.46
Hammer Noelle O'Regan 23.98, Elena Susana 15.91
Javelin Claudia Backhaus 19.47, Gokce Baydar 13.39
4x100m London Heathside A 53:60 (Pauline Le Tacon, Giulia Ariete, Noelle O'Regan, Alishia Abodunde)
4x100m London Heathside B NS 59.4 (Anna McAllister, Becky Wing, Francesca Johnson, Justyna Senderowicz)
4x400m London Heathside 04:17 (Ella Conlon (64.80), Naomi Conlon (62.15), Elena Susana (64.82), Noelle O'Regan (64.83))

Victoria Park Open 5 Miles 14th April 2018 (manual results)
1 Tom Aldred 25:31
37 Joseph Mckeown 31:56
40 Leigh James 32:16
47 Mark George 33.03
48 Sue Rust 33.06
62 Cathy Jeremiah 35.07
66 Tammela Platt 35.38
68 Andrew Hudson 35.54
108 Gaby Johnson 41:13

Brighton 10K, 15th April 2018
205 Emilia Vynnycky 43:22 (45th F)

Brighton Marathon 15th April 2018
Keith Burrows 2.54.56

Vivicitta', Palermo. 12km road race 15th April 2018
Sergio Di Noto 43.22 (11th overall, 2nd V40)

Victoria Park Spring 10K 15th April 2018
Amy Cook 39.40