Sunday League XC and British Masters T&F

Sunday League, Cassiobury Park, Watford                           18 Feb  

First up is a report from the penultimate race of the Sunday League XC competition, where, despite a smaller than usual number of Heathside competitors, we still picked up the individual first place positions in the Women’s V65 &  Men’s V80 categories, as Caroline reports :

“ Ten Heathsiders took part in the slightly longer than usual Sunday League XC race (just over 6 miles, compared to the normal 5ish). It was a beautiful day and almost completely mud-free on a pretty course of woodland and trail, and was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Lee was our first man home breezing in, in 60th place, Katie's extra training is paying off and she had a great run coming in 2nd Heathsider, and Caroline and Sue were first and 2nd V65. Fabio was unfortunately delayed by about 5 or 6 minutes getting to the start thanks to delays on the trains. But man of the match was definitely Bob Gould who has recently had his 80th birthday but still managed to come in in a very respectable 259th place – looking cool as a cucumber and beating many probably more than 40 years his junior! The previously cancelled Royston race has been reinstated, and is now taking place on March 12th, so there's still one more race to go in the season- why not come along! “

Results below ( overall position in brackets )

Sunday League, Cassiobury Park, Watford                           18 Feb  

Women

22 ( 148 )              Katie Belkin                        51m  2s

27 ( 157 )              Caroline White                 51m 49 s              1st FV65

52 ( 201 )              Sue Eedle                           55m 52s                2nd FV65

97 ( ( 285 )           Louise Cripps                     70m 57s

 Team :   Overall 9th ,   Vet / Masters 7th

Men

56 ( 60 ) Lee Connor                       43m 48s

149 ( 199 )            Dave Walton                     55m 36s

150 ( 202 )            Ken Townson                    56m 5s

156 ( 215 )            Michael Hickey                  57m 14s

169 ( 233 )            Fabio Espirito Santo       58m 52s

180 ( 259 )            Bob Gould                         62m 35s     ( 1st V80 )

Team :   Overall 17th ,   Vet / Masters 13th

Combined Team : 10th

British Masters AF Track & Field Indoor Championships, Sheffield,   18-19 Feb

There was some high quality competition at the Masters T&F champs, in which 3 Heathsiders participated

 60 M                     

 Kurt Fullerton      6.98s                    4tH  Ht 2 (  V40 )

200 M                   

 Asha Osei            23.86s                   3rd  race 2 (  V35 )

Long Jump         

 Mark Lawrence    5m 62 cm               3rd  V50

eDreams Barcelona Half Marathon                                19 Feb

Liam recorded a PB by over a minute at the Barcelona Half

1244       Liam Hazelton                        1hr 23m 51s     PB

Park Runs

Highlights include  Peter Gould, 1st  17.54 at  Ally Pally ; Tom Aldred 1st 16.17 & Anna Rawsthorne 3rd  20.36  Finsbury Park ; Tom Fancett 1st 17.38 and Olivia Desborough 1st 18.51 & Rhian Male 2nd 19.23, Highbury Fields ;  & Ula Cartwright-Finch 2nd 20.38  Lordship Rec

Full results can be found here

Compiled by Mark George, with thanks to report from Caroline White