Watford, Finsbury Park and Dorney Lake
Despite the biting cold and the wind this weekend, spirits were not dampened in the slightest, and Heathsiders took part in various events over the weekend - a fantastic turn out of 47 young athletes at the North West London Young Athletes' League in Finsbury Park (plus support!), a 10K at Dorney Lake, numerous Park Runs on Saturday, and the big one of the weekend for many was the Watford Half on Sunday.
On Saturday Alex Weatherill was delighted to have got a pb at the Run Eton 10k at Dorney Lake in a magnificent time of 36.58 and coming second man, and third place overall, his first time to break the 37 minute barrier, and that was despite the windy conditions. Also on Saturday the Northwest London Young Athlete’s League cross country took place in Finsbury Park – with 47 young athletes taking part – Russell has kindly provided a full report of the event below. Numerous parkruns happened - Finsbury Park being the most popular venue.
And on to Sunday where it seems that despite its notoriously hilly and unforgiving course, the lure of running a half marathon early on a bitterly cold Sunday morning around scenic Watford was too much for many Heathsiders to resist, and consequently there was an excellent turnout of 36 club members . There were great runs from everyone, numerous pbs, with a number of runners placed in the first 5 in their age group: Rob O’Grady was the first Heathsider in, in 13th place overall in 1:14:36, Sarah Swinhoe was 3rd lady overall, 1st V35, in 1.22.17, George Stewart and Chris Hartley came in 4th and 5th respectively V40, Gavin Evans 2nd V50, Bridgit Napleton 3rd V45, and Caroline White 2nd V55 . The men’s vets team prize was won by Chris Hartley, Paul Jarman and George Stewart (see photo above). An excellent start to the first race in the club Championships this year (St Albans having being cancelled). Next one up is at Brentwood on March 24th.
North West London Young Athletes' League – Saturday 2nd – by Russell Weston:
Firstly a big thank you to all the marshals, officials and supporters who turned out for the club. We had so many helpers, and it went extremely well and I am sure encouraged the club’s biggest ever turn out of young athletes to all perform to their best. Heathside turned out 47 young athletes, with almost 20 making their club debuts. The weather was sunny but with a cold wind, and conditions under foot were to say the least challenging (VERY WET). Once again we had some superb individual runs and team wins. The first race was the Under 11 Girls and it was great to see a Heathside athlete in front for the first 100m or so. Silvia Allen running her first race for the club was the athlete in front and she did very well to finish 4th. The Under 13 boys produced a great team performance with Liam Garrett 5th, Issac Costley 6th and Tom Mills 11th finishing second team. The Under 15 Girls then went one better, winning their team race with Lucy Carter 2nd, Lauren Gee 6th and Genevieve Weston 8th. The under 15 girls had an amazing 13 athletes finish giving us 4 teams. The under 17 Women also won their race with Yanna Raykov 3rd and Kathleen Jackson 5th. Johnny Naylor once again had a fine run in the under 15 boys to finish 3rd. Then in the final race James Woolridge pulled away on the second lap for a superb win.His comment at the end being ‘ I was not going to let anyone else win on OUR COURSE’.
Full results from the weekend:
Eton Dorney Run Eton 10KSaturday 02 Feb 20133rd Alex Weatherill (2nd man)
North West London Young Athletes Cross-Country League, Finsbury Park02 February 2013
UNDER 11 GIRLS4th Silvia Allen 6.56
24th Ella Conlon 7.57
42nd Lola Fraser 9.39
43rd Cressida Sidall-Richards 9.52
44th Nell Swinhoe 9.53
45th Rebacca Natu 10.44
TEAMS 8th and 12th
UNDER 13 GIRLS14th Maya Raykov 10.40
15th Phoebe Crockford 10.41
18th Kitty Pinder 11.02
21st A Richmond 11.10
22nd Naomi Conlon 11.17
25th Rachel Finke 11.56
26th Margherita Cimatti 12.01
TEAMS 4th and 8th
UNDER 15 GIRLS2nd Lucy Carter 13.02
6th Lauren Gee 13.42
8th Genevieve Weston 14.05
13th Molly Harrison 15.10
19th Lorna Hunter 16.31
20th L Seemungal 16.47
21st Sophie Jones 16.59
23rd Annis Easton 17.30
24th K Land 17.43
25th Grace wright-Spinks 18.09
26th Dorothy Wright-Spinks 18.57
27th Milen Rosum 20.10
28th Rahel Aklilu
TEAMS 1st 6th, 9th and 10th
UNDER 17 WOMEN3rd Yanna Raykov 18.34
5th Kathleen Jackson 20.16
7th R Aitoubahou 26.36
TEAM 1st
UNDER 11 BOYS15th Ollie Selby 10.40
16th Tom Carter 10.41
25th Vishal Matthews 11.56
26th Z Brister 12.02
28th Hugh Thomas 13.08
Team 6th
UNDER 13 BOYS5th Liam Garrett 12.15
6th Issac Costley 12.17
11th Tom Mills 12.49
12th Zeb Taylor-Breen 12.51
23rd Ed Easton 14.09
24th Antanas Weston 14.23
27th C Edwin 14.42
TEAM 2nd and 5th
UNDER 15 BOYS3rd Johnny Naylor 15.36
17th A Omar 20.12
20tg D Edwin 22.57
TEAM 5th
UNDER 17 MEN1st James Woolridge 18.31
TEAM 3rd
Watford Half Marathon Results, WatfordSunday 03 Feb 2013
GunTime Chip time
13 1:14:37 Rob O'Grady Senior Men 1:14:36
15 1:15:05 Dan Madams Senior Men 1:15:04
19 1:16:30 Anthony Hall Senior Men 1:16:26
21 1:16:50 George Stewart V40 Men 1:16:49 (4th V40 Man)
29 1:19:02 Christopher Hartley V40 Men 1:19:01 (5th V40 Man)
54 1:22:03 Paul Jarman V40 Men 1:22:02
59 1:22:15 Gavin Evans V50 Men 1:22:14 (2nd v50 Man)
61 1:22:17 Sarah Swinhoe V35 Female 1:22:16 (3rd lady, 1st V35)
89 1:24:38 Dominic Jackson V40 Men 1:24:37
113 1:26:06 Stuart Meiklejohn Senior Men 1:26:04
133 1:26:56 James Josephs Senior Men 1:26:54
166 1:28:15 Paul McCrossin V40 Men 1:28:13
171 1:28:21 Trevor Wilson V40 Men 1:28:20
201 1:30:03 Costi Stavrianakis V40 Men 1:29:45
205 1:30:20 Carl Heap V50 Men 1:30:15
235 1:31:38 Bridgit Napleton V45 Female 1:31:32 (3rd v45)
251 1:32:30 Claire Morrisey Senior Ladies 1:32:25
258 1:32:43 Rick Hewett V40 Men 1:32:42
277 1:33:42 Robin Tremaine V50 Men 1:33:40
288 1:34:05 Padraig O'Brien Senior Men 1:33:37
327 1:35:13 Stuart Amblin V40 Men 1588 1:34:21
333 1:35:26 Nick De Sausmarez V40 Men 1:35:17
387 1:37:01 John Mullee V40 Men 1:36:37
523 1:40:58 Raymond Yau V40 Men 1:40:15
627 1:43:38 Caroline White V55 Female 1:43:23 (2nd V55)
646 1:44:00 Gavin Parish Senior Men 1:42:58
664 1:44:19 Joe Hine Senior Men 1:43:19
695 1:44:52 Robert Bowler V50 Men 1:44:39
730 1:45:53 Charlotte McCrossin Senior Ladies 1:45:39
903 1:50:56 Martin Hill V50 Men 1:50:27
916 1:51:32 Norbert Read V60 Men 1:51:17
955 1:52:32 Agi Palanki V35 Female 1:52:17
1052 1:55:03 Gabi Johnson V35 Female 1:54:12
1272 2:00:56 Sarah Illingworth V35 Female 1:59:41
1450 2:08:37 Robert Watts V40 Men 2:07:22
1509 2:12:18 Carolina Graterol V45 Female 2:10:50
PARK RUNSAlly Pally parkrun, 02/02/201334 Ellie JONES 00:59:59
Brighton & Hove parkrun, 02/02/201320 Mark DERRY 00:19:52
Results for Finsbury parkrun, 02/02/201335 Jane HIGGINS 00:22:58
38 Caroline BOYLE 00:23:05
68 Adrian ESSEX 00:24:46
74 Sarah ILLINGWORTH 00:25:11
75 Jayne SALES 00:25:12
81 Andrew Simon CONWAY 00:25:33
92 Laura BOOTHMAN 00:26:27
99 Lyn EVANS 00:26:59
110 Robert WATTS 00:27:51
Results for Gladstone parkrun, 02/02/201346 Georgie KENNEDY 00:28:03
Results for Gunpowder parkrun, 02/02/201323 Di GARDINER 00:24:47
Results for Hackney Marshes parkrun, 02/02/201324 Philip Thomas BENTLEY 00:24:37
Results for Hampstead Heath parkrun, 02/02/20134 John DRISCOLL 00:19:14
9 Clare MILLER 00:19:50
Results for Highbury Fields parkrun, 02/02/201315 Jake Leon Justin LEE 00:21:49
Results for Hilly Fields parkrun, 02/02/20134 George MARGESSON 00:21:34
Results for Wanstead Flats parkrun, 02/02/20139 Luka MELON 00:22:51