Miscellaneous

Snippets from the Weekend

CAU Inter Counties Cross Country Nottingham

This is one of the highlights of the Cross Country season held at at Wollaton Hall in Nottingham.
Parking and Travelling there was a challenge.  I am mildly puzzled by the photos I have seen – distinctly pre race me thinks.  Even Toby mid race is free of mud – I can’t believe this knowing what the course was like in 2020 for the Nationals.
We were represented in Essex by Otis Tabor (U13), Jess Walker (U15), Toby Joned (U17), Nathan Waller (U17) and Adam Hickey (Senior Men). In the pictures you will also see Tom Frith who because of where he lives defected to Woodford Green and Charlotte Brooks whose brother Ben runs for us.
Essex did very well overall as you can see from the results.

Results

Photos

BFTTA Indoor Open Lee Valley

Park Run

Weekend of 9 March 2024 Read More »

Snippets from the Weekend and before

Essex Year 7 and 8 Cross Country

Otis Tabor with a superb 2nd Place in the Year 8 Race- The winner won the National ISA Champs last year (also from Essex)

Eastern/Essex Indoor Track and Field Champs

A quite amazing weekend of athletics for our runners, jumpers and throwers.
 
A quite amazing weekend of officiating for me – my expense form indicates that I used 96 shots over the two days which indicates I started 90+ races.
The field events were split over both days – shot, long jump and high jump.
The track events were split over the two days with the 60m flat and hurdles on the Saturday and the longer races up to 1500m on the Sunday.
 
It is important to note that it is not all about medals – there were an amazing number of Personal Bests and Seasons Bests – so those athletes can be proud of themselves (as are the Club) even if they did not make it to a final.
 
I think I have all the medalists:-
 
Stephanie Stamp – Essex Bronze V70 Shot
Brandon Karabulut – Eastern and Essex Gold U15 Boys Shot
Harry Anderson – Eastern and Essex Silver U20 Mens Long Jump
Summer Foskett – Eastern Bronze and Essex Gold U17 Women 200m
Jessica Walker – Eastern Silver and Essex Silver U17 Women 800m
Thomas Lay – Eastern and Essex Gold U17 Men High Jump
Emily Archer – Eastern and Essex Gold U15 Girls High Jump
Emma Frisby – Eastern Bronze and Essex Gold U13 Girls 200m
Sam Wheatley – Eastern Silver and Essex Silver Senior Men 800m
Lochlan Dyer – Eastern and Essex Bronze U17 Men 1500m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Photos

Jess with a 3 sec PB
Lochlan having smashed his PB

Results

Cambridge Half Marathon

1189     Alex Childs        M55-59                            01:29:56           

1309     Joel Samuels    M50-54                            01:31:06           

Olympic Park Half Marathon

A late addition – Stephen Kirsh – a magnificnt 6th overall and 5th Senior Man.  A magnificent time  of  01:16:07

Park Run

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Weekend of 14/15 May 2023

Essex County Championships

 I started off last week’s report with  – A fine day at the office. The same could be said of both days at the County Champs.

The top picture should captioned with Joseph with the 1911 110m H trophy, a “pot” held by Southend athletes many, many times over the decades. His time of 14.32 ranks 2nd on the club’s all time rankings close to the record of 14.3.

Joseph is all grins – he’s been selected to wear the England Vest at the Loughborough International on the weekend of 21/22.

There were a whole string of great performances – season and personal bests

Here is a list of the medallists

Masters

Discus James Moncrieff 31.52m {Bronze}
Senior Men
110m Hurdles Joseph Agbodza 14.66 GOLD
Men U20
Triple Jump Aran Yavuz 13.51 sb GOLD
MU17
100m Joseph Haroun 11.44 BRONZE
High Jump Thomas Lay 1.93m pb SILVER
Hammer William Sycamore 36.59m pb {bronze}
BU15
1500m Rilwan Choi 4:42.62 pb BRONZE
Pole Vault Lochlan Dyer 2.70m pb SILVER
BU13
1500m Hayden Potton 4:57.13 pb BRONZE
WU17
100m Maisy Tyrell 12.44 GOLD
200m Maisy Tyrell 25.93 SILVER
1500m Isabelle Carlin 5:00.80 SILVER
GU13
Long Jump Amy Pugsley 4.23m pb SILVER

Some results  can be seen on the Power of 10 but are incomplete

Update to follow

Power of 10

Outlaw Ironman

Is there no end to Lindsey Colman’s Talents? DISTANCES: 1.2M SWIM, 56M BIKE, 13.1M RUN and not to be outdone John Staunton was there as well with a 40 min PB

 

Devon Coast Challenge

Sean Lucey & Gary Cheek completed the Devin Coast Challenge – 3 coast marathons in 3 days

Weekend of 14/15 May 2023 Read More »

Snippets from the Weekend

Park Run Records

Sarah Griffith at Hadleigh Park Run on Saturday - 100th Parkrun - her fastest this year and apologies for being in the LOSS colours

Park Run Photos

Thanks to Matt Aitken we have some pictures of the Chalkwell Park Run including those who should have been at the Nayional Cross Country in Shropshire.

BUCS Indoors

New PB for Joseph Agbodza. 3rd in BUCS 60m Hurdles final . Time 7.81s and anothe Club Record.

Robyn Bartholomew

Brighton Half Marathon🏃🏼‍♀️ 1:37.38 2min 40sec PB😁 so happy!!

Dave Smale

Wokingham Half Marathon 7th Place and 01:08:13

EMAA Inter Area Challenge Lee Valley

Melanie Peddle with a SB of 10:40.49 won the  V55 W 2000m Walk.  She is 1st claim Loughto but competes in our Masters Team in the Summer.
As an aside this was a superb event with many competitors over 80!

Park Run

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British Masters Indoors Lee Valley

As far as I can see there was only one competitor from Southend – Stephanie Stamp who came 3rd in the V70 Category for the Shot Put

Lee Valley Middle Distance

A mall contingent but ousing talent – 1500m – Season’s best for Josh Robinson 4:11.22 (Postcript – given his high standards – he was reported to be disappointed) and jess Walker a massive PB of 13 secs – 4:37.53

Jacqui Sutton

Seviile Marathon - 04:29:17 - apparently the last 6 miles weren't pretty

Annabel Matthews-Smith

2 Half Marathons in 2 Days is hard core
2 Coastal Half Marathon’s in 2 Days 
17.02.24 | Day 1: Langstone Harbour HM (1st Lady)
18.02.24 | Day 2: Portsmouth Coastal HM
3rd Lady overall for the combined events
HM = Half Marathon

Park Run

Weekend of 17 February 2024 Read More »

Essex Cross Country League R5 - Hainault

Welcome from a very muddy and sometime rainy Hainault Forest.

It must have been a good course – a lot of people were swearing at the organiser!!

A very good end to the season

The team positions including 3 1st places

U13 Girls 9
U15 Girls 3
U17 Women 1
Senior Women (incl. Veterans) Div 1 5
Veteran Women 8
U13 Boys 13
U15 Boys 3
U17 Men 1
Senior Men (incl. Veterans) Div 1 1
Veteran Men 3

Teams are one side of the coin – they would be pretty empty without individuals. Highlights but the supoorting cast is just as important.

1 U17W Liliana Taylor
2 U17W Abi Aitken
1 U17M Toby Jones
2 U20M Max Stapleton
4 U20M Hugo Jones
5 SW Sarah Griffith
1 V65 Linda Donnelly
1 SM Adam Hickey
1 V45 Lee Taylor
2 V45 Matthew Randall
2 V50 Mark Waller
1 V75 Peter Binns

Final Results

Lilliana and Abi
Toby
Max
Hugo
Sarah
Linda
Adam with Shield
Lee and Matt
Peter Binns

Snippets from the Weekend and catching up from before

London Indoor Games - 27/28 January

These results were a litle late coming out

David Bajela 60m 7.32 PB – Fastest time overall U17M

Erin Frisby 60m 8.28 PB

George Hill 60m 8.10 PB

George Thompson 8.29 PB

Issac Bajela 60m 8.76 PB

Brandon Karabulut 60m 8.03 SB

Emma Frisby 60m 8.61 PB

4 Oscar Claxton 24.48 U17M 200M PB
3 Erin Frisby 28.51 U17W 200M SB
4 Stevie Makepeace 30.14 U15W 200M SB
3 George Hill 27.08 U15m 200M
4 Emma Frisby 10.91 U13W 60M SB
5 Tia Leaver 10.95 U13W 60M
4 Emily Archer 1.54M U15W HJ
6 3.62M U15W LJ
1 Brandon Karabulut 10.26M U15M SP SB
6 Stevie Makepeace 6.55M U15W SP PB

National Indoor Champs Sheffield

Emily Archer receiving her Silver Medal

A small representation from Southend travelled up to Sheffield, among them Emily Archer who kick-started her 2024 campaign by bringing home a Silver medal in the High Jump with 1.57m, not too far behind her best of 1.59m.  Joshua Robinson, running in his second 800m of the season, clocked a seasons best of 2:00.21. Thomas Lay upped his game, literally, clearing 1.94m – his seasons best; this performance puts him 9th in the UK Ranking list so far this year.

Southern U20/Senior Individual Championships Lee Valley 3-4 Feb 24

8                  Victoria Staines                  8.32 SB       SW 60M

5            Joshua Robinson             2:01.92               U20M 800M

2=          Thomas Lay        1.90M SB            U20M HJ            

Ayo Falola Dream Mile, Lee Valley

With a best Parkrun time of 16.36 [as a V45] under his belt, Mark Waller now a V50 clearly decided it was time to show the youngsters how to run a Mile and entered the Ayo Falola Dream Mile at Lee Valley.  In only his second race over the distance he ducked under the 5 minute barrier for the first time to record 4:59.07.

Note – he has been a busy boy – Cross Country on Saturday and EMAC/VAC Inter Area on Sunday

EMAC/VAC Inter Area Indoor Champs Lee Valley

2 Ade Elegbede               7.69                    60m SB  V45

4 Mark Waller                 4:37.73               1500m SB            V 50 Tells only half the story – 2nd V50 so Silver

2 Ade Elegbede               1.50M PB           V45 HJ

1 Ade Elegbede               5.02M PB           V45 LJ

1 Stephanie Stamp          5.66M   V70 SP

3 Jill Kent              37.81                   200m SB  V65

Park Run

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Snippets from the Weekend

South Eastern Schools Cross Country Champs

A very healthy number of Southend Athletes competing against the best in the South East.

No individual honours but there were Bronze Medals for the Junior Boys which included Hayden Potton – 2nd Essex boy and Silvers for the Junior Girls that included Annalise Burrows and Niamh Staunton and for the Inter Girls that included Jessica Walker, Liliana Taylor and Chloe Fotherby.

Izzy Carlin and Abi Atkins were 1st and 2nd Essex  in the Senior Girls and Nathan Waller was 2nd Boy in the Senior Boys.

SE Schools Results

BUCS National Cross Country

Leeds was the place – Temple Newsam.  I don’t know the conditions but it is a popular and challenging course.

As far as I can understand there were 3 of our students competing.

BUCS /Cross Country Championships, Leeds 03.02.24

Senior Men: 7.95k

1st Jack Small, AF&D/Lough 27:25]

188         Luke Randall                          32:30

318         Matthew Warner                  34:53

480         William Samuels                   38:20                     679 finishers

Luke was I think the second Essex Runner and 1st for his University

Great Bentley Half Marathon

From a good number of participants to just one – Steve Churchyard in a very respectable 1:21:56

Park Run

Florence Wallace at her first Park Run

Weekend of 3 February 2024 Read More »

Snippets from the Weekend

Southern Cross Country Champs

Probably our smallest team for several years made the journey to Beckenham Park.  There were many reasons from injury, illness, working, other commitments and just plain couldn’t be bothered that decimated the team.

The star of the day was Toby Jones with a 19th place in the U17 Men

Under 15 Boys – Hayden Potton 58, Leo Smith 174, Harry Fairbrass 177 – 181 Runners

Under 15 Girls – Jessica Walker 53, Chloe Fotherby 69, Annalise Burrows 78, Florence Wallace 132, Sophie Dixon 155, Constance Restarick 178, 12th Team of 20 – 183 Runners.

Under 17 Women – Lilliana Taylor 30 –121 Runners

Under 17 Men – Toby Jones 19, Nathan Waller 49, Lochlan Dyer 69 – 161 Runners

Senior Women – Rebecca O’Kill 62, Rebecca Taylor 212, Vanessa Mathers 242, Charlotte Fotherby 296, Jacqueline Sutton 325, Natasha Lagden 347 ,28th Team of 37 – 361 Runners

Senior Men – Sam Norris 74, Lee Taylor 105, Rhys Gillard 106, Pat Walsh 159, Mark Waller 187, Dominic Lemare 220, Harrison Chamber 478, Matt Aitken 500 , Richard Lewis 543,16th of 45 teams – 720 Runners

South Essex Cross Country League

Three of our runners swapped the red and white of City Of Southend AC for the royal blue of LOSS.

Max Stapleton won the race, Jon Staunton was 8th and Sara Griffith was 2nd Lady.

Although their effort undoubtedly helped LOSS to win the 4th match in a row  – their scores were discounted as they were all 2nd Claim.

Park Run

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Snippets from the Weekend

Essex Schools Cross Country Champs

To my mind a farly unusual venue – King John School.

In perfect conditions (whatever that is for Cross Country) the race would have started and finished on the top field and in between a fierce drop into and out of Shipwrights Woods.

The Haelth Safety Police were out on Saturday and rightly so – the conditions on the hills and in Shipwrights Woods itself were treacherous – so the race was undertaken on a number of loops of the top field.  the general consensus was that it was still quite tough.  Added bonus was that it was good for spectators.

Result were not available and the time of going to press but from observation I believe Lilliana Taylor and Toby Jones will represent Essex at English Schools in March.

Prioe to the English Schools  the Southern Area Counties hold their Championships and Essex is invited to send a team of 20 to participate.  The following have qualified for that competition

Hayden Potton

Annalise Burrows

Niamh Staunton

Liliana Taylor

Jessica Walker

Chloe Fotherby

Izzy Carlin

Abi Aitken

Toby Jones

Nathan Waller

Lochlan Dyer

Full Gallery

Benfleet 15

This race is not for the faint hearted – 15 miles of gruelling hills, mud and open to wind sea walls and a final sadistic hill.

Given my remarks about Health and Safety for the schools this course may well have had a health warning against it!

Full Gallery

1st was Kurtis Swan of Braintree in a time of 1:30.30

That was the main headline but what a magnificent Southend turnout – most with personal bests.  Finally thanks to June Cork – most of this report are her words.

2

Shane

Boxall

01:33.4

pb

 

4

Christian

Holmes

01:37.5

   

6

Pat

Walsh

01:38.5

pb

 

16

Ben

Brooks

01:44.1

pb

1st Timer

20

Rebecca

O’Kill

01:45.1

pb

1st Timer

22

Matthew

Randall

01:45.2

pb

 

25

Thomas

Walsh

01:45.6

pb

 

26

John

Staunton

01:46.5

pb

 

65

Sarah

Griffith

01:55.2

pb

 

99

Matthew

Aitken

01:59.3

   

114

Alex

Childs

02:01.5

   

332

Kasia

Kostyrka-Allchorne

02:22.5

   

399

Richard

Farr

02:29.1

pb

 

400

Matthew

Campbell

02:29.1

pb

 

475

James

Griffith

02:36.1

pb

1st Timer

565

Jacqui

Sutton

02:47.3

pb

1st Timer

Congatulations to Shane, Christian and Pat – winners of 1st Men’s team and Rebecca 1st Lady. 

London Indoor Games U20/Senior

A Season’s best for Victoria Staines in the 200m and a 2nd place for Joseph Agbodza in the 60m Hurdles

A magnificent 7th place overall but top U20 – Thomas Lay with a jump of 1.89 in the High Jump.

Sorry No Photos

Park Run

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