Swithland 6 (Sunday 27th May 2012)

Ashley Sabin gave the Coritanian team the best possible start by winning the Swithland 6 by 43 seconds from Jake Harrison of Leicester Tri Club in a time of 31mins 35 secs.

He was followed home by Gareth Deacon 32 mins 54 secs, who in turn was half a minute up on none counting new member Matt Poynton who completed the course in 33 mins 26 secs.  Rob Sheen and Danny Keating came in 10 seconds apart in 19th and 20th places respectively to secure the first senior team place. Matt is eligible to count for the team from June 1st.

Nev Francis closed the masters team in with a time of 38 mins 03 secs to secure the win for them as well. Chris Berwick gave his normal solid performance and was there to step into the breach if required.

Coritanian times were Ashley Sabin 31.35, Gareth Deacon 32.54, Matt Poynton 33.26, Rob Sheen 34.34, Danny Keating 34.44, Nev Francis 38.03 and Chris Berwick 57.43.

YAL League results from Peterborough (20th May 2012)

U13 girls:
75m Kitty Joseph-Blackler 1st place 'A' string 10.4, Shivani Sood 3rd place 'B' string 11.4
150m Hannah Morris 6th place 'A' string 23.3, Ciara Warner 6th place 'B' string 24.8
800m Jennifer Ward 6th place 'A' string 2.59.6, Abbey Spence 5th place 'B' string 3.47.5
1200m Katie McDonald 6th place 'A' string 5.04.1
70mHShivani Sood 6th place 'A' string 13.6, Hannah Morris 4th place 'B' string 13.5
HJ Hannah Morris 6th place 'A' string 1.10
LJ Kitty Joseph-Blackler 3rd place 'A' string 4.12, Jennifer Ward 1st place 'B' string 3.73
SP Achayla Carr Brown 4th place 'A' string 6.36, Katie McDonald 2nd place 'B' string 6.26

U13 boys:
100m Joey Keaveny 1st place 'A' string 13.7, Andreas Pampoulos 1st 'B' string 14.1
200m Simran Thandi 1st place 'A' string 28.6, Andreas Pampoulos 3rd place 'B' string 30.5
800m Simran Thandi 5th place 'A' string 2.43.8
75mH Keiran Silcott 6th place 'A' string 17.7, Sam Woodhouse 3rd place 'B' string 16.2
HJ Keiran Silcott 5th place 'A' string 1.10, Ardit Hallaci 3rd place 'B' string 1.05
LJ Joey Keaveney 1st place 'A' string 4.70, Sam Woodhouse 1st 'B' string 3.73
SP Andreas Pampoulos 5th place 'A' string 5.55

U15 girls:
100m Tamika Tamika 5th place 'A' string 13.7, Caitlin Harding 4th place 'B' string 13.9
200m Tamika Tamika 6th place 'A' string 31.8, Niamh Warner 6th place 'B' race 30.8
800m Rianna Kidd 6th place 'A' string 2.39.4
HJ Rianna Kidd 6th place 'A' string 1.15
LJ Niamh Warner 4th place 'A' string 4.27, Caitling Harding 4th place 'B' string 4.11
SP Tamika Tamika 4th place 'A' string 7.17, Charlotte Cooper 3rd place 'B' string 6.43
DT Charlotte Cooper 4th place 'A' string 20.76, Niamh Warner 6th place 'B' string 8.42
JT Charlotte Cooper 3rd place 'A' string 20.30, Rianna Kidd 4th place 'B' string 8.81

U15 boys:
100m Iquon Silcott 3rd place 'A' string 11.7, K-Ryan Hinds 6th place 'B' string 14.0
200m Iquon Silcott 3rd place 'A' string 23.9, Alistair Finlay 6th place 'B' string 28.2
300m Kyron Stabana 5th place 'A' string 45.5, Alistair Finlay 3rd place 'B' string 44.5
80mHKyron Stabana 5th place 'A' string 17.1
HJ K-Ryan Hinds 3rd place 'A' string 1.10
LJ Iquon Silcott 2nd place 'A' string 5.34, K-Ryan Hinds 4th place 'B' string 4.32
SP Chris Arnold 1st place 'A' string 9.49, Archie Gethins 4th place 'B' string 6.97
DT Chris Arnold 5th place 'A' string 22.46, Archie Gethins 2nd place 'B' string 22.34
HT Kyron Stabana 5th place 'A' string 15.79

U17 men:
100m Nuredin Hallaci 4th place 'A' string 12.2, Harry Gethins 5th place 'B' string 12.7
200m Elliott Powell 3rd place 'A' string 23.4, Joe Page 6th place 'B' string 28.3
400m Josh Beach 6th place 'A' string 65.9
800m Josh Beach 5th place 'A' string 2.30.3
100mH David Williams 3rd place 'A' string 14.4
HJ Nuredin Hallaci 4th place 'A' string 1.40, Elliott Powell 2nd place 'B' string 1.35
LJ David Williams 2nd place 'A' string 5.90, Nuredin Halaci 2nd place 'B' string 5.10
TJ David Williams 3rd place 'A' string 11.57
SP Joe Page 6th place 'A' string 7.15
DT Harry Gethins 5th place 'A' string 19.84
HT Josh Beach 5th place 'A' string 4.81
JT Elliott Powell 2ns place 'A' string 33.39

U17 women:
100m Taisha Thompson-Gregory 1st 'A' string 13.0, Hannah Spence 5th 'B' string 14.2
200m Kiera Cazley 5th place 'A' string 28.9, Iona Magee 4th place 'B' string 29.4
300m Rachel Borrows 5th place 'A' string 54.2
800m Rachel Borrows 5th place 'A' string 2.43.9
1500m Lucille Rostron 5th place 'A' string 5.37.4
80mH Camila Blanco 6th place 'A' string 16.4
LJ Taisha Thompson-Gregory 1st place 'A' string 5.26, Iona Magee 2nd place 'B' string 4.32
TJ Taisha Thompson-Gregory 1st place 'A' string 11.08, Camila Blanco 2nd place 'B' string 8.76
SP Sally Preston 1st 'A' string 9.44, Camila Blanco 2nd place 'B' string 7.02
DT Sally Preston 1st place 'A' string 35.23, Hannah Spence 2nd place 'B' string 12.69
HT Rachel Borrows 5th place 'A' string 11.97, Hannah Spence 3rd place 'B' string 4.32
JT Sally Preston 2nd place 'A' string 22.55, Iona Magee 4th place 'B' string 8.42

Brilliance at BMC

There were many outstanding performances at the British Milers Club PB Classic at Milton Keynes on Saturday 19th May. It was a cold and dismal evening but this did not deter the athletes who were intent on reducing their personal best performances.

Mari Smith U17 had an outstanding race to reduce her pb to 2.10.02. This was the second time this week that Mari had reduced her 800m pb and not only it has moves her up to joint 6th on the Power of 10 but she has now taken the club age group record from Maxine Newman which was 2.10.7 and had stood since 1987.

Also in the same race was Amy Griffiths whose 2.12.62 knocked 5 seconds off of her pb and moves her to 10th on the Power of 10.

Pascal Bouttier-Butler U15 reduced his 1500m pb by a huge 9 seconds finishing in 4.47.31 and both Ella Shirley U17 and Alice Porter U15 followed suit with 6 seconds from their pb's with 4.52.42 and 5.01.96 respectively.

Jonny Monk U20 again dipped under the 2 minute mark with 1.59.68 which was a few hundredths outside his personal best. So far this season Jonny has consistently finished around the 2 minute mark.

Matt Griffiths U15 relished the 800m in only his second outing to take 5 seconds off of his debut race time with 2.15.57. Not to be outdone by Matt, both Serena Moore U15 2.37.55 and Jordan Waine U13 2.37.01 both reduced their pb's by 5 seconds also.

James Hatton U17 performance of 2.01.26 was a welcome return to form after his recent injury woes.

Alison Curtis U13 had to wait for the last race of the night for her 1500m pb. Having to deal with a lack of light, due to no flood lights, Ali ran well to knock a further 2 seconds off of her pb.

Full results:

1500m
U15b Sam Elliott 4.27.1, Cameron Smith 4.39.51, Amerik Gill 4.49.85, Pascal Bouttier-Butler 4.47.31
U17m Zak Anderson 5.00.43
U13g Alison Curtis 5.21.48
U15g Alice Porter 5.01.96
U17w Ella Shirley 4.52.42

800m
U15b Matt Griffiths 2.15.57
U17m James Hatton 2.01.26, Connor Haywood 2.07.71
U20m Jonny Monk 1.59.68
U13g Fran Green 2.28.88, Jordan Waine 2.37.01
U15g Serena Moore 2.37.55, Mikela Gilmore 2.40.88
U17w Mari Smith 2.10.02, Amy Griffiths 2.12.62
U20w Freya Vincent 2.25.0

Leicestershire & Rutland County Championships (12th & 13th May 2012)

There were some fantastic results at this weekends County Championships including Championship records being broken and lots of personal best performances.

There are too many results to be mentioned individually. The full results are available by clicking on this link

http://www.isportsreg.com/

More records for Masters Men! (12th May 2012)

Congratulations to the team members who successfully defended the M45 team title at Saturdays British Masters road relay championships in a race record time of 1hr 37mins 48secs. The squad dictated the race with yet another gun to tape victory.

Gordon Lee, who recorded a new record fastest leg time, was the lead man in 15.12. handing over to Rob Sheen who ran 16.31. Gareth Deacon took over and increased the lead further in a time of 16.16 to hand over to Derek Guess who  stretched the lead even further to 3mins 30secs with a time of 16.59. Tommy Hughes ran an unbelievable 16.08 only six days after recording a 2hrs 29mins 43secs marathon time at the Belfast Marathon which was only two weeks after London where he recorded 2hrs 29mins 56secs. Danny Keating was left to run the glory leg in 16.41 to bring the club home in front of Bristol and West 1hr 40mins and City of Oxford 1hr 41mins 29secs.

 A big thank you must also go to Chris Berwick for turning out at the Hinckley Half Marathon thus scoring 11 valuable league points towards the summer total.

 Tony

Charnwood Open Meet Results (9th May 2012)

Fran Green (U13g) and Harry Thompson (U17m) took 7 and 6 seconds off of their PB's at the Charnwood Open Meeting where both athletes competed in the 800m. Fran ran 2.30.59 and Harry 2.21.10.

Also reducing their PB's in the 800m races were Ben Masser (U15b) 2.36.41, Elliott Hart (U20m) 2.10.92, Ben Dijkstra (U15b) 2.18.83, Alfie Thompson (U15b) 2.19.07 and Jasmin Southam (U17w) 2.26.75.

Full results:

100m
U11b Kymani Labrooy (3rd place, race 2) 15.87
U17b David Williams (5th place, race 8) 12.24
75mH
U15g Amber Griffiths (4th place, race 1) 13.24
100mH
U17m David Williams (1st place, race 1) 14.67
800m
U11g Grace Smith (8th place, race 3) 2.59.99
U15b Ben Tansley (4th place, race 5) 2.35.27
U15b Ben Masser (6th place, race 5) 2.36.41
U13b Alfie Lowe (11th place, race 5) 2.41.30
U20m Elliott Hart (1st place, race 6) 2.10.92
U15b Ben Dijkstra (5th place, race 6) 2.18.83
U15b Alfie Thompson (6th place, race 6) 2.19.07
U17m Harry Thompson (8th place, race 6) 2.21.10
U17w Jasmin Southam (13th place, race 6) 2.26.75
U13g Fran Green (14th place, race 6) 2.30.59
LJ (over 5m)
U17m David Williams (4th place) 5.67
LJ (under 5m)
U11b Kymani Labrooy (5th place) 3.45
HJ
U15g Amber Griffiths (3rd place) 1.40

Amy wins gold medal at Sainsbury's UK School Games and achieves Championship record time in the process. (9th May 2012)

Amy Griffiths won the 3000m at the Sainsbury's UK School Games which was held at the Olympic Park yesterday. The youngster defeated race favourite Bobby Clay in the thrilling race which saw Amy pull away with 150m to go.

Her time of 9.32.86 bettered the Championship record which had been held by Charlotte Purdue of Aldershot, Farnham and District since 2006 and has catapulted Amy to the top of the Power of 10 rankings.Her time also betters Helen Titterington's club record which has stood since 1986!

Tommy Does It Again!

Two weeks after being first M50 to finish in the Virgin London Marathon, Tommy Hughes followed it up with another outstanding performance at the Belfast Marathon on Bank Holiday Monday recording a marginally quicker time of 2hrs. 29mins. 43secs. to take 1st M50 and 8th overall.

Not being hampered by the slow start he experienced at London he was able to get into a comfortable pace much earlier and was then able to easily confront the more difficult course and he found the pace easier for longer not having to dig in until 23 miles instead of at 20 miles as he did in London.

 'I was ecstatic at running under 2hrs. 30mins so soon after London and thrilled at achieving my goal of being first Irish born  runner to finish,' said the delighted Tommy.

     Tony.    

PB's for Haywood and Shirley at BMC races, Millfield (7th May 2012)

Connor Haywood (U17 men) ran 2.03.21 for his 800m on Bank Holiday Monday at Millfield and was just inside his personal best performance whilst Ella Shirley (U17 women) reduced her PB in the 1500m by 6 seconds to 4.58.88.

Mari Smith (U17 women) was only just outside her PB with 4.37.51 and Cameron Smith (U15 boys) ran 4.51.12 for his 1500m.

Results from the National Young Athletes League at Milton Keynes on 6th May 2012.

U13 girls:

70mH 'A' Shivani Patel 6th place 15.2, 'B' Hannah Morris 3rd place 15.4
800m 'A' Hannah Morris 6th place 2.59.9, 'B' Katie McDonald 6th place 3.04.1
75m 'A' Kitty Joseph 2nd place 10.4, 'B' Ciara Warner 6th place 12.3
150m 'A' Shivani Patel 6th place 22.8, 'B' Jenny Ward 4th place 23.1
LJ 'A' Kitty Joseph 1st place4.60, 'B' Jenny Ward 1st place 3.93
HJ 'A' Hannah Morris 5th place 1.10
Shot 'A' Achalya Carr-Brown 4th place 6.54, 'B' Katie McDonald 2nd place 5.93
4x100m relay 5th place 60.1

U13 boys:

75mH 'A' Andreas Pompoulas 4th place 15.3
100m 'A' Ardit Hallaci 5th place 15.1, 'B' Andreas Pompoulas 2nd place 14.1
200m 'A' Ardit Hallaci 5th place 31.9, 'B' Edward Moore 6th place 35.1
Shot 'A' Andrew Pompoulas 6th place 5.07, 'B' Edward Moore 6th place 3.91
LJ 'A' Ardit Hallaci 3rd place 3.92, 'B' Edward Moore 6th place 2.93

U15 girls:

800m 'A' Charlotte Cooper 6th place 3.19.9
100m 'A' Caitlin Harding 5th place 14.3, 'B' Laura Wilson 5th place 15.4
200m 'A' Niamh Warner 6th place 30.5, 'B' Tina Tompkin 5th place 31.4
LJ 'A' Caitlin Harding 3rd place 4.62, 'B' Tina Tompkin 4th place 4.20
Discus 'A' Laura Wilson 6th place 12.06, 'B' Niamh Warner 6th place 7.89
Shot 'A' Charlotte Cooper 4th place 6.60, 'B' Laura Wilson 6th place 4.11
Javelin 'A' Charlotte Cooper 3rd place 18.59, 'B' Niamh Warner 6th place 7.60
4x100m relay 5th place 56.8

U15 boys:

100m 'A' Rhys Law 5th place 13.2, 'B' K-Ryan Hinds 5th place 14.1
200m 'A' Joseph Earl 6th place 26.3, 'B' Alexander Lazutin 4th place 27.8
1500m 'A' Amrik Gill 5th place 4.57.7
300m 'A' Rhys Law 6th place 47.7, 'B' Archie Gethins 6th place 50.1
HJ 'A' K-Ryan Hinds 1st place 1.56
Shot 'A' Jermaine Graham 3rd place 8.60, 'B' Rhys Law 4th place 6.50
Javelin 'A' K-Ryan Hinds 6th place 12.90, 'B' Alexander Lazutin 3rd place 11.90
LJ 'A' Joseph Earl 4th place 5.07, 'B' Archie Gethins 5th place 4.10
Discus 'A' Archie Gethins 5th place 17.76, 'B' Alexander Lazutin 4th place 14.23
4x100m relay 5th place 55.2

U17 women:

80mH 'A' Camilla Blanco 5th place 16.6
100m 'A' Taisha Thompson-Gregory 3rd place 13.1, 'B' Hannah Spence 5th place 14.9
200m 'A' Kiera Cazley 6th place 29.5, 'B' Camila Blanco 6th place 31.1
LJ 'A' Taisha Thompson-Gregory 1st place 5.35, 'B' Iona Magee 1st place 4.61
Shot 'A' Rheanna Hinds 3rd place 6.68, 'B' Iona Magee 3rd place 6.09
Discus 'A' Hannah Spence 6th place 12.50, 'B' Rheanna Hinds 5th place 12.41
TJ 'A' Taisha Thompson-Gregory 1st place 11.06, 'B' Rheanna Hinds 2nd place 7.81
Javelin 'A' Camilla Blanco 5th place 13.43, 'B' Kiera Cazely 4th place 10.74
4x100m relay 4th place 53.2

U17 men:

100mH 'A' David William 1st place 14.8
800m 'A' Sipho Byron 6th place 2.25.1, 'B' Josh Beach 5th place 2.32.1
100m 'A' Nuredin Hallaci 6th place 12.4, 'B' James Dunigan 4th place 12.4
200m 'A' Nuredin Hallaci 4th place 25.5 , 'B' Harry Gethins 4th place 25.9
400m 'A' Sipho Byron 5th place 58.7, 'B' Josh Beach 5th place 65.3
HJ 'A' Geroge Drake 2nd place 1.60, 'B' David Williams 1st place 1.55
Javelin 'A' James Dunigan 5th place 14.67
LJ 'A' George Drake 1st place 5.98, 'B' Nuredin Hallaci 1st 5.41
Discus 'A' Harry Gethins 4th place 18.83, 'B' James Dunigan 3rd place 16.22
TJ 'A' George Drake 1st place 13.40, 'B' David Williams 1st place 11.59
Shot 'A' Harry Gethins 4th place 8.33, 'B' Josh Beach 4th place 4.98
4x100m relay 3rd place 48.9

PB's galore at Watford Open. (2nd May 2012)

For many athletes it was the opening of the track season when they travelled to Watford for the Open Meeting on Wednesday night.

The conditions were not best suited for the youngsters who had to battle the wind and rain but to their credit the majority of them either came away from the Open with personal best performances or were very close to them.

Jonny Monk (U20 men) had a superb 800m race to knock 8 seconds from his PB and to dip below the magic two minute mark. His time of 1.59.46 was just reward after being troubled by injury over the last few months.

Sam Elliott (U15 boys) was surprised by his 800m effort which resulted in him reducing his PB by seven seconds to 2.10.4 and James Bell (U15 boys) followed suit by reducing his previous best by 10 seconds to 2.24.16.

Amy Griffiths (U17 girls) completed the 1500m with a personal best performance in 4.31.23 which currently puts her 3rd on the Power of 10 ranking and Mari Smith's (U17 girls) 800m 2.12.96 currently puts her at 6th on the Power of 10 ranking.

Full results:

800m
Shannon Anderson (U15g) 2.40.20, Mikela Gilmore (U15g) 2.40.73, Ali Curtis (U13) 2.41.95, Matt Griffiths (U15b) 2.20.84, April Beeby (U20g) 2.31.93, Alice Porter (U15) 2.32.82, James Bell (U15b) 2.24.16, Freya Vincent (U20g) 2.24.20, Ella Shirley (U17g) 2.27.75, Emily Sales (U20g) 2.18.53, Luke Beeby (U15b) 2.20.25, Mari Smith (U17g) 2.12.96, Zak Anderson (U17b) 2.16.19, Sam Elliott (U15b) 2.10.4, James Hatton (U17b) 2.05.6, Jonny Monk (U20m) 1.59.46, Connor Haywood (U17b) 2.10.39

1500m
Amy Griffiths (U17g) 4.31.23 Cameron Smith (U15b) 4.39.02

Brookes wins England Duathlon Championship! (28th April)

On Saturday 28th April Robin Brookes  travelled to Carsington Water near Ashbourne to compete in the England Duathlon age group Championships. The race consisted of a 12k run , 40k bike ride and finished with a 4k run.

The first 12k run was completed on an undulating course around Carsington Water before the hilly 40k bike ride. The final 4k was a flat run out and back across the dam . Battling the poor conditions, Brookes triumphed in the 50 to 55 age group to take the gold medal and become the England age group duathlon champion in a total time of 2 hours 29 minutes.