August 2023

British Milers Club Meeting, Exeter, Tuesday 29th August

Angus Currie finished 3rd in the BMC men's A race in 1.58.56, whilst away on holiday.
​Full results here - www.britishmilersclub.com/result/exeter-29-aug-2023-results/

This week's 'Big Hitters' (Biggest improvements against personal bests), 21st to 28th August

Some of the track improvements from the last few days (based on Power of 10 records) are here -
800 metres
Millie Watts (u15) 2.27.73 (improved by 2.7s)
Angus Currie (u20) 1.57.42 (improved by 0.1s)
1500 metres
Alex Beeston 4.01.33  (improved by 8.0s)
1 mile
Peter Fitzmaurice (u15) 4.55.58 (improved by 28.9s)
Sam Smialowski (u17) 4.56.74 (improved by 19.8s)
3000 metres
Toby Bawtree (u17) 9.24.00  (improved by 34.8s)
Tom Lockhart (u20) 9.22.87  (improved by 24.5s)
Lizzie Owen 11.42.19 (improved by 21.0s)
5000 metres
Phoebe Barker 15.54.05 (improved by 16.2s)
TAC Club record
Anne-Sophie Bremans (u20) 600m 93.92 - TAC senior record (Anne-Sophie is one of the TAC sprint groups)
Charlie Crick inaugural 500m record 63.41

Tonbridge AC Bank Holiday Open Meeting, Monday 28th August
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Although the overall entries were down on last year the sun came out and there were a few hundred people competing, spectating, officiating and helping. Many thanks to everyone who came along, especially those who helped out.

There were four distance events on - 500m, 1 mile, 3000m and 5000m. A few of the highlights were Phoebe Barker attacking Nicole Taylor's (now Blunden since the wedding) TAC women's 5000m record of 15.49.25 and looking on track to beat it for much of the race. In the end Phoebe had to settle for being just the second TAC female to ever break 16 minutes on the track with 15.54.05.

There were big 3000m personal bests for Tom Lockhart, Toby Bawtree, Charlie Ellison Mark Bridger and Lizzie Owen, whilst Peter Fitzmaurice and Samuel Smialowski did likewise in the mile.

​Charlie Crick won the invitational 500m in 63.41, which saw some of the middle distance runners take on the sprinters.

A summary of TAC results is on the Results 2023 page.
​Full results here - data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/tacaug/event/
Videos - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQt1MC3OSkv9UTXpqhV1KRK_pm5NT5JBj&si=fKR1tJo3tUynbWtL
Photos here and on Mark Hookway's Facebook page - https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjASHwq

Above at the Tonbridge AC Open Meeting
Top - Charlie Crick wins 500m, Phoebe Barker (centre), Charlie Ellison
Middle - George Marshall & Mark Bridger, Tom Lockhart, Toby Bawtree
Bottom - Olivia & Lizzie Owen, Peter Fitzmaurice, Samuel Smialowski

Above - The 500m Invitational runners

TAC Women's 600 metres record

Anne-Sophie Bremans set a new TAC women's 800m record of 1.33.92 in Belgium, on Sunday, at the KASV Oudernaarde meeting.

Mexico City Marathon, Sunday 27th August

Although maybe one of his craziest ideas, Stuart Brown ran and completed the Mexico City Marathon in 3.37. Stuart has only just started a two year contract teaching in Mexico and had done zero marathon preparation !

Antrim Half Marathon, Northern Ireland, Sunday 27th August

Verity Hopkins ran 74.07 and represented an England team at this top half marathon.
​Full results here - antrimcoasthalfmarathon.com/elite-race-results-2023/

Above - Verity Hopkins at the Antrim Half Marathon

England Athletics under 15 and 17 Championships, at Birmingham, Saturday/Sunday 26th/27th August

Saturday
Joseph Hunt finished 3rd in the under 17 men's 1500m steeplechase in 4.35.89.
Charlie Warren was 15th in the under 15 boys' 3000m in 9.58.98.
Details of entries and live results here -
​meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/schedule?id=20228
Day 1 livestream - https://www.youtube.com/live/7MvS9q2MzDM?si=ZpkG_ydklUjYjMK1
Day 2 livestream - https://www.youtube.com/live/_QI9_5128xg?si=NH6lQ8qu8pRjc2SG

Monument Mile Classic, Stirling, Scotland, 26th August

Kieran Reilly ran 4.06.15 for 6th in the B race.

Mid Cheshire 5k road race, Friday 25th August

James West (photo) won this 5km road race in 14.02.
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Harriet Woolley ran 17.43 (pb) for 32nd in the women's race. Harriet was representing an England over 35s team.
​Full results - runcheshire.niftyentries.com/Results/Mid-Cheshire-5k-Summer-2023


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​Video - www.facebook.com/MidCheshire5k/videos/6671724139532085/

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British Milers Club Gold Standard and Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 23rd August
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Conditions were superb at long last and helped produce some excellent performances throughout the evening.
Four TAC athletes found themselves in the same British Milers Club 800m race, whilst James West looked at his best with a terrific win in the men's 1500 metres A race in 3.36.01.
800m B race - Ben Murphy 1.49.81, Jordan Chambers 1.49.81, Charlie Crick 1.50.45, Simon Coppard 1.52.99
1500m open races - Alex Beeston 4.01.33 (pb by 8.0s), Harry Paton 4.15.28
Full BMC results can be found here - www.britishmilersclub.com
Results link for open races - meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/about?id=24206
​BMC races livestream here - www.youtube.com/live/HEaRl-1Bd6s?feature=share
​Photos here and on Mark Hookway's Facebook page - flic.kr/s/aHBqjASaGQ

Above TAC at Watford Wednesday
Top - James West (left), Charlie Crick & Ben Murphy
Middle - Jordan Chambers (in black), Simon Coppard
Bottom - Harry Paton, Alex Beeston

Above - Simon Coppard, Charlie Crick, Ben Murphy, Jordan Chambers all ended up in the same 800m race at Watford

Blackheath and Bromley Open Meeting, Monday 21st August

There were a few personal bests run, amongst the TAC contingent.
800 metres - Angus Currie (u20) 1.57.42 (pb by 0.1s), Millie Watts (u15) 2.27.73 (won race 4. pb by 2.7s), Aimee Watts (u13) 2.37.57 (pb by 1.1s).
​1500 metres - Purdey Hutchings (u13) 5.07.98 (pb by 0.2s)
​Full results - justiming.co.uk/liveresults/liveresults.html?meeting=bandbh21.8.23&page=schedule

This week's 'Big Hitters' (Biggest improvements against personal bests), 14th to 20th August

Some of the track improvements from the last few days (based on Power of 10 records) are here -
800 metres
Joseph Hunt (u17) 1.59.76 (improved by 0.9s)
1500 metres
Noémie Thomson 4.33.76 (improved by 0.1s)
TAC Club record
John Harley m70 5km road 23.10

Podium 5k and Time Trial Event, Barrowford, Lancashire, Saturday 19th August

James West finished 2nd in the 5k road race in 14.02. He was then the 4th fastest in the time trial over 1 lap of the course, measured at 1035 metres. James ran 2.33.6.
​Full results here - www.ukresults.net/2023/podaug.html

British Milers Club and Cambridge Harriers Meeting, 16th August
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There were a few TAC athletes in action -
800m BMC A race - 2nd Jordan Chambers 1.52.56
800m BMC C race - 2nd Joseph Hunt (u17) 1.59.76 (pb by 0.9s and first sub 2)
800m BMC E race - 6th Annabel Carter 2.17.00
1500m BMC D race - 4th Noémie Thomson 4.33.52 (pb by 0.1s) ,7th Ollie White 4.44.15
500m BMC - 4th Josh Prendergast 15.25.25 (debut)
Full results here - meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/schedule?id=24215
Photos here and on Mark Hookway's Facebook page - flic.kr/s/aHBqjARpPX

Above at Eltham on Wednesday night
Top - Jordan Chambers (right), Joseph Hunt
Middle - Annabel Carter, Ollie White
Bottom - Noémie Thomson, Josh Prendergast 

Chase The Sun Run Through 5k road race, Clapham, Wednesday 16th August

John Harley ran 23.10 in the m70 age category.
​Full results - www.runthrough.co.uk/results/

'Inside Tonbridge' Latest Episode - Speed Work and Pyramids

A Michael Ellis production.

South of England under 13, 15 and 17 Championships, at Lee Valley, Saturday/Sunday 12th/13th August

Full results - www.seaa.org.uk/index.php/results/track-and-field
​Under 13 Girls 800m - 7th Purdey Hutchings 2.26.03 (qualified for Sunday final, via Saturday heat)

Scottish Athletics Championships, at Grangemouth, Sunday 13th August

Kieran Reilly finished 6th in the men's 5000m in 14.41.48
​Results here - results.scottishathletics.org.uk/Sen17/230812F509.htm

Kent Young Athletes League, at Dartford, Saturday 12th August

Results are on the Results 2023 page.
The middle distance races were over 800m this time and amongst the performances there were big personal bests for Yugo Maeda (u15) and Kaiser Muga (u13)

British Milers Club Grand Prix, Trafford, Saturday 12th August

800m B race 6th Simon Coppard 1.49.72, 800m C race 5th Charlie Crick 1.52.25. 5000m A race Alasdair Kinloch 14.08.07
​Full results here - live.athletic.net/meets/26604/events/1012673/live

Podium 5k road race, Bute Park Cardiff

Women's race - Verity Hopkins about 16.39, Lucy Thompson 17.54
Men's race - Ben Cole (m35) about 14.33
​Full results - results.sporthive.com/events/7095769513295085568/races/5.

Colchester Friday Night 5k road race, 11th August

Steve Strange ran 15.00 and finished 3rd.
​Full results - results.eventchiptiming.com/results.aspx?CId=16202&RId=5155

Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 9th August

Harry Paton ran 2.03.69 in heat 4 of the sub 2.15 races. This was his fastest since 2014.
Alex Beeston finished 2nd in race 9 in 1.56.79, a pb by 0.7s.
Full results here - 

Loughborough Open and BMC Meeting, Wednesday 9th August

Simon Coppard won the men's 800m A race in 1.51.52
Full results here - justiming.co.uk/liveresults/liveresults.html?meeting=charnwood9.8.23&page=schedule

Tonbridge AC Evening Open Meeting, Tuesday 8th August

There were plenty of 1500m pbs set by TAC athletes and there is a summary on the Results 2023 page.
The biggest improvements came from Olivia Owen (u17) and Oliver White (u13), whilst Maria Heslop set an over 55 women's TAC record of 5.21.37.
Full results here - data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/tacdev4/
​Photos here and on Mark Hookway's Facebook page - flic.kr/s/aHBqjAQpZq

Above photos from Tuesday night's open meeting
Top - Olivia Owen and Oliver White the biggest 1500m improvers
Bottom - Maria Heslop with a TAC w55 record and Jordan Chambers winning the fastest 1500m race

Sri Chimnoy 5k race, Battersea Park, Tuesday 8th August

Nathan Chapman 15.52, Ross Thomas 16.25 , Lucy Thompson 17.47 and Harriet Woolley 17.49, Sarah Cronin 19.48 all raced.
Full results here - uk.srichinmoyraces.org/files/uk/result-pdfs/2023/Kangaroo%20Hop%205K%20Final%20Results%20v2.pdf%20.pdf

​National Athletics League, Liverpool, 5th July
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TAC managed by Michael Ellis completed their NAL season with 3 wins from 3 matches.
There were wins for Charlie Crick, Ben Murphy and Kieran Reilly, but Katie Goodge got the biggest cheer when she came from behind to win the women's 3000 metres. Annabelle Hales (1500m steeplechase) and Cameron Chambers (3000m) ran personal bests.
Full results here - data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/nal-champ-3b/
​Photos - flic.kr/s/aHBqjAQ4ej

Other weekend news, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 4th/5th/6th August

Friday
Rye Summer Series 10k Road Race
Tom Woolley finished 4th in 36.19.
Full results here - results.sporthive.com/events/7091742569150316032/races/3
Nicole Taylor gets married !
Nicole married Henry Blunden on Friday and congratulations and every best wish for the future goes to them both.
Saturday
Sri Chimnoy Green Space 10k Road Race, Battersea Park
John Harley (m70) ran 46.37 to set a TAC age group record.
Hercules Wimbledon 5000m Festival
Dan Bradley 15.08.34, George Marshall 15.43.35 (debut), Verity Hopkins 16.24.51.
Full results - data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/herc500023/

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Vets AC 5k road race championship, Battersea Park, Tuesday 1st August

A few from TAC raced and results are posted here - data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/bataug23/event/
Maria Heslop ran 18.22 to break Sally Musson's w50 and w55 TAC records.
​Graeme Saker was just behind in 18.25 to break his own m60 record.

Above - Charlie Richardson, Graeme Saker, Maria Heslop, Mark Pitcairn-Knowles at Battersea

This week's 'Big Hitters' (Biggest improvements against personal bests), 24th to 31st July

Some of the track improvements from the last few days (based on Power of 10 records) are here -
800 metres
Tony Fullbrook (m55) 2.38.9 (improved by 2.3s) - no record of any performances pre 2006
5000 metres
Dan Longhurst 16.47.2 (improved by 25.9s)

Sunday action, 30th July

UK Youth Development League (u17/20), at Eltham
This was the final match of the season. Results are on the Results 2023 page.
East Peckham 10k road race
Imogen Amos won the women's race. Results appear here - www.nice-work.org.uk/e/east-peckham-10k-9437/results

British Milers Club Grand Prix, at Birmingham, Saturday 29th July

There were no pbs from the six TAC runners competing.
​Ben Murphy, Jordan Chambers and Ben Gardiner (2nd claim) were all in the 800m B race. Simon Coppard was in the 1500m A-race and Alasdair Kinloch plus Kieran Reilly were in the 3000m A race.
​Full results - www.britishmilersclub.com/result/birmingham-uni-grand-prix-29-july-2023-results/
​Photos here and on Mark Hookway's Facebook page - flic.kr/s/aHBqjAPc8k

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Above - Ben Gardiner (13) and Ben Murphy (12) finish 2nd and 3rd in the 800m B race at Birmingham

Southern Counties Veterans League, at Dartford, Friday 28th July

Both TAC men and women continued their unbeaten records this season and topped their divisions.
Provisional results are on the Results 2023 page.

Tracksmith London Twilight 5000s, Stratford, Thursday 27th July

Race 4 - Lucy Thompson 18.31.7 (pb by 8.2s), Race 5 - Harriet Woolley (w35) 18.12.1,Race 6 - Dan Longhurst (m40) 16.45.9 (pb by 11.9s)
Full results - results.racetimingsolutions.co.uk/results.aspx?CId=16269&RId=1670

British Milers Club Meeting, at Tooting, Wednesday 26th July
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A few from TAC raced on a very wet evening at Tooting, with pretty much incessant rain.
800m men A - 6th Simon Coppard 1.52.47, 7th Charlie Crick 1.54.14
800m men B - 3rd Jordan Chambers 1.49.79 (pb, first sub 1.50) goes to 10th on TAC all time list.
800m women B - 2nd Annabel Carter 2.16.12
800m men E - 5th Calum Laing 1.59.48 (pb, first sub 2), 6th Sam Crick 2.01.13
1500m men B - 13th Ben Pearce 4.02.92
5000m A - 16th Matthew Dubery 15.06.76 (pb)
Results here - www.britishmilersclub.com/result/tooting-26-july-2023-results/
​Photos here and on Mark Hookway's Facebook page - flic.kr/s/aHBqjANTeM

Watford Open Meeting
Harry Paton ran 4.14.26 in race 3 of the 1500s.
Results - meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/results?id=23660&meId=141910

Above - Jordan Chambers moved into TAC all time top 10 at 800 metres

Above at Tooting on Wednesday night
Top - Jordan Chambers, Annabel Carter
​Bottom - Calum Laing, Matt Dubery

This week's 'Big Hitters' (Biggest improvements against personal bests), 17th to 23rd July

Some of the track improvements from the last few days (based on Power of 10 records) are here -
800 metres
Sienna Ellis (u13) 2.35.81 (improved by 2.5s)
1500 metres
Mark Bridger (u17) 4.26.07 (improved by 13.4s)
1 mile
Annabel Carter 5.06.65 (improved by 11.7s)
5000 metres
Cameron Chambers 14.56.54 (improved by 25.9s)
TAC records
Harriet Woolley - w35 1 mile 5.12.73

Other weekend news 22nd/23rd July

Saturday
Tunbridge Wells Parkrun record
I rarely cover parkrun here, unless a course record is set and Steve Strange did that at Tunbridge Wells, taking one second from his own record with 15.47.
Sound Running Sunset Tour, Los Angeles, USA
Chris Olley finished 8th in the 5000m in 13.55.43, which was 0.2s outside his season's best.
Sunday
Romney Marsh 10k
Alan Newman 45.02. Full results - results.sporthive.com/events/7088104560040104960/races/1/team/7088920109936442624

England Championships, at Chelmsford, Saturday/Sunday 22nd/23rd July
Sunday videos loaded !

Full results here - meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/about?id=15212
Livestream here - www.youtube.com/live/bGpSfpC1HE4?feature=share
Saturday
Ally Kinloch was 3rd in the 5000m in 14.35.41
Sunday
800m men - 5th Jordan Chambers, 1500m men - 5th Ben Murphy, 1500m para ambulant men - 3rd Ollie White
​Photos here and on Mark Hookway's Facebook page - flic.kr/s/aHBqjANtSU

UK Youth Development League (u13/15) at Tonbridge, Saturday 22nd July

TAC hosted this match for the younger age group and finished 3rd to qualify for the National Final in early September.
​Results are on the Results 2023 page, alongside a TAC summary.
With the wind and rain it was surprising that there were any personal bests recorded, but Sienna Ellis (u13, 800m) and Jules Jameson (u13,800m), plus Jessica Evans, making her TAC debut (u13, 800m) all did.
There were no A-string wins from the distance runners, but James Petrie managed a 2nd place in the under 15 boys' 1500m.
​Photos of TAC 800m runners - flic.kr/s/aHBqjANi9s

Finsbury Park 5000s, Finsbury Park, London Friday 21st July

Cameron Chambers ran sub 15 minutes for the first time, with 14.56.54 to place 6th in race 7. By my calculations it puts him 32nd on the TAC all time list. See the History page.
​Full results here - data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/finsbury-park-5ks/event/1/

'Inside Tonbridge' Latest Episode - The Medway Mile

A Jordan Chambers production - See below.

Medway Miles, at Gillingham, Friday 21st July
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This community event, with some 'elite' track races takes place at Medway Park.
Jack Higgins won the men's A race in 4.11.52, worth well inside his 1500m pb. Similarly, Alex Beeston was 4th in 4.23.00, again well inside his equivalent 1500m best. Harry Paton ran 4.34.82.
Annabel Carter almost won the women's race but was overtaken at the line, running 5.06.65. Harriet Woolley finished strongly for 3rd in 5.12.73 (up until now there is no TAC w35 record listed) and Annabelle Hales was 5th in 5.15.44.
​Full results here - justiming.co.uk/liveresults/liveresults.html?meeting=medwaymile23&page=schedule
Photos here and on Mark Hookway's Facebook page - flic.kr/s/aHBqjANeL5

Above - Medway Miles at Gillingham

British Milers Club and Cambridge Harriers Meeting, 19th July
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There were quite a few personal bests from the TAC contingent.
800m BMC F race 1st Annabel Carter 2.16.05, Annabelle Hales (u20) 2.22.93
1500m BMC B race - James Petrie (u17) 4.23.65 (pb by 3.3s)
1500m Open race 1 - Harrison Fraser (u17) 4.11.47 (pb by 9.2s), Connor Prendergast U17) 4.17.92, Felipe Fujimori (u17) 4.18.60 (pb by 1.2s)
1500m Open race 2 - Mark Bridger (u17) 4.26.07 (pb by 13.4s), George Bishop (u17) 4.35.02 (pb by 2.6s)
1500m Open race 3 - Josh Greeves 4.46.28 (u17) (pb by 10.1s)
1500m Open race 4 - Samuel Smialowski 4.33.38 (u17) (pb by 4.4s)
Full results - meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/schedule?id=23825
​Photos here and on Mark Hookway's Facebook page - flic.kr/s/aHBqjAN4PM

TAC at Eltham
Top - Annabel Carter, Felipe Fujimori, Harrison Fraser
Middle - Connor Prendergast, George Bishop, Mark Bridger
Bottom - Josh Greeves, Sam Smialowski, James Petrie

Sri Chimnoy 5km road race, Battersea Park, Tuesday 18th July

Harry Paton ran 15.53 and Imogen Amos was 2nd female in 17.30.
​Full results here - uk.srichinmoyraces.org/files/uk/result-pdfs/2023/Silver%20Starling%205K%20Final%20Results.pdf

Standard Chartered Great City Race, London, Tuesday 18th July

Lucy Reid won this 5k road race in 16.03. Julian Rendall (m45) ran 17.08.
​Full results here - results.cityrace.co.uk/2023/?pid=leaderboard&pidp=leaderboard

This week's 'Big Hitters' (Biggest improvements against personal bests), 10th to 16th July

Some of the track improvements from the last few days (based on Power of 10 records) are here -
400 metres
Annabelle Hales (u20) 61.73 (improved by 0.6s)
800 metres
Sebastian Price (u13) 2.45.76 (improved by 7.5s)
Ben Pearce 1.57.15 (improved by 6.7s)
Annabelle Hales (u20) 2.20.66 (improved by 0.1s)
Zara Greeves (u15) 2.51.19 (improved by 0.1s)
1500 metres
Luca Szumilewicz (u13) 4.55.3 (improved by 7.6s)
3000 metres
Jess Poland (u20) 10.57.44 (improved by 29.1s)
George Hopkins (u20) 9.03.37 (improved by 25.9s)
TAC records
Harriet Woolley - w35 3000m 10.26.42
Graeme Saker - m60 10km road 38.53

Other weekend news, Saturday/Sunday, 15th/16th July

Sunday
Golden Stag Mile, Finsbury Park, Friday 14th July
Harry Paton finished 11th in 4.38.59.
​Full results - meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/schedule?id=16697
Sunday
Mid Kent Staplehurst 5 mile road race
Steve Strange won in 25.06 and Harriett Woolley was first female in 30.28.
Full results here -  results.netiming.co.uk/results.aspx?CId=20008&RId=354
Herne Hill 10km road race
Graeme Saker set a TAC over 60 age record for 10k on the road at Herne Bay of 38.53, breaking Alan Buckle's previous best of 39.31. Tony Bennett finished once place ahead in 38.29. Full results are here -
​www.racetimeresult.co.uk/results/herne-bay-10k-les-golding-memorial2

Above - Tony Bennett and Graeme Saker at Herne Bay

National Athletics League, at Chelmsford, Saturday 15th July
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Another terrific team win for TAC, managed by Michael Ellis.
Noémie Thomson won the women's 1500 metres.
Annabelle Hales won the 400m (pb) and 800m B strings and was 2nd in the 2000m steeplechase.
Maria Heslop was 2nd in the 3000m.
Jordan Chambers finished 2nd in the 800m, just 0.02s behind the winner, whilst Jack Higgins made his TAC debut to win the B string.
Full results here - data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/nal-champ-2a/
​Photos here and on Mark Hookway's Facebook page - flic.kr/s/aHBqjAMBkg

Above
Top - Jordan Chambers (far left) and Jack Higgins
​Bottom - Annabelle Hales and Noémie Thomson

Kent Young Athletes League, at Gillingham, Saturday 15th July

Results are on the Results 2023 page.
There were A-string wins for Luca Szumilewicz (u13, 1500m), Oscar Graffin (u15, 1500m) and Aoife Foley  (u15, 1500m)

KBC Night of Athletics, Heusden Belgium, Saturday 15th July

Unfortunately James West tweaked his hamstring tonight in the 5000 metres, in Belgium and did not finish the race.

Interview with James West, 5000 metres British Champion

With James having just won the British 5000 metres championship, I felt it was a good opportunity to record a chat with him, with the aim being to provide tips and ideas that might help others.

British Milers Club meetings, Wednesday 12th July

University of Birmingham Meeting
​Alasdair Kinloch finished 9th in the British Milers Club 1500m A-race in 3.50.38.
​Full results - data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/uobtfjuly/event/
Watford meeting
Simon Coppard finished 4th in the men's 800m A-race in 1.49.1, which is his fastest time of the season.
​Full results - www.britishmilersclub.com/result/watford-gold-standard-12th-july-2023/

Tonbridge AC Evening Open Meeting, Tuesday 11th July
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Many thanks to everyone who helped and competed at the open meeting.
Harriet Woolley set the only distance running record with an over 35 women's mark of 10.26.42.
Jack Higgins who joined TAC just a few weeks ago, ran the fastest 800m in 1.51.61, which puts him 13th on the TAC all-time list. The fastest TAC female was Annabel Carter who was a fraction outside he pb with 2.15.67.
​Summary results on the Results 2023 page.
​Full results - data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/tacdev3/
​Photos here and on Mark Hooky's Facebook page - flic.kr/s/aHBqjAM9SL

Above at the TAC Open Meeting
Top - Sebastian Price (biggest pb at 800m), Annabel Carter & Noémie Thomson (fastest 800m runners)
Adam Singleterry (first time sub 2 800m)
Middle - Ben Pearce (wins an 800m and first time sub 2), Jack Higgins (fastest 800m)
Harriet Woolley (TAC w35 record)
​Bottom - Jess Poland (biggest pb at 3000m), George Hopkins (biggest male pb at 3000m),
​Jordan Chambers (fastest 400m)

This week's 'Big Hitters' (Biggest improvements against personal bests) , 3rd to 9th July

Some of the track improvements from the last few days (based on Power of 10 records) are here -
400 metres
Chris Leach (m50) 65.5 (improved by 1.9s)
800 metres
Ewan Prendergast (u15) 2.16.5 (improved by 17.7s)
1200 metres
Jasper Burton (u13) 4.02.2  (improved by 6.1s)
1500 metres
Isabel Gowing (u15) 5.09.6 (improved by 14.5s)
Peter Fitzmaurice (u15) 4.25.5 (improved by 4.0s)
3000 metres
Nick Beer 9.30.8 (improved by 19.5s from 2012)
Nichola Evans 10.49.5 (improved by 0.9s)
5000 metres
James West 13.42.03 (improved by 2.4s)

Other weekend news, Saturday/Sunday 7th/8th July

Saturday
English Schools Cup Final, at Chelmsford
​Judd School qualified for the Inter Boys final and are in action.
​Results should be populated here - esaa.org.uk/track-and-field-cup-results/
1500m Peter Fitzmaurice (u15) 4.25.5 (pb by 4.0s) and Felipe Fujimori (u17) 4.25.9. 
Pollenca, Spain road race
Alex Howard finished 2nd Jack Millar of Bristol. Results - ​
​www.elitechip.net/system/public/download/cbbcdb96e17cbff730a734ad8f4953b6.pdf
UK Youth Development League (u13/15) at Reading
TAC finished an excellent 2nd place.
​Results are on the Results 2023 page.
Sunday
Sevenoaks 7 miles multi terrain race, at Knole Park
1st Matthew Taylor. Laura Andrade was 2nd female.
​Full results - events.sportsystems.co.uk/results/?eid=28&rid=3836
Asics London 10k road race 
6th Female Imogen Amos 36.40, 35th overall Nathan Chapman 33.41
​Full results - results.sporthive.com/events/7079427854685417984

British Championships, at Manchester, Saturday/Sunday 7th/8th July

James West won the 5000m title in 13.42.03, which was a pb. James remains 4th on the TAC all time list.
Video link here (7 hours 28 mins in) - www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0fyvngv/uk-athletics-championships-2023-day-one

​Kieran Reilly was advanced to Sunday's 1500m final, after getting pulled back on the last lap of his heat. He finished 14th in the final.

​Results - ukacm2023.microplustimingservices.com/#/schedule-bydate

Above - James West on his way to winning the British 5000m title
(photos courtesy of James Rhodes and Sam Crick)

Southern Counties Veterans League, at Tonbridge, Friday 7th July
​Videos loaded !

TAC men and women both won their matches at this fixture. Full results are on the Results 2023 page..
This match had 400m and 3000m races, plus 4x400m relays. Harriet Woolley, Lisa Knight, Dan Bradley, plus Graeme Saker had wins over 3000m.

Above photos courtesy of Mark McAllister
Top - Left Nichola Evans & Harriet Woolley. Right Nick Beer & Dan Bradley
Bottom -  Left Lisa Knight. Right Graeme Saker

JP Morgan Corporate Challenge races, London, Wednesday/Thursday 5th/6th July

Wednesday
2nd Alex Howard finished 17.18, 66th Charles Adair 19.48
The course distance is 3.5 miles/5.6 kilometres.
Thursday
1st Lucy Reid 18.08. Lucy won the women's race by almost two minutes and was 31s faster than she ran last year.
​Full results - leaderboard.jpmorgancc.com/leaderboard/2023/individual?&eventIds=144

National IAPS (Independent Schools) Championships, Monday 3rd July

Under 13
800m race 2 2nd Purdey Hutchings 2.28.47
​1500m race 2 9th Sienna Ellis 5.28.42, race 1 7th Hana Maeda 5.45.14

This week's 'Big Hitters' (Biggest improvements against personal bests) , 26th June to 2nd July

Some of the track improvements from the last few days (based on Power of 10 records) are here -
1500 metres
Ollie White 4.42.29 (improved by 1.5s)
Nick Arnott (m25) 4.42.61and en route in mile race (improved by 1.1s)
3000 metres
Will Beeston 8.25.99 (improved by 12.7s)

Sunday action 2nd July

Bewl 15 miles and 5 miles multi terrain races
15 miles - 4th Michael Ellis, ? Tony Bennett not showing in results, 189th Steve Ellison
5 miles - 1st female Alice Ralph
​Full results - results.sporthive.com/events/7080104337807675904

​Photo right - Tony Bennett, Michael Ellis, Steve Ellison at the Bell 15

Medway and Maidstone AC Open meeting, at Gillingham
​Videos loaded !
There were 1500m personal bests for Thomas Lockhart (u20), who won in 4.19.96 (pb by 0.1s) and also Ollie White who ran 4.42.29 (pb by 1.5s)
​Full results - justiming.co.uk/liveresults/liveresults.html?meeting=mandm2.7.23&page=schedule
​Photos here and on Mark Hookway's Facebook page - flic.kr/s/aHBqjAKWwU

Above - Tom Lockhart and Ollie White at Gillingham

South East Inter Counties (u20 and senior) at Horspath, near Oxford, Sunday 2nd July
Calum Laing won the men's 3000m steeplechase, representing Kent. He ran 10.14, unofficially, since a damaged barrier was removed from the track. Full results not yet available.

British Milers Club Grand Prix, at Watford, Saturday 1st July
​Videos loaded !

1500m men A race 2nd James West 3.41.08, 800m men D race 7th Ben Murphy 1.51.43, 800m men G race 4th Jordan Chambers 1.51.52 sb, 1500m men D race 12th Charlie Crick 3.58.41, 3000m men C race 8th Alex Howard 8.21.50.
​Full results - live.athletic.net/meets/26351
Photos here and on Mark Hookway's Facebook page - flic.kr/s/aHBqjAKZY1

Above - Jordan Chambers and James West at Watford

English Schools Championships, at Birmingham, Saturday 1st July

Inter Boys 1500m steeplechase 4th overall Joseph Hunt (Surrey) 4.33.56, 10th Harrison Fraser (Kent) 4.39.31.
​Full results - entry4sports.co.uk/#/results/482

Wednesday Action, 28th June

Oxford/Cambridge vs Harvard/Yale, at Cambridge
5000m - 1st Phoebe Barker 16.56.33
1500m – 5th Miles Weatherseed 4.05.58
Livestream - https://www.youtube.com/live/b3LVcMIw05Q?feature=share
Results - https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/ochy/
Watford Wednesday
1500m Race 5 - 13th Harry Paton 4.15.80, Race 6 - 5th Alex Beeston 4.09.34 (pb by 0.2s)
3000m Race 3 – 2nd Will Beeston 8.25.99 (pb by 12.7s)
Results - https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/about?id=21548
Wimbledon 1 mile night - Videos loaded !
Race 5– 2nd Nick Arnott 5.00.71 (1500m split 4.42.61, pb by 1.1s))
​Race 10– 1st Cameron Chambers 4.24.77 (debut, 500m split 4.09.36)
Full results - https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/dc1mile23/event/T1/
​Photos here and on Mark Hookway's Facebook page - flic.kr/s/aHBqjAKxM9
Joyden's Wood 5km multi terrain race
Ted and Jack Higgins who joined TAC a few weeks ago finished 1st and 2nd in 16.43 and 16.56, respectively.
Full results - dartfordroadrunners.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/JW-Admin-June-2023.pdf
Chase The Sun 5km road race, Battersea Park, London
2nd female Imogen Amos 17.26 (pb by 9s)
Full results - www.runthrough.co.uk/results/
Kent 10,000m championship, at Dartford
Harriet Woolley ran 38.06.24 and was first female home.
​This was Harriet's debut on the track and not far outside her road best for the distance of 37.55.
Full results here - justiming.co.uk/liveresults/liveresults.html?meeting=dartfordh28.6.23&page=results

Above - Nick Arnott and Cameron Chambers at Wimbledon

Inside Tonbridge Latest Episode - features the National Athletics League match at Basingstoke

The latest episode was recently released here - youtu.be/Gh3jiAgxpQ8
​Full series is here - www.youtube.com/@insidetonbridge/videos

Sri Chinmoy 5km road race, Battersea Park, London, Tuesday 27th June

Lucy Reid won the women's race in 16.00, which was a course record.
​Full results appear here - uk.srichinmoyraces.org/results

This week's 'Big Hitters' (Biggest improvements against personal bests) , 19th to 25th June
​plus Kent Young Athletes League from 17th June.

​Some of the track improvements from the last few days (based on Power of 10 records) are here -
800 metres
Will Bachelor (u15) 2.16.2 (improved by 8.3s)
Lily Slack (u17) 2.19.27 (improved by 1.3s)
1500 metres
Connor Prendergast (u17) 4.16.00 (improved by 6.0s)
Ben Pearce 3.55.20 (improved by 5.6s)
Jess Poland (u20) 5.09.00 (improved by 2.9s)
Verity Hopkins 4.28.48  (improved by 1.9s) - moves from 7th to 6th on TAC all time list.

UK Youth Development League, at Gillingham, Sunday 25th June
Videos loaded !

There were a few TAC distance runners wins on a very warm day at Gillingham -
800m Angus Currie (u20) and Annabelle Hales (u20)
1500m Tom Claridge (u20)
3000m Jess Poland (u20) and George Hopkins (u20)
Steeplechase Jamie Macdonald (u20) and Annabelle Hales (u20)
Photos here and on Mark Hookway's Facebook page - flic.kr/s/aHBqjAK5y7
​Results and a summary are on the Results 2023 page

Above - Mark Bridger, Angus Currie, George Hopkins, Jamie Macdonald, Annabelle Hales at Gillingham

Above - Six TAC winners at the UKYDL
Top - Tom Claridge, George Hopkins, Jess Poland
Bottom - Jamie Macdonald, Angus Currie, Annabelle Hales

Other weekend results, Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th June

Friday
Livingstone Open Meeting, Scotland
Kieran Reilly finished 4th in the 1500m in 3.47.23
​Full results here - results.livingstonac.com/?m=78&e=2305&s=2305&s=3
Saturday
Ivy League Match at Birmingham University
3000m women 2nd Charlotte Alexander 9.41.67
​Full results here - data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/uobivyleague/event/
Stumptown Twilight Meeting, Portland, USA
5000m 7th Chris Olley 13.57.06
Full results here - live.athletictiming.net/meets/26311/events/977311/results
Livestream (go 26.00 in for Chris' race) - www.youtube.com/live/QjU1_RTryKs?feature=share
​Sunday
North Downs 30k Trail Race
TAC won the team race through - 7th Jay Smith, 8th Julian Rendall, 67th Wayne Flanagan.
Full results - results.netiming.co.uk/results.aspx?CId=20008&RId=346&EId=1&dt=0&PageNo=1&adv=0​
Hawkhurst 10k and 5k multi terrain races 
10k 3rd Richard Preston, 4th Tony Bennett, 5th Tom Rule. Women 3rd Laura Andrade, 4th Penny Pilbeam
5k 1st Jacek Traczynski
Full results - results.sporthive.com/events/7076925885700262144 

Above
Left - TAC at Hawkhurst 5k and 10k
Right - Jay Smith, Julian Rendall, Wayne Flanagan at North Downs 30k

Southern Counties Veterans League, at Bromley, Friday 23rd June

Results are on the Results 2023 page.
The track results are 'unofficial' as there was no starter or track referee available. This is becoming an issue for more meetings and is likely to get worse unless more volunteers and officials can be found.

Wednesday Action, 21st June

There were plenty of TAC personal bests at a few meetings on Wednesday night.
British Milers Club Meeting, at Sutcliffe Park, Eltham
​Videos loaded !
800 metres
A race - 3rd Jordan Chambers 1.52.93
B race - 1st Angus Currie (u20) 1.57.51 (pb by 2.1s)
D race - 1st Lily Slack (u17) 2.19.27 (pb by 1.3s)
1500 metres
B race 6th Tom Claridge (u20) 4.14.00, 9th Connor Prendergast (u17) 4.16.00 (pb by 6.0s), 12th Felipe Fujimori (u17) 4.19.85 (pb by 4.9s), 16th Peter Fitzmaurice 4.29.53 (pb by 1.9s)
C race 3rd George Bishop 4.37.64 (pb by 2.8s), 5th Ewan Prendergast 4.41.85, 6th Annabel Carter 4.42.76 (sb), 8th Ollie White 4.43.75 (pb by 3.8s)
​Full results here - meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/schedule?id=21878
​Photos here and on Mark Hookway's Facebook page - flic.kr/s/aHBqjAJFza
British Milers Club Meeting, at Wormwood Scrubs, West London
Ben Pearce won the A race 1500 metres in 3.55.20, to break 4 minutes for the first time. This was a pb by 5.6s.
Verity Hopkins improved her pb by 1.9s  in the B race to run 4.28.48. Verity moves up one place to 6th on the TAC all time list. (see History page)
Adam Singleterry (u20) won the 800m race 3 in 2.01.03.
​Full results - justiming.co.uk/liveresults/liveresults.html?meeting=tvh21.6.23&page=results
Loughborough Open Meeting
800m B race 1st Will Beeston 1.55.89 (pb by 3.7s)
Oxford and Cambridge vs Cornnell and Penn Universities, at Oxford
5000m women - 1st Phoebe Barker 16.25.79
1 mile men - 3rd Miles Weatherseed 4.34.00
Full results here - data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/occp/event/
​YouTube - www.youtube.com/live/srlsazo92jc?feature=share

Above
Top - Ollie White, Angus Currie, Lily Slack
Bottom - Connor Prendergast (175), Annabel Carter, George Bishop

This week's 'Big Hitters' (Biggest improvements against personal bests) , 12th to 18th June

​Some of the track improvements from the last few days (based on Power of 10 records) are here -
1500 metres
Will Beeston 3.55.47 (improved by 3.1s)
Sienna Ellis (u13) 5.22.32 (improved by 2.4s)
3000 metres
Tom Claridge (u20) 9.03.62 (improved by 5.8s

National under 20 and 23 Championships, at Chelmsford, Saturday/Sunday 17th/18th June
Day 1 videos loaded !

Full results - meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/schedule?id=14684
​u23 5000m 3rd Charlotte Alexander
u23 5000m 5th James Kingston
​u23 800m Charlie Crick - qualified for the final and finished 8th
u23 1500m Simon Coppard - qualified for the final and finished 13th
Livestream Day 1 - www.youtube.com/live/tsiZARR8J04?feature=share
​Livestream Day 2 - www.youtube.com/live/e7-DMNe1Rew?feature=share

Day 1 photos on Mark Hookway's Facebook page and here - flic.kr/s/aHBqjAJa44
Day 2 photos on Mark Hookway's Facebook page and here - flic.kr/s/aHBqjAJbV2

Above at the National u23 championships
Top Charlotte Alexander, James Kingston
​Bottom Charlie Crick, Simon Coppard

Kent Young Athletes League, at Bromley, Saturday 17th June

Results are on the Results 2023 page, with a summary.

South East Schools Inter Counties, at Basingstoke, Saturday 17th June

Inter Boys 1500m steeplechase - 2nd Harrison Fraser 4.40.47
Inter Girls 3000m 6th Emily Boyd 12.18.70
​Results are here - www.hampshireathletics.org.uk/hsaa/20230617-sesic.html

Kent Independent Schools Championships, at Ashford, Friday 16th June

Purdey Hutchings won the u13 girls 800m in 2.27.10 and Sienna Ellis was first u13 home in the 1500m in 5.22.32 (pb by 2.4s).
​Full results - justiming.co.uk/liveresults/liveresults.html?meeting=iaps16.6.23&page=results

Out of the Blue Trail 10k, near Battle, Thursday 15th June

Full results - results.sporthive.com/events/7074769580003556864/races/3

British Milers Club and Open Meetings, at Watford (videos loaded) and Loughborough
Wednesday, 14th June

Watford
BMC 800m men B race 4th Jordan Chambers 1.52.51.
Open 800m race 7 Annabelle Carter 2.16.81. 3000m race 2 Tom Claridge 9.03.62 pb.
Photos here and on Mark Hookway's Facebook page - flic.kr/s/aHBqjAHPB1
Full results from the open races here - 
​meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/schedule?id=19997
​Loughborough
Will Beeston had a terrific win in the BMC 1500m B race in 3.55.47, which was a pb by 3.1s.
Full results - justiming.co.uk/liveresults/liveresults.html?meeting=charnwood14.6.23&page=schedule

Above at Watford - Jordan Chambers, Annabel Carter, Tom Claridge

South West PB Series 5k, Bristol, Wednesday 14th June

Ben Pearce finished 10th in 15.35.
​Full results - www.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=16665&RId=3431

British Milers Club Meeting, at Trafford, Tuesday 13th June

Kieran Reilly ran a season's best for 1500 metres of 3.46.23 when finishing 4th in the BMC A-race at Trafford. Full results here www.britishmilersclub.com/result/trafford-gold-standard-13-june-2023-results/

Blackheath and Bromley Open Meeting, Monday 12th June

Ethan Rocks missed his personal best by just 0.31s when winning 800m race 1 in 1.59.94
Full results - ​https://justiming.co.uk/liveresults/liveresults.html?meeting=bandbh12.6.23&page=results

This week's 'Big Hitters' (Biggest improvements against personal bests) , 5th to 11th June

Some of the track improvements from the last few days (based on Power of 10 records) are here -
400 metres
Charlie Crick 48.90 (improved by 0.7s)
800 metres
Jamie Rogers (u13) 2.33.54 (improved by 18.3s)
Sienna Ellis (u13) 2.38.22 (improved by 7.2s)
1500 metres
Purdey Hutchings (u13) 5.10.87 (improved by 29.8s)
Zac Owen (u15) 5.36.99 (improved by 27.5s)
Peter Fitzmaurice (u15) 4.31.43 (improved by 25.2s)
Annabelle Hales (u20) 4.50.53 (improved by 23.1s)
3000 metres
Cameron Chambers 8.57.04 (improved by 18.3s)
Verity Hopkins 9.31.23  (improved by 1.9s)
5000 metres
Matthew Dubery 15.10.99 (improved by 45.1)
Phoebe Barker 16.10.25 (improved by 24.4s)
1500 metres steeplechase
Joseph Hunt (u17) 4:26.03 (improved by 6.4s)
2000 metres steeplechase
Calum Laing 6.20.46 (improved by 11.3s)

National Athletics League, at Basingstoke, Sunday 11th June
​Videos loaded !

There were A-string wins from Ben Murphy (800) and Jordan Chambers (1500). Charlie Crick ran a pb 400m of 48.90 when winning the B string race, after earlier winning the B-string 800m. 'Higher claim' athletes Bethany Murray and Kat Sutton bolstered the women's distances with good performances over 800m and 3000m, respectively, whilst Jess Murphy won the B 800m.
There were personal bests for Cameron Chambers (3000m, 8.57.04) and Calum Laing (2000m steeplechase, 6.20.46)
Results link - data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/nal-champ-1b/event/
​Photos here and on Mark Hookway's Facebook page - flic.kr/s/aHBqjAHmT9

Above photos from the National League at Basingstoke
Top - Ben Murphy, Charlie Crick and Kat Sutton (TAC debut)
Bottom - Jess Murphy, Bethany Murray (TAC debut) and Jordan Chambers

Other events round-up, 9th to 11th June

Despite the generally very warm conditions around the country, there have bee quite a few TAC distance runners competing well over the last few days.
Weald 50k multi terran challenge
Charles Adair won this race in 4.29.58.
Full results - https://results.opentracking.co.uk/event/Weald-50k-2023
Swansea Half Marathon
Lucy Reid won the women's race in 74.22
​Full results here - www.swanseahalfmarathon.co.uk/results/
Tenterden 10k
Tom White was 6th in 37.43
​Full results here - resultscui.active.com/events/tenterdenrun
Staplehurst 10k road race
5th female Laura Andrade 44.32
Full results here - results.netiming.co.uk/results.aspx?CId=20008&RId=355&EId=2
Friday
Charing 0k road race
10th Jacek Traczynski 37.49​
Full results - results.sporthive.com/events/7071446685137212160/races/2

British Milers Club Grand Prix at Loughborough, Saturday 10th June

Via subscription with Runnerspace or Vinco Sport
​All details here - www.britishmilersclub.com/loughborough-grand-prix-10-june-2023-start-lists-and-details/9107/
Mens B 1500m Simon Coppard 3.49.15
Mens A 5000m Ally Kinloch 14.26.4
Womens A 5000m Phoebe Barker 16.10.25 (3rd on TAC all time list)
​Live results - live.athletic.net/meets/26140/events/958675/results

Above - Phoebe Barker moved to 3rd on the TAC all time list at 5000m

FAST5000 meeting Paris, Saturday 10th June

James West ran 13.55.74, which he will be disappointed with.
Results here - athle.matsport.com/events/1d9d71a4-fe8e-4ed5-a6f3-483e5d6b0e7a_ATSTAM050101/results ​

Kent Schools Championships, at Gillingham, Saturday 10th June

Track results live link -
​justiming.co.uk/liveresults/liveresults.html?meeting=ksaa10.6.23&page=schedule
TAC summary on the Results 2023 page.

Wednesday Night Action, 7th June

Birmingham University BMC Races
800m men B race - 2nd Simon Coppard 1.49.53 sb, 4th Charlie Crick 1.50.35
1500m men A race - 3rd  Kieran Reilly 3.48.84 sb, 8th Miles Weatherseed 3.49.96
​Full results - data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/uobtfjune/event/
​Wimbledon 3000m Night
​Race 3 - Verity Hopkins 9.31.23 (pb by 1.9s, remains 4th on TAC all time list), Race 5 - Harry Paton 9.03.85
​Full results here - data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/hw3k/event/T1/

Tonbridge AC Evening Open Meeting, at Tonbridge, Tuesday 6th June
Videos loaded !

Full results are here - data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/tacdev2/event/
​Plus a summary on the Results 2023 page. In total 33 of 40 TAC distance runners made their debut or ran a pb at 1500m or 5000m
​Photos here and on Mark Hookway's Facebook page - flic.kr/s/aHBqjAGQ7p

Above - all the TAC runners who improved their personal bests by more than 20 seconds at the open meeting
Top - Zac Owen, Annabelle Hales, Peter Fitzmaurice
Bottom - Ethan Rocks, Cameron Chambers, Matthew Dubery

Vets AC 5km road championships, at Battersea Park, London, Tuesday 6th June

There were nine from TAC who raced over 5k at Battersea. A few made their official debuts at the 5k road distance (not counting park runs), whilst Mark Pitcairn-Knowles (18.16) and Claire Day (19.27) registered personal bests. 
​Full results are here - data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/vetr5k23/event/R1/1/1/

TAC masters at Battersea (photo courtesy of Richard Owen)

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This week's 'Big Hitters' (Biggest improvements against personal bests) , 28th May to 4th June

Some of the track improvements from the last few days (based on Power of 10 records) are here -
800 metres
Henry Cleary (u15) 2.12.7 (improved by 2.6s)
1500 metres
Verity Hopkins 4.30.31 (improved by 8.9s)
Joseph Hunt (u17) 4:05.31 (improved by 5.9s)
3000 metres steeplechase
Calum Laing 10.18.40 (improved by 16.1s)

Other weekend results, 3rd and 4th June

Saturday
Iffley Festival of Miles, at Oxford
Miles Weatherseed ran 4.10.17 to finish 7th in the Roger Bannister Mile.
Full results - data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/ifm/event/03/1/1/
Harvel 5 miles multi terrain race
Harriet Woolley was first woman home in 31.13.
Jack Hammal ran 31.40 in 27th and Scott Shurmer ran 43.25.
Full results - www.racetimeresult.co.uk/results/harvel-53
Sunday
Worthing 10k road race
Steve Strange finished 2nd in 31.38
Full results will be here -  results.sporthive.com/events/7056566533678498560/races/485577
South of England Championships, at Walton
​The championships included u15 and u17 3000m races and Charlie Warren finished 5th in the under 15 boys race in 10.05 (unofficial as results yet to be published).

South of England Championships, at Walton, Saturday 3rd June
Videos loaded !

James Kingston an Jordan Chambers finished 1st and 2nd in the men's 1500m final, whilst Calum Laing was 4th in the 3000m steeplechase.
​Full results - meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/schedule?id=16830
​Photos here and on Mark Hookway's Facebook page - flic.kr/s/aHBqjAGnr6

Above - James Kingston and Jordan Chambers battled it out for the Southern 1500m title

UK Youth Development League (u13/15), at Poole, Saturday 3rd June

Provisional results are on the Results 2023 page. It looks like TAC finished 4th of the 6 teams.

Southern Counties Veterans League, at Tonbridge, Friday 2nd June

Results are on the Results 2023 page.
​Videos of many of the races here - www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQt1MC3OSkv-3btZfRYULozFMVNJfiUpY

Other Wednesday Night Meetings, Wednesday 31st May

There were meetings at Watford and Loughborough on Wednesday night, apart from the 1500s at Wimbledon. The highlights included -
Watford
Joseph Hunt (u17) ran 4.05.31 in race 14, which was a pb by 5.9s.
​Full results here - meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/schedule?id=17687&meId=130748
Loughborough
Will Beeston ran under 4 minutes for 1500m for the first time with 3.58.57.
​Full results here - meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/schedule?id=12974

Hercules Wimbledon Festival of 1500 metres races, Wednesday 31st May
Videos loaded !

Verity Hopkins ran 4.30.31 (pb by 8.9s) in race 5 and Ben Murphy 3.51.12 in race 14.
​Verity's time moves her to 7th on the TAC all time list.
Full results are here - data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/herc15/
Photos here and on Mark Hookway's Facebook page - flic.kr/s/aHBqjAG4zi

Above - Verity Hopkins moved into the TAC top 10 all time at 1500m

This week's 'Big Hitters' (Biggest improvements against personal bests) , 22nd to 28th May

Some of the track improvements from the last few days (based on Power of 10 records) are here -

400 metres
Ethan Rocks (u20) 54.42  (improved by 0.11s)
800 metres
Samuel Smialowski (u17) 2.12.84 (improved by 1.6s)
Amelia Beeston (u20) 2.30.9 (improved by 1.0s)
1500 metres
Jack Sharpe (u20) 4.20.58 (improved by 10.7s)
5000 metres
James Kingston 13.54.84 (improved by 83.5s)

UK Youth Development League (u17/20), at Basildon, Sunday 28th May
​Videos loaded !

Results are on the Results 2023 page.
​TAC finished 4th of 7 teams.
​There were a number of personal bests (see summary on the Results page), with one of the highlights being Angus Currie running sub 2 minutes for 800m, for the first time.
​Photos here and on Mark Hookway's Facebook page - flic.kr/s/aHBqjAFEmC

Above
Top - Joseph Hunt, Tom Claridge, Jack Sharpe
Middle - Lily Stewart, Yasmin Jameson, Jack Sharpe & Ethan Rocks
​Bottom - Angus Currie, Lily Slack, Sophie Slack

Folkestone 10k road race, Sunday 28th May

Women 1st Imogen Amos 37.37, 3rd Becky Morrish 39.22
​Men 7th Nathan Chapman 34.35
Full results here - results.sporthive.com/events/7067064168887728896/races/1

British Milers Club Grand Prix, at Sports City, Manchester, Saturday 27th May

James Kingston ran 5000m in 13.54.84 to move to 5th on the TAC all time list.
Simon Coppard ran 3.45.85 in the men's 1500m A race.
Verity Hopkins ran 16.31.77 in the women's 5000m A race.
​Kieran Reilly 4.13.15 in the 1 mile.
Full results here - www.britishmilersclub.com/result/sportcity-grand-prix-27-may-2023-results/
​​Photos here and on Mark Hookway's Facebook page - flic.kr/s/aHBqjAFEgn
Videos are loaded.

Above - James Kingston moved to 5th on the TAC all time 5000m list

IFAM meeting, Ordergem, Belgium, Saturday 27th May

Alasdair Kinloch ran 14.15.39 for 5000 metres in Belgium.
​Full results here - www.atletiek.nu/wedstrijd/startlijst/749449/78/

Meeting Jaén Paraíso Interior

Meeting Jaén Paraiso Meeting, Spain, Friday 26th May

James West finished 3rd over 1500 metres in 3.37.34
Results here - rfealive.info/Results/ResultsEvent?key=AND23%3ABM%3ABM%3A5%3A1&session=26%2F05%20Mañana

Southern Counties Veterans League, at Dartford, Friday 26th May

TAC won the men's and women's matches. Full results are on the Results 2023 page.
Maximum points were won by Harriet Woolley, Maria Heslop and Dan Bradley over 1500 metres,

Link to a video of photos produced by Mark Pitcairn-Knowles -
​youtu.be/2H2HlICTMUg

Blackheath and Bromley Open Meeting, Thursday 25th May

Purdey Hutchings finished 3rd in race 4 of the mile in 5.35.85.
​Full results here - justiming.co.uk/liveresults/liveresults.html?meeting=bandb25.5.23&page=results

British Milers Club and Cambridge Harriers Meeting, at Eltham, Wednesday 24th May
Videos loaded !

It was a difficult evening for many, with long delays, after the electronic timing system failed. Hand timed results were taken for just about all of the races and official results are awaited. They should be available here at some stage -
​meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/schedule?id=18182
​The TAC distance runners involved were -
800m BMC A race 2nd Ben Murphy 1.54.4
800m BMC B race 4th Alex Beeston 1.57.4 (pb by 0.9s)
800m BMC F race Amelia Beeston 2.30.9 (pb by 1.0s)
800m Open race 2 2nd Samuel Smialowski 2.12.84  (pb by 1.6s)
1500m BMC A race 3rd Jordan Chambers 3.58.2, 7th Alex Howard 3.59.0
1500m BMC B race 1st Will Beeston 4.01.4 (pb by 1.4s)
1500m BMC C race Ollie White 4.47.7 (pb by 1.1s)
Photos here and on Mark Hookway's Facebook page - flic.kr/s/aHBqjAF8w9

Above
Top - Ollie White, Sam Smialowski
Bottom - Alex Beeston, Will Beeston

This week's 'Big Hitters' (Biggest improvements against personal bests) , 15th to 21st  May

Some of the track improvements from the last few days (based on Power of 10 records) are here -
3000 metres
James Kingston 8.13.20 (improved by 18.9s)
10000 metres
Lucy Reid 32.54.55 (improved by 64.2s) - also a TAC club record

Loughborough International, Sunday 21st May

​The livestream is here - www.vincosport.com (by subscription and not free on this occasion)
Full results here - meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/schedule?id=13761
TAC racing -
800m men Match Race - 4th Simon Coppard (Loughborough) 1.50.02,  6th Charlie Crick (National League Team) 1.50.35, 7th Ben Murphy 1.50.49,
800m men Guest Race - Jordan Chambers 2nd 1.53.03
1500m men Guest Race - 7th Toby Emm 3.58.84
​3000m steeplechase women Match Race - 5th Noémie Thomson 10.45.43
George Gandy Mile Match Race - 7th Miles Weatherseed (National League Team) 4.10.11
​3000m men Match Race - 2nd Alasdair Kinloch (Loughborough) 8.07.54, 7th James Kingston (National League Team) 8.13.20 pb.

TAC in action at the Loughborough International
Top - Alasdair Kinloch & James Kingston, Jordan Chambers, Toby Emm
Bottom - Simon Coppard, Ben Murphy & Charlie Crick, Noémie Thomson, Miles Weatherseed

Chester Half Marathon, Sunday 21st May

Julian Rendall ran as part of the England Masters team in the over 45 age group and finished 24th overall with a chip time of 75.12, which is his best since 2019. Full results here -
​ale.niftyentries.com/Results/2023-Essar-Chester-Half-Marathon

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Night of 10,000 metres pbs, at Highgate, Saturday 20th May
​TAC record from Lucy Reid !

Lucy Reid broke the TAC women's 10,000 metres record with 32.54.55 and finished 20th in the A race (8th in the British Championship). Nicole Taylor had set the previous best of 33.31.35, which was set in 2019.
Results here - https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/not/

On Saturday 20th May is the Highgate Night of 10,000m pbs. The details of entrants can be found here and include Lucy Reid  from TAC (Ben Cole is now withdrawn due to injury). 

The livestream is here - https://www.youtube.com/live/MTuhU73buKQ?feature=share
​and/or here www.youtube.com/live/15tHd7jAj_o?feature=share
and/or here www.youtube.com/live/cv1R3loniS8?feature=share
The last two races of the night should also be on the BBC red button or channel 971from 8pm onwards.

Beckenham Road Relays, Wednesday 17th May

Results are due here - www.beckenhamrunning.co.uk/beckenham-team-relay/2023-team-relay-race-results
​They are also on the Results 2023 page.

Above - TAC teams at the Beckenham Road Relays
​(photos courtesy of Mark Pitcairn-Knowles)

British Milers Club Meetings at Loughborough and Watford, Wednesday 17th May

Will Beeston ran a big personal best of 8.38.63 to finish 4th in the BMC 3000 metres A race, at Loughborough.
​Results here - justiming.co.uk/liveresults/liveresults.html?meeting=charnwood17.5.23&page=schedule
Miles Weatherseed ran 3.49.81 for 1500 metres at Watford.
​Results here - www.britishmilersclub.com/result/watford-gold-standard-17-may-2023-results/

British Milers Club Meeting, at Trafford, Tuesday 16th May

Charlie Crick (800m 1.49.85) and Simon Coppard (1500m, 3.54.52) both raced, although not as quick as they were last week. Conditions were reported as being breezy and both front ran their races. Full results -
​www.britishmilersclub.com/result/trafford-gold-standard-16-may-2023-results/

This week's 'Big Hitters' (Biggest improvements against personal bests) , 8th to 14th May

Some of the track improvements from the last few days (based on Power of 10 records) are here -
400 metres
Lily Stewart (u20) 59.75 (improved by 1.9s)
800 metres
Aoife Foley (u15) 2.29.62 (improved by 2.9s)
Charlie Crick 1.49.04 (improved by 1.1s)
1500 metres
Tom Claridge (u20) 4.15.05 (improved by 20.8s)
Ben Pearce 4.00.86 (improved by 14.2s)
Aoife Foley (u15)  5.14.13 (improved by 12.9s)
3000 metres
Joseph Hunt (u17) 9.07.52 (improved by 6.9s)
5000 metres
Calum Laing 15.55.39 (improved by 62.2s)
1500 metres steeplechase
Harrison Fraser (u17) 4.39.57 (improved by 0.8s) - think he is chipping away each week, just to get a regular mention here !
2000 metres steeplechase
Calum Laing 6.31.75 (improved by 16.0s)

Kent Championships, at Bromley, Saturday and Sunday 13th/14th May

A summary of TAC distance runners results is on the Results 2023 page.
All three gold medals came in the steeplechase events, from Calum Laing (senior), Charlie Ellison (u20) and Harrison Fraser (u17) all with personal bests. Calu also won. bronze medal in the 5000m, as did Lily Stewart who ran 59.75 over 400m, for her first sub 60 clocking.
Results link - https://justiming.co.uk/liveresults/liveresults.html?meeting=kcaa13.5.23&page=schedul

​Surrey Championships at Kingston
Joseph Hunt won the u17 men's 3000m in a pb of 9.07.52. His twin brother Jacob finished 2nd in the 1500m in 4.15.73.
Ben Pearce finished 2nd in the 1500m with a big pb of 4.00.86.

Above - Harrison Fraser after winning the under 17 men's 1500m steeplechase at the Kent Championships

Irish Milers Meeting, Belfast, Saturday 13th May

James West finished 3rd in the men's 3000 metres in 7.53.25
Full results available here - www.irishmilersclub.org/results-page
Livestream on East Down YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@EastDownYT/streams

University of Birmingham Track and Field Series Meeting, Wednesday 10th May

TAC had a string of good performances at Birmingham.
800m men - BMC A race 5th 1.49.04 (6th fastest TAC all time)
1500 men - BMC A race 4th Simon Coppard 3.45.72
3000m women - BMC A race 12th 9.43.47, Open race 1 , 13th Katie Goodge 10.23.42 (sb)
​Full results here - data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/uobtfmay/event/

Barbury Castle 10k Trail Race, Wednesday 10th May
Ben Cole won this race on Wednesday evening, although full results not available yet.

Vets AC 5 miles road championship, at Battersea, Tuesday 9th May

There were a few from TAC competing -
Women - 3rd Nichola Evans (w35) 30.25, 6th Becky Morrish (w35) 31.47
Men - 14th Dan Longhurst (m40) 28.13, 21st Adam Tibbals (m45) 29.12, 25th Tom Woolley (m40) 29.35, 41st Mark Pitcairn-Knowles (m55) 31.34
Full results here - results.racetimingsolutions.co.uk/results.aspx?CId=16269&RId=1607&EId=1

Above - TAC at the Vets AC 5 miles road championship at Battersea
Adam Tibbals, Mark Pitcairn-Knowles, Nichola Evans, Becky Morrish, Tom Woolley, Dan Longhurst

This week's 'Big Hitters' (Biggest improvements against personal bests) , 3rd to 7th May

Some of the track improvements from the last few days (based on Power of 10 records) are here -

800 metres
Jules Jameson (u13b) 2.32.69 (improved by 8.9s)
Purdey Hutchings (u13) 2.25.47 (improved by 5.2s)
1200 metres
Jamie Rogers (u13) 4.02.30 (improved by 4.0s)
1500 metres
James Petrie (u15) 4.35.74 (improved by 6.8s)
3000 metres
Dan Longhurst (m40) 9.56.7 (improved by 9.8s)
3000 metres steeplechase
Matthew Dubery (u20) 10.08.00 (improved by 29.1s)

Other results, Sunday 7th May

Rye 5 miles
Graeme Saker (m60) finished 2nd overall in 31.31
Full results - results.sporthive.com/events/7060196807706004224
Riga Marathon
Laura Andrade ran a pb of 3.23.56 and finished as 10th female. Full results here - ​
rimirigamarathon.r.mikatiming.com/2021?pid=search

UK Youth Development League under 13/15s, at Bromley, Sunday 7th May

There were no TAC A-string wins, but some cracking runs and personal bests.
There is a summary on the Results 2023 page. Full results are also there. TAC were 3rd of the 6 teams.

Oxford vs Cambridge Varsity Match, at Cambridge, Sunday 7th May

There were a few TAC distance runners in action at this meeting.
5000m women 1st Phoebe Barker
3000m steeplechase men 5th (1st in the 2nds match) Matthew Dubery 10.08.00 pb
1500m open 1st Alex Beeston 4.12.74

Inside Tonbridge Latest Episode - Specific Track Sessions

The latest episode focuses on training for the Summer track season.

Leicester Podium 5k and 1 mile road races, Saturday 6th May

Men 1 mile - 3rd Miles Weatherseed 4.18
Women 5km - 8th Verity Hopkins 16.27
​Full results - www.ukresults.net/2023/pod05.html

Southern Counties Veterans League, at Eltham, Friday 5th May

Results are on the Results 2023 page.
TAC A-string winners included - m50 3000m Ben Reynolds 10.15.0, w35 3000m Harriet Woolley 10.48.1, w50 3000m Maria Heslop 11.20.0

This week's 'Big Hitters' (Biggest improvements against personal bests) , 25th April to 2nd May

Some of the track improvements from the last few days (based on Power of 10 records) are here -

400 metres
Ethan Rocks (u20) 54.53 (improved by 0.4s)
800 metres
Jamie Macdonald (u20) 1.59.28 (improved by 34.0s from 2017)
Jasper Burton (u13) 2.34.43 (improved by 11.8s)
1200 metres
Sienna Ellis (u13) 4.20.4 (improved by 4.3s)
1500 metres
Jamie Rogers (u13) 5:04.1 (improved by 15.9s)
Aoife Foley (u15) 5.27.0  (improved by 4.0s)
3000 metres
Harrison Fraser (u17) 9.10.84 (improved by 39.6s)
Nick Arnott (m50) 10.14.47 (improved by 36.0s)
5000 metres
Imogen Amos 17.30.33 (improved by 30.0s)
Kieran Reilly 14.04.43 (improved by 6.8s)
1500 metres steeplechase
Harrison Fraser (u17) 4.40.14 (improved by 0.2s)
2000 metres steeplechase
Jamie Macdonald (u20) 6.14.04 (improved by 27.1s)
Charlie Ellison (u20) 6.40.78 (improved by 19.6s)
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Club records
3000m steeplechase - Noémie Thomson 10.26.60

Tonbridge AC Evening Open Meeting, Tuesday 2nd May
Videos loaded !

Results here - data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/tacdev1/
Summary on the Results 2023 page.
​Photos here and on Mark Hookway's Facebook page - flic.kr/s/aHBqjACebv

Above - Purdey Hutchings, Kaito Paterson, Harry Lawrence

Hildenborough Road Races, Monday 1st May

There were plenty of TAC members competing over the three different distances.
2.5 miles
1st James Petrie 14.58, 2nd Oscar Graffin 16.02, 3rd Yugo Maeda 16.03
1st Aoife Foley 17.41, 2nd Hana Maeda 18.08
5 miles
1st Steve Strange 25.25, 2nd Dan Bradley 25.57, 4th Paul Freeman-Jones 27.55
1st Imogen Amos 30.27, 2nd Nichola Evans 31.25, 3rd Polly Pitcairn-Knowles 32.23
10 miles
5th David Suddes 66.30, 2nd Female Lizzie Owen 71.27
​Full results here - results.sporthive.com/events/7057635185994125568

British Universities and Colleges Championships, at Sports City, Manchester
​Saturday 29th April to Monday 1st May

Monday
​​​Mens 800m final  - 6th Charlie Crick 1.52.08.
Sunday
​Mens 800m - Charlie Crick gained an automatic qualifying position for Monday's final, when he placed 2nd in his semi final in 1.51.35
Saturday
Mens 800m - Charlie Crick qualified for Sunday's semi-finals in 1.51.63. Mens 1500m  heat Adam Singleterry 4.08.86 (pb by 4.2s)
Live results - meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/schedule?id=14157