August 2015

Samford Cross Country Opener, at Hoover, Alabama, USA, Tuesday 1st September

Robbie Farnham-Rose, who is at Alabama University, finished 5th over a 5km cross country race, against two other colleges on Tuesday evening.
Robbie is the first of our TAC runners to compete in the USA this season, with Ryan Driscoll expected to open his account for San Francisco this coming weekend. Luca Russo is at Missouri, whilst Kieran Reilly is back home, but due to continue his degree at Eastern Michigan in January.
Link - http://www.rolltide.com/sports/c-xctrack/recaps/090115aah.html

Tonbridge AC Bank Holiday Monday Open Meeting, Monday 31st August
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Full track results are on the Results 2015 page, plus a summary of the TAC distance runners.
Some of the distance running highlights -
Katie Goodge winning a 1500m in a massive pb
Alice Wood being the fastest female on the day over 800 and 1500.
Jack Keywood once again out kicking Simon Fraser, this time over 1500m
Emily Hale back racing for the first time since February.
Some terrific under 11 600m races, from the girls and boys.
800m pbs from Ewan Wood, Tilly Hall and Richard Bamford
1500m pbs from Ollie Harding, Jamie Bingham, Hannah Czarnowski and Luciana Anderson

Sevenoaks '7', Monday 31st August

Joe Watts ran 47.57 to finish 44th at the multi terrain Sevenoaks 7 mile race on Monday. Full results are at - http://www.swifttiming.co.uk/cgi-bin/list_race_result.php?meet_event_id=770001

National under 15 and 17 championships, at Bedford, Sunday 30th August - Day 2
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On day 2 of the championships Polly Pitcairn-Knowles finished 8th in the under 17 1500m steeplechase in 5.33.71.
In the under 17 men's 3000m, Alasdair Kinloch was 8th in 8.48.78 and Jamie Goodge 19th in 9.09.40.

National under 15 and 17 championships, at Bedford, Saturday 29th August - Day 1
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Kathleen Faes became National under 15, 1500m champion, with a convincing victory, in what was a straight final on Saturday.
Phoebe Barker was 6th in the u17 3000m
Sam Crick 9th in u17 1500m steeplechase and Bede Pitcairn-Knowles 14th in the same race.
Full results are at - http://resultsengland.athletics-uk.org
More details to follow.

Other Saturday news, 29th August

Donald Carter convincingly won the British Milers Club 1500m A race at Tipton in 3.52.3. Results will appear at http://www.britishmilersclub.com/results/bmcresultsindex.aspx . More details to follow.

Saturday 5km parkruns, 29th August

More details to follow of TAC runners
Full results at - http://www.parkrun.org.uk/results/firstfinishers/

Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 26th August
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Summary results are on the Results 2015 page.
The wet and blustery conditions from earlier in the day cleared, to give reasonable weather in the evening. It was cool and a little breezy, but still allowed for some good racing and a few personal bests to be achieved.

Donald Carter was the only TAC athlete in the British Milers Club races, going in the mens A race at 1500m. He recorded a pb of 3.50.49.

In the open 1500s we had a number of runners just outside their pbs, although Tim Faes (u20) ran a very even paced race to go under 4 minutes for the first time ever with 3.59.33.

Alongside Tim and Donald's runs, one of the TAC highlights was seeing James West win the final race of the evening in fine style. James won with a big pb of 8.23.55, with the two halves been run in around 4.16, followed by a 4.07.

Max Nicholls selected for GB team at World Mountain Running Championships

Max Nicholls has been selected for the Great Britain, under 20 mens team, to compete at the World Mountain Running Championships, to be held in Wales on 19th September. See http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/media/news/2015-news-page/august-2015/25-08-15-wmrc-team/ 

South of England Inter Counties Championships, at Barnet Copthall Stadium, Sunday 23rd August

Kathleen Faes won the under 15 girls 800 metres in 2.15.96, after a 2.19.21 heat. There were no other TAC runners in action and although Euan Nicholls' name appears in the results it wasn't him who ran. Full results are on the Results 2015 page.

Kathleen with another championship win. This time over 800m

British Milers Club Grand Prix, at Solihull, Saturday 22nd August
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There were six TAC runners in action -
Personal bests for Donald Carter (1500m 3.51.86), Ben Cole (5000m 14.33.75) and Henry Pearce (5000m 14.56.19 and a win)
Others - Alex Hookway (800m 1.58.65), James West (1500m 3.46.25), Miles Weatherseed (1500m 3.56.13)

For James West it was like a UK distance running history lesson as he lined up alongside Anthony Whiteman (6th fastest ever 1500m), Andy Vernon (7th fastest ever 5000m) and Tom Lancashire (12th fastest ever 1500m) !


Full results are at - http://www.britishmilersclub.com/content/bmcitemdisplay.aspx?itemid=1147

Saturday 5km parkruns, 22nd August

Corey De'Ath was first home at Dartford in 15.37. 2nd female Leah Melvin 19.31
Tonbridge - 1st Dan Bradley 16.34 (Shauna Paice the first female is listed as TAC in 20.58, but not a member)
Tunbridge Wells - 2nd Mark Coates 19.39, 1st female Lizzie Miller 20.08
Also the Kingstons ran at Poole, Toby Ross at Bromley and Harry Brown at Shorne Woods. See the TAC results at -
http://www.parkrun.com/results/consolidatedclub/?clubNum=2404

Full results are at - http://www.parkrun.org.uk/results/firstfinishers/

TAC Summer Grand Prix table below, with one run to go.

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Ashford Summer Series 10k, Friday 21st August

Matt Harvey placed 2nd in 38.25, in this Friday evening 10k road race. Full results are not yet available.

British Milers Club Meeting, at Sutcliffe Park, Eltham, Wednesday 19th August
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A cool and at times wet evening greeted the runners at Eltham, for the final BMC meeting this season, at Sutcliffe Park.

John Harley set another TAC over 60 age record, taking two and a half minutes from Maurice Marchant's previous mark, with a superb 19.11.8.

Both Miles Weatherseed (1.53.61) and Jamie Goodge (2.01.62) won their 800m races and reduced their pbs significantly.

There were also 800m pbs for Michael Ellis (2.02.49), Jack Keywood (2.02.83) and Ewan Wood (2.21.46).

Simon Fraser (2.03.71) improved his season's best once again, to run his quickest 800m since 2007.

Thanks also go to Sean Molloy, Tim Faes, George Duggan, Alex Hookway and Miles Weatherseed for helping the British Milers Club with pacemaking duties, across a number of races.

Summary results are on the Results 2015 page.

Corrida de Valbonne 8km Road Race, Saturday 15th August

Henry Pearce won the 'Corrida de Valbonne' 8km road race in France, whilst on holiday, as he had done last year (2nd then in 25.34). He ran 25mins 05secs through a very twisty and hilly village course, which included a section of around 50 steps ! The local paper reports on the race, at the following link -
http://www.gillou.biz/2015/08/valbonne-28eme-corrida-pearce-le-matador-l-article-nice-matin-par-stephane-giordanengo.html

There is also a short video at - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCFr6jwJBzQ

South of England under 15 and 17 Championships at Ashford, Saturday/Sunday 15th/16th August

TAC had just a few competing at Ashford over the weekend. Many of those who may have raced were either at the Southern League, a St Marys training camp or on holiday it seems. However, a couple of the under 15 girls had terrific runs.

Clara Tyler finished 6th in the 800m final, with a new pb of 2.24.27 and Lizzie Miller was 4th in the 1500m, also in a new best of 4.54.29.
Full results are on the Results 2015 page.

Lizzie Miller - 4th in 1500m

Clara Tyler - 6th in 800m

Southern Athletics League, at Tonbridge, Saturday 15th August
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Many thanks to those who helped and competed at the Southern League, as TAC came away with a 5 point win over Bedford, as Thames Valley Harriers and Portsmouth finished 3rd and 4th.
Full results are on the Results 2015 page.
Alice Ralph was the only TAC distance runner to win and set a pb, as she lowered her 1500m best to 4.46.8.
There were wins for Sean Molloy (400m, although declared as a non scorer), Alex Hookway (800m), Tom Cox (5000m) and Michael Ellis, who had a titanic battle with Harry Paton, in the steeplechase.
Ellie Cohen deserves a big mention, as she has been out for a few weeks with an injury, but after ten days being back in training turned out to ensure a full complement of distance runners were in action. Ellie made her debut at 3000m, declaring at the finish that she enjoyed it !

Saturday 5km parkruns, 15th August

Tunbridge Wells - Dan Watt showed that he is adapting to recent fatherhood and getting back to his best, when he was first home in 16.33. This is a course pb and only 13s outside Ben Cole's course record. Greg Cole was 2nd in 17.46.

Tonbridge - Andrew Mercer was first home in 17.06. The first female shown is a Lucy Thompson running for Tonbridge AC IN 21.07, but she is not listed on the current membership database.

Elsewhere Jesse Magorrian was 2nd at Hastings in 17.56.

Friday evening road racing, 14th August

There were two excellent performances from TAC members on Friday evening -
Corey De'Ath (u20) finished 8th in the high class Ipswich Twilight 5k road race in 15.04. This was as quick as his track pb and 28s quicker than his road best. Full results are at -http://www.chiptiminguk.co.uk/ps/results/Ipswich%20Building%20Society%20Twilight%20Run/43342
Then in the Rye Summer Classic 10k Duncan Ralph ran 44.13, which placed him around 29th. Duncan's only previous 10k was almost three years ago, when he ran around 55 minutes. Full results are at - http://niceworkevents.blogspot.co.uk

Start of Ipswich 5k road race, where Corey De'Ath finished 8th in 15.04

This week's 'Big Hitters' - the top personal bests and debuts in the last week -  3rd to 14th August

Biggest pbs -
400m - Becky O'Hara 58.29 (0.5s)
800m - James Stoney (u15) 2.23.80.2 (improvement of 16.0s), Maisy Smith (u13) 2.45.69 (improvement 6.5s)
1500m - Madeleine Wise (u13) 5.33.60 (improvement of 15.6s), Kiri Marsh (u20) 5.10.52 (improvement 9.5s)
Best debut -
Jamie Bingham (u17) 1500m 4.57.79

Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 12th August
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TAC members had a better than 10 out of 10 night, as 12 raced and 12 ran personal bests ! Perfect windless conditions, plus a great attitude from the group to just go for it, resulted in a mass of pbs. Summary results are on the Results 2015 page.

A very nervous Becky O'Hara was the first of the TAC group in action and ran her usual aggressive race over 400m. She surprised herself by improving her two year old pb to run 58.29.

Duncan Ralph then ran in the first of the 24, 800 metre races and reduced his own 2 year old pb, with 2.39.38.
Polly Pitcairn-Knowles ran 2.25.73, which saw yet another best obliterated.

We then had Alice Ralph and Hannah Czarnowski in race 11 and despite having both been away last week (they did train) both reduced their very good pbs from a month ago with 2.14.59 and 2.17.78.

The TAC minibus had a 'guest' for the night, as sprinter Zak Skinner made his 800m debut, even wearing baggy shorts for the night ("as distance runners don't wear lycra !"). Zak, who is under 17, ran 2.14.44.

Next up was Ollie Harding, who front ran race 17 and ran a pb of 2.03.75, although being caught by a number of athletes towards the finish.

I thought that Christian Lee may have missed out on his sub 2 attempt in race 18, as I timed him at 1.59.9+. However, it was one of my better timing performances and the photo finish recorded 1.59.99 !

In race 19 we had another front runner as Stuart Brown (1.59.09) went for it and led most of the way. He was pipped near the finish, by the winner and also Tim Faes (1.59.05), but also helped Ben Murphy (1.59.62) make it three in one race go sub 2 for the first time.

So on the night TAC had four athletes break the 2 minute barrier for the first time, making it 17 in total this year. This is still short of the 21 who managed it in 2013.

Dartford Open Meeting, Wednesday 12th August

Graeme Saker reports that he ran the mile at Dartford in 4.54.0, although official results are awaited. This would have taken three seconds from his TAC over 50 age record, set last month.

Blackheath and Bromley Harriers Open Meeting, Monday 10th August

There were a couple of fine TAC performances at the Blackheath Open Meeting on Monday. Dan Seagrove ran a new personal best of 4.19.72, which was an improvement of 17.2s on his pb from last year. Then in the 800m Christian Lee was second in 2.01.67, just two tenths of a second away from his best.

TAC Summer parkrun Grand Prix - latest news

Update from Mark Pitcairn-Knowles -
“Record turn out for the grand prix qualifying park run today on the Tonbridge AC takeover event.    Bumper points available!   James Taylor was not present to take advantage and has slipped to 5th place as Dan Bradley, Steve Keywood ,Cain Bradley and Bede PK over took him.   Dan has a slender 3 point lead over Steve, who crucially has reached this position with only 3 scores as opposed to Dan’s 4.   Bede is in a similar position a few points further back.  Andrew Mercer (83.05% today) and Julian Rendall (81.73%) are both back running well and score highly on age grading so despite only having two scores recorded so far may well be in with a shout if they can run at the last two events 22nd Aug and 5th Sept, both at Tonbridge.  The same applies to Sam Crick on 40 points”.

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Other Saturday parkruns, 8th August

Bushy Park - Henry Pearce ran the fastest TAC parkrun of the day when he was first home at Bushy in 15.24
Dartford - 1st Corey De'Ath 15.52, 1st female Leah Melvin 18.57
Tunbridge Wells - 1st Dan Watt 18.19
Full results of all the parkruns can be found at http://www.parkrun.org.uk/results/firstfinishers/

Saturday 8th August - TAC Tonbridge parkrun 'takeover'

Three hundred people finished the Tonbridge parkrun, with around 30 being TAC members.
Many thanks to all the volunteers who helped marshal, timekeep, manager the finish area and pace.
Robbie Farnham-Rose was first home in 16.06, with Ellen Crombie the first female in 19.04, being 10th overall.

Gravesend Cyclopark 10k road race, Friday 7th August

Matt Harvey placed 6th in 39.33. Full results are at - http://www.runbritainrankings.com/results/results.aspx?meetingid=143050

World Masters Championships, Lyon, France, Friday 7th August

Ben Reynolds has won the World Masters Championships over 50 mens 5000m in Lyon, France today in 15.47.07.
Ben has been a TAC member since he was at Sevenoaks School and has competed ever since, although is also a member of Thames Hare and Hounds. Ben reports that he managed to move away from the field with four laps to go, to win by ten seconds, despite temperatures being around forty degrees !
Full results are at - http://rhone-alpes.athle.com/upload/ssites/000047/wma/result/07aout/Bron_m50_final_5000m.txt

Good luck to the boys leaving for USA in August !

In August Ryan Driscoll and Luca Russo will be off to the USA to join San Francisco and Missouri Universities on track scholarships. Already based in the States are Robbie Farnham-Rose and Kieran Reilly. Luca, Ryan and Robbie have all been part of multiple TAC winning teams through the age groups. Below left is after the under 13 National Cross Country win in 2007 and right is after the under 20 win in 2014.
You can see a photographic slideshow of their history with TAC under the Race Videos Summer 2015 pages.

Tonbridge AC Evening Open Meeting, Tuesday 4th August
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The meeting started with the 'traditional' strong wind, which died down as the evening went on.
There were plenty of TAC athletes in action and it was good to see quite a few making debuts in the middle distance events.
There were eight 800m races and four had TAC runners taking the win - Richard Bamford, Jack Keywood, Toby Emm and Jamie Bingham. Infact Jamie was back later to win a 1500m.
The biggest 800m personal bests were recorded by James Stoney 2.23.94 (16.0 seconds) and Matthew Randall 2.29.60 (14.7s), whilst at 1500m Maddy Wise ran 5.33.60 (15.6s improvement) and Kiri Marsh ran 5.10.52 (9.5s).
Full results and a summary are on the Results 2015 page.

Stuart Brown, Michael Ellis, Polly Pitcairn-Knowles and Alex Hookway all completed the open meeting 'triple challenge' of 800m, 400m and 200m

This week's 'Big Hitters' - the top personal bests and debuts in the last week -  24th July to 2nd August

Biggest pbs -
800m - Fraser Gordon (u13) 800m 2.25.2 (improvement of 5.9s)
1500m - Bede Pitcairn-Knowles 4.26.00 (improvement of 7.7s), Emilia Hope (u17) 5.30.6 (improvement 5.6s)
3000m - Ben Cole (sm) 8.31.10 (improvement 17.3s)
2000m steeplechase - Stuart Brown 6.32.6 (improvement 18.6s)
Best debut -
Ollie Harding (u20) 1500m 4.27.8

England AAA and Inter Counties Senior Championships, at Bedford, Sunday 2nd August

Kathleen Faes, despite being an under 15, raced in the senior England Championships, at Bedford, over 1500 metres. Kathleen ran 4.31.77 in her heat and qualified for the final as a fastest loser. With the final just over two hours later it was a tough challenge and she placed 11th in 4.38.98.

Tonbridge AC Summer parkrun Grand Prix - Latest

Update from Mark Pitcairn-Knowles - Low turn out at Tunbridge Wells results in few changes to the top of the table apart from last years champion Dan Bradley taking 10 points to close in on the leaders , 12 points behind JT but only 3 scores recorded and sneaking past Cain by 1 point.   Steve Keywood still sitting in a very strong position of 5th, 42 points, with only 2 scores recorded.   3 more qualifying events with the next this Saturday at Tonbridge.

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Saturday 5km parkruns, 1st August

On what is otherwise a quiet weekend of action there were plenty of Tonbridge runners at various parkruns -
Tunbridge Wells - 1st Dan Bradley 16.40 (this was the nominated TAC Summer Grand Prix event.
Dartford - 1st Corey De'Ath 16.13
Maidstone - 1st Graeme Saker 17.23
Evesham - 1st James Taylor 17.04
Tonbridge - 1st Stuart Brown 16.17, 2nd Julian Rendall 16.18. Steve Fennell started late and missed the start, but recorded 16.09 on his own watch. Polly Pitcairn-Knowles was the first lady home.
Cambridge - 1st female Lizzie Miller 19.03
Lee on Solent - 1st female Ellen Crombie 19.03

Also Toby Ross completed his 50th parkrun and Dan Schofield was celebrating his birthday with a run.
Full results are at -  http://www.parkrun.org.uk/results/firstfinishers/

Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 29th July
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Fifteen TAC athletes toed the line at Watford and achieved 10 personal bests and three seasons bests between them.
Summary results are on the Results 2015 page and full results are at http://www.watfordharriers.org.uk/indexnc.htm

Over 1500m the fastest TAC athlete in action was Corey De'Ath (3.57.00), whilst there were personal bests for Alasdair Kinloch (4.01.10), Stuart Brown (4.09.97), Alex Hookway (4.10.74), Jordan Saul (4.22.59), Bede Pitcairn-Knowles (4.26.00) and Alice Wood (4.49.79).

In the 3000m James West made a late decision to race, having felt unwell and ran a pb of 8.30.99. He was just ahead of Ben Cole (8.31.10), who ran a massive pb, whilst Tim Faes trimmed his own 8.40.37. In race 2, Michael Ellis set a pb of 9.21.58. 

Welsh International Games, at Cardiff, Wednesday 29th July

Miles Weatherseed made his international debut, competing for the England under 20 team, in the mile. He finished a close second in 4.19, in a tactical race, which saw him close with a 1.59 last 800m and a 55 second last lap.

Parkrun - TAC Summer Grand Prix - Latest from Mark Pitcairn-Knowles

'JT' is one of three to have completed 4 races and has set the initial target, although he can continue to improve on this if he betters any of his existing results. The latest table is below.
There is a qualifying event at Tunbridge Wells this coming Saturday 1st August and also at Tonbridge on 8th August.

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UK Youth Development League (u17/20), at Crawley, Sunday 26th July
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TAC won this final match to clinch second place in the division and so gain promotion back to the top level.

One of my highlights of the day was seeing Kiri Marsh and Holly Gordon, waiting at the finish with a few of the other 3000m runners, to greet the last runner home. This meant standing in the wet and cold for the best part of two minutes, so well done girls.

In the under 20 mens age group there were A-string wins for Toby Ralph, who front ran 1.57.8 pb at 800m, Corey De'Ath (3000m) and Stuart Brown (2000m steeplechase in 6.32.6 (pb).

The under 20 women's events saw wins for Hannah Czarnowski (800m in 2.22.7) plus Alice Wood (1500m in 4.56.1) and it was good to see these two racing so well.

None of the under 17 men's distance runners claimed an A-string victory, but credit goes to Sam Crick for a 4.12.3 pb at 1500m, where he placed second.

Alice Ralph (1500m in 4.52.6) claimed another victory in the u17s, whilst Polly Pitcairn-Knowles won the 1500m steeplechase in 5.34.4.

Full results are on the Results 2015 page, with more details to follow.

South of England Under 13 Inter Counties, at Kingston, Sunday 26th July

There were three TAC distance runners competing for the Kent under 13 team.
James Crawley finished 2nd in the A-string 800m in 2.21.07 (pb by 1.6s)
Katie Burgess was 4th in the A-string 800m in 2.25.59
Joe Pullman was 12th in the B-string 800m in 2.32.09.
In the non scoring 800s Fraser Gordon ran 2.25.52 and Megan Moore 2.45.87. Fraser's was a pb by 5.9s, as he continues to be one of the most improved runners this year.

Magor Marsh 10k road race, incorporating National Masters Championships, Sunday 26th July

Graeme Saker finished 25th overall in the race in 35.45, with Phil Coleman (37.38) and Cain Bradley (43.15) making up the winning men's over 50 team.
Lucy Pitcairn-Knowles was third over 50 lady in 44.54, with Maurice Marchant (49.55), the other TAC competitor. 
Full results are at - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwt3q0Q68fnBOGo1QW5JcW1TWEE/view

The Deal Dinosaur 10k road race, Sunday 26th July

Dan Watt ran 33.56 to win this 10k road race, with Greg Cole in 5th in 34.57.
Full results are at - http://niceworkevents.blogspot.co.uk

Saturday 5km parkruns, 25th July

There were TAC runners in both the 'local' parkruns -
Tonbridge - 1st Dan Bradley 16.29, 2nd Julian Rendall 16.32, 3rd James Taylor 16.54, 1st Female Tilly Hall 21.14
Tunbridge Wells - 1st Andrew Mercer 17.39

La Plagne running festival, Friday 24th July ....whilst on holiday

Max and Euan Nicholls raced up and down for 11km with 600m of climb in the ski resort of La Plagne. This was part of the 6D weekend running festival, the main race was 66km up to the glacier.   Max won by 3 minutes in 55 mins with Euan really giving it all to come 4th overall and 2nd in his age category.

Euan and Max Nicholls

This week's 'Big Hitters' - the top personal bests and debuts in the last week
16th to 23rd July

Biggest pbs -
400m Hannah Czarnowski (u20) 61.51 (improvement of 0.4s)
800m - Dan Seagrove (u17) 2.03.83 (improvement of 10.7s), Kathleen Faes (u15) 800m 2.12.33 (improvement of 2.4s)
1200m - Katie Goodge (u13) 4.11.84 (improvement of 1.3s)
1500m - Tim Faes (u20) 4.03.57 (improvement of 8.9s), Lizzie Miller (u15) 4.56.36 (improvement 0.7s)
3000m - James Puxty 9.08.5 (improvement of 0.8s)
5000m - Ben Cole (sm) 14.38.38 (improvement 9.8s)
Best debuts -
Nicole Taylor 5000m 17.10.72
Club Records -
Kathleen Faes (u15) 800m 2.12.33
Kathleen Faes  (u15) 3000m 10.00.17
John Harley (m60) 10k 39.47

British Milers Club and Cambridge Harriers Open Meeting, Wednesday 22nd July
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Kathleen Faes broke the TAC club under 15 girls 800 metres record with a 2.12.33 clocking. This removed 1.8 seconds from the previous time, set by Julie Adkin (Goodge) back in 1985. This was Kathleen's second club record within a few days, having set a 3000m mark last Saturday.

Simon Fraser had started the TAC distance runners proceedings with an excellent 2.04.26 seasons best in the open 800 metres. This was Simon's best time for eight years, showing he is remotivated, as the M40 age group beckons in 2016.

James West (u20) finished second in the British Milers Club 800m A-race, with a new pb of 1.50.81, to go second on this years TAC overall mens rankings. The other 800m pb came from Michael Ellis (u20) with 2.05.66.

The only TAC athlete in the 1500m was Tim Faes, who took nine seconds from his best with a 4.03.57 pb.

To finish off the night Nicole Taylor made her 5000m debut and ran an excellent 17.10.72 (also passing 3k in a seasons best.

Hannah Czarnowski raced over 400m and found herself in the women's invitation race, where she finished 5th in a 61.51 pb.

Summary results are on the Results 2015 page.

 Blackheath Open Meeting at Bromley, Monday 20th July

Despite windy conditions there were plenty of TAC pbs at Bromley, on Monday evening. So far reported -
400m Jamie Brown 53.11, 800m Ben Murphy 2.00.64, Dan Seagrove 2.03.83, 1500m Euan Nicholls 4.10.55, Polly Pitcairn-Knowles 4.59.64. These were all personal bests.

Southern Counties Under 17s Inter Counties, at Little Marlow (High Wycombe), Sunday 19th July
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TAC results -
800m - 2nd Alice Ralph 2.18.0
1500m - 5th Jamie Goodge 4.14.1
3000m - 2nd James Puxty 9.08.5 (pb), Bede Pitcairn-Knowles 9.45.4
1500m steeplechase - 2nd Sam Crick 4.38.3
Full results are on the Results 2015 page.

Romney Marsh 10km road race, Sunday 19th July

Marcin Urbanowsk, Dan Bradley and Dan Watt placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd in this 10km road race. Apparently, Marcin and Dan B arrived late, due to a mix up regarding the start time and Marcin started around 30 seconds behind the field.

Marcin ran around 31.55 for the distance, although the official time was shown as 32.24. Dan B ran 33.02, Dan W ran 33.52, with Greg Cole 5th in 34.35 and Cain Bradley 44.48, Pat Hollands 54.23. Full results are  at - http://niceworkevents.blogspot.co.uk

Pat Hollands, Greg Cole, Dan Watt, Cain Bradley, Marcin Urbanowski, Dan Bradley

Great Newham London Run, 10k road race, Olympic Park, London, Sunday 19th July

John Harley lowered his TAC over 60 age group, 10k road race record to 39.47 at Newham.

John finished overall 152nd from a reported, 12000 entrants ! He was the first over 60 to finish.
Results are available at http://www.greatrun.org/myresults

European Under 20 Championships, at Eskilstuna, Sweden, Saturday 18th July

Chris Olley put in a brave effort to finish 11th of the 27 starters in the under 20 men's 5000 metres. In what turned out to be a very slow and tactical race (for them). Chris ran 14.51.22 and described the race as one of the toughest that he has ever raced. He has now completed his season and will have a rest, before building again for the Autumn.
Full results are at www.european-athletics.org
Below are the only photos that I have so far !

Chris (left) with Gus Cockle and Alex George (winner) his GB 5000m team mates.

Before the race

After the race !