January 2014
Ashford and District 10k road race, Sunday 2nd February
Ashley Gibson produced a superb run of 34.40 to be first lady home, in eighth place overall, whilst Dan Bradley ran 32.27 to finish second and just three seconds behind the winner. Ash's time puts her 4th so far this year on the UK rankings.
Harry Paton improved by around two minutes on his race at the same event last year with 33.56, as he finished fifth. There was a personal best for Matt Harvey with 39.02, whilst Joe Watts ran 42.43, Sally Musson 42.57 and Cain Bradley 43.46.
Full results are at http://www.runbritainrankings.com/results/results.aspx?meetingid=98114
Harry Paton improved by around two minutes on his race at the same event last year with 33.56, as he finished fifth. There was a personal best for Matt Harvey with 39.02, whilst Joe Watts ran 42.43, Sally Musson 42.57 and Cain Bradley 43.46.
Full results are at http://www.runbritainrankings.com/results/results.aspx?meetingid=98114
Howie Ryan Invitational Indoor Meeting, at Houston, USA, Saturday 1st February
Laurie Probert competed for Lamar University in section 2 of the mens mile, finishing 11th in 4.30.41.
Full results are at - http://flashresultstexas.com/2014/uhhryan14/
Full results are at - http://flashresultstexas.com/2014/uhhryan14/
British Universities and Colleges Sports Cross Country Championships
at Stirling University, Scotland, Saturday 1st February
Results on the Results 2014 page.
Men's A race - 27th Henry Pearce, 68th Alex Howard, 70th Chris Lloyd, 121st James Thompson
Women - 34th Nicole Taylor, 51st Nicola Wilkinson, 55th Lucy Reid, 134th Abblie Shepherd-Barron, 273rd Clare Parkin, 328th Jayne Mallyon
Men's B race - 7th Ryan Driscoll, 8th Robbie Farnham-Rose, 128th Tom Devlin
Men's A race - 27th Henry Pearce, 68th Alex Howard, 70th Chris Lloyd, 121st James Thompson
Women - 34th Nicole Taylor, 51st Nicola Wilkinson, 55th Lucy Reid, 134th Abblie Shepherd-Barron, 273rd Clare Parkin, 328th Jayne Mallyon
Men's B race - 7th Ryan Driscoll, 8th Robbie Farnham-Rose, 128th Tom Devlin
Southern Schools Inter Counties, at Southampton, Saturday 1st January
News coming through from Southampton includes the following unofficial results -
Junior Girls - 3rd Genny Allan, 16th Phoebe Barker, 27th Ellen Crombie, 30th Alice Tyler, 36th Clara Tyler, 37th Vita de Munck, 39th Evie Butler, 74th Ellie Cohen
Junior Boys - 12th James Puxty, 24th Dan Blades, 25th Charlie Crick, 36th Hamish Johnstone, 39th Bede Pitcairn-Knowles
Inter Girls - 18th Polly Pitcairn-Knowles, 52nd Lucy King-Powrie, 61st Hannah Czarnowski, 66th Kiri Marsh, 68th Emily Hale
Inter Boys - 13th George Bourne, 70th Sam Avis
Senior Girls - 3rd Sophie Foreman, 10th Sian Driscoll, 42nd Louisa Bryant
Senior Boys - 3rd Chris Olley, 33rd Michael Ellis, 46th Peter Laing
Photos below courtesy of Mark Pitcairn-Knowles.
Kent Inter Girls team left to right TAC - 1 Kiri Marsh, 3 Polly Pitcairn-Knowles, 4 Emily Hale, 7 Lucy King-Powrie
Junior Girls - 3rd Genny Allan, 16th Phoebe Barker, 27th Ellen Crombie, 30th Alice Tyler, 36th Clara Tyler, 37th Vita de Munck, 39th Evie Butler, 74th Ellie Cohen
Junior Boys - 12th James Puxty, 24th Dan Blades, 25th Charlie Crick, 36th Hamish Johnstone, 39th Bede Pitcairn-Knowles
Inter Girls - 18th Polly Pitcairn-Knowles, 52nd Lucy King-Powrie, 61st Hannah Czarnowski, 66th Kiri Marsh, 68th Emily Hale
Inter Boys - 13th George Bourne, 70th Sam Avis
Senior Girls - 3rd Sophie Foreman, 10th Sian Driscoll, 42nd Louisa Bryant
Senior Boys - 3rd Chris Olley, 33rd Michael Ellis, 46th Peter Laing
Photos below courtesy of Mark Pitcairn-Knowles.
Kent Inter Girls team left to right TAC - 1 Kiri Marsh, 3 Polly Pitcairn-Knowles, 4 Emily Hale, 7 Lucy King-Powrie
Parkrun 5km, Saturday 1st January
Graeme Saker was first home at this week's Maidstone Parkrun in 17.11. Harry Brown ran 20.44.
The Tonbridge event this week was cancelled, due to flooding.
At Lloyd Park, Croydon - 5th John Coates 20.46, Mark Coates 21.52, Nick Lee 22.42, Abianne Coates 24.24, Frank Coates 30.36 and Scarlet Coates 32.56
At Crystal Palace, Kelsi Cornish ran 19.47 for 7th.
The Tonbridge event this week was cancelled, due to flooding.
At Lloyd Park, Croydon - 5th John Coates 20.46, Mark Coates 21.52, Nick Lee 22.42, Abianne Coates 24.24, Frank Coates 30.36 and Scarlet Coates 32.56
At Crystal Palace, Kelsi Cornish ran 19.47 for 7th.
Indiana University home meeting, Friday 31st January
Kieran Reilly was the first TAC distance runner in action this weekend, when he raced over an indoor 3000 metres for Indiana University. He finished 12th in a competitive field with 8.25.33, improving his time of a couple of weeks ago by five seconds.
Full results can be found at http://www.iuhoosiers.com/sports/c-track/stats/2013-2014/inrelaysday1.html
Kieran is due to race in the 4x800m relay on Saturday aswell.
Full results can be found at http://www.iuhoosiers.com/sports/c-track/stats/2013-2014/inrelaysday1.html
Kieran is due to race in the 4x800m relay on Saturday aswell.
South of England Cross Country Championships at Parliament Hill, Saturday 25th January
Race videos from all except senior women now loaded !
Full results appear here - http://mcs.open.ac.uk/mkac/14seaaxc.htm and are on the Results 2014 page.
Race videos can also be viewed at www.athleticos.org
Under 13 girls - 2nd Kathleen Faes. Team 4th.
Under 13 boys - 11th Charlie Crick. Team 6th.
Under 15 girls - 35th Genny Allan. Team 7th.
Under 15 boys - 1st Alasdair Kinloch, 2nd Jamie Goodge. Team 1st
Under 17 women - 59th Sian Driscoll. Team 8th
Under 17 men - 9th Chris Cohen. Team 2nd
Under 20 women - 7th Nicole Taylor. Team 2nd
Under 20 men - 4th max Nicholls, 8th Chris Olley. Team 2nd
Senior Women - Miranda Heathcote was 2nd and is a 2nd claim TAC member. 243rd Rachel Fagg.
Senior Men - Ben Cole around 29th and 6 scorers inside top 125. Best ever team performance of 6th from 74 clubs.
Other stats -
79 athletes in total was the most TAC have had starting the championships.
Most athletes this century in u13 girls (11), u20 women (6), senior women (2 !), senior men (11)
Alasdair Kinloch's win was the third for TAC in 4 years in the u15s, after Max Nicholls and George Duggan
Kathleen Faes 2nd was the highest for TAC in any female race at the championships this century.
The under 17 men's team medals made it 8 years in a row this has been achieved, in this age group.
Race videos can also be viewed at www.athleticos.org
Under 13 girls - 2nd Kathleen Faes. Team 4th.
Under 13 boys - 11th Charlie Crick. Team 6th.
Under 15 girls - 35th Genny Allan. Team 7th.
Under 15 boys - 1st Alasdair Kinloch, 2nd Jamie Goodge. Team 1st
Under 17 women - 59th Sian Driscoll. Team 8th
Under 17 men - 9th Chris Cohen. Team 2nd
Under 20 women - 7th Nicole Taylor. Team 2nd
Under 20 men - 4th max Nicholls, 8th Chris Olley. Team 2nd
Senior Women - Miranda Heathcote was 2nd and is a 2nd claim TAC member. 243rd Rachel Fagg.
Senior Men - Ben Cole around 29th and 6 scorers inside top 125. Best ever team performance of 6th from 74 clubs.
Other stats -
79 athletes in total was the most TAC have had starting the championships.
Most athletes this century in u13 girls (11), u20 women (6), senior women (2 !), senior men (11)
Alasdair Kinloch's win was the third for TAC in 4 years in the u15s, after Max Nicholls and George Duggan
Kathleen Faes 2nd was the highest for TAC in any female race at the championships this century.
The under 17 men's team medals made it 8 years in a row this has been achieved, in this age group.
Team medal winners -
Individual medal winners -
Senior Men - Best ever Tonbridge senior place - 6th of 74 clubs !
A selection of other photos (200+ photos will appear at the Scrapbook on www.tonbridgeac.co.uk)
London Indoor Games, at Lee Valley, Saturday 25th January 2014
Sean Molloy finished second in the under 20 men's 400 metres. He ran 49.72 to record an indoor personal best and go under 50 seconds indoors for the first time.
Maidstone Parkrun 5km, Saturday 25th January 2014
James West finished second in the Maidstone Parkrun with 16.25, but the start run came from our second claim member, Ashley Gibson. Ash finished third overall and first lady, recording 16.45 to smash the ladies course record by over a minute. Sally Musson ran 21.09.
Meanwhile at Tonbridge, Matt Harvey placed 4th with 19.59 and James Kingston 6th with 21.00.
At Bromley Kelsi Cornish ran 20.15 in 10th place.
Meanwhile at Tonbridge, Matt Harvey placed 4th with 19.59 and James Kingston 6th with 21.00.
At Bromley Kelsi Cornish ran 20.15 in 10th place.
Gladstein Indoor Invitational, Indiana University, USA, Friday 24th January 2014
Kieran Reilly, who is on a scholarship at Indiana University, finished 4th in the mile with a superb personal best of 4.08.17. Full results are at -
http://www.iuhoosiers.com/sports/c-track/stats/2013-2014/gladsteinfinal.html
http://www.iuhoosiers.com/sports/c-track/stats/2013-2014/gladsteinfinal.html
Distance Runners Diaries - First contribution for 2014
Laurie Probert has sent a note to everyone about his first few weeks at Lamar University in USA. Read it at the Distance Runners Diaries page. He ran 14.53 for 5000m indoors a week ago.
South of England Indoor Championships, at Lee Valley, Sunday 19th January
(Videos loaded !)
James West and Sean Molloy contested the under 20 mens 1500 metres and progressed nicely through heat 1, to the nine man final.
In the final they were up against GB junior international Shaun Wyllie from Bracknell and despite their best efforts had to settle for second (James) and third (Sean). Their time of 3.59.29 and 4.01.80 were big indoor personal best times and run off a relatively slow 2.14 for the first 800 metres.
In the final they were up against GB junior international Shaun Wyllie from Bracknell and despite their best efforts had to settle for second (James) and third (Sean). Their time of 3.59.29 and 4.01.80 were big indoor personal best times and run off a relatively slow 2.14 for the first 800 metres.
Kent Schools Cross Country Championships, at Wilmington, Saturday 18th January
Race videos loaded !
There were plenty of TAC distance runners in action today at Wilmington. Full results are not yet available, but I managed to get most of the top 20 names in each race. See the Results 2014 page. Tonbridge AC winners were -
Year 7 Girls - Lizzie Miller
Junior Boys - Tom Kendrick
Inter Boys - Alasdair Kinloch
Around 170 photos will be posted at www.tonbridgeac.co.uk under the Scrapbook.
Year 7 Girls - Lizzie Miller
Junior Boys - Tom Kendrick
Inter Boys - Alasdair Kinloch
Around 170 photos will be posted at www.tonbridgeac.co.uk under the Scrapbook.
A selection of TAC runners who either ran really well, battled back from injury or simply showed real guts today !
Surrey Schools Cross Country Championships, at Reigate, Saturday 18th January
Results now loaded.
Sophie Foreman finished 3rd in the senior girls race and Ben Foreman was 25th in the senior boys race. Christian Lee had one of his best ever performances to finish 7th in the Junior Boys race, gaining selection for the English Schools championships. Abianne Coates was 15th in the Junior Girls and Jamie Brown 25th in the Inter Boys.
Other Friday and Saturday news (17th/18th January)
Laurie Probert made an excellent start to life in the USA with a second place finish for Lamar University, over an indoor 5000 metres. He ran 14.53.94.
Kieran Reilly also made his indoor track debut in the USA, running for Indiana University. He finished 7th over 3000 metres in 8.30.52, running in a dual team meet at Purdue. From the results it also looks like he ran a 4x800m relay leg, in a team that placed second.
Maidstone Parkrun - Dan Bradley (15.59) and Nicole Taylor (18.10) were the first finishers, with Joe Watts (20.29) and Cain Bradley (21.12) also running. Dan was just seven seconds away from the course record, whilst Nicole's run was the third fastest female on the course. The Tonbridge run was cancelled this week due to flooding.
Kieran Reilly also made his indoor track debut in the USA, running for Indiana University. He finished 7th over 3000 metres in 8.30.52, running in a dual team meet at Purdue. From the results it also looks like he ran a 4x800m relay leg, in a team that placed second.
Maidstone Parkrun - Dan Bradley (15.59) and Nicole Taylor (18.10) were the first finishers, with Joe Watts (20.29) and Cain Bradley (21.12) also running. Dan was just seven seconds away from the course record, whilst Nicole's run was the third fastest female on the course. The Tonbridge run was cancelled this week due to flooding.
South of England 6 (women) and 12 (men) road relay date confirmed, as 16th March
The date of the 'Southern' road relays has been confirmed as 16th March, at Milton Keynes. (see http://www.mkac.org.uk)
Unfortunately, this is the day after the English Schools Championships, so will probably deny us a few good under 20 athletes.
Unfortunately, this is the day after the English Schools Championships, so will probably deny us a few good under 20 athletes.
South of England Indoor Championships, at Lee Valley, Sunday 12th January
Videos loaded !
Sean Molloy and James West produced an excellent 1-2 for TAC in the under 20 men's 800 metres. Sean won in 1.54.30, with James tracking him all the way and running 1.54.68. This was after an earlier heat, where they ran 1.56.75 and 1.56.96 respectively.
Other weekend news (11th/12th January)
Saturday training session - 34 athletes trained at the track. Summary at the Training completed page.
Chiltern League - Ben Cole was 4th running as a guest. Full results are at http://www.chilternccl.co.uk/cl2013M4.htm
Tonbridge Parkrun - Oliver Dunn 20.20, Toby Ross 20.45
Maidstone Parkrun - Matt Harvey 18.55
Banstead Woods Parkrun - Ben Foreman 1st 19.14, Sophie Foreman 1st 20.57
Birmingham Cross Country League - Henry Pearce, running for Loughborough had a good run to place 3rd. Full results are at http://www.birminghamccleague.co.uk/images/stories/bdccl/articlepdfs/race_details/2013-2014-BDCCL-Div1Match3results.pdf
Sunday - Bromley 10k. James Thompson was 2nd in 35.54, less than a second behind the winner. (no official results yet found)
Chiltern League - Ben Cole was 4th running as a guest. Full results are at http://www.chilternccl.co.uk/cl2013M4.htm
Tonbridge Parkrun - Oliver Dunn 20.20, Toby Ross 20.45
Maidstone Parkrun - Matt Harvey 18.55
Banstead Woods Parkrun - Ben Foreman 1st 19.14, Sophie Foreman 1st 20.57
Birmingham Cross Country League - Henry Pearce, running for Loughborough had a good run to place 3rd. Full results are at http://www.birminghamccleague.co.uk/images/stories/bdccl/articlepdfs/race_details/2013-2014-BDCCL-Div1Match3results.pdf
Sunday - Bromley 10k. James Thompson was 2nd in 35.54, less than a second behind the winner. (no official results yet found)
Sevenoaks School Knole Runs, Saturday 11th January
Race videos loaded !
A good number of TAC young athletes were in action at Knole Park on Saturday, competing in glorious sunny weather.
Chris Olley was 2nd in the boys race. Full results are on the Results 2014 page.
Chris Olley was 2nd in the boys race. Full results are on the Results 2014 page.
Tonbridge AC Junior 1 mile race, at The Schools at Somerhill, Sunday 5th January
The combined girls and boys race this month was won by Archie Butler-Gallie, from St Ronans School, with Finn Croll and George Rowlands of TAC just behind. Results are on the Results 2014 page.
Sussex Cross Country Championships, at Bexhill, Sunday 5th January
Jesse Magorrian has won the Sussex under 15 title. Photos from his mum Natalie ! (He is in his 2nd claim club Hastings vest)
Penshurst Village Race, Sunday 5th January
Rob Boylin and Nicola Wilkinson won the male and female titles at this low key, multi terrain race, with James Taylor being second overall. All three had raced on the Saturday aswell.
Kent Cross Country Championships, near Hythe, Saturday 4th January
Race videos loaded !
Full results are on the Results 2014 page. In summary -
u13 girls - 1st (1st Kathleen Faes, 2nd Kelsi Cornish)
u13 boys - 2nd (5th Charlie Crick)
u15 girls - 2nd (8th Genny Allan)
u15 boys -1st (1st Alasdair Kinloch, 2nd Jamie Goodge)
u17 women - 3rd (4th Sian Driscoll)
u17 men - 1st (2nd George Duggan)
u20 women - 1st (1st Nicola Wilkinson)
u20 men - 1st (1st Max Nicholls, 2nd Robbie Farnham-Rose)
senior women - 4th (1st Deirdre McDermot). Also 3rd team in 6 to score.
senior men - 1st (3rd Laurie Probert). Also 1st team in 1 to score.
u13 girls - 1st (1st Kathleen Faes, 2nd Kelsi Cornish)
u13 boys - 2nd (5th Charlie Crick)
u15 girls - 2nd (8th Genny Allan)
u15 boys -1st (1st Alasdair Kinloch, 2nd Jamie Goodge)
u17 women - 3rd (4th Sian Driscoll)
u17 men - 1st (2nd George Duggan)
u20 women - 1st (1st Nicola Wilkinson)
u20 men - 1st (1st Max Nicholls, 2nd Robbie Farnham-Rose)
senior women - 4th (1st Deirdre McDermot). Also 3rd team in 6 to score.
senior men - 1st (3rd Laurie Probert). Also 1st team in 1 to score.
Photos of the five TAC individual winners.
Presentation photos.
A few more photos. Many more will be available at the Scrapbook at www.tonbridgeac.co.uk
Surrey Cross Country Championships, Saturday 4th January
Henry Pearce 3rd senior men, Ruth Bourne 3rd u20 women, George Bourne 14th u17 men, Jamie Brown 26th u17 men, Christian Lee 24th u15 boys. Full results are on the Results 2014 page.
Photos courtesy of Sandra Pearce.
Photos courtesy of Sandra Pearce.