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  • Favourite races
  • Race Videos Winter 2022/3
    • UK Inter Counties Cross Country Championships, 11th March 2023
    • English National Cross Country Championships, at Bolesworth Castle, Cheshire, Saturday 25th February 2023
    • Kent Cross Country League at Bromley, 11th February 2023
    • South of England Indoor Championships, at Lee Valley, Sunday 5th February 2023
    • South East Schools Cross Country Championships, South of England Showground, Ardingly, Saturday 4th February 2023
    • King Henry V111 School Relays, Wednesday 1st February 2023
    • South of England Cross Country Championships, at Beckenham Place Park, Saturday 28th January 2023
    • London Indoor Games at Lee Valley, Sunday 22nd January 2023
    • Kent Schools Cross Country Championships, Saturday 21st January 2023
    • Sevenoaks School Knole Runs 14th January 2023
    • Kent Cross Country Championships, at Brands Hatch, Saturday 7th January 2022
    • Tonbridge AC Boxing Day Handicap, Monday 26th December 2022
    • South of Thames Cross Country Championship at Aldershot, Saturday 17th December 2022
    • South of England Inter Counties and Masters Cross Country Championships, at Horspath, near Oxford Saturday 10th December 2022
    • Kent Masters Cross Country Championships, at Central Park, Dartford, Saturday 3rd December
    • UK Cross Challenge and European Trials at Liverpool, Saturday 26th November
    • Kent Cross Country League, at Danson Park, Bexleyheath, Saturday 12th November 2022
    • National Cross Country Relay Championships at Berry Hill Park, Mansfield ​Saturday 5th November
    • Kent Cross Country League at Tonbridge, 29th October 2022
    • Kent Cross Country League, at Swanley, Saturday 15th October 2022
    • National Road Relay Championships 8th October 2022
    • Aldershot Road Relays, Saturday 24th September 2022
    • Blackheath and Bromley Cross Country Relays at West Wickham, Saturday 17th September 2022
  • Race Videos Summer 2022
    • Tonbridge AC 75th Anniversary Open Meeting, 29th August 2022
    • British Milers Club Grand Prix at Loughborough, Saturday 27th August 2022
    • British Milers Club Meeting at Tooting Bec, 24th August 2022
    • National Athletics League Championship Division Final, Sunday 21st August 2022
    • Podium Cardiff 5km Home Nations Road Race, Saturday 20th August 2022
    • BMC and Cambridge Harriers Meeting at Eltham 17th August 2022
    • Southern Athletics League, at Tonbridge, Saturday 13th August 2022
    • British Milers Club Gold Standard and Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 10th August 2022
    • Tonbridge Evening Open Meeting, Tuesday 2nd August 2022
    • England Athletics Championships, at Bedford, Saturday 31st July 2022 - Day 2
    • England Athletics Championships, at Bedford, Saturday 30th July 2022
    • Medway Mile at Gillingham, Friday 22nd July 2022
    • British Milers Club and Cambridge Harriers Meeting at Eltham 20th July 2022
    • National under 20 and 23 championships at Bedford, Saturday and Sunday 16th/17th July 2022
    • Southern League, at West London Stadium, Saturday 16th July 2022
    • Southern Counties Veterans League, at Tonbridge, Friday 15th July 2022
    • British Milers Club Gold Standard and Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 13th July 2022
    • Tonbridge AC Evening Open Meeting, Tuesday 5th July 2022
    • National Athletics League at Stevenage, Saturday 2nd July 2022
    • Watford Open Meeting and BMC Gold Standard 29th June 2022
    • British Championships, at Sports City, Manchester, Saturday 25th June 2022
    • British Championships, at Sports City, Manchester, Friday 24th June 2022
    • British Milers Club and Cambridge Harriers Open Meeting, at Eltham, Wednesday 22nd June 2022
    • South of England (under 20 & senior) Championships, at Chelmsford, Saturday and Sunday 18th and 19th June 2022
    • British Milers Club International Grand Prix, at Watford, Saturday 11th June 2022
    • Tonbridge Evening Open Meeting 7th June 2022
    • National Athletics League at Sports City, Manchester, Saturday 4th June 2022
    • Wimbledon Middle Distance Night of 1500m races, Wednesday 1st June 2022
    • UK Youth Development League, at Woodford Green, Saturday 28th May 2022
    • British Milers Club and Cambridge Harriers Meeting at Eltham, Wednesday 25th May 2022
    • Southern Athletics League at Tonbridge, Sunday 22nd May 2022
    • British Milers Club Gold Standard Races, at Watford, Wednesday 18th May
    • Kent Championships Sunday 15th May 2022 - Day 2
    • Kent Championships Saturday 14th May 2022 - Day 1
    • National Athletics League Championship Division, at Kingston, Saturday 7th May 2022
    • Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 4th May 2022
    • Tonbridge Evening Open Meeting, Tuesday 3rd May 2022
    • BUCS (British Universities and Colleges Sport Championships, at Chelmsford, Monday 2nd May 2022
    • UK Youth Development League (u17/20) at Tonbridge, Sunday 24th April 2022
    • Tonbridge AC Easter Open Meeting, Monday 18th April 2022
  • Race Videos Winter 2021/2
    • National Men's 12 Stage Road Relay Championship, at Sutton Coldfield, Saturday 9th April 2022
    • South of England Road Relay Championships at Milton Keynes, Sunday 27th March 2022
    • British Masters Cross Country Championships, at the Schools at Somerhill, Tonbridge, Saturday 12th March 2022
    • English National Cross Country Championships, at Parliament Hill, London, Saturday 26th February 2022
    • Kent Cross Country League, at Norman Park, Bromley, Saturday 12th February 2022
    • British Milers Club Meeting at Lee Valley, 9th February 2022
    • South of England Indoor Championships at Lee Valley, 6th February 2022
    • British Universities and Colleges (BUCS) Cross Country Championships, at Greenford, London ​Saturday 5th February 2022
    • South of England Cross Country Championships, at Beckenham Place Park, Saturday 29th January
    • London Indoor Games (800 metres), at Lee Valley, Sunday 23rd January 2022
    • Kent Schools Cross Country Championships, at Hop Farm, Paddock Wood, Saturday 22nd January 2022
    • Sevenoaks School Knole Runs, Saturday 15th January 2022
    • Kent Cross Country Championships 8th January 2022
    • Tonbridge AC Boxing Day Handicap Race 26th December 2021
    • South of Thames Cross Country Championship Race, Saturday 18th December
    • South of England Inter Counties and Masters Cross Country Championships, at Croydon, 11th December 2021
    • Kent Masters/Veterans Cross Country Championships, at Dartford, Saturday 4th December 2021
    • Kent Cross Country League at Footscray Meadows, Saturday 27th November 2021
    • UK Cross Challenge and European Championships Trials, at Sefton Park, Liverpool Saturday 27th November 2021
    • Kent Cross Country League, at Danson Park, Saturday 13th November 2021
    • National Cross Country Relay Championships, at Berry Hill Park, Mansfield, Saturday 6th November 2021
    • Kent Cross Country League, at Tonbridge, Saturday 23rd October 2021
    • Kent Cross Country League, at Swanley Park, Saturday 16th October
    • National Road Relays at Sutton Coldfield, Saturday 16th October 2021
    • Soar MK Road Relays, at Milton Keynes, Sunday 26th September
    • Blackheath and Bromley Harriers Cross Country Relays, at West Wickham, Saturday 18th September
  • Race Videos Summer 2021
    • Southern Athletics League at Ashford 11th September 2021
    • Tonbridge Open Meeting, Monday 30th August
    • National Athletics League (u20/seniors), at Bournemouth, Saturday 28th August
    • British Milers Club Grand Prix at Eltham, Saturday 14th August
    • Southern Athletics League at Tonbridge, Saturday 14th August
    • British Milers Club Gold Standard Races, at Watford, Wednesday 11th August
    • National Athletics League at Bournemouth 7th August 2021
    • Cambridge Harriers and British Milers Club Meeting, Wednesday 4th August
    • Tonbridge AC Evening Open Meeting, Tuesday 3rd August
    • Worthing Harriers Open Meeting at K2 Arena, Crawley, Saturday 31st July
    • Tonbridge Masters Evening Open Meeting, Friday 30th July
    • Hercules Wimbledon 1 Mile Extravaganza Night Wednesday 28th July 2021
    • British Milers Club Grand Prix, at Loughborough, Saturday 24th July
    • UK Youth Development League Lower Age Group (u13/15), at Tonbridge, Sunday 18th July
    • British Milers Club and Cambridge Harriers Meeting at Eltham, Wednesday 14th July
    • Southern Athletics League at Ashford, Sunday 11th July
    • Tonbridge AC Evening Open Meeting, Tuesday 6th July
    • National Athletics League, at Basingstoke, Saturday 3rd July
    • British Championships and Olympic Trials, at Sports City, Manchester 25th to 27th June
    • British Milers Club and Cambridge Harriers Meeting at Eltham, Wednesday 23rd June
    • British Milers Club Meeting at Loughborough, Wednesday 23rd June
    • British Milers Club Grand Prix, at Watford, Saturday 12th June
    • National Athletics League at Tonbridge, Sunday 6th June
    • Hercules Wimbledon Middle Distance Night, Wednesday 2nd June
    • Tonbridge AC Open Meeting, Tuesday 1st June
    • Aldershot Open Meeting, Monday 31st May
    • UK Youth Development League, (u17/20) Sunday 30th May
    • Basingstoke and Mid Hants Two Lap Open Meeting 22nd May 2021
    • Hercules Wimbledon Distance Night, Wednesday 19th May
    • Kent Championships, Saturday and Sunday 8th/9th May
    • Tonbridge AC Meeting, Monday 3rd May 2021
    • PB5K South of England Showground, Ardingly, near Haywards Heath, Monday 5th April
    • Battersea Comeback 5000m Night Wednesday 31st March 2021
  • Race Videos Winter 2020/1
    • Tonbridge AC Christmas Pudding Race, Boxing Day, Saturday 26th December
    • TAC Training Trial Races, at Judd School Vizards Sports Fields, Saturday 5th December
    • Tonbridge AC 3km Cross Country Trial Races Saturday 24th October 2020
  • Race Videos Summer 2020
    • Hercules Wimbledon Meeting, Wednesday 23rd September
    • Hanzekovic Memorial Continental Tour Gold meeting in Zagreb, Tuesday 15th September
    • Blackheath and Bromley Open Meeting Monday 14th September 2020
    • Aldershot Night of 1500 metres Thursday 10th September 2020
    • British Championships 4th and 5th September 2020
    • Tonbridge AC Development Meeting, Monday 31st August
    • British Milers Club Meeting at Lee Valley, Saturday 29th August
    • Hercules Wimbledon 3000 metres Night, 26th August 2020
    • Bromley Twilight Meeting, at Norman Park Track, Friday 21st August 2020
    • TAC Time Trials July and August 2020
  • Race videos Winter 2019/20
    • English Schools Cross Country Championships, at Sefton Park, Liverpool, Saturday 14th March 2020
    • UK Inter Counties Cross Country Championships, at Loughborough, Saturday 7th March
    • English National Cross Country Championships, at Nottingham, Saturday 22nd February 2020
    • British Milers Club Indoor Meeting, at Lee Valley, Wednesday 19th February 2020
    • Kent Cross Country League, at Norman Park, Bromley, Saturday 8th February 2020
    • King Henry V111 School Coventry Relay, Wednesday 5th February 2020
    • South of England Indoor Championships, at Lee Valley, Sunday 2nd February
    • Lee Valley and British Milers Club Indoor Meeting, Wednesday 29th January 2020
    • South of England Cross Country Championships, at Parliament Hill, North London, 25th January 2020
    • London Indoor Games, Sunday 19th January 2020
    • Kent Schools Championships, at Dover, Saturday 18th January 2020
    • Sevenoaks School Knole Runs, Saturday 11th January 2020
    • Kent Cross Country Championships, at Brands Hatch, Saturday 4th January 2020
    • TAC Christmas Pudding Race, Boxing Day Handicap, Thursday 26th December
    • South of Thames Cross Country Championships, at Croydon, Saturday 21st December 2019
    • Kent Cross Country League, at Footscray Meadows, Saturday 14th December 2019
    • South of England Inter Counties and Veterans Championships, at Horspath, Saturday 7th December 2019
    • Kent Veterans Cross Country Championships, at Dartford, Saturday 30th November 2019
    • Crowborough 10km road race, Sunday 24th November 2019
    • British Cross Challenge, including European Trials, at Sefton Park, Liverpool, Saturday 23rd November
    • Sevenoaks School Junior Knole Runs, at Knole Park, Friday 15th November
    • Kent Cross Country League, at Danson Park, Bexleyheath, Saturday 9th November 2019
    • British Cross Challenge, at Milton Keynes, Saturday 9th November 2019
    • National Cross Country Relay Championships, at Mansfield, Saturday 2nd November 2019
    • Kent Cross Country League, at Tonbridge, Saturday 26th October 2019
    • Kent Cross Country League, at Swanley Park, Saturday 12th October 2019
    • National Road Relay Championships, at Sutton Coldfield, Sunday 6th October 2019
    • South of England Road Relay Championships, Sunday 22nd September 2019
    • Blackheath and Bromley Cross Country Relays, West Wickham, Saturday 14th September 2019
  • Race videos Summer 2019
    • Tonbridge Twilight Invitation Meeting, Friday 30th August
    • Tonbridge Bank Holiday Open Meeting, Monday 26th August 2019
    • British Championships and World championship Trials, at Birmingham, Saturday/Sunday 24th/25th August
    • Southern Athletics League Division 2 East, at Woodford Green, Saturday 17th August
    • British Milers Club Meeting at Eltham, Wednesday 14th August
    • British Athletics League Division 3 at Basingstoke, ​Saturday 3rd August
    • Birmingham University Relays, Friday 2nd July
    • Soar Mile, Stratford, London, Friday 2nd July
    • Milton Keynes 5000m Night, Saturday 27th July
    • Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 25th July 2019
    • British Milers Club Grand Prix at Eltham, Saturday 20th July
    • Medway Road Mile, Rochester Castle, Friday 19th July
    • British Milers Club and Cambridge Harriers meeting at Eltham, ​Wednesday 17th July
    • Blackheath and Bromley AC 150th Anniversary event, at Bromley, ​Wednesday 17th July
    • Southern Athletics League, at Tonbridge, Saturday 13th July
    • Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 10th July
    • British Athletics League at Yeovil (men), Saturday 6th July
    • British Milers Club Grand Prix , at Watford, Saturday 29th June 2019
    • ​Hercules Wimbledon 3000m Night 26th June 2019
    • National Under 20 and 23 Championships, Saturday/Sunday 22nd/23rd June 2019
    • Cambridge Harriers and British Milers Club meeting at Eltham, Wednesday 19th June
    • British Milers Club Grand Prix at Loughborough, Saturday 15th June
    • Watford Open Meeting and British Milers Club Gold Standard races, Wednesday 12th June
    • British Athletics League, Division 3, at Bedford, Sunday 9th June 2019
    • South of England Senior and under 20 Championships at Bedford, Saturday and Sunday 1st/2nd June
    • Southern Counties Veterans League at Tonbridge, Friday 31st May
    • Westminster Road Miles, 26th May 2019
    • UK Youth Development League u17/20, at Eltham, Sunday 26th May 2019
    • British Milers Club Meeting, at Eltham, Wednesday 22nd May
    • Loughborough International Meeting, Sunday 19th May
    • Watford Open Meeting and BMC Gold Standard races, Wednesday 15th May 2019
    • 1500m mens final PAC12 Conference Championships, 12th May 2019
    • Kent Championships, Sunday 12th May 2019
    • Ipswich Twilight Road Races, Saturday 11th May 2019
    • BUCS (British Universities and Colleges Championships) Monday 6th May
    • UK Youth Development League, Upper Age Group, at Tonbridge, Sunday 5th May
    • London Mini Marathons, 28th April 2019
    • Tonbridge AC Norman Fowler Memorial Easter Open Meeting, Monday 22nd April 2019
    • Brighton 10km road race, Sunday 14th April 2019
    • Southern Athletics League, at Basildon, Saturday 13th April 2019
  • Race videos Winter 2018.19
    • National 6/12 Stage Road Relay Championships, at Sutton Coldfield, Saturday 6th April 2019
    • South of England 6/12 Stage Road Relay Championships, Sunday 24th March 2019
    • South East Schools Year 7 and 8 Inter Counties Cross Country, at Horsham, Saturday 23rd March 2019
    • SIAB Schools Home Countries International, Saturday 23rd March 2019
    • Hornet Invitational, Sacramento, Saturday 16th March 2019
    • English Schools Cross Country Championships, at Temple Newsam, Leeds, Saturday 16th March
    • UK Inter Counties Cross Country Championships, at Prestwold Hall, Loughborough, Saturday 9th March
    • English National Cross Country Championships, Yorkshire, Saturday 23rd February 2019
    • British Indoor Championships, Sunday 10th February 2019
    • Kent Cross Country League, Norman Park, Saturday 9th February 2019
    • British Milers Club Meeting at Sheffield, 5th February 2019
    • British Universities and Colleges Cross Country Championships, Saturday 2nd February
    • Vienna Indoor Meeting 26th January 2019
    • South of England Championships, 26th January 2019
    • Cardiff Indoor Meeting Sunday 20th January 2019
    • Kent Schools Cross Country Championships, Saturday 19th January 2019
    • Sevenoaks School Knole Run, Saturday 12th January 2019
    • British Milers Club Indoor Meeting at Sheffield, Sunday 6th January 2019
    • Kent Cross Country Championships, Brands Hatch, Saturday 5th January 2019
    • Tonbridge AC Boxing Day Pudding Race, Wednesday 26th December 2018
    • South of Thames Championship Race, Beckenham, Saturday 15th December 2018
    • South of England Inter Counties Championships, Saturday 8th December 2018
    • British Cross Challenge Liverpool, Saturday 24th November 2018
    • Kent Cross Country League, Footscray Meadows, Saturday 24th November 2018
    • Sevenoaks School Junior Knole Run, 16th November 2018
    • Cardiff Indoor Meeting, 14th November 2018
    • Kent Cross Country League, at Danson Park, Saturday 10th November 2018
    • National Cross Country Relays, Mansfield, Saturday 3rd November 2018
    • Kent Cross Country League, at Tonbridge, Saturday 27th October 2018
    • Kent Cross Country League, at Nonington, Saturday 13th October 2018
    • National Road Relay Championships, Saturday 6th October 2018
    • South of England Road Relay Championships, Sunday 23rd September 2018
    • Blackheath & Bromley Cross Country Relays, Saturday 15th September
  • Race videos Summer 2018
    • Southern Athletics League at Thurrock, Saturday 18th August
    • British Milers Club and Cambridge Harriers Meeting, at Eltham, Wednesday 15th August
    • Watford Open Meeting, including British Milers Club Gold Standard races, Wednesday 8th August
    • British Athletics League, Division 4, at Nottingham, Saturday 4th August
    • Hercules Wimbledon Meeting, Wednesday 1st August
    • UK Youth Development League (u17/20), at Ashford, Sunday 29th July
    • Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 25th July 2018
    • Schools International, at Grangemouth, Scotland, Saturday 21st July
    • British Milers Club and Cambridge Harriers Meeting, at Eltham, Wednesday 18th July
    • English Schools Championships, Saturday 14th July
    • British Milers Club Gold Standard races, at Watford, 11th July
    • Under 17 Eight Counties match, at Lee Valley, Sunday 8th July
    • British Athletics League Division 4, at Bedford, Saturday 7th July
    • British Championships and GB European Trials, at Birmingham Saturday and Sunday 30th June and 1st July
    • Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 27th June
    • British Milers Club Grand Prix, at Loughborough, Saturday 23rd June
    • Cambridge Harriers and British Milers Club Meeting, at Eltham, Wednesday 20th June
    • National Under 20 and 23 Championships, at Bedford, Sunday 17th June - Day 2
    • National Under 20 and 23 Championships, Saturday 16th June 2018 Day 1
    • South East Schools Inter Counties, at Crawley, Saturday 16th June
    • British Milers Club Gold Standard races, Watford, Wednesday 13th June 2018
    • Kent Schools Championships at Ashford, Saturday 9th June
    • British Milers Club Meeting, at Loughborough, Wednesday 6th June
    • British Athletics League, Division 4, at Portsmouth, Saturday 2nd June
    • British Milers Club Meeting, at Brighton, Wednesday 30th May
    • Westminster Road Miles, London, Sunday 27th May
    • British Milers Club Grand Prix, at Watford, Saturday 26th May
    • Southern Counties Veterans League, Kent Division at Tonbridge, Friday 25th May
    • Loughborough International, Sunday 20th May
    • Kent Championships, Sunday 13th May 2018
    • British Milers Club Grand Prix at Sports City Manchester, Saturday 12th May
    • British Universities and Colleges Championships, at Bedford, 7th May 2018
    • British Athletics League, at Yeovil, Saturday 5th May
    • Watford Open Meeting, including British Milers Club Gold Standard races, Wednesday 2nd May
    • Tonbridge AC Development Meeting, Tuesday 1st May
    • UK Youth Development League, under 17 and 20 at Hornchurch, Sunday 29th April
    • Loughborough Open Meeting and BUCS 10,000m championships, 28th April 2018
    • Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 18th April
    • National 6 and 12 stage road relays, at Sutton Coldfield, Saturday 14th April 2018
    • Tonbridge AC Easter Open Meeting, Monday 2nd April
  • Race Videos Winter 2017/18
    • English School Cross Country Championships, Saturday 17th March
    • UK Inter Counties Cross Country Championships, at Loughborough, Saturday 10th March
    • English National Cross Country Championships, Saturday 24th February
    • British Indoor Championships and World indoor Trials, at Birmingham, 17th and 18th February
    • IFAM Ghent Belgium Indoor Meeting, 10th February 2018
    • Kent Cross Country League, at West Wickham, Saturday 10th February
    • British Milers Club Indoor Meeting, Lee Valley, 7th February 2018
    • British Milers Club Indoor Meeting, Sheffield, 6th February 2018
    • European Clubs Cross Country Championships, Mira, Portugal, Sunday 4th February
    • British University and Colleges Championships, 3rd February 2018
    • South East Schools Cross Country Championships, at Newbury, Saturday 3rd February
    • London Indoor Games, Sunday 28th January 2018
    • BMC Indoor Meeting, at Sheffield, Wednesday 24th January 2018
    • Kent Schools Cross Country Championships, Saturday 20th January 2018
    • ​South of England Championships, at Lee Valley, Sunday 14th January 2018
    • Sevenoaks School Knole Run, Saturday 13th January 2018
    • British Milers Club Indoor Meeting, Sheffield, Sunday 7th January 2018
    • Kent Cross Country Championships, at Brands Hatch, Saturday 6th January
    • Tonbridge AC Boxing Day Handicap 26th December 2017
    • South of Thames Championships Race, Saturday 16th December
    • Cardiff Indoor Meeting, Sunday 10th December 2017
    • South of England Veterans/Masters Championships, Saturday 9th December
    • Kent Masters/Veterans Championships, Saturday 2nd December
    • British Cross Challenge, European Trials at Liverpool, Saturday 25th November
    • Kent Cross Country League, at Footscray, Saturday 11th November
    • National Cross Country Relay Championships, Saturday 4th November
    • Kent Cross Country League, at Tonbridge, Saturday 28th October
    • Kent Cross Country League, at Wilmington, Saturday 14th October
    • National Road Relay Championships, at Sutton Coldfield, Saturday 7th October
    • South of England Road Relays, at Crystal Palace, Sunday 24th September
    • Blackheath & Bromley Cross Country Relays, Saturday 16th September
  • Race Videos Summer 2017
    • Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 23rd August 2017
    • Birmingham Diamond League, Sunday 20th August 2017
    • Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 9th August
    • Cambridge University Meeting, Sunday 6th August
    • Tonbridge AC Open Meeting, 1st August
    • Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 26th July
    • UK Youth Development League (u17,u20), Sunday 23rd July
    • Medway Road Mile, Friday 21st July 2017
    • UK Youth Development League (u13,u15), Sunday 16th July
    • Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 12th July
    • English Schools Championships, Saturday 8th July 2017
    • British Milers Club Grand Prix, Saturday 8th July 2017
    • British Championships, Saturday/Sunday, 1st/2nd July 2017
    • Kent Young Athletes League, at Ashford, Sunday 2nd July
    • Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 28th June
    • UK Youth Development League (u17, u20) at Chelmsford, Sunday 25th June
    • British Milers Club Grand Prix, at Watford, Saturday 24th June
    • British Milers Club and Cambridge Harriers Meeting, Wednesday 21st June 2017
    • National u20 and u23 Championships, Sat/Sun 17th/18th June 2017
    • South East Schools Inter Counties, 17th June 2017
    • Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 14th June 2017
    • South of England u20 and senior Championships 10th/11th June 2017
    • Loughborough Open Meeting, Wednesday 7th June 2017
    • Kent Young Athletes League, at Dartford, Sunday 4th June
    • British Milers Club Classic Meeting, at Milton Keynes, Saturday 3rd June
    • Southern Counties Veterans League (over 35), Friday 2nd June
    • Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 31st May 2017
    • British Milers Club Meeting at Brighton, Wednesday 31st May 2017
    • UK Youth Development League (u17,u20), Sunday 28th May
    • Westminster Road Miles, Sunday 28th May 2017
    • British Milers Club Grand Prix, at Sports City, Manchester, Saturday 27th May
    • East Region NCAA Championships, 25th to 27th May 2017
    • British Milers Club and Cambridge Harriers Meeting, Wednesday 24th May 2017
    • Loughborough International, Sunday 21st May 2017
    • National Masters Road Relay Championships, Saturday 20th May 2017
    • UK Youth Development League, u13/15, Saturday 20th May
    • Southern Counties Veterans League, Monday 15th May 2017
    • Kent Championships (u15,17,20,senior), Sat/Sun 13th/14th May
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    • Tonbridge AC Evening Open Meeting, Tuesday 2nd May
    • BUCS Championships 29th April to 1st May
    • UK Youth Development League (u17,u20), Sunday 30th April
    • Southern Counties Veterans League, Friday 28th April
    • Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 19th April
    • Tonbridge AC Easter Open Meeting, Monday 17th April
    • Southern Athletics League, Saturday 15th April
    • Crimson Tide Invitational, Alabama, 8th April 2017
  • Race Videos Winter 2016/17
    • National Road Relay Championships, Saturday 8th April
    • South of England Road Relay Championships, Saturday 25th March
    • English Schools Cross Country Championships, Saturday 18th March
    • Kent Indoor Championships, Saturday/Sunday 18th/19th March 2017
    • UK Inter Counties Cross Country Championships, Saturday 11th March 2017
    • English National Cross Country Championships, 25th February 2017
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    • Commodore Invitational, Nashville, 13th January 2017
    • British Milers Club Indoor Meeting, 8th January 2017
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    • Highlights 2016
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    • Telford 10km road race, 11th December 2016
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  • Race Videos Summer 2014
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    • UK Youth Development League (u17/20), Sunday 29th June 1500s, 3ks, steeplechases
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July 2016

Wednesday Circuit Training this week, 3rd August

This week's circuit training will be at Tonbridge School Track, since there is work going on at Judd School, preventing use of the sportshall.

Southern Inter Counties Under 13 Championships, at Kingston, Sunday 31st July

Fin Croll and Ollie Hill represented the Kent under 13 team, at 800 metres and both came away having run significant personal bests. Fin was 6th in the A-string race in 2.16.70 (1.3s pb) and Ollie was 7th in the B race with 2.25.84 (2.0s pb). Fin's time tops the clubs under 13 rankings for the season.
​Full results are on the Results 2016 page.

Ian Crawley wins National M50 (over 50) Decathlon title, at Birmingham, 30th/31st July

Ian Crawley won the National, over 50s, Decathlon title at the weekend, so why does that qualify for a mention on a distance runners site. Well, as Ian reports a 5.17 pb for the 1500 metres at the finish, helped clinch the title. Full results are awaited.
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Ian Crawley (right) pictured with fellow TAC competitor Richard Christian

This week's 'Big Hitters' - the top personal bests and debuts in the last week, 22nd to 30th July

Here are a few who have set some of the biggest personal bests over the past week -
400 metres
Becky O'Hara (u20) 56.93 (0.06s improvement)
800 metres
Jamie Brown (u20) 2.03.17 (0.3s improvement)

1500 metres
BenMurphy (u20)  3.58.23 (15.4s improvement)
1 Mile
James West 3.58.69 (16.7s improvement) - 2nd fastest ever TAC
3000 metres
James West 7.58.47 (16.0s improvement) - 2nd fastest ever TAC
Nicole Taylor 9.36.56 (9.5s improvement) - 2nd fastest ever TAC

British Athletics World Mountain Running Trials and Home International, Keswick, Saturday 20th July

Max Nicholls raced for the England senior team at Keswick in the British Athletics World Mountain Running Championships trial, which incorporated the home international. Max placed 5th and his brother Euan was 14th in the under 20 men's race.
​Max was part of the winning England team.
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Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 27th July
Videos loaded !

Its fair to say that James West is enjoying a purple patch of performances, as following his sub four minute mile last Friday he followed up with a sub 8 minutes clocking over 3000 metres, at Watford.

The race had been set up to attract a good number of athletes capable of running below 8.30 and included the likes of Charlie Hulson (National Cross Country Champion 2015), Andy Baddeley (9th Olympic Games 1500m in 2008 and 3.49 miler). TAC provided the pacemakers in Sean Molloy and Robbie Farnham-Rose, aiming to try and get somebody under the 8 minute mark.

Our pacers did a good job getting to the 2k marker and it then came down to Andy Baddeley and James West at the head of the 22-strong field. Baddeley did a superb job to keep the pace going and held James off all the way to the line, as they clocked 7.58.00 and 7.58.47. This was a sixteen second pb for James. Behind them there were a dozen or so personal bests, including Chris Olley in 4th with 8.06.15.

James goes second on the TAC all time list, behind Mark Scrutton's 7.50.38, set in 1983 and puts him 10th in the UK for 2016.

Later in the evening Nicole Taylor also ran a terrific 3000 metres, taking almost ten seconds from her pb with 9.36.56. This was just three seconds away from Grace Nicholls' club record, but is the fastest time by a TAC female this year.

Ben Murphy (u20) was another to make a big breakthrough, with his performance in race 18 of the 1500s. He placed 2nd in 3.58.23, improving his pb from 4.13.69. Ben is a good example to many since all he has really done in the last year is get stronger, by being far more consistent with his steady running than ever before.

There were also 1500m pbs for Michael Ellis (4.10.41) and Fin Croll (u13, 4.41.55). Second claim member, Finn Harvey (u15) shaved his pb to 4.21.01, whilst Katie Goodge (u15) ran 4.53.12 and Stuart Brown (u20) 4.18.54.

Full results can be found at - ​http://www.watfordharriers.org.uk/indexnc.htm

South of England Road Relay Championships, at Bedford, Sunday 25th September - date and venue update

It has been confirmed that all ages will race the Southern Road Relays, on Sunday 25th September. Timetable is awaited.

UK Youth Development League (u17/20) at Eton, Sunday 24th July
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Amongst the results were A string wins for Toby Ralph in the u20 mens 800m and 1500m, plus an exciting 400m win in the under 20s from Becky O'Hara (56.93 pb).
Jamie Brown (800m in 2.03.17)  was the other personal best from the TAC distance runners. (official results show Ellie Cohen's time incorrectly)
Full provisional results are on the Results 2016 page.

British Milers Club Grand Prix 4 at Oxford, Saturday 23rd July
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TAC results at the BMC Grand Prix were -
800m A race - Sean Molloy 5th 1.50.00, 800m C race - George Duggan 6th 1.52.80
1 mile A race - Tom Holden 7th 4.14.43, 5000m B race - Nathan Marsh did not finish (fell)
Full results are - http://www.britishmilersclub.com/content/bmcitemdisplay.aspx?itemid=1231

Saturday parkruns, 23rd July

Joe Watts finished 2nd at Royal Tunbridge Wells today in 18.53, taking almost a minute from his pb !

Morton Games Mens Mile, Dublin, Friday 22nd July
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James West has become only the third club member ever to run under 4 minutes for the mile as he clocked 3.58.69 in Dublin tonight. This puts him between Andy and Allen Graffin in the top three, the former being an Olympian over 1500m at Sydney.

About 200 Brits have run inside 4 minutes for the mile and James will be just inside the top 120 and is now ahead of Roger Bannister. After the weekend he is also likely to be inside the UKs top 10 for 2016.
​
Full results are at - ​http://www.athleticsirelandenterprises.com/Morton_Games_2016/schedule.html
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James West - Sub 4 for 1 mile

Medway Road Mile, Rochester, Friday 22nd July

Ben Murphy won the Elite race at the Medway Road Mile in 4.38.7
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The weekend ahead and Live Streams ! (22nd to 24th July)

Friday (tonight) - 9pm James West goes in the Morton Mile in Dublin. There is a live stream at - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRRv96SJeIw

Saturday - BMC Grand Prix at Oxford 3.50pm 800m A race Sean Molloy, 3.55pm 1 mile A race Tom Holden, 4.31pm 800m C race George Duggan,  5.19pm 5000m B race Nathan Marsh. Live stream at -
http://www.runjumpthrow.com/fixtures/10026-british-milers-club-grand-prix-oxford-2016


Sunday - UK Youth Development League (u17/20) at Eton - no live stream but we will try and capture the action on video !

This week's 'Big Hitters' - the top personal bests and debuts in the last week, 16th to 21st July

Here are a few who have set some of the biggest personal bests over the past week -
800 metres
Ollie Croll (u13) 2.27.1 (4.2s improvement)
1200 metres
Maddie Wise (u13) 4.03.7 (0.6s improvement)

1500 metres
Nathan Marsh  4.05.03 (5.7s improvement) - 2 weeks in a row
3000 metres
Phoebe Barker (u17) 9.47.89 (4.3s improvement) - 2 weeks in a row

5000 metres
Nicole Taylor 16.32.1 (35.6s improvement)
1500 metres steeplechase
Bede Pitcairn-Knowles (u17) 4.35.29 (1.7s improvement)

British Milers Club and Cambridge Harriers Meeting, at Eltham, Wednesday 20th July
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There were some excellent TAC performances at Eltham, including Nicole Taylor running 5000m in 16.32.1 and only just missing Ashley Gibson's club record. Nicole smashed her pb by 35 seconds and ran a tremendously well judged race clipping off 80s laps, after a slightly quicker start and finishing well.

Sean Molloy won the British Milers Club 800m A race in 1.49.89, defeating three good Canadians, who were on a European tour.

There were race wins for Nathan Marsh, who took the BMC B 1500m in a new pb of 4.05.03 and for Toby Emm who won 800m race E in a 2.07.76 pb.

There were further 800m personal bests for Michael Ellis (2.00.54) and Jamie Brown (2.03.40), whilst Toby Ralph lowered his 1500m pb to 3.57.18. Simon Fraser rolled back the years running his fastest 800m for 10 years with 2.03.56.

SOAR mile at Battersea, Wednesday 20th July
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Chris Olley won the SOAR sponsored mile at Battersea in 4.13.54.
Full results are at -
​http://www.soarrunning.com/journal-entry/the-soar-mile---results

Advanced notice - South of England Road Relay Championships, 25th September

I have been informed by the South of England Athletic Association that the road relay championships in September will not be held at Aldershot this year. I knew from the Aldershot team that there were issues with the traditional venue. It is hoped that the new venue will be confirmed this week. Some dates are -
Saturday 10th September - Blackheath Cross Country Relays (will confirm date)
Sunday 25th September - South of England Road Relays - all ages confirmed as Sunday
Saturday 8th October - National Road Relays at Sutton Coldfield (All ages on same day this year u13,15,17 & seniors)
Saturday 5th November - National Cross Country Relays at Mansfield (All ages u13,15,17,20, seniors)

Other results

Sunday
Joe Watts ran a personal best for 5 miles at the Mid Kent 5 miler at Staplehurst in 31.58 (unofficial). Full results awaited. This was a pb by 35s.
Thursday
Sam Avis ran 39.33 for 10k in London, for his debut at the distance. This was at the City Wire 10k and Sam placed 10th in a field of about 250.

South East Under 17 Inter Counties, at Bromley, Sunday 17th July
Videos loaded (Boys 800m and 1500m steeplechase) !

There were some terrific runs from TAC Distance Runners at the Inter Counties -
800m Boys 1st Simon Coppard 1.58.73 (pb)
1500m Girls 2nd B Clara Tyler 4.54.42, 1500m Boys 4th Dan Seagrove 4.13.78
​3000m Girls 1st Phoebe Barker 9.47.89 (pb), Holly Gordon 11.55.19 (pb) , 3000m Boys 2nd James Puxty 8.57.47
1500m steeplechase Boys 2nd Bede Pitcairn-Knowles 4.35.29 (pb)
​Results are on the Results 2016 page.

UK Youth Development League (u13/15) at Eton, Saturday 16th July
Videos of u15 1500m loaded !

Full results are on the Results 2016 page.
There are some cracking individual results from the distance runners, but I will add more comment at some stage on Sunday.
The u15 girls 1500m result has been transposed as Lizzie Miller ran 4,49. Also there is some doubt regarding Ollie Croll's 800m time, suspected of being more like 2.26.

Snowdon Race, North Wales, Saturday 16th July

Max Nicholls has won the Super Cup mountain race on Snowdon, which is an uphill only event to the summit. His brother Euan was also racing. Full results are at - ​http://tdleventservices.co.uk/race-results.php?event=2338
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Southern Counties Veterans League (over 35s) at Gillingham, Friday 15th July

There were wins for both the TAC mens and women's teams on the day, which have resulted in them being promoted to Division One of the league.
Results are now on the Results 2016 page.
Included in the results were some TAC Vets 800m records as follows -
W50 800m Lucy Pitcairn-Knowles 2:54.6
W60 800m Nicola Buckwell 3:43.1
W70 800m Anne Brenchley 4:01.4
M60 800m Brian Buckwell 2:29.5

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For the avoidance of any doubt the above photo goes with the text further up and not that below !
​You all look very young for your age, but not quite European Youth age group ie under 18 !!
​(updated after comment receipt)

European Youth Championships, Tibilisi, Georgia, Friday 15th July

Kathleen Faes placed a very brave 5th in the girls 3000 metres, running 9.46.07. Kathleen is one of the youngest competitors at the championships.
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Great Britain Team at European Youth Championships
Alasdair Kinloch (back 7th from left), Kathleen Faes (middle 4th from right)

This week's 'Big Hitters' - the top personal bests and debuts in the last week, 7th to 15th July

Here are a few who have set some of the biggest personal bests over the past week -
800 metres
Chris Olley 1.54.56 (7.2s improvement)
1500 metres
Nathan Marsh  4.10.77 (9.5s improvement)
3000 metres
Phoebe Barker 9.52.11 (1.7s improvement)

European Youth Championships, Tibilisi, Georgia, Thursday 14th

Alasdair Kinloch placed 9th in the boys 3000 metres in 8.35.54.
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Watford Open Meeting and BMC Gold Standard races, Wednesday 13th July
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It was another excellent 'Watford Wednesday' with the officials doing a great job to get through 33 middle distance races in less than two and a half hours. The meeting also included some 400s early on and Sean Molloy made a late decision to race, having gone to support. He ran 49.61, before taking up pacemaking duties for the British Milers Club (BMC).

James West produced an excellent win over 800 metres in the BMC mens A race, running 1.50.96, just outside his pb. Then in the BMC mens 1500m A race Chris Olley continued to get quicker, finishing 2nd in 3.44.22, whilst Tom Holden (u20) went sub 3.50 for the first time with a superb 3.46.30 pb in 5th place. The times moved Chris to second and Tom to fourth on the TAC rankings at 1500m this season.

Isaac Harding (u17) started off the TAC proceedings in the open 800m races, going in race 16 of 26. Isaac was just outside his pb with 2.09.93. It was then great to see Charlie Crick (u17) back in action at Watford, after a couple of years of growth related injuries. Charlie ran a personal best of 2.05.14 to win his race. Sam Avis (u20) ran 2.06.34 in race 20, another just a fraction away from a pb.

In open race 23, TAC had Simon Coppard (u17) and Christian Lee (u17). Both ran well as Simon produced his third win in three Watford appearances this year, to lower his pb to 1.58.82, whilst Christian ran a season's best of 2.00.67, less than a second from his pb.

Ben Murphy was the in the final race of the evening and ran 1.55.47 to lower his personal best.

Full open race results are at - http://www.watfordharriers.org.uk/OpenindexF.htm
BMC results will be at www.britishmilersclub.com

Blackheath and Bromley Open Meeting, Monday 11th July

Olukorede Fasina (u13) ran a personal best for 1500m of 4.45.50. 'Korede' is currently top of the TAC under 13 boys rankings this year.
​See - http://www.thepowerof10.info/rankings/rankinglists.aspx?clubid=1379&agegroups=U13&sex=M&year=2016&firstclaimonly=y&limits=n

Other weekend news, 8th/9th July

Saturday
James West ran 3.51 for 1500m in Belgium on Saturday evening, but was well below his best.
Sunday
Ollie Dunn finished 29th in the British 10k in London with 36.51
Senior Inter Counties match at Basingstoke -
Full results are at - http://www.hampshireathletics.org.uk/events/tf-ic-senior.html
Ben Murphy won the senior mens 800m B race in 2.01.37
In the womens 2000m steeplechase Alice Ralph was 2nd in 7.42.21 and Hannah Czarnowski 6th in 8.04.91

British Milers Club Grand Prix at Solihull, Saturday 9th July
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More news to follow. Full results are at - http://www.britishmilersclub.com/content/bmcitemdisplay.aspx?itemid=1219
It was a tough night for TAC athletes with neither George Duggan nor Alex Howard finishing their 1500m races. Dom Brown (3.49.56) took third in the 1500m B race and Sean Molloy (1.49.31) 4th in the 800m A race.
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Photos above - Left Dom Brown 3rd in 1500m B race, Right Sean Molloy 4th in 800m A race

English Schools Championships, at Gateshead, Saturday 9th July - Day 2

A summary of TAC results is on the Results 2016 page. Full results can be found at - 
​http://www.esaa.net/v2/2016/tf/national/results/results-print.php?age=sb&fname=instruct
Full video coverage will be available at - www.runjumpthrow.com
TAC distance runners results in brief -
Phoebe Barker 3rd Inter 3000m, Toby Ralph 4th Senior 1500m, James Puxty 5th Inter 3000m, Sam Crick 7th Inter 1500m steeplechase, Becky O'Hara 8th Senior 400m.
​Both Kathleen Faes and Alasdair Kinloch were selected for Kent but didnt take part as they represent GB at the European Youth Championships next week.
Photos below courtesy of Richard Owen

Southern Athletics League (u17,u20, senior) at Crawley, Saturday 9th July
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The Tonbridge team was severely weakened and finished last of the four teams.
Full results are on the Results 2016 page - 800m Chris Olley, 1500m Nathan Marsh and Clara Tyler, 3000m Tim Faes

JT got a haircut !

Its finally happened ....James 'JT' Taylor got a haircut and raised £350 for charity in the process !
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English Schools Championships, at Gateshead, Friday 8th July - Day 1

Toby Ralph qualified for the senior boys 800 metres final, without racing a step. The heats were cancelled as there were not enough to justify running them and nine went through to Saturday's final.

Becky O'Hara finished 3rd in heat 2 of the Senior Girls 400 metres, although only the top two automatically qualified for the final. Becky took the second of the fastest losers spot to make Saturday's final.

Full results are at - ​http://www.esaa.net/v2/2016/tf/national/results/results-print.php?age=sg&fname=instruct

This week's 'Big Hitters' - the top personal bests and debuts in the last week, 28th June to 6th July

Here are a few who have set some of the biggest personal bests over the past week -
400 metres
Christian Lee (u17) 54.43 (9.1s improvement !)
Katie Burgess (u15) 61.20 (0.5s improvement

1500 metres
Huxley Crush (u13) 5.34.4 (17.4s improvement)
1 mile

Fraser Gordon (u15) 4.41.05 (58.7s improvement !)
Luciana Anderson (u15) 5.48.23 (13.3s improvement)
3000 metres
James Kingston (u15) 9.48.56 (37.2s improvement)
Dan Schofield (u17) 9.54.30 (36.8s improvement)

Tonbridge AC Evening Open Meeting, Tuesday 5th July
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Full results are on the Results 2016 page.
Gary Goodge captured videos of all the 1 mile, 400m and 3000m races.

To me the night was notable for seeing some of the clubs young runners make a bit of a breakthrough across a number of events. Ben Brooks was very pleased with his 200m/400m double pbs, Toby Emm has come back well after being out for a few weeks with injury and Fraser Gordon improved his mile pb by almost a minute.

Katie Burgess lowered her 400m pb again, Christian Lee took more than 9 seconds from an old 400m pb, whilst Ollie Dunn seems to be one of the most improved runners this year, here taking 27 seconds from his mile best.

​Harry Brown's confidence seems to be growing and he posted a very respectable 3000m time, whilst behind him both James Kingston and Dan Schofield removed more than half a minute from their bests.

National Prep Schools Championships, at Birmingham, Monday 4th July

Latest - Full results are on the Results 2016 page.
The only result that I have so far regarding TAC athletes is that Olukorede Fasina placed third in the under 13, 1500 metres in 4.47.
Further update, courtesy of Ian Crawley -
Ollie Croll U12 1500 5th I think with maybe 5:06 (PB) I think
FIn Croll u13 800 3rd with 2:18 I think ( PB or close)
James Crawley u14 800 5th 2:16 PB. G Fisher 6th I think.
Beckie O Brien u14 800 1st 2:21. PB plus 1st also in HJ
Josh O Brien u14 1500 12th

Kent Young Athletes League (u13/15) at Ashford, Sunday 3rd July
From Steve Brooks
Videos now loaded !

Quick summary of the boys' results from KYAL today:
U13 Team 1 1500m:
  • Oliver Hill 3rd A stream in 5:09.3
  • George Thomas 4th B stream 5:24.8
  • Maxim Bragin 2nd n/s in 5:24.0
U13 Team 2 1500m:
  • Olukorede Fasina 1st A stream in 4:56.8
  • Huxley Crush 1st B stream in 5:34.4
  • Ben Harvey 1st n/s in 5:21.3
Korede was to be A stream in Team 1 but i had to fill gaps in LJ and 200m and George Thomas stepped up to do those.
U15 Team 1 1500m:
  • Fraser Gordon was 3rd A stream in 4:30.6 (~ 4sec PB?)
  • James Kingston was 1st B stream in 4:32.3
  • Toby Emm was 1st n/s I think in 4:36.6
Unfortunately I didn't get Scott Paige's 1500m time.
300m:
Ewan Wood was 5th in 42.4
4x300m:
A convincing win with Toby Emm giving them a great lead on first leg, Ewan Wood, Thomas Draper and George Thomas rounded off the win.
The U15 boys were quite a way ahead of the oppo and the last set of results on display showed TAC in 3rd overall by about 5 points, which I would expect to have been closed and 2nd place gained behind B&B as ever.

Full results will appear at - 
http://www.kcaa.org.uk​

Bewl 15 mile race, Sunday 3rd July

TAC won the mens team race with -
3rd Ben Cole 1.30.43
6th Dan Bradley 1.33.12
8th Julian Rendall 1.33.57
12th Greg Cole 1.37.27
Full results are at - ​http://niceworkevents.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/sunday-3rd-july-2016-17th-bewl-15.html
​Photos courtesy of Diane Bradley

Tonbridge AC Fantasy League Competition Update, after 3 Southern League matches

James Taylor and Ian Crawley have supplied the latest Fantasy League stats and analysis, which can be found on the FL page.

The next Southern Athletics League match is on Saturday 9th July at Crawley.

Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 29th June

There were at a couple from TAC competing over 1500 metres, as both Lizzie Miller and Olukorede Fasina finished just outside their pbs.  Lizzie (u15) ran 4.50.19 and Olukorede (u13) 4.49.68. Full results are at ​http://www.watfordharriers.org.uk/indexnc.htm

Kathleen Faes and Alasdair Kinloch selected for Great Britain Under 18s Team,
for European Youth Championships

​Two young distance runners from Tonbridge Athletic Club have been selected to represent Great Britain at the European Youth Championships, in a couple of weeks time.
 
Kathleen Faes and Alasdair Kinloch, will both be part of the 26-strong, under 18 squad, that travels to Tbilisi, Georgia, for the championships that take place between 14th and 17th July.
 
Both Kathleen and Ally have previously gained England Schools selections, but this will be the first time that they have appeared in a GB team.
 
For Kathleen the selection is a reward for her persistence, after a Winter where she had to battle with a niggling injury, that restricted her competitive outings. However, she has bounced back and twice run the European qualifying time for the 3000 metres, for which she has been selected. Her personal best is 9.37.36 and the fifteen year old will be one of the youngest competitors at the championships.
 
Similarly, Ally spent the first half of the Winter season in fine form, but then suffered a series of defeats at the major championships in the new year. He has also shown a great strength of character to regain his best form, running inside the European standard three times for 3000 metres, with a  best of 8.18.21
 
Both athletes will be going to the European Championships with confidence, since they are ranked highly in their respective 3000 metres listings.
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Kathleen Faes and Alasdair Kinloch selected for Great Britain

This week's 'Big Hitters' - the top personal bests and debuts in the last week, 22nd to 27th June

Here are a few who have set some of the biggest personal bests over the past week -
400 metres
Charlie Crick 54.61 (4.4s improvement)
800 metres​

Ollie Dunn (u20) 2.03.00 (2.1s improvement)
Lara Gueorguieva (u17) 2.39.33 (0.8s improvement)

1500 metres
Toby Ralph (u20) 3.59.66 (8.9s improvement)
1 mile

George Duggan 4.15.84 (7.1s improvement)
3000 metres
Lucy Thompson (u20) 10.49.84 (7.8s improvement in the week)

5000 metres
Chris Olley 14.10.54 (7.8s improvement)

Southern Counties Veterans League (over 35s) at Ashford, Monday 27th June
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TAC won both the division 2 men's and women's contests on the night and now hold pole position in both leagues.
​Full results are on the Results 2016 page.
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The TAC Ladies Team who now top division 2 of the Southern Counties Veterans League. Kent Division
Photo courtesy of Sasha Houghton

British Championships and Olympic Trials, at Birmingham
Saturday and Sunday, 25th and 26th June
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TAC had six distance runners in action at the British Championships, which must be a record for the club. All six of them are just 20 or 21 years old, so hopefully they and others can gain from such experiences and get even stronger over the next few years. Unfortunately, Ashley Gibson had to withdraw from racing in the 5000 metres, due to injury.

Sean Molloy - Had one of his best ever performances in the 800 metres, as he finished second in his heat on Saturday, which had ten athletes starting. He ran 1.49.42. With four heats and only the winner of each and four fastest losers going through, the qualification was extremely difficult. Sean ran well to finish a close second to eventual silver medallist Jamie Webb to qualify for Sunday's final, where he finished a respectable fifth in 1.50.49. Hopefully, this performance will give him the confidence to go on to greater things.

Nicole Taylor - Finished 7th in Sunday's 3000 metres steeplechase, with another very solid race, just outside her personal best with 10.34.49. Alex Howard had a disappointing run to finish 15th in the men's race over the same distance on Saturday, having had a terrific performance in the previous week's under 23 championships..

Chris Olley ran an excellent race in the 5000m final, on Saturday, to finish 11th in 14.10.54. Despite the relatively slow start to the race, Chris took almost eight seconds from his personal best.

We had two representatives in the men's 1500m on Saturday, as James West went in heat 2 and Dominic Brown in heat 3. Once again the qualification was tough, with the top three from each heat and three fastest losers going through to the final. James was very unlucky not to make it as he finished 4th in his heat, just 0.2s behind third, with 3.46.67. After two of the three heats he was in the first fastest losers spot, but the final heat went at a quick pace and six athletes qualified from that race. Dom was 12th in this one with 3.50.81.

Other weekend news, Saturday and Sunday 25th/26th June

Swansea Half Marathon, Sunday
Ben Cole finished 6th in 69.57, at the Swansea Half Marathon, Full results are at -
http://dbmaxresults.co.uk/Results.aspx?CId=16421&RId=6109&EId=1
North Downs 30km, Trail Race, Sunday
Julian Rendall finished a fine second in the North Downs race, on Sunday, in 2.01.37
Full results are at - ​http://www.swifttiming.co.uk/cgi-bin/list_race_result.php?meet_event_id=840001
The race was won by 19 year old Alex Money of Orpington Road Runners.

UK Youth Development League Upper Age Group (u17/20), at Barnet, Sunday 26th June
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TAC finished last of the six teams, with a severely weakened team. However, amongst the results were some excellent individual performances, including an A string under 20 double win by Toby Ralph, over 800m and 1500m.

Full results are on the Results 2016 page.

TAC Summer parkrun Grand Prix update, after 25th June run
From Mark Pitcairn-Knowles

5th Round of the Park Run age graded GP, saw Andrew Mercer produce a PB in his 106th park run, 84.23%.    Olukorede Fasina also produced a PB run of 77.63%.    Andrew will a large turn out of TAC runners and probably another PB at one of the remaining events to close the gap on Sophie and Lily Slack.
​The latest league table is on the Parkrun page.

TAC Summer parkrun Grand Prix update, after 18th June run
From Mark Pitcairn-Knowles

Sophie and Lily Slack continue to dominate the scoreboard after another couple of over 80% scores.  They have both run 4 qualifying races, so have set a target for others to try and reach, pb’s will be required!!  Andrew Mercer won on the day and also flying the flag for the older generation was Mark PK with a PB bonus.  Next qualifying race is this Saturday, 25th June.

The latest league table is on the Parkrun page.

British Milers Club and Cambridge Harriers Meeting, Wednesday 22nd June
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George Duggan won the City Mile and £100 first prize in 4.15.84, with a 58s final lap, as he raced for the first time for five weeks. The BMC have resurrected this historic race, that had been held before at Motspur Park and won by the likes of Steve Ovett in the past.

TAC had four runners in the 800m races and Tom Holden was close to winning the A race, as he finished second in 1.52.7, just outside his personal best. Kieran Eland then looked the best that he has done all season, as he strolled away from the rest of the field in the C race to win in a pb of 1.56.3.

​Michael Ellis won race E with a pb of 2.01.3, whilst Jack Keywood ran 2.03.0.
Full results are at - ​http://www.britishmilersclub.com/content/bmcitemdisplay.aspx?itemid=1213

Kent 3000 metre Championships, at Dartford, Wednesday 22nd June

James Puxty won the overall 3000m race at Dartford in 9.38.95, whilst Dan Blades was 3rd in 9.46.65.
Lucy Thompson took 3.5s from her personal best to finish 2nd in the under 20 women's event, with 10.54.14.

Magificent 7 head for Olympic Trials

At the time of writing there are seven TAC distance runners due to compete in Birmingham this weekend. Here they are in alphabetical order -

This week's 'Big Hitters' - the top personal bests and debuts in the last week, 15th to 21st June

Here are a few who have set some of the biggest personal bests over the past week -
800 metres​
Steph Puxty (u15) 2.37.6 (9.1s improvement)
Ollie Hill (u13) 2.27.8 (1.0s improvement)

1500 metres
Fraser Gordon (u15) 4.34.9 (5.2s improvement)
Katie Goodge (u15) (5.0s improvement)
3000 metres
Phoebe Barker 9.53.82 (2.6s improvement)

5000 metres
Greg Cole 16.24.0 (18.7s improvement)
1500 metres steeplechase

Bede Pitcairn-Knowles 4.36.9 (4.3s improvement)
3000 metres steeplechase
Alex Howard 9.02.48 (4.7s improvement)

Kent Schools Team Selections for English Schools Championships

I understand that the following TAC distance runners have been selected for the Kent team to compete at the English Schools Championships, on 8th/9th July, at Gateshead -
Sam Crick, Kathleen Faes, Phoebe Barker, Toby Ralph, James Puxty, Becky O'Hara and Alasdair Kinloch

Kent Independent Schools Championships, at Ashford, Monday 20th June

Full results, including quite a few TAC are on the Results 2016 page.

Other weekend news 18/19 June

Amba Hotels City of London Road Miles, on Sunday - See video. Sam Crick was 2nd and Bede Pitcairn-Knowles 3rd in one of the junior races. Full results are at - http://www.chiptiming.co.uk/results/?sport=1&year=2016&event=2637&race=4473

​Max Nicholls and Brian Buckwell ran the in half marathon trail race Wales.This was the 5th edition of the Salomon Trail Marathon Wales, which had full (26 mile / 42km) and half (13mile / 21 km) marathon race routes in the stunning trails and tracks of the world-renowned Coed y Brenin forest in the Snowdonia National Park. So far I know Max won and that Brian ran 2.16 for 9th in his age group, but cannot find results on line.
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National Under 20 and 23 Championships, at Bedford, Sunday 19th June - Day 2
More medals from Tom Holden, Kathleen Faes and Nicole Taylor
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I will add more details when I get a chance, but there were three more TAC distance running medals today, that came in the form of Tom Holden (u20 1500m), Kathleen Faes (3rd u20 3000m) and Nicole Taylor (2nd u23 3000m steeplechase).

UK Youth Development League (u13/15) at Bromley, Sunday 19th June
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 Full results are now on the Results 2016 page.
There were a mass of personal bests in the middle distances. In total I made ten. Steph Puxty was the biggest of these as she improved her 800m to 2.37.6. There would have been one middle distance A string win, but unfortunately Olukorede Fasina was disqualified for breaking lane too early in the under 13 boys 800 metres.

National Under 20 and 23 Championships, at Bedford, Saturday 18th June - Day 1
​Alex Howard and Alasdair Kinloch win medals
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Day 1 of the championships was a good one generally for TAC.

Alex Howard stole the TAC show at the end of the day by picking up the silver medal in a closely contested 3000 metres steeplechase. Alex ran a pb of 9.02.48, improving by 2.7 seconds, but also significantly inside the Olympic Trials/British Championships qualifying standard of 9.05.

Alasdair Kinloch captured a very good bronze medal in the under 20 mens 3000 metres in 8.29.14. He ran inside the European under 18 qualifying standard and defeated his main rival in the age group. Hopefully, Ally will gain GB selection as a result of his performances.

The 1500m races went well with all three from Tonbridge AC qualifying for Sunday's finals. Firstly, our new recruit Tom Holden made the under 20 final and then both Dominic Brown and Chris Olley moved into the under 23 final.

Becky O'Hara was 5th in her 400m heat in 57.68, despite being layed low with illness a couple of weeks back.

Corey De'Ath was well below his par in the under 23, 5000 metres.

​Full results are at - http://www.englandathletics.org/library-media/documents/EA_U23U20_2016_results_day1(3).pdf
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Videos of all races are at - http://www.runjumpthrow.com/fixtures/10005-england-athletics-under-23--under-20-championships 

Southern Athletics League, at Harrow, Saturday 18th June
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Full results are on the Results 2016 page.
TAC 3rd off 4 teams (too many spare places that require filling)
Women
400m 2nd A Sian Driscoll 62.0, 1st B Hannah Czarnowski 63.9
800m 2nd A Sian Driscoll 2.18.0, 1st B Hannah Czarnowski 2.24.4
1500m 3rd A Alice Ralph 5.01.2, 2nd B Polly Pitcairn-Knowles 5.13.6
3000m - no athletes
Men
800m 2nd A Ben Murphy 1.57.6, 2nd B Tim Faes 2.04.2.
​1st non scoring Jack Keywood 2.02.6, Jamie Brown 2.07.7, George Kelly 2.19.1
1500m 1st A Tim Faes 4.05.3, 2nd B Jack Keywood 4.21.1, Ollie Dunn (non scoring) 4.17 (approx)
5000m 1st A Tom Cox 15.28.5, 3rd B Greg Cole 16.24.0
2000m steeplechase 2nd A Tom Cox 6.23.5, 2nd B Michael Ellis 6.32.4
A few photos below courtesy of the team -

South East Inter County Schools, at Carshalton, Saturday 18th June

Full results are now on the Results 2016 page, with TAC highlighted.
Results included excellent Inter Boys wins for Bede Pitcairn-Knowles (1500m steeplechase) and James Puxty (3000m)
Lizzie Miller took 0.5s from her 1500m pb.

British Milers Club Elite and Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 15th June

Hopefully, this evening will prove a significant one in terms of TAC middle distance running with a couple of superb runs from our athletes. James West and Sean Molloy posted two of the fastest ever times by Tonbridge runners, at 1500m and 800m, respectively.

James ran 3.40.0 to finish second in a national quality field, only losing to Tom Farrell. Unfortunately, for James the electronic timing system malfunctioned for his race, so they reverted to the manual times, probably denying him a sub 3.40 clocking.

James goes to second on the TAC all-time list behind Andy Graffin's club record, listed at 3.36.80. Andy went to the Sydney Olympics that year. There was some debate anyway as to the exact timing that Andy Graffin and his twin brother, Allen, moved from TAC to Belgrave. However, James' time is still quicker than Allen (3.40.14) ever ran, aswell as quicker than the likes of David Robertson (3.40.9 for TAC) or Matt Skelton (3.41.8) ever managed. Will Crocker, visiting from the USA, also wore a TAC vest to race the 1500m, but was under par and well outside his pb of 3.42.

In many ways Sean's 800m time of 1.49.05 could be as significant, since it is his fastest since 2012 and second best ever. Its been a real battle for him to live up to his UK age 16 best of 1.48.24, but this shows he can get back and beyond that sort of level. Sean remains as TAC number two all-time, to Steve Fennell's club record of 1.47.97.

​Also racing was Ben Murphy, in the open meeting 800 metres, who ran 1.56.48 for a personal best in race 22, of 25.

Full open meet results will be at - http://www.watfordharriers.org.uk/indexnc.htm
BMC race results are at - ​http://www.britishmilersclub.com/content/bmcitemdisplay.aspx?itemid=1209

This week's 'Big Hitters' - the top personal bests and debuts in the last week, 9th to 14th June

Here are a few who have set some of the biggest personal bests over the past week -
800 metres​
Jesse Magorrian (u17) 1.57.15 (4.4s improvement)
Fraser Gordon (u15) (4.4s improvement)
Sally Palmer 2.37.4 (2.8s improvement)

1500 metres
Ollie Bingham (u15) 4.39.27 (17.2s improvement)
Toby Ross (u15) 5.03.62 (13.0s improvement)
Clara Tyler 4.46.26 (10.8s improvement)
3000 metres
Phoebe Barker 9.56.43 (1.4s improvement)

3000 metres steeplechase
Nicole Taylor 10.30.81 (6.6s improvement) - TAC Club record

Other weekend news, 11th and 12th June

Dominic Brown was 4th in the North of England Mens 800 metres final in 1.56.37.

Southend Half Marathon - Nicola Summerfield 14th lady in 1.43.39

Max Nicholls went out to the French Alsace for a mountain race on Sunday. La Montee Grand Ballon is a famous uphill course of 13.7km. Max came 9th (1hr 4m)overall, first in his age category (around 300 runners). Winner was Petro Mamu of Eritrea (59.03).

Jess Owen completed the Olympic Park 5k on Sunday and was 3rd female in 22:15. Jess is making good, steady progress after an operation and will hopefully continue to move forward.

South of England Championships, at Lee Valley, Sunday 12th June - Day 2
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There were two more medals for TAC distance runners, on day two of the championships.
Phoebe Barker won the under 17, 3000 metres in a new personal best of 9.56.43. having had to front run the entire race. At the finish Phoebe was 20 seconds clear of the runner-up.

Miles Weatherseed gained a silver medal in the under 20 men's 1500 metres, with a time of 4.00.82.

In the mens' 1500m final Luca Russo was 7th in 3.52.66 and Corey De'Ath 12th in 4.00.47.

​Kieran Eland placed 5th in the under 20 mens 800 metres final in 1.59.40.

South of England Championships, at Lee Valley, Saturday 11th June - Day 1
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Senior Women 1500m 2nd Ashley Gibson 4.38.35
Senior Women 3000m steeplechase 2nd Nicole Taylor 10.30.81 (pb and TAC Club record)
Senior Men 1500m heats Corey De'Ath 3.55.73 (pb), Luca Russo 3.59.58
Senior Men 3000m steeplechase 6th Tom Cox 9.45.13
Under 20 Men 800m heat - Kieran Eland 2.00.? (qualified for Sunday final as a fastest loser)

Kent Schools Championships, at Ashford, Saturday 11th June
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Full results are now on the Results 2016 page. I made it somewhere around 15 personal bests from TAC Distance Runners.
Results include -
​Inter Girls 800m 1st Evie Butler
Inter Girls 1500m 1st Kathleen Faes, 3rd Phoebe Barker
Inter Boys 800m 1st Jess Magorrian 1.57.15, 3rd Dan Seagrove 1.57.67, Simon Coppard 2.00.83, 9th Isaac Harding 2.08.16
Inter Boys 1500m steeplechase 1st Sam Crick 4.32, 4th Bede Pitcairn-Knowles
Inter Boys 3000m 1st James Puxty 9.04
​Junior Girls 1500m 2nd Lizzie Miller 4.50
Junior Girls 800m 2nd Katie Burgess, 3rd Rebekah O'Brien, 4th Tilly Hall

Southern Counties Veterans League, at Bromley, Friday 10th June
Mens 1500m videos loaded !

Full results are now on the Results 2016 page.
TAC Masters Men and Womens teams both won their respective Div 2 matches of the 4th Kent SCVAC league on Friday.   Stand out performances were Di Bradley in the 2K walk,  Ben Reynolds M50 62 sec last lap of the 1500m,   1500m Pbs for both Emma Avis and Lucy PK and Club records for Pete Brenchley in the M70 Javelin and Richard Christian M50 2k walk.

​Mark Pitcairn-Knowles

This week's 'Big Hitters' - the top personal bests and debuts in the last week, 31st May to 8th June

Here are a few who have set some of the biggest personal bests over the past week -
400 metres
Michael Ellis 55.06 (0.9s improvement)

800 metres​
George Fisher (u15) 2.16.39 (10.4s improvement)
Jamie Thompson (u17) 2.21.25 (10.3s improvement)
Ollie Croll (u13) 2.31.3 (10.0s improvement)
Emily Hale (u20) 2.47.94 (7.8s improvement)

1500 metres
Fin Harvey (u15) 4.21.43 (2.4s improvement)
3000 metres
Luke Reeves (u17) 10.30.40 (29.1s improvement)
Kiri Marsh (u20) 11.15.28 (11.6s improvement)
2000 metres steeplechase
Nicole Taylor 6.50.22 (1.6s improvement) - TAC Club record

Loughborough University Meeting, Wednesday 8th June

James West finished second in a high quality 800 metres, in 1.50.52, which was just 0.04s away from the win and a fraction outside his pb. New member Tom Holden was fourth in the same race, reducing his pb to 1.52.29.
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James West finished 2nd at Loughborough with new TAC recruit Tom Holden (second from left) placing 4th.

Tonbridge AC Evening Open Meeting, Tuesday 7th June
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Full results are on the Results 2016 page.

Amazingly the storm brewing, for much of the evening, did not unleash the rain seen in some parts and conditions were extremely good.

By my calculations there were about 27 personal bests from TAC Distance runners, either in the 200, 400, 800 or 3k, plus 15 debuts on top of that.

The 800m was the most popular, with some of the biggest pbs recorded by George Fisher (u15), Jamie Thompson (u17), Emily Hale (u20) and Ella de Munck (u13). The fastest run came from Will Crocker, who is over from the USA, where he has been at university, with our own Luca Russo, at Missouri. Will is a 3.42 1500m runner. The fastest of the TAC girls was Rebekah O'Brien (u15) with 2.24.51, who I have always suspected had the capability of a fast 800m.

In the 3000m there were some very encouraging debuts from Clara Tyler (u17) and Fraser Gordon (u15) , whilst Luke Reeves (u17) took almost half a minute from his best time.

You can see all the pbs and times in the summary on the Results 2016 page.

Kent Young Athletes League, at Dartford, Sunday 5th June

Results are now on the Results 2016 page.
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Looking through the results it appears to have been a very busy day, with the TAC division 1 team placing 2nd of 8 clubs and the division 2 team 3rd of 7 clubs.

Ollie Croll (u13, 2.31.3) and Katie Burgess (u15, 2.26.2) were the two TAC 800m winners in division 1, with Ollie taking an impressive 10 seconds from his pb.

There were big pbs also for Olukorede Fasina (u13) in 2.22.0, James Kingston (u15) in 2.16.0 and Luciana Anderson (u15) 2.39.9.
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Ollie Croll - won the under 13 800m and also recorded the biggest pb of the day, at Dartford

Staplehurst 10k Road Race, Sunday 5th June

Dan Bradley led the TAC group home with 6th place in 34.38, whilst Shauna Paice was 2nd female in 41.04.
Others - Sasha Houghton 43.12, Sally Musson 43.24, Cain Bradley 46.59
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Dan Bradley - 6th at Staplehurst

Active Newham Open Meeting, Sunday 5th June

Jamie Brown was just outside his pb when he ran 89.44 for 600 metres at Newham, to finish 3rd.
Full results are at - ​http://www.thepowerof10.info/results/results.aspx?meetingid=161426&pagenum=2#600

British Milers Club PB Classic, Milton Keynes, Saturday 4th June
​Tonbridge AC Club record for Nicole Taylor

Nicole Taylor won the 2000m steeplechase, breaking her own TAC club record with 6.50.22
​Kieran Eland was 4th in the mens 800m B race in 1.59.25
Full results at - ​http://www.britishmilersclub.com/content/bmcitemdisplay.aspx?itemid=1203
Photos courtesy of Richard Owen

Memorial Leon Buyle Meeting, Putbos, Belgium, Saturday 4th June

Sean Molloy finished second in an 800m in Belgium in 1.50.97
Full results are at - ​http://liveresults.be/2016/putbos-memorial-leon-buyle/event031h02.html

Harvel 5 miles road race, Saturday 4th June

Dan Bradley finished 2nd in this event in 27.19, with Michael Ellis having a very good run for 4th in around 27.39.
​Peter Tucker, of Blackheath and Bromley, was first home in 26.44
Full results are at - http://www.chiptiminguk.co.uk/ps/results/Harvel%205/47452
​Photos courtesy of Diane Bradley

Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 1st June
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By Watford Wednesday standards the weather was not as welcoming as it can be, being damp, cold and breezy, but it didn't stop plenty of runners turning up. There were seventeen 1500m races, with between 15 and 20 athletes in each, plus three 3000 metre races at the end of the night.

Katie Goodge (u15) was the first from TAC in action and ran 4.57.20 for 5th in race 7 of the 1500s, just outside her pb. Graeme Saker (m50) ran a 4.42.27 in race 11 and Dan Schofield (u17) was just outside his best in race 13, with 4.32.80. Fin Harvey (u15, 2nd claim) knocked over 3 seconds from his best with a 4.21.43 posting.

Each of the 3000s had TAC representation. Graeme Saker paced George Kelly (sm) around his first ever track race at the distance. Graeme ran 10.26.24 and George 10.26.30. In race 2 Nicole Taylor (sw) ran 9.46.07, reducing her two year old pb by three seconds.

In the last race of the night we had three athletes competing, as 27 toed the line. Ally Kinloch (u20) had another tremendous performance to place 2nd in 8.18.21, taking two seconds from the pb set last month. This was significant, as it was the second time he has run inside the European under 18 championship qualifying time, by a large amount. It also puts him top of the current European under 18 rankings.

​James Puxty (u17) also had a fine run with 8.55.32, improving by eight seconds, from his best set the previous Sunday and Michael Ellis (sm) ran a six second pb with 9.15.62.

Full results will be published at - ​http://www.watfordharriers.org.uk/indexnc.htm

TAC Fantasy League update, after 2 matches

After a bit of delay the Fantasy League team have announced the latest results, following the last Southern Athletics League match. All the details are on the Fantasy League page, including -
League Table
Athlete Averages
​Ian Crawley's FL Blog and analysis

This week's 'Big Hitters' - the top personal bests and debuts in the last week, 23rd to 30th May

Here are a few who have set the biggest personal bests over the past week -
400 metres
Becky O’Hara 56.99 (0.2s improvement)

800 metres​
Melissa Berry 2.27.41 (20.6s improvement)
Euan Nicholls 2.01.13(2.0s improvement)

1500 metres
Dan Schofield 4.31.53 (14.3s improvement)
Phoebe Barker 4.32.67 (2.6s improvement)

3000 metres
Ellie Cohen 11.56.92 (74.5s improvement)
Ollie Dunn 9.49.64 (19.8s improvement)
3000 metres steeplechase
Tom Cox 9.44.54 (25.4s improvement)
10km road
Shauna Paice 40.38 (5.08 improvement)
​Mark Pitcairn-Knowles 37.49 (52s improvement)

TAC Summer parkrun Grand Prix update, after event 3, 28th May
From Mark Pitcairn-Knowles, after the Tonbridge parkrun

Lily and Sophie Slack continue to dominate with both scoring exactly the same 85.19%, great running.   Both also ran PB’s, this being 3 out of 3 for Sophie (15 bonus points), making her position at the top of the leader board very strong.  Luciana Anderson is the best of the rest, but others will need PB’s to get close to the leaders.

The league table is on the parkrun page.

All the Saturday TAC parkrun results can be viewed at - 
http://www.parkrun.com/results/consolidatedclub/?clubNum=2404

Vitality London 10k road race, Monday 30th May

Official results are awaited at - https://www.vitalitylondon10000.co.uk/event-info/race-results/
Here are the TAC athletes - Nathan Marsh 33.29, Greg Cole 33.46 (pb), Dan Watt 34.54, Mark Pitcairn-Knowles 37.49 (pb), Chloe Bird 39.48 (debut), Shauna Paice 40.38 (pb), Joe Watts 41.30, Lucy Pitcairn-Knowles 42.40 (pb), Jess Owen 49.07 (debut). Photos courtesy of Richard Owen

UK Youth Development League (u17/20), at Bromley, Sunday 29th May
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TAC placed 5th of the 6 clubs in this Premier Division Match.
Full provisional results are on the Results 2016 page.

Vitality Westminster Road Miles, Sunday 29th May
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Some of the younger TAC distance runners competed in the road mile championships -
Under 13 Girls -2nd  Katie Goodge 5.17
Under 13 Boys - 10th Olukorede Fasina 5.09, 16th Fin Croll 5.16, 30th Matthew Taylor 5.29, 32nd Henry Taylor 5.33
Under 11 Girls - 16th Amber Croll 6.42, 17th Aimee Holdstock 6.42, 19th Isabel Thorn 6.44, 33rd Phoebe Foster 7.39
​Under 11 Boys - 6th Ollie Croll 5.40, 9th George Burbage 5.45

Full results can be found at - https://www.vitalitywestminstermile.co.uk/results/2016/
Photos courtesy of Gary Goodge

British Milers Club Grand Prix 2 at Watford, Saturday 28th May
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Summary results are on the Results 2016 page. There were six personal bests and two seasons bests from the eleven TAC athletes.
Full results are at - ​http://www.britishmilersclub.com/content/bmcitemdisplay.aspx?itemid=1198
​Unfortunately I think that I had my camera on the wrong setting for some of the later races and therefore have no good photos from some races ! Richard Owen kindly supplied a couple of those shown.

James Pigot at Melbourne Parkrun, Australia

James Pigot, who has recently qualified as a doctor, is working in Australia for a few weeks. He reports that he put on his TAC vest, for the first time for a while, to finish 8th at the Melbourne parkrun in Australia, in around 17 minutes.
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USA NCAA West Region Preliminary, Lawrence, Kansas, Friday 27th May

Ryan Driscoll finished last of sixteen in his heat of the 3000 metres steeplechase, over half a minute outside his best with 9.30.47. Ryan explains that a knee injury hampered him and is now looking forward to being home for the rest of the Summer.

Southern Counties Veterans League (over 35s) at Bromley, Friday 27th May
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The men's team won again in division 2 of the league, whilst the ladies were third. Full results are on the Results 2016 page.

USA NCAA East Region Preliminary, Jacksonville, Florida, Thursday 26th May

Robbie Farnham-Rose finished 10th of 12 in his 1500m in the East Region Championships. He ran 3.51.96, having been beaten in a last lap burn up.
Full results are at - 
http://www.ncaa.com/ncaa-division-i-east-preliminary-round

Cambridge Harriers and British Milers Club Meeting, at Eltham, Wednesday 25th May

Results in so far from Eltham include -
​800 metres - ​Kieran Eland 1.58.48, Steve Tester 2.00.07, Euan Nicholls 2.01.13 pb, Simon Coppard 2.02.45,
Simon Fraser 2.05.63, Sam Avis 2.07.63
1500 metres - Sian Driscoll 4.55.29, 5000 metres Ashley Gibson 16.30.00
Full results are at - http://www.britishmilersclub.com/content/bmcitemdisplay.aspx?itemid=1196

Ashley broke the TAC senior womens 5000m record with her time of 16.30.00This is inside the Olympic Trials/British Championships qualifying time, making Ashley the seventh TAC distance runner to qualify.
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Ashley Gibson - Tonbridge AC club record at 5000 metres and Olympic Trials Qualifying Standard

This week's 'Big Hitters' - the top personal bests and debuts in the last week, 18th to 22nd May

Here are a few who have set the biggest personal bests over the past week -
400 metres
Becky O’Hara 57.2 (0.1s improvement)

800 metres​
Fin Croll 2.19.1 (2.1s improvement)
1200 metres
Megan Moore 4.17.7 (3.0s improvement)

1500 metres
Henry Taylor 5.05.3 (0.4s improvement)
3000 metres
Kathleen Faes 9.39.59 (20.6s improvement)

Olympic Trials Qualifiers ....so far

So far TAC has 6 athletes who have qualified to compete in this year's Olympic Trials -
Nicole Taylor - 3000m steeplechase
James West - 800m and 1500m
Robbie Farnham-Rose - 800m and 1500m
Sean Molloy - 800m
​Ryan Driscoll - 3000m steeplechase

Dominic Brown - 1500m (from last year)

Loughborough International, Sunday 22nd May
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Tonbridge AC had an excellent day at Loughborough -
George Duggan ran a 1.52.35 pb 800 metres to finish 4th in the Guest race, running for Loughborough University.
James West ran a 1.50.35 pb 800 metres to finish 5th in the Match race, running for Loughborough University.
Chris Olley finished 2nd in the 3000 metres in 8.06.24, which was a 13s pb. Henry Pearce ran 8.47.50, although he was not at his best.
Kathleen Faes finished 6th in the womens 3000 metres in 9.39.59, for a 20.6s pb. Kathleen, alongside Alasdair Kinloch, is now the second Tonbridge distance runner to gain the European under 18 championship qualifying time, enabling consideration for GB selection. The time was also a TAC under 17 club record.
Nicole Taylor ran her first 3000m steeplechase for two years annd finished 3rd in 10.37.59, less than half a second from her pb, but an Olympic Trials qualifying standard. Nicole was representing the British Universities and Colleges Team.
​Tom Holden, who is in the process of joining TAC ran 8.11.13 in the 3000 metres, for a 19 second pb, running for Loughborough University..

Highgate Harriers Night of the 10,000 metres PBS

Ben Cole was the only TAC runner in action and made his 10k track debut in race 4, finishing 14th in 30.33.30. This was just outside his road pb.

Hopefully, many of you will have seen the video footage from this terrific event that incorporated the British Olympic Trials for 10,000 metres. If you missed it then you can catch up at - ​http://www.runjumpthrow.com/fixtures/10004-highgate-harriers-night-of-the-10000m-pbs

Southern Athletics League, at Walton On Thames, Saturday 21st May
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Tonbridge won the match by 2.5 points according to the final results, now on the Results 2016 page.

From a distance runners point of view maybe the most notable performances came over 400m ! Becky O'Hara seems to be taking a little from her personal best with each race and ran 57.0 on this occasion. Sean Molloy comfortably won the mens race in 50.2, but it was his 48.4 relay leg that caused a stir and well worth a watch on the video page.

Michael Ellis was very close to lapping the whole field in the 3000 metres steeplechase, as only team mate Tim Corby was spared.

UK Youth Development League (u13/15) at Southampton, Saturday 21st May

Provisional results are now on the Results 2016 page.
​​From a distance running perspective there were good wins by both Fin Croll (u13 800m) and James Kingston (u15 1500m and four personal bests, from Fin, Alex Sandberg (800m), Megan Moore (1200m) and Henry Taylor (1500m).

Watford Open Meeting, including British Milers Club Giokld Standard Races, Wednesday 18th May
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Three TAC distance runners competed at Watford on Wednesday evening, in the first of the Summer series that included British Milers Club Gold Standard races. Sean Molloy raced in the first of these and finished 4th in 1.50.87 and although disappointed that it wasn't faster it was his quickest time since July 2014. Hopefully, he can continue to move forward from this. Donald Carter also had a tough one in the B 800m finishing 8th in 1.57.64.

Toby Ralph was our only representative in the fifteen open 800m races and went in the final and fastest race of the evening. Toby was 'fresh' from his Kent under 20 victory at the weekend and once again found himself at the front, early on and pushing the pace. He looked strong again and improved his time to 1.53.98, for a personal best.

Videos will be loaded asap

Beckenham Road Relays, Wednesday 18th May

Tonbridge AC had five teams of three in these evening, midweek road relays, being 1st, 18th and 24th, 51st and 52nd from 118 teams.  Results are on the Results 2016 page but they do contain errors -
The winning team was Graeme Saker 15.01, Dan Bradley 13.33 and Greg Cole 14.20. Dan was two seconds away from running the fastest lap.
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Winning team - Graeme Saker, Dan Bradley, Greg Cole

This week's 'Big Hitters' - the top personal bests and debuts in the last week, 9th to 17th May

Here are a few who have set the biggest personal bests over the past week -
300 metres
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Ewan Wood 300m in 42.01 (0.3s improvement)

400 metres
Becky O’Hara 57.30 (0.3s improvement)

800 metres​ Toby Ralph 1.54.35 (3.5s improvement)
Lauren Vinten 2.40.72 (3.2s improvement)
Harry Brown 2.05.25 (3.1s improvement)
1500 metres
Vita Milana 5.15.55 (12.5s improvement)
Phoebe Barker 4.35.28 (12.5s improvement)
Dan Seagrove 4.13.42 (6.3s improvement)
5000 metres
Jack Keywood 16.19.59 (19.8s improvement)
Steeplechase
2000m Tom Cox 6.11.89 (10.4s improvement)
1500m Sam Crick 4.22.31 (10.0s improvement)

Kent Championships, at Ashford, Sunday 15th May - Day 2
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Day 2 of the championships included a fair share of success for TAC distance runners -
Under 17 Mens 800m - 1st Simon Coppard 2.01.35
Under 20 Mens 800m - 1st Toby Ralph 1.54.35 (pb), 2nd Ben Murphy 1.57.30 (pb)
Under 15 Girls 1500m - 3rd Katie Goodge 4.53.88 (pb)
Under 17 Womens 1500m - 2nd Phoebe Barker 4.35.28 (pb)
Senior Womens 1500m - 1st Ashley Gibson 4.34.35
Under 17 Mens 1500m s/c - 1st Sam Crick 4.22.32 (pb and maybe UK u17 lead 2016)
Under 20 Men's 2000m s/c - 1st Euan Nicholls 6.23.53
Senior Mens 2000m s/c - 1st Tom Cox 6.11.89 (pb), 2nd Michael Ellis 6.24.15 (pb)
​Full results from both days are on the Results 2016 page.

Sittingbourne Invicta 10k road race, Sunday 15th May

There were three TAC members in this 10k
Maria Heslop (2nd claim TAC) was first lady in 37.31.
Then in the official results Jordan Saul was 12th in 38.17, whilst George Kelly doesn't appear at all.
George reckons he ran 39.45 but lost his electronic chip, whilst Jordan had a similar issue, when in 4th and lost ground due to a chip and shoe lace issue. My theory that our members who live near Sittingbourne always seem to have 'issues' at races, holds fast !
The official results are at - ​http://www.chiptiminguk.co.uk/ps/results/Sittingbourne%20Invicta%2010K/42736

South East Conference Championships, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Saturday 14th May

Robbie Farnham-Rose missed a medal by just 1/100th of a second in the SEC Championships 1500 metres final and was just 0.4s away from the winner in 3.51.11.
Full results are at - http://results.flotrack.org/2016/05-12-SEC/Web/Track.php?EN=25&RN=2&D=3

West Coast Last Chance Meet, San Francisco USA, Saturday 14th May

Ryan Driscoll finished 2nd over 1500 metres at the meeting in a new personal best of 3.47.36.
Full results are at - ​http://results.runnercard.com/Results/results.jsp?meetid=1000284

British Milers Club Grand Prix, at Sports City, Manchester, Saturday 14th May
Videos of the TAC 1500m races loaded !

It was a good night for TAC Distance Runners. Provisional Results -
Men's 1500 metres
James West 3.43.41 3rd in A race pb
George Duggan 3.47.93 4th in B race (close to a pb)
Chris Olley 3.50.32 in C race pb
Tom Holden 3.50.38 in C race pb
Miles Weatherseed 3.51.64 in D race pb
Donald Carter 3.53.82 in D race
Womens 1500m metres
Kathleen Faes 4.28.70  in B race (close to a pb)
Mens 5000 metres
Henry Pearce 14.49.91 in A race pb
Nathan Marsh 15.12.96 in D race pb
Full results will appear at - ​http://www.britishmilersclub.com/results/bmcresultsindex.aspx
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Above George Duggan, Below Tom Holden and Chris Olley (photos courtesy Nikolaas Faes)
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UK Inter Counties Fell Running Championships, at Ras Moel Eilio Race, North Wales, Saturday 14th May

TAC had two representatives in the Kent team.
Max Nicholls finished 4th overall and perhaps could have been in the top two, as he was directed off course at one stage.
Julian Rendall, who is a less experienced fell runner, placed 26th.
Full results are on the Results 2016 page.
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Kent Team, with Max on the left and Julian on the right

Kent Championships, at Ashford, Saturday 14th May - Day 1
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Brief results -
Under 15 Girls 800m - 2nd Katie Burgess 2.24.91, 3rd Lizzie Miller 2.25.47
Under 15 Boys 1500m - 3rd James Kingston 4.30.06 (pb)
Under 17 Men 400m - 3rd Cameron Roberts
Under 17 Men 1500m - 1st James Puxty 4.13.18, 2nd Dan Seagrove 4.13.43
Under 20 Men 1500m - 1st Alasdair Kinloch 3.59.64 (pb)
Senior Men 400m - 2nd Sean Molloy 49.51
Senior Men 1500m - 1st Corey De'Ath 4.04.28, 2nd Tom Cox 4.15.99
Senior Men 5000m - 1st Ben Cole 15.00.03

National Masters Road Relay Championships, at Sutton Coldfield, Saturday 14th May
From Mark Pitcairn-Knowles

Results at http://www.race-results.co.uk/results/2016/bmafm3516.htm
Yet another glorious sunny day with a light northerly wind.
The Men 55 were the first race we were involved in, as unfortunately on this occasion we were not able to put out a ladies team.
35  Tonbridge Ac  M55                   1:07:36
 
        Cain Bradley     (34) 21:19
        Brian Buckwell   (31) 21:20
        Maurice Marchant (35) 24:57
 
Brian improved on his time from last year by 11 seconds.   Although down on last year it was great to see Cain running after a tricky few months.   Watch Maurice accelerate up the finish straight to hold off a challenge from another athlete, plus other action from the day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3ENtax4C3o
In a change to previous years the M35 race (6 Stage) started 5 mins before the M45.    Unfortunately our M35 team had become depleted to just 4, however this set up an intriguing race between our M35 and M45, both with 4 runners, as on paper it looked like it would be very close to a 5 minute time difference.
Tony Bennett had the “pleasure” of making his TAC vets debut (he ran for the club as a junior) as first leg runner.   Having negotiated an attempt to put on his old TAC vest in which he actually got stuck and had to be helped to release his arm, he was kitted out in Rachael Bennetts vest, certainly still effectively a compression outfit!  

He held his composure well to run 18.04,despite the furious pace set at the start.  This was probably ahead of expectation.     Graeme Saker started M45 team off and improved on last year by 23 seconds to 17.02 and 18th ( when comparing to the M55 AG which Graeme will be in Sept he was encouraged to see his time would have been 3rd fastest, so hopes of an International vest are positive for the winter)    John Ridge on second leg for M35 got under 19 minutes in his first attempt at the course.   While Phil Coleman also lowered his time from last year by 14 secs to 17.50 (20th).  At this stage the gap between the teams was 2.45 .

Ian Crawley who made his TAC debut at this event last year, knocked a massive 52 Secs off his time and finished under his 20 min target in 19.55.   However for the M45 team Mark PK also took 7 secs off last years time in 18.15  (20th place)     This left Steve Brooks (20.38) with a lead of 1.05 over Andy Wood (19.04) as they started the last legs.    Despite Steve improving his time by 10 secs, it was not enough, as Andy Wood encouraged by the sight of Steve at the turn around point had a target to chase and was able to catch him at the lake and finish 29 secs ahead.   It was great to see Andy Wood run well after a tricky 2015/16 winter. As a team the M45 improved from 1.14.15 last year to 1.12.11, but surprisingly this 2 minute improvement only equated to one place!   27th to 26th this year.  Last year this would have got 18th place….
Results at http://www.race-results.co.uk/results/2016/
Tonbridge AC M35                        1:17:40
Incomplete
 
        Anthony Bennett  (36) 18:08
        John Ridge       (37) 18:59
        Ian Crawley      (36) 19:55
        Steven Brooks    (34) 20:38
26  Tonbridge Ac M45                    1:12:11
 
        Graeme Saker     (18) 17:02
        Philip Coleman   (20) 17:50
        M Pitcairnknowle (20) 18:15
        Andrew Wood      (26) 19:04
 
Ben Reynolds (2nd Claim TAC) ran the second fastest M45 leg of the day in an amazing 15.28, as his team Thames Hare and Hounds won the M45 race.  
We were all very grateful for the fantastic support team of Alan Bennett, Di Bradley and Nicky Buckwell.   It really helped at the point in the race where the body flags!   Thanks to everyone for making the effort to travel to Sutton Coldfield, which we all agreed was well worth it.

​Looking at the potential M35 team (Parkrun results yesterday of 3 qualified TAC runners 17.24, 17.29 and 18.57, plus Julian Rendall running for Kent in a mountain race) if we can have a concerted effort the team could be well up there challenging for a top 10 place.

South East Conference Championships, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Friday 13th May

Robbie Farnham-Rose (Alabama) had an excellent race to qualify for Saturday's final with 3.46.64 in second place in his heat.
​Luca Russo (Missouri) suffered in his heat and almost fell at one stage, being 10th in 3.58.71.
Full results are at - ​http://results.flotrack.org/2016/05-12-SEC/Web/Timetable.php?D=2

English Schools Cup, First Round, at Ashford, Friday 13th May

Full results will appear at - http://www.esaa.net/v2/2016/tfcup/tfcup16results.php
A few TAC were competing, including -

Junior Boys 1500m Elliot Webb 5.09.4
Junior Girls 1500m Maddie Wise 5.19.0, Alexandra Evans 5.26.4
Inter Boys 800m Cameron Roberts 2.16.0, 1500m Ingmar Gunn 4.43.5
Inter Girls

TAC Summer Parkrun Grand Prix update, after 7th May event
​Update from Mark Pitcairn-Knowles

A large turn out as the Summer Park Run GP was finally run in Summer weather, which appears to have suited a number of athletes who ran PB’s to collect bonus 5 points for their scores.   The top 3 age graded runners were Sophie Slack, Lily Slack and Sam Crick who all scored over 80% and rans PB’s with Sam being first home ahead of previous GP winner Dan Bradley.   Sophie appears to be intent on keeping the Trophy on her mantelpiece !

The latest league table is on the Parkrun page.

Southern Counties Veterans League, Kent Division 2, at Canterbury, Monday 9th May

Tonbridge AC won both the mens and womens division 2 matches and now top the mens and are second in the ladies overall, after the first two matches.
Team Manager Mark Pitcairn-Knowles is doing a cracking job, in not only launching TAC's teams in this league for the first time, but getting so many to compete. I just hope a few are ok on Tuesday morning, as having seen the results, a some were competing in more unusual events for them !
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This week's 'Big Hitters' - the top personal bests and debuts in the last week
3rd to 8th May

Here are a few who have set the biggest personal bests over the past week -
300 metres

Toby Emm (u15) 39.91 (4.6s improvement)
Sam Avis (u20) 41.17 (11.0s improvement, from 2011)

800 metres
Ollie Dunn (u20) 2:09.06 (13.5s improvement)
Beth Lednor (u13) 2.42.47 (6.6s improvement)

1500 metres
Olukorede Fasina (u13) 4.57.1 (27.0s improvement)
Luciana Anderson (u15) 5.19.3 (11.3s improvement)

1 mile
Phoebe Barker (u17)  4.55.49 (67.5s improvement, from 2013)
Matthew Taylor (u13) 5.26.36 (30.9s improvement)
3000 metres
Alasdair Kinloch (u20) 8.20.98 (20.2s improvement)

Kent Young Athletes League, at Bromley, Sunday 8th May

Full results are on the Results 2016 page.
On a very warm day there seems to have been some good middle distance running from a number of TAC youngsters. The biggest pb came from Olukorede Fasina, with a division 2, under 13 boys, 1500m win in 4.57.1. 
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Beth Lednor (H) and Megan Moore (HH) in the under 13 girls 1200m (photo courtesy of Stella Bandu)

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

Saturday
Oxford Vs Cambridge University Varsity Match, at Ifley Road, Oxford
3000m steeplechase - Alex Howard (Oxford) 1st in 9.13.6 (pb).
1500m - Miles Weatherseed (Oxford) was 4th in the mile with 4.19.
British Athletics League Premier Division, at Eton
Michael Ellis ran 10.16 for 3000m steeplechase, racing for Sheffield AC, for whom he has high claim competition status with. Michael is at university there.

Saturday 5km parkruns, 7th May

It seems that the parkruns continue to flourish and today -
Tonbridge - 1st Sam Crick 16.33, 1st female Sophie Slack (just turned 10) in 20.08
There were 473 finishers at Tonbridge !
Ashton Court (near Bristol - 1st George Duggan 16.11 (equals course record)
Full results are at - ​http://www.parkrun.org.uk/results/firstfinishers/

The weekend ahead 7th/8th May

This weekend is a relatively quiet one, with just the Kent Young Athletes competing at bromley on Sunday.
Just as a reminder to others, you are more than welcome to come along on Sunday morning for training at 9.30am, where there is either a run or a faster track session available.

Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 4th May
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TAC had just three competitors at the Watford meeting and enjoyed the best conditions of the season so far.
Graeme Saker ran 9.47.83 as an over 50, in the first of two 3000m races, before we witnessed a cracking final race of the evening.

Donald Carter and Ally Kinloch joined the train of the lead group runners at the front of the 3000 metres and both came away with personal bests, as they finished 3rd and 7th, respectively. Donald took ten seconds from his pb with 8.14.29 to go third on the 2016 TAC rankings, whilst Ally had a superb race to run 8.20.98 and take more than twenty seconds from his own best, with 8.20.98.

Ally's time could be significant as there is a European under 18 championships this year and he was well inside the qualifying mark of 8.32. However, the selectors look for more than that as one of the criteria is to be able to show 'top 8 potential'. He had another under 18 just ahead of him last night, but last year his time would have ranked him fourth in Europe, for the age group.