October 2017
Saturday
A Tonbridge men's team finished 4th in the Reigate Priory Cross Country Relays.
Full results will appear here - www.rpac.org.uk/index.php/2015-02-28-17-16-06/priory-relays
Sunday
Leeds Abbey Dash 10km road race.
There was yet more terrific racing from TAC athletes in Leeds -
Men - 15th Nathan Marsh 29.59 (pb), 20th Ben Cole 30.15 (pb), Steve Fennell 31.54, Greg Cole 33.42
Women - 3rd Ashley Gibson 33.30 (TAC womens record), 16th Lucy Reid 34.38 (pb), 33rd Nicole Taylor 36.12
Full results are at - results.sporthive.com/events/6323907162275840000/races/423535
Photos courtesy of Richard Owen.
A Tonbridge men's team finished 4th in the Reigate Priory Cross Country Relays.
Full results will appear here - www.rpac.org.uk/index.php/2015-02-28-17-16-06/priory-relays
Sunday
Leeds Abbey Dash 10km road race.
There was yet more terrific racing from TAC athletes in Leeds -
Men - 15th Nathan Marsh 29.59 (pb), 20th Ben Cole 30.15 (pb), Steve Fennell 31.54, Greg Cole 33.42
Women - 3rd Ashley Gibson 33.30 (TAC womens record), 16th Lucy Reid 34.38 (pb), 33rd Nicole Taylor 36.12
Full results are at - results.sporthive.com/events/6323907162275840000/races/423535
Photos courtesy of Richard Owen.
National Cross Country Relays, at Mansfield, Saturday 4th November
Some videos loaded !
Full results are here - www.englishcrosscountry.co.uk/news/2017-xc-relays-results-all-age-groups/
It was one of the great days in the club's history as the senior men won a titanic dual with Aldershot to capture the title for the first time, whilst the under 20 men also took home the gold medals.
In summary -
Senior men 1st of 204 teams - Chris Olley fastest leg (with leg 1 adjustment)
Senior women - no team
Under 20 men 1st (Loughborough University were just ahead but do not count in the championship)
Under 20 women 25th
Under 17 men 6th
Under 17 women 24th
Under 15 boys 18th
Under 15 girls 30th
Under 13 boys 38th
Under 13 girls 5th
It was one of the great days in the club's history as the senior men won a titanic dual with Aldershot to capture the title for the first time, whilst the under 20 men also took home the gold medals.
In summary -
Senior men 1st of 204 teams - Chris Olley fastest leg (with leg 1 adjustment)
Senior women - no team
Under 20 men 1st (Loughborough University were just ahead but do not count in the championship)
Under 20 women 25th
Under 17 men 6th
Under 17 women 24th
Under 15 boys 18th
Under 15 girls 30th
Under 13 boys 38th
Under 13 girls 5th
Senior Men - George Duggan, Charlie Joslin-Allen, Ryan Driscoll, Chris Olley
Under 20 Men - James Puxty, Jamie Goodge, Alasdair Kinloch
Under 20 Men - James Puxty, Jamie Goodge, Alasdair Kinloch
More photos at www.tonbridgeac.co.uk Scrapbook page or on Mark Hookway Facebook page
TAC Fantasy Cross Country League - Race 2 update, Kent League 28th October
Ian Crawley has written his blog and updated the league tables.
Richard Tosh, Brian Buckwell and Mark Pitcairn-Knowles have teams at the top of the league table.
See the Fantasy League page for all the details.
Richard Tosh, Brian Buckwell and Mark Pitcairn-Knowles have teams at the top of the league table.
See the Fantasy League page for all the details.
National Cross Country Relay Championships at Mansfield, Saturday 4th November
A year ago James Taylor completed a preview of the Mansfield course. See the video below.
Whether you are competing, spectating or not even going its quite entertaining !
Whether you are competing, spectating or not even going its quite entertaining !
Chris Olley gains first senior international selection
Chris Olley has been rewarded for his recent National Road Relay performance with his first England senior international vest. He will run in the Armagh 5K road race that takes place in Northern Ireland in February.
Episode 24 of Trackside Podcast now live
The latest episode of Trackside Podcast is now available to listen to. See the Trackside Podcast page for full details. This week on Trackside we discuss finances in our sport plus the England Commonwealth Games selections.
We also had Cathy Hughes making her debut alongside Alex Hookway, Mark Hookway, Pete Brenchley and Lewis Church.
Get in touch via Twitter (@tracksidepod), Facebook (www.facebook.com/tracksidepod) or email (tracksidepod@gmail.com)
We also had Cathy Hughes making her debut alongside Alex Hookway, Mark Hookway, Pete Brenchley and Lewis Church.
Get in touch via Twitter (@tracksidepod), Facebook (www.facebook.com/tracksidepod) or email (tracksidepod@gmail.com)
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This week's Trackside Podcast Team (clockwise from top left)
Pete Brenchley, Mark Hookway, Lewis Church, Alex Hookway and Cathy Hughes
Pete Brenchley, Mark Hookway, Lewis Church, Alex Hookway and Cathy Hughes
Kent Cross Country League, at The Schools at Somerhill, Tonbridge, Saturday 28th October
Videos loaded !
Full results are also on the Results 2017 page. The results include the junior 1 mile races held before the league events.
In summary -
TAC Kent League records for the number of starters - 42 females, 79 males and 121 overall.
Senior Men - 2nd Ben Cole. Team 2nd in 4 to score, 2nd in 12 to score.
Senior Women - 1st Lucy Reid, Team 1st in 3 to score, 2nd 6 to score
Under 20 men - 1st James Puxty, Team 1st
Under 20 women - all ran as seniors
Under 17 men - 4th Dan Schofield, Team 1st
Under 17 women - 8th Clara Tyler, Team 2nd
Under 15 boys - 2nd Fraser Gordon. Team 1st
Under 15 girls - 3rd Katie Goodge, Team 5th
Under 13 boys - 11th Ollie Croll, Team 4th
Under 13 girls - 1st Olivia Breed, Team 2nd
In summary -
TAC Kent League records for the number of starters - 42 females, 79 males and 121 overall.
Senior Men - 2nd Ben Cole. Team 2nd in 4 to score, 2nd in 12 to score.
Senior Women - 1st Lucy Reid, Team 1st in 3 to score, 2nd 6 to score
Under 20 men - 1st James Puxty, Team 1st
Under 20 women - all ran as seniors
Under 17 men - 4th Dan Schofield, Team 1st
Under 17 women - 8th Clara Tyler, Team 2nd
Under 15 boys - 2nd Fraser Gordon. Team 1st
Under 15 girls - 3rd Katie Goodge, Team 5th
Under 13 boys - 11th Ollie Croll, Team 4th
Under 13 girls - 1st Olivia Breed, Team 2nd
Lucy Reid (seniors), Olivia Breed (under 13) and James Puxty (under 20)
were the three individual TAC winners at the Kent League
were the three individual TAC winners at the Kent League
The senior women who won the 3 to score contest on Saturday and were second in the six to score
USA Conference Championships Cross Country Championships weekend
Friday and Saturday 27th/28th October
In the USA three TAC distance runners competed for their universities in the Conference Championships, all over 8 kilometres.
Friday
Alex Howard (University of San Francisco), 24th in 24.34, at the West Coast Conference, at Oakland California
Full results at - rtspt.com/events/wcc/xc2017/mp/#event2
James West (Oregon) 51st in 24.50, at the PAC 12 Championships at Oregon
Full results at - pac-12.com/cross-country/championships-2017/live-results
Saturday
Henry Pearce (Tulsa) 9th in 25.43, at the American Athletic Conference Championships, at Philadelphia.
Full results at - sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/theamerican.sidearmsports.com/documents/2017/10/28/American_Athletic_Conference_Men_2017_Championship_results.pdf?id=1528
Friday
Alex Howard (University of San Francisco), 24th in 24.34, at the West Coast Conference, at Oakland California
Full results at - rtspt.com/events/wcc/xc2017/mp/#event2
James West (Oregon) 51st in 24.50, at the PAC 12 Championships at Oregon
Full results at - pac-12.com/cross-country/championships-2017/live-results
Saturday
Henry Pearce (Tulsa) 9th in 25.43, at the American Athletic Conference Championships, at Philadelphia.
Full results at - sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/theamerican.sidearmsports.com/documents/2017/10/28/American_Athletic_Conference_Men_2017_Championship_results.pdf?id=1528
TAC Fantasy League Update after week 1 (Kent League 14th October) - Ian Crawley
(I am just posting this first blog here just so readers can pick up on Ian's work. In future I will post everything on the FL page)
Ian Crawley has calculated the TAC Fantasy League results after the first Kent League race. Here is his report, with all the details now on the Fantasy League page -
With much fanfare and attendant excitement!? we have reached the 3rd addition of Fantasy XC League. The winter season is a month underway with some early XC as well as road races under our belts. As ever athlete performances are difficult to predict. This year I have taken over the responsibility of athlete pricing from JT and a quick squint at the Athlete Averages for the first race will reveal that I have made a bit of a fist of it, thus proving the point.
I’ll say up front that FL entries this year have been disappointing, but on the positive side there seems to be more athletes than ever training and competing- we had a record turnout of 110 for the first qualifying event of the season at Stanhill Farm; notably the veteran, or (as I prefer to call it) the masters, section which supplied 26 athletes notably the ladies who dominated the TAC SW team. The total included 22 FL debutants.
So Race 1 highlights:
Top points scorer with 200 was J Bryant, who presciently as it turns out, was the most heavily backed SM athlete.
There were 4 athletes that closed out last season with a 100% FL race record. Three of these maintained their record – Bede PK, Lucy Kingston and JT; the later two have a 100% record over the whole history of FL! Yea Go you!? The aim this year is to beat the 15/16 record of 7.
Best average for the day was the hopelessly under-priced Josh O’Brien- U15B, with 56 points per million and first into the Bullseye Club Lounge. Best Seeded Athlete Average for the day was 31ppm by O Dunn. Josh was only selected for two teams and Ollie not at all, so my poor judgement is clearly shared by most of you!
Best New Kid on the Block performance of the day L Knight (VetW) with 44ppm. Best performance in a new age group goes to G Fleming actually stepping up two age groups for 7th place in the SW race and O Breed -1st as a first year U13G. Step up in Class prize for the day apart from those named above I would probably go for A Jeddo with 12th in the U13B . Other Mentions in Despatches: H Patton (20.8ppm); T Bennett (42ppm); I Ellis (21ppm); O Bowart (28ppm); and L Stewart (17ppm).
Now to the main action – the teams. In the A team category (6 athletes; one athlete from each age group) the best score of the day was 506 from Tony Bennett’s Auditors A Listers team of Ian’s TAC ticks team of S Slack, M Wise, D Schofield, G Fleming, J Bryant and M Heslop. In the B team category (6 athletes from any age group) the best score of the day was 603 from Dan Schofield’s Too XC for my Shirt 2 team of F Gordon, M Watson, S Crick, J Bryant, J Stoney and J Rendall . Like the team name also. The best Player Manager team was, perhaps not surprisingly, Jamie Bryant’s First Team, also including L Stewart, S Coates, S Coppard, S Crick and G Saker with 408. And finally the best Bargain Team with 148 was JT’s Sloggers comprising A Roeder, A Thompson, G Hopkins, J Bingham, D Brown and M Dubery. At the other end of the table both Alex and Mark Hookway conspired to pick teams that scored “nil” points with Mrs Brown’s Boys and the Night Clubbers. A limited edition print of Pete Brenchley’s new autobiography “ My Life as a Feminist Icon” to both of you.
Due to the benefits of extra points for unused budget, (70 points per million) which are credited at the beginning of the season, the leader in the club house after one event is Brian Buckwell’s Nicki’s Choice team with 2442 .
Due to lack of popular appeal the Dreamteam series has been sold to an out of favour Hollywood studio.
Finally, the first nomination for the season defining, Terrible Team Names prize is last year’s winner F Gordon’s Nauseous But Georgeous ; a partly true reflection of its own spelling.
Finally, finally if you have not entered yet and wish you had, you still can; you won’t score any points for the first race, but everything else will be the same.
Ian Crawley
With much fanfare and attendant excitement!? we have reached the 3rd addition of Fantasy XC League. The winter season is a month underway with some early XC as well as road races under our belts. As ever athlete performances are difficult to predict. This year I have taken over the responsibility of athlete pricing from JT and a quick squint at the Athlete Averages for the first race will reveal that I have made a bit of a fist of it, thus proving the point.
I’ll say up front that FL entries this year have been disappointing, but on the positive side there seems to be more athletes than ever training and competing- we had a record turnout of 110 for the first qualifying event of the season at Stanhill Farm; notably the veteran, or (as I prefer to call it) the masters, section which supplied 26 athletes notably the ladies who dominated the TAC SW team. The total included 22 FL debutants.
So Race 1 highlights:
Top points scorer with 200 was J Bryant, who presciently as it turns out, was the most heavily backed SM athlete.
There were 4 athletes that closed out last season with a 100% FL race record. Three of these maintained their record – Bede PK, Lucy Kingston and JT; the later two have a 100% record over the whole history of FL! Yea Go you!? The aim this year is to beat the 15/16 record of 7.
Best average for the day was the hopelessly under-priced Josh O’Brien- U15B, with 56 points per million and first into the Bullseye Club Lounge. Best Seeded Athlete Average for the day was 31ppm by O Dunn. Josh was only selected for two teams and Ollie not at all, so my poor judgement is clearly shared by most of you!
Best New Kid on the Block performance of the day L Knight (VetW) with 44ppm. Best performance in a new age group goes to G Fleming actually stepping up two age groups for 7th place in the SW race and O Breed -1st as a first year U13G. Step up in Class prize for the day apart from those named above I would probably go for A Jeddo with 12th in the U13B . Other Mentions in Despatches: H Patton (20.8ppm); T Bennett (42ppm); I Ellis (21ppm); O Bowart (28ppm); and L Stewart (17ppm).
Now to the main action – the teams. In the A team category (6 athletes; one athlete from each age group) the best score of the day was 506 from Tony Bennett’s Auditors A Listers team of Ian’s TAC ticks team of S Slack, M Wise, D Schofield, G Fleming, J Bryant and M Heslop. In the B team category (6 athletes from any age group) the best score of the day was 603 from Dan Schofield’s Too XC for my Shirt 2 team of F Gordon, M Watson, S Crick, J Bryant, J Stoney and J Rendall . Like the team name also. The best Player Manager team was, perhaps not surprisingly, Jamie Bryant’s First Team, also including L Stewart, S Coates, S Coppard, S Crick and G Saker with 408. And finally the best Bargain Team with 148 was JT’s Sloggers comprising A Roeder, A Thompson, G Hopkins, J Bingham, D Brown and M Dubery. At the other end of the table both Alex and Mark Hookway conspired to pick teams that scored “nil” points with Mrs Brown’s Boys and the Night Clubbers. A limited edition print of Pete Brenchley’s new autobiography “ My Life as a Feminist Icon” to both of you.
Due to the benefits of extra points for unused budget, (70 points per million) which are credited at the beginning of the season, the leader in the club house after one event is Brian Buckwell’s Nicki’s Choice team with 2442 .
Due to lack of popular appeal the Dreamteam series has been sold to an out of favour Hollywood studio.
Finally, the first nomination for the season defining, Terrible Team Names prize is last year’s winner F Gordon’s Nauseous But Georgeous ; a partly true reflection of its own spelling.
Finally, finally if you have not entered yet and wish you had, you still can; you won’t score any points for the first race, but everything else will be the same.
Ian Crawley
Tom Holden Latest News, Sunday 22nd October
Its been not quite five months since Tom's cycling accident back at the end of May. Remarkably he not only survived but has made incredible progress and I just have to share this with everyone (Tom has given me the ok). He has also managed to 'run' for 10 metres last week ! His rowing has included 2 x 5 minutes so far on the Concept 2 rowing machine.
Many thanks to his dad Guy for the video.
Tom was a member of our National under 20 cross country relay team that won at Mansfield in 2016.
Many thanks to his dad Guy for the video.
Tom was a member of our National under 20 cross country relay team that won at Mansfield in 2016.
Tonbridge 10k, Sunday 22nd October
Harry Paton ran 33.59.6 to win the 10k that started near Stocks Green School on Sunday. Its a low key event with about 200 participants and Harry won by about four minutes. Tony Bennett took third place.
Full results are at - runningandriding.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/tonbridge10k_results.pdf
Full results are at - runningandriding.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/tonbridge10k_results.pdf
London University Cross Country League, at Parliament Hill Fields, Wednesday 18th October
Chris Olley, running for Imperial College, London, was a comfortable winner of the first London Universities League.
Full results are at - www.london-athletics.com/results/lcl/current-xc-results/
Full results are at - www.london-athletics.com/results/lcl/current-xc-results/
Episode 23 of Trackside Podcast now live
The latest episode of Trackside Podcast is now available to listen to. See the Trackside Podcast page for full details. This week on Trackside we discuss the recent road relays and what needs to be done for these events to flourish in the future.
We also look at lifestyle choices of athletes, and how far would you go to reach your potential? There is also the usual look at recent performances and more.
Get in touch via Twitter (@tracksidepod), Facebook (www.facebook.com/tracksidepod) or email (tracksidepod@gmail.com)
We also look at lifestyle choices of athletes, and how far would you go to reach your potential? There is also the usual look at recent performances and more.
Get in touch via Twitter (@tracksidepod), Facebook (www.facebook.com/tracksidepod) or email (tracksidepod@gmail.com)
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Just the three of us this week - Pete Brenchley, Mark Hookway and Alex Hookway
Maidstone Half Marathon, Sunday 15th October
Antonia Skerritt finished an excellent third in the Maidstone Half Marathon in 97.56, having raced in the Kent Cross Country League the day before.
Full results are at - www.nice-work.org.uk/races/the-maidstone-marathon/2017
Full results are at - www.nice-work.org.uk/races/the-maidstone-marathon/2017
Kent Cross Country League, at Stanhill Farm, Wilmington, Saturday 14th October
Videos loaded !
Full results are on the Results 2017 page.
Wins for Olivia Breed (u13), Fraser Gordon (u15)
There were team wins for the under 15 boys, under 17 men and senior men
Record number of Kent League starters for the senior men = 36, Under 17 women = 9, Overall males = 76 and Total all runners = 110
Wins for Olivia Breed (u13), Fraser Gordon (u15)
There were team wins for the under 15 boys, under 17 men and senior men
Record number of Kent League starters for the senior men = 36, Under 17 women = 9, Overall males = 76 and Total all runners = 110
Above Clockwise (starting top left)
Fraser Gordon under 15 boys win, Jamie Bryant 2nd in senior mens race, Olivia Breed under 13 in and Maria Heslop 4th in senior womens race
Fraser Gordon under 15 boys win, Jamie Bryant 2nd in senior mens race, Olivia Breed under 13 in and Maria Heslop 4th in senior womens race
Below - a selection of photos. More at Facebook (Mark Hookway) and will get them on the Scrapbook at www.tonbridgeac.co.uk
Other weekend news, Friday 13th and Sunday 15th October
Friday
Nuttycombe Wiscosin Cross Country Invitational
Mens race, 8km - 192nd Alex Howard (University of San Francisco) 25.26, 195th Henry Pearce (Tulsa) 25.30
Full results - www.flotrack.org/result/10944-2017-nuttycombe-wisconsin-xc-invitational#.WeI9ukyZNuU
Saturday
Division 1 Pre National Cross Country Invitational, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Mens 8k - 191st James West (Oregon) 24.43
Full results - www.flotrack.org/result/10943-2017-di-pre-national-xc-invitational#.WeI-V0yZNuU
British Cross Challenge, Cardiff
Senior Men 8th Charlie Joslin-Allen. Full results - www.fullonsport.com/event/cardiff-cross-oct-2017--senior--masters-men/results
Senior Women 5th Nicole Taylor. Full results - www.fullonsport.com/event/cardiff-cross-oct-2017-senior--masters-women/results
Nicole must have had one of her best ever races defeating, amongst others, former National Cross Country Champion Lily Partridge.
Under 20 Women 4th Phoebe Barker. Full results - www.fullonsport.com/event/cardiff-cross-oct-2017--u17--u20-women/results
Full results awaited.
Midland Cross Country League
Senior Women - 7th Kiri Marsh, 25th Lottie Richardson
Full results - www.northmidsxcleague.co.uk
Sunday
South Yorkshire Cross Country League
Senior Men - 1st Dom Brown (Sheffield University), 6th Michael Ellis (Sheffield Hallam University)
Full results should appear here - www.sycaa.co.uk/sycaa/cross-country/fixtures-results?func=viewThingData;thingId=7gKxE8Bp1eLP5tlktkKlEQ;thingDataId=R1-7iOcOjoKUKRinlvpt-w
Nuttycombe Wiscosin Cross Country Invitational
Mens race, 8km - 192nd Alex Howard (University of San Francisco) 25.26, 195th Henry Pearce (Tulsa) 25.30
Full results - www.flotrack.org/result/10944-2017-nuttycombe-wisconsin-xc-invitational#.WeI9ukyZNuU
Saturday
Division 1 Pre National Cross Country Invitational, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Mens 8k - 191st James West (Oregon) 24.43
Full results - www.flotrack.org/result/10943-2017-di-pre-national-xc-invitational#.WeI-V0yZNuU
British Cross Challenge, Cardiff
Senior Men 8th Charlie Joslin-Allen. Full results - www.fullonsport.com/event/cardiff-cross-oct-2017--senior--masters-men/results
Senior Women 5th Nicole Taylor. Full results - www.fullonsport.com/event/cardiff-cross-oct-2017-senior--masters-women/results
Nicole must have had one of her best ever races defeating, amongst others, former National Cross Country Champion Lily Partridge.
Under 20 Women 4th Phoebe Barker. Full results - www.fullonsport.com/event/cardiff-cross-oct-2017--u17--u20-women/results
Full results awaited.
Midland Cross Country League
Senior Women - 7th Kiri Marsh, 25th Lottie Richardson
Full results - www.northmidsxcleague.co.uk
Sunday
South Yorkshire Cross Country League
Senior Men - 1st Dom Brown (Sheffield University), 6th Michael Ellis (Sheffield Hallam University)
Full results should appear here - www.sycaa.co.uk/sycaa/cross-country/fixtures-results?func=viewThingData;thingId=7gKxE8Bp1eLP5tlktkKlEQ;thingDataId=R1-7iOcOjoKUKRinlvpt-w
Phoebe Barker and Nicole Taylor in action at Cardiff (courtesy of Richard Owen)
Kent Independent Schools Cross Country Races, at The Schools at Somerhill,
Tonbridge, Thursday 12th October
Full results are on the Results 2017 page.
Graeme Saker selected for England veterans team
Graeme Saker has been selected to run for England, over 55 age group team, in the home countries international in November.
Other weekend race news, Sunday 8th October
Croydon 10k road race
Christian Lee finished 16th in 38.07
Full results are at - www.nice-work.org.uk/races/croydon-10k/2017
Royal Parks Half Marathon
Joe Watts ran a personal best of 87.42
Full results are at - http://chiptiming.co.uk/events/royal-parks-half-marathon-2017/?bib=&fname=&sname=watts&category=&gender=#display-results
Ashford10k road race
There were a few TAC runners at Ashford led home by Luke Reeves in 48th with 39.06
Full results are at -
identisports-results.co.uk/2014/roadrunning/g-live.html?f=givaudanashford10km2017.clax
Christian Lee finished 16th in 38.07
Full results are at - www.nice-work.org.uk/races/croydon-10k/2017
Royal Parks Half Marathon
Joe Watts ran a personal best of 87.42
Full results are at - http://chiptiming.co.uk/events/royal-parks-half-marathon-2017/?bib=&fname=&sname=watts&category=&gender=#display-results
Ashford10k road race
There were a few TAC runners at Ashford led home by Luke Reeves in 48th with 39.06
Full results are at -
identisports-results.co.uk/2014/roadrunning/g-live.html?f=givaudanashford10km2017.clax
National Road Relay Championships, at Sutton Coldield, Saturday 7th October
Videos loaded !
We had teams in all eight races with the under 13 girls capturing only the second set of TAC female medals this century, with their second place.
The senior men then produced another terrific performance to take second behind a very strong Swansea team. However, they were rewarded with the English National Championship gold medals (Swansea is in Wales !)
In summary
Senior Men 2nd (1st English team), Chris Olley 4th fastest leg. B team 23rd and 2nd B team
Senior Women 36th
Under 17 men 13th, Under 17 women 19th
Under 15 boys 8th, Fraser Gordon 9th fastest, Under 15 girls 12th, Katie Goodge 4th fastest.
Under 13 boys 17th, Under 13 girls 2nd (highest ever TAC this century), Olivia Breed 4th and Sophie Slack 8th fastest
Results can be found here - www.race-results.co.uk/results/2017/
They are also on the Results 2017 page.
I have been trying to edit all the video footage but have had some difficulties. I will hopefully resolve on Monday.
The senior men then produced another terrific performance to take second behind a very strong Swansea team. However, they were rewarded with the English National Championship gold medals (Swansea is in Wales !)
In summary
Senior Men 2nd (1st English team), Chris Olley 4th fastest leg. B team 23rd and 2nd B team
Senior Women 36th
Under 17 men 13th, Under 17 women 19th
Under 15 boys 8th, Fraser Gordon 9th fastest, Under 15 girls 12th, Katie Goodge 4th fastest.
Under 13 boys 17th, Under 13 girls 2nd (highest ever TAC this century), Olivia Breed 4th and Sophie Slack 8th fastest
Results can be found here - www.race-results.co.uk/results/2017/
They are also on the Results 2017 page.
I have been trying to edit all the video footage but have had some difficulties. I will hopefully resolve on Monday.
TAC senior mens team - Dominic Brown, Chris Olley, George Duggan, Charlie Joslin-Allen, Ryan Driscoll, Ben Cole
Under 13 girls team 2nd - Sophie Slack, Anais Fernandez-Laaksonen, Olivia Breed
Midweek Schools Races, Wednesday and Thursday, 4th/5th October
There were a couple of schools events this week, which saw a number of TAC distance runners competing -
Wednesday, Kings Trophy Wimbledon, Wednesday
Judd School won their first trophy of the cross country season, with a team of six, all being members of TAC. The Judd/TAC placings were 3rd Dan Schofield, 4th James Kingston, 5th Isaac Harding, 6th Adam Van der Plus, 8th Toby Emm, 20th Ben Brooks.
English Schools Cross Country Cup, at Sevenoaks School, Thursday
Again there were plenty of TAC runners in action for their schools in the first round of the English Schools Cross Country Cup. I have highlighted as many names as I can recognise on the full results that are available on the Results 2017 page.
There were wins for Anais Fernandez-Laaksonen and Maddie Wise.
Wednesday, Kings Trophy Wimbledon, Wednesday
Judd School won their first trophy of the cross country season, with a team of six, all being members of TAC. The Judd/TAC placings were 3rd Dan Schofield, 4th James Kingston, 5th Isaac Harding, 6th Adam Van der Plus, 8th Toby Emm, 20th Ben Brooks.
English Schools Cross Country Cup, at Sevenoaks School, Thursday
Again there were plenty of TAC runners in action for their schools in the first round of the English Schools Cross Country Cup. I have highlighted as many names as I can recognise on the full results that are available on the Results 2017 page.
There were wins for Anais Fernandez-Laaksonen and Maddie Wise.
Tonbridge AC qualify for the British Athletics League for the first time in history
TAC have qualified for the British Athletics League for the 2018 season. We will be in Division 4 alongside Derby, Nene Valley, Croydon, Reading and Portsmouth.
Alex Hookway, who was team manager of the Southern League team, decided to submit the club's entry into the qualifying 'paper' match. This involved submitting the best performances from the league season which are then matched up against those of other clubs. Tonbridge won the 'match' and therefore received the invitation from the BAL.
Decisions are being made about the Southern League team and the u17/20 team, where team managers are required. Alex was stepping down from his SAL team manager role, due to the lack of support across all events. However, the BAL will provide a league platform for many of the club's top performers, including some classy multi eventers and Alex will manage for this team.
Alex Hookway, who was team manager of the Southern League team, decided to submit the club's entry into the qualifying 'paper' match. This involved submitting the best performances from the league season which are then matched up against those of other clubs. Tonbridge won the 'match' and therefore received the invitation from the BAL.
Decisions are being made about the Southern League team and the u17/20 team, where team managers are required. Alex was stepping down from his SAL team manager role, due to the lack of support across all events. However, the BAL will provide a league platform for many of the club's top performers, including some classy multi eventers and Alex will manage for this team.
Great Scottish Run Half Marathon, Glasgow, Sunday 1st October
Ben Cole finished 8th in 67.57 at the Great Scottish Run over the half marathon distance. It was shown live on BBC.
Tonbridge Half Marathon, Sunday 1st October
Julian Rendall and Maria Heslop emerged victorious at the Tonbridge Half marathon. Julian ran 74.17 and Maria 83.34.
Full results are on the Results 2017 page.
Full results are on the Results 2017 page.
Julian Rendall and Maria Heslop won the mens and womens races
USA news, Saturday 30th September
We currently have three TAC distance runners over in the USA at university.
Robbie Farnham-Rose is finishing off his degree at Alabama but won't be competing for them, having completed his allocation of race eligibility. He hopes to come back for the National Cross Country Relays and Championships.
Alex Howard is at the University of San Francisco, in his first year of two.
Henry Pearce is in his second year at Tulsa. Henry finished 32nd in the Cowboy Jamboree cross country invitation at Oklahoma.
Full results are at - www.okstate.com/documents/2017/9/30//UnivMenInd.pdf?id=13336
Robbie Farnham-Rose is finishing off his degree at Alabama but won't be competing for them, having completed his allocation of race eligibility. He hopes to come back for the National Cross Country Relays and Championships.
Alex Howard is at the University of San Francisco, in his first year of two.
Henry Pearce is in his second year at Tulsa. Henry finished 32nd in the Cowboy Jamboree cross country invitation at Oklahoma.
Full results are at - www.okstate.com/documents/2017/9/30//UnivMenInd.pdf?id=13336
Trackside Podcast – Episode 22 Now Available
See the Trackside Podcast page for a full explanation of what it is all about !
The latest edition of Trackside Podcast went live at the start of this week. Edition 22 with Pete Brenchley, Mark Hookway, Lewis Church and Alex Hookway (see photo). Available for free download via iTunes
'Off Season' is over and Winter is coming!
On episode 22 we talk Eliud Kipchoge and the Berlin Marathon, continue our discussion on coach athlete splits and look at what we have in store this winter.
We also talk recent performances, recent news and more. Plus we play the first edition of 'Mystery Athlete'.
'Off Season' is over and Winter is coming!
On episode 22 we talk Eliud Kipchoge and the Berlin Marathon, continue our discussion on coach athlete splits and look at what we have in store this winter.
We also talk recent performances, recent news and more. Plus we play the first edition of 'Mystery Athlete'.
South of England Road Relays at Crystal Palace, Sunday 24th September
Videos loaded !
The day didn't start too well for TAC with the news that the South of England Athletic Association had 'lost' all our entries.so no athletes in the programme, no numbers and no chip timing. Luckily a copy of their receipt of entries was available and they accepted something serious had gone wrong. However, it won't be until later that all our runners are added to the official results, manually.
It wasn't until the final race of the day that TAC got amongst the medals with the senior men a close second, just 13 seconds behind Highgate Harriers. The B team also got inside the top 25 to qualify for the National.
We also picked up 4th place in the under 13 girls and 5th in the under 17 men. The under 15 boys were 7th and the senior women 11th.
I am posting results as soon as possible, as the organisers are resolving issues.
Gradually more details are emerging here - www.nice-work.org.uk/races/seaa-643-road-relays/2017
From what I can see there are still errors and I am using our own video and other work to try and determine some individual splits.
It wasn't until the final race of the day that TAC got amongst the medals with the senior men a close second, just 13 seconds behind Highgate Harriers. The B team also got inside the top 25 to qualify for the National.
We also picked up 4th place in the under 13 girls and 5th in the under 17 men. The under 15 boys were 7th and the senior women 11th.
I am posting results as soon as possible, as the organisers are resolving issues.
Gradually more details are emerging here - www.nice-work.org.uk/races/seaa-643-road-relays/2017
From what I can see there are still errors and I am using our own video and other work to try and determine some individual splits.
Tom Holden - the most uplifting appearance of today !
Senior men 2nd - Ryan Driscoll, Charlie Joslin-Allen, George Duggan, Corey De'Ath, Alasdair Kinloch, Chris Olley
Under 13 Girls 4th - Sophy Slack, Annabelle Hales, Olivia Breed
Senior women (maybe 10th) - Nicole Taylor, Kiri Marsh, Grace Fleming, Phoebe Barker
Hospice in the Weald 10k road race, Sunday 24th September
Matt Dennis won the Hospice in the Weald 10k in 36.59. Full results are at -
racetimingsolutions.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=16269&RId=785
racetimingsolutions.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=16269&RId=785
USA News, Saturday 23rd September - Roy Griak Invitational, at Minnesota
Alex Howard finished 58th in the Roy Griak Invitational in 26.44. Alex was racing for the University of San Francisco over 8km.
Full results are at - grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/minn/sports/m-xc/auto_pdf/2017-18/misc_non_event/2017MDIResults.pdf
Full results are at - grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/minn/sports/m-xc/auto_pdf/2017-18/misc_non_event/2017MDIResults.pdf
Fantasy Cross Country League 2017/18 - Launch by Ian Crawley
Ian Crawley (photo below from Saturday) is launching this years TAC Fantasy Cross Country League, to help raise some funds, but mainly as some competitive fun over the coming months. Initial details are provided in the file below, with more on the Fantasy League page.
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Kent under 13, Masters and Combined Events Championships
at Erith, Saturday and Sunday, 16th/17th September
Full results are on the Results 2016 page. Olivia Breed won a silver medal in the 1200m, plus a bronze over 800m.
Blackheath and Bromley Cross Country Relays, at West Wickham, Saturday 16th September
Videos loaded !
Tonbridge held onto the mens team trophy, winning for the eighth year in a row, whilst also regained the women's title.
The mens race saw two TAC teams battle it out as Ben Cole, Alasdair Kinloch, Sam Crick and Jamie Bryant defeated the team of Corey De'Ath, Dan Bradley, James Puxty and Julian Rendall. We are pretty sure that Corey ran the fastest lap of the race, with 12.34.
The women's team of Nicole Taylor, Kiri Marsh, Vita Milana and Sarah Houghton also won, with Sevenoaks School (featuring Phoebe Barker, Maddie Wise and Clara Tyler all TAC) beings second. Nicole (14.11) and Phoebe (14.13) were the two fastest female laps.
Full results are on the Results 2017 page.
All my photos are on Facebook.
The mens race saw two TAC teams battle it out as Ben Cole, Alasdair Kinloch, Sam Crick and Jamie Bryant defeated the team of Corey De'Ath, Dan Bradley, James Puxty and Julian Rendall. We are pretty sure that Corey ran the fastest lap of the race, with 12.34.
The women's team of Nicole Taylor, Kiri Marsh, Vita Milana and Sarah Houghton also won, with Sevenoaks School (featuring Phoebe Barker, Maddie Wise and Clara Tyler all TAC) beings second. Nicole (14.11) and Phoebe (14.13) were the two fastest female laps.
Full results are on the Results 2017 page.
All my photos are on Facebook.
Above - the mens (Ally, Sam, Jamie, Ben )and womens (Vita, Sasha, Nicole, Kiri) winning teams
Below - Corey De'Ath fastest lap, Oscar (with Frank Coates) is so pleased that cross country is back !
Below - Corey De'Ath fastest lap, Oscar (with Frank Coates) is so pleased that cross country is back !
Those above made their TAC cross country debuts on Saturday
Parkruns, Saturday 16th September
There were a few fast parkrun times by TAC athletes -
15.24 Charlie Joslin-Allen, at Ponypridd, 15.44 Dom Brown at Sheffield Hallam and 16.17 by Cameron Payas at Holkham
15.24 Charlie Joslin-Allen, at Ponypridd, 15.44 Dom Brown at Sheffield Hallam and 16.17 by Cameron Payas at Holkham
Veterans AC 10,000m track championships, at Battersea, Wednesday 13th September
Two TAC Distance Runners took part in the Vets AC 10,000m track championships on Wednesday evening, at Battersea. Ben Reynolds (m50) ran 34.36.2 and Dan Madams (m40) 35.23.5, although Dan admitted that he felt awful. The overall winner Simon Baines was TAC in his youth.
Full results are at - www.vetsac.org.uk/Results-2017.html
Full results are at - www.vetsac.org.uk/Results-2017.html
National Police 10 Mile Road Championships, at Lee on Solent, Wednesday 13th September
Harry Paton had one of his best ever races (as described by himself) when he won the National Police 10 mile road championship in 55.51. This massively improved Harry's four year old pb of 58.27, despite the very windy conditions.
Harry Paton receiving his trophy
Eridge 10 mile Trail Challenge, Sunday 10th September
A few TAC runners took part in the Eridge event -
1st Ben Cole 63.13, 2nd Julian Rendall 64.28 (1st M40), 7th Female Lucy Reid 69.45, 1st female,), 8th Nicole Taylor 70.25, 11th Jack Keywood 73.20, 16th Steve Keywood 78.11 (1st M50), 84th Lottie Richardson 91.08.
Photos courtesy of Richard Owen
Full provisional results are on the Results 2017 page and should appear here - www.nice-work.org.uk/races/Eridge10/2017
1st Ben Cole 63.13, 2nd Julian Rendall 64.28 (1st M40), 7th Female Lucy Reid 69.45, 1st female,), 8th Nicole Taylor 70.25, 11th Jack Keywood 73.20, 16th Steve Keywood 78.11 (1st M50), 84th Lottie Richardson 91.08.
Photos courtesy of Richard Owen
Full provisional results are on the Results 2017 page and should appear here - www.nice-work.org.uk/races/Eridge10/2017
Ben Cole and Lucy Reid - both win at Eridge 10
South of England under 15 and 20 Inter Counties, at Horspath, near Oxford, Saturday 9th September
Full results are on the Results 2017 page. The following TAC distance runners were scheduled to be in action -
Under 20 - 800m Dan Seagrove 8th 2.04.94, 1500m Phoebe Barker 3rd 4.43.02
Under 15 - 800m Rebekah O'Brien 2nd 2.19.22 (pb), 1500m Fraser Gordon 4th 4.25.86
Photos courtesy of Richard Owen
Under 20 - 800m Dan Seagrove 8th 2.04.94, 1500m Phoebe Barker 3rd 4.43.02
Under 15 - 800m Rebekah O'Brien 2nd 2.19.22 (pb), 1500m Fraser Gordon 4th 4.25.86
Photos courtesy of Richard Owen
Fraser Gordon and Phoebe Barker competing for Kent
Great North Junior Run, Saturday 9th September
The Slack sisters once again raced at the Great North Run weekend. Lily won the under 11 race race (Sophie won it last year) in a time of 15.33 and Sophie was 3rd in the u13 race in 15.46. (4K)
Sophie and Lily Slack in action on Tyneside, on Saturday
Rye Summer Classic 5k, Friday 8th September
Graeme Saker finished 4th in this evening 5k in 17.48.
Full results are on the Results 2017 page.
Full results are on the Results 2017 page.
Trackside Podcast – Episode 21 Now Available
See the Trackside Podcast page for a full explanation of what it is all about !
Episode 21 of Trackside Podcast is now available.
Myself, Lewis Church (decathlete), Alex Hookway and Pete Brenchley
After 3 weeks away we are back with a brand new episode. We give our Track season highlights, discuss Michael Johnson's suggestion to remove less popular events, and talk the future of Athletics. We also debate the reasons for athletes and coaches parting ways, discuss some recent notable performances and cast our eye over a number of other notable news stories in the World of Athletics.
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Myself, Lewis Church (decathlete), Alex Hookway and Pete Brenchley
After 3 weeks away we are back with a brand new episode. We give our Track season highlights, discuss Michael Johnson's suggestion to remove less popular events, and talk the future of Athletics. We also debate the reasons for athletes and coaches parting ways, discuss some recent notable performances and cast our eye over a number of other notable news stories in the World of Athletics.
Download from iTunes here -
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or listen directly here -
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Get in touch via Twitter (@tracksidepod), Facebook (www.facebook.com/tracksidepod) or email (tracksidepod@gmail.com).
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Mark Hookway, Lewis Church, Pete Brenchley and Alex Hookway - Trackside Podcast team for Episode 21
Southern Counties Veterans League Final, at Ashford, Sunday 3rd September
Full results are on the Results 2017 page.
Both the men and women finished third of the seven clubs that qualified for the respective finals. Only Tonbridge and Dartford qualified teams for both finals.In the distance races Maria Heslop's 3000m was the one victory on the day, but everyone contributed vital points, filling the team. Some videos can be found here -
www.youtube.com/channel/UC1GJ4G-GE_1V_TuF7_tBtmQ/featured
Also see the TAC Masters Updates page.
Both the men and women finished third of the seven clubs that qualified for the respective finals. Only Tonbridge and Dartford qualified teams for both finals.In the distance races Maria Heslop's 3000m was the one victory on the day, but everyone contributed vital points, filling the team. Some videos can be found here -
www.youtube.com/channel/UC1GJ4G-GE_1V_TuF7_tBtmQ/featured
Also see the TAC Masters Updates page.
Swindon Half Marathon, Sunday 3rd September
Ben Cole was just sixteen seconds outside his personal best in winning the Swindon Half Marathon in 68.08. His brother Greg ran 78.21 for 14th but was taking it rather steady after his 100km win the previous weekend !
Ben Cole after his Swindon Half Marathon victory (in the colours of his second claim club, Swindon Harriers)
University of San Francisco Cross Country Invite, at Golden Gate Park, Saturday 2nd September
Alex Howard is one of three TAC distance runners who are attending USA universities this Autumn, with Henry Pearce and James West being the others. Alex kicked off the cross country season with a solid 8th place over 8km at Golden Gate Park.
Full results are here - xcmeet.io/meets/396/xc-events/12462
Full results are here - xcmeet.io/meets/396/xc-events/12462
Winter Season 2017/18
The first 'Winter' season fixtures are in September and as the Team Manager for most of the events I (Mark Hookway) need to start planning entries.
Please respond as soon as you can to the email sent out initially on 8th August or return the completed form (see below) to me on club nights or via email at markhookway@icloud.com
I have also made a brief guide to the Winter available below and will update the respective Race Information pages.
So far about 200 people have replied, so many thanks.
Please respond as soon as you can to the email sent out initially on 8th August or return the completed form (see below) to me on club nights or via email at markhookway@icloud.com
I have also made a brief guide to the Winter available below and will update the respective Race Information pages.
So far about 200 people have replied, so many thanks.
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Tonbridge AC Open Meeting, Monday 28th August
It was one of the warmest days of the year, but there were still many good late season performances, including plenty of personal bests.
Track results are on the Results 2017 page, plus a summary of the TAC Distance Runners.
Track results are on the Results 2017 page, plus a summary of the TAC Distance Runners.
Other results, Monday 28th August
Sevenoaks 7
TAC had three runners competing - 3rd Dan Watt, 8th Tony Bennett, 14th Joe Watts.
Full results are here - www.7oaks-ac.org.uk/sevenoaks-7/200-sevenoaks-7-results
Dartford 10k
Harry Paton placed 4th in 35.10. The times were slowed by the lead bike taking the first group off course by 200 metres.
Full results are at - www.runbritainrankings.com/results/results.aspx?meetingid=212039
TAC had three runners competing - 3rd Dan Watt, 8th Tony Bennett, 14th Joe Watts.
Full results are here - www.7oaks-ac.org.uk/sevenoaks-7/200-sevenoaks-7-results
Dartford 10k
Harry Paton placed 4th in 35.10. The times were slowed by the lead bike taking the first group off course by 200 metres.
Full results are at - www.runbritainrankings.com/results/results.aspx?meetingid=212039
National Under 15/17 Championships, at Bedford, Saturday and Sunday 26th/27th August
Simon Coppard produced a breakthrough performance at the National Championships.
On Saturday he qualified comfortably through the heats, recording 1.59.89.
The final was on Sunday, where he finished second in 1.51.97, slicing almost three seconds from his personal best.
Rebekah O'Brien just missed the under 15 girls 800m final, finishing 4th in her heat in 2.19.52, which lowered her pb by 0.3s. She also finished 5th in the High Jump with 1.56m.
On Saturday he qualified comfortably through the heats, recording 1.59.89.
The final was on Sunday, where he finished second in 1.51.97, slicing almost three seconds from his personal best.
Rebekah O'Brien just missed the under 15 girls 800m final, finishing 4th in her heat in 2.19.52, which lowered her pb by 0.3s. She also finished 5th in the High Jump with 1.56m.
South Downs 100km Challenge, Saturday 26th August
Greg Cole not only completed one the best ever tests of endurance by a TAC runner but won this 100km race in 10 hours 16 minutes and 41 seconds. He broke the course record by an hour in the process, over this extremely hilly route.
Greg was also raising money for the Help the Heroes charity.
Full results are at - southcoast.livetrail.net/teteCourse.php
Greg was also raising money for the Help the Heroes charity.
Full results are at - southcoast.livetrail.net/teteCourse.php
Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 23rd August
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The TAC highlights were a 1500m win and pb for Sam Crick in 4.05.16, a Dan Schofield pb of 4.11.66 and a season's best for Kieran Reilly of 3.49.35. Alex Hookway also ran a 400m in 53.18 which is also an official seasons best. Charlie Crick's 400m in 51.74 was also an official pb, although he has clocked quicker in a school race.
Summary results are on the Results 2017 page.
Summary results are on the Results 2017 page.
Hercules Wimbledon 5k Festival Night, at Wimbledon, Wednesday 23rd August
Lucy Reid ran her first ever 5000 metres on the track and produced an excellent 16.29.59 clocking to become the fourth TAC woman under 16.45 this season. Lucy was in Race 3. Full results are at - entries.opentrack.run/2017/herc5k/
Lucy Reid on her way to a fast 5000 metres at Wimbledon
Birmingham Diamond League, Sunday 20th August
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James West had his first ever experience of a Diamond League meeting, as he raced in the 3000 metres. He was alongside Mo Farah, who was having his final track race in the UK. Unfortunately for James he had a tough run placing 11th in 8.16.32.
South of England under 15 and 17 Championships, at Crystal Palace
Saturday and Sunday, 19th/20th August
Full results are on the Results 2017 page. TAC distance runners-
Under 15 Girls 800m 7th Rebekah O'Brien 2.22.74 (2.22.61 heat), 1500m 4th Katie Goodge 4.57.02 (4.59.48 heat)
Under 17 Men 800m 4th Charlie Crick 2.01.01 (2.04.59 heat), 1500m 10th Dan Schofield 4.14.37 (pb)
Under 17 Women 1500m 9th Lizzie Miller 4.59.78, 1500m steeplechase 6th Vita Milana 5.49.73
Under 15 Girls 800m 7th Rebekah O'Brien 2.22.74 (2.22.61 heat), 1500m 4th Katie Goodge 4.57.02 (4.59.48 heat)
Under 17 Men 800m 4th Charlie Crick 2.01.01 (2.04.59 heat), 1500m 10th Dan Schofield 4.14.37 (pb)
Under 17 Women 1500m 9th Lizzie Miller 4.59.78, 1500m steeplechase 6th Vita Milana 5.49.73
Other Saturday news, 19th August
Parkrun
Robbie Farnham-Rose broke the course record at Shorne Woods with 16.15
British Milers Club Grand Prix at Trafford, near Manchester
All unofficial results -
3000m women - Ashley Gibson 9.31.72
1500m men A race - Chris Olley 3.45.71 (sb), Ryan Driscoll 3.46.90, C race 1st Kieran Reilly 3.50.64
10,000m A race - Ben Cole 30.23.34 (pb)
Full results are at - www.britishmilersclub.com/content/bmcitemdisplay.aspx?itemid=1360
Robbie Farnham-Rose broke the course record at Shorne Woods with 16.15
British Milers Club Grand Prix at Trafford, near Manchester
All unofficial results -
3000m women - Ashley Gibson 9.31.72
1500m men A race - Chris Olley 3.45.71 (sb), Ryan Driscoll 3.46.90, C race 1st Kieran Reilly 3.50.64
10,000m A race - Ben Cole 30.23.34 (pb)
Full results are at - www.britishmilersclub.com/content/bmcitemdisplay.aspx?itemid=1360
Southern Athletics League at Tonbridge, Saturday 19th August
Full results are on the Results 2017 page.
An incredible series of last day results saw Tonbridge convincingly win, at home, to finish the league on 16.5 points, as Norwich also won their match, to top the division on 17.0. Meanwhile, Croydon and Stevenage were beaten in their last match to finish on 15.5 and 16.5 points, respectively. So with just two promotion places at stake it came down to Stevenage and Tonbridge for the runners-up spot in the league. A final count of match scores, across the five fixtures, resulted in Tonbridge scoring 1031.5 points and being beaten by just half a point by Stevenage.
An incredible series of last day results saw Tonbridge convincingly win, at home, to finish the league on 16.5 points, as Norwich also won their match, to top the division on 17.0. Meanwhile, Croydon and Stevenage were beaten in their last match to finish on 15.5 and 16.5 points, respectively. So with just two promotion places at stake it came down to Stevenage and Tonbridge for the runners-up spot in the league. A final count of match scores, across the five fixtures, resulted in Tonbridge scoring 1031.5 points and being beaten by just half a point by Stevenage.
Ipswich Twighlight 5k Road Race, Friday 18th August
Corey De'Ath ran a road 5km pb of 14.46 when he finished 7th in a high class race at Ipswich.
Full results are at - www.chiptiminguk.co.uk/results/ipswichtwilight5k
Full results are at - www.chiptiminguk.co.uk/results/ipswichtwilight5k
Aimee Holdstock receives TAC Summer Parkrun Grand Prix trophy
Mark Pitcairn-Knowles presented Aimee Holdstock with the TAC Parkrun Grand Prix trophy on Thursday evening at the club.
Aimee clinched the title with the best score (based on age gradings) across four Tonbridge parkruns in June and July.
Aimee clinched the title with the best score (based on age gradings) across four Tonbridge parkruns in June and July.
Tom Holden update, 16th August
Tom has made tremendous progress since is accident at the end of May. He is now at St George's Hospital, Tooting, where is undergoes daily rehab work. He is chatting, joking and managing to now walk a bit with the aid of support. Bit by bit he is improving each day and week, which was so good to see when myself and James West visited.
Midweek News, Wednesday 16th August
Manchester International - Dom Brown raced in the mile and once again got tripped (he is developing a habit). He finished 8th in 4.24.58
Full results are at - results.welshathletics.org/Web_Directory/T26R.html
Dartford Open Meeting - Cameron Payas (u20) ran around 8.51 (unofficial) for 3000m. Results are awaited.
Full results are at - results.welshathletics.org/Web_Directory/T26R.html
Dartford Open Meeting - Cameron Payas (u20) ran around 8.51 (unofficial) for 3000m. Results are awaited.
Blackheath and Bromley Open Meeting, Monday 14th August
Looking at the comparative results between last Wednesday at Watford, when the weather was pretty awful and those at Bromley suggest around a two second differential in 800m times. This week Kieran Eland and Christian Lee (u20) lowered their personal bests to 1.55.30 and 1.57.38, respectively.
Trackside Podcast – Episode 20 Now Available
Episode 20 of Trackside Podcast is now available.
Myself, Alex Hookway and Pete Brenchley review the World Championships and delve into some of the controversies, surprises, athlete tactics and other points.
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Myself, Alex Hookway and Pete Brenchley review the World Championships and delve into some of the controversies, surprises, athlete tactics and other points.
Download from iTunes here -
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Trackside Podcast Episode 20 with Pete Brenchley, Mark Hookway, Alex Hookway
This week’s ‘Big Hitters’, 1st to 7th August
Here are a few of the athletes who made big improvements on their personal bests, over the last week or so.
400 metres
Michael Ellis (sm) 54.6 (0.4s improvement)
800 metres
Olivia Breed (u13) 2.33.3 (7.1s improvement)
Huxley Crush (u13) 2.31.0 (5.8s improvement)
400 metres
Michael Ellis (sm) 54.6 (0.4s improvement)
800 metres
Olivia Breed (u13) 2.33.3 (7.1s improvement)
Huxley Crush (u13) 2.31.0 (5.8s improvement)
Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 9th August
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It was generally an awful evening for many racing at Watford, with jammed motorways delaying arrivals and then terrible weather conditions. Cold, wet and windy weather greeted athletes and supporters and persisted through most of the evening.
The only TAC personal best came from Korede Fasina in the open 800m with 2.16.29, which was an improvement of 2.8s seconds.
Full TAC results -
800m BMC A 6th Sean Molloy 1.49.78, 1500m BMC A 3rd James West 3.45.49, 7th Dom Brown 3.47.39 1500m BMC B 3rd Chris Olley 3.50.62, Open - Olukorede Fasina 2.16.29, Christian Lee 1.59.56, Cameron Payas 1.57.98, Kieran Eland 1.57.14, Kieran Reilly 1.55.88
British Milers Club race results are at - www.britishmilersclub.com/content/bmcitemdisplay.aspx?itemid=1357
Open race results at - www.watfordharriers.org.uk/_oldsite/OpenindexF.htm
Videos ate loaded, although apologies to Korede as I wasn't aware that he was racing and didnt capture his race.
The only TAC personal best came from Korede Fasina in the open 800m with 2.16.29, which was an improvement of 2.8s seconds.
Full TAC results -
800m BMC A 6th Sean Molloy 1.49.78, 1500m BMC A 3rd James West 3.45.49, 7th Dom Brown 3.47.39 1500m BMC B 3rd Chris Olley 3.50.62, Open - Olukorede Fasina 2.16.29, Christian Lee 1.59.56, Cameron Payas 1.57.98, Kieran Eland 1.57.14, Kieran Reilly 1.55.88
British Milers Club race results are at - www.britishmilersclub.com/content/bmcitemdisplay.aspx?itemid=1357
Open race results at - www.watfordharriers.org.uk/_oldsite/OpenindexF.htm
Videos ate loaded, although apologies to Korede as I wasn't aware that he was racing and didnt capture his race.
Sri Chinmoy 5k, Battersea Park, London, Monday 7th August
Lucy Reid was the first lady home in 16.32, which was a big pb. Full results can be found at the following link -
uk.srichinmoyraces.org/files/hasty_hare_resultsv2.pdf
(scroll down the page to find the result)
uk.srichinmoyraces.org/files/hasty_hare_resultsv2.pdf
(scroll down the page to find the result)
World Championships
Although we don't have any TAC distance runners competing, quite a few have been spectating and Dawn is one of the World Championships' officials.
Kent Young Athletes League (u13/15), at Gillingham, Sunday 6th August
Full results are on the Results 2017 page.
Cambridge University Meeting, Sunday 6th August
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Sean Molloy won the 800 metres in 1.52.87 and was more than four seconds clear of the second athlete.
Kieran Reilly had a good race in the 1500m, finishing third in 3.53.89, but just ahead of three runners who have recorded 3.46 recently. This included TAC's Chris Olley who was sixth in 3.55.99.
The very windy conditions were not conducive to fast times.
Kieran Reilly had a good race in the 1500m, finishing third in 3.53.89, but just ahead of three runners who have recorded 3.46 recently. This included TAC's Chris Olley who was sixth in 3.55.99.
The very windy conditions were not conducive to fast times.
Saturday news, 5th August
Tim Faes ran an excellent 15.07 at the Dulwich parkrun, which is only 4 seconds away from the TAC outirght parkrun record held by Chris Olley and George Duggan.
James West at Birmingham Diamond League, Sunday 20th August
James West is due to be the first TAC Distance Runner ever to compete in a Diamond League event. James has been invited to race over 3000 metres, at the Birmingham Diamond League, on Sunday 20th August.
Bedgebury Pinetum Summer Series 10k and 5k, Wednesday 2nd August
George Duggan was first home at the Bedgebury 10k, finishing about five minutes ahead of everyone else in 34.49
There was also a 5k run in which Tracey Horne and Jane Duggan took part.
Full results are at - www.nice-work.org.uk/races/bedgebury-series-3/2017
There was also a 5k run in which Tracey Horne and Jane Duggan took part.
Full results are at - www.nice-work.org.uk/races/bedgebury-series-3/2017
Tonbridge AC Evening Open Meeting, Tuesday 1st August
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Full results are on the Results 2017 page.