September 2015
Masters update from Mark Pitcairn-Knowles
In the file below is a Masters age group report from Mark PK, with some news about upcoming plans for the age groups.
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Great Yorkshire Run, 10km road race, Sunday 27th September
Michael Ellis ran a big personal best for 10km at the Great Yorkshire Run with 35.13. This was also an improvement of more than two minutes on his time from last year's event.
USA News, Saturday 26th September
There are three TAC distance runners in action today, for their university teams in the States.
First up was Luca Russo at the Texas A & M Invitational, at College Station. Luca, running for Missouri, finished 35th in 24.38
Full results are at - http://flashresults.com/2016_Meets/xc/TamuInvite/002-1_compiled.htm
Robbie Farnham Rose ran for Alabama in the Oklahoma Cowboy Jamboree meeting and finished 25th in 26.00, although the course was tougher than most in The States. Full results at - http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/okstate.com/documents/2015/9/26/UnivMenInd.pdf?id=8723
Ryan Driscoll ran for San Francisco in the Roy Griak Invitational at Minnesota. Ryan finished 42nd, admitting that the heat affected him over the last three kilometres. He was with the leaders through 5k.
Results at - http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/minn/sports/m-xc/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/15GriakMG.pdf
First up was Luca Russo at the Texas A & M Invitational, at College Station. Luca, running for Missouri, finished 35th in 24.38
Full results are at - http://flashresults.com/2016_Meets/xc/TamuInvite/002-1_compiled.htm
Robbie Farnham Rose ran for Alabama in the Oklahoma Cowboy Jamboree meeting and finished 25th in 26.00, although the course was tougher than most in The States. Full results at - http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/okstate.com/documents/2015/9/26/UnivMenInd.pdf?id=8723
Ryan Driscoll ran for San Francisco in the Roy Griak Invitational at Minnesota. Ryan finished 42nd, admitting that the heat affected him over the last three kilometres. He was with the leaders through 5k.
Results at - http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/minn/sports/m-xc/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/15GriakMG.pdf
Saturday 5km parkruns, 26th September
Some of the parkrun results involving TAC athletes -
Tonbridge - 1st Ben Cole 17.24, 2nd Greg Cole 17.26, 1st lady Sasha Houghton 21.18 pb
Ashford - 1st Max Nicholls 16.00, 2nd Euan Nicholls 17.25 pb
Whitsable - 1st Tim Corby 16.40
Full results are at - http://www.parkrun.org.uk/results/firstfinishers/
Tonbridge - 1st Ben Cole 17.24, 2nd Greg Cole 17.26, 1st lady Sasha Houghton 21.18 pb
Ashford - 1st Max Nicholls 16.00, 2nd Euan Nicholls 17.25 pb
Whitsable - 1st Tim Corby 16.40
Full results are at - http://www.parkrun.org.uk/results/firstfinishers/
The City v Wharf 5k Challenge, at Victoria Park, London, Wednesday 23rd September
Lucy Reid ran a pb for 5k on the road of 17.24 to finish as 4th lady in this corporate challenge event. Lucy was representing JP Morgan. Full results are at http://www.cityvwharf.com/results-2015/ (one of the ladies listed ahead is a timing error).
South of England Road Relay Championships, at Aldershot, Sunday 20th September - Day 2
Race videos loaded !
Official results from today and yesterday are now on the Results 2015 page
Tonbridge A team 4th, B team 12th (2nd B team), C team 38th (1st C team), D team 69th (2nd D team) (Ben Cole 9th fastest overall lap)
Masters over 40 - 42nd
Tonbridge A team 4th, B team 12th (2nd B team), C team 38th (1st C team), D team 69th (2nd D team) (Ben Cole 9th fastest overall lap)
Masters over 40 - 42nd
Tonbridge AC mens A and B teams qualify for National
South of England Road Relay Championships, at Aldershot, Saturday 19th September - Day 1
Race videos loaded !
Very warm weather greeted us on day 1 of the championships. Here are the results -
Under 13 girls - 12th and 42nd, of 70 teams (5th fastest Katie Goodge)
Under 13 boys - 4th, 11th and 27th of 44 teams (8th fastest Fraser Gordon, 10th fastest Fin Croll)
Under 15 girls - 10th, 47th, 49th of 76 teams (13th fastest Lizzie Miller)
Under 15 boys - 20th of 59 teams
Under 17 women - 20th of 52 teams (1st fastest Ally Kinloch, 3rd James Puxty, 5th Jamie Goodge, 14th Sam Crick)
Under 17 men 1st, 10th, 17th, 19th of 40 teams (fastest lap Alasdair Kinloch, 3rd James Puxty)
Senior women - 22nd overall (17th fastest Lucy Reid)
Masters women (over 40) - 7th
Results available at http://www.afd.org.uk/2015-results/ and on the Results 2015 page.
More photos will appear at the Scrapbook at www.tonbridgeac.co.uk
Under 13 girls - 12th and 42nd, of 70 teams (5th fastest Katie Goodge)
Under 13 boys - 4th, 11th and 27th of 44 teams (8th fastest Fraser Gordon, 10th fastest Fin Croll)
Under 15 girls - 10th, 47th, 49th of 76 teams (13th fastest Lizzie Miller)
Under 15 boys - 20th of 59 teams
Under 17 women - 20th of 52 teams (1st fastest Ally Kinloch, 3rd James Puxty, 5th Jamie Goodge, 14th Sam Crick)
Under 17 men 1st, 10th, 17th, 19th of 40 teams (fastest lap Alasdair Kinloch, 3rd James Puxty)
Senior women - 22nd overall (17th fastest Lucy Reid)
Masters women (over 40) - 7th
Results available at http://www.afd.org.uk/2015-results/ and on the Results 2015 page.
More photos will appear at the Scrapbook at www.tonbridgeac.co.uk
Under 17 mens squad
Under 17 womens squad
World Mountain Running Championships, Betws-y-Coed, Wales, Saturday 19th September
Max Nicholls, running for Great Britain, finished 6th in the under 20 mens race.
Full details are at - http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/media/news/2015-news-page/september-2015/19-09-15-wmrc-report/
Full details are at - http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/media/news/2015-news-page/september-2015/19-09-15-wmrc-report/
Kent under 13 and masters championships, at Erith, Saturday and Sunday, 12th and 13th September
Full results are now on the Results 2015 page.
u13 girls 800m 1st Katie Burgess 2.25.49, 2nd Rebekah O'Brien 2.29.94, 3rd Katie Goodge 2.33.25 1200m - 3rd Katie Goodge 4.02.63
u13 boys 800m 4th Fin Croll 2.26.05, 5th James Crombie 2.26.37, 1500m 2nd Fin Croll 4.52.25
M35 1500m - 1st Simon Fraser 4.21.12 (championship best)
u13 girls 800m 1st Katie Burgess 2.25.49, 2nd Rebekah O'Brien 2.29.94, 3rd Katie Goodge 2.33.25 1200m - 3rd Katie Goodge 4.02.63
u13 boys 800m 4th Fin Croll 2.26.05, 5th James Crombie 2.26.37, 1500m 2nd Fin Croll 4.52.25
M35 1500m - 1st Simon Fraser 4.21.12 (championship best)
Eridge 10 mile Trail Race, Sunday 13th September
TAC runners put in a dominant performance over the multi terrain 10 mile race at Eridge, filling the first four men's places and the first two women.
1st Ben Cole 63.26, 2nd Dan Watt 65.00, 3rd Greg Cole 65.37, 4th James Taylor 67.51
1st female Lucy Reid 71.33 (7th overall), 2nd female Nicole Taylor 73.27 (10th overall)
Photos courtesy of Richard Owen
1st Ben Cole 63.26, 2nd Dan Watt 65.00, 3rd Greg Cole 65.37, 4th James Taylor 67.51
1st female Lucy Reid 71.33 (7th overall), 2nd female Nicole Taylor 73.27 (10th overall)
Photos courtesy of Richard Owen
Blackheath and Bromley Harriers Will Bolton Memorial Cross Country Relays, Saturday 12th September
Race videos loaded !
Tonbridge AC won the men's race for the sixth year in a row as our top two teams battled it out for the honours. We also had the third team, whilst Blackheath finished fourth. Herne Hill Harriers held off Blackheath for the women's title.
The winning TAC team consisted of Tom Cox, Dan Bradley, Alasdair Kinloch and Alex Howard, who won by just seven seconds from George Duggan, Corey De'Ath, Stuart Brown and Alex Howard. This was despite Corey (12.35) and George (12.54) running the fastest legs of the day. Tom Cox was the only other athlete to break 13 minutes, with his 12.57 stint. Corey's time was the fastest TAC leg recorded in the last ten years or so, beating Andy Combs 12.42 from 2010.
TAC's ladies team were 4th, whilst new recruit Shauna Paice was the fastest of our girls with 16.21.
Senior and Junior results are on the Results 2015 page. We have noted a few anomalies with the leg times by some of our 3rd and 4th leg runners, whilst in the Junior race its known that a few runners went off course and ran short !
Some of the photos below are courtesy of Gary Goodge. We will get all 200+ onto the Scrapbook at www.tonbridgeac.co.uk
The winning TAC team consisted of Tom Cox, Dan Bradley, Alasdair Kinloch and Alex Howard, who won by just seven seconds from George Duggan, Corey De'Ath, Stuart Brown and Alex Howard. This was despite Corey (12.35) and George (12.54) running the fastest legs of the day. Tom Cox was the only other athlete to break 13 minutes, with his 12.57 stint. Corey's time was the fastest TAC leg recorded in the last ten years or so, beating Andy Combs 12.42 from 2010.
TAC's ladies team were 4th, whilst new recruit Shauna Paice was the fastest of our girls with 16.21.
Senior and Junior results are on the Results 2015 page. We have noted a few anomalies with the leg times by some of our 3rd and 4th leg runners, whilst in the Junior race its known that a few runners went off course and ran short !
Some of the photos below are courtesy of Gary Goodge. We will get all 200+ onto the Scrapbook at www.tonbridgeac.co.uk
Junior Race -
Under 11 race photos -
Great North Junior Run, Saturday 12th September
The Slack family travelled to the North East for the Junior Great North Runs. George ran 15.40, Sophy 17.04 and Lily 17.26.
On Sunday John Harley was 4th on the over 60 category at the Great North Run in 88.03.
On Sunday John Harley was 4th on the over 60 category at the Great North Run in 88.03.
Saturday 5km parkruns, 12th September
I popped down to the Tonbridge parkrun where Andrew Mercer was first home in 17.00. Alex Hookway was 3rd in 17.57, whilst there was also a good run from Lucy Thompson.
Forest Park Cross Country Festival, St Louis, USA, Friday 11th September
Luca Russo made his debut for the University of Missouri at this 5km event. He placed 20th in 16.16. Full results are on the Results 2015 page.
Police 10 mile road championships, at Camberley, Wednesday 9th September
Harry Paton reduced his 10 mile personal best to 58.05 in the National Police Championships.
Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 9th September
Tim Faes placed second in the 3000m, reducing his personal best for the third time this season with 8.34.49. Tim's time ranks him 9th now on the TAC list and brings our top 12 average time down to a best ever for the season of 8.26.6.
Incidentally, at the time of writing TAC has more sub 2 minute 800m runners this season than any other club in the UK and only Liverpool Harriers have more sub 4, 1500m runners. Many of these are relatively young, which bodes well for the next few years.
Incidentally, at the time of writing TAC has more sub 2 minute 800m runners this season than any other club in the UK and only Liverpool Harriers have more sub 4, 1500m runners. Many of these are relatively young, which bodes well for the next few years.
Cardiff 10k road race, Sunday 6th September
Ben Cole finished 12th in one of the highest quality 10ks raced in the UK, setting a personal best by 16 seconds of 30.22. His brother Greg also ran a pb of 33.52, which took 17s from his previous time.
Weald St George's 10k road race, Sunday 6th September
A few TAC distance runners took in the 10k road race at Weald. Full results awaited but are due at - www.weald10k.co.uk
Photos courtesy of Mark Pitcairn-Knowles (apologies to Eva Kolivoskova-Martin who ran but avoided being photographed)
Photos courtesy of Mark Pitcairn-Knowles (apologies to Eva Kolivoskova-Martin who ran but avoided being photographed)
Brooks Twilight Classic Cross Country Meet, at Memphis, Tennessee, Saturday 5th September
Robbie Farnham-Rose, racing for Alabama University, found himself in the unusual situation of starting a cross country race at 10pm on Saturday night. Competing in the Brooks Twilight race, over 4 miles, Robbie (20.07) placed 2nd to Kenyan team mate Antibahs Kosgei (19.49). Full results are on the Results 2015 page.
San Francisco Invitational at Golden Gate Park, Saturday 5th September
Ryan Driscoll had a very encouraging debut for San Francisco University in this 8km cross country race. He finished second and first scorer for his team, just 2 seconds away from the winner, in 24.26. Full results are on the Results 2015 page.
The start
Saturday 5km parkruns and TAC Grand Prix, Saturday 5th September
Todays results included -
Tonbridge 1st Dan Bradley 16.03, 1st female Katie Goodge 20.33
Royal Tunbridge Wells 1st Ollie Dunn 18.57
Ashford 1st Max Nicholls 16.27
Dartford 2nd female Leah Melvin 19.17
Orpington 1st Bede Pitcairn-Knowles 18.29, 1st female Polly Pitcairn-Knowles 21.18
Full results at -
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/results/firstfinishers/
TAC Summer Grand Prix
Congratulations to Andrew Mercer who retained the TAC Park Run age graded Grand Prix title that he won last Winter. He put together 4 scores that were consistently over 80% to score 99 points. It was close for second with Steve Keywood putting in his 4th score today to pip the long time leader Dan Bradley by 1 point. Sophie Slack was the first female in 7th position. Dates for the winter series will be circulated shortly. 85 TAC members recorded at least one score
Tonbridge 1st Dan Bradley 16.03, 1st female Katie Goodge 20.33
Royal Tunbridge Wells 1st Ollie Dunn 18.57
Ashford 1st Max Nicholls 16.27
Dartford 2nd female Leah Melvin 19.17
Orpington 1st Bede Pitcairn-Knowles 18.29, 1st female Polly Pitcairn-Knowles 21.18
Full results at -
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/results/firstfinishers/
TAC Summer Grand Prix
Congratulations to Andrew Mercer who retained the TAC Park Run age graded Grand Prix title that he won last Winter. He put together 4 scores that were consistently over 80% to score 99 points. It was close for second with Steve Keywood putting in his 4th score today to pip the long time leader Dan Bradley by 1 point. Sophie Slack was the first female in 7th position. Dates for the winter series will be circulated shortly. 85 TAC members recorded at least one score
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The Maverick Original Trail Race, Groombridge, Saturday 5th September
Report from John Ridge
We had a really good showing from the TAC crew with Nina Ridge, Sasha Houghton, me, Ellen and James Crombie and Aimee Holdstock competing amongst others. The Maverick Original offered threerace distances: 7km, 14km and 21km. Ellen completely blew away the 7km field coming in first overall. I tried to keep up but clearly the years have taken their toll! Nonetheless I came in first male - my first race in a TAC vest. I suspect it is downhill from here on in! Both of us received
rather smart Camelbacks as prizes - completely unexpected and gratefully received. Nina came in 4th having rather cleverly overtaken Sasha who took a wrong turning.
I would really highly recommend the race. It started at Groombridge Place and took a broadly circular route out through Harrison's Rocks. It had a little bit of everything with a short road section, lots of muddy paths and stiles and a great section clambering up and down the base of the Rocks. The event was impeccably organised and it had a really nice relaxed feel.
In time the results will go up on the Maverick website at - http://maverick-race.com/event/the-original-kent/
rather smart Camelbacks as prizes - completely unexpected and gratefully received. Nina came in 4th having rather cleverly overtaken Sasha who took a wrong turning.
I would really highly recommend the race. It started at Groombridge Place and took a broadly circular route out through Harrison's Rocks. It had a little bit of everything with a short road section, lots of muddy paths and stiles and a great section clambering up and down the base of the Rocks. The event was impeccably organised and it had a really nice relaxed feel.
In time the results will go up on the Maverick website at - http://maverick-race.com/event/the-original-kent/
USA news - racing this weekend
Ryan Driscoll runs in the San Francisco Invitational at Golden Gate Park, over 8km. The race starts at 10.15am local time (about 6.15pm UK time)
Robbie Farnham-Rose races over 4 miles at the Brooks Twilight Classic, at Memphis, with a race start of 10pm ! (about 4pm Sunday morning UK time). I believe Flotrack are featuring this race in some way, so some video highlights might be available soon after.
Robbie Farnham-Rose races over 4 miles at the Brooks Twilight Classic, at Memphis, with a race start of 10pm ! (about 4pm Sunday morning UK time). I believe Flotrack are featuring this race in some way, so some video highlights might be available soon after.
Tonbridge AC Fantasy Cross Country League 2015/16
James Taylor has launched the 2015/16 TAC Fantasy Cross Country League.
Full details, with entry forms, are available on the Fantasy Cross Country League 2015.16 page.
Entries close 30th September 2015 - Help raise club funds and add a new dimension to your cross country season !
Full details, with entry forms, are available on the Fantasy Cross Country League 2015.16 page.
Entries close 30th September 2015 - Help raise club funds and add a new dimension to your cross country season !
'JT' launches the first ever TAC Fantasy Cross Country League on Monday !
Message from the Tonbridge parkrun Volunteers Coordinator
This message has been received from Tonbridge parkrun. Many of our runners benefit from the parkrun, so if you can help out occasionally please do.
It's September! the schools are back and where did our summer go? If you managed to get away over the summer holidays I hope you had a fantastic time and feel refreshed and raring to go again.
We started August with our TAC takeover and were able to continue an almost full volunteer roster throughout the month which was so much easier to organise than the same period the last year when we were really scratching around for people to help; if you were able to help out over the last month or so, thank-you so much!
We would like to continue that momentum in to the back end of summer and beyond so would like to invite you to have a look at the forthcoming volunteer roster page at http://www.parkrun.org.uk/tonbridge/futureroster for the current state of the volunteer roster for the next few weeks. If you are able to help out on any weekend we would love to hear from you.
We would like to encourage all runners to volunteer once every ten runs so if you are able to take a look at your diaries and find a week where we are short http://www.parkrun.org.uk/tonbridge/futureroster and drop me an email with any dates that you are able to help out it would be most appreciated.
Best Regards,
Laura
Volunteers Coordinator
[email protected]
It's September! the schools are back and where did our summer go? If you managed to get away over the summer holidays I hope you had a fantastic time and feel refreshed and raring to go again.
We started August with our TAC takeover and were able to continue an almost full volunteer roster throughout the month which was so much easier to organise than the same period the last year when we were really scratching around for people to help; if you were able to help out over the last month or so, thank-you so much!
We would like to continue that momentum in to the back end of summer and beyond so would like to invite you to have a look at the forthcoming volunteer roster page at http://www.parkrun.org.uk/tonbridge/futureroster for the current state of the volunteer roster for the next few weeks. If you are able to help out on any weekend we would love to hear from you.
We would like to encourage all runners to volunteer once every ten runs so if you are able to take a look at your diaries and find a week where we are short http://www.parkrun.org.uk/tonbridge/futureroster and drop me an email with any dates that you are able to help out it would be most appreciated.
Best Regards,
Laura
Volunteers Coordinator
[email protected]
This week's 'Big Hitters' - the top personal bests and debuts in the last two weeks - 15th to 31st August
This will be the last Big Hitter listing of the season. Well done to everyone who has improved their personal bests this season.
Biggest pbs -
800m - Tilly Hall 2.21.62 (u15) (improvement of 2.1s), Richard Bamford (senior) 2.36.11 (improvement 4.8s)
1500m - Katie Goodge (u13) 5.14.30 (improvement of 14.9s), Jamie Bingham 4.47.70 (improvement 10.0s)
3000m - James West (u20) 8.23.55 (improvement 7.4s)
5000m - Ben Cole (senior) 14.33.75 (improvement 4.6s)
1500m steeplechase - Sam Crick (u17) 4.34.42 (improvement 2.9s)
Best debut -
Ollie Bingham (u15) 1500m 4.56.49
Ellie Cohen 3000m and Emily Hale 800m, both after long term injuries.
Biggest pbs -
800m - Tilly Hall 2.21.62 (u15) (improvement of 2.1s), Richard Bamford (senior) 2.36.11 (improvement 4.8s)
1500m - Katie Goodge (u13) 5.14.30 (improvement of 14.9s), Jamie Bingham 4.47.70 (improvement 10.0s)
3000m - James West (u20) 8.23.55 (improvement 7.4s)
5000m - Ben Cole (senior) 14.33.75 (improvement 4.6s)
1500m steeplechase - Sam Crick (u17) 4.34.42 (improvement 2.9s)
Best debut -
Ollie Bingham (u15) 1500m 4.56.49
Ellie Cohen 3000m and Emily Hale 800m, both after long term injuries.
Samford Cross Country Opener, at Hoover, Alabama, USA, Tuesday 1st September
Robbie Farnham-Rose, who is at Alabama University, finished 5th over a 5km cross country race, against two other colleges on Tuesday evening.
Robbie is the first of our TAC runners to compete in the USA this season, with Ryan Driscoll expected to open his account for San Francisco this coming weekend. Luca Russo is at Missouri, whilst Kieran Reilly is back home, but due to continue his degree at Eastern Michigan in January.
Link - http://www.rolltide.com/sports/c-xctrack/recaps/090115aah.html
Robbie is the first of our TAC runners to compete in the USA this season, with Ryan Driscoll expected to open his account for San Francisco this coming weekend. Luca Russo is at Missouri, whilst Kieran Reilly is back home, but due to continue his degree at Eastern Michigan in January.
Link - http://www.rolltide.com/sports/c-xctrack/recaps/090115aah.html
Tonbridge AC Bank Holiday Monday Open Meeting, Monday 31st August
Videos loaded !
Full track results are on the Results 2015 page, plus a summary of the TAC distance runners.
Some of the distance running highlights -
Katie Goodge winning a 1500m in a massive pb
Alice Wood being the fastest female on the day over 800 and 1500.
Jack Keywood once again out kicking Simon Fraser, this time over 1500m
Emily Hale back racing for the first time since February.
Some terrific under 11 600m races, from the girls and boys.
800m pbs from Ewan Wood, Tilly Hall and Richard Bamford
1500m pbs from Ollie Harding, Jamie Bingham, Hannah Czarnowski and Luciana Anderson
Some of the distance running highlights -
Katie Goodge winning a 1500m in a massive pb
Alice Wood being the fastest female on the day over 800 and 1500.
Jack Keywood once again out kicking Simon Fraser, this time over 1500m
Emily Hale back racing for the first time since February.
Some terrific under 11 600m races, from the girls and boys.
800m pbs from Ewan Wood, Tilly Hall and Richard Bamford
1500m pbs from Ollie Harding, Jamie Bingham, Hannah Czarnowski and Luciana Anderson
Sevenoaks '7', Monday 31st August
Joe Watts ran 47.57 to finish 44th at the multi terrain Sevenoaks 7 mile race on Monday. Full results are at - http://www.swifttiming.co.uk/cgi-bin/list_race_result.php?meet_event_id=770001
National under 15 and 17 championships, at Bedford, Sunday 30th August - Day 2
Videos loaded !
On day 2 of the championships Polly Pitcairn-Knowles finished 8th in the under 17 1500m steeplechase in 5.33.71.
In the under 17 men's 3000m, Alasdair Kinloch was 8th in 8.48.78 and Jamie Goodge 19th in 9.09.40.
In the under 17 men's 3000m, Alasdair Kinloch was 8th in 8.48.78 and Jamie Goodge 19th in 9.09.40.
National under 15 and 17 championships, at Bedford, Saturday 29th August - Day 1
Videos loaded !
Kathleen Faes became National under 15, 1500m champion, with a convincing victory, in what was a straight final on Saturday.
Phoebe Barker was 6th in the u17 3000m
Sam Crick 9th in u17 1500m steeplechase and Bede Pitcairn-Knowles 14th in the same race.
Full results are at - http://resultsengland.athletics-uk.org
More details to follow.
Phoebe Barker was 6th in the u17 3000m
Sam Crick 9th in u17 1500m steeplechase and Bede Pitcairn-Knowles 14th in the same race.
Full results are at - http://resultsengland.athletics-uk.org
More details to follow.
Other Saturday news, 29th August
Donald Carter convincingly won the British Milers Club 1500m A race at Tipton in 3.52.3. Results will appear at http://www.britishmilersclub.com/results/bmcresultsindex.aspx . More details to follow.
Saturday 5km parkruns, 29th August
More details to follow of TAC runners
Full results at - http://www.parkrun.org.uk/results/firstfinishers/
Full results at - http://www.parkrun.org.uk/results/firstfinishers/
Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 26th August
Videos loaded !
Summary results are on the Results 2015 page.
The wet and blustery conditions from earlier in the day cleared, to give reasonable weather in the evening. It was cool and a little breezy, but still allowed for some good racing and a few personal bests to be achieved.
Donald Carter was the only TAC athlete in the British Milers Club races, going in the mens A race at 1500m. He recorded a pb of 3.50.49.
In the open 1500s we had a number of runners just outside their pbs, although Tim Faes (u20) ran a very even paced race to go under 4 minutes for the first time ever with 3.59.33.
Alongside Tim and Donald's runs, one of the TAC highlights was seeing James West win the final race of the evening in fine style. James won with a big pb of 8.23.55, with the two halves been run in around 4.16, followed by a 4.07.
The wet and blustery conditions from earlier in the day cleared, to give reasonable weather in the evening. It was cool and a little breezy, but still allowed for some good racing and a few personal bests to be achieved.
Donald Carter was the only TAC athlete in the British Milers Club races, going in the mens A race at 1500m. He recorded a pb of 3.50.49.
In the open 1500s we had a number of runners just outside their pbs, although Tim Faes (u20) ran a very even paced race to go under 4 minutes for the first time ever with 3.59.33.
Alongside Tim and Donald's runs, one of the TAC highlights was seeing James West win the final race of the evening in fine style. James won with a big pb of 8.23.55, with the two halves been run in around 4.16, followed by a 4.07.
Max Nicholls selected for GB team at World Mountain Running Championships
Max Nicholls has been selected for the Great Britain, under 20 mens team, to compete at the World Mountain Running Championships, to be held in Wales on 19th September. See http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/media/news/2015-news-page/august-2015/25-08-15-wmrc-team/
South of England Inter Counties Championships, at Barnet Copthall Stadium, Sunday 23rd August
Kathleen Faes won the under 15 girls 800 metres in 2.15.96, after a 2.19.21 heat. There were no other TAC runners in action and although Euan Nicholls' name appears in the results it wasn't him who ran. Full results are on the Results 2015 page.
Kathleen with another championship win. This time over 800m
British Milers Club Grand Prix, at Solihull, Saturday 22nd August
Videos loaded of TAC races !
There were six TAC runners in action -
Personal bests for Donald Carter (1500m 3.51.86), Ben Cole (5000m 14.33.75) and Henry Pearce (5000m 14.56.19 and a win)
Others - Alex Hookway (800m 1.58.65), James West (1500m 3.46.25), Miles Weatherseed (1500m 3.56.13)
For James West it was like a UK distance running history lesson as he lined up alongside Anthony Whiteman (6th fastest ever 1500m), Andy Vernon (7th fastest ever 5000m) and Tom Lancashire (12th fastest ever 1500m) !
Full results are at - http://www.britishmilersclub.com/content/bmcitemdisplay.aspx?itemid=1147
Personal bests for Donald Carter (1500m 3.51.86), Ben Cole (5000m 14.33.75) and Henry Pearce (5000m 14.56.19 and a win)
Others - Alex Hookway (800m 1.58.65), James West (1500m 3.46.25), Miles Weatherseed (1500m 3.56.13)
For James West it was like a UK distance running history lesson as he lined up alongside Anthony Whiteman (6th fastest ever 1500m), Andy Vernon (7th fastest ever 5000m) and Tom Lancashire (12th fastest ever 1500m) !
Full results are at - http://www.britishmilersclub.com/content/bmcitemdisplay.aspx?itemid=1147
Saturday 5km parkruns, 22nd August
Corey De'Ath was first home at Dartford in 15.37. 2nd female Leah Melvin 19.31
Tonbridge - 1st Dan Bradley 16.34 (Shauna Paice the first female is listed as TAC in 20.58, but not a member)
Tunbridge Wells - 2nd Mark Coates 19.39, 1st female Lizzie Miller 20.08
Also the Kingstons ran at Poole, Toby Ross at Bromley and Harry Brown at Shorne Woods. See the TAC results at -
http://www.parkrun.com/results/consolidatedclub/?clubNum=2404
Full results are at - http://www.parkrun.org.uk/results/firstfinishers/
TAC Summer Grand Prix table below, with one run to go.
Tonbridge - 1st Dan Bradley 16.34 (Shauna Paice the first female is listed as TAC in 20.58, but not a member)
Tunbridge Wells - 2nd Mark Coates 19.39, 1st female Lizzie Miller 20.08
Also the Kingstons ran at Poole, Toby Ross at Bromley and Harry Brown at Shorne Woods. See the TAC results at -
http://www.parkrun.com/results/consolidatedclub/?clubNum=2404
Full results are at - http://www.parkrun.org.uk/results/firstfinishers/
TAC Summer Grand Prix table below, with one run to go.
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Ashford Summer Series 10k, Friday 21st August
Matt Harvey placed 2nd in 38.25, in this Friday evening 10k road race. Full results are not yet available.
British Milers Club Meeting, at Sutcliffe Park, Eltham, Wednesday 19th August
Race videos loaded !
A cool and at times wet evening greeted the runners at Eltham, for the final BMC meeting this season, at Sutcliffe Park.
John Harley set another TAC over 60 age record, taking two and a half minutes from Maurice Marchant's previous mark, with a superb 19.11.8.
Both Miles Weatherseed (1.53.61) and Jamie Goodge (2.01.62) won their 800m races and reduced their pbs significantly.
There were also 800m pbs for Michael Ellis (2.02.49), Jack Keywood (2.02.83) and Ewan Wood (2.21.46).
Simon Fraser (2.03.71) improved his season's best once again, to run his quickest 800m since 2007.
Thanks also go to Sean Molloy, Tim Faes, George Duggan, Alex Hookway and Miles Weatherseed for helping the British Milers Club with pacemaking duties, across a number of races.
Summary results are on the Results 2015 page.
John Harley set another TAC over 60 age record, taking two and a half minutes from Maurice Marchant's previous mark, with a superb 19.11.8.
Both Miles Weatherseed (1.53.61) and Jamie Goodge (2.01.62) won their 800m races and reduced their pbs significantly.
There were also 800m pbs for Michael Ellis (2.02.49), Jack Keywood (2.02.83) and Ewan Wood (2.21.46).
Simon Fraser (2.03.71) improved his season's best once again, to run his quickest 800m since 2007.
Thanks also go to Sean Molloy, Tim Faes, George Duggan, Alex Hookway and Miles Weatherseed for helping the British Milers Club with pacemaking duties, across a number of races.
Summary results are on the Results 2015 page.
Corrida de Valbonne 8km Road Race, Saturday 15th August
Henry Pearce won the 'Corrida de Valbonne' 8km road race in France, whilst on holiday, as he had done last year (2nd then in 25.34). He ran 25mins 05secs through a very twisty and hilly village course, which included a section of around 50 steps ! The local paper reports on the race, at the following link -
http://www.gillou.biz/2015/08/valbonne-28eme-corrida-pearce-le-matador-l-article-nice-matin-par-stephane-giordanengo.html
There is also a short video at - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCFr6jwJBzQ
http://www.gillou.biz/2015/08/valbonne-28eme-corrida-pearce-le-matador-l-article-nice-matin-par-stephane-giordanengo.html
There is also a short video at - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCFr6jwJBzQ
South of England under 15 and 17 Championships at Ashford, Saturday/Sunday 15th/16th August
TAC had just a few competing at Ashford over the weekend. Many of those who may have raced were either at the Southern League, a St Marys training camp or on holiday it seems. However, a couple of the under 15 girls had terrific runs.
Clara Tyler finished 6th in the 800m final, with a new pb of 2.24.27 and Lizzie Miller was 4th in the 1500m, also in a new best of 4.54.29.
Full results are on the Results 2015 page.
Clara Tyler finished 6th in the 800m final, with a new pb of 2.24.27 and Lizzie Miller was 4th in the 1500m, also in a new best of 4.54.29.
Full results are on the Results 2015 page.
Lizzie Miller - 4th in 1500m
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Clara Tyler - 6th in 800m
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Southern Athletics League, at Tonbridge, Saturday 15th August
Race videos loaded !
Many thanks to those who helped and competed at the Southern League, as TAC came away with a 5 point win over Bedford, as Thames Valley Harriers and Portsmouth finished 3rd and 4th.
Full results are on the Results 2015 page.
Alice Ralph was the only TAC distance runner to win and set a pb, as she lowered her 1500m best to 4.46.8.
There were wins for Sean Molloy (400m, although declared as a non scorer), Alex Hookway (800m), Tom Cox (5000m) and Michael Ellis, who had a titanic battle with Harry Paton, in the steeplechase.
Ellie Cohen deserves a big mention, as she has been out for a few weeks with an injury, but after ten days being back in training turned out to ensure a full complement of distance runners were in action. Ellie made her debut at 3000m, declaring at the finish that she enjoyed it !
Full results are on the Results 2015 page.
Alice Ralph was the only TAC distance runner to win and set a pb, as she lowered her 1500m best to 4.46.8.
There were wins for Sean Molloy (400m, although declared as a non scorer), Alex Hookway (800m), Tom Cox (5000m) and Michael Ellis, who had a titanic battle with Harry Paton, in the steeplechase.
Ellie Cohen deserves a big mention, as she has been out for a few weeks with an injury, but after ten days being back in training turned out to ensure a full complement of distance runners were in action. Ellie made her debut at 3000m, declaring at the finish that she enjoyed it !
Saturday 5km parkruns, 15th August
Tunbridge Wells - Dan Watt showed that he is adapting to recent fatherhood and getting back to his best, when he was first home in 16.33. This is a course pb and only 13s outside Ben Cole's course record. Greg Cole was 2nd in 17.46.
Tonbridge - Andrew Mercer was first home in 17.06. The first female shown is a Lucy Thompson running for Tonbridge AC IN 21.07, but she is not listed on the current membership database.
Elsewhere Jesse Magorrian was 2nd at Hastings in 17.56.
Tonbridge - Andrew Mercer was first home in 17.06. The first female shown is a Lucy Thompson running for Tonbridge AC IN 21.07, but she is not listed on the current membership database.
Elsewhere Jesse Magorrian was 2nd at Hastings in 17.56.
Friday evening road racing, 14th August
There were two excellent performances from TAC members on Friday evening -
Corey De'Ath (u20) finished 8th in the high class Ipswich Twilight 5k road race in 15.04. This was as quick as his track pb and 28s quicker than his road best. Full results are at -http://www.chiptiminguk.co.uk/ps/results/Ipswich%20Building%20Society%20Twilight%20Run/43342
Then in the Rye Summer Classic 10k Duncan Ralph ran 44.13, which placed him around 29th. Duncan's only previous 10k was almost three years ago, when he ran around 55 minutes. Full results are at - http://niceworkevents.blogspot.co.uk
Corey De'Ath (u20) finished 8th in the high class Ipswich Twilight 5k road race in 15.04. This was as quick as his track pb and 28s quicker than his road best. Full results are at -http://www.chiptiminguk.co.uk/ps/results/Ipswich%20Building%20Society%20Twilight%20Run/43342
Then in the Rye Summer Classic 10k Duncan Ralph ran 44.13, which placed him around 29th. Duncan's only previous 10k was almost three years ago, when he ran around 55 minutes. Full results are at - http://niceworkevents.blogspot.co.uk
Start of Ipswich 5k road race, where Corey De'Ath finished 8th in 15.04
This week's 'Big Hitters' - the top personal bests and debuts in the last week - 3rd to 14th August
Biggest pbs -
400m - Becky O'Hara 58.29 (0.5s)
800m - James Stoney (u15) 2.23.80.2 (improvement of 16.0s), Maisy Smith (u13) 2.45.69 (improvement 6.5s)
1500m - Madeleine Wise (u13) 5.33.60 (improvement of 15.6s), Kiri Marsh (u20) 5.10.52 (improvement 9.5s)
Best debut -
Jamie Bingham (u17) 1500m 4.57.79
400m - Becky O'Hara 58.29 (0.5s)
800m - James Stoney (u15) 2.23.80.2 (improvement of 16.0s), Maisy Smith (u13) 2.45.69 (improvement 6.5s)
1500m - Madeleine Wise (u13) 5.33.60 (improvement of 15.6s), Kiri Marsh (u20) 5.10.52 (improvement 9.5s)
Best debut -
Jamie Bingham (u17) 1500m 4.57.79
Watford Open Meeting, Wednesday 12th August
Race videos loaded !
TAC members had a better than 10 out of 10 night, as 12 raced and 12 ran personal bests ! Perfect windless conditions, plus a great attitude from the group to just go for it, resulted in a mass of pbs. Summary results are on the Results 2015 page.
A very nervous Becky O'Hara was the first of the TAC group in action and ran her usual aggressive race over 400m. She surprised herself by improving her two year old pb to run 58.29.
Duncan Ralph then ran in the first of the 24, 800 metre races and reduced his own 2 year old pb, with 2.39.38.
Polly Pitcairn-Knowles ran 2.25.73, which saw yet another best obliterated.
We then had Alice Ralph and Hannah Czarnowski in race 11 and despite having both been away last week (they did train) both reduced their very good pbs from a month ago with 2.14.59 and 2.17.78.
The TAC minibus had a 'guest' for the night, as sprinter Zak Skinner made his 800m debut, even wearing baggy shorts for the night ("as distance runners don't wear lycra !"). Zak, who is under 17, ran 2.14.44.
Next up was Ollie Harding, who front ran race 17 and ran a pb of 2.03.75, although being caught by a number of athletes towards the finish.
I thought that Christian Lee may have missed out on his sub 2 attempt in race 18, as I timed him at 1.59.9+. However, it was one of my better timing performances and the photo finish recorded 1.59.99 !
In race 19 we had another front runner as Stuart Brown (1.59.09) went for it and led most of the way. He was pipped near the finish, by the winner and also Tim Faes (1.59.05), but also helped Ben Murphy (1.59.62) make it three in one race go sub 2 for the first time.
So on the night TAC had four athletes break the 2 minute barrier for the first time, making it 17 in total this year. This is still short of the 21 who managed it in 2013.
A very nervous Becky O'Hara was the first of the TAC group in action and ran her usual aggressive race over 400m. She surprised herself by improving her two year old pb to run 58.29.
Duncan Ralph then ran in the first of the 24, 800 metre races and reduced his own 2 year old pb, with 2.39.38.
Polly Pitcairn-Knowles ran 2.25.73, which saw yet another best obliterated.
We then had Alice Ralph and Hannah Czarnowski in race 11 and despite having both been away last week (they did train) both reduced their very good pbs from a month ago with 2.14.59 and 2.17.78.
The TAC minibus had a 'guest' for the night, as sprinter Zak Skinner made his 800m debut, even wearing baggy shorts for the night ("as distance runners don't wear lycra !"). Zak, who is under 17, ran 2.14.44.
Next up was Ollie Harding, who front ran race 17 and ran a pb of 2.03.75, although being caught by a number of athletes towards the finish.
I thought that Christian Lee may have missed out on his sub 2 attempt in race 18, as I timed him at 1.59.9+. However, it was one of my better timing performances and the photo finish recorded 1.59.99 !
In race 19 we had another front runner as Stuart Brown (1.59.09) went for it and led most of the way. He was pipped near the finish, by the winner and also Tim Faes (1.59.05), but also helped Ben Murphy (1.59.62) make it three in one race go sub 2 for the first time.
So on the night TAC had four athletes break the 2 minute barrier for the first time, making it 17 in total this year. This is still short of the 21 who managed it in 2013.
Dartford Open Meeting, Wednesday 12th August
Graeme Saker reports that he ran the mile at Dartford in 4.54.0, although official results are awaited. This would have taken three seconds from his TAC over 50 age record, set last month.
Blackheath and Bromley Harriers Open Meeting, Monday 10th August
There were a couple of fine TAC performances at the Blackheath Open Meeting on Monday. Dan Seagrove ran a new personal best of 4.19.72, which was an improvement of 17.2s on his pb from last year. Then in the 800m Christian Lee was second in 2.01.67, just two tenths of a second away from his best.
TAC Summer parkrun Grand Prix - latest news
Update from Mark Pitcairn-Knowles -
“Record turn out for the grand prix qualifying park run today on the Tonbridge AC takeover event. Bumper points available! James Taylor was not present to take advantage and has slipped to 5th place as Dan Bradley, Steve Keywood ,Cain Bradley and Bede PK over took him. Dan has a slender 3 point lead over Steve, who crucially has reached this position with only 3 scores as opposed to Dan’s 4. Bede is in a similar position a few points further back. Andrew Mercer (83.05% today) and Julian Rendall (81.73%) are both back running well and score highly on age grading so despite only having two scores recorded so far may well be in with a shout if they can run at the last two events 22nd Aug and 5th Sept, both at Tonbridge. The same applies to Sam Crick on 40 points”.
“Record turn out for the grand prix qualifying park run today on the Tonbridge AC takeover event. Bumper points available! James Taylor was not present to take advantage and has slipped to 5th place as Dan Bradley, Steve Keywood ,Cain Bradley and Bede PK over took him. Dan has a slender 3 point lead over Steve, who crucially has reached this position with only 3 scores as opposed to Dan’s 4. Bede is in a similar position a few points further back. Andrew Mercer (83.05% today) and Julian Rendall (81.73%) are both back running well and score highly on age grading so despite only having two scores recorded so far may well be in with a shout if they can run at the last two events 22nd Aug and 5th Sept, both at Tonbridge. The same applies to Sam Crick on 40 points”.
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Other Saturday parkruns, 8th August
Bushy Park - Henry Pearce ran the fastest TAC parkrun of the day when he was first home at Bushy in 15.24
Dartford - 1st Corey De'Ath 15.52, 1st female Leah Melvin 18.57
Tunbridge Wells - 1st Dan Watt 18.19
Full results of all the parkruns can be found at http://www.parkrun.org.uk/results/firstfinishers/
Dartford - 1st Corey De'Ath 15.52, 1st female Leah Melvin 18.57
Tunbridge Wells - 1st Dan Watt 18.19
Full results of all the parkruns can be found at http://www.parkrun.org.uk/results/firstfinishers/
Saturday 8th August - TAC Tonbridge parkrun 'takeover'
Three hundred people finished the Tonbridge parkrun, with around 30 being TAC members.
Many thanks to all the volunteers who helped marshal, timekeep, manager the finish area and pace.
Robbie Farnham-Rose was first home in 16.06, with Ellen Crombie the first female in 19.04, being 10th overall.
Many thanks to all the volunteers who helped marshal, timekeep, manager the finish area and pace.
Robbie Farnham-Rose was first home in 16.06, with Ellen Crombie the first female in 19.04, being 10th overall.