@ATHLETICSWEEKLY
runners taking part in nine races on an ideally
balmy evening. Of these, 77 posted lifetime
bests and a further 47 season’s bests.
There were also two UK age group records.
Peter Giles from the host club set new figures
for a UK Vet 75 of 12:01.82, eclipsing the
12:28.07 set by Victor Shirley in taking the
M75 silver medal in the World Masters Indoor
Championships in Torun, Poland, in March.
Giles had to run all seven and a half laps
on his own well behind the rest of he field but
pacd it perfectly.
Clare Elms set a new mark for a W55
woman, with 10:11.24. improving on the 10:13.8
posted by Scot Sandra Branney in Edinburgh
at the end of May 2009. Behind her, Clare
Grima went top of the outdoor W40 rankings.
Fastest time of the night was set by Owen
Hinds of Kent AC with 8:21.00.
Mixed events:3000: r1: 1 M Wilson (High,
W) 9:55.59; 2 C Elms (Dulw, W55) 10:11.24 (UK
W55 record); 5 C Grima (HW, W40) 10:15.99; 7
C Parker (ABIAC, W) 10:16.78; 9 G Galbraith (HW,
W40) 10:18.47; 15 P Giles (HW, M75) 12:01.82.
r2: 4 N Robers (BIRCH, W) 9:41.97; 6 S Cowper
(Roth, W) 9:45.02; 7 S Monk (G&G, W) 9:45.48;
12 Y Goater (High, W) 10:01.30. r3: 7 J Reid (HW,
M45) 9:24.05; 10 R Johnson (High, W) 9:31.79;
12 E Ruane (Her, W) 9:34.77; 13 A Mitchell (TVH,
M50) 9:37.79; 14 H Viner (High, W) 9:43.30.
r4: 4 A Inglis (Camb H, M40) 9:06.09. r5: 4 S
Coombes (Herne H, M45) 8:58.62; 5 P Prothero
(S Lon, M35) 8:59.44; 7 F Vaughan (S Lon, U17)
9:03.93; 12 C Halsey (B&H, M40) 9:07.63. r6: 3
K Kyereme (SB, M40) 8:49.94; 11 M Hill (Leeds
C, M40) 8:55.77. r7: 1 S Johnson (Bir) 8:30.71;
2 R Franks (HW) 8:32.43; 3 J Poole (Serp, M35)
8:33.25; 4 D Nevins (Harrow, M35) 8:35.38; 5 J
Allchin (Kent) 8:37.16; 6 O Way (ESM) 8:38.82;
7 A Greenleaf (Serp, M35) 8:39.40; 8 M Smith
(ASHFA) 8:42.97; 9 S Smith (AFD) 8:44.19; 15
H Bristow (B&H, M40) 8:55.80. r8: 1 A Fyfe
(Belg) 8:26.83; 2 J Coxon (K&P) 8:27.70; 3 G
Wheeler (MKDP) 8:28.59; 4 N Faulkner (High)
8:29.50; 5 J Bryant (Ton) 8:30.76; 6 P Cameron
(Edin) 8:30.88; 7 C Haywood (High) 8:32.10; 8
G Dollner (G&G) 8:33.89; 9 T Tarragano (B&H,
U20) 8:34.04; 10 B Brewster (Soton) 8:35.73;
11 H Cayssials (TVH) 8:42.15. r9: 1 O Hind
(Kent) 8:21.00; 2 A Lepretre (High) 8:22.59; 3 C
Charleston (Read) 8:23.86; 4 J Cornish (HW)
8:25.33; 5 K Taylor (B&W) 8:26.47; 6 J Millar
(B&W) 8:26.92; 7 C Rainsford (High) 8:27.79;
8 R Braden (B&B) 8:29.66; 9 M Hashi (ESM)
8:30.43; 10 P Sewell (AFD) 8:30.67; 11 J Leitch
(Worth) 8:34.47; 12 F Slemeck (HW) 8:37.10;
13 A Pointon (AFD) 8:37.78; 14 T Austin (Poole)
8:38.39; 15 K Moore (B&H) 8:38.71WA TFORD OPEN GRADED MEETING
LEWIS SULLIVAN went top of the UK under-15
rankings with a 1500m time of 4:08.77.
Mixed events:1500: r1: 1 L Street (Wyc
P, W35) 5:03.13; 2 A Saha (Cookham, U13W)
5:11.58; 8 C Anthony (W Suff, W55) 5:25.51.
r2: 2 D Yelling (B&H, U13W) 5:01.52; 9 J Heller
(Cookham, U13W) 5:09.29; 10 M Logan (Chilt,
U13W) 5:12.30. r3: 2 R Stoddart (Hill, U13)
4:56.53; 4 J Clayton (B&H, U13) 4:57.38; 5 S
McGrath (St Alb, U15W) 4:57.83; 11 S Jacobs
(MKDP, U13W) 5:06.78. r4: 1 A Reid (WG&EL,
U13W) 4:48.98; 2 L Tse (St Alb, U15W) 4:49.82;
3 M Stiling (VP&TH, U17W) 4:51.05; 4 A Pinder
(Chilt, U13) 4:53.73; 5 L Nkoane (Chilt, U13W)
4:53.85; 6 S Oldroyd (Mil K, U13) 4:54.37; 7
D White (Kett, U13) 4:55.26; 8 L Doran (Chilt,
U13) 4:55.80; 10 M Silverstone (Orion, U15W)
4:57.59; 11 F Willcox (WSEH, U15W) 4:58.32.
r5: 2 K Hopkins (Woking, U20W) 4:44.00; 3 I
Jessop-Tranter (Chilt, U13) 4:45.17; 4 L Slack
(Ton, U13W) 4:47.04; 5 N Rollins (WSEH, U13)
4:48.38; 6 M Baxter (Chilt, U13) 4:48.97; 7 R
Clutterbuck (WSEH, U15W) 4:50.57; 8 A Jubb
(St Alb, U15W) 4:50.63; 10 M Radus (SB, U17W)
4:52.49; 11 E Botha (Read, U15W) 4:52.75; 12
K Clutterbuck (WSEH, U17W) 4:52.86; 16 M
Hughes (Chilt, U15W) 4:59.28. r6: 3 G Stubbs
(SB, U13) 4:37.86; 4 C Terry (Cookham, U15W)
4:38.94; 5 F Baxter (Chilt, U13W) 4:39.09; 6 N
Camp (WSEH, U15W) 4:39.19; 8 E Robinson
(Saff, U15W) 4:40.30; 12 A Bennett (Kett, U15W)
4:41.47; 15 K Brown (AFD, U20W) 4:46.90; 16 M
Nicholls (St Alb, U13) 4:52.78. r7: 3 A Millard (Inv
EK, U20W) 4:33.63; 8 C Dewar (WSEH, U15W)
4:37.02; 10 O Williams (Chilt, U17W) 4:39.30;
12 R Serafini (Lon Hth, W) 4:40.53; 13 M Jones(WSEH, U20W) 4:42.38; 15 B Dewar (WSEH,
U13) 4:47.22. r8: 2 C Walker-Powell (Ports,
U15) 4:21.96; 3 A Collier (Chilt, U13) 4:22.30; 4
J Geller (WG&EL, U15) 4:22.78; 5 M Berry (St
Ed, U15) 4:23.03; 10 F McGrath (Cookham, U15)
4:28.90; 14 C Crossman (G&G, W) 4:34.72;
15 J Richardson (Oxf C, M50) 4:36.29. r9: 5 T
Gaunce (D&T, U15) 4:19.57; 10 J Hardy (WG&EL,
U15) 4:24.59. r10: 1 A Beer (L’nelli, U17) 4:10.96;
3 I Rothwell (C&C, U15) 4:14.82; 4 L Newell
(Abing, M40) 4:15.24; 12 D Chattenton (MKDP,
W) 4:20.71. r11: 2 D Bowley (Kett, U17) 4:06.95; 5
J Chamberlain (D&T, U17) 4:08.11; 7 L Sullivan
(St Ed, U15) 4:08.77; 8 M Smith (Horsh BS, U17)
4:08.96; 9 A Williams (Horsh BS, U17) 4:09.35;
10 L Hynes (WSEH, U17) 4:10.67; 11 W Jerome
(AFD, U17) 4:10.69; 12 M McGarvie (Hill, U17)
4:11.10. r12: 1 L Van Oudtshoorn (AFD, U20)
3:52.04; 2 S Hudson (WSEH, U20) 3:56.23; 3 O
Wijtenburg (TVH) 3:57.58; 4 T Archer (Lon Hth,
U17) 3:58.22; 5 O Hall (Brack, U20) 3:59.00; 6
B Sloan (WG&EL, U17) 4:00.53. 3000: r1: 1
E Scott (WSEH, U15) 9:14.45; 2 O Elfadl (QAT,
U17) 9:18.74; 3 S Burnell (D&T, U17) 9:19.09;
10 M Sunderland (Woking, U15) 9:47.81; 14 A
Barbour (WSEH, W) 9:56.21; 15 J Young (WSEH,
U17W) 9:56.73; 19 B Hair (C&C, W) 10:23.55;
20 E Stevens (AFD, W) 10:24.86; 21 L Elliott
(Win, W50) 10:28.74; 23 I Patel (SB, U20W)
10:32.80. r2: 1 D Stone (SB, U20) 8:43.42; 2
T Harris (Ampt, M35) 8:44.06; 3 H Hrabi (QAT,
U20) 8:46.20; 4 M Dicks (Mil K, U20) 8:46.51; 5
B Fitzpatrick (Walton, U20) 8:48.29; 7 M Sidhu
(MKDP, U20) 8:57.45; 8 L Minale (VP&TH, U20)
8:57.73; 13 A Elkhair (QAT, U17) 9:04.25JUNE 25
BMC REGIONAL RACES,
Exeter
Men:800: 1 S Gentry (N Som, U20) 1:55.71.
B: 2 O Smart (TRP, U17) 1:59.04. 1500: 2 F
Jennings (Bide, U17) 4:05.64
Mixed events:800: D: 1 S Mills (Exe, U15)
2:06.10; 2 G Thomas (N Dev, U15) 2:08.44; 4 A
Coates (Yeov O, U15) 2:09.67; 9 R Chamberlain
(Exe, W) 2:11.02. E: 6 H Harvey (Ply, W) 2:17.97;
7 A Smith (Exe, U13) 2:21.23. 1500: B: 8 M
Jenkin (Bide, M40) 4:19.14; 9 P Burden (Taun,
M40) 4:19.14; 14 O Capps (Exe, U15) 4:25.84;
15 B Wood (Salis, U17W) 4:25.86. C: 5 C Hague
(Exe, U13) 4:34.75; 16 A Hill (Card Arch, U17W)
4:49.95. D: 2 R Reed (Taun, U13) 4:54.99; 8 L
Bickerton (Dors Sch, U13W) 5:05.94; 9 M Riggott
(Tav, U13W) 5:06.13; 14 H Southcott (Maid N,
W40) 5:13.02
Women:800: 1 E Shaw (W’borne, U17)
2:12.68; 2 S Livingstone (Exe, U15) 2:17.17;
3 M Johnson (W’borne, U20) 2:17.86; 6 D
Dryden (Yeov O, U15) 2:21.79; 7 A Riggott
(Tav, U15) 2:22.42; 8 L Wintle (P’broke,
U15) 2:22.66. B: 2 G Siakoufis (QCT, U13)
2:25.52; 4 D Rowe (Exe, U13) 2:28.74EXETER HARRIERS EVENING OPEN,
Exeter
U13 mixed events:JT: 1 A Harris (Erme)
34.59
U20:SP: 1 W Saltmarsh (Exe, U15) 12.91
Mixed events:100: r7 (-3.0): 5 S Jarvis
(N&P, M40) 12.19. 200: r3 (-0.2): 1 J Wheeler
(Tav, U15) 24.38. r5 (-0.8): 7 S Jarvis (N&P,
M40) 24.66. r6 (-0.9): 4 D Cooke (Yeov O, M60)
28.36. 300: r1: 1 C Yeo (N Abb, U20) 36.18; 2
J Wheeler (Tav, U15) 37.25; 4 J Bulbring (Tav,
U17W) 41.57. DT: 1 E Sharpe (N Dev, U20W)
32.72
U23 men:HJ: 1 J Miles (W’borne) 1.94
U15:80H (-1.4): 1 L Welch (Exe) 12.76
U13:75H (-0.8): 1 T Wright (Taun) 13.03; 2 N
Maczugowski (Tav) 13.46
U15 girls:HJ: 1 E Isaias (Erme) 1.55NORTH YORKSHIRE & SOUTH
DURHAM LEAGUE,
Middlesbrough
Mixed events:3000: r1: 1 G Jayasuriya
(M&C) 8:44.96; 4 A Russell (Darl, U17) 9:05.86; 5
M Burrett (Leeds C, M40) 9:07.70
U15 boys:3000: 1 R Teasdale (Bill MH) 9:39.13JUNE 24
TRIPLE JUMP COMPETITION,
Sportcity
Mixed events:TJ : 1 S Okome (Sale)
15.39/0.0; 2 K Metzger (Sale) 15.09/0.1; 3 N
Roach (Sale) 14.01/0.0; 4 J Ferryman (Sale)
13.83/0.0SOUTHERN COUNTIES VETERANS’
LEAGUE, HERTS & NORTH MIDDX
DIVISION, Lee Valley
M35 men:400: 2 N Andrews (Harrow, M45)
57.0; 3 P Benedickter (Dacorum & Tring, M50)
58.0. 5000: 1 M Muir (Ilford, M45) 16:46.3. TJ :
1 M Lawrence (London Heathside, M45) 11.57.
DT: 1 J Kingwell (Herts Phoenix, M45) 34.95; 3 N
Walker (St Albans, M55) 28.13; 4 P Ley (Enfield
& Haringey, M55) 27.06
M40:100: 1 L Braithwaite (Enfield & Haringey,
M45) 12.3; 3 R Samuel (Harrow, M50) 12.5. 400:
1 P Grange (Ilford) 53.1. 1500: 2 C Westcott
(Stevenage & NH, M45) 4:29.1
M50:100: 1 B Errol (Harrow) 12.9; 2 M Jones
(Enfield & Haringey, M55) 13.0. 400: 1 M
Jones (Enfield & Haringey, M55) 61.0. 1500:
1 P Reddaway (Herts Phoenix, M55) 4:52.4; 4
R Holland (Enfield & Haringey, M60) 5:07.5; 6
D Wilcock (Barnet & District, M65) 5:27.0. TJ :
1 M Brown (Enfield & Haringey, M55) 10.83;
2 C Warren (Ilford, M55) 10.21; 3 R Emptage
(Dacorum & Tring, M55) 9.94. JT: 1 T Ratcliffe
(Dacorum & Tring, M55) 49.94; 2 P Ley (Enfield
& Haringey, M55) 35.61; 3 N Walker (St Albans,
M55) 32.64
M60:100: 1 A Essex (London Heathside, M65)14.0; 3 A Perry (Harrow, M65) 14.7. 400: 1 D
Wilcock (Barnet & District, M65) 64.2; 2 A Essex
(London Heathside, M65) 66.3. DT: 1 D Faulkner
(Herts Phoenix, M65) 30.97
W35 women:1500: ns: 2 R Miller (London
Heathside, W60) 6:23.9. TJ : 1 D Jones (Herts
Phoenix, W45) 9.39
W40:1500: 1 S Judd (Herts Phoenix) 5:12.2
W50:100: 2 M Brown (Barnet & District,
W55) 15.6. 400: 2 M Brown (Barnet & District,
W55) 72.8. TJ : 1 S Reed (Stevenage & NH)
8.60; 2 R Zeffertt (Barnet & District, W55) 7.79;
3 M Minson (London Heathside) 7.64. HT: 3 S
Yeomans (St Albans, W65) 17.61
W60:100: 1 J Saunders-Mullins (Stevenage
& NH, W65) 15.6; 2 S Yeomans (St Albans,
W65) 16.8. SP: 1 J Saunders-Mullins 7.95; 2 S
Yeomans (St Albans, W65) 6.19KENT DIVISION 1,
Gillingham
M35 men:400: 2 S McNally (Dartf, M40) 55.8.
3000: 4 D Madams (Ton, M45) 9:34.1. B: 2 B
Reynolds (THH, M55) 9:54.8. PV: 1 I Crawley (Ton,
M55) 3.00. HT: 1 G Holder (Bexley, M45) 49.37
M50:400: 1 W Odele (Camb H) 58.0; 2 I
Crawley (Ton, M55) 60.2; 3 C Bates (Dartf, M55)
61.2. 3000: 1 R Tomlinson (M&M) 9:44.4; 2 A
Howey (Tun W, M55) 9:57.3; 3 A Green (Dartf RR)
10:03.1; 4 G Kitchingham (Orp) 10:09.9. HT: 1 S
Talbot (Dartf) 30.92
M60:3000: 1 J Gurney (Petts) 11:02.7; 2 A
Buckle (Ton) 11:11.5. HT: 1 J Stevens (Bexley,
M65) 31.50; 2 C Thomson (M&M, M65) 28.89
W35 women:400: 1 N Ridge (Ton, W45) 66.9.
3000: B: 2 L Champion (I&I, W50) 11:42.6
W50:400: 2 N Buckwell (Ton, W60) 81.4. HJ:
1 C Bond (Camb H, W55) 1.25; 2 T Eades (Dartf,
W60) 1.25; 4 J Montgomery (B&B, W55) 1.10. TJ :
1 T Eades (Dartf, W60) 8.69; 2 N Buckwell (Ton,
W60) 6.89; 3 J Montgomery (B&B, W55) 6.84.
HT: 1 N Whiffen (Padd W) 25.13; 2 A Thacker
(Dartf, W60) 20.90
W60:HJ: 1 N Buckwell (Ton) 1.10; 2 A Thacker
(Dartf) 1.05DIVISION 2,
Gillingham
M35 men:400: 2 P Davey (Ashf, M45) 57.3. B:
1 R Brooks (Met P, M45) 57.9; 6 L Percival (Padd
W, M65) 69.3. TJ: 2 P Davey (Ashf, M45) 10.61.
HT: 1 J Ward (Ashf, M50) 31.83
M50:400: 1 D Kemp (Dartf, M55) 62.1; 3 C
Leon (B&B, M60) 65.4. PV: 1 M Goodall (Ashf,
M65) 2.40. TJ: 1 S Langford (Ashf, M60) 10.08; 2
C Leon (B&B, M60) 9.76
M65:TJ: ns: 1 R Sibley (M&M) 8.43
W50 women:HJ: 1 L Slater (Bexley, W60)
1.05. TJ: 1 W Masters (Bexley) 8.35; 2 A Unseld
(Brom Vets, W70) 5.79
W60:3000: 1 A Unseld (Brom Vets, W70)
15:12.8. HJ: 1 A Unseld (Brom Vets, W70) 1.00LONDON FINSBURY PARK OPEN
5000m, Finsbury Park
THE second running of London Heathside’s
Finsbury Park 5000s took place under the
setting sun of a Friday evening, with over
160 athletes lining up on the track.
In front of a raucous crowd, the 5000m
festival saw well over a 100 PBs, and the
overall winner on the night was East
London’s Euan Brown in 14:55.17 ahead of
London Heathside U20 Seyfu Jamaal and
Will Brewin from Southampton. Victoria
Park and Tower Hamlet’s Rachel Thomas
posted the fastest women’s time of the
evening with a PB of 17:47.42, with London
Heathside’s Celine Bradley and Julia Bijl
not too far behind and also running PBs..Mixed events: 5000: r1: 8 A Howe
(Lon Hth, W45) 20:52.7; 15 E Vynnycky
(Lon Hth, W50) 21:52.5; 19 J Wastell
(Lon Hth, W55) 22:35.4. r2: 6 K Murphy
(Barn, W50) 18:56.1. r3: 9 A Gannaway
(Win, M55) 18:28.49; 10 E Watson (Lon
Hth, W) 18:29.71; 11 O Zeltner (Herne H,
W) 18:30.74; 12 M Gibson (Eal E, W35)
18:32.97; 17 K Sandford (Lon Hth, W)
18:39.84; 18 D Knotkova-Hanley (Hay
H, U20W) 18:44.07; 20 G Wiley (Kent, W)
18:47.51; 25 H Somani (VP&TH, W) 18:53.97.
r4: 4 R Thomas (VP&TH, W) 17:47.42; 6 C
Bradley (Lon Hth, W35) 17:51.01; 12 J Bijl
(Lon Hth, W) 17:56.54; 18 C Hartley (Lon
Hth, M55) 18:06.18; 20 O Desborough
(Lon Hth, W) 18:12.45; 22 C Tyler (Lon Hth,W) 18:23.66; 24 A Scott-Wilson (High,
W) 18:32.02. r6: 2 J Beatty (Kent, M40)
16:03.71; 3 R Maidment (Lon Hth, M45)
16:11.77; 15 D Williams (Sutt R, M45)
16:57.93. r7: 1 E Brown (E Lon) 14:55.17;
2 S Jamaal (Lon Hth, U20) 15:06.34; 3 W
Brewin (Soton) 15:17.31; 4 T Aldred (Lon
Hth, M40) 15:17.67; 5 N Besson (Serp, M35)
15:24.09; 6 R McTaggart (B’mth) 15:35.11;
7 P Prothero (S Lon, M35) 15:36.56; 8 A
McGrady (VP&TH) 15:39.95; 9 G Pearce
(K&P, M35) 15:45.63; 15 J Wiles (S Lon,
M35) 15:54.35; 16 D Davison (High, M35)
15:57.93; 17 S Woolley (W4H, M35) 15:58.76;
20 N Pask (N Herts, M40) 16:12.49; 21 S
Norris (Wat J, M40) 16:14.16; 23 K White
(HW, M40) 16:20.88LEONARD MARTINPlenty of PBs at Finsbury Park Friday 5000m
Euan Brown:
overall winnerNIGEL BRAMLEYPeter Giles: on his
way to a M75 UK
3000m record