Eva Champion of North London

The Club’s women athletes continue to produce outstanding performances in the mud and grass of North London. After last weeks 2nd place for the team in the Southern XC Relays this Saturday saw Eva Divetain win the North London XC Championship title at a sunny Uxbridge. In the NWLL races earlier of the day Issy Watkins won the U15 Girls race with team wins for the U15 and U13 Girls. Elsewhere a host of Juniors took part in the Lee Valley Minithon and Adrian Essex has provided an overview of the Masters Track and Field Season

North London Cross Country Championships, Uxbridge, 30.10.21

In almost perfect conditions with a firm course well covered in grass and omitting the infamous river crossing Eva Divetain showed a strong front running performance pulling away from Hillingdon and Serpentine athletes on the last lap to win the women’s race Club XC team captain Laura Hunt followed in 10th place with Ciera Kennedy and Ann Woulfe completing the scoring team that finished in 3rd place. In the Mens’ race our first finisher was James Wooldridge in 5th with Ismail, Kieran, Chris, Joel and Valentin completing the scoring team which finished 4th.

Results
Senior Men (8,000m, 111 runners)
1st R Thompson (Hillingdon) 27:51
5th James Wooldridge 28:41
13th Ismail Abukar 30:04
16th Kieran Morris 30:28
28th Christopher Gracie 32:22
44th Joel Northcott (V40) 34:04
50th Valentin Valeanu (V40) 35:01
56th Lee Connor 35:28

1st VPH&TH 61 pts, 4th London Heathside 156 pts

Senior Women (8,000m, 68 runners)
1st Eva Divetain 33:07
10th Laura Hunt 35:35
24th Ciera Kennedy 37:59
42nd Ann Woulfe 42:39
53rd Kim Butler 45:48

1st ESM 65 pts, 3rd London Heathside 77 pts

NWLL, Uxbridge, 30.10.21

The 2nd NWLL race of the season was held in conjunction with the North London Championships as the normal races at Fryent Park were cancelled. Despite Half Term and a filthy morning weather wise the races saw a great turnout with 28 young Heathsider’s turning out and 6 debutants. A good course with firm ground and sunshine greeted the runners. Again some great results with team wins for the U15 and U13 Girls and individual win for Issy Watkins (U15G) with 11 finishers in the top 10.

The U11 saw a bumper field of 75 runners kick things off with debutant Charlie Nicolson leading the boys team home in 7th just 7s ahead of Rory Willis. The scoring team was completed by Seb and Noah in 21st and 24th place ensuring the Club secured 2nd place overall. Arun, Wes and Kymani made up our bumper representation with solid runs. In the girls race Reke Szentes was first home in 14th, with Malu and Mia completing the team. The Under 13 races also saw a big field with Koppany our first boy home in 5th place followed by Ben Redland in 8th and Alex completing the team. Our U13 Girls are showing some real depth of talent with Lettie producing her best performance in finishing 5th followed by Ivy and Lila in 8th and 9th to see the girls win the team competiton by 1 pt from Cookham. Our strongest year group this year our the U15 girls who produced a completely dominant performance on Saturday with Issy winning the race sister Milly 3rd and Hattie 4th and Mia 5th, we look forward to seeing the girls perform in the championship races later this season. The U15s saw a first XC run this season for David Baah Okyere who produced a fine run finishing in 6th with support from Artie and Alex. In the U17 men Roni continued his fine form finishing 4th followed by teammates Michael, Amarin and Artie.

Well done to all and a great base ahead of the many fixtures in November with 2 Met League races, NWLL at Trent Park and London Youth Games.

Results

U11 Boys, (2000m 52 runners)
1st J Hayward (ESM) 7:37
7th Charlie Nicolson 7:56
11th Rory Willis 8:03
21st Seb McNeely 8:39
24th Noah Iffland 8:48
27th Arun Chopra 8:51
48th Wes Edwards 10:17
50th Kymani Gaillard 10:41
1st ESM 29 pts, 2nd London Heathside 63 pts

U11 Girls (2000m 23 runners)
1st Q Rooless (Cookham) 7:52
14th Reke Szentes 9:33
17th Malu Cole 9:51
19th Mia Beeby 10:03
1st Shaftesbury BH 32 pts, 6th London Heathside 75 pts

U13 Boys (3000m, 50 runners)
1st Arthur Phillips (SBH) 11:36
5th Koppany Szentes 12:08
8th Ben Redland 12:34
31st Alex Rankin 14:38
1st Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers 23 pts, 5th London Heathside 95 pts

U13 Girls (3000m, 29 runners)
1st J March (Barnet & District) 12:56
5th Lettice Gundry 14:19
8th Ivy Gray 14:46
9th Lila Blustin 15:03
1st London Heathside 52 pts, 2nd Cookham 53 pts

U15 Boys (4000m, 32 Runners)
1st C McConnon (TVH) 14:29
6th David Baah-Okyere 15:52
29th Artie Feeny Willings 20:08
30th Alex Butcher 20:33
1st TVH 41 pts, 9th London Heathside 98 pts

U15 Girls 4000m 32 runners
1st Izzy Watkins 16:39
3rd Milly Watkins 18:16
4th Hattie Munday 18:23
5th Mia Rosen 18:27
30th Maddison Frawley 21:09
1st London Heathside 13 pts, 2nd Cookham 51 pts

U17 Men 5000m 25 runners
1st J Bailey (Highgate) 17:32
4th Roni Kizilkaya 18:23
21st Michael Smith 21:09
23rd Amarin Preka 22:45
24th Avery Dietrich 23:27
1st Trent Park 32 pts, 5th London Heathside 72 pts

U17 Women (5000m 17 runners)
1st J Ridley (Cookham) 19:42
No London Heathside runners

Sepentine Last Friday of the Month 5k, Hyde Park, 29.10.21

1st M Dumbrell (Unattch) 15.26

18th Deng Akol 18:17

29th Robert Shulman (V55) 18:24

41st Isobel Rea (V45) 19:40

63rd Leo Cador Pemberton 20:39

131st Alun Nash (V60) 25:35

147 runners

Lee Valley Minithon, Lee Valley, 30.10.21

Junior Coaches Mary, Israel and Fiorella were at Lee Valley to support Juniors competing in the first Minithon at the Lee Valley Indoor Athletics Centre. Unfortunately results are not available at the current time but well done to the Juniors who took part with some impressive performances produced. Including a UK leading time for U13B in the 60m for Gabriel Edwards and a new PB for him in the Long Jump.

Parkruns

Lots of Heathsiders took part in parkruns despite the awful rain on Saturday morning. There were 1st places for Lily Woolcock (Finsbury), Olivia Desborough (Highbury Fields) and Louisa Pointon (Valentines).  Full results can be found here.