Welcome return of the London marathon, junior track and field review and the first cross-country of the season

This week’s bumper edition includes the much-awaited return of the London marathon and mini marathon, a review of the track and field achievements of the juniors and a race in Dagenham, the first cross-country of the season.

Virgin Money Mini-Marathon, Westminster, 3.10.21 (2.6km)

Simon Baker sent the following report on the mini marathon:

“38 Young Heathsiders had an early start on Sunday running for their Boroughs in the Mini-marathon over a slightly shorten course of 2.6km finishing on the Mall.  Among a host of brilliant performances were Issy Watkins who was 18th place overall in the U15 Girls race while Kiara Corkin's 31st place in the U13 Girls race saw her a non scoring member of the 6 runners that made up London's team which finished 2nd in the British Road Race Championships behind the North West.  In the Borough Challenge which just includes London Runners Haringey fared best with 3rd place in the U13 Girls race for which Amy and Caitlin were 2nd and 3rd runners and 2nd place in the U15 Girls with Issy and Hattie the first two scorers.

Well done to all who I'm sure will remember the day for ever. “

Results

U13 Girls

31st/5th Kiara Corkin (Islington) 9:30

87th/14th Amy Kirk (Haringey) 10:01

128th/23rd Caitlin Roberts (Haringey) 10:16

155th/33rd Lettice Gundry (Islington) 10:28

261st/67th Maya Westgate (Hackney) 11:14

266th/69th Jasmin Nkoso (Islington) 11:16

268th/71st Ivy Gray (Haringey) 11:16

283rd/78th Violet Lyons (Hackney) 11:22

334th/96th Lydia Negatu (Islington) 11:56

358th/108th Reke Szentes (islington) 12:23

393rd/123rd Sofia De Brunsen (Islington) 13:06 

U13 Boys

122nd/9th Koppany Szentes (Islington) 9:10

253rd/52nd Sam Turner (Haringey) 10:04

255th/53rd Frank Bailey (Islington) 10:04

272nd/63rd Eden Brown (Haringey) 10:12

358th/109th Harry Conley (Islington) 11:18

379th/125th Ylone Carels Louis Charles (Islington) 12:03

U15 Girls

18th/7th Issy Watkins (Haringey) 9:13

34th/10th Hattie Munday (Haringey) 9:32

61st/24th Lucy Corkin (Islington) 9:49

86th/38th Mia Rosen (Enfield) 10:01

95th/44th Milly Watkins (Haringey) 10:05

224th/100th Amara Odeogberin (Islington) 10:55

U15 Boys

52nd/15th David Baah Okyere (Haringey) 8:38

126th/45th Ivor Joslin (Islington) 9:12

146th/56th Gregory Berrisford Smith (Islington) 9:20

207th/83rd Alex Smith (Islington) 9:44

269th/101st Benjy Bediako (Hackney) 10:11

306th/116th Thomas Conley (Islington) 10:33

311th/118th Lloyd Pritchard (Islington) 10:36 

U17 Women

104th/41st Alice Metcalf (Hackney) 10:08 

138th/53rd Anna Pritchard (Islington) 10:21

142nd/54th Maia Hampton-Philips (Haringey) 10:22

427th/134th Lorna Dumbleton (Hackney) 17:07

U17 Men

82nd/52nd Janak Subberwal (Enfield) 8:52

104th/65th Luke Pike (Hackney) 9:01

121st/71st Arthur Reed (Haringey) 9:09

220th/96th Michael Smith (Islington) 9:50

243rd/101st Stan Hasson (Islington) 9:58

London Marathon, 3rd October 2021

The running highlight of the weekend, if not the last two years was the long-awaited London Marathon, taking place in a new autumn slot for the first time, thanks to delays resulting from the Covid pandemic.  The new time of year and the staggered starts seemed to suit many runners.  45 Heathsiders were known to have taken part, and over half (25) finishing in less than 3 hours and 5 finished in less than 2:45.  Andy Barnes was the first Heathsider, finishing in 2:33:38, followed within 1-2 minutes by James Hurrell and Chris Holmes.  Sara Black (3:05) was the first Heathsiders for the women, with the next three women coming in at around 3:22 mark. Further down the field, Rachel Scott-Hall and Rachel Tranter came in soon after 4 hours and a few Heathsiders took up the opportunity to run the marathon virtually. Well done to all!

Results

 151 Andy Barnes 2:33:38

175 James Hurrell 2:34:38

180 Chris Holmes 2:34:44

265 Siôn Lewis 2:37:24

517 Marco Serena 2:42:36

696 Conor Brown 2:46:13

750 Andrew McGeary 2:47:01

784 Tom Foy 2:47:32

802 Tom Stottor 2:47:48

1110 George Gurney 2:51:33

 1130 Ed Boden 2:51:42

1137 Nick Hodges-Gibson 2:51:47

1265 Peter Gould 2:53:11

1308 Michael Cockings 2:53:37

1397 Alex Sweet 2:54:28

1412 Jonny Forsyth 2:54:36

1514 Joseph Clemoes 2:55:31

1578 Justin Badger 2:56:05

1640 Patrick Curry 2:56:36

1686 David Keir 2:56:58

1702 Lenny Martin 2:57:10

1716 Paul Jarman 2:57:12

1719 Steven Pennington 2:57:12

1983 Leo Burningham 2:59:11

2010 Adam Mitchell 2:59:21

2255 Rob Shulman 3:01:22

2268 Damien Lane 3:01:28

2726/179 Sara Black 3:05:56

2834 Joe Pennington 3:07:00

3219 Danny Olive 3:10:58

3897 Michael Kennedy 3:16:31

3948 Stephen Topp 3:17:00

4654/624 Amber Fahey 3:22:20

4656/625 Sif Sumarliðadóttir 3:22:20

4851/684 Sara Garcia 3:23:38

5200 Philip McDermott 3:25:53

6522/1176 Trudy Victoria 3:33:21

7074 Jim Connell 3:36:22

8042/1680 Ciera Kennedy 3:41:18

9660 Michael Joseph Fenton 3:48:50

10283/2415 Ruby Tuke 3:51:37

11407 Glen Brown 3:55:48

14043/3689 Anna Gibson 4:06:45

14352 Alexander Tsirigotis 4:08:03

16931/4779 Rachel Tranter 4:19:47

22915/7261 Rachel Scott Halls 4:46:41

Virtual Marathoners

Oliver Barton Murray 3:11:30

Roland Harwood 3:36:08

Chester Marathon, Chester, 3.10.21

442/50 Lily McKay 3:43:39

Junior Track and Field Review

Simon Baker sent the following review of the track and field season for juniors:

“The 2021 Track and Field Season came to an end on the 30th September.  2021 has been exceptionally successful for the Club Juniors.  Trey Corlis won silver in the 80m Hurdles at the National Schools Championships and Suraya Frost won a silver in the 70 Hurdles at the SEAA South of England Championships.  The Club had our best ever Middlesex County Championships coming overall top of the medal table with 11 Junior  County Champions.  We also won the MYAL for the first time with Heathsiders setting 7 new meeting records in the process.  5 Heathsiders registered AAA Grade 1 performances their highest grading.

Well done to all the Heathsiders and their Coaches who have performed so well despite the problems created by Lockdown.

AAA Grade 1 Performances (Top 7.5% performance)

100m (U13G) Suraya Frost 13.38s

100m (U15B) Trey Corlis 11.58s

200m (U13G) Suraya Frost 13.38s

800m (U15G) Issy Watkins 2:18.29

1500m (U13G) Kiara Corkin 5:04.87

70mH (U13G) Suraya Frost 11.61s

75mH (U15G) Imani Quamina 11.79s

80mH (U15B) Trey Corlis 11.29s

Top 10 UK ranking

1st U13B 60m Gabriel Edwards

3rd U15B 80m Hurdles Trey Corlis

4th U13G 70m Hurdles Suraya Frost 

6th U13B Hammer (3Kg) Jerome Henry

7th U13G Hammer (3 Kg) Ivy Paitoo

Top 20 UK Ranking

12th U13B 150m Gabriel Edwards 

13th U13B Mile Koppany Szentes

14th U13B Mile Edward Metcalf

19th U20M 200m Leon Seale

19th U15B 400m David Baah-Okyere 

19th U13B Mile Sam Turner

19th U13G Discus (0.75Kg) Elkie Baker 

Top 30 UK Ranking

22nd U13G Long Jump Suraya Frost

24th U13B 75m Gabriel Edwards

25th U13G 100m Suraya Frost

26th U15B 100m Trey Corlis

29th U15B 80m Hurdles Thomas Wassermann

29th U17M Mile Roni Kizilkaya

Top 40 UK Ranking

31st U13B Javelin Edward Metcalf

32nd U15B Pentahlon Trey Corlis

33rd U15G 75m Hurdles Imani Quamina

33rd U15G 800m Issy Watkins  

34th U13G 1500m Kiara Corkin

37th U13B Shot Put Jerome Henry

40th U15G Long Jump Martha Jolly

Top 50 UK Ranking

41st U13B 200m Gabriel Edwards

41st U13B Long Jump Gabriel Edwards 

44th U13B 100m Gabriel Edwards 

46th U13G 200m Suraya Frost

47th U13B Discus (1Kg) Jerome Henry 

50th U13G Hammer (3Kg) Naya Longo

ESAA English Schools XC Cup 2021, Round 1, Harrow 30.9.21

Junior Boys
6th Ben Redland 9:34
24th Gus Kendall 10:34
Junior Girls
4th Amy Kirk 8:17
7th Caitlin Roberts 8:41
15th Ivy Grey 9:02
33rd Elkie Baker 9:34
Intermediates Girls
1st Issy Watkins 9:31
Intermediate Boys
12th Ben Ryan 17:24
Senior Girls
6th Mia Manttan 15:31

Chingford League, Dagenham, 2nd October 2021

Pete Crockford and Kim Butler ran in the first cross-country fixture of the season.  Here are their versions of the events, with both having a different take on the event:

Kim reports: Whilst this was the second fixture in this season's Chingford League, it was the first XC meet.  The course was 8k flat/undulating and super fast on a combination of gravel and grass - not a drop of mud in sight. With men and women competing together we had Pete Crockford representing the men having travelled straight from the Hebrides that very morning on the sleeper service, whilst Kim Butler represented Heathside Ladies who travelled all over central and east London when TFL overground cancellations tried to scupper plans - alas both made the start line on time!

Pete reports: A very welcome return of XC, on a suitably damp and breezy, grey day with moisture underfoot. Kim was delighted to be able to say she was first Heathside woman. She also benefited from misjudging the turn off for the finish, kicking about 600m too early, but, being too bloody-minded to let those she overtook who called “strong finish - well done” after she realised her mistake, gritted it out to the finish! And I was delighted to be back after two years’ injury, two hours after stepping off the sleeper, and cycling 250 miles through the Outer Hebrides. Another well-organised, friendly and welcoming event, on a flat but interesting 5 mile 2-lap course.

Results 

Pete Crockford M60 38th/188 34:19

Kim Butler SW 100th/188 40:41

188 finishers men/women combined

Paul Short Invitational, Bethlehem PA, USA 1 Oct 21

8km Gold Race 339th Liam Garrett (U23) 27:09 

Parkruns

Finally, many Heathsiders ran in parkruns last weekend.  Congratulations for first place finishes go to Jennifer Wing (Ally Pally, 22:07), a super-speedy Julia Bijl (Burgess, 17:38), Louisa Pointon (Walthamstow, 22:45).  Full results can be found here.

Compiled by Emilia with reports from Simon Baker, Zac, Kim Butler, Jacob Howe, Pete Crockford.

Any comments or queries can be sent to reports@londonheathside.org.uk

Andy Barnes leading Heathsiders to the finish line.