Issy Watkins produced our best performance over the weekend breaking the club U17W 800m record and taking the gold medal at the South of England Champs. Cian upgraded his 2021 bronze to silver in both the 100m and 200m at the Scottish Champs, and at SAL match 4 we achieved a good number of wins despite the heat and a reduced team.
Read MoreUndoubtedly a quieter week for race action, with no big club events, nevertheless fine performances were recorded over the 5 and 10K distances at various road and track events ( pic is from the Chase the Sun 10K ). The highlights were road race wins on different days at Battersea Park for Seyfu Jamaal and Rebecca Bunting, over 10K and 5K respectively.
Read MoreIt was a fantastic week of racing for Heathside with many excellent results. The big news this week is that the Heathside juniors retained their title in the MYAL, after having won the fourth and final event of the season and Seyfu came in first overall at the Last Friday of the month 5k in Hyde Park. Great results too in the England Athletics Senior Champs.
Read MoreThis week’s report includes stunning performances at 1 mile races both on the track (Golden Stag mile) and on the road at the Battersea Park relays, new club records from Seyfu Jamaal, Brogan Wallace and Sue Eedle and several other track events.
Read MoreAdrian has sent a report of his, Adrian, Noelle and Richard’s experience at the World Masters Championships.
Read MoreThe weekend saw the English Schools Championships the pinnacle of Youth Athletics and the club having a record representation of 11 picked by London and Middlesex to compete returning a Gold for Sam Brown in the JB 300m as well as Bronze, 4th, 5th, 6th and 8th places. Elsewhere we had athletes representing Middlesex AA at the Inter-County Championships and Cian O’Donnell improved his Club 100m record in the National Athletics League and set a new 200m mark running for Middlesex.
Read MoreThis week’s roundup includes results from a fantastic night of the 5000s at Finsbury Park, a report from the World Athletics Masters in Finland, the Serpent trail ultra and an international Wales vs England in Tenby.
Read MoreIt has been a week of massive triumphs and achievements. Sarah Swinhoe and Francois Barou both made light work of the Ironman triathlon in Nice, and Sarah come 4th in her age category. There were many superb performances in the Middlesex Schools Champs and MYAL #3, the Southern Counties Vets League, the UK Athletics Champs and especially in our own Club Champs part 1 with a record turnout!
Read MoreThe weeks’ highlight undoubtedly came at the South of England Championships, where Heathside acquired 3 Gold medals through Cian O’ Donnell ( 100m ), Brogan Wallace ( 1500m ), and James Hamblin ( Hammer ), the first two with club record performances. In addition there were Silver and Bronze medal winning performances respectively from Carlos Mingoes ( Long Jump ) and Koppany Szentes ( U15 3000m ). Elsewhere there was an English Schools track & field event, fast 3000m times were recorded at Watford, and of course the Club Handicap returned to Highgate Wood
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