Information from the Manchester Space League plus Birmingham, Chiltern, Surrey, Essex, Kent leagues and extra
Manchester Space Cross Nation League, Kenworthy Woods, February 8
Sale Harrier Arlo Ludewick emerged a convincing winner of the senior males’s race, on a chilly and biting Saturday afternoon, at Kenworthy Woods, Stephen Inexperienced reviews.
Freddie Roden from the College of Manchester set a searing tempo within the first two miles with Ludewick snug within the chasing pack. Round mid-race, he employed his 3:41 1500m velocity to drag away on the flat space earlier than the ‘Chorlton Alps’ sequence of climbs.
The Sale Harrier prolonged his result in 16 seconds by the tape over under-20 Roden, with Callum Rowlinson shifting in third round 40 metres down. Sale Harriers had been the staff winners, with three within the prime 10.
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Emily Haggard Kearney (Harry Shakeshaft)
Emily Haggard Kearney continued her exceptional streak of victories within the league to attain a convincing victory within the senior girls’s race. Haggard Kearney, recent from a current win on the Northern 3000m indoors, took management from the gun, making mild of the enjoying fields and wooded sections.
Her margin of victory was over 90 seconds, with under-20 Olivia Lloyd Jones in second, and Salford Harrier Laura Lombard (W40) coming in third round 200 metres down.
Chorlton Runners, led by Katherine Fitzpatrick in fifth, took the staff spoils on the day.
Liam Johnson of St Helen’s Sutton was a runaway winner of the under-17 males’s race, with Jay Hutchinson second, round 250 metres, in arrears and Michael Wooden in third. Within the under-17 girls’s race Holly Cross of Liverpool got here house 150 metres away from Isobel Corridor, with Constance Johnstone third.
Isla Yorke, of Warrior’s pulled 10 seconds away from Robyn Heywood-Younger, with Caitlin Wetters third, within the under-15 ladies’ race. Macclesfield Harrier Jake Eire scored a runaway win, a minute away from Thomas Wooden, with Harry Shatwell, third within the under-15 boys’ occasion.
Eve Beddow led a one-two for Warrior’s within the under-13 ladies’ race pulling away from Daisy McVicar, with Imogen Weatherhead, third. Within the under-13 boys’ race, Noah Phillips of Sale edged Alistair Riley on the tape by two seconds, with Ethan Statham, third.
Males: 1 A Ludewick (Sale) 32;37; 2 F Roden (Manch U, U20) 32:53; 3 C Rowlinson (Salf) 32:55; 4 C Harding (Salf) 33:00; 5 A Doyle (Vale R) 33:22; 6 N Barry (Sale) 33:41
M40: 1 C Hardman (Salf) 33;48
M45: 1 N Barnes (Sale) 35:23
M50: 1 G Raven (Salf) 35:45
M55: 1 A Porter (Bramhall) 37;34
M60: 1 S Watmough (Warr) 39:10
M65: 1 A Raftery (Sale) 45:17
M70: 1 D Gee (Manch) 46:36
TEAM: 1 Sale 63; 2 Salford 73; 3 Chorlton 194
U17: 1 L Johnson (St Hel) 22:22; 2 J Hutchinson (Traff) 23:11; 3 M Wooden (Macc) 23:20
TEAM: 1 Trafford 11; 2 St Helens Sutton 21; 3 Macclesfield 23
U15: 1 J Eire (Macc) 16:28; 2 T Wooden (Macc) 17:24; 3 H Shatwell (Inventory) 17:26
TEAM: 1 Sale 9; 2 Liverpool 29; 3 Warriors Pentathlon 32
U13: 1 N Phillips (Sale) 14:19; 2 A Riley (Inventory) 14:21; 3 E Statham (Bury) 14:28
TEAM: 1 Warriors 11; 2 Salford 16; 3 Sale 25
Ladies: 1 E Haggard-Kearney (Warriors) 20:20; 2 O Lloyd-Jones (Macc, U20) 31:25; 3 L Lombard (Salf, W40) 32;28; 4 V Cronin (Traff) 32:56; 5 Ok Fitzpatrick (Salf, W35) 33:01; 6 C McMurdock (Salf Met, W35) 33:06
W45: 1 J Rosenberg (Alt)35:21
W50: 1 A Chinoy (Sale) 36:25
W55: 1 W Higginbottom (Buxton) 36:37
W60: 1 L Rix (Manch Entrance) 41:53
W65: 1 J Cordingley (Sale) 41:33
W70: 1 H Todd (Inventory) 48:22
TEAM: 1 Chorlton 57; 2 Sale 53; 3 Wilmslow 103
U17: 1 H Cross (Liv) 25:24; 2 I Corridor (Sale) 26:53; 3 C Jennison (Buxt) 27:19
TEAM: 1 Trafford 11; 2 St Helens Sutton 21;3 Macclesfield 23
U15: 1 I Yorke (Warriors) 19:00; 2 R Haywood-Younger (Sale) 19;10; 3 C Wetters (Sale) 19:32
TEAM: 1 Sale 9; 2 Liverpool 29; 3 Warriors 32
U13: 1 2 Beddow (Warriors) 15:13; 2 D McVicker (warriors) 15:34; 3 I Weatherhead (Salf) 15:40
TEAM: 1 Warriors 11; 2 Salford 16; 3 Sale 25
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Callum Hanlon (Bryan Mills)
BIRMINGHAM LEAGUE, Division 1, Match 4, Leamington, Warwickshire, February 8
The division 1 match at Newbold Comyn, a venue that has hosted the Midland championships in recent times, stood alone this 12 months as the ladies’s prime flight opted to satisfy with the division two males’s fixture.
It was the host membership’s Callum Hanlon who got here out on prime for the second match in a row after posting his maiden league win within the January race and with it the league title.
Second house was Western Tempo’s Dan Gillett, who led his membership to a strong staff win over Birmingham College, however the college students had finished sufficient in earlier rounds to only scrape house with the league title.
Additional again, Birchfield’s Ed Banks, champion final winter, continued his run as prime veteran within the league with one other masterly efficiency.
Males: 1 C Hanlon (Leam) 31:40; 2 D Gillett (W Tempo) 31:46; 3 F Ward (R&N) 31:50; 4 B Kandola (Leam) 32:06; 5 L Greer (R&N) 32:29; 6 C Davis (Brat) 32:32
M40: 1 E Banks (Bir) 33:09; 2 B Worth (W Temp) 33:35; 3 C Jones (W Tempo) 34:16
U20: 1 D Fisher (Birm U) 32:52
TEAM: 1 W Tempo 73; 2 Birmingham U 156; 3 Leamington 242
B TEAM: 1 W Tempo 345
M40 TEAM: 1 W Tempo 29; 2 Tipton 79; 3 Coventry Godiva 84
B TEAM: 1 Western Tempo 106
Remaining standings: 1 Hanlon
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Callum Hanlon (Bryan Mills)
M40: Banks
U20: 1 M Gilvear (Warw U)
TEAM: 1 Birmingham U 520; 2 W Tempo 523; 3 Birchfield 994
B Group: 1 W Tempo 1886
Relegated: Worcester, S&SH and Loughborough SU
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Birmingham League (Bryan Mills)
BIRMINGHAM LEAGUE Div 2, Match 4, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, February 8
The match was held alongside the primary division of the Midland Ladies’s League, however there have been no outcomes obtainable.
BIRMINGHAM LEAGUE Div 3, Match 4, Coventry, Warwickshire, February 8
Combe Abbey was utilized by joint hosts Sphinx and Northbrook and Dave Brewis scored a repeat win and it was once more over Telford’s Jack Cole, who was adjudged the general winner after 4 matches.
His Telford staff dominated all through and transfer up a peg within the league.
Males: 1 D Brewis (Sphinx, M40) 31:26; 2 J Cole (Telf) 31:33; 3 B Evans (Telf) 31:35
M40: 1 Ok Heeley (Am Ft) 31:55
TEAM: 1 Telford 45; 2 Kenilworth 110; 3 Bourneville 123
M40 TEAM: 1 Telford 58
Remaining Standings: 1 J Cole (Telf)
TEAM: 1 Telford
Promoted: Telford, Bourneville & Kenilworth
CHILTERN LEAGUE, Match 5, Oxford, February 8
The league’s ultimate match was held over the long-serving Horspath course with it steep up and later quick downhill runs and Marcus Shantry moved up from third within the January match to win this and relegate January winner Jed Noblett to a overwhelmed second.
While Bedford & County retained management of the league total, it was Wycombe Phoenix who got here out total on prime right here however there was an finish of time period feeling as numbers had been don on earlier rounds.
Within the senior girls’s occasion, it was Rebecca Murray who posted one other victory, her tenth in the previous few years.
The Denis Orme Trophy was awarded to Redway Runners who elevated their participation within the league by 53.5 p.c to 244. This was someway behind the membership with the most important numbers which was St Albans with 420.
Males: 1 M Shantry (Head RR) 31:34; 2 J Noblett (Lut) 31:49; 3 J Eykelbosch (Dac) 32:15; 4 M Cadell (Wyc P) 33:23; 5 C Lambert (Mil Ok) 33:27; 6 B Winfield (Lut) 33:28
M40: 1 T Lawrence (Chilt) 34:08
M50: 1 P Williamson (L Buzz Tri) 37:06
Div 1
Senior TEAM: 1 Wycombe 1607; 2 Headington RR 1527; 3 Milton Keynes 1438
Champions after 5 matches: Wycombe P
M40 TEAM: 1 Wycombe P 594
Champions after 5 matches: Chiltern
U20 TEAM: 1 Northampton 455
Champions after 5 matches: Northampton
U17: 1 2 M Kotrys (Mattress C) 20:04; 2 E Johnson (Chilt) 20:10; 3 T Beale (Mattress C) 20:33
Div 1 TEAM: 1 Mattress C 139; 2 Chiltern 93; 3 Milton Ok 55
Champions after 5 matches: Mattress C
U15: 1 T Ford (Chilt) 13:31; 2 E Langley-Aybar (Brack) 13:41; 3 F Hayward (Wyc P) 13:46
Div 1 TEAM: 1 Wycombe P 120; 2 Chiltern 112; 3 Mattress C 108
Champions after 5 matches: Chiltern
U13: 1 E Gibbs (Mattress C) 10:08; 2 J Docherty (Dac) 10:17; 3 C Treloar (St Alb) 10:40
TEAM
Div 1: 1 Chiltern 148; 2 St Albans 145; 3 Mattress C 129
Champions after 5 matches: St Albans
Total Males’s TEAM: 1 Wycombe Phoenix 1881
Champions after 5 matches: Mattress C
Ladies: 1 R Murray (Mattress C) 21:56; 2 E Butcher (Abing) 22:16; 3 G Bridge (Oxf C) 23:15; 4 M Blizzard (Mattress C) 23:29; 5 E Thompson (Banb) 23:34; 6K Rennie (Dac, W50) 23:37
W45: 1 R Cooke (Bucks & Stowe) 25:54
W55: 1 S Barnard (QPH) 27:25
W65: 1 G Heuter (Oxf C) 32:56
Div 1
Senior TEAM: 1 Mattress C 681; 2 St Albans 653; 3 Dacorum 622
Champions after 5 matches: Mattress C
W35 TEAM: 1 Dacorum 395
Champions after 5 matches: Dacorum
U20/U17: 1 S Chapman (Mil Ok, U17) 19:30; 2 E Ford (Chilt, U17) 20:07; 3 I Haines-Grey (Oxf C) 20:15
Div 1 TEAM: 1 Milton Ok 109; 2 Chiltern 98; 3 Dacorum 89
Champions after 5 matches: Dacorum
U15: 1 I Bennetts (Northampton) 15:12; 2 A Lorimer (Oxf C) 15:15; 3 O Geary (Mil Ok) 15:25
Div 1 TEAM: 1 Chiltern 74; 2 Mil Ok 64; 3 Watford 58
Champions after 5 matches: Chiltern
U13: 1 J McDougall Chilt) 11:15; 2 B Brinza (Dav) 11:20; 3 Z Tate (Wyc P) 11:26
Div 1 TEAM: 1 Chiltern 191; 2 St Albans 154; 3 Mil Ok 141
Total Ladies’s TEAM: 1 Chiltern 944
Champions after 5 matches: St Albans
Total TEAM (M&W): 1 Wycombe P 2497; 2 Chiltern 2496; 3 ST Albans 2471
Champion s: Bedford & County 17047
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Adam Hickey (Steve Wilkin)
ESSEX LEAGUE, Match 5, Hockley, February 8
Adam Hickey led his Southend membership to a different Essex League victory and did so by over a minute from staff mate Sam Norris.
It was the 2020 Inter-Counties silver medallist’s second league win of the winter to go together with his January Essex title and his membership received the general league championship.
Males: 1 A Hickey (S’finish) 28:56; 2 S Norris (S’finish) 30:00; 3 J Stewart (Hav’g) 30:11; 4 C Dhillon (Thurr) 30:46; 5 Ok O’Hara (Hav’g) 30:50; 6 D Schubert (S’finish) 30:55
M40: 1 N Filer (Col H) 32:18
M45: 1 L Taylor (S’finish) 32:23
M65: 1 P Tullett (Chelm) 39:34
M70: 1 D Butler (Invoice’cay) 40:57
TEAM Div 1: 1 Southend 45; 2 Havering 119; 3 Colchester 161
M40 TEAM: 1 Orion 128; 2 Havering 164; 3 Leigh-on-Sea 180
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Essex League
U17: 1 T Rhys-Jones (S’finish) 17:37; 2 F Greenleaf (Col H) 17:56; 3 R Evison (Bas) 18:18
TEAM (3 to attain): 1 Basildon 18; 2 Chelmsford 26; 3 Colchester 12 (solely 2 runners)
U15: 1 J Hearn (B’wooden) 14:58; 2 J Parrott (Chelm) 14:58; 3 J Delaney (Chelm) 15:23
TEAM: 1 Chelmsford 23; 2 Southend 53; 3 Basildon 68
U13: 1 G Bangs (B’wooden) 11:38; 2 C Lee (SS) 11:39; 3 S Brown (SS) 11:41
TEAM: 1 SS Athletics 19; 2 Chelmsford 35; 3 Havering 44
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Abby Rex (Steve Wilkin)
Ladies
1 A Rex (Bas) 26:22; 2 M Barker (Hav’g) 26:54; 3 M Williams (Chelm) 27:07; 4 S Williams (Grange F&D, W40) 27:23; 5 R Luxton (Chelm, W40) 27:25; 6 Z Oldfield (Lought, W45) 27:48
W50: 1 W King (Chelm) 31:39
W55: 1 M Lloyd (B’wooden) 31:52
W65: 1 C Kennedy (Orion) 33:28
TEAM Div 1: 1 Chelmsford 29; 2 Havering 30; 3 Leigh-on-Sea 95
W35 TEAM: 1 Chelmsford 65; 2 Loughton 88; 3 Orion 95
U17:
1 L Tyler (Col H) 19:46; 2 E Warn (B’wooden) 20:14; 3 M Thomas (B’wooden) 20:25
TEAM: 1 Chelmsford 23; 2 Southend 27; 3 Basildon 30
U15
1 S Smith (B’wooden) 16:09; 2 I Eida (Chelm) 17:20; 3 P Vines (Hav’g) 17:32
TEAM: 1 Brentwood Beagles 21; 2 Basildon 43; 3 Havering 54
U13:
1 S Bickerserstaff (B’wooden) 12:01; 2 I Kehoe (Chelm) 12:20; 3 S Owen (SS) 12:38
TEAM: 1 SS Athletics 21; 2 Colchester & T 27; 3 Chelmsford 32
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Liam White (1346), Bobby Babaker (985) (Mark Hookway)
KENT LEAGUE, Bromley, February 8
Japanese Championships runner-up Liam White had his largest win to this point when he comfortably received the ultimate league fixture at a moist and muddy Norman Park, Steve Smythe reviews.
The Tunbridge Wells Harrier led house a trio of Tonbridge athletes headed by Lewis Mills.
James Crombie and former UK under-18 800m record-holder Sean Molloy adopted intently, as Tonbridge simply received on the day and over the season within the 4 to attain occasion, although Medway and Maidstone received the 12-man trophy on the day.
Cambridge’s Bobby Babaker completed fifth regardless of very badly turning his ankle however had the comfort of successful the general league, as M50 Allan Lee led house the masters contingent in sixth total.
Chloe Sharp received her fifth successive league race and with it the ladies’ league title as she and Blackheath and Bromley continued their dominance of the ladies’s races.
Group-mate Millie Smith gained her fifth successive league runner-up spot as she once more adopted house Sharp and helped the hosts win each the 4 and 6 to attain staff occasions on the day and the season.
Kent Masters total champion and W50 Renata McDonnnell of Invicta accomplished the highest three.
Cambridge Harrier Amelia Lawrence was the main under-20 in fifth.
Males (7.7km): 1 L White (TWR) 26:53; 2 L Mills (Ton) 27:13; 3 J Crombie (Ton) 27:21; 4 S Molloy (Ton) 27:25; 5 B Babaker (Camb H) 27:28; 6 A Lee (Sev, M50) 27:31; 7 C Laing (Ton) 27:47; 8 J Walsh (M&M) 27:53; 9 A Webb (M&M, M45) 27:55; 10 J O’Hara (Bex) 27:59
M45: 2 D Kendall (Camb H) 28:06
M55: 1 S Male (Folks) 30:18
M60: 1 G Saker (Ton) 32:14
M65: 1 Y Marsh (Sev) 37:57
M70: 1 A Lawes (B&B) 41:10
TEAM: 1 Tonbridge 16; 2 Medway & Maidstone 45; 3 Cambridge H 52
12 to attain: 1 M&M 357; 2 Ton 403; 3 Blackheath & B 481
FINAL STANDINGS:
Males: 1 Babaker 27; 2 Walsh 30; 3 M Barry (CPA) 51
M40: 1 Webb (M45) 5; 2 Kendall (M45) 10; 3 B Shearer (Camb H, M45) 11
M50: 1 L Ercolani (B&B) 14; 2 D Varney (B&B) 16
M55: 1 A Rogers (M&M) 23; 2 O Van Zyl (Sev) 31
M60: 1 S Moss (Beck) 9; 2 S Neville (G Tri) 29
M65: 1 S Smythe (Camb H) 48; 2 Marsh 63
TEAM: 1 Ton 70; 2 Camb H 64; 3 M&M 63
12 to attain: 1 Ton 31; 2 M&M 26; 3 Camb H 24
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Chloe Sharp leads Millie Smith (Mark Hookway)
Ladies (7.7km): 1 C Sharp (B&B) 30:14; 2 M Smith (B&B) 30:59; 3 R McDonnell (Inv, W50) 32:01; 4 E Nash (TWH) 32:21; 5 A Lawrence (Camb H, U20) 32:25; 6 C Johnston (Maid) 32:30; 7 J Keene (B&B) 32:50; 8 E Hale (M&M) 33:30; 9 A Seager (Inv EK) 33:38; 10 H Behagg (Dart RR, W45) 33:48
W45: 2 E Owen (Ton) 33:58
W50: 1 A Farrall (TWH) 35:52
W55: 1 Ok Marchant (Beck) 36:46
W60: 1 T Taylor (TWH) 36:05
TEAM: 1 B&B 10; 2 Tunbridge Wells 36; 3 Ton 61
6 to attain: 1 B&B 84; 2 Ash &D 176; 3 Ton 197
FINAL STANDINGS:
Ladies: 1 Sharp 4; 2 Smith 8; 3 Johnston 26
W35: 1 H Shannon (Beck) 7
W40: 1 T Nguyen (B&B) 15; 2 L Aldred (A&D) 23
W45: 1 Owen 10; 2 E Brookes (CPA) 21
W50: 1 Ok Sugden (B&B) 44; 2 O Cockell (Swa) 55
W55: 1 Marchant 11; 2 G Manzotti (Ton) 24
W60: 1 R Baker (Camb H) 16; 2 C Bond (Camb H) 20
TEAM: 1 B&B 59; 2 Ton 51; 3 Beckenham 44
6 to attain: 1 B&B 33; 2 Ton 25; 3 Camb H 21
MIDLAND WOMEN’S LEAGUE, Division 1, Match 4, Aldersley, Wolverhampton, February 8
For one thing totally different the premier Midland Ladies’s League joined forces with the Birmingham males’s division second flight at Aldersley Stadium and the winner of the 2 earlier rounds Megan Marchant made it three in a row to safe the general title.
This was after a comparatively shut race with prime junior Isobel Jones, but it surely was the scholars of Loughborough College who once more got here out on prime within the staff stakes.
Ladies: 1 M Marchant (W Tempo) 24:08; 2 I Jones (W&B, U20) 24:13; 3 E Muzio (Lough) 24:26; 4 B Gunn (Bir) 24:48; 5 Ok Godge (Birm U) 25:23; 6 G Campbell (Strat) 25:27
W45: 1 Ok Edwards (Leam) 25:48; 2 D Sherwin (Stoke) 29:05
W50: 1 L Tait-Harris (W&B) 27:39
TEAM: 1 Loughborough U 42; 2 W Tempo 55; 3 Birmingham U 62
W35 TEAM: 1 Stoke 14; 2 Wolverhampton & Bilston 37; 3 Halesowen 46
Remaining standings: 1 Marchant
TEAM: 1 Loughborough U
DIVISION 2, Match 4, Coventry, Warwickshire, February 8
The second flight joined forces with Birmingham League males’s division 3 on the historic Coombe Abbey and, in solely her second outing for Coventry Godiva, junior Alison Kennedy got here out on prime however, within the staff stakes, Royal Sutton Coldfield once more got here out on prime.
Ladies: 1 A Kennedy (Cov G. U20) 24:26; 2 N White (N’brook, W40) 24:35; 3 L Routledge (RSC) 24:50
W45: 1 J Evans (Knowle & D) 25:00
W50: 1 J Stanfield (Trenth) 26:55
TEAM: 1 Royal Sutton Coldfield 59; 2 Northbrook 60; 3 Spa 76
W35 TEAM: 1 Trentham 22; 2 Knowle & D 33; 3 Spa 39
Remaining standings: 1 S Hurst (Cov G)
TEAM: 1 Royal Sutton Coldfield
SURREY LEAGUE Div 1, Match 4A, Epsom Downs, February 8
The highest flight divisions in each the boys’s and girls’s sections made a long-awaited return to Epsom Downs after beforehand being advised that the runners minimize up the bottom an excessive amount of at the moment of 12 months.
Thames Hare & Hounds’ second claimer Jeremy Dempsey, the 2024 Inter-Counties sixth placer, notched up his first Surrey League win as Belgrave Harriers received the staff plaudits on the day however couldn’t forestall holders Hercules Wimbledon finishing one other league championship victory.
There might have been an absence of ‘names’ on the head of the sector, however there have been nonetheless almost 250 runners from the ten competing golf equipment, however Woking and Epsom & Ewell had been somewhat out of their depth in Division 1 and drop down a tier for subsequent winter
Within the younger athletes’ races, Alex Lennon, the South of England champion two weeks earlier, once more led his Sutton & District membership to a different staff win within the under-17 age group after his third successive particular person victory.
Lucy Jones, the 2024 London Champion, scored one other league win, her third of the marketing campaign and did so by almost a minute over Belgrave Harriers’ Juliette Hodder. Her Herne Hill staff simply pipped their rivals within the staff stakes on the day, but it surely was Belgrave who took the general staff title.
Sabrina Coppola-Johansen, the South of England under-17 bronze medallist, took her third league win of the winter and with it the general particular person title.
Males: 1 J Dempsey (THH) 25:02; 2 S Bramwell Herne H) 25:12; 3 J Sanderson &G&G) 25:22; 4 A Royer (G&G) 25:26; 5 T Cooke (HW) 25:28; 6 S Gebreselassie (Belg) 25:31
M40: 1 P Wicks (Belg) 25:52
M50: 1 N Chisholm (THH) 28:02; 2 A Bond (Dulw R) 28:51; 3 S Winder (E&E) 29:01
M55: 1 T Sales space (G&G) 30:52
M60: 1 G Moyes (Herne H) 31:27; 2 M Tennyson (G&G) 32:14
M65: 1 S Bean (E&E) 35:322
TEAM (10 to attain): 1 Belgrave 196; 2 Hercules W 251; 3 Herne Hill 349
B TEAM: 1 Belgrave 93
Champion: Sanderson 24
M35: J Ramm (Dulw R) 6. M45: Chisholm (W50) 8. M55: 1 M Tennyson (G&G) 9. M65: Bean 6
TEAM: Hercules W
Relegated: Woking and Epsom & Ewell
U17/U15: 1 A Lennon (S&D) 13:30; 2 O Jermy (G&G) 13:41; 3 C Cull (S&D) 13:46; 4 T Creed (HW, U15) 13:49; 5 M Hudson (S&D) 13:53; 6 A McGuigan (HW) 13:55
U15: 2 H Allen (HW) 14:34; 3 S Dyson (HW) 14:40
TEAM (4 to attain): 1 Sutton & D 327; 2 Hercules Wimbledon 315; 3 Herne Hill 249
Champion U17: Lennon 3
U15: Creed 3
TEAM: S&D 1437
U13: 1 J Aldham (Herne H) 11;34; 2 A Different 11:38; 3 H Kucerov (Herne H) 11:39
TEAM: 1 Herne H 197; 2 HW 174; 3 Reigate P 155
Champion U13: M Harrison (HW) 4
TEAM: HW 663
Ladies: 1 L Jones (Herne H) 28:11; 2 J Hodder (Belg) 29:05; 3 S Tooley (Herne H) 29:15; 4 E Apsley (THH) 29:18; 5 E Fennelly (Belg) 29:19; 6 A Crane DMV) 29:24
W35: 1 G Bruinvels (S Lon) 29:31
W40: 1 G Reynolds (Herne H) 30:24
W45: 1 M James (S Lon) 32:16
W50: 1 S Biggs (Strag) 33:08
W55: 1 A Riddell-Webster (Ful) 33:21; 2 S McDonald (S Lon) 34;16
W65: 1 P Iannella (S Lon) 39:15
TEAM (5 to attain): 1 Herne H 49; 2 Belgrave 50; 3 Stragglers 108
Champion: Jones 3
W35: S Holt (Strag) 7. W45: C Grima (HW) 3. W55: C Elms (Kent, W60) 3. W65: Ianella 3
TEAM: Belgrave 186
U17/U15: 1 S Coppola-Johansen (E&E) 15:52; 2 Z Hughes (OPT) 16:09; 3 B Naylor-Davies (Wav’ly, U15) 16:26
U15: 2 I Kaur (S&D) 16:27
U17 TEAM: 1 Hercules W 32; 2 E&E 70; 3 Woking 75
U15 TEAM: 1 Waverley 48; 2 S London 68; 3 HW 71
U17 Champion: Coppola-Johansen 3. U15: Harrison 3
U17 TEAM: HW 169
U15 TEAM: Waverley 165
U13: 1 S O’Brien (Herne H) 12:04; 2 A Wall (HW) 12:13; 3 S Johnson (S Lon) 12:16
TEAM: 1 S London 21; 3 HW 28; 3 Herne H 66
Champion: J Wooden (HW) 4
TEAM: S London 108
SURREY LEAGUE, Match 4B, Croydon, February 8
Lloyd Park has been a banker venue for each the league and Surrey championships and, this time the three races for the decrease divisions of the boys’s league, went forward together with the ladies’s division 2.
Holland Sports activities’ Jack Kavanagh continued his successful streak within the league and led his membership to a staff win and promotion to the highest flight.
There he’ll discover issues a bit more durable however his high quality would possibly properly assist his membership succeed subsequent winter when different current promoted golf equipment have failed.
The margin of victory this time, from his Holland Sports activities’ second declare membership mate Kieran Barnes, was a lot lowered, as prime veteran Andy Coley–Maud who has switched from Guildford & Godalming after doing the identical from Clapham, adopted to make it an Holland Sports activities 1,2,3.
Ranelagh Harriers, a earlier ever-present in Division 1 are condemned to a different season out of the limelight after ending third within the ultimate standings.
The decrease divisional girls additionally raced and it was Hannah Norman, from London Metropolis who got here out on prime
Males Div 2
1 J Kavanagh (Holl Sp) 27:12; 2 Ok Barnes (Holl Sp) 27:25; 3 A Coley-Maud (Holl Sp, M40) 28:07; 4 B Chapman (Croy) 28:42; 5 J Gordon (Clap) 28:45; 6 P Symonds (Croy) 28:50
M45: 1 D Woolmer (Walt) 30:18
M50: 1 C Blackburn (Holl Sp) 29:49
M60: 1 S Corfield (SoC) 34:53
TEAM Div 2: 1 Holland Sports activities 151; 2 Croydon 250; 3 Clapham Chasers 271
B TEAM: 1 Clapham 102
Champion: Kavanagh 3
Promoted: Holland Sports activities & Croydon
Relegated: Wimbledon Windmilers & Striders of Croydon
Males Div 3 and 4
1 D Evans (DMV) nt; a Wright (Rei P) nt; 3 S Rolaston (Rei P, U20) nt
M40: 1 T Harvey (Ling, M45) nt
M50: 1 C Axe (Elmb) nt
TEAM Div 3: 1 Reigate Priory 172; 2 London Metropolis 344; 3 Dorking & MV 348
B TEAM: 1 Reigate P 167
Champion: S Rollaston (Rei P) 8
Promoted: Reigate Priory & DMV
Relegated: Tadworth & Sutton Striders
TEAM Div 4: 1 Lingfield 180
Promoted: Elmbridge & Lingfield
Ladies Div 2/3: 1 H Norman (L Metropolis) nt; 2 R Keddie (Ok&P) ; 3 L Drummond (Eps O) nt
W45: 1 E Proto (Holl Sp) nt
W50: 1 S Alexander (Ling) nt
W55: 1 D Wilkinson (Elb) nt
W65: 1 M Statham-Bwrry (Ling, W70) 40:27
D2 TEAM: 1 Dulw R 66; 2 -on-Tri 66; 3 Holl Sp 97
Promoted: Fulham Tri & Dulwich R
Div 3 TEAM: 1 Elmbridge 54; 2 SoC 89; 3 26.2 RRC 95
Promoted: Elmbridge & 26.2 RRC
Begin Health Metropolitan League, Trent Park, February 8
Jamie Dee, son of worldwide Billy Dee and from a working household, was solely ninth within the earlier Met League at Welwyn however he made no mistake at Trent Park, AlastairAitken reviews.
It was a tough race within the mud and driving chilly rain, however Dee was at his greatest on the day with 398 finishing the mud strewn course, together with Stuart Man on the age of 80.
Highgate Harriers scored all their 12 within the first 25 locations to win the occasion outright for the 13th 12 months working.
London Heathside had usually been normally the winners of the ladies’s race in the previous few years however Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets got here house not just for the primary staff within the senior girls’s league but in addition had the second staff in as properly!
Ciara Boyd-Squires was first girl house.
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Ciara Boyd-Squires (Mark Easton)
WEST MIDLANDS YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE, Match 5, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, February 9
Archie Lane, who retained his Midland’s title final month, made it 4 wins in a row as one other common winner within the league Fred Jones received the under-15 occasion after lacking that Midland championships.
Additionally not competing bin this 12 months’s Midland was Olivia McGhee, the 2023 under-17 champion, who had a cushty girls’s race victory right here.
U17 Males: 1 A Lane (Leam) 15:56; 2 G Wagstaff (B&R) 16:37; 3 S Lambert (Strat) 16:40
U15: 1 F Jones (W&B) 11;31; 2 J Smith (Leam) 11:42; 3 W Hovell (Strat) 11:48
U13: 1 R Hawley (W&B) 8:30; 2 F Stanton (C&S) 8:35; 3 J Yang (W&B) 8:39
U17 Ladies: 1 O McGhee (R&N) 14:44; 2 J Wright (Bir) 15:16; 3 L Smith (Stoke) 15:32
U15: 1 G Hendy (W&B) 12:50; 2 Z Bratt (Stoke) 13:07; 3 L Dundas (Stoke) 13:11
U13: 1 B Lamb &R&N) 9:32; 2 L Pearce ()W&B) 9:38; 3 E Rudkin-Wilson (R&N) 9:45
SUSSEX LEAGUE, Match 5, Brighton, February 8
Stanmer Park is at all times the fall-back possibility for the league with its powerful chalky hills and steep downhill plunges and Brighton & Hove Metropolis’s James Turner took benefit of native information to steer his membership to a sequence of staff wins.
It was his first race following an eleventh spot within the World 100km championships in Bangalore in December.
The ladies’s race once more additionally included, the under-17 girls and Ava James made it a Brighton & Hove double with a slim victory over Imogen Matthews.
It was James’ second win of the winter league after successful the November fixture within the colors of Lewes AC.
Within the youthful races, Isabella Buchanan, who was second within the delayed English Nationwide under-13 championships in December, notched up her third under-15 league win of the marketing campaign.
Males: 1 J Turner (B&H) 29:14; 2 J Burgess (Lerwes) 29:44; 3 S Heath (Phoe) 30:06
M40: 1 Z Arasaretnam-Hale (B&H) 30:34
M45: 1 N Boniface (B&H) 32:24
M50: 1 S Turk (Steyn) 31:59
M55: 1 G Godden (B&H) 35:32
M60: 1 J Burrell Lewes) 36:05
M65: 1 T Hicks (Hay H) 43:18
M70: 1 T Linturn (Craw) 46:32
U20: 1 R Monti (B&H) 30:53
TEAM Div 1 (6 to attain): 1 Brighton & H 35; 2 Phoenix 124; 3 B&H B 124
M35 TEAM: 1 B&H 9; 2 Phoenix 19; 3 Worthing 30
M50 TEAM: 1 Phoenix 22
U17: 1 F Matthews (B&H) 18:54; 2 T Barnett (B&H) 19:14; 3 A Khursheed (B&H) 19:24
TEAM: 1 B&H 6; 2 Horsham BS 21; 3 Crawley 24
U15: 1 G Armstrong-Smith (E’brne) 14:20; 2 F Lumber-Fry (E’brne) 14:21; 3 B Roberts (E’brne) 14:25
TEAM: 1 Eastbourne 6; 2 Chich R 21; 3 Lewes 27
U13: 1 F Nottage (Craw) 13:03; 2 G City (Crow) 13:27; 3 S Gill (B&H) 13:32
TEAM: 1 Crawley 12; 2 B&H 26; 3 Chich R 45
Ladies: 1 A James (B&H, U17) 20:50; 2 I Matthews (Chich R) 20:55; 3 F Pearce (E’brne) 21:32R Petrova (E’brne, U17) 20:21
W40: 1 A Dixon (HY) 22:15
W50: 1 L Schofield (B&H) 22:03
W60: 1 J Harrop (Chich R) 25:01
W70: 1 S Baker (Chich R) 35:24
U20: 1 A Barrett (Chich R) 21:55
U17: 3 A Cox (Craw) 22:19
TEAM Div 1 (4 to attain): 1 B&H 24; 2 Chich R 53; 3 Phoenix 60
W35 TEAM (3 to attain): 1 Area 18; 2 Lewes 21; 3 Hy 31
W50 TEAM: 1 B&H 12
U17 TEAM: 1 Crawley 15; 2 B&H 24; 3 Phoenix 40
U15: 1 I Buchanen (Hy) 15:48; 2 E Hutchingson I(Hast) 16:03; 3 I Wheeler (Horsh) 16:23
TEAM: 1 Hy 14; 2 Chich R 30; 3 Crawley 37
U13: 1 S Widdows (B&H) 13:37; 2 E Bartholomew (Lewes) 14:10; 3 A Skelton (Hy) 14:23
TEAM: 1 Hy 26; 2 Phoenix 33; 3 B&H 36
LINDSAYS SCOTTISH MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Dundee, February 8
M40 (8km): 1 D Hastie (Gala) 26:07; 2 I Whitaker (Edin) 26:57; 3 D Macaulay (Cors) 27:01
M45: 1 G Baillie (E Kilb) 27:38; 2 S Johnston (Edin) 27:45; 3 A Fallas (C’thy) 27:47
M40-49 TEAM: 1 Edin 43; 2 Cors 50; 3 Metro 54
M50: 1 S Brember (Centr) 27:53; 2 B Brodie (Bella H) 28:47; 3 J Carter (Cambus) 28:58
M55: D Gardiner (Moth) 29:16; 2 S Cairns (HBT) 29:48
M60: 1 C Upson (Cambus) 29:39; 2 G Matheson (Falk VH) 32:38; 3 M McQuaid (Falk VH) 33:10
M50-64 TEAM: 1 Centr 34; 2 Cambus 50; 3 Perth R 52
M65 (6.4km): 1 C Donnelly (Cambus) 25:24; 2 J Farquhar (Pit) 27:11; 3 B Aitken (Fife) 27:12
M70: 1 A Martin (Fife) 29:23; 2 M Hammond (PHRC) 31:05
M75: A Sutherland (I’ness) 31:37; 2 R Marshall (Morp) 35:25
M80: 1 R Younger (Clyde) 35:47; 2 Ok Naismith (HHR) 38:19; 3
W40 (6.4km): 1 H Leigh (I’ness) 24:34; 2 S Inexperienced (Hala) 24:40; 3 M Sandison (Spr’nrn) 24:57
W45: 1 Ok Barden (Gala) 25:52; 2 Ok Kelly (Kil’okay) 26:19
W40-49 TEAM: 1 HBT 28; 2 Garsc 46; 3 Dund R 58
W50: 1 C Heasman (Helen) 26:41; 2 J Menzies (PHRC) 27:01
W55: J Dunbar (Edin) 26:44
W60: 1 F Matheson (Falk VH) 27:34; 2 C Moss (Moorf) 28:20; 3 H Ritchie (Fife) 29:52
W65: 1 I Burnett (C’gie) 30:57; 2 M Taggart (Dund R) 32:10; 3 M Martin (Fife) 32:28
W70: 1 S Linklater (Shet’d) 33:17; 2 M Fleming (Pit) 40:33
W75: S Boyd (Kil’okay) 40:20
W50+ TEAM: 1 Edin 27; 2 Giff N 37; 3 Gala 38
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