Recent Results

Middlesex Vets XC Champs Ruislip 4 February 2012

Some good results with the V50 Men coming 3rd and John Clarke gaining an individual 3rd as well. Full report at this link
17. Dave Wilcock - 31.31 M50 (5th) 52. Chris Violet - 35.37 M40
24. Michael Martin - 32.25 M40 62. John Clarke - 37.25 M60 (3rd.)
25. Pete Ellis - 32.29 M50 67. John Fuller - 38.37 M60 (5th.) (92 finished)
42. Mel Davies - 34.08 M50

SE AA X-C Champs Brighton 28 January 2012

Our full results are attached here. The Ladies finished one place lower then last year, but with 2 excellent runs from Jo & Karen both in the top 100. The Senior Men finished 25th some 13 places and 300 points better underlining a good all round team performance. I have also picked out the following.
U13 Boys U15 Boys U17 Boys Junior Men
115 Rufus Kent 12.01 131 Thomas Butler 17.34 29 Philip Crout 21.43 (SBH) 1st Nial Fleming (ex BDAC) 26.03
192 Luke Murphy 16.14 149 Ben Boxer 25.51
  Steve Harris's full race report is here  

Four Villages Half Marathon 22 January 2012

52nd Will Morris 80:39 (80:27 chip)

Fred Hughes 10m Road Race St Albans 22 January 2012

  42 Des Michael V60 64.46 224 Philippa Horton 76.50 Action photos at this link
  90 Mel Davies V50 69.02 245 Cath Perry 77.36
155 Nick Bingham V60 73.34 365 Tony Hamilton V70 83.33
188 John Owen V60 75.07 439 Linda Dworowski V45 87.05

Chingford League Race 5 Epping Forest 21 January 2012

Conditions were not as bad as last year but it was certainly the muddiest race we have done this season. The womens team was somewhat decimated with only 4 Barnet runners however those who made it put in a good performance. The Women Senior team still lead overall but a good turnout is required at Victoria Park if they are to stay ahead of the pack.
The Senior Men A Team were 3rd and B Team 2nd however the Vet Men were first to move ahead of Orion Vets by 1 point in the overall standings.
Richard McCormick remains first Senior & Vet, Andy Cunningham 1st Supervet (V50) and Nicola Froud 1st Supervet (V45).
Jo Kent has a bit of work to do at Victoria Park if she is to get back on top of the Senior & Vet categories. Full results here
Next Fixture Victoria Park - February 18th - 5 mile Road (a little short) - please try and make it if you can.
Richard and Heather

Metropolitan League Race 4 14 January 2012

Full results from all races are here Barnet individual and team positions are here 
Another good run by Alex by the looks on a cold but dry day.

Hertfordshire XC Champs Fairlands Valley 8 January 2012

Some excellent results across the ages and throughout the day with the highlight being the Gold Team medal won by our U11 Girls team of Florence Ham (2nd place), Mia Groom (3rd place), Scarlett Kent (7th) and Annalisa Mack (20th). Both Mens and Ladies Senior teams did well to gain Silver medals, with the Men lead home by Alex Horton in 6th and the Ladies by Jo Kent in 5th. Both Alex, Jo and Karen Murphy all gained County selection. Well done to them. Individually there was also a fine 2nd place by George Groom in the U13 Boys. The U11 Boys team also competed well finishing a close 4th team and Charlotte Michael also ran well individually finishing 7th in the U17 Girls.
Full results of all the races are here
Our individual places and those of our 2nd claim members are in the attached.

Middlesex XC Champs - Wormwood Scrubs - 7 January 2012

Full results at www.middlesexaa.org.uk
U17 Men - 6K approx: - Senior Men - 12K approx:-
22 Ben Boxer - 22.37 77 David Wilcox 48.29
Senior Women - 8 K approx:- 90 Peter Ellis 49.54
46 Sandra O'Connor - 42.44 105 Michael Martin 51.00
51 Sarah Boxer - 43.55 115 Mel Davies 52.24
60 Linda Dworowski - 46.47 126 Laurence Scheyvens 54.31
(67 finished) 139 John Clarke 57.42
1.Highgate; 2. Harrow; 3. Thames Valley Harriers (155 finished) 1. Highgate; 2. Harrow; 3. Hillingdon ..........10. Barnet and District.
  If there had been awards for oldest team and best turned-out team we would have walked
  away with them.
Special mention to Chris Stott for coming all the way not to officiate but simply to support. - John Clarke

Wheaton Aston Roman 10k 27 December 2011

16th Will Morris 36:37
478 finished.

Boxing Day Handicaps Club House 26 December 2011

Over 40 entered the senior race on a mild December day in sharp contrast to last year! A few did not finish and a couple were disqualified for starting too early (how did that happen!) The popular winner was Ann Stephenson who regularly trains with Maggie’s Saturday group and who was instrumental in organising the ladies’ Christmas get together at Brooklyns, Cockfosters. A deserved winner whose son runs for Shaftesbury; ”he’s never won a trophy like this!” she remarked. Click on photos to the right for the winner and her trophy!
Ever present on Boxing Day, Kim Henderson came 2nd with her triathlon star daughter Katherine 2nd fastest lady in 11th place. It was great to see Bob Taylor and Jim Cunningham complete the course in respectable times after injury and a group of James and Jo’s middle distance runners finishing in fast times, the best of the bunch being Tom Butler sporting his “lucky” shorts. Senior Results
In the youngsters race the surprise winner was Chinwe Iwunze who was given a favourable handicap on account of her being a talented 10yr old sprinter/jumper. Maybe she’ll become another Jessica Ennis? Aidan Parker beat Scarlett Kent in a fast , determined finish to come 2nd. The fastest finisher outside the top three was Analissa Mack in 7m 50secs.    Junior Results
Our thanks go to Chris and Mel for organising the distribution of numbers and afterwards for calculating the results. Thanks again to Dave Wilson who is a Grade 1 timekeeper and comes from Hemel Hempstead to assist us every year.
Boxing Day wouldn’t be the same without the cakes and tea, so our thanks to Ginny and Bob Taylor and James’ fiancée, Clare for serving us, not forgetting Jose, Kirsty and Linda for organising the bumper raffle. Another of our Club’s wonderful traditions. Steve Harris

Metropolitan League Race 3 Ruislip 17 December 2011

Alf Palmer Memorial race - 5000m - Horsham - 17 December. 2011

3 Steve Allen M55 26:28.1 80.98% (best as M55 athough I have recorded 25:48 for a road 5k)
See full report on Race Reports page here

Andy Reading 10k. Chesterton. 11 December. 2011

154. John Owen. 45.00.

SEAA Masters XC Croydon 10 December 2011

Vet 50 Race Vet 60 Race
14 Andy Cunningham 39.06 3 Des Michael 41.01
20 Dave Wilcox (3rd V55) 39.42 5 Liam O'Hare 41.33
27 Peter Ellis 40.35 17 John Clarke 47.12
Team 3rd Team 1st

SEAA Inter Area XC Croydon 10 December 2011

U17Girls
46 Charlotte Michael 22.33

Oak Hill Park Park Run 10 December 2011

Garden City Xmas 5 mile Welwyn Garden City 4 December 2011

North West London YA League Trent Park 3 December 2011

The first day to feel like a real cross country event. After a night of rain we were fortunate in the weather staying dry for our fixture. New faces helped give Barnet and District a good showing in this third event of the league. With two of the Castang triplets unwell Archie gave a spirited performance pinning his number on as his race was being called.
The Under 17 men fielded a good team. It would be great if the Under 17 women could field a team to build on the work done by Charlotte Michael.
Thank you to all the young athletes, and their families and friends who help them get to the meeting. Michael Martin - Results are here

Fraternity Cup and Soreity Cup Trent Park 3 December 2011

If you hadn’t heard the good news, - it was a Barnet clean sweep in the Fraternity and Sorority Cup matches yesterday -with the ladies retaining their title.
The Fraternity cup’s engravings go back to 1978 and Barnet’s name is not on the it – so we’ll have to refer to the club archivists to find out when it was last won by the host club.
Full results for both matches are here and well done to all for this rare double!

British & Irish Mastrs International XC Bellahouston Park Glasgow 26 November 2011

151 Des Michael 33.16 - 15th V60 - running for England for the 5th time - an excellent achievement

North West London YA League Alexandra Palace 26 November 2011

I would like to congratulate our young athletes for their performances and particularly to thank Tim Butler and Sarah Boxer for signing everyone in on the day.
Results here
Michael

Chingford League Race 4 Alexandra Palace 26 November 2011

A much more interesting race than usual in many team categories, with more clubs fielding strong teams. It would change the league dynamics significantly if Heathside regularly turned out in such force!
Barnet Women once again won both the Senior & Vets teams although Eton Manor and Trent Park were very close. Good win for the Men Vet team keeping Orion at bay, Seniors had to settle for 4th. Full results here.
We are now leading all the individual categories :
 Jo Kent Senior & Vet Nicola Froud SuperVet
Richard McCormick Senior & Vet Andy Cunningham SuperVet
 

London Cross Country Champs Parliament Hill 19 November 2011

Great turnout from our Mens and Ladies teams - and some very good performances - as individuals and as a team (look at the clubs that finished behind us). The ladies finished an excellent 5th overall, led home by Jo Kent in 16th place and Nicola not far behind. The men finished a commendable 8th,led home by Richard McCormick in 32nd with Alex closing in behind. We continue to be blessed by fine dry weather - how long can it last? Full results - here - including all YA races.
Best individual performance of the day though has to go to George Groom who finished 6th in U13 Boys for London Borough of Barnet.
I have tried to pick out our YA places - please let me know if I have missed any. U15 Girls
U13 Boys U15 Boys 36 Sophie Parker 8.23 U17 Boys
6 George Groom 7.08 58 Thomas Butler 11.27 40 Gaia Casciello 8.24 31 Alex Emanuel 17.32
U13 Girls 68 Oliver Formby 11.37 99 Hetty Rudman 9.36 46 Ben Boxer 18.13
91 George Emanuell 9.09 139 Will Martin 13.10 131 Lydia Herridge 10.14

Metropolitan League Race 2 Stevenage 12 November 2011

Full results from the Senior Mens race were delayed in being made available due to problems in the funnel area.Places between 130 & 250 are still regarded as suspect but have now been posted to Powerof10, which I have now used. Full results are at this link, whilst our results are below.
U17 Girls Senior Ladies Senior Men 316 Lawrence Scyheyvens V40 36.09
 9 Charlotte Michael 16.18 29 Kath March 24.26 85 Alex Horton 28.44 354 John Owen V65 40.33
33 Olive Curran 20.44 Team Div 3 - 5th 159 Will Morris 30.48 363 Ted Kimber V70 43.23
Team 9th 258 Jerry Bryan V50 33.43 366 Tony Hamilton V70 44.05

Park Run Oak Hill Park 5 November 2011

2. Chris Manning 17.53 V40 77.45%
4. Luke Vincent 20.33 U20 64.88%
11. John Owen 23.56 V65 71.38%

Chingford League Race 3 Hog Hill 1 November 2011

Once again convincing wins for the Womens A Team and Vets Team with Jo Kent first home for Barnet in 2nd place followed by Nicola Froud and Karen Murphy. The men were 2nd in all 3 categories , A & B and Vets Teams, with Orion taking the honours. Orion have acquired some new blood following the disbandment of Walthamstow AC and are proving tough to beat. Results here
The race was won by Paul Martelletti of VPH / New Zealand in 15.44 who used it as a training run following his recent 2.16.49
in the Berlin Marathon.
Next CL fixture is at Alexandra Palace Nov 26th which will be a joint fixture with the NWLL. Get some hill training in !!
Richard & Heather
We also had a select group of Young Athletes competing in the earlier races - full YA results are here but our results are below:
U13 Girls U13 Boys U15 Boys
9 Scarlett Kent 8.15 3 George Groom 6.28 6 Thomas Butler 11.38
Team 3rd 10 Rufus Kent 6.57 - Team 3rd Team 4th

Poppy 5km Charity Run Trent Park 30 October 2011

I would like to thank all those who supported the Poppy Run yesterday. We totalled 114 entries in this first year. I hope you all enjoyed yourselves and I congratulate everyone for doing an extremely good deed on this, the 90th year of the Royal British Legion.
There are some fantastic photos of you all on http://sportsnaps.com/  (NB: You don’t need race number to view photos)
Full report to follow - but full results are here.
Martyn

North London XC Champs Kingsbury 29 October 2011

A good turn-out from both Men & Women on a plesant dry afternoon, with a win for the Mens Vet team, lead home by RIchard McCormick in 13th overall and 3rd Vet. Helen Hoyle led home the Ladies, with a fine 16th and the Ladies Vets team finishing just outside the medals in 4th.
Full results here

Bexley Winter Race Walk League Race 1 5k Road 23 October 2011

Here's a result from the weekend - I still seem to be grinding out a bit of an improvement technically and am as fit as I have been for some time (body behaving well!) - probably training as hard as I ever have and getting away with it at present.
4 Steve Allen 1st O/55 25:48 (PB - previous best 26:15 road and 26:09 track) AGE-GRADED 82.97% (that's a PB, too) 22 finished

North West London YA League Harrow 22 October 2011

The sun shone brightly on the first race of the North West London Cross Country League at the Roger Bannister stadium in Harrow. We started the new season with a great turn out. Thank you to all who helped ensure such a good showing for Barnet and District.
Full report and Barnet YA results are here
Full results are here
Michael

South East Police Sports U.K.
South East Police Sports U.K.5.3m X-C Thetford 19 October 2011

5 Des Michael V60 34.53
 
 

Club Road Handicaps Seniors Victoria Park 16 October 2011

Not quite as many competitors as might have been desired for this event, one of the Club’s oldest competitions, taking place on its traditional date in October. Sarah Boxer was first home in a time just over a minute faster than her winning time last year. I believe this is the first time that anyone has won this event in consecutive years. A fast finishing Jerry Bryan in coming second, expressed his delight at , “at last getting a medal”. John Clarke put in a workman like performance to come third. Fastest on the day was the evergreen Dave Wilcock. - Results here
Thanks to Ted & José for officiating; the two Steves, Sandra and Tom for marshalling, Bob for providing the refreshments and Martyn for coordinating.

Chingford League Race 2 Trent Park 15 October 2011

Well done to the Senior Women & Vet women, quality performances - although they are almost the same teams...
Despite an extra strong and large team the Senior Men could only manage 2nd to Orion and even worse the Vet Men 2nd by 1 point also to Orion.
It is quite simple what we need to do - RUN FASTER !!
See you at Hog Hill - November 1st.
Richard
In all we had 51 runners out - which was more then 25% of the total field and one of the best ever turn out's for a Cross Country event that I can recall ( We had 54 at the Stevenage MWRRL this summer) - Thanks to Sue for co-ordinating the numbers at the start. It was also great to see so many Barnet vests spread out around the field on the warm down, just need to find some more of that energy for the race. Full results are here and our individual results are here.
YA results are here - highlighting some excellent runs from with Alex 3rd in the U17 Boys, closely followed by Ben, Thomas & Oliver only 1 second apart in the U15 Boys in 7th and 8th and Rufus Kent a fine 5th in the U13 Boys.

Club Road Handicaps Young Athletes Trent Park15 October 2011

A lovely sunny, Saturday morning saw many a surprised face as the Clubs Young Athletes were informed that their usual Saturday Session was being substituted for the YA Club Road Handicap race. This was the second year that this annual race was held in its new format. Steve Harris lead the 38 strong field in a gentle and fun warm up before the serious business could begin. Mel’s organisational skills ensured that the competitors set off in the correct order in times allotted to them by the big bad handicapper; James Taylor!
Dexter Kelly put in a awesome and gutsy performance to lead the field home by a big margin with a relaxed looking Stephanie Allen, having time to smile as she crossed the finish line, in second place - this despite a hard battle to chase down those who set off in front of her. A surprised looking Inglian Hasani came home in third – however, there was no need to be taken aback as he should expect to reap the rewards from such a terrific effort. Sophie Parker had a fantastic run, posting the fastest girls time (and fourth fastest overall !)and a slick performance from Oliver Formby saw him post the fastest Boys time, some 29 seconds quicker than last year’s best time.
Well done to all who took part and to those who helped on the day. - Full results here

Bucharest Inernational Half Marathon 9 October 2011

63 Jerry Bryan M50(5th) 91.40
69 Rob Scott M40(8th) 94.08 (PB)
89 Laurence Scheyvens M40(10th) 96.30 (PB)
The half marathon had a total of 766 finishers.
 

Orienteering Trail Challenge - Half Marathon - Richmond Park 9 October 2011

23 Steve Allen 2:01:12 M55
24 Karen Bradley 2:01:13 W45 - 2nd woman
39 started 34 finished

Liverpool Marathon 9 October 2011

81st Will Morris 3:10:52 First half in 1:34:12

Enfield Race Walking League 5 miles Lee Valley 8 October 2011

5 Steve Allen 42:53 M55 (PB by 27 secs) 44 finished

Metropolitan League Claybury 8 October 2011

U17 Women Women Men
12 Charlotte Michael 18.00 43 Helen Hoyle W45 25.12 202 Keith Turner V50 32.47
Team 9th Team 5th (Div3) 322 John Murphy V40 39.32
 See photo to right - full results here   Vets Team 3rd (Div3) Team 11th (Div3) Vets 10th (Div2)

Chingford League Race 1 Hog Hill 4 October 2011

BMAF Exmouth 10k 2 October 2011

59th Des Michael 2nd M60 in 38:15 - Full race report here

Standalone 10k Letchworth 2 October 2011

A big turnout from club members at this popular local road race where over 1000 finishers battled against the un-seasonal heat. I hope I have picked out all our results - here - Picture to the right of some of our runners. Click on the image to enlarge.

Garden City 10 Welwyn Garden City 25 September 2011

SEAA Vets Road Relays Aldershot 25 September 2011

3 reasonably strong teams made their way to Aldershot for the relays and it was the V60's who came back with a bronze medal, with our V50's just getting pipped and having to settle for 4th. Good runs all round. Special mentions to Tim Butler, recruited only the day before & to Nick Bingham who just got back from Greece late the night before & was reserve until Sat a.m.
Des
M40 results here - M50 results here - M60 results here

Club Track & Field Champs Hemel Hempstead 18 September 2011

Appears that this was a pretty well supported event this year. Full results are at this link. I am sure all who competed were grateful to our officials and coaches for running the event.

St Albans Cross Country Relays 17 September 2011

Yes the winter season has arrived. Usually this is a blast round a completely dry course on a warm Indian summers afternoon. This year it was mild and after the earlier rain there was already mud in a couple of sections. In the past this used to be a really well attended event with teams from across North London and the Home Counties, but numbers were well down this year and speaking to the organiser I know that Herts Phoenix were disappointed in this. Not withstanding this our ladies competed well to be 2nd with an excellent first leg from Nicola. Our men also had 2 teams and a great run from Michael Martin saw him grab our fastest time. Our results are here

Enfield Mayors 10k & 3k, Forty Hall Enfield 11 September 2011

10k 3k Age 10/11
3rd Richard McCormick 1st Annalisa Mack
n/k Rob Mack
Hope to have more detailed results if I can find them...

100Km Winschoten, Netherlands 10 September 2011

188. John Owen 11.34.24

Fairlands Valley 5k Series Race 3 1 September 2011