Recent Results

Watford Open 12 June 2013

200m Race 5 5 Eric Nganyezi 23.04 800m Race 10 3 Ben Boxer 2-11.35 HJ 7 Sian Sinclair U15G 1.35m
6 Daniel Gubbay 24.94 Race 12 5 Alex Horton 2-05.85

SCVAC Meetg 3 Lee Valley 10 June 2013

Inspired by stand in Team Manager Steve Harris, the Vet Men joined the Vet Ladies in winning at this the 3rd vets meeting of the year, and at the same time and by 1 more scored point (thanks to Des for standing in at the very last minute in the V50 400m for the injured Ty) move to the top of the overall standings despite being on equal match points, again alongside our Vet Ladies team. Well done to all who took part tonight and I am sure Dave will be looking for a strong finish at the final meeting at Hemel in a few weeks time to ensure that both teams make it to the finals in Ashford later in the summer. Full results are here

Karrimor Great Trail Challenge Keswick 9 June 2013

As will be reported in more detail in the Club Magazine the 'Team Stevo' Ladies and Men did him and us proud in this tough 11k Fell Race, with Alex 3rd in the Open Mens race and Jo Kent 1st in the Ladies race. Overall results are as below.
17 Alex Horton 47.39 30 Jo Kent 54.00 76 Karen Murphy 61.15 541 Hannah Sheriden 93.08
18 Will Morris 47.45 38 Jamie March 56.29 102 Cath Perry 64.58 557 Alun Johns 95.00
25 Chris Birkinshaw 53.39 39 Kath March 56.29 172 Philippa Horton 68.58

St Albans Half Marathon 9 June 2013

Three of Maggie's ladies ran the St Albans Half Marathon, plus Tony Hamilton. Lisa Wilson - chip time 2:13:57 and Lynne Morris - 2:13:44. I ran with Tony and we both did 1:58:00 which was a PB for me (Ros de la Bertauche)

MWRRL Race 2 Royston 4 June 2013

Another reasonable turnout with 13 ladies & 29 men, this time the weather was warmer but with a strong wind & due to road works there was a diversion making the course long - circa 6.6m. Jonney led the team home in 7th place with Alex not far behind in 9th (good to have Seniors not Vets leading the team). We had a strong ladies team with Jo, Maggie & Nicola all finishing in the top10. Well done to all our runners wherever they finished – you are all part of the team. Thanks to John Fulcher & Mel Davies for helping David at the finish. Unfortunately there are some problems with the results & some times are not correct, hopefully this will be sorted soon.
Men finished 4th Team, Ladies 2nd, Male Vets 3rd & Lady Vets a great 1st. Overall we are still in 4th position, But it is very close between 2nd – 4th teams. We had some good individual results:- Des Michael & Nick Bingham were 1st & 2nd MV60, Jo Kent, Maggie Cooper, & Nicola Froud 1st, 2nd & 3rd FV45 (Karen M 4th FV45)
Maureen Shirley was 1st FV65 - Full results are here and at the MWRRL website

Watford Open 29 May 2013

100m Race3 6 Lawrence Taylor V50 14.06 1500m Race 2 11 Scarlett Kent U13G 5-50.41
100m Race4 3 Andrew Eleftheriou U17 12.24 1500m Race 3 14 Mia Groom U13G 5-30.76
1500m Race 4 7 Rufus Kent U15B 5-07.30

BUPA London 10k Road Race 27 May 2013

A mild dry sunny morning in London, ideal conditions for a good run so you would think - aside from the strong breeze off the Thames. All had promised that they had not gone too hard at the first MWRRL the previous Thursday - but most still missed their target times, some by more then others! Still a PB for Jonny Yeates, and a 2nd best ever for Will, with Richard 5th V45 & Jo K 7th W45. Also some good runs from some of Maggies group. If I have missed anyone please let me know! Team positions Men 35th of 100 teams (or 34th including Will) and the Ladies an excellent 22nd of 69 teams. Individual placings and times are as follows:
149 Will Morris 34.50, 159 Richard McCormick 35.02, 182 Adrian Mason 35.27, 189 Jonny Yeates 35.38, 210 Alex Horton 35.55, 248 Raj Patel 36.34, 323 James Taylor 37.36, 1116 Rob Prater 44.24
Ladies positions 81 Jo Kent 40.18, 112 Kath March 41.35, 127 Karen Murphy 42.08, 135 Nicola Froud 42.25, 175 Karen Bradley 43.58, 337 Phillipa Horton 48.56, 834 Sue Hamblin 53.34, 852 Victoria Gray 53.58, 1037 Rosamond de la Bertauche 55:03, 1806 Ursula HIrschkorn 59:22, 2770 Kim Hunt 01:04:27, 2791 Tracey Deeks 1:04:35, 2793 Tracy Nottage 1:04:36,
4065 Liz Purkis 01:13:05,
Photo below is of Richard McCorcmick at BUPA10k with pony tail hair...

Bupa Westminster Mile Races 26 May 2013

SCVAC Meetg 2 Lee Valley 20 May 2013

Another close match with the Men coming 2nd by 4 points from Enfield - probably by missing one thrower in the V50 and the Ladies winning again. Full results are here

Southern Athletics League Match2 Ipswich 18 May 2013

It was a dark day for the Barnet & District Southern League Team, with only one woman (Sue) making up the womens team resulting in a lowly 4th place with 59.5 points.
1st Ipswich 215.5 2nd Basildon 211 3rd Wycombe Phoenix 191 4th Barnet & District 59.5
The men tried their best with some great performances, even more impressive the below were competing for the first time in their respective events :
Kalam Abdul Quarnain 400H 64.5 Kalam Abdul Quarnain 110H 21.5 Mark Cunningham 400H 78.8 Eric Nyangezi Pole Vault 2.20
Mark Cunningham, a seasoned pole vaulter, well he has done one previous competition, claimed an U17 record with his 2.40 jump.
Individual reults at : http://www.southernathletics.org.uk/2013_division2n.html (sorry Mark they have me down as 400h b string and also note that Eric N ran the 400m A string - a bit much to ask Kalem to do both) We have slumped to the bottom of Division 2 North....there is only one way to go from here...yes upwards (not relegation!). Next match is much closer to home - Luton June 15th...lets have a big turnout.

BMAF Road Relays Sutton Park 18 May 2013

Great runs by our W65 team to win the BMAF title at Sutton Park. Whilst unchallenged they did set a new Course Record
W65 - 1-19.34 CR M65 - 1-06.05 M55 17 John Clarke 21.47 Winning team are pictured.
1 Karen Faloon 22.39 10 Nick Bingham 21.10 13 Peter Ellis 19.35
1 Pauline Lygo 28.59 8 John Shirley 22.23 11 Dave Wilcock 18.05
1 Maureen Shirley 27.56 9 John Fuller 22.32 10 Des Michael 19.14

Watford Open 15 May 2013

Early 800m results pinched from the Facebook page courtesy of Will Morris - apologies if I have mistyped the times, were a bit unclear.
Heat 10 - 2 Alex Horton 2-05.63 Heat 9 - 6 Danny Digweed 2-12.03 Heat 3 10 Laurence Sheyvens V45 2-34.56
6 Will Morris 2-07.90 8 Thomas Butler (U17) 2-13.99 Heat 1 12 John Clarke V60 2-59.86

Herts Pentathlon Champs Hemel Hempstead 11 May 2013

We had one competitor at the Herts Pentathlon Champs - U13 - Ruari McElhatton who finished a very respectable 8th and a total of 769 points. Well done.
800m 2-47.3, 75m Hurdles - 17.1. HJ - 1.09m, LJ - 3.63m, Shot Putt - 4.64m

Herts County U13, 1500m, Vet Track Champs & Open Events Stevenage 6 May 2013

A good number of athletes young and old took part at the first County Track event of the season in warm conditions at Stevenage with a number coming away with top 3 finishes, including Shak Benjamin, Finn Harvey, Mia Groom, Scarlett Kent in the U13 events and Ty Holden and Steve Allen in the Vets. Our results are here and full results here

Pednor 5m Road Race inc Herts Champs Pednor 6 May 2013

20 Jerry Bryan V50 32.39 Mens Team 5th
40 Rob Scott V40 35.21 Clare Boutle W35 was also 25th in the Ladies Race in 44.05
46 Joe Gomes V40 35.48 Full results are here
87 Steve Allen V50 42.17 Steve A also took part in the 5 mile Road Walk and finished 6th in 46.31 and as a result 2nd in the Combined Walk/Run in 88.48

BUCS Champs Bedford 4 May 2013

400m Heat 5 - 3 Liam Thompson 51.40 4 Eric Nganyezi 52.57

SCVAC Meetg 1 Lee Valley 29 April 2013

A closely fought night of athletics - with the Men coming equal first with Enfield and the Ladies a tight 2nd to Herts Phoenix by a couple of points. Full results are here
and our results are here

UK National 20k Walk Championships Coventry 28 April 2013

6 STEVE ALLEN (M55) 1:55:43 PB and CR And no sign of Steve slowing down!

Southern Athletics League Match 1 Uxbridge 27 April 2013

Good start to the season with a solid 3rd place, men & womens individual results attached here
1st Hillingdon 200 2nd London Heathside 182 3rd Barnet & District 136 4th St Albans 111
Despite being the first match of the season there were some club records under threat, Louis's victory in the 100m in 11.00 (club record 10.85) and the mens 4 x 100 relay win in 45.2 (club record 44.7). Erica Gollard looked very strong and had great wins in the 1500m (5.19.8) and 3000m (11.09.9).
Well done to all who competed, next match Sat May 18th at Ipswich. We are trying to organise travel, maybe a minibus. Richard M

London Marathon 21 April 2013

Whilst those at the front of the Senior Men Elite race suffered badly from setting off at 2-02 pace - our gallant runners had more sensible runs and performed well in what appeared to be ideal running conditions - at least from where I was standing. Well done to you all and special mention to Jo Kent who was an excellent 6th in the Ladies W45 category and John Owen who was 9th in V65's and to Will Morris who led the Barnet charge with an excellent 2hr 47. The results I could find for us are here. John Owen has also pointed out that 2nd claim member Grant Ramsey now a V40 ran an excelent 2-40.51. Photos courtesy of Pauline Michael are here including the one with Prince Harry..

Hertford Charity 10k Road Race Hertford 14 April 2013

80 John Shirley V60 49.59 269 Marueen Shirley V55 63.40
168 Tony Groom V40 56.33

Sandy 10m Road Race Sandy 7 April 2013

66 Jerry Bryan V50 66.17

England Masters Indorrs Inter-Area T&F Lee Valley 7 April 2013

A number of our spritely vets represented SC VAC in this inter area match and scored some good points,
V50 V70
800m 1 Dave Wilcock 2-18.7 2000m Walk 1 Steve Allen 10-22.7 Long Jump 2 Roger Bruck 3-38m
1500m 1 Andy Cunningham 4-32.0 High Jump 1 Roger Bruck 1-20m
3000m 3 Andy Kelleher 9-54.7

VPH 5m Road Race Vicotria Park 6 April 2013

A spring day with sunshine = near perfect conditions for road racing. A decent turnout with 11 of our road stars taking on this fast course, led home by Will Morris in an excellent 29th. Provisional results are here and see our Facebook page for some action photos.

Trowse 10k Road Race 31 March 2013

20 Des Michael (V60 - 1st) 39.17 163 Kirsty Johnstone (W50 - 2nd) 49.02
Still 2/3 of the year to go but so far, my UK Masters rankings: 1/2 Mar – 9th, 10 Miles – 6th, 10km – 8th, 5 Miles – 5th

Des Michael's 4 Championship Races in 11 days 10 - 20 March 2013

Hi Guys – don’t know how I got away with this at my age? 63 on 6th March. 4 Championship Races in 11 days! 
Sun 10 – Lydd, Kent: BMAF ½ Marathon Champs – 1:25:54 (1st M60) 43rd/592
Wed 13 – Stanborough, Wel Gdn City: SEPSUK* Regional XC Champs – 5.6M, 39:57 (1st M60) 5th/28
Sun 17 – Willian, Letchworth: Herts Vet’s XC Champs – 3.8M, 25:40 (1st M60) 1st/23
Wed 20 – Cofton PK, Birmingham: PSUK National XC Champs – 7.5M, 53:05 (1st M60) 70th/222 * = South East Police Sports UK

European Masters Indoors San Sebastian 19/24 March 2013

V50 800m Heat 3 Andy Cunningham 2-11.53 V55 3k Walk 5 Steve Allen 15-41.31
V50 800m S/F 5 Andy Cunningham 2-11.90 V55 5k Walk 9 Steve Allen 27:07.00
V50 800m Final 8 Andy Cunningham 2-11.69
V50 1500m S/f 4 Andy Cunningham 4-31.97
V50 1500m Final 14 Andy Cunningham 4-39.89 (and ready for a lie down on the way home after 5 races in 4 days)

Orion 15 XC Epping Forest 23 March 2013

It was mud, mud, mud. Plus snow, wind, rain and cold. Our times were all well down on last year's times. There were just 233 finishers - 322 last year, 326 in 2011. Oh well, that's the Orion 15 for you.
8 Alex Horton 1:44:08 128 Catherine Perry 2:19:23
11 Richard McCormick 1:45:19 182 Heather Dawson 2:30:14
70 Paul Carter 2:04:59 189 John Owen 2:33:15
118 Karen Bradley 2:17:13 195 Philippa Horton 2:35:18
121 Laurence Scheyvens 2:17:48

Herts Vets XC Letchworth 17 March 2013

Men V40 2 Richard McCormick 29.02 Ladies W40 5 Karen Bradley 28.39
Men V60 1 Des Michael 25.40 Ladies W40 16 Kirsty Johnstone 32.31
Men V60 7 John Fuller 31.16

Middlesex Indoor Track & Field Lee Valley 17 March 2013

60m Seniors 4th Heat Eric Nyangezi 7.60 60m U20 5th Heat Christopher Castro-Neto 7.74
200m 2nd Heat Eric Nqanyezi 23.06 1500m 3rd Final Ben Boxer 4-39.38
3rd Final Eric Nganyezi 23.13

Herts Indoor Track & Field Champs Lee Valley 17 March 2013

U15 800m 3rd Rufus Kent 2.35.37 U17 Girls LJ 4th Olive Curran 4.52m
U17 800m 4th Mark Cunningham 2-19.62 U17 GIrls TJ 2nd Olive Curran 9.63m

Mizuno Reading 1/2 Marathon 17 March 2013

113 Adrian Mason V45 (5th) 77.41 (Chip 77.33) 11116 Ann Stephenson F50 2-44.49 (Chip 2-23.57)
7874 Ros de la Bertauche F60 2-16.00 (Chip 1-59.31) 11675 Tracey Deeks F45 2-46.56 (Chip 2-26.03)
9510 Jane Richardson F35 2-26.15 (Chip 2-09.46)

Finchley 20 Hillingdon 17 March 2013

23 Will Morris 2-04.27 69 Jo Kent 7th Lady 2-14.54
38 Alex Horton 2-07.17 124 Nicola Froud 13thLady 2-26.04

UK National 10m Walk Champs Victoria Park 10 March 2013

I managed to finish 8th in the UK 10 mile championship at Victoria Park yesterday - another poor entry for a national event with our top two 20k walkers opting for Lugano next weekend although Dan and Dom King who are competing there also, but under their own steam having failed to get selected for the GB team, did appear, to finish second and third behind Irishman Michael Doyle. I got outsprinted for 6th and 7th by Chris Hobbs and Steve Arnold - but I would point out that they had not raced 75 minues earlier in the BMAF indoor championships! Yes, our national bodies had managed to schedule the 2 races on the same day despite the fact that over 80% of the UK field were likely to be veterans. Ian Richards, the M60 winner at Lee Valley also attempted the double but failed to make the start in time (Local Knowledge 1 SATNAV 0) whilst my fellow UK 50k champion in 2012, Maureen Noel, did make it as our passenger but then got Disqualified at Victoria Park.
I was pleased to get within a minute of my PB in the 10 miles (it's not a great PB it must be said) despite the earlier race and the extreme cold. Endurance is definitely going better than speed at the minute but then my training is entirely geared at present to making a good fist of defending my UK 50k title in Coventry in July.
BMAF championships - Lee Valley - 10th March (13.00)
3000 walk 4th Steve Allen (1st M55 - 18th national age-group title) 15:59.48
UK National 10 miles championship - Victoria Park - 10th March (14.15)
8th Steve Allen (M55) 93:50

Kind regards

BMAF Track & Field Champs Lee Valley 9 & 10 March 2013

Meanwhile inside in the warm - 10 of our top Vet Track & Field athletes were battling it out for medals and came away with 5 Golds and 3 Silvers. Our winners included Dave Wilcock M55 800m & 1500m, Andy Cunningham M50 800m, Steve Allen M55 3000m Walk and Ann Bolitho W70 200m - Our results are here

Milton Keynes Half Marathon 10 March 2013

102 Paul Carter M45 85.41 1970 Simon Cooper M55 2-09.54
1869 Graham Barnett M55 2-07.12 2319 Paul Doyle 2-20.48

Middlesex Vets XC Mad Bess Woods Ruislip 9 March 2013

Four Barnet runners competed in the Middlesex Masters XC Championsips excellently hosted once again by Hillingdon AC.It's a lovely low-key event with an end-of-term feeling, and is usually our last cross country of the winter. This year there was plenty of mud, as well as the two long hills which are each climbed three times. There was one race for all age groups, men and women combined. Our best individual performance was by Mike Stapleton who finished 11th. overall (5th M50), and who would probably have finished a few places higher if he hadn't got stomach cramp or stitch in the last mile - probably through eating a banana less than one hour before the start. He's still young and will learn from the experience. Our M50 team were 4th. Barnet results :-11th. Mike Stapleton 31.50; 23rd. Michael Martin 34.09; 47th. Pete Ellis 36.44; 69th. John Clarke 39.14 (4th. M60) 104 (men and women) finished. Full results attached John C

Inter - Counties XC Cofton Park Birmingham 9 March 2013

Unsurprisingly - muddy conditions again faced our intrepid 5 who were selected to run for Herts in the Inter - Counties ( assuming I have not missed anyone). Great runs by you all.
U13 Boys - 227 Rufus Kent 12.10 Senior Women - 206 Jo Kent 33.07 Photos of ladies race courtesy of David Crout - here
U15 Boys - 99 Thomas Butler 17.37 221 Karen Murphy 33.27
Junior Women - 119 Charlotte Michael 26.19 Junior Men - 174 Alex Emanuel 30.35 186 Ben Boxer 31.27 (Middlesex)

Bath Half Marathon 3 March 2013

Four ran in the Bath Half - I'm never cetain whether it's Gun or Chip times that are needed so here's both.
93 Alex Horton Gun 1.16.27, Chip 1.16.18
97 Will Morris Gun 1.16.54, Chip 1.16.45
264 Jo Kent Gun 1.24.18, Chip 1.24.08
548 Karen Murphy Gun 1.30.20, Chip 1.30.16 11061 finished - yes, really!

Chingford League Relays Highams Park 2 March 2013

In second place in the league, with sizeable gaps to first and third, there was little at stake on Saturday. Nevertheless, there were some things to note. It was good to see Yitzac and Alex back in the team after some time away - but I’m afraid you’ll both have to wait till October for your next winter season race. Our team selection on the day proved just right all the way through the four teams. When did this last happen? Selection was by John Clarke after lengthy consultation with athletes. Clearly, this is the way to do it.
Andy Cunningham was our fastest by a whisker as we finished 3rd team behind Trent Park and Orion. Trent Park, only fourth in the league, surprised us with this win. A marker for next season? Maybe, but they’ll have to do it over seven races, not just one. Our B team was first B team and our veterans (Richard, Costa, Andy C and Andy K) were first veterans. Each club’s fastest four veterans, in whichever team, scored as the club’s veteran team.
Our final league positions, after seven races, are as follows: A team, 2nd; B team, 2nd; Veterans, 1st. It’s a good result and we deserve it - achieved by solid, consistent efforts in seven races across the winter season. We turned out in the cold and snow when others didn’t. Full results are attached, our results are here.
Barnet’s Women were 3rd and 3rd veterans.
The team managers’ pennant this week goes to James Taylor who has run in most of our races this winter season and ran another good race on Saturday. Well done James.

BMAF South of England Indoor Track Champs Lee Valley 24 February 2013

Meanwhile in the warm and dry of Lee Valley - Andy Cunningham was winning the V50 800m and Dave Wilcock the V55 and there were medals for many of our athletes.
60m 200m 800m 1500m Triple Jump
V50 4 Ty Holden 8.14 V50 3 Ty Holden 26.91 V50 1 Andy Cunningham 2-11.69 V50 2 Andy Cunningham 4-29.58 W55 2 Christine Salvery 7.11m
W55 4 Christine Salvery 10.33 W50 2 Mary Brown 31.35 V55 1 Dave Wilcock 2-13.53 V60 6 John Clarke 6-02.68
W70 2 Ann Boltho 11.48 400m V60 5 John Clarke 3-01.89
W50 3 Mary Brown 73.81

National XC Champs Sunderland 23 February 2013

In the end only a small contingent of Barnet athletes made their way North to take part in the major XC Race of the year. Conditions were very difficult and beneath approx. 3 inches of snow it was very muddy. Snowing and very cold early on. Ceased snowing and very marginally warmer later. Despite these challenging conditions there was a remarkable run from George Groom to finish 4th in the U13 Boys race - an outstanding achievement and only 17 seconds behind the winner. Full results of all races are here
Under 13 Girls: Mia Groom - A very creditable 136th out of 264 runners in a time of 14:01
Under 13 Boys: George Groom - A superb 4th out of 205 runners in a time of 11:24 only 17 sec behind the winner from Tonbridge
Senior Men: Joe Gomes 654th in a time of 59:17
Laurence Schyvens 821th in a time of 1:03:40
Rob Scott 823th in a time of 1:03:41
I believe 1085 runners finished in the Senior Men’s Race Photos from the Senior Race showing the cold and appalling conditions are here

SCVAC Indoor Track & Field Champs Lee Valley 17 February 2013

M50 3000m 1st Andy Kelleher 10 min 20.3 sec
M50 1500m 1st Andy Kelleher 4 min 51.1 sec
l'd never raced indoors prior to this competition and l was fairly pleased with the results. Andy K

BMAF 10 mile Road Champs Lytchett Manor (nr Poole) 17 February 2013

2nd M60 Des Michael 1:05:59.

Southern XC Champs Parliament Hill 16 February 2013

It was undoubtedly one of the muddiest Southerns ever. Probably not the worst - but not far off. Even the team tent seemed to be parked in a sea of mud. There were a number of excellent runs throughout the day - Finn Harvey's 75th in the U13 Boys despite being an U11 was exceptional, and there was a really good run from Thomas Butler, 35th in the U15 Boys. Good to see that we did also finish a team in the U13 Boys. Well done all. In the Senior Ladiies Karen Murphey led the team home in 75th and with close packing from Karen Bradley, Helen Hoyle and Kath Henderson saw them finish an excellent 12th. The Senior Men also went for close packing, and indeed at the end of the first lap there was a procession of the 6 scoring Barnet men all within a few places of each other. Alex Horton had a much improved run and led the way in 128th, and with the team in by 209th, saw them finish 11th, their best position for many years, helped by the fact that only 31 teams closed, compared to the 70 to 80 that is normally the case.Full results are here John Clarke's Race report is here and photos are here

Metropolitan League Race 5 Northwood 9 February 2013

It was time to do or die. Our team went to the start line with a job to do. In this final Metro league race we must hold second place in Division 3 to win promotion. Every member of the team played their part and we did just that. We are in Division 2 next season. It was a new course in the grounds of Merchant Taylors’ School at Northwood. Course notes promised “superbly maintained playing fields, stream crossing, lakeside path”. Very nice, and what’s more, we had our new red shorts bearing the Barnet club logo. Will Morris ran a great race to lead the team home in 58th place. Alex Horton was 100, Raj Patel was 101 and Costa Michael was not far behind at 110. It was eight to score and we finished 8 in 224. We thought this would be enough but we didn’t know. Saturday night would be an anxious time. The results were on the league website just before midnight and it was good news. We had held second place to win promotion. Full Results here & Barnet Men positions here. There is a veteran competition too. We finished first team in Division 3 and win promotion to Division 2. The senior and veteran competitions are quite separate. A club’s senior team can be in Division 1 and it’s veteran team can be in Division 3. Veterans score normally as seniors in the senior competition. Barnet women’s team is also promoted from Division 3 to Division 2 and the veteran team, too is promoted from Division 3 to Division 2, led home on this occassion by Karen Murphy in 37th supported by Phillipa Horton in 100th. For photos click here

Watford Half Marathon 3 February 2013