We hope that everyone who went away over the summer had a lovely break and that you are refreshed and ready for the upcoming season. Our track refurbishment project has been a success and winter training has began. There was much to celebrate during August for those athletes who were still competing – well done, as always to everyone who competed.
Essex 5k Road Championship
The Essex 5K road championships in Colchester saw lots of amazing running taking place! The event started with a one mile race which some of our juniors took on. Liam Worth was 6th in his U11 age group – 6:38, Danel Esterhuysen was 1st in her U9 age group – 7:14 and Freya Brewington was 3rd in the same age group – 7:55
In the 5k events – U13 Madison Kindler was first u18 in the elite female 5k with her run of 17:54. That competitive race also saw brilliant runs from U13 Lianne Esterhuysen – PB of 18:16, U13 Jess Davidson – 18:36, U17 Zara Morley PB of 18:39, U20 Jemimah Knightbridge PB of 19:18, U15 Aria Sabado PB of 20:00.
The open 5k race also saw brilliant Beagles performances – U15 Ollie Johnson ran a PB of 17:46, Sen Mark Tredgett ran a PB of 17:59, Vet Simon Knightbridge ran 18:13, U17 Matthew Jones ran a PB of 18:24, Vet Elliot Worth ran 20:07, Vet Neil Zaayman ran a PB of 20:21, Vet Stuart Crowther ran 21:09, U15 Adam Armour ran 21:17, U15 Amber Walker ran a PB of 22:12, U13 Emily Brewington ran a PB of 22:36 and Vet Sarah Goodey ran a PB of 25:29. Special thanks to Daniel Esterhuysen .on photography duty!
English Nationals – U15/17
The English National age group Championships in Birmingham were a great end to the main competitive season for our athletes. Huge congratulations to Evie Warn who won bronze in the U17 1500m steeplechase. A brilliant effort which saw her take a decisive lead before an unfortunate water jump after which she showed real resilience to stay in the medals. Well done Evie – 5:22.63. Also running well at nationals over 1500m, and contending well with large competitive fields, were U15 Heidi Woodley – 8th in 4:39.48 and U17 Olivia Forrest – 11th in 4:43.71.
Olivia also ran over 3000m and successfully retained her title for the third successive year.. A tactical race with some excellent surges and a brilliant sprint finish – 9:45.79. Well done!
U13 Southern Intercounties
Congratulations to several of our Beagles who made their county debuts with some brilliant performances at the U13 southern intercounties event in Walton.
In the 1500m girls event, it was A string gold for Madison Kindler – 4:42.0 and A string silver for Sophia Davies – 4:54.0. Lianne Esterhuysen took the B string gold with her run of 5:03.00. Isabella Davies ran as a non scorer in the 800m and came 3rd in 2:39.0. Max Cheetham took silver in the 100m – 12.08 and jumped well in the long jump – 4.53m.
Funetics Challenge Norfolk
August saw a test event run by Athletics Norfolk of the new Funetics multi-challenge format. Young athletes from all over the East region took part and our young Beagles were amazing with the girls under 10 finishing in second place overall thanks to the brilliant performances of Elise Gosling 2nd overall, Anaiya Obika, 3rd overall, Margot Zaayman 10th overall and Milena Nevill 15th overall. Full results as follows:
Elise Gosling (U10) – 50m – 8.5, 400m – 1:17.5, Standing long jump – 1.70m, Howler throw – 22.21m
Anaiya Obika (U10) – 50m – 8.4, 400m – 1:20.1, Standing long jump – 1.84m, Howler throw – 14.70m
Margot Zaayman (U10) – 50m – 8.5, 400m – 1:25.7, Standing long jump – 1.68m, Howler throw – 12.43m.
Milena Nevill (U10) – 50m – 8.9, 400m – 1:27.9, Standing long jump – 1.75m, Howler throw – 10.24m.
Sean Connor (U10) – 50m – 9.4, 400m – 1:28.0, Standing long jump – 1.54m, Howler throw – 15.76m.
Patrick Connor (U12) – 75m – 13.9, 600m – 2:24.5, Long Jump – 2.25m, Howler throw – 10.90m
Oliver Nevill (U12) – 75m – 12.2, 600m – 2:10.4, Long Jump – 3.68m, Howler throw – 26.69m
Southend Open
It was a fantastic Bank Holiday Monday in Southend for our Beagles who were taking part in the Open event. With options for athletes from under 7 to veterans it was a great opportunity for a late season competition.
Huge congratulations to:
Albert Heighton U13 800m – 2:40.90 (PB)
Freya Brewington U7 50m – 9.72 (1st)
Krish Patel U9 60m – 10.39 (2nd)
Elise Gosling U11 75m – 12.29 (1st), 600m – 2:08.93 (2nd), 150m – 23.94 (2nd)
Anaiya Obika U11 75m – 12.02 (3rd), 150m – 24.14 (3rd), Long jump – 3.06m (PB)
Evie Foley U11 75m – 11.67 (2nd), 600m – 1:57.64 (1st), Long jump – 2.87m (PB)
Natanya Itiola U13 100m – 13.71 (2nd), 200m – 28.10 (1st / PB), Long jump – 3.94m (PB)
Max Cheetham U13 100m – 12.17 (1st), 200m – 25.34 (1st). Long jump – 4.48m (1st)
Joseph Olaoluwabowale U15 100m – 12.95 (PB), 200m – 27.01 (PB)
Liam Worth U11 600m – 2:19.94, 75m – 13.04
Gabriel Lander U11 75m – 12.07
Lianne Esterhuysen U13 1500m – 5:10.94 (1st)
Emily Brewington U13 1500m – 5:36.81 (PB / 3rd), Long Jump – 2.79m
Grace Lander U13 1500m – 6:03.31
Demi Eves SW 1500m – 4:51.33 (1st)
Zara Morley U17 1500m – 5:06.42 (1st)
Feargus Addicott U17 1500m – 4:51.19
Sophia Davies U13 1500m – 4:48.09 (1st)
Elliot Worth VM 1500m – 5:08.53 (1st)
Danel Esterhuysen U9 400m – 1:24.79 (2nd)
Daisy Willingale U17 200m – 28.28 (1st), Long Jump – 4.84m (PB / 1st)
Eleanor Angeli U17 Shot – 7.70m
Adam Armour U15 Discus – 17.66m (PB / 2nd)
Jessica Arnold U15 Discus – 25.26m (PB / 3rd)
Well done all and a huge thank you to Daniel Esterhuysen for the photos!
Blackheath and Bromley Open
The August Blackheath and Bromley open saw four good Beagles performances. Freddie Bangs (U13) picked up a 6 second PB over 800m – 2:33.52. Stuart Carter sprinted over 100m – 13.14. Isabel Forrest (U17) picked up an outdoor PB over the mile – 5:31.28 and Olivia Forrest (U17) was first female – 4:59.15.
Loughborough Open
George Bangs (15) travelled to the Loughborough Open for a brilliant new 800m PB – 2:12.34.
Monument Mile
The prestigious Monument Mile event in Scotland saw U13 Jess Davidson run 5:30.06 and U13 Madison Kindler who ran a new PB of 4.54.55 extending her own age group record.
Crown to Crown
The August Crown to Crown 5k event saw Ollie Johnson finish as first U18 male with his run of 19:16 – he was also 4th overall. Zara Morley finished as first female U18 with her time of 20:20.
Watford Wednesdays
Another two beautiful Wednesday nights in Watford saw some more great runs from the Beagles.
Starting with the sprints, Stuart Carter continued his good run of recent results with a 100m effort of 13.04. U23 Owen Adams had the world champion (Jamaican Antonio Watson) in his 400m race and whilst he was a few seconds behind him, he still ran a brilliant 50.42.
In the 800m races, there were good runs from U15 Amalie Twydell – 2:42.16, U15 Aria Sabado – 2:33.60, U13 Lianne Esterhuysen – 2:35.15 and U13 Jess Davidson – 2:28.33. U13 Madison Kindler also raced over the distance and picked up a 2 second PB running 2:14.84.
Over 1500m we saw some really exciting and competitive races. Well done to U15 George Bangs on his new PB of 4:30.30, to U13 Madison Kindler on her PB of 4:30.13, to U13 Jess Davidson on her PB of 5:03.08 and to U13 Sophia Davies who also ran a PB of 4:43.96. We also saw some lovely runs from U17 Zara Morley – 4:59.11, U15 Heidi Woodley – 4:29.0, U15 Amalie Twydell – 5:20.99 and U17 Isabel Forrest – 5:11.56.
Over 3000m, U15 Will Hughes ran a brilliant PB of 9:28.11, whilst U15 Sophie Bickerstaff looked strong over the distance with her run of 10:43.42 and U20 Max Sanderson was also running well – 8:40.04.
Serpentine 5k
he August Serpentine 5k saw three Beagles taking part. U15 Matthew Jones finished 36th with a good run of 18:56, U13 Emily Brewington ran a massive PB – 20:28 and U15 Daisy Middlemiss was also running well – 22:38.
BFTTA
The BFTTA open saw Max Cheetham produce some superb performances and new PBs across 3 different sprint distances – firstly 7.62 over 60m making Max the fastest U13 boy this year over the distance. Two sprints over 100m – 12.12 and 11.86, and then a 150m sprint of 18.26. Also in action at the event was U17 Mattie Delea who ran 55.78 over 400m.
Northstone Running Festival
Congratulations to Amalie Twydell who finished as first female in the
Parkrun & junior parkrun roundup (2/3 August)
We start our weekly round-up in Suffolk where Jude Hearn (17:37) was in fine form at Bury St. Edmunds parkrun, finishing 1st by over 30 seconds, well done Jude! We also had tourists in Norwich at Colney Lane where Tamar Barclay (23:04) finished 2nd female and at Castle Park in Hertfordshire where Adam Armour (20:35) took 19th. In Burton-on-Trent, Liam Worth (26:39) and Elliot Worth (26:40) were taking on the event at Battlestead Croft.
Closer to home, we had runners at local events with a large turnout at Chalkwell Beach. In a competitive field, Robin Smith (16:53) was 7th despite such a fast time, while Summer Smith (17:16) was in exceptional form finishing 9th overall and 1st female. Not far behind her was Heidi Woodley (17:41) in 11th, while Olivia Forrest (17:54 PB) secured a course best in placing 15th. Isabel Forrest (20:27 PB) also ran well to take her fastest event time, with Blossom Smith (21:44) similarly running strongly to finish 9th female.
Just the 2 runners at Brentwood as Robert Barke (27:21) placed 34th and Joshua Barke (27:58) 37th. At Raphael, Simon Knightbridge (18:03) was 3rd, Emily Brewington (22:12) 40th, Harry Collier (29:46) 177th, Stuart Bennett (30:18) 184th and Emma Dyos (30:41) 189th. Meanwhile at Chelmsford, Oliver Weston-Stokes (20:22) ran well to finish just inside the top 50, with Poppy Horton (30:53) also running well. Finally, at Billericay, Luca Tredgett (20:28) did well to take 7th, with Mason Tredgett (23:22) 45th and Cameron Kidd (23:25) 49th.
On Sunday, we had 7 of our junior runners at Harrow Lodge with a Beagles 1-2. 1st across the line was Jude Deal (07:37) with Ezra-Zion Gooch (08:03 PB) in 2nd. Jack Collier (08:30) finished 10th, Willow Smith (08:34) 11th, Harry Collier (08:46) 12th, Olly Deal (09:27) 20th and Finley Smith* (09:31) 22nd.
At Hutton Rec., Leo Rowell (08:02 PB) ran well to take 2nd with Jesse Rowell (08:16) 3rd. Elise Gosling (09:35) took 10th, Jessica Thomson* (09:55) 13th, and Joshua Barke (10:15) 18th. Finally, touring at Rutland Water juniors was Liam Worth (08:43), finishing 6th.
Our 5k male age-graded performer of the week was Simon Knightbridge (82.36%), while Summer Smith achieved a superb 91.02% rating for her run. Summer’s time was also the 15th fastest UK parkrun ever in the U15 category, congratulations! On Sunday, our female 2k performance of the week went to Willow Smith (79.32%) and male to Jude Deal (75.84%). An explanation of age grades can be found here.
Parkrun & junior parkrun roundup (9/10 August)
With the good weather continuing, plenty of our Beagles were out enjoying their 5k & 2k runs at the weekend. Starting on the south coast at Poole, Ethan Wilson (28:38) was making his debut run at the event, while in Suffolk, Robert Barke (24:30) and Joshua Barke (30:41) were also appearing as first timers at Bury St.Edmunds. At Gunpowder Isla Johnson (25:38), Ollie Johnson (same time), and Paul Johnson (25:39) were also taking on a new course. Meanwhile at Barking, Emma Dyos (29:43 PB) and Stuart Bennett (34:24) were both in attendance.
At Chelmsford, Oliver Weston-Stokes (19:40 PB) was in good form finishing 23rd and taking 6 seconds off his course best from 9 months ago. While at Brentwood, we had 3 runners with Phil Price (21:19) taking 4th, closely followed by Jude Deal (21:25) and Dylan Hussain (24:19) in 25th.
Over at South Woodham Ferrers, Tamar Barclay (23:03) ran well to place 15th and 1st female while finally at Wickford Memorial, it was the Brooks Brothers’ show as Scott Brooks (17:43 PB) took 1st and Kurt Brooks (18:35 PB) 2nd. Finally at Billericay, Oscar Gander* (20:52) ran well to finish 12th, just 11 seconds outside his course best while Liam Worth (24:45 PB) took 1:23 off his previous best in finishing 65th, with Elliot Worth (24:48) next to cross the line.
On Sunday, the sunny weather continued and there was a good show of runners at Harrow Lodge with 3 new course bests recorded. Jude Deal (07:26 PB, by 3 seconds) finished 2nd, Emily Brewington (07:54 PB, by 1 second) 6th and Ezra-Zion Gooch (08:02 PB, by 1 second) 7th, all ran strongly. There were more great runs to come with Jack Collier (08:37) 9th, Harry Collier (09:00) 15th, Olly Deal (09:02) 17th, Lily Tyler (09:05) 19th and Freya Brewington (10:00) 31st. There was further strong running at Hutton Rec as Leo Rowell (07:46) finished 2nd and Jesse Rowell (08:05) 3rd, while just a short distance behind were Nadia Price (08:34) in 6th and Liam Worth (08:47) in 7th. Jessica Thomson* (09:25) took 13th, Max Morris (09:27) 14th, Chloe Thomson* (09:56) 20th and Joshua Thomson* (10:31) 25th.
Just the one runner at Lake Meadows as Sage Kernohan (14:36) finished 86th while finally at Chelmsford, Adam Armour (07:36) took 8th, just 6 seconds outside his best time at the event.
Our 5k male age-graded performer of the week was Jude Deal (73.70%), while Tamar Barclay achieved a 67.25% rating for her run. On Sunday, our female 2k performance of the week went to Emily Brewington (76.26%) while completing a weekend double was Jude Deal (77.71%). An explanation of age grades can be found here.
Parkrun & junior parkrun roundup (16/ 17 August)
A quieter weekend for our parkrunning Beagles with no doubt many away enjoying a summer break. However, we still had plenty of great results to mention starting at Hadleigh where Adam Armour (23:33) took on the notoriously tough course, finishing 8th overall on his debut run. Also taking on a new event was Tamar Barclay (22:33) who ran at Basildon, finishing 2nd female and 19th overall.
There was a good turnout of runners at Brentwood with both juniors and senior Beagles in action. Elliot Worth (20:23) was first across the line finishing 7th, with Stuart Crowther (22:26) 20th. Robert Barke (23:17) took 30th, Dylan Hussain (24:11) 39th and Joshua Barke (28:50) 85th.
Touring at Mersea Island were Emily Brewington (21:27) 15th and 2nd female, and Freya Brewington (30:25) 113th.
On Sunday, Amalie Twydell (07:38) ran well at Great Notley, finishing 2nd overall while at Harrow Lodge, Blossom Smith (07:53) took 5th and Willow Smith (08:27) 8th, both just outside their PB’s. Finley Smith* (09:05) was 14th.
At Hutton Rec., Liam Worth (08:38 PB) picked up his 2nd course best in 3 runs, knocking 9 seconds off his previous best, while also running well was Thea Clark* (08:55) who took 3rd. Camilla Nash (19:45) was on tail-walking duties, finishing 42nd. Over at Lake Meadows, Isabelle Holme (08:01 PB) was in fine form, finishing 1st overall and taking 12 seconds off her previous best. Mia Holme (09:52 PB) also ran well, finishing 21st and collecting her new course best as well. Finally, touring at Mote Park was Adam Armour (08:15) who collected another #1 token for his growing collection.
Our 5k male age-graded performer of the week was Elliot Worth (74.16%), while Tamar Barclay achieved a 68.74% rating for her run. On Sunday, our female 2k performance of the week went to Willow Smith (80.41%) and male to Finley Smith*(68.56%). An explanation of age grades can be found here.
Parkrun & junior parkrun roundup (23/24 August)
A busy weekend of running with over 30 Beagles taking on the Saturday 5k runs. We start our roundup at Hadleigh where Isabelle Young (22:02 PB) picked up a course best as well as finishing 1st female finisher on the tough course. Touring up in Huddersfield was Phil Price (20:01 PB) who ran well to finish 23rd while also on their travels, this time in Norfolk at Sheringham, was Harriet Ward (34:00). Not far away at Sandringham were Lorraine Massarella (23:45), Max Massarella (23:45) and Lola Massarella (36:34). Furthest from home were the Johnsons who ran at Dietenbach (Germany). Ollie Johnson (19:06) finished 7th, Isla Johnson (25:30) 40th and Paul Johnson (25:31) 41st.
Closer to home, Scott Brooks (17:38 PB) was in fine form, collecting a course best and a clear 1st finisher by well over a minute. There were more fast times at Victoria Dock as Robin Smith (17:29) took 2nd, Summer Smith (17:38) 3rd, Heidi Woodley (18:50) 12th and Blossom Smith (22:28) 53rd.
At Thurrock, Orsett Heath, Adam Armour (21:04) ran well to take 6th while at Shorne Woods, Keith Thornton (24:44) was 42nd. There was a good show of Beagles at Brentwood with 5 runners taking part. Elliot Worth (20:07) took 4th, Stuart Crowther (22:03) 17th, Luca Tredgett (22:25) 18th, Robert Barke (24:53) 38th and Joshua Barke (32:01) 95th.
At Billericay, Sophie Bickerstaff (19:11) ran well to take 5th and 1st female, Oscar Gander (21:22) finished 19th and Matt Norris (23:19) 50th. Over at Raphael, Matthew Jones (18:59) ran strongly to take 3rd, Emily Brewington (21:33) 24th, Freya Brewington (30:21) 161st and Emma Dyos (31:08) 171st. Finally, at Harrow Lodge, just the 2 runners with Daisy Middlemiss (23:11) in 22nd and George Middlemiss (24:06 PB) in 30th.
On Sunday, we had our juniors out taking on their 2k runs. At Harrow Lodge, Ezra Zion-Gooch (08:00 PB) was in fine form, taking 5th and collecting yet another PB to make it 4 in a row, knocking another 2 seconds off his previous best. Willow Smith (08:26) was also running well, taking 6th, Finley Smith* (09:09) finished 18th while Freya Brewington (10:19) took 39th.
At Hutton Rec., Jesse Rowell (08:08) was just 3 seconds outside his course best in taking 1st. Thea Clark* (08:45) took 6th while Elise Gosling (08:46 PB) smashed her previous best by 33 seconds in coming 8th, Liam Worth (09:08) was 10th and Camilla Nash (10:15) 18th. Finally, at Lake Meadows, Sage Kernohan (12:22) finished 54th.
Our 5k male age-graded performer of the week was Robin Smith (79.22%), while Summer Smith achievedan excellent 89.13% rating for her run. On Sunday, our female 2k performance of the week went to Willow Smith (80.57%) and male to Jesse Rowell (76.57%). An explanation of age grades can be found here.
Parkrun & junior parkrun roundup (30/31 August)
The last weekend of the summer holidays saw excellent conditions for some fast running and our Beagles were in typically fine form over both 5k and 2k distances.
Starting at Gorleston Cliffs in Great Yarmouth where Sophie Bickerstaff (19:04) ran impressively to finish 9th overall from over 500 runners, also securing 1st female! Closer to home at Colchester Castle, Keith Thornton (22:14 PB) was also running well, crossing the line in 41st, comfortably surpassing his time from earlier in the year.
At Raphael, 5 Beagles were in action as Matthew Jones (18:18) finished in 4th, just 9 seconds ahead of 5th placed Simon Knightbridge (18:27). Jemimah Knightbridge* (20:17) took 12th and 1st female, while Emma Dyos (30:08) and Stuart Bennett (34:44) were also in action. Meanwhile at Billericay, Scott Brooks (17:48) headed a field of over 300 to place 1st finisher, while also running strongly were Luca Tredgett (20:30) 14th and Oscar Gander (22:10) 27th.
At Gunpowder, Freya Brewington (29:52) ran well to finish 28th female while at Chelmsford, Oliver Weston-Stokes (20:54) placed 47th. There was a good turnout at Brentwood where Max Sanderson (16:47 PB) produced a superb run to take 1st , finishing just 18 seconds outside the fastest ever course time. Also running well were Lorraine Massarella (24:32) 29th, Dylan Hussain (30:47) 88th, Nora Heidemans (32:12) 99th, and Camilla Nash (33:03) 110th.
At Hove Promenade, Willow Smith (22:16) ran extremely well on a busy course, finishing 21st from 300+ females. Finally at Wickford Memorial, Lianne Esterhuysen (19:39) and Elliot Worth (19:40) ran in sync for the majority of the 5k, taking 3rd (1st female) and 4th respectively while just a few places behind was Daniel Esterhuysen (21:21).
On Sunday, with the Hutton Rec. event off, opportunities were limited for our runners but Emily Brewington (07:49 PB) produced an excellent result at Harrow Lodge, finishing 1st and taking another 5 seconds off her course best. Also performing strongly at Lake Meadows was Liam Worth (08:34 PB) who finished 2nd overall and took 20 seconds off his best from earlier in the year. At Great Conard junior parkrun it was a first place finish and PB for Amalie Twydell (07:17 PB).
Our 5k male age-graded performer of the week was Simon Knightbridge (81.21%), while Lianne Esterhuysen achievedan excellent 84.65% rating for her run. On Sunday, our female 2k performance of the week went to Amalie Twydell (79.40%) and male to Liam Worth (67.43%). An explanation of age grades can be found here.
Well done to all our parkrun representatives. Can we please remind you that we can only pick up your results in the parkun club report if you register yourself as being part of the club in your parkrun profile. Unfortunately, the automatic club report only works on the Saturday parkruns so we are unable to spot performances at junior parkruns beyond the local ones we monitor (Harrow Lodge, Hutton Rec., Chelmsford, Lake Meadows, Great Notley and Northlands). Feel free to contact us if you need help setting up your profile or if you want to tell us about your runs further afield.
Coming up
September is always a real mix of a month with a few final track events taking place at Havering, and the Southern intercounties events. We will also see the Southern road relays and no doubt some initial schools fixtures! Good luck to all.
