June has been full to the brim with Beagles adventures! From super successes at schools events, to championship performances, we’ve seen more Beagles competing than ever before and it’s been brilliant to see you in action and hear all of your success stories. We couldn’t be prouder! In particular we have heard excellent results in school district events and quad kids but both of these sets of results aren’t easily available publicly – thank you to everyone who shared them with us.
Essex Schools Championships Year 8+
It was brilliant to see so many Beagles competing at the Essex schools championships in Chelmsford. With everyone having qualified for the event through their district competitions, standards were high and our athletes did their schools and club proud with some excellent performances! Congratulations to our medallists and everybody else who competed!
Evie Warn – 1st and championship best performance – Inter Girls 1500m Steeplechase – 5:15.81
Summer Smith – 1st and championship best performance – Junior Girls 1500m – 4:26.73
Heidi Woodley – 2nd Junior Girls 1500m – 4:27.33
Isabel Forrest – 3rd Inter Girls 1500m – 5:05.78
Will Hughes – 1st Junior Boys 1500m – 4:18.36
Olivia Forrest – 1st Inter Girls 3000m – 9:58.65
Zara Morley – 3rd Inter Girls 3000m – 11:09.09
Jess Page – 2nd Inter Girls Javelin – 34.03m
Patrick Barden – Junior Boys 100m – 13.06
Felix Rogers – Junior Boys 200m – 26.73
Ollie Johnson – Junior Boys 1500m – 4:47.86
George Bangs – Junior Boys 1500m – 4:35.99
Kairhys Hoyte – Junior Boys Triple Jump – 9.90
Sean Prelli – Inter Boys 100m – 12.48
Nick Moses – Inter Boys 100m – 12.04
Daniel East – Inter Boys 800m – 2:14.15
Mattie Delea – Inter Boys 800m – 2:07.42 (heat), 2:09.56 (final)
Jude Hearn – Inter Boys 1500m – 4:22.98
David Wilson – Inter Boys Javelin – 36.81m
Jess Bone – Junior Girls 200m – 27.80
Amalie Twydell – Junior Girls 800m – 2:36.67
Aria Sabado – Junior Girls 800m – 2:33.35
Ella Fagan – Junior Girls 1500m – 5:17.92
Sophie Bickerstaff – Junior Girls 1500m – 5:08.17
Evie Abbott – Junior Girls Hurdles – 13.17
Jessica Arnold – Junior Girls Discus – 24.02m
Eliza Hobden – Junior Girls Javelin – 20.31m
Isabelle Holmes – Junior Girls Hammer – 24.77m
Daisy Middlemiss – Inter Girls 800m – 2:34.52
Poppy Horton – Inter Girls Long Jump – 4.69m
Daisy Willingale – Inter Girls Triple Jump – 9.98m
Essex Schools – Year 7 Championships
Three great performances from our year 7 Beagles who did us proud at the year 7 Essex schools event in Chelmsford:
Max Cheetham – 100m 1st in 12.30
Natanya Itiola – 200m – 28.50
Hugo Wilks – 1500m – 5:11.75
EYAL – Stevenage
Our super under 13s were looking strong at the EYAL in Stevenage with our small girls team still managing to come third in their age group thanks to their brilliant performances.
Leading the way with some brilliant sprinting and jumps scores were Natanya Itiola and Amelie Irvine. Natanya was so close to her best over both 100 and 200 – 13.88 and 28.69 respectively and jumped a new long jump PB of 3.70m. Whilst Amelie picked up a new PB over 100m – 14.25, and over 200m – 29.64 and also in the long jump – 14.02m. Also sprinting well was Macey Pitts – 15.26 over 100m (PB) and 30.95 over 200m (PB) with a long jump of 3.18m (=PB).
Madison Kindler led the way on the endurance front with an 800m of 2:19.76. She also picked up some more points with a shot put of 5.78m (PB) and a javelin throw of 10.79m. Also doing brilliantly was Sophia Davies – 5:02.83 and then high jumping for the first time ever and showing great promise with a best jump of 1.25m. She also sprinted over 200m – 33.70 (PB). Lianne Esterhuysen was also strong over 1500m – 5:06.58 and had a javelin throw of 7.42m (PB). Emily Brewington had a good day – 5:47.0 in the 1500m, 7.07m in the discus (PB) and 8.27m in the javelin (also a PB).
The under 13 A relay team came second with 55.31 and the B team ran 60.67.
Congratulations too to the under 13 boys who also looked strong.
Max Cheetham won both sprint races – 12.79 over 100m and 25.64 over 200m. He also jumped 4.35 in the long jump. Daniel Ayandare sprinted to 14.78 in the 100m and had a best high jump of 1.25m. Albert Heighton was sprinting well – 29.97 over 200m – a great PB! He also had a long jump of 3.80m and ran 800m in 2:42.41 (also a huge PB). We also saw Zac Niyazi sprint 200m in 32.27.
Over 1500m, Austin Lever was looking very strong with a new PB of 5:23.22. Jamie Murphy also ran 1500m – 5:40.4.
Showing prowess over hurdles was Oliver Nevill – 15.54. He also picked up a new high jump PB of 1.25m and had a best long jump of 3.49m. Patrick Connor was also doing well with his hurdling – 18.36. He improved his shot PB to 3.42m and a best long jump of 2.04m. Ollie Trevor picked up points in the throws – 4.97m in shot (PB), 8.56m in discus and 3.28m in javelin.
Our EYAL u15 teams also worked hard in Stevenage with our athletes doing what they could to score points.
Akshara Sreentha made her club debut running 16.68 over 100m and 35.65 for 200m. Amalie Twydell ran over multiple distances – 15.11 for 100m (PB) 47.81 for 300m (PB) and 2:32.98 for 800m.
Jessica Bone ran 28.95 over 200m and had a best shot of 7.54m. Robyn Colyer had a good 200m – 28.99, picked up a new long jump PB – 4.35m and a javelin PB – 20.63m.
Sophie Bickerstaff was supreme over 1500m winning by a big distance and PB – 5:06.2. She also jumped a long jump PB of 2.58m. Jessica Arnold won the discus – 20.76m, picked up a new shot PB – 8.39m and threw 16.96m in the javelin.
Our relay teams ran 53.89 and 57.06.
On the boys side it was another club debut for Joseph Olaoluwabowale – over 100m 13.83, 200m 28.75 and discus of 19.93m. Kairhys Hoyte also sprinted well – over 100m 13.50, and got a long jump PB of 4.26m. Archie Peppiatt also did well over 300m – 46.98.
In the 800m Frankie Edwards ran 2:29.24 whilst Adam Armour ran 2:46.28. Adam also threw a javelin PB of 25.81m and a discus PB of 16.76m. Over 1500m, Will Hughes ran a great new PB of 4:24.82. Ollie Johnson also ran a good 1500m of 4:50.42 and had a long jump of 3.89m. Joshua Lever ran 5:23.61 over 1500m as well.
Daniel Sheath had a good day – 15.71 over the hurdles, 1.35m in the high jump and 16.55m in the javelin.
And finally our U17s where our women led the way with our best EYAL team result overall – 2nd!
Poppy Horton and Ava Carter excelled in the sprints with Poppy running 13.49 for 100m and 28.68 for 200m. She also jumped 4.67m in the long jump. Ava ran 14.14 in the 100m and 28.57 in the 200m.
Jessica Page also competed over 100m – 13.91 (PB) and did well over 300m – 44.82 and won the javelin – 34.86m. Olivia Forrest won the 800m – 2:18.09, and ran 300m in 48.07 with a best triple jump of 9.18m. Evie Warn won the B 800m – 2:23.05 and the B discus – 12.09m. Daisy Middlemiss was marginally outside her PB over 800m – 2:37.42 and had a best javelin throw of 18.25m.
It was another double win over 1500m – Zara Morley dipped under 5 minutes for a new PB and the A win – 4:57.98 and Isabel Forrest took the B win – 5:14.7. Zara also tried triple jump for the first time – 8.39m whilst Isabel threw a new shot PB – 5.19m and had a best jump of 2.73m.
Eleanor Angeli has a great event – winning the shot with 7.85m (PB), throwing 19.16m in the discus and 15.52m in the hammer.
On the boys side there was lots of doing random events for points to help out! Thank you!
George Toomey sprinted to 12.82 in the 100m and jumped 4.90m in the long jump. Jeremy Li ran a new PB in the 100m – 13.16 and in the 200m – 26.63.
Mattie Delea picked up a new 200m PB – 24.98 and was good over 400m – 54.10 and 800m – 2:05.70. Jude Hearn ran 400m for the first time – 57.63 and won the 1500m – 4:23:54. He also matched his long jump PB – 4.94m.
Matthew Jones ran a huge 1500m PB of over 30 seconds – 4:49.40. He also threw the discus – 10.91m. And David Wilson threw 9.90m in the shot, and 36.82m in the javelin.
Relay results – A team – 51.02 and B team 56.68
Mile of Miles
It was an incredibly hot day in Chelmsford for the mile of miles event and Essex mile championships which this year also incorporated a team competition! Needless to say the Beagles were in fine form with 5 championship titles and many more podiums. We even managed to finish as runners up in the team competition despite not having competitors in two of the age groups. Well done to all who took part.
The day started with some very strong performances in the girls U11 race. Blossom Smith finished 2nd – 6:02.50 with Nadia Price 8th – 6:28.45 and Christina Lees 15th – 7:31.43.
In the U11 boys race it was 5th for Colm Forrest – 5:51.83. And we also saw a good run by Liam Worth – 6:53.07.
The girls U13 A race saw a 1-2 finish for the Beagles with Madison Kindler taking the Essex title in 5:09.58 and Sophia Davies second in 5:16.32. Lianne Esterhuysen also had a strong run to finish 5th – 5:34.46. In the B race it was another Beagles win with Isabella Davies finishing first in 5:48.16. Well done too to Emily Brewington, 4th in 5:59.89, Grace Lander 6th in 6:23.48 and Macey Pitts 8th in 7:43.50.
The U17 women’s race saw Olivia Forrest crowned Essex champion winning in 5:00.02. Zara Morley and Isabel Forrest had a good battle finishing 5th and 6th respectively in 5:36.23 and 5:37.15.
Max Sanderson was Essex champion in the U20 men’s age group with a good run of 4:21.72. And Demi Eves was the senior women’s Essex champion with her run of 5:12.73.
In the U15 boys race it was 6th for Ollie Johnson – 5:03.64, 10th for Frankie Edwards – 5:17.52 and 13th for Adam Armour – 6:11.82.
Our U15 girls rounded off the day in style with Summer Smith becoming Essex champion in 4.54.44 and Heidi Woodley finishing 2nd in 4:55.16. Also running well were Sophie Bickerstaff – 5:33.13 and Amalie Twydell – 5:45.89. Well done too to Esme Thomas who was 3rd in the B race – 5:52.52.
Serpentine 5k
It was an incredibly hot last Friday of the month for the Serpentine event, but that didn’t deter our Beagles from some great running over 5k.
A strong run by Max Sanderson saw him finish first in 16:06. First female, 4th overall (and definite winner in the battle of the Smith’s) was Summer Smith in a new 5k PB of 16:48. Robin Smith finished inside the top 10 – 9th overall, 1st in his age group, in 17:08. Olivia Forrest was 3rd female in 17:34 just beating Heidi Woodley on the line – 17:35.
Will Gazzard had a good run finishing in 18:02 just ahead of Madison Kindler who ran 18:06. Sophie Bickerstaff ran a new 5k PB – 18:51 and Zara Morley also ran her best road 5k – 19:20. Lianne Esterhuysen made her debut in a road 5k with a very impressive 19:27.
Matthew Jones continues to make good progress with his return to form – 19:41. Isabel Forrest had a good run of 20:21 and Amalie Twydell also did well with her run of 21:05.
Well done all – brilliant to see so many Beagles taking part and our growing presence at the event noted by the organisers!
English Schools – Track and Field Cup Regional Finals
Well done to all of the Beagles who represented their schools in the Regional Round of the English schools track and field cup finals.
Sean Mooney – 1500m – 5:05.9
Max Cheetham – 100m – 12.3 and Long Jump – 4.63m
Dolci Hoyte – 100m – 13.8 and High Jump – 1.20m
Jess Bone – 300m – 46.6 and Shot 7.24m
Isabelle Holmes – Discus – 21.62m
Aria Sabado – 800m – 2:37.5
Isobel McLennan – 800m – 2:48.4 and High Jump – 1.26m
Madison Kindler – 1500m – 4:51.3
Jude Hearn – 1500m – 4:20.9
Sean Prelli – 100m – 12.0, Triple Jump – 11.56m
Daisy Willingale – 300m – 45.8 and Triple Jump – 10.12m
Sophie Penn – 800m – 2:51.2 and Discus– 15.59m
Eliza Hobden – Javelin – 20.36m and Hurdles 13.8
Ella Fagan – 1500m – 5:11.2
Ava Carter – 200m – 28.2
Hollie Poyton – 800m – 2:33.8 and Long jump – 4.10m
Esme Thomas – 800m – 2:39.0
Katie Hawkins – 1500m – 6:07.1, Discus 15.99m
Natanya Itiola – 200m – 28.9, Long Jump – 3.70m
Grace Lander – 1500m – 6:00.0, High Jump – 1.11m
Daniel Sheath – Hurdles – 14.0, High Jump – 1.38m
William Adenagbe – 300m – 40.4, Shot – 12.27m
Kairhys Hoyte – 100m – 12.9, Triple Jump – 9.57m
George Bangs – 1500m – 4:34.4
Joe Sandford – 1500m – 4:55.9, Triple Jump – 9.18m
Patrick Barden – 100m – 12.6, Long Jump – 3.97m
Felix Rogers – 200m – 25.9, Long Jump – 4.47m
Luca Tredgett – 1500m – 5:28.0
Olivia Gildersleeves – Hurdles – 14.2, Discus – 13.04m
Kessiah Kinghorn – 100m – 14.1, Javelin 17.27m
Evie Haworth – 300m – 48.8, High Jump – 1.26m
Orly Morton – 1500m – 4:50.3, Triple Jump – 8.49m
Nick Moses – 100m – 12.6, Shot – 8.10m
Mattie Delea – 800m – 2:03.7, Triple Jump – 10.67m
David Wilson – Javelin – 32.70m
Jess Page – 800m – 2:32.1, Javelin – 30.39m
Summer Smith – 1500m – 4:41.0, Discus – 19.82m
Watford Wednesday x2
We’ve had two successful Wednesday nights in Watford in June with some great running over 100m, 800m, 1500m and 3000m.
In the first edition, the night started with a good 100m sprint from Max Cheetham who won his heat in 12.68.
In the 1500m races, Isabel Forrest ran 5:16.39 whilst Lianne Esterhuysen produced a PB with her run of 5:05.07. Sophia Davies was also running well – 5:00.48. Heidi Woodley and Madison Kindler raced in the same heat finishing in 4:31.88 and 4:33.52 respectively. And Max Sanderson produced a seasons best to run under 4 minutes – 3:59.61.
In the 3000m, Sophie Bickerstaff had a great run to PB by 30 seconds at 10:32.86. Zara Morley also ran a huge PB of 10:36.49 whilst Olivia Forrest ran a SB of 9:45.64. And Summer Smith was exceptional with her new PB of 9:28.56 putting her second on the all time 3000m U15 list!
And the second edition, over 800m, Lianne Esterhuysen knocked two seconds off her previous best with a great run of 2:34.0. Amalie Twydell was running well with her effort of 2:32.64, as was Sophia Davies who was just in front – 2:31.78. It was double PB’s for Freddie and George Bangs with Freddie taking 2.5 seconds off – 2:39.48, and George winning his race in 2:14.73. Finally in the 800s, Madison Kindler was just off her best with a strong run of 2:16.95. In the 3000m it was a great 3000m debut for Taylor Cumber with his run of 10:24.08.
Southend Half
A huge well done to Dean Savery and Andy Leonard who both ran the Southend Half marathon today. Dean finished 60th overall in 1:26.47 whilst Andy was 33rd in his age group and 153rd overall in 1:32.54
Watford Minors
Watford Minors
It was brilliant to see so many of our younger Beagles head to Watford for their minors event. We were really impressed by all the incredible performances from the following athletes:
Alex Smith (Year 5) – 60m Hurdles, 2nd – 10.7, 80m, 2nd – 11.9, Long Jump, 1st – 3.64m
Patrick Connor (Year 6) – 75m Hurdles – 17.8, Long Jump – 2.21m, Shot Put – 2.83m
Freya Brewington (Year 1) – 75m, 1st – 14.3, 400m, 1st – 1:35.7, Long Jump, 1st – 2.29m
Max Arrowsmith (Year 2) – 75m, 1st – 12.7, 400m, 1st – 1:25.0
Danel Esterhuysen (Year 3) – 75m – 14.1, 400m, 3rd – 1:30.0, Long Jump, 3rd – 2.68m
Sean Connor (Year 3) – 75m, 3rd – 13.3, 400m, 3rd – 1:31.0, Long Jump – 2.49m
Krish Patel (Year 3) – 75m, 1st – 12.3, 400m – 1:31.0, Long Jump, 1st – 2.85m
Elise Gosling (Year 4) – 80m, 1st – 12.3, 600m, 3rd – 2:14.4
Anaiya Obika (Year 4) – 80m, 3rd – 12.9, Long Jump – 2.90m, Cricket Ball Throw, 2nd – 10.40m
Florence Magee (Year 4) – 80m – 13.2, Cricket Ball Throw, 1st – 16.20m
Leia Broadhurst (Year 4) – 80m – 13.3, Long Jump, 3rd – 3.17m
Michelle Ayandare (Year 4) – 80m – 13.8, Long Jump – 2.76m
Amelia Salih (Year 5) – 80m – 13.6, Long Jump – 2.42m, Cricket Ball Throw – 8.70m
Lianne Esterhuysen (Year 6) – 100m – 16.5, 800m, 1st – 2:38.0, Long Jump, 2nd – 3.22m
Daniel Ayandare (Year 6) – 100m – 14.6, Long Jump, 1st – 4.20m, Shot Put – 5.70m
Emily Brewington (Year 6) – 800m, 2nd – 2:54.0, Long jump, 3rd – 2.86m
Pleshey 5 miles
Congratulations to Zara Morley who ran strongly throughout the Pleshey 5 mile race to finish 6th female in 31:19.
SEAA Age Group Championships
Taking place in Crystal Palace, the SEAA championships saw the most bizarre of weekends – with Saturday seeing horrendous weather and meeting conditions leading to huge challenges for our athletes to deal with! Not that this stopped U17 javelin thrower Jess Page winning bronze in her event with a best throw 34.82m. This was even more impressive because Jess spent her entire competition in torrential rain and could barely see where she was throwing!
Saturday also saw some brilliant action in the heats of various races. U17 Daniel East ran strongly over 800m to qualify for the final in 2:03.17. Macey Pitts (U13) picked up two PBs – in the long jump 3.18m and over 200m – 31.39. Lianne Esterhuysen (U13) ran an 800m PB of 2:37.53 and jumped well in the long jump – 3.02m. Also running in the U13 800m and qualifying for the final with their performances were Madison Kindler – 2:24.93, and Sophia Davies – 2:31.5. Finally in the U17 women’s 1500m it was qualification for Olivia Forrest – 4:43.61 and Evie Warn – 4:47.56. Also running well in the 1500m were U17s Jude Hearn – 4:22.63 and Isabel Forrest – 5:14.18.
Conditions were definitely better on Sunday both weather and competition organisation wise! And the day started brilliantly with a race win and gold medal for Madison Kindler in the 800m – 2:16.28. Sophia Davies in the same race ran a new PB of 2:30.68.
Daniel East ran his 800m semi final doing well in a competitive race – 2:11.03. Kairhys Hoyte (U15) picked up some valuable experience in his 100m – 13.64. Olivia Forrest finished 4th in the 1500m – 4:32.46. And Max Cheetham (U13) had two strong performances in the 200m – 25.87 to finish first in his heat, and a new PB of 25.22 to finish 4th in the final. Max also had a solid long jump competition with a best jump of 4.47m.
Jack Petchey Winners
A huge congratulations to our latest Jack Petchey Foundation award winners.
Endurance – Amalie Twydell. Amalie has shown incredible resilience over the last few months, taking results that she wasn’t happy with, and working hard to improve. She’s stepped up to support the team at EYAL and competed in all sorts of races seeing some brilliant results which has really inspired her fellow athletes.
Sprints – Natanya Itiola. Natanya is consistent with her training – listening, working hard and pushing to improve. She has been one of our best EYAL scorers and is a great support to the new sprinters at events.
Multi event – Elsie Martin-Bouchareb. Elsie has been another brilliant addition to the EYAL team trying her hand at a range of new events in order to score points. She works really hard to give her best and we have seen improvements in sprints, hurdles and throws as a result. She really encourages the other athletes around her to give their best too. Well done Elsie!
Crown to Crown 5k
At the June crown to crown 5k, it was a double under 18 victory with Ollie Johnson taking the male win in 18:56 and Zara Morley taking the female one in 19:49. Well done too to Matthew Jones – 20:36, and Adam Armour – 21:30.
Essex 5000m
Essex 5000m championships, which took place at our very own Brentwood track, we saw a good effort by Scott Brooks who ran 17:17.80. Olivia Forrest picked up some valuable experience over the distance at 17:20.70. And Max Sanderson picked up a 30 second PB – 15:05.30
Stratford Speed
The Stratford Speed event saw a great opportunity for our sprinters to mix with some of the top talent in the country and improve on their own best times!
Kicking things off and once again showing remarkable progress and ability for his age, was U13 Max Cheetham. Over 100m he picked up a brilliant new PB of 12.07 and had a second run of 12.24 – also under his previous best time. Later in the day Max also sprinted to a new 200m PB – 25.07.
Also doing the double today, was U13 Natanya Itiola who also went under her 100m previous best twice with sprints of 13.55 and 13.58. She was also just marginally outside her 200m PB with a strong effort of 28.72.
Over 200m we saw three U15 Beagles pick up personal bests – Evie Haworth ran 30.48, Jessica Bone ran 28.15 and Lois Watson ran 31.17.
Well done all and a huge thank you to Mark C for the photos
SEAA U20s / Senior Championships
The first day of the South of England Athletic Association U20/Senior Championships at Chelmsford saw a brilliant gold medal run from Evie Warn over the 1500m steeplechase. Picking up a new PB of 5:07.11 in the process, Evie looked strong and dominant throughout the U17 event.
Also running well was Senior Owen Adams, who picked up a new 400m PB in the heats of 50.29 which qualified him for the semi finals. Unfortunately a slight hamstring twinge meant he pulled out of that run.
And finally, U20 Max Sanderson had another brilliant sub 4 minute 1500m run to finish just a tiny fraction off the podium in 4th – 3:57.16.
The second day of the SEAA championships saw soaring temperatures and yet somehow a superb bronze medal and PB for U15 Sophie Bickerstaff in the 3000m! A brilliantly committed run and consistent lap times saw Sophie run 10:27.56.
In the U17 3000m, Olivia Forrest was 4th in 10:20.28, Zara Morley ran 10:59.72 and Isabel Forrest 11:24.70.
Well done all – great effort given the ridiculously hot day!
Parkrun & junior parkrun roundup (29/30 June)
We start our weekly 5k round-up at Brentwood where we had 5 Beagles in action. Simon Knightbridge (19:28) equalled his course best in finishing 3rd while also making the top 10 was Elliot Worth (20:41, 9th). Ellie Gray (24:01) ran well to finish 24th and 3rd female while Dylan Hussain (25:22) took 37th and Stuart Crowther (26:05) 47th.
At Avery Hill in London, Keith Thornton (25:08) finished 59th while at Chelmsford, Oliver Weston-Stokes (21:25) took the #76 token. There was a good turnout at Raphael with excellent performances from our younger runners. Ollie Johnson (18:31 PB) was hugely impressive in coming 6th overall and claim a 14 second course best, while Lianne Esterhuysen (19:53) was just 9 seconds outside her best in taking 1st female and finishing 14th overall. Emily Brewington (21:19) also ran strongly, just 11 seconds outside her best and taking 24th, 3rd female. Lily Tyler (24:07 PB) and Emma Dyos (30:15) also performed well, with Lily claiming an excellent course best by well over a minute!
At Harrow Lodge, Jude Deal (20:05 PB) was another of our younger runners performing well as he took 2nd and knocked a significant 52 seconds of his course best from 3 weeks prior. At Chalkwell Beach, Amalie Twydell (20:40 PB) finished 30th and 1st female while at Markshall Estate, Adam Armour (20:40) was 13th.
On Sunday, a small number of our youngsters were braving the hot weather for their 2k runs. At Harrow Lodge, Finley Smith* (09:11) ran well to finish 9th, with Jack Collier (10:26) in 23rd. We also had 2 runners at Hutton Rec., as Liam Worth (09:10) was 3rd and Elise Gosling (09:45) 5th and 1st female.
Our 5k male age-graded performer of the week was Jude Deal (78.59%), while Leanne Esterhuysen achieved 83.65% rating for her run. On Sunday, a male junior performance of the week went to Finley Smith* (67.81%) and female to Elise Gosling (65.16%). An explanation of age grades can be found here.
Parkrun & junior parkrun roundup (21/22 June)
A hot weekend for runners but despite this, we had plenty of Beagles out taking part in their 5k & 2k parkruns.
On Saturday at Raphael, Simon Knightbridge (18:10) ran strongly as usual, taking 5th place, while also running well was Matthew Jones (18:43), finishing just 4 places behind. Jemimah Knightbridge* (20:20) was in form too, finishing 15th overall and 1st female while Lily Tyler (25:58) also had a good run, placing 7th female.
At Valentines, Emma Dyos (30:13) was in attendance while at Billericay, Elliot Worth (20:17) finished 8th overall. At Chelmsford, first Beagle past the line was Oliver Weston-Stokes (21:28), taking the #45 token. Just behind him was Isabelle Young (21:41) 49th and 4th female, while Emily Young (29:08) was also taking part.
At Brentwood, Robert Barke (23:33) ran well to finish 14th, with Stuart Crowther (27:56) and Joshua Barke (29:30) also taking on the heat and hills. Meanwhile, making his debut at Uckfield parkrun in Sussex was Keith Thornton (29:28) while also running as a first timer, this time at Chalkwell Beach, was Tamar Barclay (22:52) who finished 6th female.
On Sunday, our juniors were out and impressing with some quick times. At Harrow Lodge, Matthew Jones (06:53 PB) took 1st place convincingly, ahead of fellow Beagle Jude Deal (07:29 PB) who also clocked a course best. Emily Brewington (08:21) ran well to finish 4th while Olly Deal (12:44) was also out enjoying his run. Over at Hutton, Beagles were dominating as Nadia Price (1st, 08:45) and Liam Worth (3rd, 09:03) continued on from their efforts at the Chelmsford Mile of Miles event with solid runs. Alexandra Johnston (09:29) was next in 6th, Jessica Thomson* (09:33) 7th, Elise Gosling (09:47) 9th, Chloe Thomson* (09:52) 10th, Max Morris (10:00) 11th, and Joshua Thomson* (10:53) 19th.
Just the one runner at Lake Meadows as Sage Kernohan (11:41) finished 46th, only 20 seconds off her course best, while touring at Barking was Adam Armour (07:38) who took another 1st place finish for his collection.
Our 5k male age-graded performer of the week was Simon Knightbridge (81.83%), while Jemima Knightbridge* achieved 74.34% rating for her run. On Sunday, a male junior performance of the week went to Jude Deal (77.19%) and female to Emily Brewington (73.97%). An explanation of age grades can be found here.
Parkrun & junior parkrun roundup (14/15 June)
The warm weather continued over the weekend providing some challenging conditions for those Beagles taking on their 5 & 2km parkruns, but there were plenty of good performances.
On Saturday we had runners at 7 different events with Adam Armour (21:48, 12th) touring at Mote Park and Keith Thornton (21:42, 20th) at Pymmes. Meanwihle at Upton Court in Berkshire, Tamar Barclay (22:36) placed 17th, and 2nd female.
Closer to home, we had 4 Beagles at Raphael, led in by Simon Knightbridge (18:22, 8th). Zachary Haines* (21:02) took 17th, while Freya Brewington (25:05 PB) finished 100th, and Stuart Bennett (32:20, 256th). Two runners at Billericay as Matt Norris (23:39) finished 44th and Emma Dyos (30:26) 170th.
At Brentwood, Alex Young (19:03) took 1st place, while running well into 4th was Robert Barke (21:13 PB) who claimed an impressive new course best by over a minute. Cameron Young (22:11 PB) also secured a fastest time in finishing 9th while Dylan Hussain (26:03) and Joshua Barke (27:27) were other Beagles in action.
Finally at Wickford we had 4 runners. Scott Brooks (18:33) claimed another first finisher while not far behind in 4th was Kurt Brooks (19:12). Also taking part were Liam Worth (25:45) and Elliot Worth (25:46).
On Sunday, we had 3 runners taking on their 2k’s at Harrow Lodge, as Blossom Smith (08:00) ran well to take 3rd, and Willow Smith (08:34) 6th. Harry Collier (08:50) also ran well finishing 11th. Finally, at Hutton Rec., first Beagle past the post was Liam Worth (08:55) in 3rd, just ahead of Max Morris (09:07) in 4th. Camilla Nash (09:35) took 8th.
Our 5k male age-graded performer of the week was Simon Knightbridge (80.94%), while Freya Brewington achieved an impressive 77.87% rating for her run. On Sunday, a male junior performance of the week went to Max Morris (68.31%) and female to Willow Smith (79.32%). Well done to all our representatives this week!
Parkrun & junior parkrun roundup (07/08 June)
A busy weekend of parkrun action with good conditions providing for plenty of opportunities to pick up new PB’s for our Beagles!
We start the 5k round-up at Basildon where Adam Armour (22:01) ran his maiden effort on the course, finishing 11th. At Raphael, we had 3 Beagles in action, Emily Brewington (21:41) finished 1st female for the 2nd week in a row, with Freya Brewington (28:00) and Stuart Bennett (31:57) also taking part. On the coast at Southend, Keith Thornton (22:22) managed a remarkable feat of finishing 22nd in a time of 22:22 on his first run at the event!
At Chelmsford, Oliver Weston-Stokes (20:17) ran well to finish 33rd while at Harrow Lodge, Rob Trevor (19:10) placed 3rd while Jude Deal (20:57 PB) was another of our younger runners to put in a strong performance, beating his maiden effort from last week by over a minute!
We had 4 runners at Brentwood as Alex Young (18:49) took 1st from a field of over 150, finishing just 7 seconds outside his course best. Elliot Worth (22:08) took 11th, Callum Goodey (23:05) 20th and Joshua Barke (26:07) 39th.
Just the one runner at Great Notley as Tamar Barclay (22:30) ran well on her debut to place 14th overall and claim 1st female. At Wickford, Beagles claimed 1st finishers for both male and female categories as Scott Brooks (17:55) and Demi Eves (18:29) putting in strong performances.
Finally, touring in Sweden at Haga parkrun was Simon Knightbridge (18:39) who finished 2nd, just pipped by 4 seconds by the first finisher.
On Sunday our juniors were out enjoying their 2km runs. At Harrow Lodge, Jamie Murphy (08:03) finished 4th, equalling his previous best time, while just a few seconds behind was Ezra-Zion Gooch (08:11 PB) who claimed a new fastest time. Harry Collier (08:45) was 1tth while Finley Smith* (09:25) took 21st. At Lake Meadows, just the one runner but Amalie Twydell (07:19 PB) ran well to finish 2nd and 1st female as well as claiming a course best.
Finally, at Hutton Rec., 4 of our junior boys made up the top 10 with Max Morris (08:53 PB) finishing 5th, just ahead of both Joshua Barke (08:56 PB) and Liam Worth (08:56). Olly Deal (09:22) took 10th, Jessica Thomson* (09:32) 13th, Chloe Thomson* (09:34) 14th, Bailee Abrahams (10:00) 17th, and Joshua Thomson* (10:40) 26th.
Our 5k male age-graded performer of the week was Simon Knightbridge (79.71%), while Demi Eves achievedan 80.07% rating for her run. Our 2k male performance of the week was by Ezra-Zion Gooch (73.14%) and female went to Amalie Twydell (80.56%). Well done to all our runners this weekend!
Parkrun & junior parkrun roundup (31/1 May/June)
Our Beagles were out running at a variety of courses this weekend with one of the most challenging being at Hadleigh. Despite this, Alex Young* (19:24) made light work of the hilly route finishing 1st by a comfortable margin. Cameron Young (23:25 PB) bettered his previous course best in finishing 17th while Tamar Barclay (24:45) ran well to finish 4th female.
At Colchester, Keith Thornton (25:56) ticked off another Essex event finishing just outside the top 100. Closer to home at Raphael, Zachary Haines* (21:41) took 30th while Emily Brewington (21:51) finished 1st female. Freya Brewington (29:24) and Emma Dyos (32:34) also took part.
Camilla Nash (28:38 PB) ran well at Billericay to pick up a new course best by over 1 minute while at Chelmsford, Oliver Weston-Stokes (20:24) and Emily Young (28:23) were also in action. Just the one runner at Harrow Lodge as Jude Deal (22:15) made his course debut while similarly at Brentwood, Liam Worth (27:17) took on the hilly route for the first time finishing 55th, a couple of places clear of Elliot Worth (27:21). Finally at Clacton Seafront, Luca Tredgett* (19:48 PB) ran well to finish 12th overall and take over 2 minutes off his previous best.
On Sunday we had a good turnout of junior runners taking on their 2k’s with some impressive performances. At Hutton it was a Beagles 1-2 as Robert Barke (7:52 PB) took 6 seconds off his previous best, finishing just 3 seconds ahead of Colm Forrest (07:55). Liam Worth (08:58) was 6th while Jessica Thomson* (09:16) took 8th, finishing just 2 seconds outside her PB. Also running well were Camilla Nash (09:29) finished 11th, Chloe Thomson* (09:29) 12th, Bailee Abrahams (09:53) 13th, and Joshua Thomson* (10:34) 19th.
At Harrow Lodge, more good performances as Ollie Johnson (07:14) ran strongly to take 2nd, and Emily Brewington (08:01) was 4th and 1st female. Ezra Zion-Gooch (08:35) finished 8th, Jack Collier (09:23) 18th, Harry Collier (09:23) 19th and Isla Johnson (10:13) 29th. Finally, at Lake Meadows, Max Morris (09:33) finished 20th.
Our male 5k age-graded performance of the week went to Luca Tredgett* (73.23%) while Emily Brewington scored an impressive 78.11% to take the female honour. On Sunday, Ollie Johnson scored a 73.37% rating while top junior female performance saw Emily Brewington (77.05%) to claim her 2nd honour of the weekend! Great running everyone!
Coming up
As the Summer holidays fast approach, we hope those of you going away have an amazing break. For those staying in Brentwood, we have our track refurbishment taking place so look out for more information via email. And we also have lots of exciting events to look forward too as well – English Schools track and field cup, English Schools Championships, our final EYAL and yet more Open events and road running opportunities. Good luck everyone – keep letting us know how you are getting on.
