Happy New Year to all our members and friends of the club. We hope you all had a good break with some ever important rest and relaxation time. January has already started with some strong competition and some excellent performances by our athletes so do read on for our recap of everything that’s happened since last year!
Crown to Crown
On Boxing Day six of our Beagles attended the annual Boxing Day 5K Crown to Crown event. Always a popular occasion with an ever challenging course and some great competitive spirit. The Beagles were led home by Olivia Forrest who finished as first female in a time of 19:36. Isabel Forrest finished second female in 21:07 with Evie Warn ensuring a clean sweep of the female podium in 22:33. Mara Thomas finished as fourth woman in 22:58 and Esme Thomas sixth woman in 24:o4. Well done to all – a dominant Beagles performance!
Colchester Fast Mile
Determined to fit in one final race before the end of the year Olivia and Isabel Forrest travelled to Colchester to compete in ATW fast mile event. Finishing first and second on the female podium the girls ran 5:34 and 5:55 respectively.
New Years Lee Valley
Several of our Beagles travelled to Lee Valley to take part in the indoors New Years Event on January 2nd. A great opportunity to put down a benchmark for the start of 2023 and get in some valuable indoors experience ahead of the upcoming SEAA, London and Essex championship events.
James Gillingham – ran a seasons best 7.55 over 60M
Lee Boka – very much on good form with a 60m PB of 7.93 and a 200m PB of 25.29
Ava Carter – a seasons best of 8.80 in the 60m and a seasons best of 29.71 in the 200m.
Honey Peck – ran a 60m PB of 9.07 and a seasons best 200m of 29.93
Stephanie Smith – took her indoor 200m PB with a run of 30.43
Olivia Forrest – ran a seasons best 800m of 2:40.89
Isabel Forrest – took her seasons best time for 800m to 2:45.11
Max Sanderson – finished first in his heat with a seasons best of 2:07.64
Essex XC Champs
The Essex Cross Country Championships were held at the very challenging Gloucester Park course but with championship medals and Essex vests up for grabs, the competition was incredibly strong. Drizzly, windy conditions only added to the difficulty but the performances by all of our Beagles were brilliant.
U13 girls 3K – Isabel Forrest 5th (Essex vest) – 13:15, Esme Thomas 16th – 14:59, Stephanie Smith 35th – 16:54 (with an absolutely amazing sprint finish!)
U13 boys 3k – Jude Hearn 5th (Essex vest) – 12:26, Ollie Johnson 43rd – 15:05
U15 girls 4k – Olivia Forrest 2nd (Essex vest) 14:46, Evie Warn 6th (Essex vest) – 15:46, Mara Thomas 20th – 17:03
U15 boys 4k – Max Sanderson 6th (Essex vest) 14:01
U17 men 6k – Jack Cooper 30th – 26:27
Sen woman 8k – Laura Durn – 38th – 40:15
In addition to those competing at the weekend, Mattie Delea who was unable to compete due to illness has also been awarded an Essex Vest based on his XC performances throughout this season. This brings us to six Essex Vests for Beagles athletes competing at the XC National Championships/Final round of the Cross Challenge at Loughborough.
BFTTA
Back at Lee Valley on Sunday for another BFTTA indoor event, a number of our Beagles once again took to the track. Congratulations to the four Beagles who attended – we saw some more great performances.
Ava Carter – 60m 8.84 in round one and a PB of 8.67 in round two. Also an indoor PB of 28.82 in the 200m
Honey Peck – just missing her PB with a strong performance of 30.13 in the 200m
Ella Gilder-Briggs – an indoor 200m PB of 28.57
Max Sanderson – another 800m seasons best of 2:07.60
Essex Sports Hall Training
As mentioned last year, several of our Beagles – Honey Peck, Nicole Hawkins, Sky Reeve, and Libbie Gordon – have been selected to represent Essex at the Sportshall athletics event. All four attended a training session this weekend and have been working on perfecting their skills ahead of the regional final at the end of January. Good luck to all!
Parkrun / Junior parkrun round up
Congratulations to everyone who managed to fit in a parkrun or junior parkrun over the break. I hope to have captured most people’s efforts but apologies if I have missed yours – there are no junior parkrun reports which makes it very difficult to track and a reminder that if you don’t use Brentwood Beagles as your club for parkrun (easy to add in your profile) – you aren’t picked up by the club report.
George Ashton – Raphael Parkun 7/1 – 19:10, 31/12 – 19:09, 24/12 – 19:02
Emily Brewington – Raphael Parkrun 7/1 – 26:03, 31/12 – 24:50, Grovelands Parkrun 1/1 – 26:51, Harrow Lodge junior parkrun 25/12 – 9:43, Roding Valley Parkrun 24/12 – 27:50.
Oliver Trevor – Valentines Parkun 7/1 – 25:20 (PB), Harrow Lodge junior parkrun 25/12 – 9:00
Dean Savery – Harrow Lodge Parkrun 7/1 – 19:26 (PB)
Elliot Worth – Hockley Woods Parkrun 7/1 – 20:50, Great Dunmow Parkrun 31/12 – 21:20, Chilton Fields parkrun 24/12 – 20:43
Laura Durn – Billericay Parkrun 31/12 – 23:18, Brentwood Parkrun 24/12 – 24:32
Max Sanderson – Brentwood Parkrun 31/12 – 20:11, Valentines Parkrun 24/12 – 19:02
Mara Thomas – Brentwood Parkrun 31/12 – 24:30, 24/12 – 24:20
Esme Thomas – Brentwood Parkrun 31/12 – 25:19,
Iola Thomas – Brentwood Parkrun 31/12 – 33:22
Madison Kindler – Whangarei Parkrun 31/12 – 22:31, 25/12 – 22:04, 24/12 – 21:31 PB (Winning the prize for the furthest away parkrun by a Beagle!), Harrow Lodge junior parkrun – 8/1 – 8:21
Isabel Forrest – Valentines Parkrun 24/12 – 21:39, Harrow Lodge junior pakrun 25/12 – 7:48
Evie Warn – Raphael Parkrun 24/12 – 22:46, Thurrock Parkrun 01/01 – 23:53
Stephanie Smith – Brentwood Parkrun 24/12 – 30:47
Harriet Ward – Brentwood Parkrun 24/12 – 34:02, Billericay Parkrun 01/01 – 32:23, Chelmsford junior parkrun 8/01 – 10:29
Mattie Delea – Seaford Beach Parkrun 24/12 – 20:22 PB
Lianne Esterhuysen – Harrow Lodge junior parkrun 8/01 – 9:02
Ethan Wilson – Harrow Lodge junior parkrun 8/01 – 10:20
Max Wilson – Harrow Lodge junior parkrun 8/01 – 11:24
Alice Jones – Harrow Lodge junior parkrun 8/01 – 11:25, 25/12 – 12:47
Zoe Jones – Harrow Lodge junior parkrun 8/01 – 11:41, 25/12 – 11:56
Ezra Gooch – Harrow Lodge junior parkrun 8/01 – 12:25
Olivia Forrest – Harrow Lodge junior parkrun 25/12 – 7:16
Liam Worth – Lake Meadows junior parkrun 8/01 – 10:06
Nora Heidemans – Lake Meadows junior parkrun – 8/01 – 10:41
Daniel Jaycock – Brentwood Parkrun 7/01 – 20:47, 24/12 – 20:49
Stuart Crowther – Brentwood Parkrun 7/01 – 21:47, 24/12 – 21:58, Billericay Parkrun 01/01 – 20:29
Steve Danby – Brentwood Parkrun 7/01 – 23:49, 31/12 – 24:02, 24/12 – 24:07, Billericay Parkrun -01/01 – 22:30, 25/12 – 27:29
Jasper Jaycock – Brentwood Parkrun 7/01 – 26:43, 24/12 – 24:45
Coming Up
Next weekend several of our athletes are taking on the SEAA indoors intercounties championship event – good luck to all competing we hope the training pays off. Remember let us have your pictures if you want to be featured!
