A month dominated by cross country racing, we’ve seen Beagles travel the country and perform brilliantly everywhere with National titles, and local successes meaning as much to our athletes as each other. Well done all!
English National Cross Country Relays
Another very successful National competition, this time via a trip to Mansfield and the English national XC relays for our U13 girls who retained their national title.
With the famous Berry Hill Park course having been enhanced with some new twists, turns and log jumps, it made for an extra fun race over 2km.
And we saw two brilliant Beagles teams competing – our amazing B team showed incredible consistency with their leg times which saw them finish 22nd out of the 80 teams entered. A strong first leg by Isabella Davies – 8:12 was matched by an excellent second leg from Jess Davidson – 8:11 and a superb final leg by Emily Brewington – 8:16. Such great potential on display and a brilliant experience for the girls.
And our excellent A team once again produced a really dominant display to win by a staggering 48 seconds over the next closest team. Sophia Davies put the team into contention with her opening leg run of 7:27. Lianne Esterhuysen capitalised on this and surged the team forward building the gap – 7:31, whilst Madison Kindler secured the win with the fastest leg of the day – 7:14.
English Schools Cup Regional Round
Our athletes were back at Felsted for the regional round of the English Schools Cup competition. Those schools who qualified from the first round, took each other on to compete for places at the schools final in December. Well done to all our athletes on some amazing individual results and to the teams (featuring Beagles) that finished in the top 3.
Junior Boys – Robert Barke 16th, Max Cheetham 22nd, Rafi Mather 40th, Robert Pearson 60th
Intermediate Boys – Will Hughes 2nd, George Bangs 8th, Joe Sandford 36th
Senior Boys – Jude Hearn 17th
Junior Girls – Madison Kindler 1st, Lianne Esterhuysen 3rd, Isobel Larner 23rd, Sienna Linnen – 61st
Intermediate Girls – Summer Smith 1st, Heidi Woodley 2nd, Esme Thomas 17th, Aria Sabado 25th, Sophie Penn 42nd, Sophie Halford 48th, Amber Walker 56th
Senior Girls – Zara Morley 5th, Olivia Forrest 7th, Daisy Middlemiss 13th, Daisy Willingale 27th
London Youth Games
Our London based Beagles, who had been selected through the Havering school district trials, took part in the London Youth Games cross country at Parliament Hill. Despite the tough course and competition, our Beagles showed their resilience and dug deep to produce great results including two race wins!
U11 girls:
Blossom Smith – 1st 6:06
Evie Foley – 14th 6:41
U11 boys:
Bertie Allen – 18th 6:06
Henry Vialls – 124th 6:53
U13 girls:
Sophia Davies – 2nd 7:49
Emily Brewington – 21st 8:35
Isobel Larner – 23rd 8:36
Lottie Fowler – 97th 9:32
Isabella Davies – 218th 12:23
U13 boys:
Edward Garwood – 66th 8:16
U15 girls
Summer Smith – 1st 7:28
Aria Sabado – 46th 8:44
Amber Walker – 77th 9:07
U15 boys
Ollie Johnson – 73rd 12:01
U17 women
Evie Warn – 5th 12:10
U17 men
Matthew Jones – 81st 19:37
Cardiff Cross Challenge
Cardiff saw the first cross challenge event of the year and another brilliant win for Madison Kindler in the U13 girls 2.78k race – 9:26. Congratulations too to Lianne Esterhuysen who was 4th in 9:53 and Jess Davidson, 21st in 11:22.
The U17 woman ran over 4.45km and saw another brilliant run from the ever improving Zara Morley who was 14th in 17:12. We also saw Olivia Forrest returning from injury and testing her legs in 18th 17:42, and Isabel Forrest 25th in 18:55.
Demi Eves ran in the senior women’s race over 6.4km and was 55th in 26:28.
Finally our senior men with Scott Brooks enjoying the strong competition over 9.6km (34:38) and Daniel Esterhuysen having a great return to Cardiff in 87th – 42:39.
Essex Sportshall Round 2
Congratulations to all the Beagles who took part in the second round of the Essex Sportshall event in Chelmsford, we are very impressed at these results!
Milena Nevill (U11) – Over / Under race – 20.2, Standing long jump – 1.65m, Standing triple jump – 5.05m, Vertical Jump – 40, Speed Bounce – 45, Obstacle race – 23.8
Evie Foley (U11) – Over / Under race – 21.7, 2 lap race 26.6, Standing long jump – 1.67m, Vertical Jump – 40, Hi Stepper – 14.6, Target Throw – 10, Speed Bounce – 46, Javelin – 7.5m, Obstacle race – 22.9, Balance Beam – 55
Emily Brewington (U13) – 6 lap race – 1:30.5, Vertical Jump – 29, Speed Bounce – 65, Obstacle race – 24.2
Natanya Itiola (U13) – 2 lap race – 22.8, Standing long jump – 2.08m, Vertical Jump – 51, Speed Bounce – 76
Macey Pitts (U13) – 2 lap race – 25.9, Standing long jump – 1.88m, Standing triple jump – 4.42m, Vertical Jump – 45, Speed Bounce – 63, Obstacle race – 23.9
Max Cheetham (U13) – 4 lap race – 49.6, 2 lap race – 21.7, Standing long jump – 2.49m, Standing triple jump – 7.55m, Vertical jump – 65
Rafi Mather (U13) – 4 lap race – 52.9, 6 lap race – 1:25.3, Standing long jump – 1.93m, Standing triple jump – 5.22m, Vertical jump – 45, Speed Bounce – 74
Daniel Ayandare (U13) – 4 lap race – 58.9, 2 lap race – 24.1, Shot – 6.98m, Standing long jump – 1.97m, Vertical jump – 45
Oliver Nevill (U13) – 2 lap race – 24.6, Standing long jump – 2.00m, Vertical jump – 44, Speed Bounce – 78, Obstacle Race – 21.2
Chelmsford Primary Schools Race – Round 2
Well done to all our primary school Beagles who represented their schools at the latest round of the Chelmsford schools event in Hylands. Apologies for anyone missed, but congratulations to:
Year 6 boys – Colm Forrest 4th, Jude Deal 6th
Year 6 girls – Thea Clark 1st, Nadia Price 4th, Isabelle Henry 6th
Essex Cross Country League – Hainault
In Hainault for the second Essex cross country league race of the season we saw some more great running across the age groups.
Under 11 girls 2km:
Thea Clark 9th 6:01
Isabelle Henry 10th 6:03
Nadia Price 13th 6:19
Leia Broadhurst 15th 6:26
Nora Heidemans 24th 6:50
Camilla Nash 25th 6:51
Under 11 boys 2km:
Ralph Hope 24th 6:16
Under 13 girls 3km:
Grace Lander 10th 13:12
Under 13 boys 3km:
Robert Barke 12th 11:46
Oscar Gander 19th 12:06
Sid Allen 38th 12:58
Jamie Murphy 44th 13:28
Henry Pinato 46th 13:33
Jacob Stanley 50th 14:16
Arthur Mitchell 55th 18:22
Jude McNicholl 56th 20:16 – Jude really did embody the spirit of the Beagles today to get across the line despite injuring himself during the race.
Under 15 girls 4km:
Heidi Woodley 1st 13:48
Sophie Bickerstaff 2nd 14:42
Izzy Young 5th 15:34
Esme Thomas 9th 16:01
Amalie Twydell 19th 16:26
Sophie Penn 20th 16:59
Under 15 boys 4km:
Will Hughes 2nd 13:19
Adam Armour 44th 17:15
Under 17 men 6km:
Jude Hearn 5th 19:01
Mattie Delea 21st 22:22
Senior men 8km:
Max Sanderson 7th 26:16
Alex Young 59th 29:45
James Wilson 95th 32:00
Phil Price 142nd 35:04
Elliot Worth 145th 35:10
Keith Thornton 147th 35:17
Yvo Heidemans 150th 35:33
Benjamin Morgan 180th 37:28
Dan Stanley 207th 39:52
Jack Petchey Winners
Congratulations to our latest Jack Petchey Foundation Award winners!
Patrick Connor – Patrick epitomises the Beagles spirit of resilience, he has challenged himself superbly over the last few months both in school and club races. His attitude and never give up spirit always inspires his team mates.
Zara Morley – Zara has become a brilliant member of the Beagles U17 women’s team and has gone above and beyond in listening to her coaches, challenging herself and supporting her team mates. In particular, her efforts at the Southern Road Relays where, despite a heavy fall at the start, she got up and ran in order not to let down her teammates.
Lianne Esterhuysen – As well as having an incredible start to her cross country season, Lianne has been recognised for her outstanding support and encouragement of her team mates. She is an ever present at races and stays from beginning to end, cheering and supporting others.
Liverpool Cross Challenge
Liverpool hosted the second round of the cross challenge series and once again we saw some superb Beagles performances on a national stage. First up, it was our U13 girls over 3km and another dominant performance by Madison Kindler who won the race in 10:45. Also running brilliantly were Lianne Esterhuysen in 6th – 11:10 and Sophia Davies in 8th – 11:16.
Our U15 girls also ran over 3km and the race saw Heidi Woodley lead for the majority of the distance and ultimately finishing 2nd in 10:43. Well done too to Sophie Bickerstaff who had a great run to finish 15th in 11:20.
The U17 women ran 4.4km and Zara Morley was looking strong again with her run of 16:44 to finish 29th. Olivia Forrest continues to improve, finishing 40th in 17:11 and Isabel Forrest had a good run to finish 86th in 19:19.
Finally, Daniel Esterhuysen took on the 8km senior men’s course which featured around 1000 runners. Daniel put in a great effort and did us proud with his run of 36:14 to finish 528th.
Eastern Cross Country
An exciting Saturday of cross country saw the Beagles face the Eastern AA course at Horseheath racecourse. A challenging cross country with a plethora of up and down hills offset by a fun run through a lake!
And of course our Beagles brought their best with the girls taking team gold in the U13, U15 and U17 age groups as well as 7 podium finishes!!
First up were the U13 age groups who both ran 3km. In the girls race it was a brilliantly dominant performance with Madison Kindler 1st in 9:41, Sophia Davies 2nd in 9:51, Lianne Esterhuysen 3rd in 9:52, Emily Brewington 6th in 10:48 and Grace Lander 16th in 12:06. Our one U13 boy – Theo Rowles – also did us proud with a good performance to finish 27th in 11:54.
Our U15 girls matched the amazing U13 performances with their 4km run. This time it was victory for Summer Smith in 12:10 and she was followed home in 2nd by Heidi Woodley in 12:24. Sophie Bickerstaff was 3rd in 13:00 and Amalie Twydell finished 15th in 14:35.
The U17 women ran over 6km and we saw more strong running from Zara Morley who finished in 2nd place in 20:27. Olivia Forrest was 4th in 21:02 and Isabel Forrest was 10th in 23:01.
Last but not least, Robin Smith ran over 12km in the senior men’s race and finished 4th in his age category with a great effort of 40:20.
Well done all! Superb results at a tough course
Essex Cross Country League – Hadleigh
At Hadleigh, it was the latest round of the Essex XC league and a new, very challenging course faced our Beagles who turned out in good numbers and produced some brilliant running.
Our Under 11s kicked things off over 1.5km with our boys looking strong. Bertie Allen led them home finishing 4th overall in 8:35, closely followed by Jude Deal, 5th in 8:37 and Colm Forrest who was 7th in 8:41. We also saw good runs from James Fitzgerald, 19th in 9:21 and Ralph Hope, 32nd in 10:09. On the girls side it was another great win for Blossom Smith in 8:46. She was supported team wise by Thea Clark 6th in 9:41, Nadia Price 9th in 9:50 and Evie Foley 12th in 10:08.
The U13s were also running well over 3km with Edward Garwood 10th boy in 13:07. Also producing good runs were Robert Barke 15th in 13:24, Mason Tredgett 41st in 14:45, Henry Pinato 49th in 15:26, Sid Allen 51st in 15:34 and Theo Rowles 56th in 16:33. Girls wise we only had the brilliant Emily Brewington who finished 2nd in 13:30.
A good turnout by our U15’s who ran over 4km. On the boys side George Bangs was 9th 14:53, Will Hughes 18th in 15:29, Luca Tredgett 45th in 17:28 and Adam Armour 48th in 17:43. On the girls side it was another race win for Summer Smith, dominant with her run of 14:44. Great running too by Izzy Young, 2nd in 16:14, Esme Thomas 6th in 17:00, Sophie Penn 14th in 18:00, Amalie Twydell 15th in 18:08, Amber Walker 24th in 19:13 and Robyn Colyer 34th in 22:05.
Our U17’s ran over 6km and were all looking strong. Jude Hearn was 4th in 21:21, Matthew Jones was 10th in 23:05, Evie Warn was 2nd woman in 24:28 and Sarena So was 9th woman in 27:41.
In the senior women’s race, also over 6km, we saw Tamar Barclay finish 39th in 33:56.
And finally our senior men saw another great turnout! Well done to Robin Smith, 31st in 31:57, Alex Young 40th in 32:52, Will Gazzard 74th in 35:23, Mark Tredgett 77th in 35:37, James Wilson 79th in 35:42, Keith Thornton 149th in 40:35, Stuart Crowther 159th in 41:31 and Dan Stanley 186th in 43:51.
SEAA Intercounties
Another muddy cross country course faced our athletes today for the SEAA inter counties in Horsenden Hill. Having been selected to run for their County, the competition was of a high standard but our Beagles still impressed and picked up two race wins.
The U13 girls raced over 3km and definitely had the best of the course conditions! Another strong display by Madison Kindler saw her finish first in 10:58. Lianne Esterhuysen was also looking strong, to finish 4th in 11:15 and both girls helped the Essex team to a 3rd place finish. Haysan So, running for Hertfordshire, finished 73rd in 12:40.
The U15s raced over 4km and the girls race saw another Essex victory, this time courtesy of an excellent strategic race from Summer Smith – 14:16. We also saw some brilliant running from Sophie Bickerstaff who finished 8th in 15:25. In the boys race, Will Hughes survived a fall at the end of the first lap, picking himself back up quickly to continue on and finish 53rd in 14:42.
Our U17 women ran 5k and we saw an Essex one / two for Olivia Forrest – 14th in 19:15, and Zara Morley – 16th in 19:19. Evie Warn ran well on the first lap but dropped out with an issue. Well done too to Sarena So, running for Hertfordshire, who finished 103rd in 22:12.
And finally, congratulations to Demi Eves running in the senior women’s race for Essex, over 6km. Demi finished 35th in 24:39.
Parkrun & junior parkrun roundup (1/2 November)
At Brentwood Parkrun we had a good Beagles turnout with Jude Hearn leading the way in 2nd (20:26) followed by Edward Garwood in 3rd running a new PB (21:11). Elliot Worth was 5th (21:54) with Stuart Crowther 8th (22:16), Robert Barke 9th (22:29), Thea Clark 33rd (26:15), Phil Price 53rd (28:22), Joshua Barke 64th (28:50) and Sarah Goodey 65th (29:07). At Harrow Lodge, Blossom Smith finished as first female (22:01) and Sophie Bickerstaff did the same at Billericay (19:03). Matt Norris was 57th at the same course (24:03). Finally at Raphaels, Simon Knightbridge was 9th (18:45), Keith Thornton 19th (20:50) and Stuart Bennett 237th (35:18).
At Harrow Lodge Junior parkrun, it was a great first place finish for Jude Deal (7:46), with Willow Smith finishing as first girl (8:32). Freya Brewington was 16th (9:38), Remi Deal 22nd (10:19), Jack Collier 25th (10:50) and Harry Collier 26th (10:53). Over at the Hutton Rec course, Chloe Thomson was 5th (9:42) with Liam Worth 6th (9:47). Joshua Thomson was running well in 10th (10:05) with Jessica Thomson 11th (10:14).
Parkrun & junior parkrun roundup (8/9 November)
Four Saturday parkrun venues for our Beagles this week, with Robin Smith travelling to Hampstead Heath and finishing 2nd (17:47). At Valentines Tamar Barclay finished 45th (22:44) and Emily Young was 141st (27:32). At Raphaels, Simon Knightbridge was 6th (18:51) with Dylan Hussain 123rd (27:06) and race walker, Emma Dyos 199th (30:53). Finally at Brentwood, Mark Tredgett was 5th (20:28), Luca Tredgett was 8th (21:46), Mason Tredgett 24th (24:27), Liam Worth 59th (28:02), Elliot Worth 60th (28:03) and Joshua Barke 64th (28:21).
At Hutton Rec junior parkun, Liam Worth finished 4th (9:26), Alexandra Johnston was 8th (9:41) , Camilla Nash 15th (10:52) and Margot Zaayman 16th (10:55). At Harrow Lodge Junior parkrun, Emily Brewington was the first to finish (7:53) with sister Freya Brewington 16th (9:43)
Parkrun & junior parkrun roundup (15/16 November)
Just a few parkrunners on Saturday this week but good running from all of them! At Raphaels, Matthew Jones finished 3rd and picked up a new PB (17:51), Simon Knightbridge was 7th (18:28), Jemimah Knightbridge was first female (19:47) and Keith Thornton was 17th (20:29). In Chelmsford, Will Gazzard was 7th (18:37) and at Harrow Lodge it was 1st place for Alex Young (19:23) and 1st female for Izzy Young (20:48). Cameron Young finished 7th (21:28), with Tamar Barclay 43rd (27:08) and Emily Young 62nd (28:59). Finally in Brentwood, Mark Tredgett was 3rd (20:30), Luca Tredgett was 5th (21:13), Elliot Worth 7th (21:38), Stuart Crowther 9th (22:25), Aidan Kerr 10th (22:48), Sophie Penn 18th (23:48) and Dylan Hussain 43rd (26:14).
At Hutton Rec junior parkrun, Liam Worth continued his good run of results with a 3rd place finish (9:39) and Chloe Thomson was 6th (9:55). Picking up new PBs were both Margot Zaayman in 11th (10:22) and Amelia Forrest 12th (10:23). Jessica Thomson was 13th (10:28) and Nadia Price did a great job as tail walker (18:24).
Parkrun & junior parkrun roundup (22/23 November)
With events elsewhere, it was a small turnout of Beagles at parkrun this week – Simon Knightbridge was at Raphaels finishing 3rd (18:36) as was race walker Stuart Bennett 203rd (32:23). At Billericay, Elliot Worth was 4th (20:11) and at Harrow Lodge Ezra and Sean Gooch finished 23rd and 24th (26:00, 26:01).
At Harrow Lodge Junior parkrun, Harry Collier had a good day with a 3rd place finish (8:57) whilst at Hutton Rec, Alexandra Johnston was the first female finisher (9:09). Liam Worth was also running well in 6th (9:54) just ahead of Ted Lobo in 7th (10:04). And at Lake Meadows, Oscar Gander was the first finisher (8:13).
Parkrun & junior parkrun roundup (29/30 November)
An impressive Beagles turnout at Raphaels this week with Scott Brooks finishing 2nd with a new PB (17:21), Simon Knightbridge in 9th (18:37), Matthew Jones 11th (19:19), Kurt Brooks 14th (19:39), Jemimah Knightbridge first female (19:54), Keith Thornton 22nd (20:51), and race walkers Stuart Bennett (33:12) and Emma Dyos (37:02). Over at Billericay, Matt Norris was 31st (23:38), and Liam Worth and Elliot Worth ran together finishing 93rd and 94th (27:22, 27:24). In Chelmsford, Cameron Young was 28th (20:18), with Oliver Weston-Stokes 74th (22:08) and Emily Young 378th (29:44). Whilst at Brentwood it was a first place finish for Will Gazzard (20:14) with Izzy Young first female (21:12), Alex Young in 4th (21:13) and Nora Heidemans 52nd (32:01). Whilst our furthest travelled Beagle this week was Stuart Crowther at Rushmoor parkrun who finished 17th (20:16).
At Harrow Lodge Junior parkrun, Emily Brewington was once again the first finisher (7:52). Ezra Gooch was 9th (9:16) and Freya Brewington was 19th (10:16). Over at Hutton Rec, Liam Worth was the first finisher (9:23) and Elise Gosling was the first girl (9:23). Camilla Nash was 5th (10:10), Margot Zaayman 8th (10:27) and Amelia Forrest 11th (11:10)
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
Despite Christmas being on it’s way, there are still plenty of races happening! We have the Essex Vets XC championships, English Schools Cup Final and some open events to look forward to.