September has flown by for our Beagles. Typically a quieter month in the athletics calendar, there have still been a range of events sought out by our athletes and it’s been brilliant to see the progress being made. September has also seen the start of relay season – and the amazing teamwork that brings which really showcases the best of our club.
Southern Road Relays Championships
It was a super Saturday for our relay teams in Aldershot at the South of England Athletic Association Road Relays where our under 13 girls absolutely annihilated the competition to take gold in their event!
Running over 3km, the under 13 girls showed they meant business from the start with superb first legs from Sophia Davies (10:17) and Emily Brewington (11:45). Lianne Esterhuysen took over for the second leg with a strong run of 10:51 before Madison Kindler brought the team home in 10.10 – the fastest U13 girls leg of the day. As a collective the team finished well over 2 minutes ahead of the nearest competition and any combination of our girls would have seen the win!
Our under 15 girls also did us proud and ran over the same 3km distance. Amalie Twydell got the team off to a good start with her run of 11:33, handing over to Aria Sabado who picked off several runners on her leg with her time of 12:00. Finally Sophie Bickerstaff stormed through the field in 10:57 to place the team 13th overall. A great result given all the girls were first years in the age category.
A huge well done to U17 Matthew Jones who came to work on his mass start and road running experience and had a great run to finish his 4.6km run in 17:01.
Finally our U17 women who also ran over 4.6km who demonstrated incredible resilience throughout their race. The first leg saw Zara Morley pushed over at the start and despite being covered in scrapes and bleeding, she got up and excelled in her run with a time of 17:13. Isabel Forrest took over and set off at pace, then persevered through a difficult second lap, and illness, to run 19:39. Evie Warn did a superb job to pick up places and brought the team home in 14th with her run of 17.29.
Vitality 10k and Westminster Mile
Congratulations to Robin Smith who had a superb run in the Vitality 10k to finish 8th in his age category with his run of 34:28.
And in the Westminster Mile we saw Emily Brewington produce an amazing run of 5:53 to be one of the fastest girls of the day! Well done too to Freya Brewington (7:34), Elsie Martin-Bouchareb (6:26) and Lily Tyler (6:46) who all ran brilliantly as well. And Max Sanderson looked strong in his race with his run of 4:25.
Basildon Half
A huge well done to Scott Brooks who picked up a new half marathon PB and 5th place finish in the Basildon half – 1:17.04. The event also saw strong runs from Kurt Brooks with a PB of 1:31.26 – 27th in his age category, and Yvo Heidemans – 1:35.08 – 22nd in his age category.
Watford Minors
The final Watford Minors event of the year saw some brilliant performances from our younger Beagles. Well done to all who took part and gave it their all.
Elise Gosling (Yr4) – 60m Hurdles – 12.0 (1st), 80m – 12.7 (2nd), 600m – 2:13.8 (2nd)
Freya Brewington – 75m – 14.7 (1st), 400m – 1:33.5 (1st), Long Jump – 2.35m (1st)
Krish Patel (Yr3) – 75m – 12.6 (1st), Long Jump – 2.95m (1st)
Emily Brewington (Yr6) – 800m – 2:49.2 (1st)
Southern Intercounties
In Oxford it was the Southern intercounties and we had three Beagles representing Essex – Max Sanderson was strong over 800m finishing 3rd in 1:57.73 and Demi Eves was 2nd in 5:07.67. Well done both!
A strong U17 women’s 1500m featured two Beagles. Evie Warn was representing Essex and finished 4th overall – 4:56.52 whilst Sarena So, representing Herts, was 7th in 5:14.24.
Havering Open
In Havering for their Open event, we had a brilliant start with a strong 1500m run for U13 Lianne Esterhuysen who ran 5:03.22 to finish 2nd. U15 Ollie Johnson was dominant in his race to finish 1st in 4:47.13 and U17 Taylor Cumber also had a strong run to finish 3rd in his age group – 4:47.26.
U13 Alex Wright made a strong debut over the 75m hurdles to finish 2nd – 14.91. U13 Max Cheetham was dominant in both the 100m and 200m sprinting to 12.61 and 25.50 respectively. And U17 Daisy Willingale was 2nd in her age group over 200m – 28.65 and had a best triple jump of 9.71m.
Big Half
Doing us proud on the roads were Scott Brooks and Matt Earing who both took on the Big Half in London. Scott finished 201st in 1:19.24 and Matt was 566th in 1:25:54. A huge well done!
Crown to Crown
The final summer Crown to Crown 5K race saw Ollie Johnson take the overall victory and pick up the first under 18 male place following his brilliant run of 18:57. Sophie Bickerstaff was equally good and picked up the first female U18 place – 19:38. We also saw excellent runs from Matthew Jones – 19:47, Adam Armour – 21:27 and Zara Morley – 20:14.
3K’s
U15 Amalie Twydellhad a strong run in the Debden 3k finishing 1st female in 11:26 and, at the flat and fast 3k event in Linlithgow, U13 Jess Davidson finished second in 10:56.5.
5K’s
Congratulations to U15 Amalie Twydell who finished as the first female in the 5k at the Northstone running festival with her run of 21:15. And well done to U13 Sophia Davies who produced an amazing new 5k PB of 17:35 in Battersea!
Watford Wednesday
At Watford it was also the final event of the season with the 100, 800 and 3000 races all seeing Beagles compete. First up in the 100m was Stuart Carter who had a good sprint of 13.22. In the 800m it was a new PB for U13 Sophia Davies who took over 5 seconds off her best time with her run of 2:24.96. U13 Madison Kindler looked strong in her race with a time of 2:17.62. And finally U20 Max Sanderson had another good 3000m run to finish 3rd in 8:34.36.
Great North Junior Run
Huge congratulations to U13s Madison Kindler and Jessica Davidson who both made the podium at the Great North junior run. Taking in 4k of the famous road course, the girls had brilliant runs with Madison first in 13:58 and Jessica third in 15:22. Well done both!
Parkrun & junior parkrun roundup (6/7 September)
Runners enjoyed more pleasant conditions on Saturday as over 20 Beagles took on their 5k runs at a variety of events. Starting at Raphael, Simon Knightbridge (18:14) ran well to take 2nd, with Matthew Jones (18:35) just a couple of places further back. Jemimah Knightbridge* (19:45) was 2nd female while Lily Tyler (25:49) and Emma Dyos (30:01) were also taking part.
Just one runner at Billericay as Oscar Gander (21:17) finished 15th while there was a good turnout at Brentwood with 4 runners. Jude Deal (20:56 PB) put in a highly impressive run to take 4th and claim a 29 second course best. Stuart Crowther (22:06) was 13th, Ethan Wilson (29:37) 67th and Dylan Hussain (30:19) 74th.
Touring at Great Cornard was 5th place finisher Adam Armour (20:29) while at Hockley Woods, Alex Young (18:57) claimed a first finisher on debut, with Isabelle Young (21:21) 16th and 2nd female. Over at Wickford, Liam Worth (24:18 PB) claimed a 33 second course best, finishing in 65th, 2 places ahead of Elliot Worth (24:19). At Chilton Fields in Suffolk, Keith Thornton (22:59) finished 14th while at Ingrebourne Hill, Ollie Johnson (19:10) ran well on debut to take 3rd, with Paul Johnson (26:38) in 32nd.
On Sunday, just the two runners at Harrow Lodge as Sean Connor (09:06 PB) picked up a new course best in finishing 10th as Finley Smith (09:08) took 11th. At Hutton Rec., Liam Worth (08:19 PB) took 19 seconds off his previous course best to finish 2nd overall, while Thea Clark* (08:55) also ran well to take 5th. Jessica Thomson* (10:06) took 12th, Chloe Thomson* (10:08) next in 13th with Joshua Thomson (10:11 PB) picking up a new course best in finishing 14th. Finally, over at Lake Meadows, Sage Kernohan (12:13) finished 56th.
Our 5k male age-graded performer of the week was Simon Knightbridge (82.18%), while Jemimah Knightbridge achieveda 76.54% rating for her run. On Sunday, our female 2k performance of the week went to Thea Clark (69.27%) and male to Liam Worth (69.46%). An explanation of age grades can be found here.
Parkrun & junior parkrun roundup (13/14 September)
Despite a week wet, conditions were still favourable for our parkrunning Beagles this weekend with another good turn out at a number of events. Starting at Norwich, where Adam Armour (20:14) finished 33rd while at Valentines, Keith Thornton (20:45) was finding his form again finishing inside the top 20 and coming just a handful of seconds outside his course best.
At Poole parkrun, Stuart Bennett (33:42) was among over 900 runners in attendance while closer to home at Raphael, it was a record-breaking day with a first finisher time of 14:54 clocked! Simon Knightbridge (18:22) took 7th with Matthew Jones (19:13) in 13th. Jemimah Knightbridge* (19:42) was first female in 15th while running very well into 23rd was Emily Brewington (20:50 PB) who took another 18 seconds off her course best. Emma Dyos (31:07) was also taking part on a momentous day.
Just the one Beagle at Billericay as Cameron Kidd (24:15) finished 52nd, while at Harrow Lodge, Jacob Stanley (25:25) placed 34th. A big turnout at Brentwood with 8 of our runners taking part. Elliot Worth (21:01) was first to cross the line in 7th, with Luca Tredgett (21:38 PB) making a significant improvement on his previous best time to take 9th. Aidan Kerr* (22:24) took 13th, Dylan Hussain (23:29 PB) 22nd, Mason Tredgett (25:57) 36th, Sarah Goodey* (27:42) 49th, Nora Heidemans (27:50) 52nd and Yvo Heidemans (27:53) 55th.
At Great Dunmow, Amalie Twydell (21:24 PB) finished 1st female in coming 8th while at Wickford Memorial, Scott Brooks (17:30 PB) finished 1st, taking another 8 seconds off his course best. Finally, all the way over in Sydney was Ezra-Zion Gooch (24:36) followed in by Sean Gooch (24:37).
On Sunday, a sunny morning greeted our junior runners with some fine performances recorded at Harrow Lodge. Emily Brewington (07:31 PB) capped off a great weekend with another course best, taking a significant 17 seconds off her previous record, while just a few seconds behind was Blossom Smith (07:38 PB), who herself took 6 seconds off her prior best. Willow Smith (08:22) ran well to take 7th with Jacob Stanley (08:31 PB) another to claim a PB. Freya Brewington (09:50) took 23rd, finishing just 4 seconds outside of her fastest time.
At Hutton Rec., Thea Clark* (08:17) edged ahead at the end to take 1st by 1 second, equalling her course best while first male over the line was Liam Worth (08:27). Nadia Price (09:08) took 6th, with Alexandra Johnston (09:21) 9th. Jessica Thomson* (09:41) finished 11th, Camilla Nash (11:23) 21st, and Bailee Abrahams (11:24) 22nd.
At Lake Meadows, a good performance from Oscar Gander (07:44 PB) saw him take 2nd and record a course best by 1 second, while Sage Kernohan (12:11) was 48th.
Our 5k male age-graded performer of the week was Simon Knightbridge (81.58%), while Emily Brewington achievedan excellent 79.84% rating for her run. On Sunday, our female 2k performance of the week went to Blossom Smith (80.92%) and male to Oscar Gander (72.37%). An explanation of age grades can be found here.
Parkrun & junior parkrun roundup (20/21 September)
We start our Saturday round-up at Raphael where we had 4 Beagles in action. Luca Tredgett (19:51 PB) ran well to finish in the top 10 and better his previous course best by 6 seconds, continuing his impressive streak of 8 straight PB’s! Keith Thornton (20:44) was 17th, Lily Tyler (28:28) 155th and Stuart Bennett (33:35) 250th.
At Billericay we also had 4 runners taking part. Scott Brooks (17:29 PB) was in great form again taking 1 second off his best time and just missing out on another first finisher by only 8 seconds. Elliot Worth (19:51) finished 6th, 1 place ahead of Kurt Brooks (20:06), while Oscar Gander (20:51) was 11th.
More good running at Chelmsford with Will Gazzard (18:17) finishing 9th and Oliver Weston-Stokes (20:24) 43rd. Just the one runner at Brentwood as Dylan Hussain (23:03 PB) ran well to take 17th and beat his previous best time by 26 seconds! Touring at Highwoods was 9th placed Adam Armour (22:01) and finally at Wickford, Emma Dyos (29:34) finished 138th.
On Sunday, our juniors were out and about too with Willow Smith (08:17 PB) running well at Harrow Lodge to take 1st and secure a new PB by 1 second! Not far behind in 2nd was Lily Tyler (08:26 PB) who was another to secure a course best, this time by a significant 28 seconds. Finishing off a Beagles 1-2-3 was Jacob Stanley (08:39). At Lake Meadows, Sage Kernohan (11:42) finished 39 while at Hutton Rec., we had a strong turnout of runners with a 1-2-3 of Beagles here as well. Jude Deal (08:02 PB) took 1st in a new course best, while Thea Clark* (08:46) took 2nd, a short distance ahead of 3rd placed Liam Worth (09:00). Elise Gosling (09:40) took 10th, Jessica Thomson* (09:46) 11th, Chloe Thomson* (10:07) 15th, while Nadia Price (21:24) was tail-walking.
Parkrun & junior parkrun roundup (27/28 September)
There was a good number of Beagles out running their 5k’s on Saturday with a first finisher at Billericay for Simon Knightbridge (18:51). Liam Worth (25:19) took 70th with Elliot Worth (25:20) in 71st. At Raphael, Matthew Jones (19:42) was 11th, with Stuart Bennett (34:29) and Emma Dyos (36:04) also taking part.
At Chelmsford, Emily Young (32:27) was in action while at Harrow Lodge Willow Smith (23:20) was 27th and Jacob Stanley (24:53) 45th. At Clare Castle, Adam Armour (21:10) finished 13th on debut while at Brentwood, Jude Hearn (18:08 PB) took 2nd and knocked an impressive 37 seconds off his previous best. Robert Barke (22:49) was 24th, Leo Rowell (23:44) 29th, Mason Tredgett (25:01) 42nd and Joshua Barke (27:19) 65th.
At Mersea Island, Keith Thornton (21:34) took 9th while at Sizewell, Sophie Bickerstaff (19:54 PB) finished 3rd and 1st female in a new course best time. At Oriam, Tamar Barclay (30:55) finished 140th while taking on the fast course at Chalkwell Beach was Scott Brooks (17:09), who finished 5th.
On Sunday, Jude Deal (07:29) ran well to take 1st place at Harrow Lodge, finishing just 3 seconds outside his course best. At Hutton Rec., Liam Worth (08:21) finished 2nd, just 2 seconds outside his best time, with Alexandra Johnston (08:48 PB) in 3rd. Jessica Thomson* (09:33) was 5th, Bailee Abrahams (09:47) 7th, Chloe Thomson* (10:08) 10th and Joshua Thomson* (10:40) 14th.
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
October is action packed with a mix of road and cross country relays, the start of school cross season, the first Essex league cross country and the beginning of the Sportshall events. Whatever you get involved in, we wish you luck and know that you will do the Beagles proud!