The last couple of weeks have been an excellent example of the huge variety of activities our Beagles get up to on the average weekend – from southern cross country to parkrun, from the minithon to sportshall – our Beagles were producing great results in all these places! Well done all!
Southern XC Relays
On Saturday (19th) our endurance runners were in London for the South of England Athletic Association XC Relays which took place at Wormwood Scrubs.
First race of the day saw our U17 women compete over 3km. A strong and determined start from Evie Warn saw her stick to the front of the pack coming back in second place (10:32). Mara Thomas took over and ran strongly to consolidate the team position in second (11:39). Olivia Forrest brought the team home in the final leg closing the gap on the leaders but ultimately finishing in second place to earn team silver. Olivia also finished with the fastest leg of the race (10:18).
Next up were the U13 girls who ran over 2km. Sophie Bickerstaff gained some valuable first leg experience running today as a single runner. She did a great job pushing towards the front of the pack to finish 7th on the first leg (8:17). First runner in the Beagles team was Amalie Twydell who spent much of the lap running alongside Sophie and finished just behind her in 8th (8:27). Handing over to Aria Sabado an unfortunate delay in change over occurred (due to what appeared to be a mix up over our club colours and another clubs), but Aria got her head down and moved forwards pushing the team into 6th (8:39). Madison Kindler took over for the final leg and despite her best efforts, which saw her run the fastest U13 girls leg of the day, she only had enough distance to get the team to third (7:18). A brilliant bronze medal for the team!
Our U13 boys were out to pick up some valuable experience at area level events. First leg today was Adam Armour who set off with enthusiasm and gave it everything in his leg (8:28). Coming back in 21st he handed off to Mason Grindrod who set off on a hunt to gain some places. Moving the team up into 18th with his run (8:33), he sent Hugo Wilks off on the final leg. Hugo also did a great job of making up places and the team ended up 15th overall (8:16). Well done boys!
Our U15 girls also ran over 2km and were running as an incomplete team today. Missy Tiller started off on the lead leg and kept focused on sticking with the front runners for the majority of the lap before finishing in 6th (7:52). Handing over to Isabel Forrest, Isabel consolidated the team place and also finished her leg in 6th (8:20). Valuable experience for both!
Final team of the day were our U15 boys running over 2km. An act of kindness on the start line saw Jude Hearn miss out on a front row starting position, but he soon made up ground and had another strong run (6:56). Passing over in 8th position, Matthew Jones took over and once again showed his continued good form (7:52) and was unlucky to lose places amongst some stronger runners. Mattie Delea took over in 21st place but saw a good opportunity to make up ground and pushed the team forward to 19th overall (7:35).
Huge congratulations to all who ran! Brilliant performances against strong competition from across the South.
Lee Valley Minithon
A group of Beagles travelled to Lee Valley on Saturday (19th) for one of the popular minithon events designed to introduce younger athletes to athletics. Congratulations to:
Lianne Esterhuysen (Yr6) – 60m: 10.41, long jump: 2.80m, 600m: 1:58 – overall bronze medal!
Danel Esterhuysen (Yr3) – 600m: 2:25.70, long jump: 1.89m, 60m: 11.79 – overall gold medal and 10th highest score!
Nicole Tkachuk (Yr6) – Long jump: 2.81, High jump: 1.05m, 200m – 35.59 – overall bronze medal!
Jael Hibbert (Yr3) – Long jump: 1.65m, 60m: 9.72, 200m: 32.97 – overall gold medal and 3rd highest score!
Priya Shina-Grant (Yr3) – Nerf throw: 5.75m, 60m: 11.20, 200m: 39.24 – overall gold medal and 6th highest score!
Mya Ngala (Yr3) – 200m: 37.76, 60m: 10.45 – overall silver medal!
Thank you to Daniel E for the photos
Essex Sportshall
Congratulations to the Beagles who took on the first event in the Sportshall series in Chelmsford. We saw some very competitive performances!
U11s
Isla Foley – Over and under race – 19.6 (2nd), 1 lap race – 13.4, 2 lap race – 26.7, Obstacle race – 26.4
Camilla Nash – 1 lap race – 13.3
Maggie Denham – 1 lap race – 13.9, 2 lap race -28.0, Obstacle race – 26.6
Amaia Keskin – – 1 lap race – 13.1, Obstacle race – 23.8
Evie Foley – 2 lap race – 26.5, Obstacle race – 25.0
Jack Collier – Over under race – 21.5, 2 lap race – 27.3, 1 lap race – 13.3
U13s
Ava O’Neal – 4 lap race – 54.7 (3rd), 2 lap race – 25.2
Elsie Martin-Bouchareb – 2 lap race – 24.9, Obstacle race – 21.8
Max Cheetham – 2 lap race – 22.7 (2nd),
U15s
Evie Abbot – 2 lap race – 24.0 (2nd),
Daisy Willingale – 2 lap race – 24.1 (3rd)
Essex Cross Country League Round 2
Another brilliant Saturday at the Essex cross country league for many of our Beagles. With the fixture clashing with half term holidays for many of our athletes, we were thrilled to see another set of superb results for those that were at Gloucester Park to take on the big hill!
First runners of the day were our twenty U11s who were running 1.5k. Mirroring her result in the first league race, Lianne Esterhuysen finished as first female (5:41) and 6th overall! Blossom Smith was 4th (6:13), Isabelle Holme 7th (6:25), Thea Clark 10th (6:35), Nora Heidemans 17th (6:59), Camilla Nash 18th (7:01), Evie Foley 19th (7:02) and Lottie Fowler 23rd (7:05). On the boys side Colm Forrest finished 13th (6:01), Bertie Allen 14th (6:02), Oscar Gander 16th (6:04), George Kyprianou 25th (6:18), Archie Hussey 28th (6:20), Henry McDowell 29th (6:21), Jude McNicholl 33rd (6:28), Oliver Nevill 42nd (6:48), Ethan Wilson 47th (7:17), Patrick Connor 49th (7:23), Oliver Jones 50th (7:25) and Arthur Mitchell 52nd (8:25). Amazing running from everyone!
The U13s were tasked with two laps of the U11 course running 3k overall. The race saw a dominate run from Madison Kindler who finished as first female and second overall (10:41). Amalie Twydell also ran brilliantly to finish 3rd (12:25) with more great running from Caitlin Phillips 16th (14:09) and Grace Lander 21st (14:31). The boys were also running well with Adam Armour first Beagle back in 18th (12:34), Mason Grindrod 30th (13:20), Jamie Murphy 34th (13:33), Max Massarella 35th (13:43), Henry Pinato 43rd (14:19), Ollie Trevor 44th (14:24), Sid Allen 45th (14:33), Robert Pearson 46th (14:35) and Jacob Stanley 47th (14:39). Well done all!
The U15s were tackling a 4k course and once again our Beagles were at the front. A great run by Heidi Woodley saw her finish as first female (15:59), Isabel Forrest was 5th (17:36), Izzy Young 9th (18:42) and Amber Walker 31st (21:28). For the boys Jude Hearn produced a superb sprint finish to take second place (14:44). Also running well were Jake Mitchell in 20th (16:47), Frankie Edwards 25th (17:19), Ollie Johnson 26th (17:21) and Matthew Jones 28th (17:33).
And finally our seniors! Another brilliant run by Lorraine Massarella over 7k this week, saw her finish 32nd (33:55). And for our men it was 8k – Dean Savery giving his all to finish 41st (31:31), Alex Young was close behind in 48th (31:51) and Keith Thornton was also running well to finish 187th (40:38).
Congratulations to everyone but particularly to those Beagles who won their Essex vests today – Madison Kindler, Amalie Twydell, Heidi Woodley, Isabel Forrest and Jude Hearn! Well done to you all
Thanks to Mike and Andrew for photos!
Beachy Head
Mattie Delea started his 10k experiences in style, picking the challenging and hilly Beachy Head event. Fortunately, the years of hill training have paid off and he came a brilliant 12th overall and second in his age group in 44:43. Well done Mattie!
Also doing us proud in Beachy Head was Marc Delea who took on the marathon and even more hills! A tough event but a great effort – 6:48.47 – congratulations!
Serpentine 5k
Congratulation to four of our Beagles who travelled to London for the last Friday of the month Serpentine 5k. Max Sanderson finished second overall (15:50), Olivia Forrest was first female (17:08), Heidi Woodley was third female with a new PB (17:25) and Isabel Forrest was also in good form (20:38).
Jack Petchey Awards
Huge congratulations to our first ever Jack Petchey Foundation achievement award winners. Nominated by their fellow athletes, we saw three brilliant winners collect their certificates tonight.
Dean Savery from our endurance squad – recognised for being a great model both when volunteering as a coaching assistant across our training groups and for leading by example in his races, including his recent first place (U20) in the Essex League.
Evie Abbott from our sprint squad – showing a committed approach to training and continued progress right to the end of track season over the hurdles.
Henry Pinato from our multi events – always proactively and positively supporting his fellow athletes and showing a real step up from training into his cross country performances.
Well done to all three! The first of many athletes we hope to be celebrating thanks to the support of the Jack Petchey Foundation.
Youth Talent Development Programme
Congratulations to Max Sanderson who was picked to be part of this year’s cohort of the prestigious England Athletics Youth Talent Development Programme. Max spent the weekend in Loughborough to start the programme with workshops on nutrition, psychology and lots of practical work too.
English Schools Cup First Round
The final Essex first round event of the English schools cup saw further good results for our Beagles.
Jude Hearn – finished first in the intermediate boys race
Katie Hawkins – finished 30th in the intermediate girls race
Well done both!
Havering District Cross Country
Congratulations to all our athletes who ran in the Havering district cross country at Stubbers this week. We don’t have full results and are aware that there were many more Beagles involved than those listed below – well done to everyone.
Year 7 girls – Lila Keith 16th, Emily Johnson 35th
Year 7 boys – George Smith 4th,
Year 8 girls – Aria Sabado 1st,
Year 8 boys – Joe Sandford 1st,
Year 9 girls – Summer Smith 1st, Amber Walker 12th
Year 9 boys – Rohan Keith 21st
Year 10/11 girls – Jess Page 5th, Daisy Middlemiss 7th
Year 10/11 boys – Orly Morton 4th
Parkrun and Junior parkun round up (19th/20th October)
It was a wet and very Autumnal Saturday morning but there was a strong turnout of Beagles at Raphael parkrun. At the front of the field there was a battle for 3rd place between Simon Knightbridge (18:13) and Rob Trevor (18:14), with Simon just crossing the line first. Further back but still making the top 10 was Elliot Worth (19:43) in 8th, while Jemimah Knightbridge* (20:27) was 1st female for the 3rd week in a row and 15th overall. In 27th was Emily Brewington (21:50), just 1 second ahead of Keith Thornton (21:51) while Freya Brewington (27:26) ran well to finish 14th female.
Elsewhere, at Chelmsford, Isabelle Young (26:11) placed 172th from a field of nearly 500, and at Brentwood, Phil Price (21:19) finished 3rd and Olivia Kerr* was close to her PB in 62nd (35:11) with dad Aiden Kerr* on pacing duties (35:11). Visiting Rushmoor parkrun, Stuart Crowther (20:19) ran to within 2 seconds of his course best, finishing 21st overall and achieving the highest male age grade of an impressive 81.05%. Over at Harrow Lodge, Matt Earing finished 3rd and picked up a new course PB (20:52). Finally at Wickford, Scott Brooks (18:22) was once again in good form finishing 2nd while brother Kurt Brooks (20:04) finished 8th, narrowly outside his course best.
On Sunday, it was another damp and breezy morning for our junior runners to content with. Despite this, there was a good turnout as usual at Hutton Rec with several runners performing. Leading the Beagles in with a determined effort was Nadia Price (08:41 PB), who finished 4th and 1st female. 5th went to Nora Heidemans (09:23) while Liam Worth (09:25) was just behind in 7th. Bailee Abrahams (09:40 PB) ran well to take 8th and pick up a course best while next over the line was Max Morris (09:57). There were yet more Beagles to come as Jessica Thomson* (10:03) finished 10th, Alexandra Johnston (10:05) 11th, Chloe Thomson* (10:06) 12th, Sophie Lobo* 14th with a new PB (10:22), Joshua Thomson* (11:05) 18th and Izzy Lobo* 24th (11:47).
We had 5 runners at Harrow Lodge as Blossom Smith (08:04) took 2nd, equalling her PB, closely followed by Emily Brewington (08:06) in 3rd who was just 2 seconds off her best. In 8th was Willow Smith (08:58), 15th Zachary Watson (10:06) 21st Isla Smith* (10:22) and 22nd Freya Brewington (10:28). Just the one runner at Lake Meadows as Sophie Bickerstaff (07:25 PB) took 3rd place and demolished her PB by nearly 30 seconds, fantastic effort!
Parkrun and Junior parkun round up (26th/27th October)
At Billericay, Simon Knightbridge (18:41) ran well to take 3rd place from a field of nearly 300 while 2nd female and 11th overall was Jemimah Knightbridge (20:53). Also running from the club was Ethan Wilson (29:08).
At Chelmsford, Nadia Price (24:42) and Phil Price (24:43) ran together finishing comfortably in the top 150 from over 700 runners. Meanwhile at Brentwood, Missy Tiller (21:16) finished 2nd overall and 1st female while Dylan Hussain (24:03) and Daniel Jaycock (24:12) also enjoyed their runs finishing top 20.
At Thurrock, Orsett Heath Katie Hawkins (25:17 PB) and Angela Hawkins (34:14) ran, with Katie picking up her course best.
Finally at Wickford, Scott Brooks (17:54) took 1st place and a course best, reaping the rewards from a solid training block for his New York marathon this weekend.
On Sunday, there was a good turnout at Hutton Rec. with Colm Forrest (08:03) as first finisher and Dylan Hussain (08:41) taking 3rd. Nora Heidemans (09:15) was 4th and 1st female, while Camilla Nash (09:23) took 5th with a course best, followed in by Joshua Barke (09:35) and Alexandra Johnston (09:39). Elise Gosling (09:58 PB) broke 10 minutes for the first time, just 3 seconds in front of Jessica Thomson* (10:01). In 11th was Bailee Abrahams (10:03), 12th Chloe Thomson* (10:04) and 21st Joshua Thomson* (11:06).
At Harrow Lodge, Matthew Jones (07:10) ran strongly to take his course best, finishing 1st by well over a minute, ahead of 2nd place Daisy Middlemiss (08:25) who took part for the first time. In 7th was Willow Smith (09:01), 8th Harry Collier (09:16 PB), 9th Finley Smith (09:29) and 11th Alice Jones (09:32 PB).
We had another 1st finisher at Chelmsford as Oliver Weston-Stokes (07:29 PB) ran well in picking up his best time.
Well done to all our representatives this weekend. 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 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
It’s the National XC relays this weekend in Mansfield where our athletes will be picking up some valuable experience and hoping for better weather than last year! The event is livestreamed so look out for the link on social media. Good luck too to our athletes taking on the second round of the Essex Sportshall competition. And a special good luck to Scott Brooks who is taking on the New York marathon!
