On Tuesday 17 December at 8:15pm (after training), the annual CHAC Christmas meal will be taking place at Lebanese Village in Chesham town centre.

The cost is £28.60 per person (including service charge). This includes hot and cold starters, with a meat, fish or vegetarian/vegan main option and Baklava for dessert.
You will also get 5% off any drinks.

All are welcome - please sign up via this link.

Payment is the same as last year and can be made via Paypal - search Elizabeth Lang (or @beth662) 
Please advise of any allergies and dietary requirements in advance.

A big thank you to Julia and Beth for organising the evening once again!

Several Under 11s made their debut. In the girls race Rita-May Jones was 18th and Marni Ison-Stierer 23rd, very good efforts in a field of over 50. In the boys race Jonathan Kallibala was 7th, Jack Dalton 17th, Oliver Harrison 27th and Oliver Vandenbrekel 28th. The girls were 8th and the boys 5th in the team standings.
 
The Under 13 Girls had a strong team out and sealed a third team win. Juliette MacDougall scored her third consecutive individual win and the other scorers were involved in a big sprint finish ending with Loren Gerber 6th, Holly Knott 7th and Bea Robinson 8th. Also running well were Emilia Ingham in 11th and Lottie Monnington in 17th.
 
A good U13 boys team packed well with Jack Rogers 9th, Harrison Lawrence 10th, Isaac Brown 12th, and Toby Reynolds 14th being the team that finished second. Completing the team were Zac Taylor 17th, Hector Gamblen 18th, Oliver Atkinson 24th, Thomas Cooper 28th, and Josh Woodward 29th.
 
The U15s was one area where teams were a little light with a few usual scorers away. The four U15s girls worked hard and were fourth on the day, dropping to third in a very tight team contest. Maya Davis was 3rd, Evelyn Wildman 8th, Carys Jones 20th and Lauren Dwyer 38th.
 
On the boys side Tom Ford took another excellent win and he was backed up by Ben Reeder in 13th, James Henderson in 24th, and Felix Danielli in 28th. Kit Dixon 34th and Isaac McCall 35th completed the team. The team was fourth and drop a place to third overall.
 
A good U17/20 Women’s team were second thanks to Emily Ford 6th, Frankie Baxter 8th and Issy Robinson 15th. Completing a big team were Jo Snelling 27th, Jocelyn Davies 30th, Lydia Cross 43rd, Lara Milburn 45th and Ellie Gowers 48th. The team is third overall.
 
Edward Johnson scored his second win of the season in the U17 Men’s race and the team was second with James Holdsworth 4th, Callum Powell 6th and Zach Cleary 20th scoring. Also doing well were James Malin 28th, Charlie De Sousa 33rd and Mattie Gemmell 39th. Aidan Suleyman had to drop out.
 
A much-improved Senior Women’s team were fourth and featured thirteen runners, compared to six and seven at the first two matches. Bex Nkoane was back in action leading the team home in 18th. Completing the scorers were Roxie Jones 33rd, Katie Royals 35th, Jess Orr 47th, Ellie Bates 52nd, and Carys Evans 54th. Also involved were Jenny Bizley 57th, Lauren Mayot 63rd, Abi Askey 64th, Sylvia Moss 72nd, Sue Slade 82nd, Tamsin Finch 109th, and Fiona Calder 128th. The team are now up to 9th. The Vet quartet of Bex, Ellie, Jenny and Lauren were third and move up to 12th.
 
There was a big jump in the fortunes of the Senior Men with eight scorers within the top 40. Richard Slade took a second individual win leading home the Green Arrows, and there was great back-up from Simon Bossi 6th, Angus Williams 11th, Aran Davidson 12th, Adam Shute 22nd, Cam Reid 23rd, Tim Lawrence 25th, Nick Hughes 36th, Mike Turney 96th and Neil Turner 99th. An 18-strong team also featured Tom Robinson 129th, Ben Hannen 130th, Alan Crozier 133rd, Toby Radbourne 160th, David Reynolds 166th, Frank Gaymond 181st, David De Sousa 189th, Max Baxter 210th and Trevor Brawn 219th. Leon Doran was well placed but fell on a knee already bruised from a training run fall and dropped out. The team was a strong second on the day and move up to fourth overall.
 
The Vet quartet of Adam, Tim, Nick and Mike won and extend their lead. The U20s were eighth thanks to Toby and Max. In the Vet 40 contest Adam was third and Tim fourth, Nick was first Vet 50, and Mike first Vet 60.
 
The fourth match is at Cassiobury Park, Watford on January 11th where Chiltern are slated to provide marshalling assistance to hosts Watford Harriers. Anyone interested in helping please contact Trevor Brawn or Sue Slade.

There was another solid performance from Chiltern Harriers at the second Chiltern League match at Teardrop Lakes, Milton Keynes on Saturday. There was a slightly improved turnout (68) on match 1, and the juniors again proved the best performing club on the day. This was especially impressive as several athletes had competed in the ESAA Schools Cup meeting at Stowe the previous day.
 
The courses were mostly flat apart from the short sharp hills, and the surface was soft but didn’t deteriorate too badly through the afternoon.
 
Chiltern had no U11 girls but Kit Reynolds made a good debut to be13th in the U11 Boys race.
 
The U13 Girls took a second team win, led home by impressive winner, Juliette MacDougall. The other scorers were Holly Knott in sixth, Annie-Rose Quantrill 12th and Emilia Ingham 13th. Also contributing well were Lotti Monnington in 22nd and Mala Bahia in 48th.
 
Toby Reynolds was first Chiltern runner home in the U13 Boys race in ninth, and there was good packing from Isaac Brown 12th, Hector Gamblen 13th, and Zac Taylor 21st to score. Harry Reeder was 27th and Jack Dixon 48th. Jack Rogers was well placed early in the race but had to drop out. The team were third on the day and are third overall.
 
It was pleasing to see the small but talented U15 Girls team running. All four scorers had run hard at Stowe the previous day but put in a great performance on Saturday to be the winning team and establish a small lead over Milton Keynes overall. Maya Davis was third, Nia Clarke sixth, Evelyn Wildman 8th and Megan Lockwood 11th. Also featuring were Carys Jones in 32nd and Mimi Daley in 37th.
 
Tom Ford took an excellent win in the U15 Boys race and was backed up by Charlie Quantrill in ninth, Max King in 16th and Ben Reeder in 17th. James Henderson was close behind in 18th and the good-sized team was completed by Colin Miles (31st), Isaac McCall (37th), Kit Dixon (42nd), Raphael Tsolaki (43rd), and Jacob McCall (44th). The team were second on the day and remain second overall.
 
A small Junior Women’s team ran well for third - Emily Ford fifth, Issy Robinson ninth and Jocelyn Davies 25th. Ellie Gowers was 44th. The girls remain third overall.
 
Another team that did well despite several running on Friday was the U17 Men. Edward Johnson had a great run to be third, James Holdsworth 14th, Daniel Munn 16th, and Aidan Suleyman 20th. James Malin was 32nd, Charlie De Sousa 33rd and Mattie Gemmell 39th. The team was second on the day and the lads are second overall.
 
The small Senior Women’s team had an improved showing with Katie Royals (37th) and Jess Orr (49th) returning to lead the team in. Also scoring were Roxie Jones (54th), Abi Askey (80th), Sue Slade, making her league debut, (94th), and Tamsin Finch (138th). Fiona Calder was 160th. The team were 13th and hold 13th league-to-date. The Vet foursome of Abi, Sue, Tamsin and Fiona were 15th.
 
The Senior Men had a different, but equally strong, team out compared to match 1 and were fourth on the day, remaining fourth overall. Richard Slade had a good battle to take the individual win and further scoring came from Aran Davidson (17th), Cameron Reid (22nd), Ollie Jackson (25th), Adam Shute (32nd), Tim Lawrence (34th), James Turner (43rd), Jonny Slade (113th), Mike Turney (124th) and Alan Crozier (161st). A much bigger team than the one at Keysoe was completed by Ben Hannen (168th), Tom Robinson (169th), Amit Dixit (171st), Toby Radbourne (172nd), Frank Gaymond (192nd), David De Sousa (222nd), Ed Wright (228th), Glen Martin (231st), and Allan Cairns (242nd).
 
The Vet Men (Adam, Tim, James and Mike) were second and stay in the lead in their category. Mike was first Vet 60, and Adam and Tim sixth and eighth Vet 40s.
 
The third match is not far away on November 30th at Luton where the club hopes to move up into an overall podium position.

Archie Pinder was running well on first leg but was brought down by a faller in front of him and struggled to regain his rhythm. His lap ended up as 9.41. Euan Pinder made up some places on leg 2 with 9.51 and Leon Doran continued his good form with 9.06 on last leg to bring the team home in 26th.
 
Next up were the U17 Men who had also finished second at the Southern Champs. They had a good race to finish 11th. Alex Hughes ran first leg in seventh with 9.20 and Aidan Suleyman continued the momentum with 9.58 on leg 2 and James Holdsworth ran very well to make up a few places to 11th in 9.40.
 
The Senior Men had a team and a half, and the A team completed a very good race to finish 32nd from 149 complete teams. Simon Bossi ran well on leg 1 to log 16.45 on the longer 5k course, made up of two 2.5k laps, despite tweaking an ankle. Richard Slade ran the team’s fastest leg on leg 2 with 15.17 to make up over thirty places. Aran Davidson ran well on leg 3 with 17.08 and Harry Cox mounted a storming finish to record 16.29. On the B team Finn O’Brien had a good run on first leg of 17.49 and Jonny Slade ran 19.42 on leg 2.
 of 17.49 and Jonny Slade ran 19.42 on leg 2.

The U17 women were first off and Lydia Cross, coming back after illness, ran consistently as an incomplete team on the 3k circuit in 13.03.
 
The U20 Men and U17 Men ran together, with results separated at the end. The Chiltern U20s were always in the mix with Archie Pinder (9.21) and Euan Pinder (9.31) bringing the team home in fourth at the end of each leg. Leon Doran took over and ran a superb leg of 8.58 to bring the team into second, just ten seconds behind the winners. Leon’s time was second fastest of the race.
 
Meanwhile the U17 Men’s A team had a similarly strong trio out. James Holdsworth on leg 1 ran  9.37 to finish sixth and Aidan Suleyman maintained that on leg 2 with 9.42. On a very exciting last leg there were several changes of position and Edward Johnson’s 9.27 was a great run to move up into silver. There were two other Chiltern U17 teams and the B team had a great start thanks to Callum Powell’s 9.43, followed by Jack Turner (10.32) and Rory Hilton (10.46). The Bs finished 14th. An incomplete C team featured good efforts from Zach Cleary (10.34) and Charlie De Sousa (11.21).
 
The U13 Girls saw two Chiltern girls competing and Emilia Ingham (8.55) and Lotti Monnington (9.31) both had good runs on the shorter 2k route. The U13 Boys had two full teams, and one incomplete team. The A team did very well to be seventh thanks to Jack Rogers (7.40), Harrison Lawrence (8.02) and Zac Taylor (8.09). Issac Brown (8.00), Hector Gamblen (8.07) and Thomas Cooper (8.51) were the B team that finished 12th, and Harry Reeder (8.25) and Jack Dixon (9.31) were an incomplete C team.
 
Nia Clarke (8.36) and Megan Lockwood (8.31) were the two U15 girls in action. The U15 Boys had an inexperienced A team out but Ben Reeder (7.34), James Henderson (7.49) and Kit Dixon (8.11) all ran well for 25th. Isaac McCall (8.19) and Jacob McCall (8.38) were an incomplete B team.
 
For the first time Chiltern got two full Senior Men’s teams out at this event. The course was two of the 2k laps, which ended up about 4.3k, further than the usual one lap 4k circuit. Simon Bossi led off in what was by now bright sunshine. Simon’s 13.41 brought the team home in 8th and Aran Davidson kept the momentum going with 14.08 on leg 2. A few teams well up on legs 1 and 2 were incomplete so the front of the race thinned out, and Angus Williams found himself in third on leg 3. Angus’s 13.54 gave Cameron Reid a buffer. Cam ran well on leg 4 for 14.02 to hold onto bronze. The B team also did well with James Turner (14.57), Alex Aldred (14.00), Tom Dixon (15.23) and Jonny Slade (16.23) finishing 12th.

More photos from Mark Easton

There were no Chiltern U11s in action so the first race of interest was the U13 Girls. Juliette MacDougall raced to a convincing win and the victorious team was completed by Holly Knott in fifth, Emilia Ingham in 11th and Lotti Monnington in 21st.
 
The U13 Boys put out a good team and were third on the day. Jack Rogers was ninth and there was good packing from Harrison Lawrence (13th), Zac Taylor (14th), Toby Reynolds (15th) and Isaac Brown (17th).  Jack Dixon completed the team in 42nd.
 
The U15 Girls provided another team win (joint with Milton Keynes) thanks to a great effort from the girls. Maya Davis led the team home in sixth and she was backed up by Nia Clarke in ninth, Megan Lockwood in tenth, and Carys Jones in 20th. Also running well were Lauren Dwyer in 29th and Mimi Daley in 35th.
 
Tom Ford had a good run in a high-quality field to be second individual in the U15 Boys race, and the Chiltern team was second behind the very powerful Dacorum outfit. Other scorers were Charlie Quantrill (ninth), Max King (13th), and Logan Gaskell (16th). Also running strongly in a big team were Ben Reeder (22nd), James Henderson (30th), Felix Danielli (31st), Kit Dixon (37th), Isaac McCall (44th) and Colin Miles (45th).
 
The Junior Women ran very well to be third team on the day. Scoring were Issy Robinson in fifth, Emily Ford in sixth and Alice Peckham in 16th. Completing the team were Jocelyn Davies (17th), Lara Milburn (35th), Rebecca Lawson (38th), and Ellie Gowers (40th).
 
Another big Chiltern team featured well in the U17 men’s race with a breakthrough first league win for Edward Johnson. The other scorers were Callum Powell (ninth), James Holdsworth (12th), and Aidan Suleyman (16th) and the team was second. Also featuring were Daniel Munn (18th), Jack Turner (24th), Rory Hilton (30th), Zach Cleary (31st), Mattie Gemmell (36th), Charlie De Sousa (38th), and James Malin (48th).
 
The Senior Men and Women completed scoring teams but were much lower on numbers than in previous years. The Senior Women had just six runners and were 13th team. All battled hard and scoring were Katie Royals (27th), Jess Orr (51st), Tessa Passey (71st), Lyndsey Bill (79th), Helen Hinde (107th) and Fiona Calder (134th). The Veteran women were 16th, Tessa, Lyndsey, Helen and Fiona completing the scoring four.
 
The Senior Men had thirteen facing the starter and they did well to be fifth team. Aran Davidson ran strongly to be tenth and was backed up in the scoring by Alex Aldred (14th), Adam Shute (17th), Tim Lawrence (35th), Finn O’Brien (36th), James Turner (45th), Tom Dixon (55th), Mike Turney (121st), Ben Hannen (141st), and Amit Dixit (156th). Completing the team were Ed Wright (191st), and Allan Cairns (193rd).  Ollie Jackson was well-placed early on but had to withdraw with a tight calf. The veteran quartet of Adam, Tim, James and Tom took the team win. Mike Turney was first Vet 60, and amongst the Vet 40s Adam was fourth and Tim ninth.
 
The next match is at Teardrop Lakes on November 9th where the club hopes to build on a solid start.

A small Chiltern Harriers contingent made the trip to Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield on October 5th for the English Road Relay Championships. The best placed team, that all ran on the traditional 3.8k circuit, was the U17 Men who were 17th.
 
The U13 Girls were a respectable 26th thanks to Bea Robinson (15.30), Annie-Rose Quantrill (16.49) and Emilia Ingham (16.29). The U13 boys were also 26th courtesy of Jack Rogers (14.36), Harrison Lawrence (15.32) and Zac Taylor (15.34).
 
Maya Davis led off the U15Girls with 14.54 and was followed by Carys Jones (17.51) and Megan Lockwood (16.06). The U15 Boys were 32nd thanks to Tom Ford (12.33), Luke Coultate (16.15) and Charlie Quantrill (13.27).
 
Alex Hughes led off the U17 Men’s team and was fifth on leg 1 in 11.57. Callum Powell (12.57) and James Holdsworth (12.33) steered the team to 17th place overall. Issy Robinson ran first leg in an incomplete U17 Women’s team.

The fourth and final Southern Athletics League match for the Wycombe and Chiltern team took place at Dartford on August 17th at Dartford and saw the team, which was a little depleted, finish fifth.
 
The team ended up in tenth place, in the league of 18, a much stronger result than had been anticipated at the start of the season. The four matches saw the team fourth, fifth, second, and fifth.
 
Twenty-one Chiltern athletes have contributed to the success, and have enjoyed meaningful, good standard athletics in a friendly but competitive environment. U17s, U20s, seniors and vets have all enjoyed it.
 
The aim in 2025 will be to maintain a top 10 finish.
 
Chiltern contributions :
 
Match 1
Sarah Cross (high jump, pole vault, 4 x100m), Mila Luker (100m, long jump), Jess Orr (800m), Katie Royals (3000m), Simon Bossi (1500m), Aran Davidson (5000m), Ollie Jackson (5000m), Isaac Jessop-Tranter (400m, 800m, 4 x 400m), Euan Pinder (800m, 4 x 400m), Archie Pinder (1500m, 4 x 400m), Leon Doran (4 x 400m), Issa Phillips-Pope (pole vault).
 
Match 2
Sarah Cross (100m, high jump, pole vault, 4 x 100m), Issy Robinson (800m), Fiona Calder (100m, 400m, 800m, long jump, javelin), Alex Aldred (800m, 4 x 400m), Aran Davidson (3000m), Ollie Jackson (800m), Isaac Jessop-Tranter (1500m), Issa Phillips-Pope (pole vault)
 
Match 3
Sarah Cross (high jump, pole vault, javelin, 4x 100m), Anya Morzaria (100m), Katie Royals (3000m), Ellie Shield (3000m), Ash Finch (5000m), Isaac Jessop-Tranter (400m, 4 x400m), Issa Phillips-Pope (pole vault), Richard Slade (800m, 1500m), Angus Williams (800m)
 
Match 4
Jess Orr (800m), Katie Royals (5000m), Ellie Shield (800m), Jonny Slade (3000m), Angus Williams (1500m)
 
Officials - Graham Jessop-Tranter, Nick Pinder, Tom Robinson, Sue Slade, Doug Smith, Anne Underwood 

The U13 Boys were the first race away on the undulating 3k circuit and the A team ran well to be 15th, with good runs from Josh Woodward (11.11), Harrison Lawrence (11.54) and Jack Rogers (10.56). On the B team Isaac Brown ran 11.37 on the first leg with Toby Reynolds (12.24) and Zac Taylor (11.58) completing the team that finished 31st. Thomas Cooper ran well for 11.40 in the incomplete C team.
 
The U13 Girls had one complete team that did very well to be 12th, with Emilia Ingham (12.22), Annie-Rose Quantrill (12.33) and Bea Robinson (11.40) all running strongly. Lotti Monnington made her Chiltern debut to run 13.06 in an incomplete B team.
 
Tom Ford led off the U15 Boys team, finishing 9th in 9.47. He was backed up by Charlie Quantrill (10.05) and Thomas Reynolds (10.07), with the team finishing 9th overall. The B team of Max King (10.27), James Henderson (11.23) and Issac McCall (11.41) were 42nd and Jacob McCall ran 11.43 in an incomplete C team.
 
There was one U15 Girls team and the trio of Maya Davis (11.13), Nia Clarke (11.55) and Megan Lockwood (12.05) were a creditable 19th.
 
The biggest squad of the day were the U17 men who had three complete teams out. The A team was also the highest placed Chiltern team of the day in fourth. Alex Hughes led off and had a great run to win leg 1 on an extended 4.6k route with 13.52, the fastest lap of the race. Aidan Suleyman (14.56) and James Holdsworth (15.07) battled hard but were up against top level runners on legs 2 and 3. The B team was 33rd courtesy of Edward Johnson (15.04), Daniel Munn (15.59) and Rory Hilton (16.38), and the C team were 57th: Zach Cleary (17.28), Dylan Rossi (17.32) and Charlie De Sousa (19.03).
 
An excellent result came from the U17 women to be sixth with Emily Ford (17.18), Marlie Nkoane (18.35) and Issy Robinson (17.40) all running well.
 
For the first time a Chiltern Senior Women’s team had been entered but Maddie Hughes unfortunately sustained a knee injury in the lead up, so a full team of four wasn’t possible. However the remaining three did well on the tough 6k course, Frankie Baxter (24.23), Roxie Jones (27.28) and Katie Royals (25.44).
 
Senior Men’s teams have taken part before at Aldershot but this was the first time two full Chiltern teams of six had been assembled. There were solid runs all round from ‘the Green Arrows’ in this top class field, which included some of the UK’s best endurance men. The A team were 36th from over 80 complete teams and finished as the highest placed Bucks team ahead of Milton Keynes in 44th and Wycombe Phoenix in 62nd. The Chiltern B team were a creditable 64th.
 
The A team featured Leon Doran (19.43), Richard Slade (18.53), Harry Cox (20.00), Angus Williams (20.07), Aran Davidson (19.55) and Adam Shute (20.20). The B team was Daire Stack (20.48), Cameron Reid (20.34), James Turner (21.44), James Price (21.44), Jonny Slade (22.03) and Alex Aldred (20.32).
 
There are plans for men’s teams at the SEAA cross country relays at Wormwood Scrubs in October and the National cross country relays at Mansfield in November.