Chiltern Harriers U13s and U15s had a good match at Eton on Saturday in the fourth and final meeting in the YDL series.
 
The U15 girls, U15 boys and U13 boys all had solid teams out but, mostly due to summer holidays, Zoe Partridge was the only U13 girl. So the team’s fourth place was all the more impressive. The team finished fourth overall in this strong seven-team division.
 
Despite it being the end of a long season there were many personal bests and season’s bests from the Chiltern athletes
 
U15 Girls
Abi Masters logged PBs in both 100m (4th in 13.52) and 200m (5th in 28.13). Florence Lee-Rubis scored a PB to be fourth in B string 100m (14.00) and Issy Robinson was fourth in B string 200m in a PB of 29.65. In 300m Ffion Harman was fifth in A string (45.05) and Yasmin Warnes was second in B string (45.68). The middle distance girls scored good pints with Lily Jessop-Tranter winning A string 800m in 2.26.10 and Izzy Martin second in B string in 2.27.62. Lucy Wilkinson and Rebecca Lawson ran well in non-scoring 800m. Marlie Nkoane was third in A string 1500m in 5.06.66 and Emily Ford was second in B string in 5.09.04. Florence Lee-Rubis was third in A string 75m hurdles in 14.11 and Ffion Harman second in B string in 15.10. The 4 x 100m team of Abi, Ffion, Yasmin and Florence were an excellent second in a season’s best 53.35. The 4 x 300m team also ran a season’s best of 3.09.61. The quartet featured Lily, Marlie, Charlotte Hewson and Izzy.
 
In the field Florence was second in A string long jump with a PB of 4.58m. Rebecca was third in B string with 3.45m. Charlotte Hewson was fifth in A string high jump with 1.35m and Issy Robinson won B string with 1.30m. In shot there were PBs for Ffion and Emily, and Genevieve Donald and Izzy looked after discus. Lucy Wilkinson was second in A string hammer (20.55m) and Lily was second in B string (12.23m). Lucy was third in A string javelin (20.55m) with Marlie third in B string.
 
U15 Boys
There were 100m PBs for Oscar Freemont (3rd in A string in 12.13) and Issa Phillips-Pope (4th in B string in 12.91). Oscar gained another PB in A string 200m – 2nd in 24.25 whilst Cameron McGuffin was fifth in B string in 27.43. The 300m A string saw a PB for Cameron of 43.66, and Enzo Chiappe was fourth in B string. Max Roughton was second in A string 800m in 2.21.67 and Mattie Gemmell ran a PB of 2.32.78 to be second in B string. Rory Hilton ran 4.54.76 to be fourth in 1500m. The 4 x 100m team of Mattie, Issa, Enzo and Oscar were fifth, and the 4 x 300m quartet scored a season’s best 3.03.30, courtesy of Mattie, Rory, Cameron and Max.
Issa and Oscar looked after long jump and Max and Mattie coped well in high jump. Max (5th in a string with 8.20m) and Cameron (3rd in B string with 6.06m) both got PBs in shot. Rory did A string discus and Enzo and Rory looked after javelin.
 
U13 Girls
Zoe Partridge was the sole U13 Chiltern girl on the day and gained PBs in 800m (3.05.94), long jump (3.46m) and shot (5.47m).
 
U13 Boys
Zeno Chiappe (11.77) and Theo Roughton (12.22) were the 75m scorers and Kit Dixon (11.59) and Luke Coultate (12.50) ran non-scoring. In 150m Aarav Johnson (22.01) and Luke Coultate (23.22) did well. In A string 800m Jack Martin ran well for second in 2.29.82 and Hugo Mundy was second in B string in 2.39.00. Eddie O’Brien won the non-scoring 800m with Theo Roughton fourth. The 1200m saw an excellent win for Tom Ford in a PB of 3.43.21, inside the UK top 20 for the distance for U13s. In the B string Charlie Quantrill ran a PB of 3.56.78 to be third. Jack Martin and Kit Dixon scored very useful points, third in A string and second in B string respectively, in 75m hurdles. The 4 x 100m relay team of Zeno, Eddie, Tom and Aarav ran well for third in a season’s best 59.10.
Jack Martin and Tom Ford helped with long jump and Charlie Quantrill was third in A string high jump.  In the throws Hugo Mundy continued his great progress with javelin, second in the A string with a PB of 28.36m. Luke Coultate was fourth in B string. Kai Burgess, third in A string and Kit Dixon, third in B string, did well in shot.

We had hoped to hold this event in 2022.  However major parking problems have emerged with our usual plot not being available resulting in the event not going ahead this year.

Hopefully we will find a solution for 2023.

Steve Field is once again organising his famous London marathon Coach  (taking place on 2nd October 2022)

A coach has been booked to take runners and supporters to the start of the marathon at Blackheath Common. This is one way only.

The pickup points are (times to be notified later):

• Chesham Station
• Amersham Station, Hill Avenue
• The Metropolitan (formerly Sugar Loaf PH), Staion Approach, Little Chalfont

The one-way fare will be £10 for CHAC Members and £13 for non -Members. (No refunds)

Bookings to Steve Field – stevefield364@btinternet.com 

Please state:

• Number of places requested
• Your pick up point
• If a paid up member of CHAC
• The best email address to make contact.
• A phone number you can be contacted ahead of or on the morning is case of problems arising – (ideally a mobile)

An email will be sent to confirm place(s) have been reserved.On receipt of confirmation please pay money to Chiltern Harriers Athletic Club
Sort Code 20 69 17 Account No. 90045993
Please include the reference – MC followed by you surname - so that we can monitor receipt. 

To help supporters identify runners during the race we will be drawing up a list of partcipants. For inclusion on the schedule please confirm to Steve:

• Your name
• Your anticipated finishing time.
• The colour/design logo of your running vest/top or any other logo etc s on the CHAC 

South Bucks had another good match in the third of four Southern Athletics League matches on Saturday. The sun shone on the track at Sandy near Biggleswade and the match had a nice atmosphere.
 
The composite team of Chiltern Harriers and Wycombe Phoenix athletes recorded a third consecutive win, finishing on 329 points, well ahead of Northampton in second. There were ten Chiltern athletes taking part in the thirty-strong South Bucks contingent.
 
Senior Woman Sarah Cross had a busy day coming second in B string javelin with a season’s best 30.83m, second in A string shot with another season’s best 9.20m, and second in B string 100m: another season’s best of 13.40. Also contributing to the women’s team was U20 Olivia Cameron, racing on the track for the first time since 2017. Olivia was third in A string 800m in a promising 2.33.5. Also making a return to the track after a break was U17 Marea Logan, winning B string 800m in 2.38.00. U17 Frankie Baxter also made her SAL debut, scoring an impressive win in A string 2000m steeplechase in 7.53.80.
 
On the men’s side Senior Man Aran Davidson ran a well-paced race to win A string 5000m in 15.42.7, a very impressive performance given the hot conditions. Vet 55 Ian Lawson ran 19.13.4 as a non-scorer. U20 Max McGarvie was second in A string 1500m in a season’s best 4.22.7 and U17 Matt Evans scored a PB in the same race, running 4.33.2 to win the B string. Isaac Jessop-Tranter won B string 400m in a PB of 54.4 with Tom Askey just behind as a non-scorer in the same race. Isaac and Tom teamed up with Wycombe’s David Clark and James Twallin to win 4 x 400m relay in a brisk 3.42.7.
 
The final match is at Luton on Saturday August 13th which should see South Bucks confirmed as winners of Division 3 North, gaining promotion to Division 2 next year.