The U15 Boys were the first race off and Alden Collier had a good run in fourth to lead the Chiltern team home. The other scorers were Euan Pinder (14th), Archie Pinder (15th) and Daniel Munn (25th). However the team’s strength in depth showed with Max Baxter (28th), Rowan Gawne (45th), Alex Hughes (51st) Isaac Jessop-Tranter (72nd), and Callum Powell (141st) all running well.
 
Next up were the U13 Girls and there was a good turnout from the Chiltern girls who finished a creditable fifth from 16 complete teams. Year 6 Girl Kara Gorman ran superbly in her first major championships to be sixth. Joining Kara in the scorers were Marlie Nkoane (33rd), Issy Robinson (83rd), and Megan Lockwood (90th), Also doing well were Evelyn Wildman (124th) and Lydia Cross (149th).
 
The U13 Boys also did well to be sixth with Tom Ford having a great run to be eighth. James Holdsworth (23rd), Charlie Quantrill (74th), and Zach Cleary (81st) completed the scoring.
 
Another top ten team finish came from the U15 Girls who were seventh. Frankie Baxter had a good run to be 16th, Emily Ford was 19th, Sofia Lomas 70th and Lily Jessop-Tranter 75th. Izzy Martin (85th), Jo Snelling (107th), Marea Logan (124th),  Rebecca Lawson (148th) and Savarnah Pandya (151st) completed the Chiltern presence.
 
The Chiltern U17 men’s team was tenth. Ash Finch (46th), Laurie Gawne (61st), Thomas Askey (73rd) and Jerry Anderson (76th) were the scorers and Sammy Bennetts was 86th.
 
Maddie Hughes had a great run to be fourth in the U17 Women’s race with Ellie Shield running well to be 68th. James Palmer had a good run to be 33rd in the U20 men’s race.

We now appear to have at least 8 club members signed up for Spring marathons and in order to help the less experienced, we thought we could set up a WhatsApp Spring Marathon Group where those doing Spring Marathons can sign up and post messages, arrange to get together for training, arrange a programme of build up races to assess fitness, and request help with different aspects of marathon running.
If you have not yet notified the coaches that you are training for a Spring marathon please do so and join the group it becomes active.
Tuesday 1 February - Session 1 - 
Endurance and some speedwork with Trevor Brawn and Mike Shrive at 7pm.
A meeting room has been booked at the Rear Hall at Broadway Baptist Church, 78 The Broadway. Chesham HP5 1EG from 6.45 until 8.45, however we will be meeting outside the Hall until it is clear that the current Covid variant is under control. Toilets will be available and items may be left in the Hall during your run. The closest parking is at Star Yard, Chesham (free after 6pm) and the meeting room can be accessed adjacent to the Car Park Toilet Block.
Please be ready to run by 7.00pm. Maximum 60 athletes. We will allow a maximum of 30 runners per group, so we expect to divide into 2 sub-groups to make the session safer for all.
Please also ensure you are wearing high viz clothing, and use a torch with care if you need to. Please be mindful of shining bright torches into other athlete’s faces, and switch off when not running.

Thursday 3 February - Session 2 - 
Speed endurance with Mike Shrive at 7pm. Limited to 30 athletes.
Meet in Rickmansworth Road car park, Amersham, ready to run at 7.00pm.
Please also ensure you are wearing high viz clothing, and use a torch with care if you need to. Please be mindful of shining bright torches into other athlete’s faces, or switch off when not running.

How to book into your sessions
1. Athletes must go to this link and check that there are places available at their preferred session(s) - check the number, NOT the percentage of people opted to attend. If you are the first person you will not see any responses.
2. Athletes will then need to go to this link to then register their intention and ensure that they have read the COVID19 Risk Assessment. 
PLEASE NOTE: the COVID-19 Risk Assessment has been amended for current guidance and change in location so you must have another look at it. ​

 

CHAC has previously been accredited by Club Mark, a system regarded as the leading measure of good sports governance. Our governing body England Athletics has withdrawn from this process and is instigating its own practice guidance more suited to athletic clubs. Your committee has therefore decided to follow the lead of EA.
As part of this process the committee has already adopted the following new Guidance, Codes, Policies and Procedures;

• Club Standards – Governance
• Club Safeguarding Code of Conduct
• Child Safeguarding Policy and Procedures
• Adult Safeguarding Policy and Procedures

These can all be accessed on the web site from the drop-down menu – About – Club Codes of Practice and Other documents. Please take a moment to familiarise yourself with these papers which guide the way the Club is run and the values to which we aspire
On the web site under the drop-down menu About - Club Contacts- Team managers and officials are the contact details for the committee and in particular the Club’s Athlete Welfare and Child Protection Officer(s).

The indoor season is well underway and Chiltern athletes have been taking to the boards.
 
Lee Valley December Open
U17 Jemma Thomson was first to get her indoor season going on December 5th with an excellent 300m PB at Lee Valley of 42.77
 
Lee Valley New Year Open
January 2nd saw several Chilterns in action. U17 Chisom Nwafor ran a 60m PB of 8.07 and followed this up with a  good 200m of 26.10. Dayo Akinjobi (U17) and Henry Wendt (U15) tackled the sprints with Dayo recording 8.24 (PB) for 60m and 28.33 for 200m. Henry ran PBs of 9.00 and 30.21.
 
U17 John Nickless ran a  good PB of 54.75 for 400m. Middle distance runners Oakley Denson (U17) and Isaac Jessop-Tranter (U15) got their seasons going in 800m – Oakley ran 1.57.91 and Isaac 2.05.73.  Three U15 girls tackled 800m – Lily Jessop-Tranter (2.37.88), Ffion Harman (2.44.53) and Florence Lee-Rubis (2.44.75).
 
BMC Sheffield
Oakley made the trip to Sheffield to run in the BMC meeting there on January 9th running 1.58.07 in the C race. Senior Man Harry Cox was in the A race running a good time of 1.55.19.
 
Be Fit Academy meeting
Senior Women Sarah Cross was ruthlessly consistent at an open meeting at Lee Valley on Jan 9th, running two 60m races, both in 8.29.
 
SEAA U13/U15/U17 Championships
Several Chiltern youngsters took to the boards in the Southern Championships at Lee Valley on the weekend of January 15th/16th. U17 Jemma Thomson tackled 200m and ran 26.66 to be second in her heat and go through to the semis, but her 26.7 there was the fastest time not to get through to the final. U17 Mila Luker logged a long jump PB of 4.57m to be tenth in Pool A.
 
The U17 men’s 800m saw a strong Chiltern presence. Oakley Denson won heat 1 in 2.03.29 with Felix Palmer making his indoor debut with 2.17.01. In heat 2 both Isaac Jessop-Tranter (2.02.58) and John Nickless (2.03.12) both made it through to the final. In the final Oakley was joint second in a tight finish in 1.55.6 (PB), Isaac fifth in 2.02.00 and John sixth in 2.02.88 (PB). 

The Under 11 Girls began things with an impressive 1-2-3, Kara Gorman winning by a big margin from Nia Clarke and Maya Davis. Carys Jones was close behind in 8th. The Under 11 Boys also took a team win courtesy of Kit Dixon (3rd), Jacob McCall (6th) and Isaac McCall (7th). The girls have a good lead with one match left, the boys lie in second.
 
The Under 13 Girls battled hard and were second with Marlie Nkoane (8th), Issy Robinson (12th), Evelyn Wildman (14th) and Katie Allsop (15th) scoring. Also running well were Anna Stoneham (24th), Megan Lockwood (25th), and Lydia Cross (32nd). The girls lie second overall.
 
Tom Ford scored another win in the Under 13 Boys race to consolidate his position at the top of the league. The team win was confirmed with Felix Danielli (3rd), James Holdsworth (4th), and Jack Martin (10th) being the other scorers. Completing the team were Charlie Quantrill (11th), Zach Cleary (12th), Aidan Suleyman (14th), Hugo Mundy (19th), Charlie De Sousa (29th), George Mawby (32nd) and Theo Roughton (33rd). The boys take a decent lead into match 5.
 
Frankie Baxter in fourth place led home the Under 15 Girls team that were second. Completing the scoring were Emily Ford (5th), Lesedi Nkoane (6th) and Lily Jessop-Tranter (10th). The girls are second league-to-date. Also having good runs were Olivia Clarke (11th), Alice Peckham (15th), Marea Logan (24th), Rebecca Lawson (31st) and Ellie Gowers (38th).
 
The Under 15 Boys were dominant as usual with Alden Collier winning to maintain his share of the league lead. The other scorers were Daniel Munn (2nd), Rowan Gawne (5th), and Alex Hughes (6th). The team also featured good runs from Max Baxter (7th), Rory Hilton (10th), Euan Pinder (11th), Max Roughton (18th) and Hari Mistry (25th). The team have a big lead in their division.
 
A fabulous turnout from the Junior Women saw another team victory with Maddie Hughes taking the individual win. Holly Henderson in fourth and Abbie Henderson in eighth completed the scoring. Charlotte Docwra was 9th, Olivia Edwards 10th, Hannah Ashby 12th, Katie Repper 15th, Alice Brown 16th, Ellie Shield 18th and Grace Thorpe 20th. The women lead the division going into the final match.
 
A depleted U17 men’s team battled hard to achieve second place thanks to Laurie Gawne 3rd, Sammy Bennetts 7th and Ash Finch 12th. The boys still lead overall going into match 5.
 
The Senior Women were second and are second overall, still very close to leaders Dacorum. Hannah Wardley continued her stellar season with her first ever Chiltern League win. Also in the scoring six were Ellie Bates (11th), Jessie Keighley (20th), Alicia Bushell (24th), Sarah Quantrill (26th) and Becky McCall (27th). The turnout was great as usual: Sue Elliott (28th), Katie Royals (30th), Cath Holloway (38th), Aleksandra King (40th), Tessa Passey (44th), Abi Askey (46th), Sylvia Moss (52nd), Jinaan Lockwood (62nd), Ella Watson (73rd), Christine Taylor (74th), Caroline Stephens (79th), Fiona Williams (83rd), Lyndsay Bill (92nd), Claire Dickinson (98th), Tamsin Finch (104th), Kathy Jessop (106th), Hannah Ryan (108th), Belinda Bell (111th), and Fiona Calder (124th). The Veteran team of Sarah Quantrill, Becky McCall, Sue Elliott and Cath Holloway were second and are second overall.
 
The Senior Men have had a great season but this was perhaps the best performance to date, with a great team win bringing the team very close to league leaders Bedford and County. The scorers were all in the top 50: Richard Slade (3rd), Aran Davidson (5th), Will Perkin (9th), Charlie Wood (11th), James Palmer (13th), Nick Hughes (21st), Finn O’Brien (23rd), James Repper (30th), Tom Dixon (43rd) and Angus Williams (48th). Also having great runs were Neil Turner (51st), Max McGarvie (52nd), Ben Jackson (56th), Adam Shute (66th), Mike Turney (100th), Richard Moss (125th), Ian Lawson (142nd), Chris Lower (146th), Ed Wright (166th), Neil Bates (186th), Tim Hipgrave (193rd), Dominic Schulte (202nd), Phil Damas (217th), John Coutts (219th), and Trevor Brawn (236th).
 
The Veteran team also won with Nick Hughes, James Repper, Tom Dixon and Neil Turner scoring. The vets lead overall. The Under 20 scorers were James Palmer, Finn O’Brien and Angus Williams. The team was second and are narrowly second league-to-date.
 
The final match is at Shuttleworth College on February 19th, where another good performance could lead to the club’s first ever Chiltern League win.

Please let one of our coaches know if you are already signed up to run a springtime marathon event. One option we are considering is to organise training sessions specifically to fit in with a marathon training plan.

Tuesday 18 January - Session 1 - 
Endurance and some speedwork with Trevor Brawn and Mike Shrive at 7pm.
A meeting room has been booked at the Rear Hall at Broadway Baptist Church, 78 The Broadway. Chesham HP5 1EG from 6.45 until 8.30, however we will be meeting outside the Hall until it is clear that the current Covid variant is under control. Toilets will be available and items may be left in the Hall during your run. The closest parking is at Star Yard, Chesham (free after 6pm) and the meeting room can be accessed adjacent to the Car Park Toilet Block.
Please be ready to run by 7.00pm. Maximum 60 athletes. We will allow a maximum of 30 runners per group, so we expect to divide into 2 sub-groups to make the session safer for all.
Please also ensure you are wearing high viz clothing, and use a torch with care if you need to. Please be mindful of shining bright torches into other athlete’s faces, and switch off when not running.

Thursday 20 January - Session 2 -  
Speed endurance with Mike Shrive at 7pm. Limited to 30 athletes.
Meet in Rickmansworth Road car park, Amersham, ready to run at 7.00pm.
Please also ensure you are wearing high viz clothing, and use a torch with care if you need to. Please be mindful of shining bright torches into other athlete’s faces, or switch off when not running.
Sunday 23 January - Session 3 - 
Longer social runs in the morning, usually off-road. No booking required. See the website for details.

How to book into your sessions
1. Athletes must go to this link and check that there are places available at their preferred session(s) - check the number, NOT the percentage of people opted to attend. If you are the first person you will not see any responses.
2. Athletes will then need to go to this link to then register their intention and ensure that they have read the COVID19 Risk Assessment. 
PLEASE NOTE: the COVID-19 Risk Assessment has been amended for current guidance and change in location so you must have another look at it. ​

Chiltern Harriers had a very successful Bucks County Championships at a wet and grey Campbell Park on Saturday. On courses that were significantly shorter than the distances billed, the weather and the tough hills still made for hard racing. The Championships were, as usual, in conjunction with the Bedfordshire Champs which filled out the fields and made for some good races.
 
There were Chiltern team wins for the U11 Girls, U15 Girls, U17/U20 Women, Veteran Women, U13 Boys, U15 Boys, U20 Men, Senior Men, and Veteran Men. Individual wins came from Nia Clarke (U11G), James Holdsworth (U13B), Alden Collier (U15B), Maddie Hughes (U17W), Alicia Bushell (U20W), James Palmer (U20M), Richard Slade (SM), James Repper (V40M), Nick Hughes (V50M), Cath Holloway (V45W), and Miriam Kempson (V55W).
 
The U11 races were small with Nia Clarke first in the girls race, Maya Davis finishing third. Chiltern didn’t have any U11 boys racing.
 
The U13 Races were much better supported. Chiltern’s U13 Girls were second team. Kara Gorman made her U13 debut and had a great run to be 4th. Marlie Nkoane (9th) and Issy Robinson (13th) were the other scorers. Also running well were Evelyn Wildman (18th), Megan Lockwood (24th), and Lydia Cross (25th).
 
James Holdsworth set off up the first hill with intent and raced to a well-earned win in the U13 Boys race. The team also won, James being backed-up by Charlie Quantrill (7th), Hugo Mundy (9th) and Aidan Suleyman (10th). Also doing well were Jacob McCall (11th), Isaac McCall (13th), Charlie De Sousa (14th), and Theo Roughton (16th).
 
There was a good turnout of U15 girls and the scoring trio of Frankie Baxter (2nd), Lesedi Nkoane (3rd) and Olivia Clarke (5th) won comfortably. Completing the impressive team were Lily Jessop-Tranter (6th), Sofia Lomas (7th), Izzy Martin (11th), Jocelyn Davies (12th), Jo Snelling (14th), Alice Peckham (15th), and Ffion Harman (24th).
 
Continuing the winning habit were the U15 Boys with Alden Collier taking the individual win. Daniel Munn had his best race of the season so far to be second and Alex Hughes (3rd) and Max Baxter (4th) made it a dominant team win. Also running well were Rowan Gawne (6th), Isaac Jessop-Tranter (8th), Ethan McCall (9th), Rory Hilton (10th), and Max Roughton (11th).
 
The U17 and U20 Women ran together with team scores combining. Chiltern comprised ten of the 13 finishers with Maddie Hughes taking the overall win, backed up by Holly Henderson (2nd) and Charlotte Docwra (5th). Abbie Henderson was 6th. Alicia Bushell (7th) won the U20 title with Katie Repper (8th) second. Completing the team were U17s Alice Brown (9th), Ellie Shield (10th), Tia Lomas (11th) and Annie Hilton (12th).
 
It has been several years since Chiltern won the senior men’s race, but a strong sextet did a great job to take the title. Richard Slade continued his great form to take the individual win on a course advertised as 9.1k, but actually under 7k. Completing the scoring were Aran Davidson (4th), Will Perkin (5th), Nick Hughes (10th), James Repper (11th), and Neil Turner (15th). Michael Turney was 25th. The Veteran men’s team of Nick, James, Neil and Michael won their team prize and James was first Vet 40, Nick first Vet 50.
 
The Senior Women’s team of Ellie Bates (9th), Cath Holloway (12th) and Katie Royals (13th) were second, but the Veteran trio of Cath, Aleksandra King (14th) and Tamsin Finch (17th) were gold medallists. Cath Holloway was first Vet 45 and Miriam Kempson took the Vet 55 title.
 
The final race of the day was perhaps the most exciting. The U17 and U20 Men ran together and a decent field of 27 (including the Bedfordshire athletes) toed the line. Chiltern’s leading U20s, James Palmer and Louis Peterson, quickly built a lead and were neck and neck for most of the race, James just getting the win. Unlike the women’s junior race, the men’s team results were separated. So Chiltern’s U20 team won gold but there were only three U17 Chiltern lads so an incomplete team in that category. The U17 race featured Laurie Gawne (4th), Sammy Bennetts (7th) and Jerry Anderson (9th). The U20 winning quartet was James, Louis, Finn O’Brien (4th), and Ben Jackson (7th). Charlie Stone was 8th and Alex Johnson, having his first race for a couple of years 9th.