There was good Chiltern representation in the London Mini Marathon which this year took place on the Saturday, the day before the race. Most were taking part in the British Athletics Road Championships for their regions but Ellie Shield was running in the Borough Challenge for Westminster. All athletes ran the same 2.6k course around St James Park.
 
U13 Girls
10th        Kara Gorman (South East) 9.08
U13 Boys
21st        Tom Ford (East)  8.45
U15 Girls
16th        Lucy Wilkinson (South East) 9.01
67th        Emily Ford (East) 10.00
U15 Boys
31st        Alex Hughes (South East) 8.07
U17 Girls
35th        Maddie Hughes (South East) 9.13
21st        Ellie Shield (Westminster) 9.50
U17 Boys
29th        Thomas Redmond (South East) 7.51         

Saturday saw the Wycombe Phoenix Club Champs and Invitational meeting – this time held at Stoke Mandeville. As usual this also included the Buckinghamshire AA 3000m Championships for U15 and U17 athletes. Conditions were good with mild temperatures and a still, dry day.
 
Bucks 3000m
There was good representation from Chiltern in this event which also included the Oxon Championships. The male athletes all went together as did the females, so two races in total. The boys’ race was well attended but the girls race a bit light.
 
In the Bucks U17 men’s race it was a Chiltern 1-2 with Daniel Munn running a PB to win in 9.39.87 with Rory Hilton second in 10.39.56. There was another 1-2 in the U15 boys’ race with James Holdsworth victorious in 10.01.24 and Aidan Suleyman second in 10.10.95. Mattie Gemmell was sixth in 11.44.29.
 
Marlie Nkoane was involved in a competitive race and was narrowly second U15 in 11.14.93 in her debut at the event. In the U17 women’s race it was another Chiltern 1-2 with Alice Peckham winning in 11.43.49 and Jocelyn Davies silver medallist in 12.34.86.
 
Invitational
The main part of the meeting featured events for U13s and U15s that are in the YDL programme plus a quadkids competition for U11s.
U13 Girls
In the 75m there was a bronze medal for Zoe Partridge in 11.34. The 150m saw PBs from Holly Knott and Bronwen Harman. In the 800m there were good runs from Annie-Rose Quantrill, Bethan Lloyd and Nia Brown and in the 1200m Soraya Roughton was victorious in 4.39.77. Bethan Lloyd won 70m hurdles.
In the field there was a win for Zoe Partridge in long jump with 3.71m and good efforts from Holly Knott, Anais Majekodunmi and Bronwen Harman. In high Jump Holly Knott and Nia Brown gained PBs. Zoe gained another medal with bronze in javelin in a PB of 18.13m and Bethan Lloyd and Bronwen Harman also did well.  
 
U15 Girls
Ysabelle Majekodunmi gained a PB of 14.45 in 100m won 75m hurdles in a PB of 15.54. Evelyn Wildman took a convincing win in 800m in a PB of 2.30.40. Zoe Aleksandrova made her 1500m debut and jumped well to be fourth in long jump with 3.95m. Evelyn Wildman and Isla Dalby also jumped well.
 
U13 Boys
Isaac Taylor ran a PB of 11.87 in 75m. Luke Coultate took a win in 800m in 2.35.16 with Isaac fourth. In 1200m Kit Dixon ran well for bronze in a PB of 4.17.85 with Jacob McCall and Isaac McCall close behind in fourth and fifth.
 
U15 Boys
Chiltern’s U15 boys look to be a strong team in YDL this year. Emile Morti won the 100m final in a PB of 12.35. Nirva Raj Khantharuban was third in 12.39 and there were good runs also from Taye Chan and Aarav Johnson. Ryan Allbrook took silver in 200m in a PB of 26.85. Dylan Rossi won 300m in his debut with 45.07. In 800m Dylan was fourth, Eddie O’Brien fifth and Theo Roughton eighth. Charlie Quantrill took silver in 1500m in a PB of 4.53.39 and Charlie De Sousa also gained a PB to be sixth. There was a Chiltern 1-2 in 80m hurdles with Emile Morti logging 13.11 and Taye Chan right behind in 13.25, both PBs.
 
Ryan Allbrook took a second silver in high jump with 1.45m and Taye Chan took a good bronze with a PB of 5.01m in a high quality long jump. Theo Roughton tackled shot and discus.
 
Quadkids
Jack Dixon gained good experience with performances in 75m, 1200m, long jump and vortex howler throw, with a 600m PB of 2.09.14 a highlight.

Happy Easter, Race Report fans from a quiet Race Report HQ where we are enjoying the fact that the rain went away and the sun came out to see out the long weekend. I hope you have had a truly egg-cellent time and have eaten copious amounts of chocolate. ​

Spring is definitely feeling like it did pre-Covid, like the season of road racing. And Harriers didn’t disappoint this weekend.​

We’ll kick things off with parkrun events from yesterday, Saturday 1 April: there were first placed finishes for Yours Truly at a muddy Church Mead (Amersham) in a time of 22.54, and for Aidan Suleyman in a far more glamorous-sounding Groeneweide, South Africa (19.58). Richard Quantrill was rewarded with a course PB of 20.27 for his efforts at Rickmansworth.

April training sessions - please note the venues are now changing as we move from winter to summer training.
We are continuing to operate a more standardised monthly posting of training session details, and in order to locate the meeting points we are using: what3words.com to enable the accurate location of the car parking and meeting point for each training session during April.

We currently have a 'Hanson’s Method' Spring Marathon Training Group, under Roger Ellerby’s supervision on Tuesday evenings, usually, but not always, meeting at the Rear Hall at Broadway Baptist Church, 78 The Broadway. Chesham HP5 1EG (stove.simply.froze), with free parking in the adjacent Star Yard Car Park, Chesham. Some of the sessions will involve meeting at other locations, so you need to join the whatsapp marathon training group to ensure you have the latest session details. If you are new and would like to join the group, then please let Roger Ellerby, Mike Shrive or Trevor Brawn know.
     
Thursday Sessions: Ready to run at 7pm at the Track at Merchant Taylors School Track, through to September.
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TUESDAY NIGHTS - Ready to run at 7pm.  The Tuesday night routes will usually be on trails in various locations, sometimes with an opportunity to regroup for refreshments after the session, at a local pub. There will not generally be a Hall to access, or Toilet facilities during the summer activities.


Tuesday 04 April: Ready to run at 7pm: Meeting at the Rear Hall at Broadway Baptist Church, 78 The Broadway. Chesham HP5 1EG (stove.simply.froze), with free parking in the adjacent Star Yard Car Park, Chesham.       
 
Tuesday 11 April: Ready to run at 7pm: Meeting at the Rear Hall at Broadway Baptist Church, 78 The Broadway. Chesham HP5 1EG (stove.simply.froze), with free parking in the adjacent Star Yard Car Park, Chesham.                                           
                                  
Tuesday 18 April: Ready to run at 7pm: Parking at the Westwood Park Car Park, Little Chalfont and meeting on the playing field (forced.mole.scenes) near the Pavillion  
We hope some of our marathon runners will come along to stretch their legs with an easy jog around the playing field and after the session for drinks at the White Lion Pub - HP7 9LJ - where food is available to order up to 9pm. 
 
Tuesday 25 April:  Ready to run at 7pm:  Parking and Meeting at Dovecote Meadow Car Park, Old Amersham (risk.trial.focus)
 
Thursday Track Sessions organised by Mike Shrive at Merchant Taylor’s School, Moor Park. Individuals may design their own session, or run on the grass playing field.
 
 Thursday 06 April: Ready to run at 7pm: Meeting at Merchant Taylor’s School Track (inspector.once.reader) and parking in the school car park at (activism.space.pills)
 
Thursday 13 April: Ready to run at 7pm:  Meeting at Merchant Taylor’s School Track (inspector.once.reader) and parking in the school car park at (activism.space.pills)
 
Thursday 20 April: Ready to run at 7pm: Meeting at Merchant Taylor’s School Track (inspector.once.reader) and parking in the school car park at (activism.space.pills)
 
Thursday 27 April: Ready to run at 7pm: Meeting at Merchant Taylor’s School Track (inspector.once.reader) and parking in the school car park at (activism.space.pills)

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Kara Gorman maintained the winning habit at her final appearance at the National Year 5,6 and 7 Cross Country Championships at Prestwold Hall, Leicestershire on March 25th. Conditions were not great at Prestwold with mud, wind and rain to the fore.
 
Kara was the winner for the Bucks Swans team in the Girls Year 7 race which also featured a great run from Maya Davis in fourth. Carys Jones completed the Chiltern interest in 91st.
 
In the boys Year 7 race Luke Coultate was 58th, Isaac McCall 69th and Jacob McCall 82nd.
 
Soraya Roughton was 60th in the Year 6 Girls race and Jack Rogers was 114th in the Year 6 Boys race. Emilia Ingham was the sole Chiltern representative for Bucks Swans in the Year 5 Girls race, finishing  32nd.