South Bucks achieved their best placing of the season so far with a hard-earned second place at Jarman Park, Hemel on Sunday.
 
In hot sticky conditions it was hard work for the distance runners, but there were several PBs amongst the sprinters.

RESULTS FROM THE MATCH AT HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
 
U20 Women
The female side of the team featured a good turnout in the older age section with half a dozen U20s bolstered by some U17s. Christina Poulsen (12.4) and Anya Morzaria (12.8) took a double win in 100m with Christina second in 200m in 25.9. Amy Hogbin worked hard to be second in A string 400m and fourth in A string 800m with U17 Rose Uhart second in B string 800m. Ellen Cooper was second in A string 1500m with Tilly Firth winning B string. Emma Caddell was second in a tough and hot A string 3000m.
 
Chisom Nwafor won shot, was second in javelin and third in discus. U17 Aoife McCauley won A string long jump. Aoife and Christina were joined by U17s Lailah Pope and Olivia Edwards to be second in 4 x 100m relay in a great time of 52.60. The 4 x 400m relay team was fourth thanks to Tilly Firth, Emma Caddell, Ellen Cooper and Amy Hogbin.
 
U20 Men
Devonte Johnson was fourth in A string 100m and Cameron Brooks second in B string in a PB of 11.6. In 200m the same pair were sixth (24.6) and third (24.9). Tom Askey was fourth in A string 400m with Henry Webb second in B string. In 1500m John Nickless was second in A string, Finn Heron second in B string. Leo Selcon Park scored useful points in shot, discus, javelin and hammer, with second in hammer his best showing. The 4 x 100m team Of Devonte, Cameron, Harrison Sears and Oscar Freemont ran a great race to be second but unfortunately were disqualified for a lane infringement.
 
U17 Women
As usual the U17 women covered many slots. Olivia Edwards won A string 100m with Lailah Pope winning B string. Olivia was fourth in 200m A string and Lailah took another win in B string. In 300m Yasmin Warnes was fourth in A string, Jo Snelling third in B string. Ivy Uhart was third in 800m A string, Iris Cooper fourth in B string and Sofia Lomas was third in A string 1500m. Libby Sutton won A string 3000m. In 80m hurdles Florence Lee-Rubis was second in A string, Ellen Taylor second in B string and in 300m hurdles Jo Snelling was second in A string. Rebecca Lawson made a good steeplechase debut winning A string.
 
There was a double win in long jump with Mila Luker jumping a PB of 5.11m in A string and Florence Lee-Rubis winning B string. Aoife added to her busy day with a win in A string high jump. Sofia Lomas was second in A string triple jump with Rebecca Lawson winning B string in a PB of 8.61m. Ellen Cooper and Lyla Griffin looked after shot, Lyla and Iris Cooper discus. Lyla was second in A string hammer, Melody Ball second in B string hammer. There was another double win in javelin with Melody winning A string, Aoife B string. The 4 x 100m team of Lyla Griffin, Iris Cooper, Ivy Uhart and Rose Uhart was fourth. The 4 x 300m relay team of Jo Snelling, Yasmin Warnes, Sofia Lomas and Florence Lee-Rubis took an impressive win.
 
U17 Men
Harrison Sears was third in A string 100m in 11.8 and Oscar Freemont was second in B string in a PB 11.9. In 200m Harrison was third with Oscar second in B string in a PB of 23.7. Finn Walsh was fourth in his debut 400m in a good time of 57.6. Rory Hilton and Daniel Cogan looked after 800m and Callum Powell was second in A string 1500m, Tom Jordan second in B string. Daniel Munn worked hard in the heat to be fourth in 3000m. Dayo Akinjobi ran well in non-scoring 100m and 200m and Issa Phillips-Pope ran a PB of 12.9 in non-scoring 100m.
 
Issa Phillips-Pope and Finn Walsh looked after long jump and Daniel Cogan was fourth in triple jump. Issa won pole vault. The 4 x 100m relay team of Issa, Dayo, Finn and Tom was an excellent second and the 4 x 400m team of Daniel Cogan, Daniel Munn, Rory and Tom was fourth.
 
The team will be a comfortable third after this match and will go to the final match at Perivale on July 30th hoping to round off the league season with further good performances.

South Bucks had a great day at Abingdon on Sunday with a win in the second of the four match series of the Southern Athletics League Division 2 (South and West).
 
On a grey but humid and muggy day there was a good turnout by the Chiltern and Wycombe athletes across the U17, U20 and Senior age groups involved.

RESULTS FROM THE MATCH AT ABINGDON
 
Women
Anya Morzaria made her SAL debut with second place in the 100m A string in a PB of 12.45. Sarah Cross was also second in the B string. Lisa Fitzpatrick ran 200m A string and Aoife McCauley won 200m B string. Amy Hogbin ran a PB of 60.41 in 400m A string to be second and Lyla Griffin looked after B string. Lily Jessop-Tranter was second in 800m B string and Ivy Uhart gained a PB to be third in B string. In 1500m Ellie Shield was second in A string with Rebecca Lawson running a PB to be fourth in B string. Alex Cook was third in A string 5000m and Jenny Roberts won B string. Lisa Fitzpatrick scored useful points in 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles, and Ellen Taylor helped with B string 100m hurdles.
 
In the field Caroline Parkinson won A string pole vault. Aoife McCauley and Sarah Cross looked after high jump and Lisa and Aoife were second in the respective long jumps. Lisa continued her busy day with fourth in A string triple jump and Rebecca Lawson scored a PB of 8.56m in B string triple jump to be second. Sarah Cross and Melody Ball scored good points in shot and Lyla Griffin and Ellen Taylor looked after discus. Melody threw a superb PB of 31.07m to be second in A string javelin and Ellen was second in B string. In Hammer Lyla and Melody threw well with Melody winning B string. The 4 x 100m relay team of Lisa, Sarah, Amy and Aoife took a good victory.
 
Men
Josh Parry was third in A string 100m with Caleb Hambrook second in B string. Caleb was fourth in A string 200m. Cameron Brooks ran well for 11.91 in non-scoring 100m. In 400m the team took a double win with Raihan Lenoire recording 50.51 in A string and James Twallin 54.67 in B string.
 
Alex Aldred had a great run to win A string 800m in 1.57.11 and Myles Caddell was second in B string. There was a further double win in 1500m with Richard Slade winning A string in 4.03.34 and Simon Bossi B string in 4.06.40. The points kept coming in 5000m with Ash Finch taking the A string win in 15.59.77 and Liam Busby the B string win in 16.07.26. There were good non-scoring runs from Ollie Jackson to log 16.49.33, Tom Strack 17.15.60 and Derek Lloyd 17.31.98. Barrie Marsden and Ed Morris scored useful points in 400m hurdles and Myles Caddell had another good run to win A string 3000m steeplechase with Torr Ramsden third in B string.
 
Ed Morris and Fraser Kilsby had an epic day in the field. Fraser’s day featured A string positions as follows - high jump third, long jump second, triple jump third, shot third, javelin second (PB of 45.02m) and added second in B string pole vault for good measure. Ed was fourth in B string shot, fourth in A string discus, fourth in B string high jump and fifth in B string triple jump. Ian Parkinson was second in A string pole vault. In hammer Kesegan Suthakar was second in A string and Leo Selcon Park fourth in B string. Tor Ramsden was second in B string javelin, and Leo was sixth in B string discus. The Men’s 4 x 100m saw Josh, Fraser, Ian, and Barrie a plucky fourth.
 
The 4 x 400m mixed relays were great fun with South Bucks bucking the trend of boy, girl, girl, boy with a girl, boy, girl, boy strategy. In A string Lily Jessop-Tranter got the team off to a great start despite being against the men. Fraser Kilsby reeled in all the girls on leg 2 and Amy Hogbin and Raihan Lenoire completed a great effort to win in 3.49.23. The B team adopted the same plan with Ivy Uhart getting the team off to a great start and Alex Aldred catching up on leg 2. Ellie Shield kept the lead on leg 3 but Richard Slade on leg 4, up against a genuine sprinter, had to settle for second. The team ran 4.03.99.
 
The July match is postponed until September, so the next fixture is match 4 at Winchester on August 19th where the team will hope to keep the momentum going.

Minor Girls
The Year 7s had a larger than usual range of events to choose from. The 800m races saw a win for Kara Gorman in 2.28.2. Maya Davis won silver in 2.33.8, Nia Clarke fifth in 2.38.8 and Carys Jones 10th in 2.48.1. Nia won silver in long jump with 3.88m. Kara was fifth with 3.57m and Carys sixth with 3.48m.
 
Minor Boys
Newcomer Shaun Gonos-Mashavira had a good day with a win in shot with 9.41m and third in 100m in 13.9. Luke Coultate won silver in 800m in 2.30.1 with Jacob McCall fifth in 2.44.6. Jacob won silver in long jump with 3.59m.
 
Junior Girls
Abi Masters was fifth in the 100m final in 14.2 and won the 300m final in 45.00. In the 100m heats Iris Foreman ran 14.8 and Rachel McLoughlan 15.2. Zoe Aleksandrova was fourth in the 300m final in 51.4. In 200m Iris Foreman ran 30.8 to qualify for the final but didn’t take part. In the 800m heats Issy Robinson, Lydia Cross and Evelyn Wildman all made it to the final, Evelyn in a PB of 2.27.4. In the final Issy was fourth in 2.21, Lydia fifth in 2.30 and Evelyn sixth in 2.33. The 1500m saw Marlie Nkoane third in 5.12.2 and Katie Allsop sixth in 5.25.7. Rachel Achieved 4.05m in long jump and 1.15m in high jump. Iris Foreman was third in javelin with a PB of 21.29m.
 
Junior Boys
Dylan Rossi was fifth in 300m in 45.0. In-form Mattie Gemmell was third in the 800m final in 2.21. Zach Cleary was sixth in 2.31 after having run a PB of 2.28.7 in the heat. Aidan Suleyman was second in 1500m in an impressive 4.31.8. Taye Awuku-Chan was second in 80m hurdles in 13.0 and won high jump with 1.55m. Oscar Gregory was fifth in discus with 16.43m and Charlie Quantrill was eighth in javelin with 20.03m. Charlie also ran 2.29.8 in the 800m heats, just missing out on a place in the final.
 
Intermediate Girls
Yasmin Warnes was fourth in 300m in 45.5. Lily Jessop-Tranter won 800m in 2.28.4 with Olivia Clarke second, Alice Peckham third, Jo Snelling fifth and Rebecca Lawson sixth. Lucy Wilkinson won an exciting 1500m in a great time of 4.43.1. Allegra Massey was third and Jocelyn Davies sixth. Ffion Harman was third in 300m hurdles. Florence Lee-Rubis won long jump in a PB of 5.16m and was second in 80m hurdles. Jocelyn Davies was fifth in high jump with a PB of 1.30m.
 
Intermediate Boys
Oscar Freemont was third in 100m in 12.2 and second in 200m in 24.2. Euan Pinder won 800m in 1.58.9 with Isaac Jesop-Tranter third in 2.00 and Rory Hilton fourth in 2.15. In 1500m Alex Hughes was second, Daniel Munn third.

Good Evening, Race Report fans, from a sunny spot in the Chilterns. I hope you’ve been enjoying the onset of June as much as we have here in Race Report HQ.​

It’s another really interesting week for results, with Harriers competing in a huge variety of events. We’ll kick things off with Richard Slade’s performance in the Iffley Festival of Miles, held yesterday at the track where Roger Bannister famously broke the 4-minute mile in 1954, and our Richard wasn’t too far off that pace, clocking a fantastic time of 4.16 in his event. Well done!

Please find details of the training locations for seniors for the next month.

Tuesday Sessions: 
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 May:
 
We now have a 5k Training Group, under Roger Ellerby’s supervision. This is focussing on improving running efficiency and subsequently improving 5k times.
 
Thursday Sessions - Make sure you are ready to run at 7pm at the Track at Merchant Taylors School, through to September. Thank you to Mike Shrive for planning and organising these very popular sessions.
 
Sunday Social Runs - These are in different locations each week and provide different distance runs from 6 miles up to 12 miles. Full details are available on our website, usually a few days before the event at:  www.chilternharriers.com/club-runs. Our thanks go to Graham Palser and Tony Molesworth for creating the routes.
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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 6 June -
Ready to run at 7pm: Meeting by the entrance to Rear Hall at the Broadway Baptist Church, 78 The Broadway. Chesham HP5 1EG (stove.simply.froze), with free parking in the adjacent Star Yard Car Park, Chesham.       
 
Tuesday 13 June -
Ready to run at 7pm: Meeting opposite The Crown Public House, Blackwell Hall Lane, Ley Hill, Chesham (pads.epic.artist) 

Tuesday 20 June -
Ready to run at 7pm: Parking and meeting at the Rose Garden Car Park, Northway,Rickmansworth WD3 1RL (ropes.risks.shovels), free after 6.30pm, alongside Three Rivers District Council Office Car Park. After the session, drinks/food available at the Pennsylvanian Pub (Wetherspoons) at 115-117 High Street Rickmansworth. WD3 1AN Tel. 01923 720348 (We have been going there for over 10 years and they look after us very well)

Tuesday 27 June - 
Ready to run at 7pm: Parking at the Westwood Park Car Park, Little Chalfont (known,grain,prefer) and meeting on the playing field (forced.mole.scenes) near the Pavillion

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 01 June: 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 08 June: 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 15 June: 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 22 June: 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 29 June: 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)