Important message to all those attending our Training Sessions and those looking to do races again shortly
We know some of you have still not renewed your membership for the current year. It is important for you, and important for the club, as the Insurance cover for incidents that occur in training with the club only applies to fully paid up club members. If you are not sure if you have paid, you can check with Tamsin Finch at:    [email protected] 

Please note we are only offering one Group session on a Tuesday evening until further notice, but there will be something for those who want to test their speed as well as something for those concentrating on endurance.

There are 5 Thursday night Track sessions remaining. But they will now need to start at 7pm in order to reach a safe conclusion in the light.
With a new booking system introduced by MT School, we have no choice but to increase the cost per athlete for each of these 5 sessions to £3 per athlete per session to ensure that Mike is not out of pocket at the end of September. 


Tuesday 31 August - Session 1 -  
Speed Endurance session at Westwood Park, Little Chalfont ready for the warm up at 7.00pm with Ali Young and Mike Shrive.
Parking at Westwood Park Car Park, or sensitively on the surrounding roads.
Limited to 36 people. You must use the booking system and comply with the Covid Risk Assessment.
Ideal training for our Shardeloes 10km event on 19 September.


Thursday 2 Sept - Session 2 -
Merchant Taylors School, Moor Park. Track Training with Mike Shrive *ready for warm up at 6.55*.
The athletes will naturally split into small even pace groups to make it a safe and effective session.
Due to increased fees imposed by MT School, the cost has to rise to £3 per session for each athlete so that Mike is not out of pocket during our winter recess from the track.  
Limited to 28 athletes. You must use the booking system and comply with the Covid Risk Assessment.

​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. 

Longer term members will recall that in the past the Club were accredited by Clubmark run by Sport England/England Athletics which was regarded as the gold standard for the governance of sports clubs. Our governing body, England Athletics no longer participate in Clubmark and have introduced their own guidance - Club Standards. The committee took the decision to follow the lead of our own governing body as their system is more relevant to our club.
​
We are therefore in a transition period between the two and as a start the Committee have adopted The England Athletics Club Standards protocols and also The Club Safeguarding Code of Conduct, both of which are now available on the web site under About and then Codes and Forms. These set out high level aspirations which introduce more detailed and specific guidance on a wide variety of governance issues the detail of which the committee will be seeking to introduce by stages. In the interim the original Clubmark procedures (available to view on the web site) remain in place.

A strong turnout of twenty-three Chiltern athletes ran in the third, and penultimate, Watford open of the season on Wednesday. Conditions were grey, but mild and still so very good for fast times.
 
Although the end of the season approaches, there were some very good runs and a pleasantly surprising number of sixteen PBs.
 
400m
Alice Brown (U17) and Isaac Jessop-Tranter (U15) both made their debuts at the event. Both did well, Alice running strongly in race 2 for 63.59 and Isaac setting a good benchmark in race 4 of 55.52.
 
 
1500m
Race 1
U13 Hugo Mundy made his 1500m debut with a good run of 5.21.14 to be fifth.
 
Race 2
U15 Olivia Clarke ran 5.14.42 for a new PB. U13 Marlie Nkoane ran well for a new best of 5.19.88 and U13 Lydia Cross made a good debut at the event with 5.25.38.
 
Race 3
Fast improving U13 James Holdsworth ran positively for a big new best time of 5.02.40. U15 Emily Ford was a little outside her best with 5.13.56.
 
Race 4
U15 girls Lesedi Nkoane and Lily Jessop-Tranter were both a little off their PBs with 5.05.02 and 5.07.00 respectively.
 
Race 5
This one saw four evenly matched Chiltern athletes running well. Senior Woman Hannah Wardley ran 4.52.19, a tenth outside her best set earlier this season. Callum Powell (U15) ran a PB of 4.55.81, U13 Tom Ford ran 4.57.28 and U15 Frankie Baxter ran 4.58.56, both slightly outside their season’s bests.
 
Race 6
A close race saw great PBs from U15 Max Baxter (4.42.82), U17 Maddie Hughes (4.44.78) and U15 Alex Hughes (4.45.52).
 
Race 7
U17 Henry Webb ran well for third in 4.36.42, a second outside his best.
 
Race 9
Three strong runs from Chiltern males in this one which saw a win for U20 Jamie Carruthers in a new best of 4.23.14. U17 Sammy Bennetts ran well for a PB of 4.27.13 and Vet 40 Tom Dixon made his 1500m debut with 4.30.50.
 
Race 10
Senior Man Aran Davidson was well below his usual long race distance but ran well for a new PB of 4.14.89.
 
Race 12
In-form U17 Oakley Denson, fresh from an SEAA 800m win at the weekend, ran a superb race to smash his PB and log a strong time of 4.02.69.

A busy weekend for Chiltern track athletes took place in mostly pleasant mild, sunny conditions.
 
SAL
The first meeting on the agenda was the Southern Athletics League match 3 at Oxford Horspath. The league is for senior athletes in the U17, U20 and senior age groups, all competing together. Six Chiltern athletes took part and all did well. U23 Seb Mills had his first race at the 400m since 2017 and took a win in a good time of 52.00. Senior Woman Sarah Cross was second in 100m in 13.16 and followed this with third in javelin with 29.72m. U20 Finn O’Brien was second in 1500m with a PB of 4.25.01 and U17 Henry Webb was third in B string in 4.50.94 after already having been fifth in 800m A string in 2.19.35, his PB. U17 Olivia Edwards ran a PB of 65.03 to be third in 400m and T20 athlete Fiona Calder kept busy with good performances in 100m, 200m, 400m and long jump.
 
 
BMC Grand Prix
The final British Milers Club Grand Prix of the season took place at Eltham on Saturday evening. U23 Harry Cox continued his great season with second place in the men’s 800m B race in 1.51.40 and Adam Day ran a strong PB of 3.55.10 to be seventh in the men’s 1500m C race.
 
 
Bucks County Champs Day 2
Day 2 of the Bucks Track and Field Champs at Milton Keynes was a fairly quiet affair but there were plenty of great performances and interesting athletics to watch in the 1500m, hurdles and field events taking place.

Important message to all those attending our Training Sessions and those looking to do races again shortly 
We know some of you have still not renewed your membership for the current year. It is important for you and important for the Club as the Insurance cover for incidents that occur in training with the Club only applies to fully payed up Club members. If you are not sure if you have paid, you can check with Tamsin Finch whose details are on the membership application forms.
 
Please note we are only offering one Group session on a Tuesday evening until further notice, but there will be something for those who want to test their speed as well as something for those concentrating on endurance.
 
Tuesday 17 August - Session 1 -
Endurance session on Chesham Moor Playing Fields and then on to Hill Farm ready, for warm up at 7.00pm with Mike Shrive and Steve Field.
Parking at the Moor Car Park adjacent to the Open Air Pool in Chesham and meeting on the Moor playing fields.
Limited to 34 athletes + coaches. You must use the booking system and comply with the Covid Risk Assessment.
Ideal training for our Shardeloes 10km event on 19 September.
 
Thursday 19 Aug - Session 2 -
Merchant Taylors School, Moor Park. Track Training with Mike Shrive ready for warm up at 7.25.
The athletes will naturally split into small even pace groups to make it a safe and effective session.
The cost is £2 per session with each athlete being invoiced after the last session of the Summer  
Limited to 28 athletes. You must use the booking system and comply with the Covid Risk Assessment.

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. ​

Perfect still, warm conditions were in evidence at the latest Watford Open. Thirteen Chiltern Harriers made the trip and there were several PBs across the races. Two ran BMC 800m, ten ran 800m and one 3000m.
 
The evening started with 40 minutes of top class British Milers Club action and two Chiltern athletes took part. U23 Adam Day was first up in the Men’s 800m C race and had a solid run to be sixth in 1.53.50. Fellow U23 Harry Cox was a late call-up for the 800m B race and pushed hard to be fourth in 1.51.01.
 
800m
Race 2
This saw a talented quartet of Chiltern girls run well. Olivia Edwards had her best race of the season to win in a season’s best 2.30.11. In third, fellow U17 Charlotte Docwra ran a PB of 2.31.58. Ellie Shield (U17) ran 2.33.35 and promising U13 Lydia Cross had a good run to log 2.35.97.
 
Race 6
U15 Callum Powell ran strongly and with determination to run a good PB of 2.21.42, over a second off his previous best.
 
Race 7
Ethan McCall ran a PB of 2.16.17 in this one after a fast start.
 
Race 10
U20 Louis Peterson recorded a big PB of 2.01.26 to be fourth.
 
Race 12
U15 Alden Collier was bumped at the start and at the bell but still managed a win in 1.58.33. A cleaner race would have seen him close to his 1.55 PB set last week.
 
Race 14
U20 Max McGarvie had a great run to take over a second off his best in second place with 1.55.33, and U23 Seb Mills ran a season’s best 1.59.55.
 
3000m
Senior Man Aran Davidson had a gutsy run in a high quality race 2 to log a PB of 8.58.99.