General Details -
September is a transition month when we move towards changing from our summertime venues to our wintertime locations.
We continue to operate a standardised monthly posting of training session details, and in order to locate the meeting points we use: what3words.com to enable the accurate location of the meeting point for each training session:
Tuesday Sessions: Ready to run at 7pm: We will make the best use of natural light, but will become more restricted running off-road as we progress through September. Roger Ellerby has a half marathon training group underway, so please ask Roger if you want to join his group, also on Tuesdays.  
Thursday Sessions:  Ready to run at 7pm at the Track at Merchant Taylors School, through to 14 September and from 21 September at Hervines Park, Amersham. 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, Tony Molesworth and Doug Smith for creating the routes.
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TUESDAY NIGHTS - Ready to run at 7pm.  The Tuesday night routes this month will be on trails in various locations until it is too dark to train safely, when we will move to routes on well lit roads. The Church Hall and Toilets will be available from 19 September.
 
Tuesday 5 September -
Ready to run at 7pm: Meeting at Ivingswood Academy (covers.clock.fees) near the top of Greenway, Chesham,
 
Tuesday 12 September -
Ready to run at 7pm: Meeting opposite The Crown Public House, Blackwell Hall Lane, Ley Hill, Chesham (pads.epic.artist) 
 
Tuesday 19 September -
Ready to run at 7pm: Meeting at the Rear Hall of the Broadway Baptist Church, 78 The Broadway. Chesham HP5 1EG (stove.simply.froze). We will have the use of the Hall facilities, and toilets. Free parking in the adjacent Star Yard Car Park, Chesham.       
 
Tuesday 26 September -
Ready to run at 7pm: Meeting at the Rear Hall at the Broadway Baptist Church, 78 The Broadway. Chesham HP5 1EG (stove.simply.froze). We will have the use of the Hall facilities, and toilets. Free parking in the adjacent Star Yard Car Park, Chesham.       
 
Thursday Track Sessions organised by Mike Shrive, initially at Merchant Taylor’s School, Moor Park and then for the second two Thursdays, at Hervines Park, Amersham.  
 
Thursday 7 September -
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 14 September -
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 21 September -
Ready to run at 7pm: Meeting at Hervines Park Pavillion, Hervines Road, Amersham (copies.pencil.eating)

Thursday 28 September -
Ready to run at 7pm: Meeting at Hervines Park Pavillion, Hervines Road, Amersham (copies.pencil.eatin

South Bucks took an unexpected win at Winchester on Saturday in the penultimate match in the Southern Athletics League series and are in a promising position to achieve promotion to the top division for next season.
 
In a very closely fought match, the Wycombe Phoenix and Chiltern Harriers athletes worked hard all afternoon and came out victors with 269 points to Winchester on 266, Crawley 255, Bournemouth 205, Reading 186 and Croydon 180.
 
The South Bucks team featured 16 men and 16 women across the age groups from U17 to V55.
 
Men
Kieran Shah was third in A string 100m and second in B string 200m whilst Josh Parry was third and first in the B string races. Raihan Lenoire won A string 400m with Jean-Louis Plaatjies third in B string. Alex Aldred had a successful day winning both A string 800m and 1500m. Myles Caddell won B string 1500m and A string 2000m steeplechase. In 5000m Ash Finch was fourth in A string, Dean Childs second in B string. Barrie Marsden was second in A string 400m hurdles. Ryan Wells, Fraser Kilsby and Ed Morris got through a massive workload in the technical events. Ryan won A string discus, long jump and triple jump, and was second in B string high jump, third in A string 110m hurdles. Fraser was second in A string pole vault, fourth in A string shot, first in B string triple jump, second in B string long jump, fourth in A string javelin. Ed was second in both B string 110m hurdles and 400m hurdles, fifth in B string shot, third in B string discus, and third in B string javelin. Kesegan Suthakar was fourth in A string hammer, Alex Wells third in B string. Ian Parkinson was second in B string pole vault. The 4 x 100m team of Ben Sharpe, Josh Parry, Fraser Kilsby and Kieran Shah were third in 46.10. Ben Sharpe ran in non-scoring 100m and Jean-Louis did non-scoring long jump.
 
Women
Christina Paulsen was second in A string 100m, fourth in A string 200m. Sarah Cross was third in B string 100m, Sian Vico second in B string 200m. Carys Vico was third in A string 400m, Amy Hogbin second in B string. Liv Brown won A string 800m and 1500m steeplechase, Zoe Doyle was second in B string 800m and won A string 1500m, Ivy Uhart third in B string. Tilly Firth ran 1500m non-scoring. In 5000m Ellie Shield made a good debut at the event, second in 19.16 with Jenny Roberts winning B string and Ellie Bates running well in non-scoring. Lisa Fitzpatrick was fourth in A string 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles. In the field Lisa was fourth in A string high jump, triple jump and long jump, Sarah Cross was second in B string triple jump, fifth in A string shot, fourth in B string high jump. Hannah Wells was third in B string shot, fifth in A string discus, second in A string hammer, third in B string javelin. Lyla Griffin was third in B string discus, and third in B string hammer. Melody Ball was third in A string javelin and did non-scoring hammer.
 
Mixed
The mixed 4 x 400m races were great fun with A string and B string wins for the South Bucks quartets. The A team of Cerys Vico, Fraser Kilsby, Sian Vico and Raihan Lenoire ran 3.48.6 and the B string of Ivy Uhart, Alex Aldred, Amy Hogbin and Jean-Louis Plaatjies 3.58.3.
  
The final match is at Ashford, Kent on Saturday September 9th with all to play for.

Roger Ellerby is running a half marathon training plan for the senior training group.
The Tuesday speed and strength sessions will take place at the same time and location as the normal Tuesday training sessions.
You can find the training plans below.

South Bucks had a great result at the final YDL Upper Age Group match at Perivale on Sunday, winning a close fought contest in very challenging heavy rain. The match began in reasonable conditions but by three o’ clock heavy rain meant that all steeplechase races and triple jump had to be cancelled.
South Bucks won on 626 points with Portsmouth/Winchester and 603 and Brighton on 578. The deciding factor was officials with South Bucks scoring 28 more points than Portsmouth/Winchester in that category.
After four matches Portsmouth/Winchester won the division on 26 points with Brighton and South Bucks both on 23 from the seven teams involved.
The team had by far their best turnout of the year (forty-four athletes) and there were some great performances despite the weather.            RESULTS          POWER OF 10 RESULTS
 
U17 Women
The U17 Women have been the strongest part of the team all season and Sunday was no exception. Olivia Edwards and Lailah Pope ran well in short sprints, third in all four races. Lucy Wilkinson tackled her first 300m in two years and predictably ran a big PB to be third in 44.53. Yasmin Warnes ran well for 45.58 and second in the B race. Lucy gained a win in a competitive 800m in 2.17.95 with Ivy Uhart winning the B string. In 1500m Lily Jessop Tranter was second in A string, Sophia Lomas second in B string and Libby Sutton won A string 3000m. Ffion Harman and Ellen Taylor did well in 80m hurdles and there was a double win in 300m hurdles from Ffion and Florence Lee-Rubis. Rebecca Lawson was unlucky to have both her events, triple jump and steeplechase, cancelled but was able to have a good run in non-scoring 800m.
 
Florence was third in long jump with a strong 5.08m and Mila Luker was second in B string. Yasmin Warnes was second in high jump and Charlotte Hewson won the B string. Ellen Taylor and Melody Ball looked after shot and Jasmine Smith and Ellen discus. Melody was third in A string hammer with Jasmine winning the B string. Melody was also second in A string javelin with Ffion second in B string. The 4 x 100m team of Lailah, Olivia, Lily and Mila was a good second in 54.61, and the 4 x 300m team of Ffion, Yasmin, Florence and Lucy took a great win with a season’s best 3.02.47.
 
U17 Men
Harrison Sears and Oscar Freemont ran well in short sprints, both logging 11.95 in their 100s. Dayo Akinjobi ran non-scoring 100m and 200m. Isaac Jessop-Tranter ran a season’s best 53.79 to be third in A string 400m and Tom Jordan and Daniel Cogan looked after 800m. Daniel Munn had a good run to be third in 1500m A string in 4.32.77. Finn Walsh jumped 4.91m in long jump and Euan Pinder scored a PB of 1.55m in high jump. Archie Pinder threw a PB of 17.75m in discus. The 4 x 100m team of Harrison Sears, Oscar Freemont, Daniel Cogan and Tom Jordan were third, and the 4 x 400m team of Finn Walsh, Archie Pinder, Euan Pinder and Isaac Jessop-Tranter won convincingly in a season’s best 3.39.63.
 
U20 Women
The team had far more athletes available than usual which helped the overall points. Christina Poulsen did her usual great job in 100m and 200m, second in both. Amy Hogbin was an excellent second in A string 400m in 60.50 with Alice Brown third in B string. Amy had another good run in A string 800m with Holly Henderson winning the B string. Ellen Cooper was third in A string 1500m and Jinaan Lockwood was second in B string. Charlotte Docwra won A string 3000m with Emma Caddell winning B string. Olivia Brown won A string 400m hurdles. Abbie Henderson won high jump and Jasmine Smith was fourth in long jump. Orla Williams scored useful points in A string discus and javelin and had a good run in non-scoring 800m. The 4x 100m team of Abbie, Christina, Ivy and Amy was third, and the 4 x 400m quartet of Olivia, Jinaan, Alice and Ellen was fourth.
 
U20 Men
Devonte Johnson ran 11.74 to be fifth in A string 100m, Caleb Akinsipe third in B string in 11.84. Caleb ran 24.32to be third in A string 200m with Finn Walsh second in B string. Raihan Lenoire won A string 400m with Tom Askey winning B string. John Nickless was third in A string 800m, Isaac Jessop-Tranter winning B string. Archie Pinder was second in a high quality 1500m with Finn Heron looking after B string. Laurie Gawne won A string 3000m. Ryan Wells had a good day across his five events, winning 110m hurdles and shot, second in long jump and javelin, and third in high jump. Andrew Partridge made a good contribution winning A string hammer, B string shot and javelin and third in A string discus.
 
This has been a good season for the South Bucks composite with two third places, a second and a win. A lot of hard work has gone into putting the matches on from host clubs, officials, team managers, coaches and parent helpers. The league continues to be a great place for all the track and field disciplines to come together and for athletes to be part of a team.