The fourth and final Southern Athletics League match for the Wycombe and Chiltern team took place at Dartford on August 17th at Dartford and saw the team, which was a little depleted, finish fifth.
 
The team ended up in tenth place, in the league of 18, a much stronger result than had been anticipated at the start of the season. The four matches saw the team fourth, fifth, second, and fifth.
 
Twenty-one Chiltern athletes have contributed to the success, and have enjoyed meaningful, good standard athletics in a friendly but competitive environment. U17s, U20s, seniors and vets have all enjoyed it.
 
The aim in 2025 will be to maintain a top 10 finish.
 
Chiltern contributions :
 
Match 1
Sarah Cross (high jump, pole vault, 4 x100m), Mila Luker (100m, long jump), Jess Orr (800m), Katie Royals (3000m), Simon Bossi (1500m), Aran Davidson (5000m), Ollie Jackson (5000m), Isaac Jessop-Tranter (400m, 800m, 4 x 400m), Euan Pinder (800m, 4 x 400m), Archie Pinder (1500m, 4 x 400m), Leon Doran (4 x 400m), Issa Phillips-Pope (pole vault).
 
Match 2
Sarah Cross (100m, high jump, pole vault, 4 x 100m), Issy Robinson (800m), Fiona Calder (100m, 400m, 800m, long jump, javelin), Alex Aldred (800m, 4 x 400m), Aran Davidson (3000m), Ollie Jackson (800m), Isaac Jessop-Tranter (1500m), Issa Phillips-Pope (pole vault)
 
Match 3
Sarah Cross (high jump, pole vault, javelin, 4x 100m), Anya Morzaria (100m), Katie Royals (3000m), Ellie Shield (3000m), Ash Finch (5000m), Isaac Jessop-Tranter (400m, 4 x400m), Issa Phillips-Pope (pole vault), Richard Slade (800m, 1500m), Angus Williams (800m)
 
Match 4
Jess Orr (800m), Katie Royals (5000m), Ellie Shield (800m), Jonny Slade (3000m), Angus Williams (1500m)
 
Officials - Graham Jessop-Tranter, Nick Pinder, Tom Robinson, Sue Slade, Doug Smith, Anne Underwood 

The U13 Boys were the first race away on the undulating 3k circuit and the A team ran well to be 15th, with good runs from Josh Woodward (11.11), Harrison Lawrence (11.54) and Jack Rogers (10.56). On the B team Isaac Brown ran 11.37 on the first leg with Toby Reynolds (12.24) and Zac Taylor (11.58) completing the team that finished 31st. Thomas Cooper ran well for 11.40 in the incomplete C team.
 
The U13 Girls had one complete team that did very well to be 12th, with Emilia Ingham (12.22), Annie-Rose Quantrill (12.33) and Bea Robinson (11.40) all running strongly. Lotti Monnington made her Chiltern debut to run 13.06 in an incomplete B team.
 
Tom Ford led off the U15 Boys team, finishing 9th in 9.47. He was backed up by Charlie Quantrill (10.05) and Thomas Reynolds (10.07), with the team finishing 9th overall. The B team of Max King (10.27), James Henderson (11.23) and Issac McCall (11.41) were 42nd and Jacob McCall ran 11.43 in an incomplete C team.
 
There was one U15 Girls team and the trio of Maya Davis (11.13), Nia Clarke (11.55) and Megan Lockwood (12.05) were a creditable 19th.
 
The biggest squad of the day were the U17 men who had three complete teams out. The A team was also the highest placed Chiltern team of the day in fourth. Alex Hughes led off and had a great run to win leg 1 on an extended 4.6k route with 13.52, the fastest lap of the race. Aidan Suleyman (14.56) and James Holdsworth (15.07) battled hard but were up against top level runners on legs 2 and 3. The B team was 33rd courtesy of Edward Johnson (15.04), Daniel Munn (15.59) and Rory Hilton (16.38), and the C team were 57th: Zach Cleary (17.28), Dylan Rossi (17.32) and Charlie De Sousa (19.03).
 
An excellent result came from the U17 women to be sixth with Emily Ford (17.18), Marlie Nkoane (18.35) and Issy Robinson (17.40) all running well.
 
For the first time a Chiltern Senior Women’s team had been entered but Maddie Hughes unfortunately sustained a knee injury in the lead up, so a full team of four wasn’t possible. However the remaining three did well on the tough 6k course, Frankie Baxter (24.23), Roxie Jones (27.28) and Katie Royals (25.44).
 
Senior Men’s teams have taken part before at Aldershot but this was the first time two full Chiltern teams of six had been assembled. There were solid runs all round from ‘the Green Arrows’ in this top class field, which included some of the UK’s best endurance men. The A team were 36th from over 80 complete teams and finished as the highest placed Bucks team ahead of Milton Keynes in 44th and Wycombe Phoenix in 62nd. The Chiltern B team were a creditable 64th.
 
The A team featured Leon Doran (19.43), Richard Slade (18.53), Harry Cox (20.00), Angus Williams (20.07), Aran Davidson (19.55) and Adam Shute (20.20). The B team was Daire Stack (20.48), Cameron Reid (20.34), James Turner (21.44), James Price (21.44), Jonny Slade (22.03) and Alex Aldred (20.32).
 
There are plans for men’s teams at the SEAA cross country relays at Wormwood Scrubs in October and the National cross country relays at Mansfield in November.