In preparation for the flat Chiltern League XC course at Luton on 04 Dec, we will focus more on speed endurance on Tuesday as well as Thursday. 
Tuesday 30 November - Session 1 -
​Speed endurance with Mike Shrive and Trevor Brawn.  A meeting room has been booked at the Rear Hall at Broadway Baptist Church, 78 The Broadway. Chesham HP5 1EG from 6.45 until 8.45. Toilets will be available and items may be left in the Hall during your run. The closest parking is at Star Yard, Chesham (free after 6pm) and the meeting room can be accessed adjacent to the Car Park Toilet Block. 
Please be ready to run by 7.15pm. Maximum 60 athletes.
We will allow a maximum of 30 runners per group, so we may need to divide into sub-groups to make the session safer for all.
Please also ensure you are wearing high viz clothing, and use a torch with care if you need to. Please be mindful of shining bright torches into other athlete’s faces, or switch off when not running.
 
Thursday 02 December - Session 2 - 
Speed endurance with Mike Shrive. Limited to 30 athletes.  Meet in Rickmansworth Road car park, Amersham, ready to run at 7.15pm. Please ensure you are wearing high viz clothing, and use a torch with care if you need to. Please be mindful of shining bright torches into other athlete's faces, or switch off when not running.
 
Important message to all those attending our training sessions and those looking to do races 
If you have not yet 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 whose details are on the membership application forms. It is also a good idea to pay the additional £15 England Athletics registration fee if you want to run in the Chiltern XC League and other races.

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. ​

As many of you are aware, a voting system has been set up to allow all of our Tuesday night and Thursday night athletes to select their preferred session start time from 7pm, 7.15pm or 7.30pm.
Please only vote once for Tuesday and once for Thursday to avoid skewing the results. We will leave it open for one further week so that the majority of our groups have had the opportunity to vote and we will then make a decision.

Tuesday 23 November - Session 1 - 
Endurance and some speedwork with Trevor Brawn and Mike Shrive.  Please be ready to run by 7.15pm. Maximum 60 athletes.
A meeting room has been booked at the Rear Hall at Broadway Baptist Church, 78 The Broadway. Chesham HP5 1EG from 6.45 until 8.45. Toilets will be available and items may be left in the Hall during your run. The closest parking is at Star Yard, Chesham (free after 6pm) and the meeting room can be accessed adjacent to the Car Park Toilet Block
We will allow a maximum of 30 runners per group, so we may need to divide into 2 sub-groups to make the session safer for all.
Please also ensure you are wearing high viz clothing, and use a torch with care if you need to. Please be mindful of shining bright torches into other athlete's faces, or switch off when not running.
Thursday 25 November - Session 2 -  
Speed endurance with Mike Shrive. Limited to 30 athletes.  Meet in Rickmansworth Road car park, Amersham, ready to run at 7.15pm. Please ensure you are wearing high viz clothing, and use a torch with care if you need to. Please be mindful of shining bright torches into other athlete's faces, or switch off when not running.
 Important message to all those attending our training sessions and those looking to do races 
It is important for you to be aware that 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 whose details are on the membership application forms. It is also a good idea to pay the additional £15 England Athletics registration fee if you want to run in the Chiltern XC League and other races.

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. ​

The East Central Regional Round of the English Schools Cross Country Cup took place at The Perse School near Cambridge on Friday.
 
Thirty-six Chiltern athletes were running, representing their schools. Each school was hoping to get a top-three place and therefore qualify for the National Final in Newquay on December 4th.
 
Many local schools achieved this across the six races. The courses were fast and flat around perfectly maintained playing fields.
 
Junior Girls
The Junior Girls (years 7 and 8) had a short 2.1k circuit. Although Chesham Grammar won the Bucks county round, it was DCHS amongst the local schools who made the final in a closely contested race.
 
Evelyn Wildman (DCHS) was first Chiltern girl in 13th. Also doing well were Issy Robinson (Chesham) 14th, Lydia Cross (DCHS) 28th, Megan Lockwood (Chesham) 29th, and Keya Kara (DCHS) 31st. DCHS were second on 77 points, Chesham 6th on 104.
 
Junior Boys
Zach Cleary (Aylesbury Grammar) was the only Chiltern athlete in this one, and did well finishing 15th on a 2.7k route Aylesbury Grammar came second.
 
Intermediate Girls
Fourth-placed Lesedi Nkoane led home the DCHS team that came second on the same course as the Junior Boys. Frankie Baxter was 7th and Rebecca Lawson 32nd. Sofia Lomas in 10th, Jo Snelling 20th and Macie Woodward 26th were in the Wycombe High team that came third.
 
Intermediate Boys
Chiltern runners excelled in this race with Alden Collier (RGS Wycombe) winning, Archie Pinder (Chesham) second, and Euan Pinder (Chesham) third on a 4.3k route. Also doing well were Isaac Jessop-Tranter (DCGS) 7th, Daniel Munn (DCGS) 8th, Alex Hughes (DCGS) 9th, Max Baxter (DCGS) 12th, Ethan McCall (DCGS) 13th Rowan Gawne (RGS) 16th, Max Roughton (RGS) 31st, and Callum Powell (Chesham) 44th.
 
Senior Girls
On a 3.2k circuit an all-Chiltern DCHS team did enough to gain victory in this courtesy of Maddie Hughes (2nd), Holly Henderson (5th), Abbie Henderson (8th), Alice Brown (14th), Olivia Edwards (15th), and Hannah Ashby (17th).
 
Senior Boys
DCGS had to give way to an excellent Abingdon team over a testing 5.4k, but were a strong second thanks to Thomas Redmond (3rd), Oakley Denson (8th), Finn O’Brien (10th), Luke Martin (11th), and Ben Jackson (13th). Also running well were Jerry Anderson (RGS) 19th and Laurie Gawne (RGS) 21st.
 
In the London North Regional Round Tom Emery was 17th and his Harrow School team came second.
 
There will be around thirty Chiltern athletes in action at the Schools Cup Final at Newquay on December 4th.

The race track was firm underfoot and a mild, still day made for good racing conditions.
 
There were individual league wins for Thomas Redmond, Alden Collier, Maddie Hughes and Kara Gorman, and team victories for the Vet Men, U15 Boys, U13 Boys, U11 Boys, and U11 Girls, and all other teams were in the top three.
 
First off were the U11 girls and Kara Gorman repeated her win from the first match. Nia Clarke was second again and the team was bolstered by newcomers Maya Davis (7th) and Carys Jones (18th). The team won and are in first place after two matches.
 
The U11 Boys saw good runs from Kit Dixon (4th), Jacob McCall (5th) and Isaac McCall (7th) for a team win. Also doing well on debut were Luke Coultate (16th) and Lenny Brooks-Klingenschmid (23rd). After two matches the boys are fourth.
 
The U13 Girls saw determined efforts from the Chiltern girls to finish second and they are second league-to-date. The scoring four were Marlie Nkoane (5th), Evelyn Wildman (10th), Issy Robinson (19th), and Lydia Cross (23rd). Also running well were Keya Kara (25th) and Charlotte Grosse (45th).
 
Tom Ford led the U13 Boys in, finishing fourth, with James Holdsworth (5th), Felix Danielli (6th) and Zach Cleary (11th) completing the scorers. Charlie Quantrill (13th), George Mawby (27th), Charlie De Sousa (29th) and Theo Roughton (35th) also ran well. In the team result Chiltern tied with Milton Keynes but retain the lead overall.
 
The U15 Girls were third on the day and are second overall. The scoring four were Lesedi Nkoane (7th), Emily Ford (8th), Olivia Clarke (19th) and Izzy Martin (20th) and they were backed up by Marea Logan (28th), Lily Jessop-Tranter (30th) and Rebecca Lawson (46th).
 
Alden Collier won the U15 Boys league match (and was fifth in the Cross Challenge) with the other scorers in the winning foursome being Archie Pinder (3rd), Euan Pinder (4th) and Daniel Munn (6th). Also running strongly in our strongest age group team were Alex Hughes (9th), Isaac Jessop-Tranter (10th), Max Baxter (12th), Rowan Gawne (13th), Ethan McCall (20th), Rory Hilton (26th), Max Roughton (27th), Hari Mistry (29th), and Soren Fox (41st).
 
The Junior Women were second in the first match and were second yesterday but have moved into the lead overall. Maddie Hughes improved on her first match third place to win this time and was backed up by scorers Charlotte Docwra (9th) and Holly Henderson (11th). Also running well in a good turnout were Abbie Henderson (14th), Alice Brown (18th), Katie Repper (20th), Hannah Ashby (21st), Ellie Shield (23rd) and Grace Thorpe (30th).
 
The U17 Men were led in by Thomas Redmond who gained his second league win this campaign. Also scoring were Oakley Denson (8th), Laurie Gawne (12th) and Thomas Askey (17th). Sammy Bennetts (18th), Jerry Anderson (19th) and John Nickless (31st) completed the team. The lads were second on the day and are second overall.
 
The Senior Women were third on the day and are fourth overall. Hannah Wardley had another great run to be sixth and the other scorers were Ellie Bates (17th), Sarah Quantrill (31st), Sue Elliott (36th), Katie Royals (38th) and Abi Askey (41st). Completing the team were Aleksandra King (44th), Tessa Passey (51st), Cathy Holloway (55th), Sylvia Moss (58th), Christine Taylor (62nd), Jinaan Lockwood (71st), Miriam Kempson (84th), Lyndsey Bill (90th), Fiona Williams (95th), Orla Williams (96th), Kathy Jessop (97th), Claire Dickenson (100th), and Fiona Calder (123rd).
 
The Vets foursome of Sarah Quantrill, Sue Elliott, Abi Askey, and Aleksandra King were second and the vets are second overall.
 
The Senior Men had another good team out after the first match’s great win. This time the scoring ten were second to a strong Bedford contingent and the team are second overall. The scorers were Richard Slade (6th), Will Perkin (11th), Aran Davidson (15th), Nick Hughes (25th), James Palmer (33rd), Max McGarvie (38th), James Repper (43rd), Louis Peterson (50th), Finn O’Brien (55th), and Tom Dixon (57th). Completing the team were Jonty Wager Leigh (68th), Adam Shute (87th), Neil Turner (88th), Ben Jackson (98th), Charlie Stone (100th), Mike Turney (115th), Seb Mills (119th), Jonny Slade (136th), Chris Lower (148th), Andy Hickman (177th), Paul McCarthy (195th), Matt Hipgrave (197th), Craig Fulham (198th), Tom Robinson (205th), Tim Higrave (210th), Jon Taylor (220th), Glen Martin (234th), Jon Coutts (247th), Dominic Schulte (251st), and Trevor Brawn (271st).
 
The U20 Men were second on the day thanks to James Palmer, Max McGarvie and Louis Peterson. They are second league-to-date. The lads were 4th, 6th and 9th respectively in the U20s race.
 
The Veteran Men took a second win courtesy of Nick Hughes, James Repper, Tom Dixon and Neil Turner and maintain their overall lead. Nick was first Vet 50. James and Tom were 2nd and 7th in the Vet 40 results.
 
Going into the third match at Stopsley Park, Luton on December 4th, Chiltern are leading the league as a whole with 7002 points, about 900 ahead of Milton Keynes and Bedford. With several youngsters out on Schools Cup duty that day, the club will need another good turnout to maintain the excellent start.

As many of you are aware, a voting system has been set up to allow all of our Tuesday night and Thursday night athletes to select their preferred session start time from 7pm, 7.15pm or 7.30pm. Please only vote once for Tuesday and once for Thursday to avoid skewing the results. We will leave it open for two further weeks so that the majority of our groups have had the opportunity to vote and we will then make a decision.
 
Tuesday 16 November - Session 1 -
Endurance and some speedwork with Trevor Brawn and Mike Shrive.  Please be ready to run by 7.15pm. Maximum 60 athletes.
A meeting room has been booked at the Rear Hall at Broadway Baptist Church, 78 The Broadway. Chesham HP5 1EG from 6.45 until 8.45. Toilets will be available and items may be left in the Hall during your run. The closest parking is at Star Yard, Chesham (free after 6pm) and the meeting room can be accessed adjacent to the Car Park Toilet Block
Last Tuesday the group was too large for comfort so we will be stricter on the split if we get over 30 athletes attending. We will allow a maximum of 30 runners per group, so we may need to divide into 2 sub-groups to make the session safer for all.
Please also ensure you are wearing high viz clothing, and use a torch with care if you need to. Please be mindful of shining bright torches into other athletes faces, or switch off when not running.
Thursday 18 November - Session 2 - 
Speed endurance with Mike Shrive. Limited to 30 athletes. 
Meet in Rickmansworth Road car park, Amersham, ready to run at 7.15pm. Please ensure you are wearing high viz clothing, and use a torch with care if you need to. Please be mindful of shining bright torches into other athletes faces, or switch off when not running.
Important message to all those attending our training sessions and those looking to do races
If you have not yet 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 whose details are on the membership application forms. It is also a good idea to pay the additional £15 England Athletics registration fee if you want to run in the Chiltern XC League and other races.

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. ​

Chiltern’s Under 15 Boys continued their great season with a win at the prestigious National Cross Country Relays Championships at Berry Hill Park, Mansfield on Saturday.
 
Leading off on the slightly shorter first leg was Archie Pinder who ran a great leg of 6.30.7 to bring the team home in second. On leg 2 of the 2k lap, Ethan McCall ran strongly to keep the team in contention, coming home in sixth after a leg of 7.06.7. A motivated Euan Pinder took over on leg 3 and had a fantastic run to go through the field to take the win, after a leg of 6.35.8, with a five second cushion. Alex Hughes ran well on leg 1 to log 7.07.1 in an incomplete B team.
 
Also taking part were an Under 20 trio composed of Cameron Reid, Louis Peterson and James Palmer. On a longer 3k circuit Cam came home in 39th after a leg of 9.37.2. Louis gained places with a second leg of 9.38.85. James ran 10.09.55 and the team ended up in a creditable 34th.
 
Junior Woman Emily Alderson ran in an incomplete Loughborough Students C team, running 10.09.20.

Good Evening, Race Report fans. Chiltern Harriers have been producing some real fireworks this weekend, both on the trails and on the tarmac.​

Jennifer Webb must be ‘totally addicted to racing’. Not only has she been going from strength to strength, pulling PB after PB out of the bag, but this weekend she did a Lakeland double. Kicking things off with the gruelling weather and climbs of the Hellvellyn 15k trail challenge yesterday, on Saturday 6 November, (1.41.13), she then completed there Derwentwater 10 (mile) today - in an extremely respectable time of 1.36.17 (strava)…. and all after moving house during the week! What a tough tough lady.