The winners were the Pink team captained by Cameron Reid, completing the six legs in a brisk 27.28. Joining Cam in the victorious quintet were Jacob McCall, Issy Robinson, Jess Orr and James Henderson. The Green team finished second with Richard Slade, Oli Atkinson, Charlie De Sousa, Alice Brown, and Isaac Taylor combining well. Third place went to James Holdsworth’s Yellow team which also featured James Malin, Maya Davis, Annie-Rose Quantrill and Charlie Yeoh.
 
The first leg saw a big dust up amongst some of the club’s strongest athletes and the fastest first lap times were comfortably quicker than later laps. Harry Cox won out in 3.41, a course record by an amazing twelve seconds. Close behind were Leon Doran (3.46), Alex Aldred (3.50), Richard Slade (3.51), Euan Pinder (3.52), Cameron Reid (3.54), Tom Ford (3.55), Isaac Jessop-Tranter (3.56), James Holdsworth (3.57), Aidan Suleyman (4.11), Charlie Quantrill (4.14) and Tom Dixon (4.20). The first five were all under the old record.
 
Amongst the girls, Evelyn Wildman was a couple of seconds off Holly Henderson’s record of 4.35, and there were strong efforts from Issy Robinson (4.48), Alex Whitfield (4.48), Soraya Lockwood (4.50), Maya Davis (4.52), and Emily Ford (5.01).
 
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The next challenges are the county cross country championships on Jan 3rd where several of these athletes will be aiming for medals, and selection for their county teams at National Inter Counties in March.

Brunel Indoor Meeting
The first Brunel Indoor meeting took place at the indoor facility at Brunel University on Wednesday November 26th. There was a good Chiltern presence, particularly in the 60m sprint races.
 
U13
Toby Moore made his indoor debut with 9.31. George Callow also ran well with 9.47. Both were PBs.
U15
Nia Beckford scored a PB with 8.80, and George Aliaj also PB’d with 8.69. Lyla Russell impressed with a PB of 8.53 and Max Hall ran 8.76. Ursula Mounsher ran 9.54. Nia also looked good in long jump, scoring a PB of 4.14m
U17
Returning U17 Shaun Gonos-Mashavari was also on PB form with 8.18. There were further PBs for Sophia Moore (9.05) and Gaia Ferraro (9.40).
  
SEAA Champs
Three Chiltern middle distance runners took part in the Southern 1500m Championships held at Lee Valley on Saturday December 13th. Maya Davis won silver in the U17 women’s race and Issy Robinson was third in the Women’s U20 event. U20 Man Mattie Gemmell ran a good PB in his race of 4.28.98.

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The Under 11s continue to do well and the U11 Girls achieved a third-place finish with Ezrayah Latham (sixth), Martha Stanley (15th) and Marni Ison-Stierer (16th) all running well. The U11 Boys had a larger squad out and the scoring three of Kit Reynolds (sixth), Evan Atkinson (tenth) and Ollie Dixon (14th) took a win and are second overall. Good back up came from Ethan Brown (30th), Joseph Holdsworth (41st), and Oliver Vandenbrekel (49th).
 
The Under 13 Girls were missing a couple of key runners (running for their school at the ESAA Cup Final) but Chloe Willson ran her third Div 1 win of the season to lead the team home for fifth place. The other scorers were Emila Ingham (11th), Amelia Hanstein (40th), and debutant Anna Whitty (52nd). The U13 Boys also lost runners to the Schools Cup Final but the trio of William Clasby (seventh), Jack Dalton (16th), and Toby Moore (49th) did enough for fifth place on the day.
 
Just Maya Davis in sixth and Juliette MacDougall in eighth were involved in the U15 Girls race but were still fifth as a team, and kept team podium hopes alive. Fifth was also where the U15 Boys landed with Josh Woodward (25th), Jacob McCall (29th), Toby Reynolds (30th), and Isaac Brown (33rd) completing the scoring. Also involved were Kit Dixon (35th), Colin Miles (37th), Hector Gamblen (45th), John Rooney (46th) and Alex Vandenbrekel (56th).
 
The Junior Women were missing some key runners but have a big squad this campaign, and the scoring three of Alex Whitfield (sixth), Jocelyn Davies (12th) and Emily Ford (14th) were second on the day and stay second overall. They were backed up by Lucinda McRonald, completing her first race for a couple of years, in 20th, Lara Milburn in 23rd and Izzy McFetrich in 26th.
 
Although league leader Tom Ford was absent through illness, the U17 men’s team ran well for second and are still leading the league after three matches. Edward Johnson (third), James Holdsworth (sixth), James Henderson (11th) and Aidan Suleyman (15th) scored, with Charlie Quantrill (16th), Zach Cleary (18th), Eddie O’Brien (22nd), James Malin (24th), and Charlie De Sousa (33rd) all running strongly.
 
The Chiltern Senior Women were fourth on the day and are second overall. The scoring six on Saturday were Bev Whitfield (sixth), Katie Royals (17th), Charlotte Docwra (26th), Ellie Bates (30th), Lauren Mayot (45th), and Abi Askey (48th). Also competing well were Cathy Holloway (54th), Lindsay Turner (64th), Sue Slade (83rd), Tessa Passey (88th), Heidi Folkard (93rd), Miriam Kempson (103rd), Tamsin Finch (119th), Tyra Bishop (130th), and Fiona Calder (141st). The vets quartet of Bev, Ellie, Lauren and Abi were second and the team still lead overall.
 
The Senior Men were missing five scorers from Oxford but the scoring ten did an excellent job to be second and keep hold of second overall. Alex Aldred was again first Harrier home in fifth and was well supported by Aran Davidson (16th), Tim Lawrence (18th), Matt Whitfield (25th), Callum Powell (31st), James Turner (43rd), Daniel Munn (55th), Tom Dixon (66th), Jack Turner (78th) and Rusell Vandenbrekel (128th). There were good runs by Ben Hannen (142nd), Jon Taylor (150th), Duncan Passey (184th), Mark Johnson (188th), and Ed Wright (194th). The vets foursome - Tim, Matt, James and Tom - won and remain top. In the Vet 40 stakes Tim was second, Matt fourth, and James sixth. The U20 trio of Callum, Daniel and Jack were second and the team are third overall.
 
The fourth match is at Watford on January 10th, a week after County Championships weekend, where the club will hope to build turnout and remain competitive for the overall title.

Nineteen Chiltern athletes took part in the Southern Inter Counties Cross Country Championships at Horsenden Hill, Greenford on Saturday. This high-level meeting features some of the strongest English counties, so an opportunity to race against some of the country’s leading runners

​On a cool, drizzly day, the races on a soft and gently undulating course began with the U13 girls. In her county debut Sunaya Nanda had a great run to lead home the Bucks team in 29th. Lottie Monnington also ran well to be fourth Bucks scorer in 55th. In the U13 boys race Barnaby Williams finished in 81st for Bucks and Jack Dalton was 86th for Herts.
 
Maya Davis was third Bucks U15 girl in 41st and Nia Clarke fifth Bucks finisher in 97th. There were three Chiltern boys in the Bucks U15 team, with Harrison Lawrence fourth county lad in 79th, Isaac McCall sixth in 94th, and John Rooney eighth in 99th.
 
Edward Johnson was first Bucks man home in the U17 race in an impressive 15th. James Holdsworth was fourth Bucks scorer in 36th, and Aidan Suleyman was sixth Bucks in 46th. Herts’ Tom Ford had a rare off day to be third Herts scorer in 26th. Evelyn Wildman also a had a rare off day, seventh Bucks finisher in 68th in the U17 women’s race. Alex Whitfield had another strong run, however, to be first Herts women home in 29th.
 
The final race of the day with a Chiltern interest was the U20 women running in conjunction with the senior women. In the U20 section Jocelyn Davies was first Bucks runner home in 29th with Roxie Jones third Bucks scorer in 44th. For the Senior Women Katie Royals was first Bucks in 41st and Charlotte Docwra second in 42nd.