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.

Good evening, Race Report fans. I hope you’ve had a great couple of weeks. If you’ve not yet read Steve’s report from the second Chiltern League cross-country match of 2025, check it out here.
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Tonight is a nice mix of running and news. We’ll do the running first. On 8 November, Ben Hannen completed the Remembrance Day Half Marathon from local timed-event organiser, Phoenix Running, covering the 13.1 distance in a creditable 1.38.16.

The U11 Girls started proceedings and were fourth. The scorers were Ezrayah Latham in sixth, Martha Stanley ninth, and Jemima Barnes 20th. Ida Goldman made a good debut to be 23rd. The U11 Boys were also in good form and had their largest team for some time. Kit Reynolds was eighth, Evan Atkinson 11th and Oliver Dixon 18th to score and finish a strong second. Also running well were Freddy Higgins (20th), Ethan Brown (30th), Oliver VandenBrekel (32nd), and Oliver Ingham (39th).
 
The U13 Girls had a much improved result to be second. Chloe Willson scored another Division 1 win and was backed up in the scoring by Sunaya Nanda (eighth), Lottie Monnington (ninth), and Amelia Hanstein (31st). Emilia Ingham was 43rd. The U13 Boys also ran well to be fourth. The scoring quartet were William Clasby (12th), Jack Dalton (14th), Barnaby Williams (19th), and Jack Dixon (24th). Completing the team were Jonathan Kalibbala (34th), James Woodgate (36th), Toby Moore (66th) and Charlie Yeoh (67th).
 
Also featuring a larger and stronger team than match 1 were the U15 Girls. Maya Davis had another good run to be fifth and Juliette MacDougall was sixth. Annie-Rose Quantrill in 12th and Nia Clarke in 17th completed the scoring. Also running well were Holly Knott (19th), Mala Bahia (34th), and Aiyla Haigh (35th). The girls were second.
 
Chiltern have a big U15 Boys squad this year and thirteen lads toed the line at Oxford. The scoring team that came fourth were Harrison Lawrence (16th), John Rooney (18TH), Isaac Taylor (21st), and Isaac McCall (25th). Completing the team were Jack Rogers (29th), Jacob McCall (32nd), Josh Woodward (37th), Isaac Brown (39th), Kit Dixon (42nd), Oli Atkinson (43rd), Toby Reynolds (44th), Hector Gamblen (53rd), and Alex VandenBrekel (62nd).
 
The momentum kept going in the U17 races. The U17/U20 women are well supported this year and the scoring three of Evelyn Wildman (fifth), Alex Whitfield (seventh), and Roxie Jones (16th) were second. Also featuring were Jocelyn Davies (17th), Issy Robinson (19th), Megan Lockwood (21st), Lara Milburn (37th), Izzy McFetrich (40th) and Lydia Cross (44th). Roxie and Jocelyn were fourth and fifth U20s.
 
The U17 men completed a second team win and Tom Ford a second individual win. Backing up Tom in the scoring were Edward Johnson (fourth), Thomas Reynolds (eighth), and James Henderson (13th).  Also well up were Charlie Quantrill (16th), Eddie O’Brien (18th), Ben Reeder (23rd), James Malin (27th) and Charlie De Sousa (37th).
 
The Senior Women were second and saw excellent runs from Bev Whitfield (fifth) and Soraya Lockwood (seventh), with good support from Katie Royals (19th), Charlotte Docwra (29th), Jess Orr (35th), and Jenny Bizley. Completing the huge team of 19 were Abi Askey (43rd), Lauren Mayot (45th), Cathy Holloway (50th), Tessa Passey (82nd), Sue Slade (92nd), Rebecca Lawson (99th), Heidi Folkard (104th), Helen Hinde (122nd), Miriam Kempson (123rd), Caroline Stevens (132nd), Tamsin Finch (141st), Tyra Bishop (146th), and Fiona Calder (155th). The Veteran quartet of Bev, Jenny, Abi, and Lauren were second. Bev was first Vet 45.
 
There was also good support for the Senior Men who came a strong second. The scoring ten featured Alex Aldred (fifth), Harry Cox (sixth), Aran Davidson (19th), Daire Stack (22nd), Tim Lawrence (26th), Cameron Reid (35th), Nick Hughes (40th), James Turner (50th), Alex Johnson (53rd) and Jack Turner (56th).  Completing the fine turnout were Daniel Munn (69th), Jonny Slade (77th), Rory Hilton (83rd), Russell VandenBrekel (133rd), Alan Crozier (145th), Ian Lawson (167th), Jon Taylor (174th), Duncan Passey (194th), Glen Martin (203rd), Mark Johnson (209th), Ed Wright (212th), Frank Gaymond (215th), and Stuart Henderson (222nd).
 
The vet foursome of Tim, Nick, James and Russell were second. Tim was second Vet 40 and Nick first Vet 50. The U20 trio of Jack, Daniel and Rory were fourth and lie third after two matches.
 
Match 3 is on December 3rd at Campbell Park, Milton Keynes where the club will hope to continue this good start.

​Thirty-four Chiltern school-age athletes were competing in school colours at the ESAA Schools Cross Country Cup Regional Round at Cokethorpe School Oxfordshire on Tuesday Nov 4th.
There were several good runs, and five teams from the local area are progressing to the National Final at Princethorpe College near Rugby on December 6th.

​Junior Girls
Sunaya Nanda had a storming run to be second on a two lap 3k circuit. Lottie Monnington ran well for fifth. Their DCHS team were third and through to the final. Aura Lue Fong was 22nd but her Wycombe Abbey team were sixth so don’t progress.
 
Junior Boys
The DCGS team contain several Chiltern runners and Barnaby Williams (15th), Jack Dixon (27th) and Thomas Cooper (41st) contributed to the team finishing third and also through to the final.
 
Inter Girls
The Inter Girls ran the same course as both junior teams, and Maya Davis ran a superbly judged race to take the win for DCHS and lead her team into the final. Annie-Rose Quantrill also ran well for 12th, and Aiyla Haigh was fourth scorer in 24th. Amelia Qasam was 45th. The DCHS Inters took a narrow win and also go to Princethorpe next month.
Also running very well for their schools were Nell Frost (in second place for Wycombe Abbey) and Juliette MacDougall (fourth for Wycombe High). The Wycombe High team also featured good efforts from Bethan Lloyd in 30th, and Bronwen Harman in 44th. Neither of the Wycombe schools made it through however.
 
Inter Boys
Solid packing from the DCGS boys led to second place on a long (short lap, large lap) course of 5k. Harrison Lawrence was first home in tenth with Isaac McCall in good form for 16th, Isaac Taylor 20th and Oli Atkinson 38th. So another team through to the final.
 
Senior Girls
Both Senior races featured a good quality fields. In the girls race Evelyn Wildman (DCHS) ran well on the 3.5k large lap route to be fourth. Also competing well for Chesham Grammar, who qualified in third, were Issy Robinson (13th), Alice Peckham (17th), and Megan Lockwood (23rd). Lydia Cross (33rd) and Rebecca Lawson (52nd) completed the DCHS team, and Lara Milburn was 31st  for Borlase. Neither Borlase nor DCHS will progress.
 
Senior Boys
A ruthless pace meant that Edward Johnson (Aylesbury Grammar) logged 16.15 for the 5k route, but that was only enough for eighth place in a high-quality affair. Zach Cleary also ran well for AGS to run 17.59 – only enough for 29th. Callum Powell was the leading Chesham Grammar finisher in 11th. Meanwhile, a Chiltern-heavy DCGS team battled hard but ended up fourth so won’t progress. Thomas Reynolds was 15th, Aidan Suleyman 18th, Daniel Munn 24th, Charlie Quantrill 25th, Eddie O’Brien 28th and Felix Danielli 53rd.  

Several Chiltern athletes were running for their universities at the Manchester University Relays on October 25th.
 
This fast, fun but high standard event takes place over a grassy 3k circuit in Wythenshawe. The men’s teams and mixed teams run six legs, women’s teams three.
 
Alex Johnson took over the lead in the men’s race for Manchester University and did well to run 9.59 to keep in touch. Isaac Jessop-Tranter ran 9.51 on leg 1 for one of the many University of Birmingham teams and came back to run leg 3 in an impressive 10.25 for one of the other ones. Euan Pinder ran 9.47 on leg 5 of the Durham University B team, faster than several of the A team. Alex Aldred ran a storming 9.22 on leg 3 for University of Brighton Arts and Crafts Club (Alex is a Bristol alumnus?).
 
On the female side Alice Brown ran 12.40 for one of the several University of Birmingham teams which also featured Liv Brown from our neighbour club Wycombe Phoenix. And Alex Johnson came back to run leg 5 in 10.16 for the Manchester Uni mixed B team.

There was just one Chiltern Harriers team taking part in the National Cross Country Relays at Berry Hill Park, Mansfield on Saturday.
 
The Senior Men had just the A team competing and had a great race, finishing 15th from 141 complete teams. This is the club’s best position in the Senior Men’s event, and a big improvement on 32nd last year.

See video of the whole race by Mark Hooksway  ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7SsuGliLmo

​Richard Slade led off on the modified 5k course around the park, which includes undulating grassland and twisty sections through woodland. Richard had a great first leg, coming in second place in an excellent 14.43, the fifth fastest leg of the whole competition. The remaining three runners all worked hard to avoid losing too many places and Simon Bossi (16.03 on leg 2), Alex Aldred (16.25 on leg three), and Harry Cox (16.11 on leg four) all did a great job to keep the team in the top 20.
 
Last year the quartet of Simon, Richard, Aran Davidson and Harry logged 1.05.41 as the aggregate time for 32nd place – this year the lads completed the course in 1.03.24 (Simon, Richard and Harry all substantially quicker than last year).

Good Evening Race Report fans. I hope that you all came through Halloween unscathed and welcome to November. May there be less ‘November Rain’ and lots of ‘November Run’.
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Kicking off Halloween in style Jonny Slade and Lauren Mayot (an unstoppable racing machine) were in action in Serpentine’s last Friday of the Month 5k. Jonny clocked a time of 17.42, Lauren - 22.20.

Good Evening, Race Report fans!

We’ll have to kick things off with the World 24-hour Championships in Albi, France on 18 October. Our own Ali Young was there, once again, representing GB and running round and round and round a track (of all the mad things to do!) This time, I think it’s fair to say, it was all about the team. And what a team they were! It was Gold for Team GB in the women’s competition, including first race and an overall world record for Sarah Webster (278.62 km). Ali clocked a sickening 213.36 km, pacing the team’s third runner home. Not only was it team gold, but a world record distance was achieved by the top three scorers and five GB female athletes went further than 213km - a first for a championship. All that said, all we know is we are well proud of our girl. Well done, Ali! You deserved that bottle of fizz on the flight home xx

The first race was the U17/U20 Women’s race where two races are combined and results separated at the end. The U17 Women featured two Chiltern teams and there was a solo run from Roxie Jones as an U20 in the same race. Issy Robinson led off for the U17 A team and had a good run of 10.36 over the 2.9k route to bring the team home in 10th overall but sixth in the U17 race. Evelyn Wildman made up several places with a leg of 9.56 to finish in fourth overall and fourth U17 team. Alex Whitfield ran a mature run of 10.47 to overtake the U17 team ahead but lose a place to an U20 team. So bronze medals won. There were also good runs from the U17 B team – Megan Lockwood (11.27), Marlie Nkoane (12.30) and Lydia Cross (11.52). Roxie Jones ran 11.02 on the first leg of the U20s.
 
Next up were the U17 and U20 Men who also shared the same race. The U17 A team ran well for 11th place – Edward Johnson finishing second on leg 1 in 8.36 and James Henderson (9.29) and Eddie O’Brien (9.33) completing the team. There were good runs from the incomplete B team – Zach Cleary (9.27) and Henry Keen (10.00). The U20 trio of Callum Powell (9.11), Jack Turner (9.53) and Rory Hilton (10.07) were sixth.
 
The U13 Girls had an incomplete team but Chloe Willson (7.30) and Lottie Monnington (8.07) both ran well on the shorter 2K circuit. The U13 Boys were 19th courtesy of Barnaby Williams (7.37), Jack Dalton (7.44) and Thomas Cooper (7.53).
 
The U15 Girls were also incomplete but Maya Davis (7.25) and Juliette MacDougall (7.21) both ran strongly and finished leg 2 in fifth. The U15 Boys had two teams out. The A team came 22nd thanks to John Rooney (7.05), Josh Woodward (7.46) and Isaac Taylor (7.00). The B team were not far behind in 26th – Hector Gamblen (7.29), Isaac Brown (7.27) and Kit Dixon (7.33).
 
There had been medals for the Chiltern Senior Men in several of the last few championships and a good Green Arrows quartet kept the tradition going on a two lap 4.2k route. Simon Bossi finished third on leg 1 in an impressive 12.44. Harry Cox kept that position with 13.08 and Aran Davidson (13.38) lost a place. In-form Alex Aldred ran a strong second lap to bring the team home for bronze with 13.12. The B team of Daire Stack (13.28), Tom Dixon (14.50), Cameron Reid (13.48) and Jonny Slade (14.51) ran very well to finish 11th and third B team from thirty complete teams.
 
There will be Chiltern Senior Men’s and Senior Women’s teams at the National Cross Country Relay Championships at Mansfield on November 1st.