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 

Chiltern Harriers U13s and U15s had their best YDL LAG match of the season at Eton on Sunday. Having been seventh, seventh and sixth in the first three matches, Sunday saw the team a well earned fourth, with the U13 Girls being the strongest from the seven teams competing.
Mild, dry weather made for good conditions at Eton and there were many season’s bests and personal bests on show. There were also good showings from several newbies.
 
U15 Boys
Emile Morti did well at new events winning A string high jump with 1.60m and coming second in A string 200m in 23.63. Emile also came third in A string discus. Taye Awuku-Chan also had a busy day, third in A string 100m in a PB of 12.08, second in long jump with 5.18m, and second in 80m hurdles in 11.61. Aarav Johnson scored useful points in B string 100m and 200m. Colin Miles ran A string 300m and there was a PB for Raphael Tsolaki in B string. Kit Dixon and Raphael competed well in 800m, as did Isaac McCall and Jacob McCall in 1500m. Colin was second in B string 80m hurdles.
 
In the field Kit helped with B string long jump, and Isaac and Jacob looked after shot. Isaac threw B string discus, and Colin and Kit looked after javelin. The 4 x 100m team of Aarav, Emile, Jacob and Taye were a very good second, and the 4 x 300m team consisted of Aarav, Isaac, Raphael and Kit.
 
U15 Girls
There was a convincing win for Kara Gorman in 1500m A string with Mimi Daley taking care of B string. Evelyn Wildman was second in A string 800m with Maya Davis second in B string. The 300m saw a PB of 45.28 for Evelyn and Pia Walsh also ran a PB in B string to be third. Newcomers did well in the short sprints with Chaise Duff and Sophia Moore running 100m and Chaise and Amy Quick 200m. Gaia Ferraro ran A string 75m hurdles and also non-scoring 100m.
Chaise and Kara did well in long jump and Evelyn and Amy scored useful points in high jump. Anais Majekodunmi threw A string hammer and B string discus and shot. Mimi was A string discus and Amy A string shot. Maya and Kara looked after javelin. Amy, Mimi, Chaise and Sophia ran a season’s best in 4 x 100m relay, and a strong 4 x 300m team of Maya, Kara, Pia and Evelyn were third, also in a season’s best.
 
U13 Boys
As with the other matches a small team covered as much as possible, Isaac Taylor running a PB in A string 150m, coming second in 800m, and doing well in long jump. Jack Dixon also ran 800m, was B string long jump and B string javelin. Newby Nicholas Janisch was second in A string javelin with an impressive 20.50m and also did A string shot.
 
U13 Girls
The U13 Girls were the star team, finishing top of their age group. There was a double win in 1200m, Juliette MacDougall running a big PB of 3.55.65, and Bea Robinson winning B string with a PB of 4.13.27. Holly Knott was second in A string 800m, Alice Martin second in B string, and Soraya Roughton ran a PB in non-scoring. Amariah Odogwu was third in A string 75m, and ran a PB of 21.72 in 150m. Bronwen Harman ran a PB in B string 75m and Bethan Lloyd did well in B string 150m.
 
Bethan had an excellent run in 70m hurdles to be second and Holly Knott was second in B string. Bethan and Holly combined again for a double win in high jump, with PBs of 1.40m for Bethan, 1.35m for Holly. Aliyah Haigh provided another A string win in shot with 7.14m and Soraya Roughton was second in B string. Bronwen Harman was second in A string javelin with Juliette MacDougall winning B string. The 4 x 100m team of Bea, Amariah, Holly and Bethan were sixth.

​Season Best Performances - from Steve Perkin
​An update to include SAL, Oxford Open, YDL LAG etc.

Wycombe and Chiltern took part in a very exciting, close fought match at Eltham on Sunday in the third round of the Southern Athletics League.
 
The team sat in 11th place (out of 18) before the match started and there was a view that fourth or better would pretty much secure Division 1 status for 2025. However, after a few events it was clear that the match would be a close affair with the team in contention for the win.
 
The lead changed hands several times through the day and in the end the team was a narrow second behind Harrow by just three and a half points with Blackheath and Bromley in third.
 
The men’s team were light on sprinters with Ben Sharpe running100m and Marko Stankovic 200m. Marko had a busy day, winning B string 110m hurdles and fifth in A string 400m hurdles.
 
Isaac Jessop-Tranter ran a PB of 52.65 to be third in A string 400m with Joel Crook running B string. Men’s middle distance proved a good source of points with Angus Williams and Richard Slade securing a double win in 800m and Richard winning A string 1500m. Myles Caddell won A string 3000m steeplechase after second place in B string 1500m, and David Clark (in a PB of 14.56.95) and Ash Finch scored a further double win in 5000m.
 
In the field there was a double win in pole vault for Ian Parkinson and Issa Phillips-Pope. Fraser Kilsby scored well in A string throws. Ryan Wells won A string long jump, and was second in A string triple jump, fifth in A string high jump as well as a good win in A string 110m hurdles. Ed Morris did his usual sterling job of great efforts in B string 400m hurdles, long jump, high jump, triple jump, shot, discus, javelin and hammer.
 
The 4 x 100m team (David, Ben, Marko and Ryan) was fourth and the 4 x 400m team (David, Richard, Joel and Isaac) second.
 
The women had a strong sprint quartet with Anya Morzaria fourth in A string in 12.88 and Lailah Pope third in B string. Christina Poulsen won A string 200m with Lucy Clarke third in B string. Ivy Uhart worked hard in A string 400m and 800m. Liv Brown was second in A string 1500m with Zoe Doyle winning B string. Katie Royals was third in A string 300m with Ellie Shield fourth in B string. Lisa Fitpatrick scored good points in A string 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles.
 
Lisa continued her good work in the field with A string high jump and long jump, and B string triple jump. Caroline Parkinson won A string pole vault with Sarah Cross second in B string (PB of 2.90m). Sarah made her usual great contribution with B string high jump and javelin and A string triple jump. Florence Lee-Rubis made her SAL debut with B string long jump and a non-scoring 100m PB. In the throws Chloe Zmuda, Hannah Wells, Genevieve Cole (a win in B string hammer) all scored well.
 
The 4 x 100m team (Lucy, Lisa, Sarah, Christina) were second, as was the 4 x 400m team of Ivy, Liv, Zoe and Lucy.
 
The team are now up to ninth in the table and will hope to maintain that in match 4 at Dartford on August 17th.

Chisom Nwafor retained her Senior Girls long jump title, winning comfortably with a jump of 6.09m. Frankie Baxter was seventh in a straight final for the Senior Girls 1500m steeplechase. Kara Gorman made the final of the Junior Girls 1500m, finishing ninth, and Evelyn Wildman ran well in her heat. Issy Robinson ran a good race in her Intermediate Girls 800m heat, just two-hundredths off her PB. Ffion Harman raced well in her heat of the Intermediate Girls 300m hurdles.
 
Alex Hughes made the final of the Intermediate Boys 3000m, finishing tenth. Taye Awuku-Chan and Emile Morti both hit hurdles in their 80m hurdles heats, both finishing fifth and not making it to the final unfortunately.  Evelyn and Emile were part of the Junior Mixed 4 x 100m Relay team that made the final, coming seventh. Ffion led off the Inter Mixed  4 x 10m Relay team in the heat.
 
For Hertfordshire Tom Ford made the final of the Junior Boys 1500m, finishing fifth. Emily Ford was fourteenth in the Inter Girls 3000m straight final. Leon Doran was in the first heat of the Senior Boys 1500m, finishing ninth.
 
All gave a very good account of themselves in this high level environment.

There was another strong performance from the Wycombe and Chiltern composite team at Bournemouth on Sunday at the second (of three) YDL Upper Age Group matches.
 
Although the day was mostly sunny, a very strong wind aided the sprinters but caused havoc for the middle distance runners. Thirty-four athletes provided a good turnout for the team which ended up a creditable third from the seven taking part.
 
U20 Women
Aoife McAuley (27.3) ran well for third in A string 200m with Abi Masters third in B string in 27.9. Amy Hogbin battled the strong headwind in the back straight to be second in 400m in 59.4. Jo Snelling and Sofia Lomas scored useful points in 800m as did Tilly Firth and Emma Caddell in 3000m. Aoife continued her good day in the field, first in A string triple jump (9.87m) and javelin (20.96m) and second in A string long jump (5.11m). Lyla Griffin picked up good points in A string shot, discus and hammer. The 4 x 100m relay team of Tilly Firth, Lyla Griffin, Amy Hogbin and Aoife McAuley was fifth. The mixed 4 x 400m A string team of Amy, Aoife, Tom Jordan and Joel Crook was third, whilst the B string team of Jo Snelling, Jack Turner, Sofia Lomas and Dan Cogan was second.
 
U20 Men
Harrison Sears strained a hamstring in A string 100m and could take no further part in the day. Finn Walsh ran a windy PB in A string 200m. Tom Jordan was third in A string 800m and Joel Crook second in B string but times were way off their best due to the killer headwind in the backstraight.  Edward Faulkner won A string 3000m and Jack Turner won B string. Ryan Wells ran a windy PB of 14.9 to win A string 110m hurdles and added a win in triple jump and second in long jump and discus. Andrew Partridge scored well in all the throws including a B string win in discus as did Leo Selcon Park (B string wins in shot, hammer and javelin). The 4 x 100m relay team of Finn Walsh, Ryan Wells, Ian Marginean and Tom Jordan was second.
 
U17 Women
Lailah Pope and Eva Carsberg had good runs in 100m and 200m, with Abi Masters and Ivy Uhart scoring well in 300m. Issy Robinson was fourth in A string 800m, Alice Peckham second in B string. Marlie Nkoane won A string 3000m with Issy right behind winning B string. Florence Lee-Rubis got a windy PB in 80m hurdles on 13.2 and did well in A string long jump. Eva was second in B string long jump. Ivy Uhart made a promising debut in 1500m steeplechase, third in A string. Ellen Taylor scored good points in shot and discus and won B string hammer. Genevieve Cole won A string hammer with an excellent 38.36m and was third in B string discus. Florence was third in A string javelin, Genevieve second in B string. The 4 x 100m relay team of Abi, Lailah, Eva and Florence was fourth, and the 4 x 300m relay team of Ivy, Issy, Abi and Alice was third.
 
U17 Men
Ian Marginean ran 200m A string and Harry Deeks B string 100m before withdrawing with ankle pain. Issa Phillips-Pope ran a PB of 26.6 in B string 200m. Tom Jordan and Joel Crook looked after 400m, and Jack Turner ran a PB in A string 800m. Rory Crichton was second in A string 3000m with Samuel Evans winning B string. Daniel Cogan made a good debut in steeplechase and added good points in B string long jump and triple jump. Issa Phillips-Poe conquered the wind to win pole vault with 3.40m. Ryan Allbrook did well in A string long jump and triple jump (PB of 12.04m) but was another victim of injury with an ankle problem in triple jump. Joel Crook scored useful points in javelin.
 
The final match is at Perivale on June 30th.

The second match in the YDL LAG took place at Jarman Park on Sunday. A fuller Chiltern team scored more points than at the first match but maintained seventh place against teams that had also strengthened since match 1. The weather was warm and sunny all day.
 
Twenty-four Chiltern athletes took part, up from nineteen at match 1. The big highlight was U15 Boys hurdles where Emile Morti and Taye Awuku-Chan ran English Schools qualifiers.
 
FULL RESULTS

U13 Girls
Several girls made debuts on Sunday. Amariah Odugwu ran well for fourth in both 75m (PB of 10.9) and 150m (PB of 22.1). Emilia Ingham in 75m and Bronwen Harman in 150m gave B string support. Annie-Rose Quantrill was fourth in A string 800m and Soraya Roughton third in B string and there was an A string win in 1200m for Juliette MacDougall in a PB of 4.00.7 with Emilia Ingham second in B string in a PB 4.26.3. Soraya Roughton ran a PB 14.2 in 70m hurdles.
 
In the field Juliette and Emilia looked after long jump, Emilia high jump, Soraya and Bronwen shot, and Juliette and Bronwen javelin. The 4 x 100m relay team of Emilia, Juliette, Bronwen and Amariah were sixth.
 
U13 Boys
Isaac Taylor ran a PB of 3.59.9 to be fourth in A string 1200m, and helped out with A string 75m and B string javelin. Harrison Lawrence made a good debut with third in A string 150m, and good efforts in A string 800m, and A string long jump. Jack Dixon was fourth in A string javelin with a PB of 18.66m and helped with B string 800m and B string long jump.
 
U15 Girls
Pia Walsh and Gaia Ferraro ran 100m with Nia Clarke (PB of 29.7) and Pia running 200m. Evelyn Wildman and Carys Jones earned good points in 300m. Evelyn had a good battle with top-class athlete Zoe Allan in A string 800m, running 2.23.00 to be second. Carys also ran well in B string 800m to be second. Mimi Daley ran a PB in 1500m; Nia Clarke struggled with breathing, but bravely finished.
 
Gaia ran A string 75m hurdles and looked after B string long jump. Nia scored a PB of 4.11m in A string long jump. Evelyn helped with A string high jump and Mimi scored useful points in shot and discus. The 4 x 300m team of Nia Clarke, Pia Walsh, Carys Jones and Evelyn Wildman ran very well to be a creditable third in 3.19.2.
 
U15 Boys
A highlight of the meeting for Chiltern was the 80m hurdles where Emile Mortin won A string in 11.8 and Taye Awuku-Chan B string in 12.1, both English Schools qualifying times. Emile added an A string win in 100m in 11.9, and third in A string discus. Taye added a season’s best 5.25m to be second in A string long jump and a PB of 26.2 in A string 200m. Aarav Johnson provided useful B string back-up in 100m and 200m.
 
Colin Miles scored valuable points in A string 300m, A string high jump, and A string javelin. Raphael Tsolaki also contributed well in A string 800m, B string 300m and B string high jump. Logan Gaskell ran well for fourth in A string 1500m with Kit Dixon in B string. Kit was third in B string long jump. Jacob McCall ran in B string 800m and threw B string shot. Isaac McCall ran non-scoring 800m and helped out with A string shot and B string javelin.
 
The 4 x 100m team of Emile, Aarav, Colin and Taye was second in 53.2, and the 4 x 300m team of  Kit, Raphael, Jacob and Logan were fifth.
 
The third match is Sunday June 16th at Bracknell.

The Wycombe and Chiltern composite team got off to a flying start at the first Southern Athletics League match at Eton on Saturday. The rebranded team (formerly ‘South Bucks’) were taking part in their first match in Division 1 after promotion last year. The four matches work on a round robin basis and this match featured Harrow, Windsor, Thames Valley, Bracknell and Medway & Maidstone.
In a very high quality fixture, the team finished an excellent fourth from the six teams involved. Most competition slots were filled and there was a great level of commitment on show and some great performances.

FULL RESULTS

​It was a warm, sunny weekend at Oxford Horspath for the Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire County Championships.
There were some great performances from the Chiltern contingent with several medals and personal bests.

Saturday
It was a Chiltern 1-2-3 in the U13 Girls 1500m with new recruit (running in Wycombe Abbey colours) Alice Martin taking the win in a PB of 5.15.73. There were further PBs for Bea Robinson (5.19.59) in second and Emilia Ingham (5.27.67) in third. Annie-Rose Quantrill was sixth. Further success in the 1500m came in the U15 Girls with Kara Gorman taking the win in 4.40.29 and Evelyn Wildman third in a PB of 4.58.03. Maya Davis was fourth in 5.05.53 and Nia Clarke eighth in 5.33.29. The U17 women saw Issy Robinson seventh in 5.00.60 and Marlie Nkoane ninth in 5.12.04. Charlotte Docwra won the U20 1500m in 5.29.36.
In the 1500m on the boys side, the U13s saw Zac Taylor fifth in 5.17.11 and Harrison Lawrence sixth in an impressive PB of 5.21.99. In the U15 race Raphael Tsolaki ran a PB of 5.19.71. Edward Johnson and Aidan Suleyman were second and third in the U7 men’s 1500m in 4.28.04 and 4.33.58 respectively, with Jack Turner running a big PB of 4.41.94 in eighth. Neil Turner was first Masters 50 in 4.43.92.
In the sprints U17 Abi Masters ran a 300m PB of 43.87 to be fourth. In the U13 Girls 100m Amariah Odugwu ran a PB of 14.86 to be third. Abi gained her first medal of the weekend with bronze in the U17 women’s 100m in 13.64. Ysabelle Majekodunmi was eighth in the final in 14.33 after 14.29 in the heat. Mila Luker ran 13.12 to win U20 women’s 100m and Sarah Cross was third in the senior women’s event in 13.38. Emile Morti ran a PB of 11.71 to win the U15 Boys 100m with Taye Chan sixth in 12.51. Aarav Johnson ran 14.51 in the heat. Kieran Mortimer- Saunders ran 12.90 to be seventh in the U17 men’s 100m.
Emile took a second win in 80m hurdles in 12.44 with Taye second in 12.67 and Colin Miles fifth in 15.81. Florence Lee-Rubis won U17 women’s 80m hurdles in 13.47.
In the field Chisom Nwafor won U20 long jump with a season’s best 5.96m and Mila Luker was third with 5.18m. Florence Lee-Rubis won U17 long jump with 4.81m. Isla Dalby was fourth with 4.48m. There were good efforts in U15 Girls long jump with Nia Clarke fifth (4.00m), Celia Von Schacky sixth (3.87m), Disha Rao seventh (3.87m), Evelyn Wildman eighth (3.84m), and Gaia Ferraro 12th (3.52m). Anais Majekodunmi won U15 Girls hammer with 19.74m. Kieran Mortimer-Saunders threw a 30.75m javelin to be second in U17 men’s javelin.
 
Sunday
Amariah Odugwu took her second medal of the weekend with U13 Girls 200m silver in 30.16 and Bethan Lloyd won bronze in 31.50. Abi Masters won silver in U17 women’s 200m in 27.91. Harrison Lawrence won bronze in U13 boys 200m with 29.48. Ffion Harman won U17 women’s 300m hurdles in a season’s best 48.19. The U13 Girls 70m hurdles saw a Chiltern 1-2 for Bethan Lloyd and Holly Knott.
There was another U13 Girls middle distance 1-2-3 in the 800m with Alice Martin taking her second gold of the weekend with 2.33.54, Juliette MacDougall second in a PB of 2.35.10 and Holly Knott third in a PB of 2.39.80. Also running well were Soraya Roughton fifth in 2.47.39 and Annie-Rose Quantrill sixth in 2.47.48. The U15 Girls 800m saw an A race and B race. Evelyn Wildman won gold with a big PB of 2.22.82 and Celia Von Schacky was fourth in a PB of 2.32.18. The U17 women’s 800m saw one of the best races of the weekend. Lydia Cross ran a season’s best 2.28.67 but, in a stacked line-up, did not make the final. Issy Robinson in the slower other heat qualified in 2.26.56 and Izzy McFetrich ran a PB of 2.36.10. In an exciting final Issy made a great push with 200m to go and was rewarded with an excellent silver medal and PB of 2.17.64.
 
There was a second medal for Harrison Lawrence in the U13 Boys 800m, third in a PB of 2.37.67. Charlie Quantrill ran a great race to win silver in the U15 Boys race in a PB of 2.11.69 and Luke Coultate was sixth in 2.32.65. The U17 men’s 800m race was a straight final with Edward Johnson running a PB of 2.07.46 to win gold. Zach Cleary was sixth in a PB of 2.28.41 and Charlie De Sousa was eighth. Toby Radbourne ran 2.17.76 in the Oxon U20 Men’s 800m champs.
 
In the field, Holly Knott won U13 Girls high jump with 1.25m and Evelyn Wildman won U15 Girls high jump silver with 1.35m. Bethan Lloyd and Soraya Roughton were a Chiltern 1-2 in the U13 Girls discus with 15.18m and 12.58m.

U20 Men
First year Warwick Uni athlete Ryan Wells scored his usual raft of points in long jump (2nd), triple jump (1st), discus (2nd) and 110m hurdles (1st) and ran well in the 4 x 100m relay. Andrew Partridge and Leo Selcon-Park completed a full presence in the throws. Edward Johnson ran up an age group to win 1500m in a PB of 4.23.5. Another U17, Ian Marginean, ran up in A string 100m and 200m. Archie Pinder and Isaac Jessop-Tranter ran well in 400m, Archie second in A string (52.50), Isaac winning B string (53.85). U17 Tom Jordan had a good run in A string 800m with Toby Radbourne running a PB to win the B string. The 4 x 100m relay team saw Ian, Ryan, Harry Deeks and Finn Walsh come a respectable third in 48.07.
 
U20 Women
Chisom Nwafor focused on field events winning shot (12.02m), long jump (5.63m), high jump (1.58m) and javelin (27.63m). Mila Luker won B string long jump in a new PB of 5.26m. U17 Eva Carsberg ran up in A string 100m, and Aoife McCauley and Lailah Pope looked after 200m. Aoife also took wins in B string high jump (1.40m) and javelin (23.48m).Frankie Baxter won 1500m steeplechase in an English Schools qualifying time of 5.14.88. Jasmine Smith was fourth in A string discus and Lyla Griffin was second in A string hammer. The quartet of Frankie Baxter, Archie Pinder, Aoife McAuley and Isaac Jessop-Tranter were second in the mixed 4 x 400m relay in a good time of 3.52.74.
 
U17 Men
A strong squad saw Harry Deeks and Ryan Allbrook in100m, Finn Walsh and Harry Deeks in 200m, Tom Jordan and Dylan Rossi in 400m, Joel Crook and Daniel Cogan in 800m, and Jack Turner and Rory Crichton in 1500m with Samuel Evans as non-scoring. Ryan helped with second place in A string triple jump (11.22m) and Rory, Joel, Tom and Dylan were third in 4 x 400m relay. Daniel was A string long jump and Joel A string javelin. Ben Coughlin contributed with A string shot, discus and hammer.
 
U17 Women
Olivia Edwards looked after A string 100mand 200m, with Lailah Pope B string 100m, Abi Masters B string 200m. Abi ran A string 300m and Issy Robinson was second in A string 800m.  Marlie Nkoane (second in A string) and Ivy Uhart (winning B string) scored good points in 1500m. Ffion Harman ran well to be second in A string 300m hurdles and third in A string javelin. Elsewhere in the field Eva Carsberg was A string long jump, Ellen Taylor A string shot and Ysabelle Majekodunmi discus. The 4 x 300m team of Ffion, Abi, Issy and Ivy was a good second. Olivia, Ysabelle, Lailah and Eva were third in 4 x 100m relay.
 
For the first time at a composite match the officials team was entirely Chiltern with Sue and Doug on the stands, and Anne Underwood, Graham Tranter, Nick Pinder, and Tom Robinson looking after pole vault and triple jump.
 
The second match sees a long journey to Bournemouth on May 26th.