Chiltern Harriers had a solid match at Keysoe Equestrian Centre in Bedfordshire on Saturday in the first match of the Chiltern League season. The club was fourth overall and there were team wins for the Veteran Men, U15 Girls and U13 Girls, and individual wins for Mike Turney (Vet 60), Edward Johnson (U17 Men) and Juliette MacDougall (U13 Girls). The Chiltern Juniors were the strongest junior club on the day, the seniors sixth. There were 62 Chiltern athletes running on the popular, undulating course around the equestrian parkland. Weather was mild but featured a couple of sharp, heavy showers. More photos from Mark Easton
There were no Chiltern U11s in action so the first race of interest was the U13 Girls. Juliette MacDougall raced to a convincing win and the victorious team was completed by Holly Knott in fifth, Emilia Ingham in 11th and Lotti Monnington in 21st. The U13 Boys put out a good team and were third on the day. Jack Rogers was ninth and there was good packing from Harrison Lawrence (13th), Zac Taylor (14th), Toby Reynolds (15th) and Isaac Brown (17th). Jack Dixon completed the team in 42nd. The U15 Girls provided another team win (joint with Milton Keynes) thanks to a great effort from the girls. Maya Davis led the team home in sixth and she was backed up by Nia Clarke in ninth, Megan Lockwood in tenth, and Carys Jones in 20th. Also running well were Lauren Dwyer in 29th and Mimi Daley in 35th. Tom Ford had a good run in a high-quality field to be second individual in the U15 Boys race, and the Chiltern team was second behind the very powerful Dacorum outfit. Other scorers were Charlie Quantrill (ninth), Max King (13th), and Logan Gaskell (16th). Also running strongly in a big team were Ben Reeder (22nd), James Henderson (30th), Felix Danielli (31st), Kit Dixon (37th), Isaac McCall (44th) and Colin Miles (45th). The Junior Women ran very well to be third team on the day. Scoring were Issy Robinson in fifth, Emily Ford in sixth and Alice Peckham in 16th. Completing the team were Jocelyn Davies (17th), Lara Milburn (35th), Rebecca Lawson (38th), and Ellie Gowers (40th). Another big Chiltern team featured well in the U17 men’s race with a breakthrough first league win for Edward Johnson. The other scorers were Callum Powell (ninth), James Holdsworth (12th), and Aidan Suleyman (16th) and the team was second. Also featuring were Daniel Munn (18th), Jack Turner (24th), Rory Hilton (30th), Zach Cleary (31st), Mattie Gemmell (36th), Charlie De Sousa (38th), and James Malin (48th). The Senior Men and Women completed scoring teams but were much lower on numbers than in previous years. The Senior Women had just six runners and were 13th team. All battled hard and scoring were Katie Royals (27th), Jess Orr (51st), Tessa Passey (71st), Lyndsey Bill (79th), Helen Hinde (107th) and Fiona Calder (134th). The Veteran women were 16th, Tessa, Lyndsey, Helen and Fiona completing the scoring four. The Senior Men had thirteen facing the starter and they did well to be fifth team. Aran Davidson ran strongly to be tenth and was backed up in the scoring by Alex Aldred (14th), Adam Shute (17th), Tim Lawrence (35th), Finn O’Brien (36th), James Turner (45th), Tom Dixon (55th), Mike Turney (121st), Ben Hannen (141st), and Amit Dixit (156th). Completing the team were Ed Wright (191st), and Allan Cairns (193rd). Ollie Jackson was well-placed early on but had to withdraw with a tight calf. The veteran quartet of Adam, Tim, James and Tom took the team win. Mike Turney was first Vet 60, and amongst the Vet 40s Adam was fourth and Tim ninth. The next match is at Teardrop Lakes on November 9th where the club hopes to build on a solid start. Comments are closed.
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