Press Releases for
April, May & June 2017
26/06/17
YDL Under 17/20s in action at Reading
Despite fielding what we thought was a depleted team,
the two boys and two girls teams performed brilliantly to win the third
under 17/20 YDL match at Reading with 818 points to Shaftesbury’s 736 and
WSE’s 673 meaning a place is now secured at the YDL Finals in September for
these age groups.
With 25 A string wins and 18 B string wins it meant
that many athletes who have perhaps not yet had the chance to shine did so
and took the team to a great victory on a pleasant and warm day.
The under 20 womens team contributed the most winners
and just shows why they are the strongest team in the UK and are by right
representing the UK in the European Clubs event in Brno in September. Great
and clear sprint wins for Maya Bruney in the 100m and Parris Johnson on the
200m, Katy Ann McDonald again coming back to form and winning the 800m and
Yasmin Austridge the 1500m, with Annie Davies winning both the 100m hurdles
and the triple jump, Steph Fisher the 400m hurdles and Bekah Walton the
javelin, it only left both relays which we duly won to round off a great
team effort backed by five B string wins as well.
The under 17 ladies contributed well winning six A
string events with Sophie Hoare winning the 1500m, Millie Smith the 1500m
steeplechase, Madalina Samoila the 800m, Hannah MacAulay the shot, Eloise
Locke the javelin and Karina Harris the triple jump. Kelsi Cornish won the B
string 1500m and also ran round for the points in the 3000m again
epitomising the spirt of the club at the moment where all the points are
critical. This again was backed up by two other B string wins.
The men teams found it harder to win their events with
the under 20s winning four events with Camron Lyttle winning the 100m in
10.79 by the narrowest of margins, Luc Durant the shot in a new pb of 14.84m
and both relays. They too were backed up with three B string wins. The under
17 men had five A string wins and seven B string wins for a great team
effort with Angus Harrington controlling the 1500m to win comfortably in a
fine new pb of 4.08.65, with Matthew Francis winning the 1500m steeplechase
by almost 15 seconds, Ben Sutton a clear winner in the long jump and also
the recipient of a Jack Petchey award while Rico Cottell won the high jump
and the team also won the 4 x 100m relay.
Elsewhere at the BMC Meeting at Watford the club had 5
middle distance athletes competing with Phil Sesemann running 8.03.54 for
3rd in the A race 3000m with second claimer Graham Rush just behind in
8.09.30, and Will Fuller returning to form winning the B race in 8.19.21.
Caroline Ford ran well in the 800m with 2.09.97 while Katy Ann McDonald was
a place back in 2.10.40 but returning to good form at the right time of the
season with her coach Phil Kissi being very happy.
At Kingston Coleman Corry won the ESAA COMBINED EVENTS
SOUTH EAST REGIONAL FINAL octathlon with a score of 4481 points with Oscar
Heaney Brufal 10th in the intermediate boys event while Lauren Farley was
4th, Zoe Austridge 12th and Alice Prentice 14th in the intermediate girls
event.
This coming weekend at Ashford the club is in action
in the Kent Young Athletes League for the under 13/15 age groups, and the
following weekend in Birmingham are the England Schools Champs where many of
the clubs youngsters will be representing their counties in their selected
events in what should be the highlight of their season so far.
Nick Brooks
20/06/17
Plenty of BBHAC teams in action
A depleted team with a great team spirit performed
admirably at the Southern League Division 1 match at Chelmsford to secure
2nd place on 204 points behind the home sides 213 points in a very close
fought match. With athletes doubling up and tripling up and lady pole
vaulters (Elise Swatton and Sonia Woolhouse) running the steeplechase to
secure much needed points, lady distance runners also high jumping and Tim
Ayres filling every gap in the mens events, it was an entertaining
afternoon. Alex Skipp won the 400m, Mark Cryer the 110m hurdles and also the
B string long jump with Tom French winning the A string. Modupe Shokunbi and
Becky McLinden won the 100m and 200m respectively, while Danielle Critchley
won the A string 800 and the B string 200m in a new pb and took second in
the 400m A string. With Becky McLinden and Sarah McClellan winning both 400m
hurdles races and the ladies winning both relays it was a great day on the
track.
In the field Nicole Farmer won the triple jump with a
new pb of 11.03m and Sophia Harper won the B string, Sam Milner and Carys
Marsden both won the discus strings with Sam also winning the B string shot.
Grace Scopes ran a new pb in the 1500m with 5.29.9, Kieron Murphy threw a pb
in the hammer with 45.92m and shot 9.74m, Alex Skipp ran a new pb of 11.2 in
the 100m and Prince Reid ran a new 800m pb of 2.05.0. Next match is at
Crawley next month with the 5th and final match at home in Norman Park.
The club had many athletes representing their
respective counties at the South East Inter Counties match at Basingstoke.
The pick of the athletes included Jed Hamilton finishing 2nd in the under 17
100m in a new pb of 11.26, Angus Harrington winning the 800m, Josh Watson
winning the A string 100m hurdles in a new pb with Rico Cottell wining the B
string in a new pb. Ben Sutton won the long jump and Joshua Gbagbo the
triple jump. In the ladies events Hannah MacAulay won both the shot and
discus and Eloise Locke the javelin and Karrina Harris the triple jump.
In the under 15 age group Michael Burfoot won both the
shot and discus, and in the girls events Holly Mpassy won the 200m in 12.63
for a new pb and also won the 200m.
The YDL Southern Premier League match at Eton for
under 13/15 athletes also took place with BBHAC finishing a very close
second on 542 points to Southampton’s 543. Southampton gave up points by not
supplying enough officials which just goes to show that our club never lets
our teams down by always providing a full complement of judges and
timekeepers which gains valuable points. In the under 13 boys Connor Sutton
won the 100m in 13.2 for a new pb and also the 200m and long jump also in a
new pb of 4.21m. In the under 13 girls event Emily Kerr won the 150m in a
new pb of 19.9 and the girls team also won the 4x100m relay.
In the under 15 mens events Sam Reardon won the 800m
while Michael Burfoot won both the shot and discus with Sean Lancaster
taking the hammer with a new pb.. In the girls events Amy Miller won the
800m, Ava White won the 1500m and the team won both relays. Holly Mpassy won
both the 200m and 300m in quite a busy weekend in new pbs of 25.32 and
40.69. For good Akeiyla Robinson-Pascal won the high jump.
Finally the under 20 and under 23s were in action at
Bedford in the England Athletic Champs. Notable wins for James Whiteaker in
the under 20 javelin with 74.64m, a win by 12 metres which puts him in great
stead for his senior international recognition next weekend in Lille. Divine
Oladipo now back from her US University won the under 20 womens discus and
took 2nd in the shot, Holly Mills won the long jump, Rebecca Hawkins the
high jump, and Maya Bruney finished a close 2nd in the 200m. Matthew
Blandford finished 3nd in the under 20 mens discus with Louis Mascarenhas
5th, Sophie Dowson returned to her good form by taking 3rd in the pole vault
and Isabella Hilditch took 3rd in the 100m hurdles with Annie Davies also
making the final. Both athletes ran pbs this weekend. Stephanie Fisher ran
well for 5th in the 400m hurdles and Camron Lyttle ran a new 100m pb of
10.56 in qualifying for his final. Oliver Newport continued his long season
with third in the under 23 mens long jump.
YDL under 17/20 event this Sunday at Reading.
Nick Brooks
14/06/17
Yet another busy weekend across the age groups
The South of England Champs for seniors and under 20s
were held at Crystal Palace with plenty of BBHAC athletes competing. The
picks of the weekend were wins in the senior events for Louis Mascarenhas in
the discus with 48.54m wining by almost three metres, followed up with a 3rd
place in the shot, Scott Huggins winning the pole vault in 5.20m, Jonathan
Ilori won the triple jump in 16.06m and for good measure took 5th in the
long jump with 7.33m behind Oliver Newports’ 7.40m silver medal. It is also
noted that Matthew Knight ran a great new pb of 22.11 in the mens 200 m
under 20s final for 6th place.
In the ladies events Zara Asante won the triple jump
with 12.57m, Holly Mills won the long jump with 6.22m, Rebecca Hawkins won
the under 20 ladies high jump with 1.77m, and Megan Walsh picked up a bronze
in the under 20 400m in 57.08, and Victoria Wiltshire a bronze in the under
20 hammer with 48.66m.
Elsewhere Adam Gemili ran 20.64 for 200m at an IAAF
event in the Netherlands, Serita Solomon ran 13.73 in the 100m at the same
meeting.
Many of our young athletes were competing in various
county schools event but at the time of writing only the Kent School have
published any results. In Ashford, Yasmin Austridge won the 1500m
steeplechase for senior girls, while in the under 17 age group there were
wins for Jed Hamilton in the 100m, Matthew Francis in the 1500m steeplechase
and Ben Sutton in the long jump, and in the under 15 boys Ethan Kitteridge
won the pole vault.
In the ladies under 17 events Zoe Austridge won the
80m hurdles, Mille Smith the 1500m steeplechase, Kelsi Cornish the 800m,
Hannah MacAulay won both the shot and the discus and Eloise Locke won the
javelin. In the under 15 girls events Holly Mpassy won both the 100m and
200m finals and Morgan Squibb won win the 1500m.
This weekend sees the senior mens and womens team in
action at Chelmsford in the Southern League Division 1 match.
Nick Brooks
6/06/17
National League action for men and women and Kent
League for youngsters
Busy weekend with the senior mens team in action in
Swansea in the National League Division 1 match where they finished 5th so
remaining 4th in the league, while the womens senior team were in action in
Eton in a UKWAL Premier League match where they finished 7th and remain 7th
in the league with relegation looming unless we have a fantastic showing at
our last home league match.
The under 13s and 15s were in action in Kent YAL
League Division 1 and 2 matches at Dartford winning by 72 points to remain
top of League 1, while the 2nd team performed admirably for 2nd behind
Tonbridge.
Notable performances from the mens team in Swansea
came from Jordan Layne 2nd in the A string 400m in 48.70, Dan Putnam winning
the A string 200m in 21.21, Ross Braden running a great new 5000m pb in
15.26.28 for 5th, Tom French 2nd in the A string long jump and Mark Cryer
1st in the B string, and wins for both Jonathon Ilori and Robert Sutherland
in the triple jump. VP Tim Ayres competed in several events for the points
and amassed 19 picking up more than a point in all events in the 400m
hurdles, steeplechase, 5000m, pole vault and high jump, we could have done
with a similar performance at Eton !!
At the time of writing the UKWAL have failed to post
any results from our ladies match at Eton but we were 7th on 145 points and
desperately need a miraculous turn out and lots of top level performances in
Bromley next month to have any chance of avoiding relegation.
Phil Sesemann ran 1500m in 3.43.49 in a meeting in
Belgium, and in Italy Serita Solomon ran a windy 13.45 in the 100m hurdles.
At the BMC Classic in Milton Keynes 10 athletes ran
personal bests. In the 800m Angus Harrington clocked 1.56.39, Peter Guy
1.58.86, Amy Miller 2.15.25, Kelsi Cornish 2.16.20, Zakia Mossi 2.14.92,
Holly Sutton-Trott 2.31.82, while in the 1500m Sophie Hoare ran 4.40.74,
Annie Thomas 4.52.54, and in the 3000m Yasmin Marghini broke 10 minutes with
9.56.98 while in the 1500m steeplechase Matthew Francis ran 4.34.17.
In the Kent League division 1 match in the under 13
boys events there were A string wins for Connor Sutton in the 200m, Oliver
Robertson in the long jump and 75m hurdles, and the 4 x 100m relay team,
with 2 B string winners. The under 15 boys had wins for Oliver Briars in the
200m, Sam Reardon in the 800m, Jacob Byfield in the long jump and 80m
hurdles, Ryan Mansbridge in the high jump, Michael Burfoot in the shot and
discus, both relays were won. This was backed up by seven B string winners.
In the under 13 girls events there were wins for Emily
Kerr in the long jump and 75m hurdles, Lily Meers in the 800m, Abigail Smith
in the 1000m walk and the 4 x 100 team, backed up with 2 B string wins. In
the under 15 girls events Zakia Mossi won the 800m and the girls won both
relays, backed up with three B string wins.
In the division 2 match there were wins in the under
13 boys for Ben Campbell in the 800m and Benjamin Platt in the javelin, and
in the girls Tianna Lewis won the 150m and the team won the 4 x 100m relay,
and in the under 15 girls Madeleine Bonner won the 100m and the team won the
4 x 300m relay.
Nick Brooks
30/05/17
Under 20s and Under 17s in action at Bromley and
new discus record for Divine Oladipo in the US
BBHAC hosted the YDL Premier League match at Norman
Park, again winning the second match of four with 868.5 points with
Shaftesbury Barnet second on 710 points and Windsor third on 706.5. A bright
warm and sunny afternoon in the main until a torrential downpour arrived for
the latter part of the day.
Of the 76 events the club won 30 A string events and
23 B string events and saw a flurry of personal bests and seasons bests. In
the under 20 mens event Camron Lyttle won the 100m A string, Matthew Knight
won the A string 200m in a new pb of 22.20 and also took second in the 400m
A string in 49.81 for another pb with Will Pope winning the B string. Ricky
Lutakome won the A string comfortably despite fading at the end with Oscar
Hussey winning the B string, Finlay Brannan, James Crawley and Lewis Mills
each won the B strings in the 1500m, 3000m and 2000m steeplechase and the
team won both relays.
In the under 17 mens events there was fine a fine
100/200m double for Kyle Reynolds-Warmington with 11.16 and 22.37 (new pb),
Angus Harrington and Peter Guy won both 800m legs with both athletes inside
2 minutes. In the A string events Matthew Francis won the 1500m, Coleman
Corry the 400m hurdles, Aaron Enser the 1500m steeplechase, Ben Sutton the
long jump, Rico Cottell the high jump, Joshua Gbagbo the triple jump and
James Lancaster the hammer. The team was well backed up with B string wins
for Keir Lundy in the 3000m, Rico Cottell in the 100m hurdles, Caelan Raju
in the 400m hurdles, Harrison Thorne in the long jump, Pedro Gleadall in the
high jump and Charlie Short in the hammer.
There were plenty of top class performances among the
under 20 women with Charmont Webster Tape and Modupe Shokunbi winning both
the 100m legs, Immanuela Aliu the A string 200m, Madalina Samoila won the
3000m with Amy Leach winning the B string. Isabella Hilditch won the 100m
hurdles with Yasmin Austridge winning the 1500m steeplechase A string and
the B string 400m hurdles. In the field in the A strings Jamiyla
Robinson-Pascal won the long jump, Annika Olalere won the shot, while in the
B events there were wins for Mary Adeniji in the triple jump, Shaye Emmett
in the pole vault, Anna Barnett in the discus and there was a great new pb
for Victoria Wilshire in the hammer for second in the A string with 49.25m.
The ladies won both relays.
In the ladies under 17 events wins were harder to come
by but Yasmin Marghini won the 3000m by front running to a huge victory in
the 3000m, Lilly Tappenden won the B string 800m, Karrina Harris the A
string triple jump, Hannah Macaulay won both the shot and discus and Eloise
Locke the javelin. In the B string events Lauren Farley won both the 80m
hurdles and the javelin and Alice Prentice the high jump.
In the US NCAA regional qualifiers Joseph Ellis threw
the hammer 67.07m, and Jahisha Thomas leapt 6.35m in the long jump both
qualifying for the NCAA finals in Oregon in June. Divine Oladipo threw the
shot out to 16.00m and threw a new pb in the discus with 53.13m for a new
club record at senior and under 20 level but not quite enough to qualify for
the NCAA finals. Oliver Newport also just missed making the finals with his
leap of 7.43m in the long jump.
There was also a series of mile races as part of the
Vitality Westminster Mile events. Phil Sesemann ran 4.06 for a highly
respectable third in the senior mens race with Will Fuller posting the best
under 20s time of 4.21. Ava White and Morgan Squibb were first and second in
the under 15 girls race with Jessica Neal 12th, and there was 1-2-3 in the
under 13 girls race for Naomi Toft, Zakia Mossi and Annie Thomas.
Adam Gemili ran in the 100m at the Diamond league in
Eugene Oregon and clocked 10.03 for 7th with a slight following wind. Still
10 weeks to go before the world champs so he is coming onto form nicely.
Elsewhere John Turner and Pete Rogers ran the Kent
Circuit Marathon on Saturday 27/5 at Gravesend Cyclopark. It involved
running 1 small lap then 20 full laps around the park with a hill in every
lap. John finished in 4:06 and Pete managed a very creditable 5:21.
Nick Brooks
23/05/17
Lots of BBHAC athletes in action this weekend with
many running at the Loughborough International meeting, the senior men and
women were in action at Bracknell in the Southern League Divison 1 match,
and the under 13 and under 15 boys and girls were in action at Southampton
in the Youth Development League Premier South match.
There were some significant performances made by 14 of
our senior club athletes at the Loughborough International. Dan Putnam ran a
useful 10.58/21.46 100/200m, Shannon Hylton ran an 11.47m 100m pb while twin
sister Cheriece Hylton ran a 23.44 200m and backed it up with a 54.31 400m,
with Maya Bruney close behind in the 200m in 23.51 for a pb. Caroline Ford
ran 800m in 2.09.72 for a pb, Phil Sesemann ran solidly with 3.44.13 in the
1500m and Will Fuller continues to improve his form following injury with an
8.21.70 in the 3000m. Joe Fuggle ran the 400m hurdles on 53.06 just missing
his pb.
In the field events Holly Mills leapt 6.01m in the
long jump, Chiana Matthews and Zara Asante triple jumped 12.92m and 12.17m
respectively, Matthew Blandford threw the discus 51.41m, Rebecca Hawkins
jumped 1.68m in the high jump while Scott Huggins vaulted 5.20m in the pole
vault and Sophie Dowson 3.65m in the ladies event.
Elsewhere at the Youth Development League the under
13s and 15s boys and girls teams were in action where some outstanding
performances enabled the club to finish second to host Southampton with 546
points to their 606 points.
On the day which saw relentless rain and difficult
winds the strong BBHAC contingent fought well against a strong home side.
With 13 A string winners and 12 B string winners, BBHAC have now made sure
that they are in second spot and on track for the national finals. In the
under 15 boys Ollie Briars ran strongly to win the A string 300m, with Jacob
Byfield winning the long jump and Ethan Kitteridge the pole vault, while
there were B string wins for Henry Whichello in both the 100m and 300m,
Kyron Morgan in the 200m, Barnaby Corry in the pole vault and Robert Murray
in the shot.
In the under 13 boys events Connor Sutton won both the
A string 100m and 200m, and Oliver Robertson won the 75m hurdles and the
long jump. B string winners included Ben Campbell in the 800m and George
Shaw in the 1500m.
For the under 15 girls Holly Mpassy judged the 300m to
perfection wining well, also winning the 200m. With conditions far from
perfect Morgan Squibb ran from the front to comfortably win the 1500m in a
new pb of 4.42.9, with B string winners Ellie Dolby in the 800m, Annie
Thomas in the 1500m and Olivia Howlett in the long jump.
In the under 13 girls events there was a great
75m/150m double for Emily Kerr in the A string events backed up with a B
string long jump win, a good win in the 4 x 100m relay by the quartet of
Sophie Kerr, Rianna Rennie, Georgia Sullivan and Emily Kerr. Sophie Kerr
also won the B string 75m hurdles.
The clubs second senior team were in action at the
Southern League Division 1 match on a sunny afternoon at Bracknell, rallying
well to finish second on 196 points behind the host team Bracknell’s 217
points.
Wins were hard to come by with a slightly depleted
team but a great team spirit and some outstanding performances meant we
finished well. Matthew Knight won the A string 200m in a new pb of 22.32,
with Louis Macrarenhas winning both the A string shot and discus both in new
pbs of 14.86m and 51.24m, with Alex Pope continuing his multi event
successes winning the B string shot, discus and hammer, with the A strong
hammer being won by Kieran Murphy. The sprint relay team also ran
brilliantly to win in 41.23.
In the ladies events Magda Cienciala won the B string
100m, Megan Walsh easily won the A string 200m just missing her pb with
25.33, Danielle Critchley won the B string 800m, Annie Davies won both the A
string 100m hurdles and triple jump, Tabitha Lisciotto won the B string high
jump, Sophia Harper and Anna Barnett won the B strong triple jump and discus
respectively, and Victoria Wiltshire and Carys Marsden won both the hammer
events, with the 4x100 team rounding of the afternoon nicely with a narrow
victory.
The BBHAC Open Meeting on Monday saw around 200
entries competing in the 100m, 400m, 1500m, steeplechase, pole vault, discus
and shot where many new personal bests were set. It was great to see so many
club athletes on duty many of whom had competed at the weekend.
Next event is a home fixture at Norman Park on Sunday
May 28th so come along and support the teams in the Youth Development League
for our under 17s and 20s.
Nick Brooks
16/05/17
New Club Pole Vault Record for Huggins
With over 100 club athletes entered in the Kent Champs
at Ashford, there were some outstanding performance across all age groups in
both mens and womens events.
Scott Huggins won the pole vault in 5.26m and broke
the championship best performance and in so doing broke the long standing
club record by 1cm, a record which has stood for a long time. Louis
Mascarenhas won both the shot in 13.26m and the discus in 50.34m for a new
pb.
In the mens under 20 events Camron Lyttle did a
100/200m double as did Joss Barber in the 1500 and 2000m steeplechase, while
in the under 17 mens event Matthew Francis won the 1500m, Ben Sutton the
long jump, Joshua Gbagbo the triple jump and Pedro Gleadall the javelin. In
the under 15 boys events Oliver Briars won the 200m in 36.77 for a new
championship best performance, Jacob Byfield won both the long jump and
triple jump and was 2nd in the 80m hurdles, Ethan Kitteridge vaulted 2.85m
to win the pole vault in a new pb, and Michael Burfoot won the shot.
In the senior ladies events Jackie Montgomery won the
pole vault, while in the under 20 events Jamilya Robinson-Pascal won the
long jump, Nicole Farmer won the triple jump, Megan Walsh the 400m, Annie
Davies the 100m hurdles, Anika Olalere the shot, Carys Marsden the discus
and Victoria Wiltshire the hammer. In the under 17 ladies events Jessica
Sellar won the 1500m steeplechase, Eloise Locke won the shot and won the
javelin in a new championship best performance, Hannah Macaulay won the
discus and Isabelle Bridge won the 3000m walk. In the under 15 girls events
there was a double for Morgan Squibb in the 800/1500m, while Holly Mpassy
had a very busy and successful weekend winning the 100m, 200m and 300m
including breaking the championship best in the 300m qualifying rounds.
In the US at the AAC Champs in Houston, Divine Oladipo
performed well with a shot putt of 15.82m and a discus throw of 49.15m, both
a little down on her recent pbs but very strong performances. Joseph Ellis
threw the hammer 70.98m at a college meeting and now ranks 3rd in the UK.
Jahisha Thomas leapt 6.32m in the long jump at the same meeting.
In the Leicester & Rutland Champs Dan Putnam ran a new
pb of 10.47 in the 100m, and a 21.17 200m which was lightly windy. Phil
Sesemann ran 3.44.56 in the BMC 1500m event in Solihull.
On Friday Adam Gemili ran 20.35 in the 200m at the
Diamond League event in Beijing, ranking him 2nd in the UK.
Nick Brooks
8/05/17
Whiteaker breaks 30 years old club javelin record
At the
British Athletics League Division 1 match at Basingstoke schoolboy James
Whiteaker making his senior debut for BBHAC threw the javelin out to 77.03m
adding almost 4 metres to his previous best and breaking Peter Yates 30 year
old club record by 19cms. He won the event by a massive margin and just
missed out on the league record.
The 18
year old clearly heads the national under 20 rankings by a massive 13.50
metres and is 2nd ranked among the seniors now adding the Commonwealth Games
qualifying standard to his already achieved World Junior standard. Truly an
international class performance.
Blackheath finished a highly credible 4thin the team event on 283
points behind Cardiff who won on 318 points. Other top performances came
from Dan Putnam in the 200m where he finished 2nd in 21.38 having
taken third in the 100m, and anchoring the team to victory in the 4x100m
relay. Teenager Camron Lyttle won the B string 100m in 10.7 and was a close
2nd in the B string 200m in 21.75. Mark Cryer leapt out to 7.05m
for 2nd in the long jump and ran 15.15 in the high hurdles, Scott Huggins
won the pole vault and the only athlete to clear 5.00m, with Louis
Mascarenhas 2nd in the discus in 47.30m and new boy Luc Durrant 2nd
in the shot in 14.42m, and with James Whiteaker massive win there was plenty
to cheer about. Next match is in Swansea in June.
The
ladies team were not so successful in the UKWAL Premier Division match in
Birmingham. With no athletes at all in the 800m, 1500m, 2000m steeplechase,
3000m, pole vault and only one n the 400m hurdles, the depleted team did
brilliantly to finish in 7th of the 8 teams on 126.5 points to
TVH’s winning score of 234.5 points. Having fought so hard to get back into
the top flight its very disappointing for a club of our size to not field
any athletes in so many events and unless we change this approach in the
remaining matches we will be destined for relegation.
Holly
Mills winning the long jump in 6.18m was a shining light and our only winner
on the day, however there were good performances from Annie Davies in 3rd
and Isabella Hilditch in the 100m hurdles, Anna Short taking 2nd
place in the B string triple jump, and Rebecca Hawkins 4th and
Deborah Martin 2nd in the high jump strings, both very close to
the winning heights.
Elsewhere
the sprinters were in action at the Newham meeting with Dean Hylton running
a windy 10.64 in the 100m. In the ladies events Cheriece Hylton had a very
busy afternoon running 11.67 in the 100m with a legal following wind for a
new pb, and also 23.63 in the 200m and 38.42 in the 300m. Other strong
performances albeit wind assisted came from Montell Douglas in the 100m with
11.39, Maya Bruney 11.64 and then a new pb in the 400m with 53.70, Jazz
Crawford 11.92 on the 100m and Viv Olantunji 12.23. The club really could
have done with all of these athletes the previous day in the league match if
we are to hold onto our position amongst the elite 8 clubs in the UK.
Also in
action at Norman Park were the under 13 and under 15 athletes who were
performing in large numbers in two different divisions. At the time of
writing no results are to hand but of note was an afternoon of outstanding
performance by under 15 Ethan Kitteridge who broke his pole vault pb on 6
occasions in 10 minutes moving himself from 2.50m to 2.80m and climbing up
the age group rankings. Three metres plus is definitely not going to be
beyond him this season.
Nick Brooks
2/05/17
Busy week for athletes young and old competing far
and wide
At Norwich on Saturday the BBHAC under 17 and under 20
mens and womens teams were in action in the YDL, winning the Southern
Premier League by a handsome margin with 824 points from Shaftesbury with
725.5.
There were 16 A string wins and 8 B string wins for
the mens teams and 10 A string wins and 11 B string wins for the ladies
teams. In the under 20 mens sprints there was a double win for Camron Lyttle
in the 100/200m with 10.80 and 22.53, while Ricky Lutakome won the 800m in
1.57.27 and James Whiteaker threw a league record in the javelin with a
massive 73.40m, while BBHAC won both relays. In the under 17 mens events
there were wins for William Adedeye in both the 100m and shot putt, Joshua
Watson won the 100m hurdles, Coleman Corry the 400m hurdles, Aaron Enser the
1500m steeplechase while in the field Rico Cottell won the high jump, Joshua
Gbagbo the triple jump, James Lancaster a massive 59.96m in the hammer just
missing a pb and Angus Harrington won the javelin in 48.55 for a brand new
pb.
For the under 20 ladies Modupe Shokunbi won the 100m,
Immanuela Aliu won the 200m, Yasmin Marghini the 1500m, Annie Davies the
triple jump, Jamilya Robinson-Pascal the high jump and the ladies won both
relays. In the under 17 ladies events there were wins for Madalina Samoila
in the 800m, Lia Radus in the 1500m, Grace Scopes in the 3000m and Hannah
Macaulay in the shot putt.
At the British Universities Champs (BUCS) in Bedford
the next age group of athletes were on display, typically those in the under
23 age group. A fantastic win for Maya Bruney in the ladies 200m and a new
pb and sub 24 second clocking with 23.95 into a massive headwind, Anna Short
finished 5th in both the 100m and long jump, Kate Curran ran new pb in
qualifying in the 1500m with 4.33.36 and could not quite repeat it for 10th
in the final in a very close fought race. Will Fuller ran very well for 9th
in the 5000m in 14.33.29, Robert Sutherland took 5th in the mens triple
jump, with Samantha Milner and Ellie Duffy-Penny 6th and 11th respectively
in the ladies discus. Matthew Blandford threw 50.74m in the discus for a
well earned silver medal.
The club hosted the Ted Pepper Memorial race over 10km
on Monday along with many races for the very young athletes just entering
the sport, many toddlers running round with their parents. In the main 10km
event there were 380 finishers in what turned out to be a great day for
BBHAC. Ross Braden won the race in 34.33, one second off the course record,
and with Garth Evans 8th, Luca Ercolani 10th and Len Crowder 11th they won
the team event too. In the womens race Jess Keene won the race in 39.21 and
with Kelsi Cornish and Sara Elmqviist 4th and 6th among the ladies they too
won the ladies team race. The club fielded 33 athletes but were outnumbered
by several local clubs who fielded greater numbers of athletes.
Elsewhere in the US in Philadelphia, Divine Oladipo
continued her fine early form throwing over 50m for the first time to win a
discus event with 51.59m, Ishmael Smith-John ran a new pb in the 200m with
22.12 in Florida, and Oliver Newport long jumped a legal 7.60m in
Louisville.
On Friday our older age groups of athletes were in
action at the Kent Masters League at Norman Park. A big thanks to the few
who competed. The ladies were 2nd in their 1st division match just 4 points
below Dartford and 2 points above Tonbridge. There were 4 events on the
night covered by a team of 8 with Louisa Vallins 2nd Sara Elmqvist 3rd in
the 400m strings, and for the W50 Jackie Montgomery 1st and in the W60 Helen
Godsell 1st. In the 3000m A Sara Elmqvist was 3rd, Sarah Belaon won the B
3000m with W50 Maz Turner(65) 6th in the W50 while in the field in the
Triple Jump W35 Louisa Vallins was 3rd, W50 Jackie Montgomery 1st, W60 Helen
Godsell 2nd. In the hammer V 35 Jen Neal 6th, W50 Anne Cilia 5th, W60 Maz
Turner 3rd.
The men came 1st in their 2nd division match 11 points
clear of Ashford who came 2nd despite not having anyone to pole vault
because of injury and work commitments. The other 4 events were covered by a
team of 9; in the 400m A Luca Ercolani 3rd, 400m B Stephen James 2nd, 400m
M50 Paul Stack 2nd, 400m M60 Clem Leon 1st. 3000m A Alex Gibbins 1st, 3000m
B Gareth Evans 1st, 3000m M50 Tim Nash 1st. TJ M35 Stephen James 2nd, TJ M50
Rob Brown(65) 4th, TJ M60 Clem Leon 1st. HT M35 Steve Timmins 1st, HT M50
Richard Coe(65) 2nd.
This weekend sees the senior mens team compete in
Basingstoke in the National League Division 1 and the ladies team compete in
Birmingham in the UK Womens League Premier Division. On Sunday at Norman
Park there is the Kent Young Athletes league.
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Young Athletes League and London Marathon are the
major headlines this weekend.
The club managed to achieve 21 finishers in the London
Marathon with Scott Overall finishing 19th in 2.16.41 which put
him among the leading UK runners but not quite good enough for World Champs
team selection. Three other athletes also ran well enough to break the 3
hour barrier, Luca Ercolani 2.54.04, Paul Sharpe 2.545.43 and Tony Crowder
2.58.04. Our three ladies who finished were Carole Penlington with a new pb
in 3.05.04, Jenny Neal with 3.19.43 pb and Karen Perry 4.44.06.
Past President Dick Griffin just missed out on a sub 4
hour clocking with 4.03.42, and John Turner continued his almost weekly long
distance events with a 3.52.16 effort. Regular park runners and mob match
runners Steve Pairman and Clayton Aves broke the 3.30 barrier with 3.24.51
and 3.29.23 respectively.
At the YDL match for under 13s and under 15s the club had
many athletes on display at Bracknell, where wins were hard to come by on a
good afternoon for athletics. Eventually BBHAC finished second on 481.5
points behind national champions Southampton on 541 points but still to all
to play for and a place in the national final is our aim.
The under 13 girls team won the 4 x 100m relay, while
Sophie Kerr won the B string 150m race in 20.63 and the B string long jump
in 4.09m. In the under 15 girls events Holly Mpassy looked majestic in
winning the 200m A string in 25.57 in a massive new pb and could have won
the 300m but narrowly failed to win in a new pb of 41.40, with Eve Ward
winning the B string 200m in 26.65 also in a new pb, and Ellie Dolby ran
from the front to win the 800m B string in 2.22.01.
In the under 13 boys events there was a double for Oliver
Robertson in winning the A string high jump in 1.43m and the 75m hurdles in
13.11, Connor Sutton won both the 100m and 200m in 13.52 and 27.42, Jamie
Sears front ran to victory in the B string 800m in 2.36.20 and the 4 x100m
team won in 55.15. In the under 15 boys event Ethan Kitteridge was 2nd
in the pole vault in 2.40m but the same height as the winner while Barnaby
Corry jumped a new pb of 2.20m to win the B string also in a new pb. Ollie
Briars ran strongly to win the A string 300m in 37.87 and the B string 200m
in 24.26 (new pb) with Afolabi Eniola winning the B string 300m in 39.90.
Elsewhere in the US at college meetings Divine Oladipo
threw two new personal best of 49.53 in the discus and 16.64m in the shot at
Princeton in New Jersey. This puts her on top of the UK under 20 rankings
for both events and 4th in both events among the seniors, so more
international honours beckon.
In Iowa City Jahisha Thomas jumped 12.86m in the triple
jump and ran the 100m hurdles in 13.83.
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Emphatic
team win in Southern League and a round up from the US.
An emphatic
win for Blackheath in their return to the Sweatshop Southern League Division
1 following promotion from last season.
The match held at Bromley’s Norman Park saw ideal conditions although
sometimes a little blustery, with 30 personal bests being set, the men
winning 9 A string events and 12 B string events, while the ladies won 16 A
strings and 12 B string events.
Dan Putnam won both 100m and 200m sprints A strings in 10.67 and 21.82 with
Matthew Knight winning both B strings, with Immanuela Aliu winning both
sprints and a new 200m pb of 24.39 with Megan Walsh wining the B string 200m
in a pb of 25.24. Maya Bruney ran a superb new pb in the 400m to win the A
string in 54.74, while Danielle Critchley won the 800m, Yasmin Austridge the
1500m and Kate Curran won the 3000m by almost 45 seconds. With their
performances both Dan and Maya won the man and woman of the match awards.
Over the barriers Annie Davies and Mark Cryer both won the sprint hurdles,
while Joss Barber and Millie Smith won the men’s and ladies 2000m
steeplechase events by big margins, while the ladies team won both relays.
In the field events Lewis Ely won the high jump by 30cm with 1.90cm, George
Pope won the pole vault and Ellie Barrett and Jackie Montgomery won both
legs in the ladies event, Mark Cryer and Anna short won both the men’s and
ladies long jump events, and Annie Davies won the ladies triple jump.
In the throwing event events Louis Mascarenhas made a welcome return to the
sport winning both the shot and discus, with a new pb in the discus of
48.35m. Shaunagh Brown won the A string events in the shot, discus and
hammer and took the B string javelin, while Eloise Locke threw a new pb of
37.14 in the A strong javelin for 2nd place.
One match down and 4 to go with the final match at Bromley also, BBHAC now
sits top of the league after beating some good teams in Colchester, Belgrave
and Thames Valley.
Elsewhere Adam Gemili opened his outdoor account over 100m at the weekend
with 10.08 win at a meeting in Azusa in California. This puts him on top of
the UK rankings.
Elsewhere in the US at the Penn/Cornell versus Oxford and Cambridge event
Niamh Bridson Hubbard clocked 4.34.96 in the 1500m for a seasons best in
Philadelphia, while Divine Oladipo won a shot and discus double with 15.92m
and 48.26m in the UConn Northeast Challenge in Stores Connecticut.
At the Mt Sac relays in Torrance, California, Jahisha Thomas jumped 6.15m in
the long jump, and Oliver Newport jumped 7.77m in the long jump albeit wind
assisted in Louisville keeping him the UK top 10, and Joseph Ellis threw the
hammer to 68.00m in Austin, Texas, which ranks him 6th among UK athletes.
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Marathon, road and track for club athletes this
week
The British Masters open 10km event took place at
Gravesend but at the time of writing no team results are to hand. Peter
Tucker ran superbly for third overall in 34.19, with Tim Nash 34th in 41.23,
Peter Hamilton 61st in 45.12, Rob Brown 70th in 46.33 and Paul Ross Davies
73rd in 46.51.
At the Brighton marathon on Sunday the club fielded 6
athletes with Paul Kerekgyarto first home in 3.37.18, followed by Marc
Knowles 3.38.10, Ian Montgomery 3.51.35, Iain Swatton 3.57.16, Mark Ellison
4.00.35 and Glen Read 4.04.31.
At Lee Valley the club had many athletes either
opening their outdoor track and field accounts or continuing to build on
previous efforts at an open event. Among the highlights were Camron Lyttle
running 10.76 in the 100m and 21.95 for the 200m and a new pb, while Pedro
Gleadall ran 12.08 for the 100m and also vaulted 3.82m both new personal
bests, and also threw a massive 58.66m in the under 17 mens javelin also for
a new pb.
Angus Harrington ran 53.31 for 400m and an impressive
1.57.71 for 800m, both for new pbs, followed up with a 46.73m javelin in the
under 17 event. In the under 13 boys 75m hurdles Oliver Robertson ran 13.42
for a new pb, in the under 17 mens 100m hurdles William Adedeye ran 13.93
while Josh Watson ran 13.92 for a new pb, and Joe Fuggle ran 54.03 for 400m
hurdles a great season opener.In the field Lewis Ely high jumped 1.90m with
Pedro Gleadall clearing 1.75m, while in the pole vault Eliie Barrett vaulted
2.72m, Elise Swatton 2.42 and a new pb, and Zoe Austridge 2.42m. In the
ladies long jump Zoe Martial leapt 4.81m and in the under 13 boys javelin
Matthew Smith threw 20.27m for another pb.
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