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13/08/19
Two Club Athletes on International Duty in Poland
Bekah Walton was selected to represent GB&NI in the
European Athletics Team Champs Super League in Bydgoszcz at the weekend.
Bekah threw 46.29m for 12th place and can be proud of her full international
selection.
Also Ethan Brown was selected and made the journey to
Poland to take part in the men’s 4 x 400m relay but due to an administrative
error the team were disqualified before running and Ethan did not get to
run, but again can be proud of his selection.
The club is also running a series of mile races called
the Leaderboard Mile where they aim to get as many club members to run a
mile over the course of the season as possible. To date 144 people have
taken part with 50 running up and racing last Sunday ahead of the enforced
break while the Norman Park track is resurfaced. Currently Josh Schofield
leads the men’s event, Niamh Bridson Hubbard the ladies event and teenager
Sam Reardon leads the age group event based on performance against the world
record for your age. The age rage so far is from 7 years old to 82, and the
performances go from 4.20 to 16.50!
At a BMC Grand Prix in Stretford Alex Botterrill
clocked 1.47.72 for an 800m pb.
Nick Brooks
31/07/19
Young athletes in action and CAU Inter Counties
The under 17 and under 20 age groups were in action at
Norman Park this weekend for the final match of the YDL Southern Premier
Division. The team won the match with 688 points from Shaftesbury with 680.5
and Reading 576 to clinch the league title and reach the YDL finals again in
September.
In the under 20 mens events there were wins for Ethan
Brown over 200m this time, also Matthew Francis in the 3000m, Alex
O’Callaghan Brown in both the 110m hurdles and 400m hurdles, also for Lewis
Mills in the 2000m steeplechase, Ben Sutton in the long jump and Kelechi
Aguocha matching his high jump pb with 2.10m. The team also won both relays.
In the ladies under 20 events there were wins for Yasmin Austridge returning
from injury over 800m, Millie Smith in the 3000m, Hannah Macaulay in the
discus and Molly Walsh in the hammer, while Eloise Locke won the javelin.
In the under 17 age groups Jeriel Quainoo sauntered to
an impressive 200m win, Barnaby Corry won the pole vault and Dillon Claydon
won the discus, and in the ladies events Tianna Haynes won the 100m, Holly
Mpassy won the 300m and Nana Gyedu won the shot while the team own the 4 x
300m relay.
At the CAU Inter Counties event in Manchester many of
our senior athletes were selected to represent their home counties with some
top performances by Krystal Galley over 400m in 55.87 for 8th, Annie Davis
clocked 13.95 for 6th in the 100m hurdles, Sophie Elliss ran 63.12 in the
400m hurdles for 5th, (Alex Hill ran 62.23 in qualifying), Deborah Martin
leapt 1.71m for 4th in the high hump, Sarah Abrams jumped 5.95m for 3rd on
the long jump matched by Zara Asante in the triple jump with 12.68m and
Bekah Walton was under par for 8th with 42.34m in the javelin. In the mens
events Reece Young took 5th in the 100m hurdles in 14.75.
At the 5000m pb special event at Milton Keynes there
were great runs from Josh Schofield for a new pb in 14.39.48 and Alex Bruce
Littlewood coming back to form with 14.41.93 for a seasons best.
A 50 strong British under-20 team has been selected
for the Manchester international event on August 14th which includes BBHAC
athletes Ethan Brown in the 400m and relay, Immanuela Aliu in the 100m and
Louise Evans in the 400m with both ladies also competing in the relays.
This weekend on August 3rd the mens and womens teams
compete together in Birmingham in the final BAL and WAL matches of the
season.
Nick Brooks
23/07/19
Another great weekend for the club at various
events.
Adam Gemili is now running into fine form and competed
in the mens 100m in the London Diamond League clocking 10.04 for 6th in the
final having earlier recorded 10.07 in qualifying. The following day Dina
Asher Smith ran superbly for 2nd place in the ladies 100m in 10.92 having
clocked 10.91 in qualifying earlier in the day, both athletes showing great
form.
In Boras in Sweden at the European Under 20 Champs the
club were well represented with many athletes competing for GB & NI.
Immanuela Aliu (4th in 100m final) and Louise Evans (7th in 400m final)
gained gold medals in the 4x100m and 4x400m relays respectively (and HCA
Member Amber Anning anchored the 4x400 squad - and took individual 400m
silver). Also Holly Mills another HCA claimed 4th in the heptathlon and 3rd
in the long jump with a leap of 6.50m. Ethan Brown ran within 1/100th of his
lifetime best with 46.45 for 5th in the 400m final.
The final match of the Youth Development League took
place at Bromley for the under 13 and 15 age groups and BBHAC finished
second on the day to Reading but with the other match results taken into
consideration the club won the Southern Premiership and have qualified for
the YDL finals in September, another fantastic achievement by all athletes
and team managers.
Meanwhile at the SIAB Schools international (U17)
match at Swansea, the club had 4 athletes representing England and all
performed outstandingly with two golds and two silvers. Jeriel Qainoo won
the 200m in 21.74 and Nana Gyedu won the ladies shot with 15.64m. There were
second spots for Oliver Briars in the 400m in 49.58 and Oliver Bright in the
1500m with 3.56.15.
The final Kent League Masters match took place on
Friday 19th July at Erith and the men’s team finished the season on equal
match points with Ashford but came 1st with the highest overall score. This
means that they will be back in the 1st division next year. The women’s team
were in 4th position and had to maintain that to ensure they remained in the
1st division and finished 4th overall so remain in the 1st division. A great
effort by the very small team who turn out and compete for the cub in this
league.
Nick Brooks
16/07/19
Busy Weekend with Euro Under 23
Champs, English Schools and Southern League
The club
had two representatives at the Euro Under 23 Champs in Gavle, Sweden, both
appearing for GB&NI. Divine Oladipo threw a seasons best of 16.79m for 4th
in the shot and Will Fuller clocked 14.32.86 for 15th in the
5,000m having entered the competition as 10th ranked in Europe.
Both athletes can be proud of their achievements.
Meanwhile
many of our junior athletes were trying to emulate Divine and Will by
competing at the annual England Schools Champs at Birmingham. With over 30
athletes representing their various counties we ended up with 4 golds, 5
silvers and overall 26 top ten finishes across three age groups for both men
and women.
Pride of
place goes to Alex O’Callaghan-Brown who won the senior boys 400m hurdles,
higher claim athlete Theo Adesina won a tight long jump with Ben Sutton 4th
and Myles Xavier 6th, Lauren Farley threw a new pb to win the
senior girls javelin and Nana Gyudu won the inter girls shot. Nana along
with silver medalists in the inter boys events Jeriel Quainoo, Oliver Bright
and Oliver Briars will go on to represent England Schools later in the
season.
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Senior Boys |
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Alex O'Callaghan Brown |
400m Hurdles |
54.33 |
1st |
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Theo Adesina |
Long Jump |
7.02m |
1st |
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Kelechi Aguocha |
High Jump |
2.04m |
2nd |
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Angus Harrington |
800m |
1.53.02 |
4th |
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Josh Watson |
110m Hurdles |
14.39 |
4th |
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Ben Sutton |
Long Jump |
6.80m |
4th |
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Pedro Gleadall |
Pole Vault |
4.50m |
5th |
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Harrison Thorne |
High Jump |
1.92m |
5th |
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Myles Xavier |
Long Jump |
6.73m |
6th |
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Inter Boys |
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Jeriel Quainoo |
200m |
21.84 |
2nd |
21.60 Q |
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Oliver Briars |
400m Hurdles |
49.39 |
2nd |
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Oliver Bright |
1500m |
4.01.39 |
2nd |
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Barnaby Corry |
Pole Vault |
4.05m |
4th |
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Nathan Bushnell |
Shot Putt |
14.61m |
4th |
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Dillon Claydon |
Discus |
43.22m |
8th |
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Junior Boys |
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Ben Platt |
Pole Vault |
3.50m |
2nd |
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Adam Islam-Medeaux |
300m |
37.48 |
6th |
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Senior Girls |
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Lauren Farley |
Javelin |
45.66m |
1st |
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Lois Warden |
Pole Vault |
3.60m |
4th |
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Jade Oni |
Triple Jump |
11.84m |
5th |
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Daniele Hopkins |
High Jump |
1.69m |
5th |
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Funminiyi Oladije |
Long Jump |
5.77m |
5th |
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Hannah MacAulay |
Discus |
38.47m |
6th |
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Asheigh West |
High Jump |
1.58m |
9th |
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Eloise Locke |
Javelin |
36.49m
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13th |
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Inter Girls |
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Nana Gyudu |
Shot Putt |
15.06m |
1st |
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Anwen Thomas |
3000m
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10.26.21 |
10th |
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Ellie Osmond |
1500m Steeplechase |
5.26.01 |
14th |
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BBHAC
hosted the 4th round of the Southern League at Norman Park and
competing against other mid tables teams returned to winning ways with 210
points from TVH, Woking and Norwich, giving us a 4th place
position going into the last match.
The men
won both legs of the 100m, 200m, 400m, 1500m and 3000m, both relays and the
discus, had Blair Wilson compete on the high jump, long jump, javelin and
shot, and surprisingly were unable to field any high hurdlers. The ladies
won the 100m A string, both 400m races, both 5,000m races with youngsters
Jane Bradshaw and Jenny Leng showing even younger athletes the way home, the
400m hurdles and discus and the 4x100 relay.
Most
notable performances were from Dele Aledese in the discus with 43.76m,
Matthew Knight 22.16 in the 200m, Shamar Thomas Campbell 10.93 in the 100m
and Josh Schofield the 3000m in 8.39.10 having also won the 1500m with a sub
60 second last lap. In the ladies events strong efforts from Krystal Galley
with a seasons best 55.83 in the 400m, Alex Hill wining the 400m hurdles in
61.83, Carys Marsden returning to action and winning the discus with 35.87m
and Tianna Haynes winning the 100m in 12.25.
Nick Brooks
Note:
some missing results to be added soon.
8/07/19
Diamond League for Dina and Premier League for Men
and Women
IAAF Diamond League in Lausanne 5 July - Dina Asher-Smith ran the second
quickest 100m of her career to date, posting a time of 10.91 (+0.2). (Her
national record stands at 10.85, set in Berlin last). The two-time Olympic
champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce showed her class, speeding her way to
victory in a rapid 10.74.
The senior women’s team were in action at Eton in
match two of three in the UK WAL and despite some outstanding individual
performances the team could only finish 7th after finishing a great 3rd in
the field events. With no relay teams and with some track events either with
no athletes or only one instead of two, we were well beaten on the track.
There were many regular athletes missing from the team for various reasons
and at this highest level we need everybody participating if we are to
maintain our league status.
In the high hurdles Marcia Sey ran a fantastic 13.65
for 4th place and Annie Davies won the B string in 13.89, while Niamh
Bridson Hubbard clocked 10.01.52 in the 3000m for 6th and now heads the club
rankings. In the field events there was much better news with Gemma Vickery
throwing 53.66m and Molly Walsh 52.26m for 5th and 2nd respectively in the
hammer, while Sarah Abrams was our sole winner taking the long jump with
6.07m, Sarah also took 2nd in the B string triple jump while Zara Asante
leapt to 12.91m for 2nd in the A string event. Deborah Martin high jumped a
useful 1.75m for 4th with Danielle Hopkins taking 2nd in the B string with
1.65m. It was great to also see Divine Oladipo back in club action and a
useful 50.65m in the discus for 2nd and 16.46m also for 2nd in the shot
secured very useful team points. All to play for in the final match but we
will need to be at full strength to stave off relegation. We have done this
before and can do it again.
The men’s team faced a long treck to Sheffield where
they came up against some very strong teams including the host team for the
third round of the BAL. There were many international athletes on display. A
solid 7th place with 219 points was about what was expected and
unfortunately relegation after one season looks ominous as we currently sit
in 8th place on 5 points, one point behind Cardiff but six behind 6th place
team Woodford. Birchfield look favourites to win the league again as the
final match is at their stadium next month.
There was an outstanding win in the 800m for Angus
Harrington, and also in the 1500m for Will Fuller, while the ever reliable
Ethan Brown was beaten into third place by two experienced senior
internationals in the 400m despite clocking a great 47.01, Dan Putnam won
the B string 400m in a seasons best of 47.26 and retains his lead as the top
points scorer. Jonathan Ilori was narrowly beaten into 2nd place in the
triple jump missing out 16.02m to 15.94m, also bagging useful points with
2nd place in the B string long jump with teenager Ben Sutton jumping 6.79m
for 5th in the A string. Kelechi Aguocha continues his consistent form in
the high jump clearing 2.05m for 2nd in the A string.
Ross Braden clocked 31.05.34 for a massive new track
pb in the Highgate extravaganza of 10k PBs.
Nick Brooks
2/07/19
Young Athletes Upper Ages in action at YDL and Dina
runs in US Diamond League
The under 20s and 17s men’s and women’s team were back
in action for the third round of the YDL at the Allianz arena. A fantastic
team effort saw the club win the fixture by a huge margin with 811.5 points
with Shaftesbury a distant 2nd on 713 and Windsor third on 575.5, so barring
a disaster at match 4 we should be at the YDL year-end final again.
In the men’s under 20 events there was a good win for
national 400m champion Ethan Brown who won in 21.98 over the 200m, and
Oliver Bright won the 1500m in 4.03.50 following his new 800m pb the
previous day, Josh Watson won the high hurdles in 14.74 and Ben Sutton won
the long jump with 6.96m. Kelechi Aguocha continued his fine form winning
the high jump with 2.00m and Pedro Gleadall took the pole vault with 4.50m.
In the throws Angus Harrington won the javelin with 42.17 and Nathan
Bushnell won the discus with 45.55m and the team won both relays.
Some fine performances in the under 17 mens saw Jeriel
Quainoo win both the 100m and 200m in 10.91/21.75 and Ollie Briars won the
400m in 50.27, while in the field Barnaby Corry took the pole vault with
4.20m, Dillon Claydon won the discus with 43.99m and Nathan Bushnell won the
hammer with 50.17m with the team winning both relays.
In the under 20 ladies’ events there was a fine win
for Mallory Cluley in the 100m hurdles in 14.12, and Funminiyi Olajide won
the long jump with 5.66m, Lois Warden won the pole vault with 3.30m and
Lauren Farley won the javelin with 42.70m. In the under 17 ladies match
Ailbhe Barnes won the 1500m steeplechase in 5.15.13, Nana Gyedu won the shot
with 14.90m by a huge margin and the team won the 4 x 300m relay.
Dina Asher-Smith made the long trip to the US for the
Diamond League in Eugene, Oregon and competed in the 200m finishing well for
3rd place in a high quality field in 22.42, a little down on her performance
earlier in the season but still many weeks to prepare for the Doha world
champs.
On Saturday there was the BMC Grand Prix at Watford
with many fine races taking place. Alex Botterill clocked 1.48.74 over 800m,
and in other races there were fantastic new pbs for Angus Harrington
1.50.40, Joe Rogers 1.53.46, Oliver Bright 1.52.99, while Declan Neary ran a
pb of 8.15.10 in the 3000m and Lewis Mills ran 9.03.18. Katy Ann McDonald
recently back from her first year at college in the US clocked a useful
2.05.47 over 800m.
Nick Brooks
