SLH 16-02-19

Last updated 18 February 2019

SLH Mob Match 16 February 2019

No-one knows the date of the earliest inter-club run between Blackheath & Bromley Harriers AC, or Peckham AAC as they were then known, and South London Harriers.

With Blackheath tracing their roots to 1869, and SLH forming a breakaway from them in December 1871, possibly as a result of a dispute over handicapping, (a vital part of early athletics competition), there is evidence suggesting these two clubs, then both based in Peckham, encouraged members from the other club to their weekend training runs as early as the autumn of 1872.

The Blackheath history reports the first official run between the Clubs was December 1873, whilst the SLH later reported it was on November 14th 1874. The latter event was from SLH headquarters, then not in Coulsdon, and ‘the number of runners was the largest that had ever turned out for a cross-country run’, so the home side’s Gazette reported in 1912. Perhaps the first year, it was training, and the following year it turned competitive….

Download the full copy of the commemorative booklet celebrating the 100th match against SLH

Another good Mob Match this time on their turf - we only had 14 to their 32, so we scored 11 a-side. They won again! 90 points to 211. A very overcast & misty afternoon but not cold. After 108 events the score is now SLH 60 wins & Blackheath 48.

Photos start here...

Bennett Cup - current positions here...

Race Result club time

1 LAYBOURNE, Gary SLH 45:54

2 CASSERLEY, Billy SLH 47:50

3 ERCOLANI, Luca BBHAC 50:18

Race Result Women club pos time

1 JAMES, Mary SLH 8 53:03

2 ELLIOT, Tommy SLH 24 59:30

3 HARMER, Natalie SLH 31 1:03:16

South London Harriers vs Blackheath & Bromley HAC

scoring 11-a-side points

1 South London Harriers 90

2 BBHAC 211

BBHAC first veteran Ponsford Pewter

pos

1 ERCOLANI, Luca 3

BBHAC Handicap pos hcap time

1 PHELAN, Jim 43 49:12 Scotting Salver

2 SHORT, Jason 36 49:42

3 SHARPE, Paul 9 49:43

Bennett Cup Leaders after 7 events points

1 EVENDEN, Steve 347

2 DESBOROUGH, Tom 337

3 ERCOLANI, Luca 336

4 HOUGH, Steve 325

5 PAIRMAN, Steve 297

6 KEREKGYARTO, Paul 293

7 BRADSHAW, Jane (L) 278

8 SHORT, Jason 268

9 TUCKER, Andy 246

10 MARKS, Bailey 236

Mob Match

BBHAC SLH

pos name club age hcp b pts pos pos hcp time slh bpts bpt tot time

1 LAYBOURNE, Gary SLH . . . 1 . 45:54

2 CASSERLEY, Billy SLH . . . 2 . 47:50

3 ERCOLANI, Luca BBHAC 46 00:00 281 3 . 50:18 55 336 50:18

4 WOOD, Jono SLH . . . 4 . 50:43

5 RICHARDSON, Simon SLH MV40 . . . 5 . 51:39

6 DESBOROUGH, Tom BBHAC 22 00:10 283 6 . 51:46 54 337 51:56

7 OGDEN, David SLH MV50 . . . 7 . 52:55

8 JAMES, Mary SLH LV35 . . . 8 . 53:03

9 SHARPE, Paul BBHAC 38 03:40 93 9 . 49:43 58 151 53:23

10 BAKER, David SLH MV50 . . . 10 . 53:28

11 SEARLE, Stuart SLH MV40 . . . 11 . 54:41

12 MEREDITH, Lyndon SLH MV40 . . . 12 . 54:58

13 HOUGH, Steve BBHAC 45 03:00 272 13 . 52:09 53 325 55:09

14 HENNESSY, Gordon SLH MV50 . . . 14 . 55:37

15 KINSEY, Nick BBHAC 59 03:40 0 15 . 52:18 52 52 55:58

16 FREELAND, Jamie SLH MV40 . . . 16 . 56:01

17 EVENDEN, Steve BBHAC 42 02:50 299 17 . 53:46 48 347 56:36

18 HILL, Dom SLH MV40 . . . 18 . 57:10

19 BROWN, Peter SLH MV60 . . . 19 . 58:21

20 HATCHER, Liam SLH . . . 20 . 58:26

21 BROWN, Ian SLH MV40 . . . 21 . 58:32

22 PAIRMAN, Steve BBHAC 57 05:40 248 22 . 52:53 49 297 58:33

23 HUTTON, Ruth SLH LV45 . . . 23 . 58:58

24 ELLIOT, Tommy SLH . . . 24 . 59:30

25 MILLS, Nic SLH MV40 . . . 25 . 59:39

26 ARNOLD, Bill SLH MV50 . . . 26 . 1:00:25

27 MITCHELL, Paul SLH MV50 . . . 27 . 1:01:22

28 ATTWELL, Barry SLH MV60 . . . 28 . 1:01:22

29 LAWES, Andy BBHAC 64 11:50 92 29 . 49:57 56 148 1:01:47

30 BARBER, Nick BBHAC 58 10:20 58 30 . 52:44 50 108 1:03:04

31 HARMER, Natalie SLH LV35 . . . 31 . 1:03:16

32 SAUNDERS, Matthew SLH MV60 . . . 32 . 1:04:00

33 TUCKER, Andy BBHAC 53 12:00 195 33 . 52:19 51 246 1:04:19

34 BEADLE, David BBHAC 51 10:40 159 34 . 54:19 47 206 1:04:59

35 UNWIN, James BBHAC 56 15:30 144 35 . 49:48 57 201 1:05:18

36 SHORT, Jason BBHAC 48 17:30 209 36 . 49:42 59 268 1:07:12

37 EMERY, Peter SLH MV60 . . . 37 . 1:07:45

38 HIEATT-SMITH, Ben SLH . . . 38 . 1:07:46

39 KENT, Toby SLH MV50 . . . 39 . 1:08:13

40 DAVIES, Andy SLH MV40 . . . 40 . 1:08:20

41 INGRAM, Linda SLH LV45 . . . 41 . 1:09:04

42 CHAPPELL, Michael SLH MV50 . . . 42 . 1:12:04

43 PHELAN, Jim BBHAC 70 23:20 0 49:12 60 60 1:12:32

44 HOWARD, Patricia SLH . . 1:16:03