SLH-Orion 17-03-24

Last updated 18 March 2024

SLH and Orion joint Mob Match 17 March 2024

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….

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This was a three way mob match against Blackheath, Orion and South London. The visitors seemed to enjoy the course and the weather conditions. It was mild, the rain held off and the numbers were pretty well balanced. It was muddy...

Race Result Club Time

1 Brian Jenkins ORI 00:47:22

2 Jack Harrison SLH 00:48:34

3 Mick McTernan ORI 00:48:48

Race Result Women Club Time

1 Trang Nguyen BBHAC 00:57:09

2 Nikki Barnett ORI 01:00:30

3 Alice Smith SLH 01:00:59

Ponsford Pewter (1st BBHAC veteran) Time

1 Darren Corneille BBHAC V40 00:48:57

Blackheath & Bromley HAC vs South London Harriers

scoring 21-a-side Points

1 SLH 394 win

2 BBHAC 513

Blackheath & Bromley HAC vs Orion Harriers

scoring 19-a-side Points

1 BBHAC 360 win

2 Orion 382

Blackheath & Bromley HAC vs Orion Harriers Veterans only

scoring 18-a-side Points

1 Orion 315 win

2 BBHAC 353

Orion Harriers vs South London Harriers

19-a-side Points

1 SLH 325 win

2 Orion 425

BBHAC Handicap Pos

1 Darren Corneille 28

2 Adrian Stocks 79

3 Luca Ercolani 18

Bennett Cup Leaders after 8 events

1 Matthew Bullen 214

2 Luca Ercolani 206

3 Luigi Arcuri 190

4 Paul Sharpe 169

5 Ian Scott 163

6 John Turner 150

7 Damien Hayes 148

8 Darren Corneille 145

9 Micah Evans 144

10 Katy Sugden 134

pos no name club cat hcp b pts hcp time Mob bpts bpt tot time

1 44 Brian Jenkins ORI V40 - 00:47:22

2 84 Jack Harrison SLH SM - 00:48:34

3 58 Mick McTernan ORI V40 - 00:48:48

4 11 Darren Corneille BBHAC V40 -0:04:04 105 00:44:53 40 145 00:48:57

5 12 Luca Ercolani BBHAC V50 -0:04:04 192 00:45:37 38 230 00:49:41

6 85 Liam Hatcher SLH SM - 00:50:10

7 48 Dave Wilson ORI V40 - 00:51:39

8 100 Gareth Parr SLH V40 - 00:51:51

9 9 David Adams BBHAC SM -0:02:09 37 00:50:07 26 63 00:52:16

10 42 Colin Read ORI V50 - 00:52:27

11 98 Neil Reissland SLH V50 - 00:52:39

12 82 Gavin Englefield SLH V40 - 00:52:44

13 43 Bob Glasgow ORI V40 - 00:52:49

14 54 Jon Whitehouse ORI V50 - 00:53:31

15 50 Graham Lane SLH V50 - 00:53:59

16 13 Paul Sharpe BBHAC V40 -0:05:19 140 00:49:08 29 169 00:54:27

17 64 Tim Wright ORI V50 - 00:54:50

18 65 Zoltan Fodor ORI V40 - 00:55:10

19 69 Steve Collins SLH V40 - 00:55:43

20 22 Ian Scott BBHAC V45 -0:07:34 132 00:48:18 31 163 00:55:52

21 20 Matthew Bullen BBHAC V50 -0:10:04 201 00:45:52 37 238 00:55:56

22 99 Gaj Sivadhas SLH V40 - 00:56:03

23 79 Dom Hill SLH V50 - 00:56:42

24 78 David Ogden SLH V60 - 00:56:54

25 16 Trang Nguyen BBHAC F35 -0:10:22 75 00:46:47 35 110 00:57:09

26 93 Ross Gentry SLH V40 - 00:57:31

27 95 Thomas Speed SLH SM - 00:58:08

28 2 Oscar Scotting BBHAC SM 00:58:29 0 00:58:29

29 67 Carl Plumpton SLH V60 - 00:58:56

30 3 Dominic Scotting BBHAC SM 00:59:44 0 00:59:44

31 1 Paul Scotting BBHAC V60 01:00:06 0 01:00:06

32 94 Scott Mackenzie SLH SM - 01:00:21

33 10 Steve Evenden BBHAC V40 -0:09:48 53 00:50:48 24 77 01:00:36

34 59 Nikki Barnett ORI F45 - 01:00:30

35 96 Mike James SLH V50 - 01:00:49

36 17 Tim Nash BBHAC V50 -0:11:46 35 00:49:10 28 63 01:00:56

37 97 Alice Smith SLH F55 - 01:00:59

38 88 Matt Darville SLH V60 - 01:01:15

39 15 Chris Martin BBHAC V50 -0:14:06 96 00:47:27 34 130 01:01:33

40 60 Paul Goodhew ORI V50 - 01:01:48

41 45 Buddy Green ORI SM - 01:01:53

42 56 Lucilla Ashton ORI F45 - 01:01:54

43 87 Mark Simpson SLH V60 - 01:01:58

44 23 Katy Sugden BBHAC F45 -0:14:34 101 00:47:32 33 134 01:02:06

45 4 David Beadle BBHAC V50 0 01:02:09

46 68 Scott Georgiades SLH V50 - 01:02:21

47 52 Ian Emerson ORI V40 - 01:02:31

48 91 Paul Mitchell SLH V60 - 01:03:03

49 7 Damien Hayes BBHAC V50 -0:14:34 118 00:48:59 30 148 01:03:33

50 25 Adrian Stocks BBHAC V50 -0:18:46 34 00:45:06 39 73 01:03:52

51 62 Simon Carter ORI V50 - 01:03:54

52 46 Dan Green ORI V50 - 01:04:08

53 47 Dave Brock ORI V60 - 01:04:12

54 6 Jason Meers BBHAC V50 -0:13:10 72 00:51:09 22 94 01:04:19

55 90 Pamela Iannella SLH F65 - 01:04:24

56 55 Karen Lyons ORI F55 - 01:04:48

57 24 Luigi Arcuri BBHAC V65 -0:17:10 176 00:47:41 32 208 01:04:51

58 41 Anna Waterman ORI F35 - 01:05:18

59 21 Mark Ellison BBHAC V60 -0:19:28 91 00:46:27 36 127 01:05:55

60 49 Gary Bartlett ORI V60 - 01:07:19

61 63 Steve Bennett ORI V50 - 01:07:38

62 89 Matthew Saunders SLH V60 - 01:07:49

63 92 Penny Wilkins SLH F55 - 01:08:17

64 77 Anna Jenkinson SLH F45 - 01:09:22

65 86 Lindsay Rice SLH F45 - 01:10:16

66 61 Paul Williams ORI V60 - 01:14:34

67 18 David Leal BBHAC V60 -0:25:04 56 00:50:02 27 83 01:15:06

68 14 Chris Pike BBHAC V70 -0:25:04 40 00:50:25 25 65 01:15:29

69 51 Helen Pearce ORI F55 - 01:17:08

70 80 Francis Upcott SLH V70 - 01:20:08

71 8 John Turner BBHAC V70 -0:25:32 129 00:55:00 21 150 01:20:32

72 19 Jim Phelan BBHAC V75 -0:32:22 32 00:50:56 32 01:23:18

BLACKHEATH vs SLH - 21 to score Mob Match

BBHAC SLH

pos no name club MOB POS pos pos

2 84 Jack Harrison SLH 1 1

4 11 Darren Corneille BBHAC 2 2

5 12 Luca Ercolani BBHAC 3 3

6 85 Liam Hatcher SLH 4 4

8 100 Gareth Parr SLH 5 5

9 9 David Adams BBHAC 6 6

11 98 Neil Reissland SLH 7 7

12 82 Gavin Englefield SLH 8 8

15 50 Graham Lane SLH 9 9

16 13 Paul Sharpe BBHAC 10 10

19 69 Steve Collins SLH 11 11

20 22 Ian Scott BBHAC 12 12

21 20 Matthew Bullen BBHAC 13 13

22 99 Gaj Sivadhas SLH 14 14

23 79 Dom Hill SLH 15 15

24 78 David Ogden SLH 16 16

25 16 Trang Nguyen BBHAC 17 17

26 93 Ross Gentry SLH 18 18

27 95 Thomas Speed SLH 19 19

28 2 Oscar Scotting BBHAC 20 20

29 67 Carl Plumpton SLH 21 21

30 3 Dominic Scotting BBHAC 22 22

31 1 Paul Scotting BBHAC 23 23

32 94 Scott Mackenzie SLH 24 24

33 10 Steve Evenden BBHAC 25 25

35 96 Mike James SLH 26 26

36 17 Tim Nash BBHAC 27 27

37 97 Alice Smith SLH 28 28

38 88 Matt Darville SLH 29 29

39 15 Chris Martin BBHAC 30 30

43 87 Mark Simpson SLH 31 31

44 23 Katy Sugden BBHAC 32 32

45 4 David Beadle BBHAC 33 33

46 68 Scott Georgiades SLH 34 34

48 91 Paul Mitchell SLH 35 35

49 7 Damien Hayes BBHAC 36 36

50 25 Adrian Stocks BBHAC 37 37

54 6 Jason Meers BBHAC 38 38

55 90 Pamela Iannella SLH 39 39

57 24 Luigi Arcuri BBHAC 40 40

59 21 Mark Ellison BBHAC 41 41

62 89 Matthew Saunders SLH 42

63 92 Penny Wilkins SLH 43

64 77 Anna Jenkinson SLH 44

65 86 Lindsay Rice SLH 45

67 18 David Leal BBHAC 46 46

68 14 Chris Pike BBHAC 47

70 80 Francis Upcott SLH 48

71 8 John Turner BBHAC 49

72 19 Jim Phelan BBHAC 50

513 394

BLACKHEATH v ORION - 19 to score Mob Match

BBHAC ORI

pos no name club MOB POS pos pos

1 44 Brian Jenkins ORI 1 1

3 58 Mick McTernan ORI 2 2

4 11 Darren Corneille BBHAC 3 3

5 12 Luca Ercolani BBHAC 4 4

7 48 Dave Wilson ORI 5 5

9 9 David Adams BBHAC 6 6

10 42 Colin Read ORI 7 7

13 43 Bob Glasgow ORI 8 8

14 54 Jon Whitehouse ORI 9 9

16 13 Paul Sharpe BBHAC 10 10

17 64 Tim Wright ORI 11 11

18 65 Zoltan Fodor ORI 12 12

20 22 Ian Scott BBHAC 13 13

21 20 Matthew Bullen BBHAC 14 14

25 16 Trang Nguyen BBHAC 15 15

28 2 Oscar Scotting BBHAC 16 16

30 3 Dominic Scotting BBHAC 17 17

31 1 Paul Scotting BBHAC 18 18

33 10 Steve Evenden BBHAC 19 19

34 59 Nikki Barnett ORI 20 20

36 17 Tim Nash BBHAC 21 21

39 15 Chris Martin BBHAC 22 22

40 60 Paul Goodhew ORI 23 23

41 45 Buddy Green ORI 24 24

42 56 Lucilla Ashton ORI 25 25

44 23 Katy Sugden BBHAC 26 26

45 4 David Beadle BBHAC 27 27

47 52 Ian Emerson ORI 28 28

49 7 Damien Hayes BBHAC 29 29

50 25 Adrian Stocks BBHAC 30 30

51 62 Simon Carter ORI 31 31

52 46 Dan Green ORI 32 32

53 47 Dave Brock ORI 33 33

54 6 Jason Meers BBHAC 34 34

56 55 Karen Lyons ORI 35 35

57 24 Luigi Arcuri BBHAC 36 36

58 41 Anna Waterman ORI 37 37

59 21 Mark Ellison BBHAC 38

60 49 Gary Bartlett ORI 39 39

61 63 Steve Bennett ORI 40

66 61 Paul Williams ORI 41

67 18 David Leal BBHAC 42

68 14 Chris Pike BBHAC 43

69 51 Helen Pearce ORI 44

71 8 John Turner BBHAC 45

72 19 Jim Phelan BBHAC 46

360 382

ORION vs SLH - 19 to score Mob Match

ORI SLH

pos no name club MOB POS pos pos

1 44 Brian Jenkins ORI 1 1

2 84 Jack Harrison SLH 2 2

3 58 Mick McTernan ORI 3 3

6 85 Liam Hatcher SLH 4 4

7 48 Dave Wilson ORI 5 5

8 100 Gareth Parr SLH 6 6

10 42 Colin Read ORI 7 7

11 98 Neil Reissland SLH 8 8

12 82 Gavin Englefield SLH 9 9

13 43 Bob Glasgow ORI 10 10

14 54 Jon Whitehouse ORI 11 11

15 50 Graham Lane SLH 12 12

17 64 Tim Wright ORI 13 13

18 65 Zoltan Fodor ORI 14 14

19 69 Steve Collins SLH 15 15

22 99 Gaj Sivadhas SLH 16 16

23 79 Dom Hill SLH 17 17

24 78 David Ogden SLH 18 18

26 93 Ross Gentry SLH 19 19

27 95 Thomas Speed SLH 20 20

29 67 Carl Plumpton SLH 21 21

32 94 Scott Mackenzie SLH 22 22

34 59 Nikki Barnett ORI 23 23

35 96 Mike James SLH 24 24

37 97 Alice Smith SLH 25 25

38 88 Matt Darville SLH 26 26

40 60 Paul Goodhew ORI 27 27

41 45 Buddy Green ORI 28 28

42 56 Lucilla Ashton ORI 29 29

43 87 Mark Simpson SLH 30 30

46 68 Scott Georgiades SLH 31 31

47 52 Ian Emerson ORI 32 32

48 91 Paul Mitchell SLH 33

51 62 Simon Carter ORI 34 34

52 46 Dan Green ORI 35 35

53 47 Dave Brock ORI 36 36

55 90 Pamela Iannella SLH 37

56 55 Karen Lyons ORI 38 38

58 41 Anna Waterman ORI 39 39

60 49 Gary Bartlett ORI 40 40

61 63 Steve Bennett ORI 41

62 89 Matthew Saunders SLH 42

63 92 Penny Wilkins SLH 43

64 77 Anna Jenkinson SLH 44

65 86 Lindsay Rice SLH 45

66 61 Paul Williams ORI 46

69 51 Helen Pearce ORI 47

70 80 Francis Upcott SLH 48

425 325

BLACKHEATH v ORION VETERANS - 18 to score Mob Match

BBHAC ORI

pos no name club MOB POS pos pos

1 44 Brian Jenkins ORI 1 1

3 58 Mick McTernan ORI 2 2

4 11 Darren Corneille BBHAC 3 3

5 12 Luca Ercolani BBHAC 4 4

7 48 Dave Wilson ORI 5 5

10 42 Colin Read ORI 6 6

13 43 Bob Glasgow ORI 7 7

14 54 Jon Whitehouse ORI 8 8

16 13 Paul Sharpe BBHAC 9 9

17 64 Tim Wright ORI 10 10

18 65 Zoltan Fodor ORI 11 11

20 22 Ian Scott BBHAC 12 12

21 20 Matthew Bullen BBHAC 13 13

25 16 Trang Nguyen BBHAC 14 14

31 1 Paul Scotting BBHAC 15 15

33 10 Steve Evenden BBHAC 16 16

34 59 Nikki Barnett ORI 17 17

36 17 Tim Nash BBHAC 18 18

39 15 Chris Martin BBHAC 19 19

40 60 Paul Goodhew ORI 20 20

42 56 Lucilla Ashton ORI 21 21

44 23 Katy Sugden BBHAC 22 22

45 4 David Beadle BBHAC 23 23

47 52 Ian Emerson ORI 24 24

49 7 Damien Hayes BBHAC 25 25

50 25 Adrian Stocks BBHAC 26 26

51 62 Simon Carter ORI 27 27

52 46 Dan Green ORI 28 28

53 47 Dave Brock ORI 29 29

54 6 Jason Meers BBHAC 30 30

56 55 Karen Lyons ORI 31 31

57 24 Luigi Arcuri BBHAC 32 32

58 41 Anna Waterman ORI 33 33

59 21 Mark Ellison BBHAC 34 34

60 49 Gary Bartlett ORI 35 35

61 63 Steve Bennett ORI 36

66 61 Paul Williams ORI 37

67 18 David Leal BBHAC 38 38

68 14 Chris Pike BBHAC 39

69 51 Helen Pearce ORI 40

71 8 John Turner BBHAC 41

72 19 Jim Phelan BBHAC 42

353 315

Sorry about the quality of the photos...