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Twenty one Club members were in action at the last Chiltern League of the season held at Keysoe. For those athletes who enjoy running through water Keysoe features a ‘water splash’ as part of the course. There were top three places in Division 2 on the day for U13 Girls Eleanor Roberts and Hazel Spitzer finishing first and third in their 3.2k race, Abigail Manson finished 2nd in the U17 5.2k race and U15 Boy Aubrey Murray finished 2nd in his 4.1k race. The U13 Girls were first, U17 Girls and U15 Boys Second and U17 and U13 Boys third on the day.

Medals were presented for individual and team success over the 5 match series which started in October. Senior Women Chris Feely, U17 Abigail Manson and U13 Hazel Spitzer were 1st in their age groups, while U15 Aubrey Murray and U13 Eleanor Roberts finished 2nd. There was team success for the U17 Boys and U13 Girls, both first, the U15 Boys and U17 Girls finished second and the U13 Boys were third.

Full results are available on the website and pictures are courtesy of Mark Easton.

Three SNHAC athletes were in action at the England Athletics Age Group Indoor Championships in Sheffield over the weekend. U20’s Jess Astill and Annabel Howells competed in the 400m while Jamie Joseph was in action in the 60m. Jamie recorded 7.27 in his heat of the 60m and Annabel 60.06 in her heat of the 400m. Jess was second in her heat of the 400m (55.87) and went on to run 55.42 in the final for third spot. This performance has earned her a place in the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team in the DNA U20 Indoor Meeting in Madrid this coming weekend. Jess will be taking part in the Hunter Relay.

Five club Athletes were in action at the SEAA Indoor Championships at Lee Valley over the weekend. Jessica Astill and Annabel Howells were in action in the U20 400m. Jessica won her heat in 57.49 with Annabel Second in 60.13. The final provided a very close finish with Jessica finishing in second place to Stephanie Okoro 55.74 and 55.75!
U20 Jamie joseph competed in the 60 and 200m reaching the semi final of both. Best times 7.3 and 23.46. Shannon Rapacchi and Sam Meyler competed in the Senior Pole Vault competitions. Shannon finished 6th with a 3m50 clearance and Sam 4th with 4m.

Six SNHAC athletes competed at the first Regional indoor competition of the winter. The SEAA Combined Events Championships took place at Lee Valley on the 17th and 18th December. Starting Day 1 of their two day Heptathlon U17’s Bobby Pitman and Jamie Timms both recorded three PBs in their 4 events on the Saturday. Bobby’s came in the 60m 7.43, HJ 1m56 and LJ 5m59 while Jamie’s came in the 60m 7.86, HJ 1m65 and SP 8m01. On Sunday they were joined by 4 of the Club’s younger athletes competing in the U15 Girl’s Pentathlon.
The boys started Sunday with PBs in the 60H 9.02 and 9.35 respectively and followed this with new figures for the PV – Bobby 3m20 and Jamie 2m90. The day finished with the 1000m where fine runs by both boys saw them finish in second and third positions both with new PB point scores for the event. Bobby 3810 and Jamie 3657
Competing in the Pentathlon the girls recorded 12 PBs between them. Edythe Oughton finished in 14th place with PBs in the 60H, HJ and SP for a final points score of 1959, Rachel Berry finished in 16th place with PBs in the 60H, SP and 800m for a final points score of 1780 PB, Eleanor Roberts finished in 18th place with PBs in the 60H and HJ and Abigail Tonge finished in 19th place, recording PBs in the 60H and SP.
Full results can be found on the results page.

Congratultions to Abigail, Will, Aubrey, Sarena and Eleanor who all represented Hertfordshire in the Southern Inter-Counties Cross Country at Oxford last weekend.