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

New season, new flag, a tent and a coach (for this race only!). Welcome to SNHAC cross-country 2022, what could possibly go wrong…..
Well in actual fact, not much! With plenty of experienced faces sprinkled with some new talent, the club carried on the excellent performances from last season.
It was a slightly new course this time, with a different start and finish making it more challenging than usual. The fields for the younger ages were no longer flat, and an extra hill had been added for the older age groups. And yes, the main hill was still there and just as long and steep.
All in all, it was a great day. Individual and team results are on the results page of the Club’s website. Well done to everyone, especially those who competed for the first time and those who were racing in a new age group category against older runners. Abigail Manson won the division 2 U17 race and a special mention must also go to Evan Robson who turned out to make sure that the reigning champion U15 boys’ team had enough members to score! Great experience for all, we are well set up for the rest of the season.

Thirteen SNHAC Athletes finished the Track and Field season at Peterborough on the 25th September.

Competing at the Eastern Athletic Association and Hertfordshire Pentathlon Championships U17 Bobby Pitman finished a long and successful season, winning Gold in both the Eastern and Hertfordshire Pentathlons. A total point score of 2550 points for the 5 events – LJ, JT, 200m, DT and 1500m included a 3m personal best in the Javelin – 37m97. Team-mate Adam Bungay came second. In the U15 Boys event Harrison Lund came second in the Hertfordshire Championships with Aubrey Murray third (1880 and 1506 points respectively). Harrison had PB performances in the 80H, LJ, SP and 800m and equalled his PB in the HJ. Aubrey had PB performances in the LJ, SP and 800m. U13 Sam Trott came second in the Hertfordshire Championships with PB performances in the 75H, SP, HJ and 800m.

In the Girls Competition U15s Fran Hart and Lily Cotter came second and third in the Hertfordshire Championships (1667 and 1559 points respectively). Fran recorded PB’s in the 75H and SP, while Lily had PB’s in the 75H, LJ, HJ and 800m, also competing was Abigail Tongue who had PB’s in the 75H, LJ, SP and 800m. U13’s Edythe Oughton and Connie Dykes came second and third in the Hertfordshire Championships (1855 and 1756 points respectively) Edythe’s PB came in the HJ, while Connie’s came in the SP and HJ, also competing in the age group were Eleanor Roberts – PBs in the 70H, SP and HJ, Rachel Berry – PBs in the 70H, LJ, SP and 800m and Suzy Tonge – PBs in LJ, SP, HJ and 800m.

Full results on the website.

Trevor Mason completed the London Marathon yesterday in a time of 3 hours 54 minutes.

Christopher Westcott finished his last set of races as a V40 with some strong results. In the excellent Garden City Runners 5k series, he clocked 16:53 in race 1 (10th position), 17:12 in race 2 (12th) and 16:50 in race 3 (9th). Runners needed to complete all 3 races to be eligible for a series prize (best 2 times) and Christopher won the V40-49 category.

In the Stevenage 10k, Christopher managed a 6th place finish in 36:00 and was 2nd V40-49 in the Herts County Championships.

Finally at the ever popular Standalone 10k, Christopher improved slightly from the week before, running 35:50 for 15th overall and 3rd V40-49