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11 SNHAC athletes made the short trip to Welwyn Garden City for the midweek 10k league end of season mobmatch where runners from all 3 divisions compete together for the only time all season. On the night Andy Robson led the men home in a time of 42 minutes 46 seconds in 127th place. Making his debut George Fifield was next in a time of 44:10 (147th). The other runners in the men's race were Paul Murray (46.31, 192nd), Alex Pickard (52.56, 271st), Phil Turner (55:34, 298th), Harrison Lund (55:47, 299th), Paul Pickard (57:23, 312th) and Ed Manson (58:37, 316th).

In the women's race Abigail Manson led the way with 45:03, (29th) with Amelie Hobbs (46:48, 36th) and Colette Law (57:48, 136th) making up the team.

This year has seen a fantastic increase in SNHAC runners in the league and we hope to see even more join us next year.

The race was followed by the end of season presentations where Amelie Hobbs and Isaac Whitten won the division 3 U20 womens and mens overall trophies for the season.

The Club’s senior athletes were ably supported by U17, U20 and Vet athletes at the third Southern Athletic League Match of the season at Stevenage on Sunday.

Up against Cambridge Harriers, Ryston, Thurrock, Kent A.C. and Bexley, the match was very close all afternoon, often with only a point separating teams.

The match started well for the home team with Ed Laws and Isaac Whitten picking up A 57.39 and B 64.39 wins in the 400H. There were also A 3m80 and B 3m20 wins in the PV for Dylan Baines and Bobby Pitman, for Ben Lewis 12m72 and Jacob Kinchin Smith 12m35 TJ, Women’s TJ Kerry Murch 10m54 and Fran Hart 10m43 , Kerry Murch 10m28 and Libby Taylor 8m94 in the SP Libby Taylor 49m and Kerry Murch 31m42in the HT and Kerry Murch 39m24 and Kachi Dike 23m69 in the JT. Individual A wins came from Jacob Kinchin Smith 200m – 22.26, Tommy Lee 2.01.49 and Fran Hart 2.31.44 800m and Aimie Taylor 3m PV. Rebecca Scott won the B LJ 4m5. Also competing were Rhys Samuel 100, 200, 400 LJ and sprint relay, Luka Rodgers-Ezewuike 100m, Owen Watkins 800m, Samuel Dear 1500m, Craig Cartier 800m, 3000m, Chris Westcott 3000m, Steve Mayfield SP, DT, HT, JT, Edward Turner JT, Bethany Joseph 100m, Martina Barber 100m, LJ, Annabel Howells 200m, Kirsten Morley 400m and Sandra Reed 400, 800, 110H, 400H, HJ

The 4 x 400m relay was the last event of the day. U17 Ben Lewis with U20’s William Galliford, Ed Laws and Jacob Kinchin Smith ran the fastest time in recent years to smash the Club’s U20 record by 6 seconds. Cambridge 1st, Thurrock 2nd, SNHAC/HAWCS 3rd, Bexley 4th, Kent A.C 5th and Ryston 6th.

Jacob Kinchin Smith for Man of the Match for his 200m and Libby Taylor was Woman of the Match for her HT.

Team Manager Rhys Samuel was delighted with the result and team spirit and is looking forward to seeing everyone in action again at the last SAL match in Woodford on the 19th August.

Competing at the English Schools Athletics Championships in Birmingham Senior Girl Jess Astill won her heat of the 400m on Friday and went on to come second in the final, bringing home the silver medal. Bobby Pitman threw a PB in the Inter Boys Discus to come 4th and Junior Boys Milan Snarskis and Zachary Czech came 7th and 9th in the Hammer competition.

Rebecca Scott LJ, Jacob Kinchin Smith 100m, 400m and LJ, Owen Watkins 1500m and Will Galliford SC were in action at Horspath, Oxford in the SEAA Inter County. The U20 Men and Women both teams came second. Results on the website.

Sixty-five young athletes from SNHAC and HAWCS travelled to Peterborough for the third EYAL match of the season.
A warm, windy day saw some great performances from the youngsters. U13 Hazel Spitzer had a good day winning the 1500m, DT and B string HJ. U15 Enid Whitten won the SP and DT and there were B wins from Millie Cunnington in the HJ and Rose Cook in the LJ. U17 Abigail Manson won the 1500m. Many of the Club’s U17 girls were not available for this match and team manager Melissa Doran was delighted that 5 of the U15 youngsters stepped up to support the U17 girls and also delighted with those girls who took on unfamiliar events to gain the team points. The U15 Girls won their age group.
In the Boys competitions there was a clean sweep in U13 200m, Nathanael Bullen and Jenson Norris winning A and B, Monty Norwood and Nathanael did the same in the HJ. There were B wins for Elijah Ragoobar in the LJ and Stanley Wilkinson in the SP. U15 Thomas Paymar won the 80H, Horatio De-Voytt and Tom won the A and B LJ, Milan Snarskis won the HT and there were B wins for Fred Dilley in the SP and Zachary Czech in the DT. In the U17 age group there were A wins from Jamie Timms in the HJ and JT along with a B win in the 100H. Bobby Pitman won the LJ. There were B wins from Calum Fairey in the 400m and Edward Turner in JT. Libby Taylor was delighted with the boy’s performances with a number of PB performances.
Ipswich won, SNHAC/ HAWCS 2nd, Thurrock 3rd, Cambridge 4th and Peterborough 5th.
Full results are on the website and the next match is at Stevenage on the 16th July.