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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.

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.