Press Report

Press Report - Timex Women Only Triathlon, North Downs Run, Horndon 10k, UKYAL - Cricklefields

Timex Women Only Triathlon 2006: Challenge distance

Swim was 800m, Bike was 30.6k (6 laps), Run 7.5 (3 laps).

Pos.	Bib #	Name	Gender	BTA Cat	Club	Swim + T1	Bike + T2	Run	Total
1	494	Sindall, Karen	Female	E	Ilford AC	14:38	52:18	27:23	01:34:20
2	96	Williams, Heather	Female	G	Cambridge TC	15:18	52:03	30:28	01:37:50
3	31	Parker, Louise	Female	F		18:03	54:42	32:31	01:45:17
4	70	Helsby, Sharon	Female	F	Eton TC	18:19	55:19	32:15	01:45:54
5	92	Osborne, Susannah	Female	F		21:07	53:12	32:22	01:46:43
6	101	Hanlon, Francoise	Female	G	Ful-on Tri	20:01	56:00	31:03	01:47:04

Ilford Ac's Karen Sindall continued her build up to the ITU Salford world cup with an impressive win in Saturday's Human Race Timex women's only triathlon held at Dorney Lake near Eton Wick, Berkshire. Sindall led a large field of over 150 competitors from start to finish in the main challenge event as she powered to the finish line in 1hr 34 minutes and 20 secs. Sindall made her intentions clear with the fastest swim of the day and although her nearest rival, Heather Williams of Cambridge Tri club, did manage to close the gap slightly on the bike section, the Ilford triathlete's class in the run was there for all to see as she took a full 3 minutes out of her main challenger.

Karen now seems to have put the injuries of the last couple of years firmly behind her as she continues her preparations for next month's prestigious Salford race and is approaching somewhere near her best form.

North Downs Run (30k) and Horndon 10k

4 athletes from Ilford AC competed in the North Downs Run on Sunday. Peter Spelman led the club home on this tough and challenging course across the North Downs and through the villages of Kent countryside. Spelman who has been improving with every run this year sliced 7 minutes from last years time to finish the 30k course in an excellent time of 2hrs 40 minutes. Peter now looks forward to his impending Swiss Mountain marathon in Davos with some confidence. Keith Ennis was next home finishing in 2hrs 50 mins. Sally Gillam also preparing for a marathon later in the year used the run as a strength building exercise and running with Martin Clarke completed the course in 3 hrs and 6 minutes.

Terry Knightley continued his comeback when managing 13th position in the Feast and Fayre 10k race held at Horndon-on-the-Hill on Sunday.Terry's time of 37.59 was a little way off his best but nevertheless very good considering the conditions and tough nature of the course.

UKYAL - Cricklefields

Ilford come home Triumphantly with PB's galore and 2 long outstanding CLUB RECORDS beaten in Round 3 of the UKYAL Division 2SE. There was the biggest turn out of athletes for some years as well (23 Boys & 24 Girls).Positions as follows:

1) Ilford AC - 559 Points

2) VPTH - 504 Points

3) Highgate - 497 Points

4) Dartford - 383 Points

5) Eton Manor - 374 Points

6) Thurrock - 278 Points

7) Queens Park - 30 Points

There were many outstanding performances from many of the athletes but the stars of the show have to be Rachel Giwa in the U/17 Girls 100m and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake in the U/13 Boys 100m. Rachel although having not trained fully over the last 2 months produced a brilliant performance in the 100m with a CLUB RECORD time of - 12.0s. The previous record had stood since 1955. Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake did the same with a time of - 12.5s and a CLUB RECORD. That was a 0.3s of the previous best set back 26 years ago in 1981.

In the u/13 Girls Clare Rodway jumped - 1m 05 for 4th whilst coming 3rd in the long jump with - 3m 30. Ceris Burgues continues to improve with only her third attempt at 70m hurdles she sliced another 2 seconds plus of her best with a PB of - 15.1s and 5th, Ceris also came 2nd in the high jump with - 1m 05. Mika Marston ran the 75m in - 10.7s for 2nd and did a PB in the shot with - 5m 23. Nkiru Anyika came home 1st in the b-string 100m with a PB of - 10.9s and was 3rd in the 70m hurdles in a time of - 14.1s. Sandeep Johal seems to like the long jump with a PB distance of - 3m 46 and 4th. Corina Bryce-Arnold equalled the CLUB RECORD for the 150m with a time of - 20.9s and 2nd place, whilst Katy Rounce was 4th with 23.0s. Emma Light making her debut ran a good 1200m to come home well for 2nd in a time of - 4m 40.9s. The team rounded there performance of with a 1st in the 4x100m relay in - 57.1s.

The U/15 Girls had Lydia Hall compete in the high jump finishing 2nd with - 1m 25 and a 1st in the 1500m with - 5m 26.3s. Simran Johal did the b-string high jump clearing - 1m 15 for 3rd. Zena Uppal competing for the first time this year ran the 800m and finished 1st with - 2m 45.3s, while Sarah Kelly backed her up with a 1st in the b-string of - 3m 14.8s. Mishka Lumsden set a new PB in the 100m with - 14.7s and Aimee Jones also ran the 100m with - 13.8s and 3rd. Aimee's preferred event the 200m saw her knock another chunk of her PB with a time of - 28.5s and 4th and she also was in action in the long jump with - 3m 76 and 3rd. Charlie Clements did well in the discus with a PB of - 19m 75 for 2nd and had a respectable javelin throw of - 20m 96 for 2nd as well. Charlotte Smitheram complimented Charlie in the discus with - 16m 04 for 1st in b-string and putt a new PB of - 7m 58, whilst Charlotte Deacon came 1st in the a-string shot with - 8m 87 just shy of her pb. Charlotte also threw the javelin - 17m 82 for 1st b-string. The 4x100m relay team finished in 3rd place with a time of - 58.2s.

Fionnuala Crowe got the U/17 Girls underway with a 3rd in the 300m hurdles in a time of - 61.4s and recorded a PB in the shorter hurdles race of 80m with a 3rd place time of - 16.3s. Maria Whitfield also did the 80m hurdles in - 17.1s and 2nd and ran a gallant 3000m race as the only girl from all the clubs to do so with a good time of - 13m 09.9s and 1st. Laura Townsend did the 300m and her form must be improving as she equalled her pb with 1st place time of - 45.9s, she also did the discus and came 2nd with - 14m 33. Jamie Smith making her debut threw well in the discus for 2nd place with - 20m 76 and the shot putt distance of - 6m 91 was good enough for 3rd. Rachel giwa was in outstanding form to run a CLUB RECORD in the 100m with a time of - 12.0s and 1st. In the 4x100m relay the team came home 1st in a time of - 54.2s.

The U/13 Boys had Alex legon run a solid 800m to finish 4th with - 2m 49.1s and he went one better in the 200m b-string with a new PB time of - 31.0s and 2nd. Duncan Whitfield making his debut for the club ran well in the b-string 800m for 2nd place in a time of - 2m 52.1s, he also did the 75m hurdles with - 16.0s and a 4th place. Joshua Daly did the 100m in 14.0s for 2nd and the long jump, leaping a distance of - 4m 44 for 1st. Youcef Zatat continues to develop his shot putt finishing ahead of the field with - 8m 45. Alex Richards ran a good 1500m to finish 1st in a time of - 5m 09.0s. The last to compete was Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and what can you say about him, one PB and two club record's. The long jump was a massive leap of - 5m 13 for 1st and his 100m was a CLUB RECORD time of - 12.5s for 2nd, both these rank him within the top 5 in the country so far this season. He also recorded a PB in the 200m with a time of - 26.8s for 2nd. The relay team also ran very well in the 4x100 coming home 1st with a time of - 57.7s.

In the U/15 Boys Chris Dawe continues to improve with his throwing scoring three PB with the three events he took part in. The hammer a new event for him see his PB go with - 19m 22 and 3rd. In the shot putt again his pb went to a new distance of - 8m 22 and 1st whilst his preferred event of discus yet again see him record a PB of - 26m 81 for 1st. Rob Legon also recorded a PB in the hammer with - 18m 53 for 1st, his shot putt distance of - 8m 80 was good enough for 2nd and the javelin distance of - 24m 74 made him finish 2nd. Andy Carle shrugged off a slight injury to extend his post 2004 javelin CLUB RECORD with a throw of - 37m 73 and 2nd. Andrew Townsend finished 2nd in the b-string discus with - 13m 11. Mohammed Swamad is in outstanding form and keeps shaving time of his 800m. Today he ran a new PB time of - 2m 11.9 to finish 4th, he also set a new PB in the 400m with a time of - 57.9s. Liam Leddy still troubled by a slight injury problem managed to come 4th in the b-string 800m with - 2m 41.8s. Jerrell Alleyne having got over his illness that prevented him from competing last week ran an outstanding race in the 100m with a new PB time of - 12.0s for 3rd which was just 2 hundredths outside the club record that has stood since 1978. He also ran a new PB in the 200m with a time of - 25.7s and 3rd. To complete his hat trick of PB's he leaped - 5m 15 for 1st in the a-string long jump. Aaron Akisanya like Jerrell was also in fine form recording 2 new PB's. In the 100m he came 2nd with - 12.3s and like Jerrell did the long jump and recorded a distance of - 5m 10cm and 1st again, 20cm better than his previous best. Nathaniel Whitfield who looks as though he has the bug again did the 80m hurdles and finished 5th with - 16.2s, whilst coming home in the 1500m with a new PB of - 5m 10.1s and 3rd. Sam Courtney took a massive chunk of his PB in the 1500m and came 1st b-string in a time of - 7m 22.3s. His friend Sam Burgues jumped - 1m 25 in the high jump for 4th and did the 80m hurdles to come home in a respectable time of - 15.6s and 5th. In the 4x100m relay the boys finished 3rd with 52.1s. However the more courageous and determined run came in the 4x400m relay team. Made up of 2 throwers and 2 1500m runners they received many a cheer finishing in a time of - 5m 10.9s and 2nd.

The U/17 Boys see Bakr-Al-Akku run an 800m for the 1st time at the club to finish with a good time of - 2m 14.6 and 2nd and he supplemented that with a 400m time of - 57.0 for 1st b-string. Ozi Nzeako ran a time of 56.4s in the 400m for 2nd whilst he set a new PB in the 200m with - 25.0s and 4th. In the triple jump he came 1st with - 10m 63. Nathaniel Senior was also in action in the triple also finishing 1st with - 12m 44, and in the 100m came 5th with - 13.3s. The long jump see Nathaniel also come 1st b-string with a leap of - 5m 96 just 1cm outside his pb. Simeon Stuart recorded a distance of - 5m 97 for 1st in a-string long jump, and set a new PB in the 200m with - 25.0s. Elijah Collins jumped a new PB in the high jump with - 1m 70 and 2nd whilst coming home 2nd in the 100m hurdles. Gull Hassen Ditta equalled his pb in the high jump with a clearance of - 1m 60 and 1st in the b-string but went one better in the shot putt with a distance of - 9m 59 and 2nd. To round off there events they did the 4x100m relay finishing 3rd with a time of - 48.7s.

I must say that I would like to say a BIG THANKYOU to all the athletes, WELL DONE keep it up. The next meeting is Round 3 of the EYAL Meeting next Sunday 02nd July at Cambridge, so hope to see you all there.