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Five Gold Rings – Berkshire Cross Country Championships

Posted on January 7, 2012 by andy

Steve Barnes on his way to the Veterans' title

Newbury made a dream start to this Olympic year 2012 by winning five Gold medals at the Berkshire Championships held at Newbury Showground. The Senior/ Veteran Men were out in force for the first race of the day and no other club could match them for some superb teamwork, the scoring six all finished in the top Fifteen runners to win the team title for the second year running. The Veteran Men continued their enviable record in this event, this time coming out clear winners with the lowest score possible, Steve Barnes won his first Berkshire Veteran’s title, Wayne Lillis was second, Chris Pudney 3rd and Dave Wright 4th.
Sophie Crumly kept up her amazing record of having never been beaten in a County Championship since becoming a Senior three seasons ago. With Sophie claiming the title it gave the team such a good start and with Jess Franklin running well to earn a Bronze medal, Sue Van Huyssteen and Bev Hall closed the scoring team in the runner up spot. Sue and Bev proved invaluable, as when they were joined by Sarah Fowler and Rose Metalli they ensured Newbury’s 5th title of the day in the Veteran Women’s. Sophie Fowler is accumulating a rather impressive medal collection as she earned the Bronze medal in the under 20 age group.

Senior Women's Silver winning team

I would like to take this opportuntiy to say a massive thank you to everyone that ran today, it really does mean so much to me to see our club do so well in our County. Thank you also to Carolyn Walker, Sara Rudd, Sarah Fowler, Geoff Hardy,Brian Ireland and Dave Mason who did a superb job officiating.

Full results / Photos by Emma Carter

English National Cross Country – 2012

Posted on December 28, 2011 by andy

Here is the list of athletes that have asked to do the English National to be held at Parliament Hill, Hampstead Heath, on Saturday 25th February 2012. I am currently trying to collect £6 from everyone, if you have not already paid could you please see me at the presentation evening or as soon as possible.
Emma Carter, Becky Coxhead, Sophie Crumly, Jess Franklin, Jane Mackey, Sue Van Huyssteen, Geoff Anderson, James Craggs, Peter Crisp, Sam Hall, Chris Hobson, Dean Makar, Alan Money, Alex Muir (u-20), Andy Tuttle, Mark Vardy, Dave Wright.

Andy Tuttle

Berkshire A.A. Cross Country Championships

Posted on December 18, 2011 by andy

The Berkshire A.A. Cross-Country Championships were held on 7th January at Newbury Showground RG18 9QZ.

Full results & report will be available soon. In the meantime enjoy the photos from Emma

Varsity Blue

Posted on December 11, 2011 by andy

Two Newbury Athletic Club members were awarded the honour of a Blue after competing in opposing teams at the Oxford V Cambridge varsity cross country match held on Wimbledon Common recently. Good friends Tom Watkins and Alex Muir were both highly delighted to gain selection for the 121st running of this prestigious event. Both made a significant contribution to the cause but it was Tom Watkins who edged it on the day with a superb 7th place in the race and 4th scorer for the jubilant Cambridge team. Alex Muir can also be proud of his finishing position coming 11th and the 5th scorer for Oxford. The score between the two Universities could not be closer, Oxford 61, Cambridge 60 .

SEAA Cross Country Champs- Brighton 2012

Posted on December 9, 2011 by andy

Here is the list of athletes names that have been entered for the SEAA Champs to be held at Stanmer Park, Brighton on Saturday 28th January 2012. The races start at 11.00am with the under 15 Boys, but the races we have athletes in are as follows :- 11.35 am Under 13 Boys 3000m – Benji Fry. 1.30pm Under 20 Men 8000m – Alex Muir. 2.05pm Senior Women 8000m – Becky Coxhead, Sophie Crumly, Jess Franklin, Jane Mackey & Sue Van Huyssteen. 2.50pm Senior Men 15000m – Steve Barnes, James Craggs, Sam Hall, Chris Hobson, Wayne Lillis, Dean Makar, Alan Money, Mark Vardy, Dave Wright.
The club entries have been sent off, if anyone else wishes to do the event they must send an entry off to the SEAA to arirve by Friday 16th December.
Thank you for supporting this event.
Andy

Women top the Oxford league

Posted on December 5, 2011 by andy

Sophie on her way to victory

Sophie Crumly finished 2011 as she started it by winning the Senior Women’s race in the Oxford Mail cross country league, this time in the recent fixture at Culham, near Abingdon. The reigning Berks, Bucks & Oxon champion and Berkshire County champion was in sparkling form choosing the first hill on the course to pull away from the field, maintaining a good lead all the way to the finish. Jess Franklin was also in the mix with the leading pack and was delighted with her league best position of 4th place,and Sue Van Huyssteen produced a very strong run in 16th place to win the veteran 2 age group and to close the Senior A team that now have a 46 point lead at the top of the league. Sarah Fowler recorded her second win of the season in the veteran 3 age group, while her twin daughters Sophie and Charlotte claimed 3rd and 4th spots respectively in the under 20 age group. Newbury’s Men closed the gap on league leaders Cirencester to just one point thanks to some fine packing, just three seconds separated Nick Jones in 23rd and Mark Vardy in 24th, the first two home for the club. Ed Fry maintained a good pace throughout to finish 4th in the under 11 Boys, and all three of the clubs under 17 Women made top ten finishes with Victoria Duncan 5th, Samantha Van Huyssteen 7th and Katie Metalli 9th.
Well done to all those that ran their first cross country for the club, Oscar Reeves, Ellie Williams, Hannah Wolak and Lucy Hartley.

Full Results & Photos:

U11Girls – 29th Maddy Mitton.
U11Boys – 4th Ed Fry, 19th Samuel Wright, 32nd Henry Reeves, 43rd Oscar Reeves.
U13Girls – 22nd Holly Blower.
U13Boys – 12th Benji Fry, 20th Joshua Reeves, 23rd Matthew Pudney.
U15Girls – 14th Jenny Pudney, 20th Polly Mitton, 22nd Ellie Williams, 23rd Hannah Wolak.
U15Boys – 11th Liam McGrath, 17th Harry Russell, 20th Phillip Carter.
U17Women – 5th Victoria Duncan, 7th Samantha Van Huyssteen, 9th Katie Metalli.
U17 Men – 15th William Tyson
Senior Women – 1st Sophie Crumly, 4th Jess Franklin, 16th Sue Van Huyssteen, 21st Sophie Fowler, 28th Bev Hall, 29th Chloe Coxhead, 35th Lucy Hartley, 36th Fiona Pocklington, 40th Sarah Fowler, 41st Charlotte Fowler, 45th Becky Coxhead, 66th Liz Pudney, 68th Tania Whitby, 80th Julie Coxhead, 90th Wendy Dalimore, 94th Angela Baxter, 97th Catherine Tuttle, 108th Sarah Thorne, 128th Liz Harkness, 134th Roz Pearson, 145th Emma Carter.
Senior Men – 23rd Nick Jones, 24th Mark Vardy, 26th James Craggs, 34th Steve Barnes, 37th Alan Money, 39th Sam Hall, 50th Wayne Lillis, 64th David Fry, 71st Dave Wright,
98th Chris Pudney, 110th Andy Tuttle, 114th Bruce Bamber, 130th Dean Makar, 148th Chris Hobson, 262nd Andy Lees.

Some photos here: OxfordMailCulham4.12.11 (thanks to Charles Fowler), Some from Steve Pocklington: SPCulham4.12.11 and some more sent from a professional : MoFoto

Medal success at the B,B & O

Posted on November 20, 2011 by andy

Sophie Crumly won the Senior Women’s race at the Berks, Bucks & Oxon cross country championships held in Swinley Forest, Bracknell on Sunday. Sophie, who had claimed the runner up spot at last years event, was in determined mood to go one better this time around. After tucking in behind the leaders for the first 2km, Sophie gradually stretched out a twenty second winning margin. Jess Franklin improved seven places on last year to come home in 6th place, and with Sue Van Huyssteen finishing very strongly in 16th, the team finished equal 2nd with Oxford City on 23 points, behind winners WSEH.
The Senior Men produced their best team result for over a decade by pipping Reading A.C to the Bronze team medals by one point.
Steve Barnes found the course to his liking as he led the team home in 16th place, he also earned the Individual Bronze medal in the veteran Men’s. The other members of the successful team were – Sam Hall 20th, James Craggs 21st, Wayne Lillis 22nd, Daniel Tuttle 31st and Peter Crisp 35th.

Full NAC results :- Under 13 Boys – Matthew Pudney 17th. Under 15 Girls – Jenny Pudney 29th, Polly Mitton 34th. Under 15 Boys - Harry Russell 19th, Phillip Carter 26th. Under 17 Women – Samantha Van Huyssteen17th. Under 17 Men – William Tyson 25th. Senior Women – Sophie Crumly 1st, Jess Franklin 6th, Sue Van Huyssteen 16th, Sophie Fowler 19th, Chloe Coxhead 22nd, Bev Hall 25th, Sarah Fowler 33rd, Liz Pudney 37th, Becky Coxhead 40th, Charlotte Fowler 41st, Rose Metalli 48th, Hannah Ward 47th, Julie Coxhead 51st, Liz Harkness 60th, Roz Pearson 62nd, Emma Carter 63rd. Senior Men – Steve Barnes 16th, Sam Hall 20th, James Craggs 21st, Wayne Lillis 22nd, Daniel Tuttle 31st, Peter Crisp 35th, Dave Wright 39th, Mike Robbins 46th, Andy Tuttle 50th, Chris Hobson 53rd.

Photos here: BBO20.11photos (thanks to Sam Hall & Charles Fowler)

Full results here:BBO2011Results

Sue Wins Gold in the British Masters Heptathlon

Posted on September 10, 2011 by andy

Sue with her Gold Medal

DAY 1 Saturday
Sue Van Huyssteen leads the way in the British Master over 45 Heptathlon at Oxford City with 2128 points at the halfway stage.
Having never raced over the hurdles in a competition before Sue started the day well, running 16.10 secs for the 80m distance, earning 533 points. Sue began the High Jump well clearing her first three heights at the first attempt, unfortunately she clipped the bar with her heals at 1.27, then followed with a slip on take off, but 1.24 still earned 555points. The rain came again as the Shot Putt started. 6.42m was Sue’s opening throw and proved to be her best, for another 377points. The wind which is so often present at Oxford did hamper the 200m times, but it proved to be the most fruitful event for Sue, her time of 30.72 secs gave her an additional 663 points.
DAY 2 Sunday
Despite a few hick ups in the run up during the long jump warm up Sue opened with a jump of 3m88. With only three jumps on offer Sue was determined to better that in the second round, and running with extra speed she leaped to 4m.02, this gave her 487 points. It is almost a tradition in this Country to dread the Javelin and with the wind blowing strongly across the field Sue did a magnificent job of blanking everything out to open with a superb 20.29m, a new personal best distance and adding another 388 points to the total.
Another famous old saying is ” save the best till last “, well Sue stormed off in the 800m, opening with a 35 second 200m, nicely tucked in behind the leader ( in the 40 – 45 age group ), and as she came to the bell she was given a halfway time of 74 seconds, still six seconds inside her target time and the wind was still blowing strongly. Sue just dug in and went with every surge the leader made, only missing the win by a whisker, but recording an outstanding 9 seconds personal best time of 2min32.7. this also earned an impressive 832 points to give a total of 3835 points. Sue was rewarded with a very stylish British Masters Gold medal.

Andy

Two Under 23 Club Records For Sophie

Posted on June 3, 2011 by andy

Just four days after setting a new under 23 club record of 4 min 23.88 secs for the 1500m in Manchester, Sophie Crumly produced another record breaking run in the 3000m open graded meeting at Watford on Wednesday night. Despite the start being delayed until 10.30 due to the popularity of the meeting Sophie managed to lower her personal best time by over 2 seconds per lap to record a time of 9min 29.07. The records have stood since Jackie Cooper set them in 1985 & 1986 respectively, Sophie is currently ranked in the top 25 in the UK for both events.

New 1500m PB for Sophie

Posted on May 23, 2011 by andy

Sophie Crumly finished  just two tenths of a second shy of breaking the 4 min 30 barrier for the 1500m when competing for Loughborough University at the Loughborough International meeting on Sunday 22nd May. The extremely windy conditions were not conducive to running fast times as the athletes made a cautious start, but Sophie was not going to allow the pushing and shoving distract her from her goal, as she knuckled in to record a new personal best time of 4min 30.1.