10th/11th September

Triple jumper Trevor Okoroafor travelled to Glasgow to represent the South East of England in the UK School Games and four others went to the new K2 track at Crawley in the Surrey/Sussex Multi Events Championships. In the Scotstoun Stadium, nationally third ranked Okoroafor's best jump of 14.49m (+2.6w) was beaten right at the death and he had to settle for silver, which was presented to him by Dame Kelly Holmes. Meanwhile in the Surrey/Sussex multi event championships, U20 George Thatcher and U17 Daisy Collingridge took gold and silver medals. Thatcher completed his decathlon second overall to take the Surrey title with 5,253 points which ranks him 27th nationally. Croydon High School student Daisy Collingridge clinched silver in the women's decathlon with a superb 800m win in 2:24.38seconds. Manny Nsudoh-Hall headed the Harriers senior decathlon challenge and finished a solid fourth with 4,355 points. His Harriers colleague Peter Roberts (V45) improved his PB to 3,776 points in seventh place

World Junior Championships Beijing 15-20th August 2006

Martyn Rooney finished third in 45.87 seconds. The British relay team too finished third, earning him a second bronze medal.

Rosenheim Final 16th August 2006

Croydon Celebrated a great win, in the Rosenheim League Final, on wednesday night, there first victory in the competion since 1991. Competeing team manager Andy Del Nevo, said it was a great team effort with many of the younger athletes performing extremely well. Croydon were up against five other teams who competed in higher divisions this year. The victory was a the final competition of the year, a season which also saw the mens team promoted from Division 3, Southern League. The main contribution to the teams success came from James Dasaolu, who won the 100m, in 10.8 seconds and was second in the 200m in 22.8. Croydon also had winners in the High Jump, with Nataniel Smith 1.65m and George Thatcher in the 400m in 50.8sec. This was supported with second places from Dan Xiao-Ho in the 400m Hurdles 60.6, Paul Ogan in the triple jump 12.60 and the 4x200m relay squad of George Thatcher, Paul Ogan, Darren Woolen and Sedek Tong. The team also consited of Robbie McIntyre 3rd in the 800m, 2.05.01. Nick Gould , 3rd in the 3000min 9.18.2. Manee Nsudoh-Hall 4th in the Javelin 42.68 and Shot 11.02m which was also a Personal Best and finally Andy Del Nevo 5th in the 1500m 4.35.0. The match result changed quite substantialy after careful checking for most teams, except Croydon who were leaders right from the start of the competition. The final result was as follows Croydon 1st with 78 points, 2nd Kingston and Poly 73pts, 3rd Hercules Wimbledon 68pts, 4th Herne Hill 66pts, 5th Serpentine 46pts, 6th Thames Valley Harriers 25pts, 7th St Marys Richmond 20th and British Airways 7pts

RESULTS

100

1 James Dasaolu(U20)            CRO                10.8

2 Sam Mensah                        HHH               11.0

200

1 Sam Mensah                        HHH               22.1

2 James Dasaolu(U20)            CRO                22.8

400 inc NS

1 George Thatcher                   CRO                50.8

800

3 Robbie McIntyre                  CRO                2.05.1

800 NS

7 Dave Warren(V45)              CRO                2.31.6

10 Matt Kiernan(U20)            CRO                2.35.8

1500 inc NS

7 Andy Del Nevo(V35)          CRO                4.35.0

3000 inc NS

6 Nick Gould                          CRO                9.18.7

14 Terry Lapins NS                CRO                10.38.7

17 Dave Warren(V45) NS      CRO                11.10.2

22 Eric Campbell  NS             CRO                14.56.2

400 Hurdles inc NS

1 Richard Holt                         K&P                58.7

2 Dan Xiao-Ho                       CRO                60.6

3 Ben Robson  NS                  CRO                61.4

4 x 200 Relay

1 HHH                                    1.31.6

2 CRO                                     1.34.3

High Jump

1 Nathaniel Smith                    CRO                1.65

Triple Jump

2 Paul Ogun(U20)                  CRO                12.60

Shot

4 Manny Nsudoh-Hall            CRO                11.02

Javelin

4 Manny Nsudoh-Hall            CRO                42.68

 

FINAL SCORE(amended)

 

1 CROYDON                         78

2 KINGSTON & POLY        73

3 HERCULES WIMB            68

8 BRITISH AIRWAYS           7

 

 

                                   

 

 

 

BMAF National Decathlon & Heptathlon Championships 2006
Horspath Stadium, Oxford. 12th/13th August 2006

M40 4th. Peter Roberts 4563pts
100m 12.80, 608pts
LJ 5.08, 510pts
SP 7.87, 371pts
HJ 1.67 (Club Record), 661pts
400m 59.98, 556pts
Hurd 19.97, 424pts
DT 27.31, 412pts
PV 2.10, 201pts
JT 31.69, 381pts
1500m 5-43.23, 439pts




AAA of England U15 and U17 Championships 5-6th August Birmingham Alexander Stadium


AAA of England U15 and U17 Championships The cream of Croydon Harriers up and coming athletes came to the fore at the English Championships at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium last weekend.
In the U17 triple jump, Trevor Okoroafor saved his best until last with a 13.88m jump to capture gold.
U15 sprinter Twinelle Hopeson (pictured) clinched two medals. She took the 100m bronze on day one in 12.12sec before going one better in the 200m on day two.
Following a sharp heat in 24.93sec, she fought fiercely in the final for a well merited silver medal in 24.56sec.
U15 sprinter Ehi Oboite also excelled, with a superb 100m series which culminated in a bronze medal winning dash clocked at 11.0sec (w+1.5m/s).
In the field U15 discus prospect Kariym Irving advanced his best to a very creditable 40.89m for fifth while Derek Yeboah cleared 5.80m for seventh in the U15 long jump.
Several other Harriers were in action. Odette Campbell went out in the 300m semis, finishing fourth in 41.6sec.
Jamel Beckford had a brisk run in the 100m hurdles heats, 3rd 13.87secs, just missed qualifying (w/s+1.8) and Gavin Roye tackled both the U17 100m in which he ran 12.3sec in his semi final, and the long jump placing 12th, with a best of 5.75m

Men's Southern League Uxbridge 5th August 2006

100- J DASAOLU-1-11.0 / D WOLLEN-2-11.5
200- D WOLLEN-3-23.3 / J CHAVAGNUEX-1-23.7
400- G THATCHER-1-50.3 / S TONG-2-55.1
800-R MCINTYRE-3-2.04.0 / B ROBSON-3-2.10.4
1500- N GOULD-3-4.22.0 / A GEORGE-2-4.34.9
5000- D SYMONS-2-16.18.3 / C OXLADE-2-17.41.9
110H- D XIAO-HO-2-18.8 / M NSUDOH-HALL-1-19.2
400H- D XIAO-HO-2-62.9 / S TONG-1-65.3
3000SC- T LAPINS-3-11.12.1 / C OXLADE-3-11.56.4
LJ- P OGUN-2-6.25 / M NSUDOH-HALL-1-6.03
TJ- P OGUN-1-13.17 / T LAPINS-1-11.54
HJ- G THATCHER-1-1.80 / N SMITH-1-1.70
PV- T CRAWFORD-2-4.20 / P ROBERTS-2-2.20
SP- M NSUDOH-HALL-1-10.98 / M EVANS-1-9.17
HT- C KING-1-31.18 / M EVANS-1-26.32
DT- M NSUDOH-HALL-1-29.67 / P ROBERTS-1-26.40
JT- R BAHH-1-48.43 / M NSUDOH-HALL-1-44.77
4X100-2-?? : 4X400-1-3.32.5
Match Score CROYDON 160 : EALING 152 : HILLINGDON 117

With their international star Martyn Rooney winging his way to Macao and onwards to Beijing for the World Youth Championships, Croydon Harriers secured promotion to Southern League Division Two in their final match of the season at Uxbridge.
In a nail-biting contest, Harriers pulled out all the stops to win by eight points, totalling 162, to Ealing's 152 with hosts Hillingdon trailing in third on 117.
Veteran team manager Chris King set a fine example, winning the hammer with a season's best of 38.18m, and Mark Evans made it a Croydon maximum with his 26.32m throw.
Captain Robbie McIntyre made a timely return to the fray, finishing third in the 800m before Manny Nsudoh-Hall won five events. He took the A discus at 29.67m and A shot with a 10.98m put and won the B strings of the 110m hurdles, long jump and javelin.
Surrey U20 800m champion George Thatcher produced two good wins in the 400m - equalling his PB of 50.3sec - and the high jump, with a 1.80m leap. He also confidently anchored the 4x400m squad to a fitting victorious finale in 3:32.5 at the end of the programme.
Javelin thrower Richmond Baah won with an impressive 48.43m effort and sprinter James Dasaolu exuded talent as he headed the 100m in 11.0sec Tom Crawford finished second in the pole vault (4.20m) and junior team manager Terry Lapins won the 3k chase in 11:12.1

THE MATCH CONTAINED THE 4TH 5TH & 6TH PLACED TEAMS AND WE LED ALL THE WAY TO WIN, ALTHOUGH THE MATCH RESULT WAS QUITE CLOSE, AS WE TRIED TO MOVE UP FROM 5TH TO 2ND TO GAIN PROMOTION BACK TO THE SECOND DIVISION.
MEANWHILE AT TONBRIDGE THE OTHER BIG MATCH WITH THE TOP THREE WAS EQUALLY CLOSE. CAMBRIDGE FINISHED 1ST TO WIN THE LEAGUE AND 2ND / 3RD PLACERS : EASTBOURNE & BEXLEY TIED FOR EQUAL 2ND PLACE.
AS A RESULT BUT SUBJECT TO CHECKING BY THE LEAGUE SECRETARY CROYDON OVERTOOK BOTH TEAMS PLUS EALING IN THE LEAGUE STANDINGS TO FINISH 2ND IN THE LEAGUE AND GAIN PROMOTION.
CHRIS KING

National Junior League: 16th July 2006

Its hard to believe that Croydon considered scrapping competing in this league when Shane and Ashley turned up as one man teams, but the Harriers showed some class and consolidated their position in the weekend meet at Erith. The pick of the performances included wins for George Thatcher in the 400m (50.7), Paul Ogun in the triple jump (13.14m) on his return after 3 years and Kayliegh Ferguson in the 100m Hurdles (15.5). Well done to everyone it was a great team performance.

Event A string B String
100m Gavin Roye 2nd 11.5 Darren Woollen 2nd 11.7
200m George Thatcher 3rd 23.3 Jake Chavagneux 4th 23.9
400m George Thatcher 1st 50.7 Lawrence Dight 3rd 51.5
800m Ben Robson 3rd 2:07.1 Ashley George 3rd 2:10.8 (PB)
1500m Ashley George 6th 4:41.8 Shane Holloway 5th 5:30.4
3000m Claudius Ricketts 5th 10:22.7 Matthew Kiernan 2nd! 12:59.3
100m H Dan Xiao-Ho 6th 20.5 Sidique Tong 2nd 22.6
400m H Sidique Tong 6th 66.6 Dan Xiao-Ho 1st 60.7
2000m SC Claudius Ricketts 3rd 7.14.3
High Jump George Thatcher 5th 1.75m Claudius Ricketts 3rd 1.60m (PB)
Long Jump Gavin Roye 3rd 6.06m Ben Robson 4th 5.31m
Triple Jump Paul Ogun 1st 13.14m
Shot Putt Sidique Tong 7th 8.37m
Discus Shane Holloway 8th 18.71m Matthew Kiernan 6th 12.69m
Javelin Shane Holloway 7th 30.27m Darren Woollen 4th 26.30m
Hammer Shane Holloway 5th 19.97m

Event A String B String
100m K Ferguson 2nd 13.3 S Smith Henry 4th 14.1
200m K Ferguson 3rd 27.4 D Collingridge????? Stupid Results!
400m D Collingridge 2nd 59.0
Long Jump S Smith Henry 7th 3.05m
100m H K Ferguson 1st 15.5

 

BMAF 2006 Track & Field Championships Birmingham Sat/Sun Jul 8/9 2006

800m M45

9 David Warren 47 SCVAC 2-24.47

5000m M45

9 Colin Oxlade 47 SCVAC 17-41.50

3000m Steeplechase M45

4 Colin Oxlade 47 SCVAC 11-27.98

Triple Jump W55

2 Linda Harrison 55 SCVAC 5.58

Hammer W55

4 Linda Harrison 55 SCVAC 21.36

Weight W55

2 Linda Harrison 55 SCVAC 8.38

Mens Southern League Ashford 8th July 2006

The 10 Men Win

Due to fixture clashes with the English schools and British Masters and injury, only 10 Croydon Athletes made the journey to Ashford for the penultimate fixture. Needing to win to keep promotion hopes alive the ten men performed magnificently. Dominating their opponents and in the end producing a comfortable victory. To pick up maximum match points in a push for promotion the team worked hard to cover all events. There were many excellent achievements on the day. Ben Robson (U17) making his debut in the Men’s Southern League, ran an excellent race to win the B-String, having lead all the way with a 100m to go he came under pressure but dug deep to pull away. Ben then teamed up with Dan Xiao-Ho to win the 400m A & B, Dan having previously won the 400m Hurdles. Ben finished the day unbeaten contributing to the winning 4 x 400m team along with George Thatcher, Darren Wollen and Dan. George Thatcher also won every event he competed in, winning the individual High Jump, 800m and 200m and contributing to wins in both relays, the highlight being the 800m which he won by almost 50m. Leading points winner was Peter Roberts who won the B String 110m hurdles, High Jump and Discus. Manny Nsudoh Hall contributed the second most points with wins in the Javelin and second places discus, shot and 100m Hurdles. Darren Wollen dominated the sprints winning 100, 200 and overcoming a 10m deficit on the last leg of the 4 x 100m. Nick Gould ran a solid 5000m for 2nd place and 3rd in the 1500m. Team Manager Chris King won the B Shot and finished 2nd in the A-string Hammer. Terry Lapins contributed in the 100m, Triple Jump, achieving a P.B in the Long Jump (5.51m) before running a good steeplechase.

 

Event

A String

B String

100m

1st Darren Wollen  11.9

4th Terry Lapins 13.3

200m

1st Darren Wollen  TBD

1st George Thatcher TBD

400m

1st Ben Robson 54.5

1st Dan Xiao-Ho 55.9

800m

1st George Thatcher 2.02.1

1st Ben Robson 2.05.4

1500m

3rd Nick Gould TBD

2nd Ian Wright TBD

5000m

2nd Nick Gould 16:30

2nd Ian Wright 18.47.6

110m H

2nd Manny Nsudoh-Hall TBD

1st Peter Roberts TBD

400m H

1st Dan Xiao-Ho 61.6

3rd Peter Roberts 70.7

3000m Steeplechase

3rd Terry Lapins TBD

2nd Ian Wright TBD

Long Jump

3rd Terry Lapins 5.51

3rd Manny Nsudoh-Hall 4.87

Triple Jump

4th Terry Lapins TBD

4th Peter Roberts TBD

High Jump

1st George Thatcher 1.70m

1st Peter Roberts 1.55m

Pole Vault

4th Peter Roberts 2.10m

4th Ian Wright 1.10m

Hammer

2nd Chris King 29.69m

2nd Peter Roberts 17.32m

Discus

2nd Manny Nsudoh-Hall 34.81m

1st Peter Roberts 28.80m

Shot Put

2nd Manny Nsudoh-Hall 10.40m

1st Chris King 8.63m

Javelin

1st Manny Nsudoh-Hall 42.46m

2nd Darren Wollen 32.39m

4 x 100m

2nd Dan Xiao-Ho, George Thatcher, Manny Nsudoh-Hall, Darren Wollen 47.9

 

4 x 400m

1st Darren Wollen, Dan Xiao-Ho, Ben Robson, George Thatcher 3.51.9

 

result : 1st Croydon -142

  

Individual Points contribution

1st Peter 23pts :-)
2nd Manny 18.25pts
3rd George 17.5pts
4th Darren 16.5pts
5th Dan 15.5pts
6th Ian 14pts
7th Ben.25pts
8th Terry 10pts
9th Chris 9pts
10th Nick 7 pts

Ebbisham League meeting Kingsmeadow 2nd July 2006

Croydon Harriers youngsters grabbed fourth spot in their latest Ebbisham League meeting at Kingsmeadow on 2nd July.
Harriers are now third in the table and look a good bet to secure their Division One place next season.
U15 long jumper Derek Yeboah was the star performer, clearing six metres for the first time to win comfortably at 6.01m.
Team U15 captain Kariym Irving also shone, taking second place in the second year shot with a 10.09m throw.
Daryll Rugless scored a clear win in the second year triple jump with an 11.48m effort and took a close up second in the 400m in 57.7sec. David Aofoalu was Harriers' other gold medal winner, heading the U15 second year 100m in 12.3sec

Southern Premier League match at the Gosling Stadium, Welwyn Garden City 25TH JUNE 2006

Croydon Harriers' young athletes finished a close second in their fourth Southern Premier League match at the Gosling Stadium, Welwyn Garden City, last Sunday.
Richard Baah and Twinelle Hopeson won athlete of the match awards to cap off a fine team performance.
Baah recorded a season's best 56m discus throw and Hopeson won her gong for an impressive 25.3sec U15 200m victory, before anchoring the girls 4x100m relay team home in first.
Three previous award winners also had good results. Team captain Gavin Roye ran a 100m personal best winning in a time of 11.2sec and triple jump star Trevor Okoroafor won his event at 13.66m, plus the discus at 26.69m. U15 sprinter Ehi Oboite equalled the 100m record of 11.1sec.
Oboite also starred in the 80m hurdles which he won convincingly in 11.8sec. Joash Howard made the 100m A Grade 1 maximum for Croydon, when he won the B string in 11.8sec.
U17 400m hurdles winner Sidique Tong was one of several U17s who raced into new performance territory when he won in 61.1sec. Adam Fletcher ran 52.6sec for a personal best in the 400m to finish second and ran a great anchor leg for Croydon's victorious 4x400m quartet, who won in 3:35.4.
Jemel Beckford won the 100m hurdles in 14.1sec and rock solid shot putter Erasmus Ntim Dwemo continued his string of first class performances with a winning 13.68m put.
Daisy Collingridge got off to a good start in the opening 300m hurdles with 47.0sec and continued with wins in the 800m in 2:28.5 and the B 300m in 42.8sec.
Odette Campbell prevailed after a torrid tussle down the straight in the 300m A race in 41.0sec but had to concede by a tenth of a second in the 200m in 26.0sec and took a good second in the high jump at 1.48m.
Karym Irving won the discus with a personal best 38.52m, before Lawrence Akoye won the B string with a 36.61m throw and then won the A shot with a 12.41m put. Temi Ladega made it a Harriers maximum with his 11.81m effort. Derek Yeboah won the U15 long jump clearly at 5.63m Jordan Maurice and Sheldon Brown shone for the U13 boys with two wins and a second each. Maurice showed his versatility in winning the 200m in 27.8sec before running away with 800m in 2:22.8. He then went on to finish second in the 100m in 14.1sec.
Brown was even faster in the B100m, winning in 13.9sec. He also won both A string high and long jumps with 1.36m and 4.19m.
Faraz Rafi set peronal bests in the shot with 7.68m and in the 75m hurdles, where came second in 15.2sec.
Croydon teams won five of the nine relays, with the U13 girls 4x100m team setting the tone in the first of them with a time of 53.6 sec.

Dystert Dash, Richmond 25th June 2006

On The Road To The Top 15

By Matthew Kiernan

Croydon Harriers senior men made further progress in the Surrey Road League with a solid display at the Dysart Dash.

Once again it was Colin Oxlade who led the team home, making light work of the sweltering humidity to finish 51st in 37:43.

Terry Lapins continued his rapid rise to ascendancy, knocking 4 minutes off last year’s performance, sprinting home in 40:17 for 93rd.

The father and son combination of Keith (113th, 41:14) and David Brown (226th, 47:07) completed the scoring quartet, ensuring the Harriers lie 13th out of the 25 clubs in the league.

Position

Athlete

Time

51st

Colin Oxlade

37:43

93rd

Terry Lapins

40:17

113th

Keith Brown

41:14

226th

David Brown

47:07

436 runners finished.

South of England Championships 17-18TH June Crystal Palace

Croydon Harriers enjoyed a good measure of success in the South of England U20 Championships at Crystal Palace at the weekend.
The fast emerging Harriers won two silver medals and a bronze over two days.
Pole vaulter Tom Crawford had an excellent first time clearance at 4.50m to clinch his runners-up spot, while exciting triple jump prospect Trevor Okoroafor was once again over the daunting 14m mark, this time by 15cms, to add silver to his collection.
James Dassaolu, who successfully strode through his heat and semi final in 11.06sec and 10.80sec, before chasing the highly rated Harry Aikines Aryeety home in 10.75sec snatched bronze in the 100m.
First year U20 800m man George Thatcher just missed out on the medals, finishing fourth in a keenly contested final in 1:56.23. Another near medal miss came in the women's 100m hurdles courtesy of fourth placed Kayleigh Ferguson who clocked 15.04sec The Croydon club's other two competitors also acquitted themselves well. Laurence Dight made the 400m final thanks to a useful 51.22sec run in his heat, but ran out of steam in the final where he had to settle for seventh in 52.22sec.
Sprinter Darren Wollen ran 11.77sec for fifth in his 100m heat and also finished fifth in his 200m with a 23.22sec clocking.
Joscelynn Hopeson successfully returned to competition with a silver in the U20 100m. The Archbishop Tenison sports science student clocked 12.07sec to take second spot in her heat behind Asha Philip and that order was repeated in the final with the local girl crossing the line in 12.08sec.

Rosenheim League Wimbeldon 8th June

110mH Peter Roberts 20.4 2nd
Long J Terry Lapins 4.79 4th
Long J Linda Harrison 2.42 3rd
Jav Peter Roberts 33.52 2nd
800m Andy del Nevo 2.15.7 4th
100m Darren Woolen 11.3 2nd
400m Darren Woolen 53.1 2nd
1500m Nick Gould 4.18.7 2nd
Triple J Terry Lapins ? 3rd
Shot Chris King 8.21 3rd
Shot Linda Harrison 4.38 3rd
200m George Thatcher 23.3 3rd
3000m Colin Oxlade 10.05.4 4th
4x200m Darren, George, Andy, terry 1.38.8 3rd
Match Result Overall
1st HW 62 1st Croy 16
2nd HHH 53 2nd HW 14.5
3rd Croy 50 3rd HHH 10.5
4th Serp 38 4th Serp 8
5th SLH 24 4th Striders 8
6th Striders 16 6th SLH 6

 

National Young Athletes League Copthall Stadium 5th June

Croydon Harriers' young athletes, newly promoted to the National Premier League, faced the daunting prospect of an encounter with third placed Harrow, fifth placed home team Shaftesbury Barnet and the Vale of Aylesbury at the Copthall Stadium on Sunday.
Once again dogged by the non-availability of six key scorers, the enthusiastic squad of Croydon boys and girls was unable to capitalise on an outside chance of a second place, but did well given the circumstances.
They finished third and causing some unanticipated concern in the home camp and deservedly retained their sixth spot in the southern division.
A perfect start on the track, a win in the U17 girl's hurdles, looked odds on as Daisy Collingridge approached the final hurdle well clear, but she lost her stride and fell heavily. To her great credit, she clambered to her feet to finish a courageous fourth. Recovered from the impact, she later took second in a keenly contested 800m and won the B string 300m.
The A 300m winner was Odette Campbell, who looked impressive and totally in control for her 41.65sec clocking. She finished a full second ahead of the runner-up. She was similarly dominant in winning the 200m in 25.89sec and picked up more valuable points by coming third in the high jump.

U15 sprinter Twinelle Hopeson wowed the crowds once again with a scintillating sprint double. Fresh from her South of England triumphs she turned on the pace three times to cross the line first.
She took the 200m by almost a second in 25.07sec and followed it up with another grade one performance in the 100m, which she won comfortably in 12.27sec. Stephanie Braithwaite made the 200m a Croydon double with her B string win in 27.43sec.
Twinelle finished her day in perfect style by snatching 4x100m victory with a decisive dash down the home straight. The team time of 51.30sec put them 0.3sec ahead after having been a similar gap adrift at the third change.
In a match rich in grade one standards Croydon's athletes featured prominently with eight. Outstanding among these high achievers was team captain Gavin Roye whose 11.26sec 100m hurdles win earned him the track athlete of the match award, and Ehi Obiote who got two with his amazing U15 100m win in 11.14sec and his 11.88sec hurdles. Joash Howard came a close second in the U15 200m in 23.93sec.
The field event athletes had their share of top grade glory thanks to U15 discus thrower Kariym Irving who improved his best throw to win with a 36.33m effort. He also won the hammer throw at 31.80m as well as heading the B 80m hurdles in 12.98sec. Lawrence Akoye supported him splendidly with a winning B string discus throw of 33.52m.
U17 Javelin thrower Richmond Baah produced a fine series, topped by a 52.30m best. With his raw talent, it can only be a matter of time before he hits the 60m mark. He also contributed in the hammer, with first time throw of 22.09m for third place.
The girls achieved success in the U17 A shot, thanks to Lauren Smoother's 7.74m winning throw and young Keri Davison looked sharp winning the U13 70m hurdles in 13.09sec. The Armah sisters scored a rare family double with wins in the U13 girls shot. Rochelle with 6.57m and Hannah 5.64m.
The team also benefited from the successful debuts of several newcomers, among whom U13 Trinity boy Faraz Rafi was prominent in more ways than one. The tall 11-year-old athlete, head and shoulders above his rivals, won both the shot (7.45m), and the B high jump (1.25), and despite a fall in his first hurdles race, showed great presence of mind to calmly re-start and run in safely for the points.
One of the best runs came from fiercely competitive first year U17 Ben Robson in the 800m. The Woodcote High boy ran his rivals into submission with a well-earned personnel best of 2:03.31.
U13 two lapper Jordan Maurice had earlier set the front running trend by leading his event early, and holding on to win by 3sec in 2:24.77. Will Mercer advanced to 2:34.27 when taking the B first behind him.
More positive front running from Sophie Paterson in the U15 girls 800m earned her a clear win in 2:29.83.
South of England U17 pole-vault champion Ryszard Buk fought against niggling back pain, but could only clear 3.85m for third. Later he gamely cleared 1.60m to score in the B high jump too. A string high jumper Tsidi Dagadu lost on count-back at 1.88m.
Croydon did better in the relays than had at first been apparent. A dramatic double disqualification in the U17 boys 4x100m gave the seemingly third placed squad a welcome surprise win in 45.25sec.
The club also scored wins in the U15 boys 4x400m in 4:00.54, and took second in the U15 boys 4x100m, 47.25sec, U13 boys 4x100m in 47.27sec and the U17 girls 4x100m in 53.20sec.
The team has now as anticipated, dropped one place to sixth in the table but is still nicely in contention for a cup final place in the autumn.

Dorking 10 - 4th June 2006

 

Croydon put the disappointment of not scoring at the Sutton 10K behind them with a solid 29th out of the 50 teams competing at the Dorking 10 on Sunday.

The ever consistent Colin Oxlade was the club’s first runner home, completing the 10 mile race in an impressive 65:04. The first female Harrier was Clare Arnott who continues to go from strength to strength with an encouraging time of 92:10.

The next fixture in the road league is the Dysart Dash on the 25th June entries are available at www.ranlagh-harriers.com.

Position

Time

Athlete

59th

65:04

Colin Oxlade

103rd

68:42

Keith Brown

303rd

80:45

Norman Hemming

339th

82:40

Eric Campbell

491st

92:10

Claire Arnott

519th

95:00

Sarah Guest

 

Total Finishers: 622

Team Position (Men): 29th of 50

Mens Southern League Eastbourne 3rd June 2006

Dasaolu Sprints to League Record

James Dasaolu set a new league record for the 200m as he helped Croydon Harriers to move into the top 5 in the 3rd Division of the Southern Men’s League, in their latest fixture at Eastbourne.

The Under 20 Surrey Silver medallist powered home in a record 22.7s and completed a sprint double with a comfortable 100m victory in an impressive 10.9s.

It proved to be a day of many spirited individual performances as Lawrence Dight wrapped up the B string sprint events, winning the 100m (11.4s) and 200m (23.7s) before adding a 2nd place in his speciality event, the 400m in 53s.

More victories were added on the track with long distance maestro Dave Symons (5000m, 17:24), ever present Terry Lapins (Long Jump, 4.94m) and throwing specialist Manny Nsudoh-Hall (Javelin, 40.55m) all securing precious points for the club.

It was indeed Manny Nsudoh-Hall who epitomised Harriers’ team spirit on the day, with further wins in the B string Long Jump (4.94m) and 110m Hurdles (20.4s), as well as finishing runner up in the Discus (38.93m) P.B. and Shot Put (10.93m) P.B.

Croydon’s strong performance resulted in finishing 2nd of the 4th clubs competing and in the process ensured that their bid for promotion is still alive.

Sidelined Team Captain Robbie McIntrye felt that the team’s long trip was well worth it: “It was a great performance from a depleted team, and they’ve kept our aims for promotion still a strong possibility”.

 

Event

A String

B String

100m

1st James Dasaolu  10.9

1st Laurence Dight 11.4

200m

1st James Dasaolu  22.7 League Record

1st Laurence Dight 23.7

400m

2nd Laurence Dight 53.0

2nd George Thatcher 51.7

800m

2nd George Thatcher 2.03.1

4th Nick Gould 2.10.2

1500m

3rd Nick Gould 4.22.5

3rd Dave Symmonds 4.44.7

5000m

1st Dave Symmonds 17.24.0

1st Colin Oxlade 18.11.5

110m H

4th Terry Lapins 21.4

1st M Nsudoh-Hall 20.4

400m H

4th Terry Lapins 68.5

3rd Ian Wright 69.0

Long Jump

1st Terry Lapins 4.94

1st Manny Nsudoh-Hall 4.94

Triple Jump

4th Terry Lapins 11.26m

4th Ian Wright 9.48m

High Jump

2nd Manny Nsudoh-Hall 1.75m

4th Ian Wright 1.00m

Pole Vault

4th George Thatcher 2.20m

2ndEQ Ian Wright 1.10m

Hammer

2nd Chris King 30.26m

1st Mark Evans 27.59m

Discus

2nd Manny Nsudoh 38.93m

2nd Mark Evans 22.75m

Shot Put

2nd Manny Nsudoh-Hall 10.93m

2nd Mark Evans 8.40m

Javelin

1st Manny Nsudoh-Hall 40.55m

3rd Mark Evans 23.85m

4 x 100m

2nd Ian Wright, George Thatcher, Laurence Dight, James Dasaolu 47.9

 

4 x 400m

3rd Ian Wright, Laurence Dight, James Dasaolu, George Thatcher 3.50.5

 

result : 1st Eastbourne -156 ; 2nd croy. h. -132.5

  

Individual Points contribution

1st Manny 22 pts :-)
2nd Mark 16 pts
3rd Laurence 15 3/4pts
4th George 13 3/4
5th Ian 12 1/4pts
6th Terry 12pts
7th James 11 3/4pts
8th Colin 10pts
9th Dave 8pts
10th Nick 7 pts
11th Chris 4pts :-(

SEAA U15/U17 TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS, CHELMSFORD, 27/28 MAY 2006

Sprinting starlet Twinelle Hopeson capped a successful weekend for the Croydon Harriers in the South of England Championships in Chelmsford after coming home with two gold medals, writes Mike Fleet. The U15 sprinter displayed power and poise in the 100m and 200m events as she qualified comfortably for the finals of both and confidently went on to win both races in an accomplished fashion to complete her sprint double. Hopeson comfortably headed the 100m field in 12.24sec and romped home powerfully in the 200m in 24.91 suggesting that Donna Fraser's club record set in 1986 is under serious threat from the Archbishop Tenison's girl.

Croydon Harriers' other top performer was U17 pole-vaulter Ryszard Buk who returned to winning ways after disappointment at Portsmouth last year. He breathed a sigh of relief when the event was brought indoors to avoid the relentless rain. The Trinity School student soared to a winning PB height of 4.25m. Trevor Okoarafor beat his own club U17 triple jump record with a terrific silver medal winning effort of 14.83m. The Archbishop Lanfranc student was unlucky in that his best distance was achieved into a -3.9m/s wind, while the winner only had to contend with a 1.5m/s wind when he went just a few centimetres further.

U17 shot putter Erasmus Ntim-Dwewo recovered from injury to finish a respectable fifth with his effort of 12.61m.

U17 middle distance prospect Daisy Collingridge made further progress in the 800m where she had to be at the top of her game to qualify for the final in which she ran with great determination. Completing the first 400m in 67sec the Croydon High School student maintained pace down the back straight and into the final bend, before digging deep to close up well towards the line to finish sixth in a PB of 2:18.09.

Surrey County Championship 12th Annual Veterans Track & Field Championships, Kingsmeadow, May 27, 2006

M40

400m: . guest: Andy Del Nevo (Dacorum & Tring, M35) 58.1
1500m. guest: Andy Del Nevo (Dacorum & Tring, M35) 4:32.6

M45

800m: 1 David Warren (Croy) 2:21.9
1500m: 1 David Warren (Croy) 5:05.3
5000m: 2 Colin Oxlade (Croy) 17:27.9

M55

Shot: 1 Tony Richards (Croy) 11:60
Discus: 1 Tony Richards (Croy) 35.16; 2 Robin Roach (Walton) 26.57

W55

Long Jump: 1 Linda Harrison (Croy) 2.70
Triple Jump: 1 Linda Harrison (Croy) 5.69
Hammer: 2 Linda Harrison (Croy) 19.45
Javelin: 1 Linda Harrison (Croy) 13.73

Rosenheim League Croydon Arena 24th May

Despite a realy wet, cold and damp night Croydon Harriers went from strength to strength winning the second Rosenheim League, at Croydon Arena.

2000mSC Ben Robson 6;53.6 2nd No water jump
High Jump Andy Del Nevo 1.20 4th
Hammer Chris King 30.24 1st
800m Andy del Nevo 2;15.1 3rd
100m Darren Woolen 11.6 1st
400m George Thatcher 51.3 1st
1500m Nick Gould 4;24.6 3rd
Long jump Andy del Nevo 4.11 6th
Javelin Shane Holloway 27.55 2nd
200m Darren Woolen 23.5 1st
3000m Mohammed Mohammed 10;23.0 4th
4x200m Darren,Ben,George,Darren 1;41.6 1st
Match result Overall
1st Cro 55 1st Cro 12 104pts
2nd Str 46 2nd Her W 8.5 92pts
3rd Her W 44 3rd Str 7 81pts
4th SLH 39 4th HHH 5.5 74pts
5th Serp 31 5th Ser 5 72pts
6th HHH 26 6th SLH 4 57pts

Womens Match

High J Claire Arnlott 1.15 2nd
100m Nassou keita 13.0 1st
Jav Anna campbell 18.50 1st
3000m Claire Arnlott 14;22.4 3rd

Result

Overall
1st Serp 22 1st serp 12 44pts
2nd Croy 21 2nd Croy 10 32pts
3rd Str 5 3rd HHH 4 6pts
4th STr 4 5pts

National Young Athletes League Croydon Arena 21st May 2006
Harriers on song By Mike Fleet

No amount of relentless rain could dampen the astonishing spirit of Croydon Harriers' athletes in action at the Albert Road arena on Sunday. Hosting their first UK Premier League match since regaining top status last autumn, the determined boys and girls team gave highly placed Enfield and Haringey (422 points) a good run for their money to take a well earned second place with 375 points, ahead of Havering and Mayesbrook (348) and Basildon AC (306), to consolidate their seventh position in the 16-strong division. Surrey U17 800m champion Daisy Collingridge set the tone for the day in the first event with an exciting win on her 300m hurdles debut with a national grade three time of 47.8sec. Later she won her speciality 800m at a canter in 2:23.2, placed second in the 300m with a PB of 43.4sec and ran an excellent leg in the 4x300m relay.
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Young Jordan Maurice went one better on the winning front, with three. The U13 county 800m bronze medallist won his "two lapper" with a strong surge down the home straight in 2:29.3 and showed good basic speed with wins in the 100m (14.4sec) and 200m (28.3sec). .
New sprint starlet Twinelle Hopeson defied the weather to put on a sparkling display to earn the club maximum points from the 100m and the 200m. She won the 100m in 13.0sec and the 200m in 26.4sec. Sheree Oliver (14.2sec) and Stefanie Braithwaite (28.5sec) both won their strings to make these events a Croydon preserve. Despite the awful conditions, three Croydon athletes performed at national grade one level. U17 javelin thrower Richmond Baah was not far off his best with his winning throw of 51.31m, while triple jump winner Trevor Okoroafor cleared 13.75m to win by almost a metre. U15 double sprint runner-up Ehe Obiote was 0.3sec adrift of his 200m best in 24.0sec. He was 0.1sec behind the 100m winner in 12.0 seconds. He successfully teamed up with Kariym Irving in the 80m hurdles to contribute an impressive event maximum with times of 12.2sec and 13.4sec. Croydon's U17 high jumpers Tsidi Dagadu (1.60m) and Ryszard Buk (1.50m) both sensibly withdrew once certain of winning. Aspiring first year U17 400m runner Adam Fletcher improved to 52.7sec for a worthy second, and both U17 hurdlers Jemel Beckford, (14.7sec), and Anton Denny-Browne (15.5sec) overcame the adverse elements for good second places. The middle distances in particular benefited from the influx with eight newcomers in the fray.
Eleven-year-old Elliott Verheary almost took the U13 1,500m by storm, leading until the home straight before finishing a creditable third in 5:06.9.
Hannah Tailleur, an U15 debutante, cut her 1,500m best by 16 seconds to take a very encouraging fourth in 5:56.81, while Gemma Dungay and Alice Schroeder were the first athletes for several years to pick up valuable points for the club in the U17 1,500m. The relays were an unacceptable mixture of success and disqualification, featuring two disqualifications and two wins which were credited to the keen U13 boys and girls 4x400m teams.
This excellent match result moves Croydon Harriers up to sixth in the 16 Southern Premier Division. Their next match at this elevated level will be at Copthall Stadium, Hendon, on Sunday, June 4, when the opposition will be Shaftesbury Barnet, Vale of Aylesbury and Harrow.

Southern Womwns Track & Field meeting Croydon Arena 20th May 2006

U15

Jessica Thornton
Long Jump - 2A - 3.74m
Shot - 3A - 4.46m
Javelin - 2A - 9.38m

Seniors

Nassou Keita
200m - 1B - 29.2

Kayleigh Ferguson
200m - 2B - 28.2
100mH -1A - 16.5

Claire Arnott
800m -4A - 3.13.0
1500m -3A - 6.22.0
High Jump -3A - 1.00m

Sarah Guest
800m - 3B - 3.24.1
1500m - 2B - 6.54.1

Louise Aldous
100mH - 1A - 23.5
Long Jump - 4A - 3.59m

Kim Thornton
Long Jump - 3B - 2.87m
Triple Jump - 4A - 6.71m

Linda Harrison
High Jump - 3B - 90cm
Triple Jump - 3B - 5.35m Hammer - 3B - 13.92m

Gemma Hammond
Shot - 3A - 7.15m
Discus - 3A -25.77m
Javelin - 2A -22.55m

Jane Goatcher
Hammer - 3A - 19.47m
Discus - 3B - 15.96m
Shot - 2B - 6.73m

Senior 4x 100m relay
Nassou, Louise, Kim, Kayleigh - 4th - 58.5

Final result
1st Eastbourne Rovers 158
2nd Paddock Wood 112
3rd Hercules Wimbledon 63
4th Croydon Harriers 61

Mens Southern League Croydon Arena 20th May 2006

 

Event

A String

B String

100m

1st D Wollen  11.6

3rd A Powell 13.3

200m

2nd D Wollen  23.6

3rd S Holloway 28.0

400m

1st G Thatcher 52.1

2nd A Powell 57.6

800m

2nd G Thatcher 2.02.2

4th E Osher 2.33.1

1500m

3rd A George 4.28.7

4th N Gould 4.44.7

5000m

2nd N Gould 16.23.6

3rd J Dillow 18.08.1

110m H

3rd I Statter 23.3

2nd M Nsudoh-Hall 20.2

400m H

2nd D Xiao Ho 61.6

3rd I Wright 77.1

Long Jump

1st M Nsudoh-Hall 5.93

1st G Thatcher 5.36

Triple Jump

3rd C Welch 10.85m

4th A Statter 9.15m

High Jump

2nd T Dagadu 1.70m

3rd C Welch 1.40

Pole Vault

-

-

Hammer

2nd C King 29.98m

2nd M Evans 27.68m

Discus

2nd M Nsudoh 31.66m

2nd A Richards 30.18m

Shot Put

3rd A Richards 10.07m

2nd M Evans 8.92m

Javelin

2nd M Nsudoh-Hall 31.66m

3rd S Holloway 28.76m

4 x 100m

2nd S Holloway, G Thatcher, C Welch, D Wollen 3.49.5

 

4 x 400m

2nd S Holloway, D Wollen, A George, G Thatcher 3.49.5

 

result : camb. h -162 ; croy. h. -123 : padd. w.-112 : serp.-101

                                                                                                                                                              

Surrey Athletics Association  TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS - 13/14 MAY 2006 - KINGSMEADOW STADIUM .

The Surrey County Track and Field championships at Kingsmeadow Stadium proved to be another happy event for Croydon Harriers athletes who snapped up 25 medals last weekend.
Pride of place went to U17 triple jumper Trevor Okoroafor, who not only beat his rivals by a huge margin with his winning effort of 14.27m, but also set a new championship best performance and eclipsed the previous club record by 28cms.
Twinelle Hopeson, the 14-year-old Archbishop Tenison School sprint ace, now a Croydon Harrier, also put on a high quality display to take the U15 100/200m double in the excellent times of 12.52sec and 25.73sec.

First year U17 Daisy Collingridge ran with great confidence, controlling her 800m to win virtually from the front with a fine personal best of 2:18.2. She also took third in the high jump at 1.45m.
. U20 George Thatcher scored a similar double, winning the 400m with a searing final surge in 50.52sec, and took 800m silver in 1:59.11, both efforts being personal bests.

Josh Howard underlined his potential with a runaway U15 400m victory in 54.02sec, plus a close up 200m bronze in 24.15sec. U17 Odette Campbell got a gold/bronze brace with her storming 300m win in 41.05sec and a 200m third in 26.16sec.
Versatile Kariym Irving took two throw medals. He won the U15 discus at 33.76m and was runner-up in the hammer with a 33.93m heave.

U15 jumper and sprinter Derek Yeboah won his speciality, the long jump at 5.66m with all his efforts over 5.19m and ran a sharp 100m for fourth in 12.68sec.
Other Croydon Harrier winners were Richmond Baah U17 javelin 52.61m, Erasmus Ntim-Dwewo U17 shot 12.93m, Claudius Ricketts U17 1500m 5:17.1, U20 hammer Keleisha Smith 35.53m and U15 shot putter Temi Ladega with his 11.76m put.

Silvers were won by sprinter James Dasaolu in the 100m U20 section in a very crisp 10.84sec. 100m hurdler Kayleigh Ferguson who showed good technical progress to achieve her 15.68sec clocking in a 1.7 m/s wind. Dan Ho ran the 400m hurdles in 62.05sec, senior 3k steeplechaser Terry Lapins, who clocked 11:23.8, and Tsidi Dagadu in the high jump (1.80m) also grabbed silvers.
Two youngsters took third place medals on their county debuts. A strong home straight surge brought Jordan Maurice his bronze in 2:20.10 and Jessica Cox showed good potential in the 75m hurdles.

SENIOR MEN

Track Events

Saturday 13th May

5000M FINAL

 

 

5

Nicholas Gould

Croy

16:17.37

 

 

 

 

800M Final

 

 

7

Andrew Del Nevo

D&T

02:11.72

 

 

 

 

3000M Steeplechase Final

2

Terry Lappins

Croy

11:23.8

Sunday 14th May

 

 

400M Hurdles Final

 

2

Terry Lapins

Croy

01:05.50

1500M Final

 

 

9

Andrew Del Nevo

UNDER 20 MEN

Track Events

Saturday 13th May

 

100m Heat 1

 

 

 

 

 

5

Massiah

James

Croy

11.80

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100m Heat 2

-0.9

M/S

 

 

 

 

1

Dasaolu

James

Croy

10.98

 

 

 

100m Heat 3

-0.1

M/S

 

 

 

4

Wollen

Darren

Croy

11.74

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

400m Heat 1

 

 

 

 

 

2

Thatcher

George

Croy

51.08

Q

 

4

Xiao-Ho

Daniel

Croy

54.59

q

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100m Final