Surrey League Div 4, Wimbledon Common 6 Feb 2010

Fine team work and consistency earned Croydon Harriers’ men runners-up spot and promotion from Surrey Cross Country League Division Three after their final match at Wimbledon on Saturday.

Headed only by powerful newcomers Kent AC, who had finished fifth in the South of England Championship the previous week, Harriers, were led home by James Buchanan in third and Steve Goss in eighth.

They were followed by three veterans who made the top 30. Over-40 Ian Wright was 12th, over-50 Colin Oxlade 16th and over-40 Andy Del Nevo 27th.

Several of Croydon Harriers’ aspiring younger cross country runners were inaction at the South East Schools; Inter Counties at Reigate Priory on Saturday. Trinity U15 Andy Fanthorpe was highest placed among them, finishing 18th overall and fourth for the county.

John Fisher boy Patrick Lucas came home in 25th spot for Surrey. Another Trinity student, Mark Plackett produced an excellent run in the intermediate race, placing 22nd overall and again fourth for the county, adding more key scalps to his collection At the weekend, the Harriers will be in East Surrey League action at Wimbledon Common

1	1	John	Gilbert	KEN	SM	28:26
2	2	James	Connor	Ken	SM	28:47
3	3	James	Buchanan	CRO	SM	29:00
4	4	Rich	Munn	Ken	SM	29:49
5	5	Michael	Claff	Ken	SM	29:58
6	6	Graeme	Garner	KEN		30:17
7	7	Andy	Moreton	Ken	SM	30:31
8	8	Steve	Goss	CRO	V40	31:18
9	9	Martin	Giles	SR	V40	31:18
10	10	Lee	Haze	Ken	SM	31:25
11	11	Dan	Carpenter	TAD		32:11
12	12	Ian	Wright	CRO	V40	32:22
13	13	Stephen	Barber	SR	SM	32:26
14	14	Dave	Williamson	TAD	V40	32:32
15	15	Tom	Woolway	DPR		32:52
16	16	Colin	Oxlade	CRO	V50	33:01
17	17	Rowlston	Morian	KEN	SM	33:12
18	18	Peter	Clarke	KEN		33:12
19	19	Paul	O¹Callaghan	TAD	SM	33:52
20	20	Callum	Fraser	KEN	U20	34:47
21		Stuart	Scott	KEN	40	34:53
22	21	Bill	Walsh	COLL	40	34:54
23	22	Martin	Lloyd	COL	40	34:57
24	23	Geoff	Newton	TAD	V40	35:02
25		Bernie	Hutchinson	KEN		35:10
26	24	Garry	Edwards	TAD		35:18
27	25	Andy	del Nevo	CRO	V40	35:26
28	26	Tim	McIntyre	SR	50	35:29
29	27	S	O¹Connor	WAV		35:48
30	28	Martin	Rowe	CRO		35:49
31		Richard	Archer	KEN	U20	35:51
32	29	Charles	Green	SR	45	35:52
33	30	Steve	Hutton	TAD	50	35:58
34	31	James	Fuller	TAD		36:08
35	32	Dave	Smith	DPR		36:37
36	33	Ian	Beeton	WAV		36:41
37	34	Matthew	Kiernan	CRO		36:46
38	35	Tom	Lane	DPR		36:58
39	36	Tony	Moorhouse	SR	45	37:03
40		Andy	Gardiner	KEN	50	37:37
41	37	Eric	Richards	DPR	40	37:44
42	38	Graham	Miller	SR	45	37:45
43	39	Andy	Cooksey	TAD	45	38:05
44	40	Andrew	Scally	COL		38:07
45	41	Nick	Thomas	WAV		38:12
46	42	Richard	Johnson	DPR		38:20
47	43	David	Brown	CRO		38:31
48	44	George	English	LIN	55	38:36
49	45	Ray	Sullivan	COL	40	39:09
50	46	James	Barber	SR	45	39:11
51	47	Keith	Brown	CRO	50	39:15
52	48	Greg	Bryant	SR		39:21
53	49	George	Breacker	DPR	50	39:36
54	50	Philip	GrahamClare	SR	40	39:52
55	51	Geoff	Butson	SR	40	40:22
56	52	Paul	Topliss	DPR	40	40:24
57	53	Norman	Hemming	CRO	55	40:35
58	54	Paul	Allen	LIN	50	40:58
59		Mark	Asten	SR		41:06
60	55	Dave	Fisher	TAD	65	41:06
61	56	Tom	Poynton	DPR		41:10
62		Dave	Warren	CRO	50	41:32
63	57	Tom	Sheriff	TAD		41:35
64	58	Spenser	Lane	DPR	40	41:42
65	59	Dave	Mullany	DPR	40	41:45
66		Rowland	Hogg	TAD	40	41:52
67		Ted	Hadlow	KEN	60	42:35
68	60	Nigel	Poynter	COL	40	42:38
69		Graham	Hockings	TAD	55	43:09
70	61	Julian	Ladd	WAV		44:48
71	62	Mark	Piper	LIN	45	44:54
72	63	Russell	Hardy	WAV		45:09
73		Dave	Harris	DPR		45:11
74	64	Len	Phillip	WAV		45:50
75		Tony	Bannister	SR	45	47:52
76		Eric	Campbell	CRO	40	47*53
77	65	Paddy	Clark	WAV	60	47:58
78	66	Dave	Wilkes	LIN	60	48:58
79		Jeff	Temple	TAD	55	49:08
80		Stephen	Robinson	TAD	60	52:25

Team scores

Clubs	Col	Croy	DPR	Ling	Sutt	Tad	Wav	Kent
Match	555.5	269	435	667	346	303	574.5	90
#	6	2	5	8	4	3	7	1
B/F	1682	735	1374	1808	915	984	1927	295
Final	2237.5	1004	1809	2475	1261	1287	2501.5	358
#	6	2	5	7	3	4	8	1

Womens Surrey League Div 2, Wimbledon Common 6 Feb 2010

Position	Time	Name	Club	DIV	Points	Team
142	37.49	YASMINE ANDERSON	CRO	DIV2	39	A
154	38.53	SARAH BRUCE-GREEN	CRO	DIV2	42	A
186	40.40	MIRIAM DE SOUZA	CRO	DIV2	61	A

Senior Div 2					Race Positions
Pos	Club/Team		Score	Races	1	2	3	4	5	Race Points	Previous Score
25	Croydon H	A	2333	4	39	42	61	141	141	424	1909

YASMINE ANDERSON

MIRIAM DE SOUZA

South of England Cross Country Championships Parliament Hill, 30^th January 2010

Fifteen Croydon Harriers were among 2000 athletes who tackled a muddy Parliament Hill in the South of England Cross Country Championships on Saturday. All but one of the Harriers completed the course, with three of club’s U13s tackling a major championship for the first time.

Pride of place went to U13 Harvey Stainthorpe with his determined running earning him 28th in a field of 208. Fellow Trinity student Mark Plackett earned a fine 80th of 189 finishers in the U17 race, beating several key rivals for the first time.

A team of eight senior men claimed 48th place and were led home by the evergreen Colin Oxlade in 403rd in the field of 800 plus. The fast improving David Brown was just 19 seconds further back in 413th and if James Buchanan had not been forced to withdraw having lost a shoe when placed about 100th, the team would have finished over ten places higher.

It worth noting that over twenty clubs failed to close in teams.

Elsewhere, muddier and even wetter miles were notched up by senior Croydon Harrier Martin Rowe, who successfully completed the extreme Tough Guy Challenge at Wolverhampton.

23^rd January 2010

Runners from Croydon schools competed in teams representing North and South Croydon at Reigate Priory on Saturday.

Croydon’s greatest success came courtesy Peter Chambers (NC) who won the U17 event by a comfortable 11sec margin. A strong run from Sam Jackson and good packing further back helped the team to fifth among the ten districts.

North Croydon U13 boys achieved the highest team placing of fourth, with Laurence Rook seventh, heading their charge.

Junior Andrew Fanthorpe (NC) was seventh with fellow Trinity boy Harvey Stainthorpe 14th only seven seconds later.

South Croydon Inter Girls F Parris 15th and G Mcdonagh 20th took local pride of place in their race. At junior level, Stevie Lawrence (SC) 29th was the first Croydon runner home, while C Rhule (SC) took an excellent fifth atU13 level.

Elsewhere, Croydon Harriers featured prominently at the Sutton Open at Sutton Arena last Sunday as fourvictories came Croydon way.

U17 Cleo Patrice Barbour looked really sharp winning her 60m in 7.86sec. Other victorious Harriers over this distance were U13 boy Rohan Henry 8.41sec, and U15 girl Leona Brako 8.29sec.

U15 boy Jordan Out cleared 4.67m to win the long jump. Worthy second places went to U15 boy Taiwu Kamojo in the 60m and to U17 Cameron Smith 7.11sec and U20 woman Davine Dubidad 8.32sec

Lauriston road race 2^nd January 2010 Wimbledon

Croydon Harrier’s long distance squad kicked off 2010 with a solid showing at the Lauriston road race in Wimbledon on Saturday writes Matthew Kiernan.

Colin Oxlade (23rd, 32:04) and Martin Rowe (25th, 32:23) both impressed over the 5-mile course, while Yasmin Anderson (37:13) was third in the women’s race.

The trio ensured Croydon finished fifth in the team standings.

Elsewhere, Andrew Del Nevo (12th, 20:15) and Dave Warren (57th, 24:12) both enjoyed good showings at the Banstead Woods 5km time trial.

The Harriers will now look ahead to the Surrey cross-country championships in Lloyd Park on Saturday, which is set to attract over 1,000 athletes from the county.

Holly Run Reigate 20^th December Reigate

Eight Croydon Harriers enjoyed Christmas conditions at Reigate on Sunday for the traditional Holly Run races.

A crisp covering of snow and bright sunshine really added to the sense of occasion.

The club’s athletes all produced good runs with two wins among them.

U15 Peter Chambers was never headed in the U15/U17 race, finishing in 14.40 minutes and U17 colleague Mark Plackett shone too in eighth place just 20 seconds back.

V50 Colin Oxlade headed his category placing 15th in the senior race.

South of Thames 19^th December Wimbledon Common

Croydon Harriers senior cross-country athletes ensured a good finish to 2009 with a solid 13th place at the South of Thames 12km championships.

With the Wimbledon Common course covered in snow and ice, it was left to Colin Oxlade to make the best of the undesirable conditions, finishing 84th in 50:56.

Julian Dillow (50:58, 85th) was in hot pursuit, and the solid packing continued thanks to Martin Rowe (53:17, 109th) and Andy Del Nevo (53:31, 110th).

Norman Hemming (60:26, 135th) and Keith Brown (60:42, 137th) completed the scoring team, while there was non-scoring support from Matthew Anderson (62:05, 140th) and Eric Campbell (72:06, 152nd).

Yasmin Anderson was the first Croydon woman home, placing 19th and crossing the line in 60:32.

http://belgraveharriers.com/results/SoTChamps2009.xls

Surrey Men's Cross Country League Country League Div 4 Lloyd Park, Croydon

12th Dec 2009

Croydon Harriers senior cross-country team all but sealed their place in the third tier of the Surrey league for next year, after an impressive outing at Lloyd Park on Saturday writes Matthew Kiernan.

The hosts finished in runners-up spot to lie second overall in the league, with one match remaining, well clear of third placed Sutton Runners.

James Buchanan was the first of the twelve strong team home, placing fourth in a formidable time of 29:39 over the five-mile course.

Good packing then paid dividends for the Harriers, with Ian Wright (13th, 32:56), David Brown (19th, 34:36), Julian Dillow (20th, 34:37) and Colin Oxlade (22nd, 34:43) all enjoying good outings.

The rest of the scoring contingent consisted of Ali Kiplakiran (27th, 35:48), Martin Rowe (28th, 35:53), Andy Del Nevo (33rd, 36:28), Mike Dawson (43rd, 38:11) and Norman Hemming (54th, 40:55).

Meanwhile in the 2.5-mile young athlete’s race, Peter Chambers took the honours in a time of 15:24, with Jack Thoroughgood (4th, 16:04), Patrick Lucas (5th, 16:29) and Ben Savill (11th, 17:34) in close contention, ensuring Croydon topped the U17/U15 team standings too.

Croydon’s U13s also ran out worthy winners with Josh Haasz (2nd, 17:34) first scorer, while Stirling Gibbons (10th, 18:35) and Kartik Iyer (11th, 18:38) fought it out to complete the team.

Seniors

Position	Score	Name	Surname	Club	Cat	Time
1	1	NICK	TORRY	KEN	SM	27 35
2	2	JAMES	CONNOR	KEN	SM	28 37
3	3	JOHN	GILBERT	KEN	SM	28 44
4	4	JAMES	BUCHANAN	CRO	SM	29 39
5	5	RICH	MUNN	KEN	SM	30 12
6	6	MICHAEL	CLAFF	KEN	SM	30 33
7	7	ANDREW	DUNWOODY	KEN	SM	30 49
8	8	ANDY	MORETON	KEN	SM	31 10
9	9	LEE	HAZE	KEN	SM	31 17
10	10	PHIL	SANDERS	KEN	SM	31 26
11	11	RICHARD	BATCHELOR	WAV	SM	32 07
12	12	MARTIN	GILES	S/R	V40	32 10
13	13	IAN	WRIGHT	CRO	V40	32 56
14	14	ROWLSTON	MORIAN	KEN	SM	33 25
15	15	DAVE	FREEMAN	TAD	V40	33 38
16	16	STEVEN	BARBER	S/R	SM	33 57
17	17	MARTIN	NEWTON	S/R	V40	34 02
18	18	PAUL	O'CALLAGHAN	TAD	SM	34 04
19	19	DAVID	BROWN	CRO	SM	34 36
20	20	JULIAN	DILLOV	CRO	V50	34 37
21	21	DAVE	WILLIAMSON	TAD	V40	34 41
22	22	COLIN	OXLADE	CRO	V50	34 43
23	23	TIM	WILKES	TAD	V40	34 54
24	24	BRETT	ALLEN	LIN	SM	34 58
25	25	CHRIS	CATT	S/R	SM	35 12
26		NICK	HANCOCK	S + D	SM	35 25
27	26	ALI	IH SAHKAPLANKIRAU	CRO	SM	35 48
28	27	MARTIN	ROWE	CRO	SM	35 53
29	28	ANDREW	TOPPIN	DPR	SM	35 58
30	29	GEOFF	NEWTON	TAD	V40	35 59
31	30	CHRIS	MANGIONI	DPR	SM	36 00
32	31	ERIC	RICHARDSON	DPR	V40	36 02
33	32	ANDY	DEL NEVO	CRO	V40	36 28
34	33	CHARLES	GREEN	S/R	V40	36 32
35	34	MARTIN	LLOYD	COL	V40	36 35
36	35	JAMES	FULLER	TAD	SM	37 16
37		RICHARD	ARCHER	KEN	U20	37 34
38	36	STEVE	HUTTON	TAD	V40	37 39
39	37	DAVE	SMITH	DPR	V40	37 46
40	38	KEITH	DUNNING	COL	V40	37 50
41	39	ALAN	EDWARDS	WAV	V50	37 52
42	40	RAY	SULLIVAN	COL	V40	38 07
43	41	MIKE	DAWSON	CRO	SM	38 11
44	42	GRAHAM	MILLER	S/R	V40	38 46
45	43	ANDY	STALLEY	COL	V40	38 52
46	44	JIM	MUNDY	S/R	V50	39 03
47	45	GEORGE	ENGLISH	LIN	V40	39 08
48	46	PAUL	TOPLIS	DPR	V40	39 43
49	47	TONY	MOORHOUSE	S/R	V40	39 46
50	48	PETER	RAND	TAD	V40	39 47
51	49	ANDY	COOKSEY	TAD	V40	39 54
52	50	KEITH	BROWN	CRO	V50	40 48
53	51	PHILLIP	GRAHAM-CLARE	S/R	V40	40 51
54		NORMAN	HEMMING	CRO	V50	40 55
55	52	NIGEL	POINTER	COL	V40	40 56
56	53	ANDREW	GRIFFIN	COL	V40	41 30
57	54	TOM	POYNTON	DPR	SM	41 37
58		MATT	ANDERSON	CRO	SM	41 40
59	55	JOHN	RAWLINSON	S/R	V50	42 58
60	56	PAUL	ALLEN	LIN	V40	43 10
61		NEAL	RICHARDSON	S/R	V40	43 15
62	57	DAVE	MULLANY	DPR	V40	43 20
63	58	SPENCER	LANE	DPR	V40	43 23
64	59	PADDY	CLARK	WAV	V60	43 42
65		TONY	GALLAGHER	S/R	V50	44 15
66		JAMES	BARBER	S/R	V40	44 34
67		MARK	ASTEN	S/R	SM	44 45
68	60	DAVE	HARRIS	DPR	V40	45 00
69	61	MICHAEL	GAMLEN	DPR	SM	45 04
70		TIM	GRIFFITHS	DPR	V40	45 06
71	62	ERIC	SHOUBRIDGE	LIN	V40	46 11
72	63	MARK	PIPER	LIN	V40	46 32
73	64	DAVID	WILKES	LIN	V40	47 46
74	65	JULIAN	CADD	WAV	SM	48 02
75		ERIC	CAMPBELL	CRO	V40	50 30
76		IAN	FERNADEZ	DPR	SM	51 15
77	66	STEPHEN	ROBINSON	TAD	V40	-

U17,U15, U13

Position	Score	Name	Surname	Club	Cat	Time
1	1	PETER	CHAMBERS	CRO	U15	15 24
2		GEORGE	QUINN	KEN	U17	15 49
3	2	WILL	BUSSEL	S + D	U17	15 58
4	3	JACK	THOROUGHGOOD	CRO	U17	16 04
5	4	PATRICK	LUCAS	CRO	U15	16 29
6	5	ALEX	PENFOLD	S + D	U17	16 51
7	1	JAMES	HANCOCK	S + D	U13	17 02
8		ROBBIE	FRASER	KEN	U17	17 07
9		CORMAC	WHITNEY-LOW	KEN	U15	17 11
10	6	WILLIAM	RADY	HOL	U15	17 31
11	7	BEN	SAVILL	CRO	U17	17 34
12	2	JOSH	HAASZ	CRO	U13	17 34
13	3	BEN	BARRY	S + D	U13	18 05
14	4	DAN	JOHNSON	WOK	U13	18 15
15	5	JOSH	BARTHOLOMEW	S + D	U13	18 20
16	6	DANIEL	HAUGHTON	S + D	U13	18 22
17	8	SAM	KNIGHT	HOL	U15	18 26
18	7	CHRISTIAN	BEALE	WOK	U13	18 28
19	8	JAMES	RADY	HOL	U13	18 33
20	9	STIRLING	GIBBONS	CRO	U13	18 35
21	10	KAPTIK	IYER	CRO	U13	18 38
22	11	LIAM	MILES	HOL	U13	18 47
23	9	THOMAS	RADY	HOL	U17	18 54
24	12	KEIR	HEWITSON	S + D	U13	21 17
25	13	CADE	HEWITSON	S + D	U13	21 56
26	10	CAMERON	STARR	S + D	U15	24 37

28^th November 2009

Patrick Lucas continued his breakthrough season at apace on Saturday, with a fourth place finish at the Roundshaw Downs Time Trial writes Matthew Kiernan.

The 14 year-old Croydon Harrier clocked a new personal best time of 19:16 over the undulating 5km cross-country course, and was the first junior athlete home in the process.

His nearest rival for the junior honours was club colleague Stirling Gibbons, who crossed the line in a time of 22:00, for 12^th place out of the 52 finishers.

Meanwhile Croydon Harriers senior men’s team produced a solid display at the South of Thames cross-country championships in West Wickham.

Croydon finished 16^th out of the 27 teams, in the 200-strong field, thanks to the scoring quartet of David Brown (67^th, 33:08), Colin Oxlade (70^th, 33:16) Julian Dillow (77^th, 33:49) and Martin Rowe (125^th, 37:08).

There was also non-scoring support from Andrew Del Nevo (128^th, 37:28) Keith Brown (151^st, 39:28) and Norman Hemming (153^rd, 39:36) over the 5-mile race.

Miriam De Souza was the first woman home for Croydon, finishing 43^rd.

Inter County and London Cross Country Championships, Parliament Hill 21st November 2009

By Mike Fleet »

Croydon Harriers' young cross country ace Peter Chambers came away with three medals from the Inter County and London Cross Country Championships on Saturday.

Having held back at the start of the legendary course, the Trinity schoolboy eased himself into contention as the course unravelled and appeared to be closing on the Hertfordshire runner in front of him on the final downhill stretch but had to settle for a clear second.

He was though named London Champion and was first home for the Surrey team which finished in third, giving the 14 year-old one gold, one silver and one bronze medal.

In Stoke, two other young Harriers acquitted themselves well in County Schools colours as Patrick Lucas took seventh in the U15 race and Joshua Haasz was ninth in the U13 event.

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