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.

Surrey Cross Country League - Division IV

Saturday 14th November, 2009 Lloyd Park, Croydon

The Harriers seniors improved their Surrey League promotion hopes with a second team place in their Division Four match, with James Buchanan an excellent third overall.

Senior, Junior & Veteran Men - 5 miles

POS	Score	Surname	First Name	Age Grp	Club	Time
1	1	Connor	James	SM	KEN	29.58
2	2	Phillips	Richard	SM	KEN	30.46
3	3	Buchannan	James	SM	CRO	31.06
4	4	Munn	Richard	SM	KEN	31.24
5	5	Kizitoa	Mike	SM	KEN	31.55
6	6	Saunders	Phil	SM	KEN	32.05
7	7	Morton	Andy	SM	KEN	32.19
8	8	Nippard	Andrew	SM	SRS	32.22
9	9	Haze	Lee	SM	KEN	32.53
10	10	Batchelor	Richard	SM	WAV	32.54
11	11	Wright	Ian	M45	CRO	33.15
12	12	Fraser	Callum	JM	KEN	33.32
13	13	Farqueson	Andy	M40	KEN	33.35
14	14	Giles	Martin	SM	SRS	34.09
15	15	Movian	Rawlston	SM	KEN	34.18
16	16	Purle	Craig	SM	CRO	34.53
17	17	Bamber	Steven	SM	SRS	35.03
18	18	Carpenter	Dan	SM	TAD	35.18
19	19	Brown	David	SM	CRO	35.27
20	20	O'Callaghan	Paul	SM	TAD	35.29
21	21	Ross	Dave	V	COL	35.33
22	22	Dillow	Julian	M50	CRO	35.35
23	NS	Hancock	Nick	M40	S&D	35.46
24	23	Oxlade	Colin	M50	CRO	35.58
25	24	Del Nevo	Andy	M40	CRO	36.00
26	25	Woolway	Tom	SM	DPR	36.17
27	26	Williamson	Dave	M40	TAD	36.21
28	27	Allen	Brett	M40	LIN	36.23
29	28	Kanplankiran	Ail Ihsan	SM	CRO	36.26
30	NS	Mays	Quarsar	JM	KEN	36.33
31	29	Fuller	James	SM	TAD	36.38
32	30	Catt	Chris	SM	SRS	36.45
33	31	Newton	Geoff	M60	TAD	36.49
34	32	Green	Charles	M40	SRS	37.21
35	33	Mangioni	Chris	SM	DPR	37.52
36	34	Edwards	Alan	M55	WAV	38.01
37	35	Rowe	Martin	M35	CRO	38.09
38	36	Walsh	Bill	V	COL	38.12
39	NS	Harah	Ahmed	JM	KEN	38.13
40	37	Dillworth	Jason	SM	CRO	38.16
41	38	McIntyre	Tim	M50	SRS	38.18
42	39	Hutton	Steven	M50	TAD	38.29
43	40	Lloyd	Martin	V	COL	38.35
44	41	English	George	V	LIN	39.05
45	42	Jones	Rob	SM	DPR	39.10
46	NS	Morton	Adam	SM	KEN	39.20
47	43	Rand	Peter	M55	TAD	39.22
48	NS	Garner	Andy	M50	KEN	39.39
49	44	Stalley	Andy	V	COL	39.48
50	45	Moorhouse	Tony	M40	SRS	40.03
51	NS	Sahole	Biriam	JM	KEN	40.11
52	46	Miller	Graham	M40	SRS	40.12
53	47	Beeton	Ian	M40	WAV	40.14
54	48	Butson	Geoff	M40	SRS	40.29
55	49	Lane	Spencer	SM	DPR	40.33
56	50	Clapp	Sonny	SM	SRS	40.54
57	51	Toplis	Paul	SM	DPR	41.04
58	52	Smith	David	SM	DPR	41.08
59	NS	Moyce	Aaron	SM	CRO	41.33
60	53	Cooksey	Andy	M50	TAD	41.58
61	NS	Graham-Close	Phillip	M40	SRS	41.59
62	54	Pointer	Nigel	V	COL	42.08
63	NS	Hemming	Norman	M55	CRO	42.19
64	NS	Brown	Keith	M50	CRO	42.33
65	NS	Anderson	Matt	SM	CRO	42.44
66	55	Sheriff	Tom	M50	TAD	42.45
67	56	Porton	Tom	SM	DPR	42.47
68	NS	Barber	Michael	SM	SRS	43.20
69	NS	Hadlow	Ted	M60	KEN	43.26
70	57	Aylett	Tim	V	LIN	43.32
71	58	Cranken	Michael	SM	DPR	43.32
72	NS	Barber	James	M40	SRS	43.37
73	NS	Robinson	John	M50	SRS	43.38
74	59	Wright	Andy	SM	LIN	43.59
75	60	Catlow	Nigel	SM	TAD	44.16
76	61	Allen	Paul	V	LIN	44.38
77	62	Griffiths	Tim	SM	DPR	44.39
78	NS	Hockings	Graham	M55	TAD	44.47
79	NS	Warren	Dave	M50	CRO	44.59
80	63	Phillips	Len	M40	WAV	45.08
81	NS	Dawson	Mike	M35	CRO	45.29
82	64	Clark	Paddy	M60	WAV	45.32
83	65	Simmons	Bernard	SM	DPR	45.42
84	NS	Black	Mike	M55	TAD	45.44
85	NS	Harris	Dave	SM	DPR	36.38
86	NS	Aster	Mark	SM	SRS	47.27
87	66	Piper	Mark	V	LIN	47.43
88	NS	Woodhead	Glenn	SM	DPR	47.44
89	67	Showbridge	Eric	V	LIN	47.48
90	NS	Campbell	Eric	M40	CRO	48.38
91	NS	Fernandez	Ian	SM	DPR	49.35
92	NS	Ruiz	Leon	SM	DPR	50.52
93	NS	Robinson	Stephen	M60	TAD	52.07

	Team Summary Senior, Junior and Veteran Men 5 miles.
	Collingw'd	Croydon	Dulwich Park	Lingfield	Sutton	Tadworth	Waverley	Kent
	AC	Harriers	Runners	Runners	Runners	AC	Harriers	AC
1	21	3	25	27	8	18	10	1
2	36	11	33	41	14	20	34	2
3	40	16	42	57	17	26	47	4
4	44	19	49	59	30	29	63	5
5	54	22	51	61	32	31	64	6
6	74	23	52	66	38	39	74	7
7	74	24	56	67	45	43	74	9
8	74	28	58	74	46	53	74	12
9	74	35	62	74	48	55	74	13
10	74	37	65	74	50	60	74	15
	565	218	493	600	328	374	588	74	3240
Positions:	6	2	5	8	3	4	7	1
Scores B/F:	563	263	419	600	245	270	724	156	3240
TOTALS:	1128	481	912	1200	573	644	1312	230	6480
Positions:	6	2	5	7	3	4	8	1

Boys under 15 and Men under 17 - 2.5 miles
POS	Score	Surname	First Name	Age Grp	Club	Time
1	1	Penfold	Alex	M17	S&D	17.13
2	2	Rady	William	B15	HOL	18.21
3	3	Rady	Thomas	M17	HOL	20.12
4	4	Starr	Cameron	B15	S/D	24.08
5	5	Maryin	Luke	B15	S/D	36.05

	Team Summary
	Croydon	Sutton &	Holland	Woking	14 other clubs
	Harriers	District AC	Sports	AC
1	48	1	2	48	Match 1	Match 2
2	48	4	3	48	14 x 247.5	14 x 240
3	48	5	48	48	Total: 3465	Total:: 3360
4	48	48	48	48
5	48	48	48	48
Score:	240	106	149	240	3360	4095
Positions:	3=	1	2	3=
B/Forward:	200	111	159.5	159.5	3465	4095
Total Score:	440	217	308.5	399.5
Positions:	4	1	2	3	5=	8190

Boys under 13 - 2.5 miles
Pos	Score	Surname	First Name	Club	Time
	1	Hancock	James	S&D	17.47
	2	Haasz	Joshua	CRO	18.12
	3	Bartholomew	Josh	S&D	18.22
	4	Rady	James	HOL	18.31
	5	Barry	Ben	S&D	18.35
	6	Iyer	Kartik	CRO	19.18
	7	Haughton	Daniel	S&D	19.55
	8	Miles	Liam	HOL	20.07
	9	Johnson	Daniel	WOK	20.13
	10	Gibbons	Stirling	CRO	21.30
	11	Knight	Josh	HOL	22.12
	12	Kerr	James	S&D	22.37
	13	Coen	Daniel	HOL	24.32

			Team Summary
	Croydon	Sutton&	Holland	Woking	14 other clubs
	Harriers	District AC	Sports	AC
1	2	1	4	9	Match 1	Match 2
2	6	3	8	52	14 x 265	14 x 260
3	10	5	11	52	3710	Total 3640
4	52	7	13	52
5	52	12	52	52
Score:	122	28	88	217	3640	4095
Positions:	3	1	2	4
B/Forward:	146	23	84	132	3710	4095
Total Score:	268	51	172	349	7350	8190
Positions:	3	1	2	4	5=

Downs League, Epsom Downs 8th November 2009

Croydon Harriers enjoy Downs League wins

By Mike Fleet »

Croydon Harriers youngsters enjoyed a fine start in the Downs Cross Country league at Epsom on Sunday.

They registered two individual wins and a team victory to set up the series well.

Their U13 squad, led home in the best possible way by the tigerish first placer Harvey Stainthorpe, took the keenly contested team win.

Trinity boy Stainthorpe struck decisively for the finish with about 50m remaining.

Next home was the fast improving Kartik Iyer in eighth and the clubs A scoring quartet was completed by Stirling Gibbons in tenth and Andrew Statter in eleventh.

Stevie Lawrence in fifteenth was the third girl finisher in the field of 38.

In form U15 Patrick Lucas ran clear in his category to win by nearly a minute, a performance all the more creditable for he had won a tough Surrey Schools League race at Oxted the previous day, when running for John Fisher School.

News Story October 09

Croydon triple jumper Trevor Okoroafor is targeting success at London 2012 after being rescued from a two-year injury nightmare by a new sponsor.

The 19-year-old, once ranked third in the world for his age group, has barely jumped in the last two years because of a stress fracture to his back and then a tear in his right knee.

With money running low, the Croydon Harrier considered giving up the sport altogether during his lay-off before the Global Sponsorship Group picked him as one of six athletes it would sponsor and provide full management for in the lead up to 2012.

"They have rescued me from the scrapheap," said the former Archbishop Lanfranc pupil currently studying Sports Science at Middlesex University.

"When I was offered it I was down to the bare bones, I had practically nothing.

"But they have given me the platform now to be the best I can be."

Okoroafor took up triple jumping when he was 15 on the advice of friends and looked set for big things.

In his first full year of competition he won the English Schools U17 Championships and the AAA U17 Championships, rising to third in the world with a jump of 15.37m in 2007 before his injury hell began.

"I got a stress fracture in my back and missed a whole year and a half before tearing my lateral meniscus in my knee, which saw me miss the whole of the juniors.

"It was really frustrating and I even contemplated my future in the sport.

"But now GSG has come along and given me a lifeline.

"I am in the final stages of my rehabilitation project at the moment and things are going to be better.

"I would definitely like to come out in 2010 and jump but I am not going to say exactly what I want to do because I did that last year then got injured again.

"The long term aim though is the Olympics.

"I know if I am fit and everything is going properly I can make the Great Britain team."

Croydon 10K Sunday 18^th October

http://www.croydon10k.com

Surrey XC League Div 4, match 1 @ Cranford Park 9^th October 2009.

Croydon Harriers’ cross-country team got their Surrey league campaign off to a promising start on Saturday, with a third place finish at Cranford Park writes Matthew Kiernan.

Chasing promotion after being disappointingly relegated to the league’s fourth tier last season, Croydon needed a strong start and got one thanks to prodigious talent James Buchanan.

The 26 year-old led the 13-strong team home in a time of 26.53 over the five-mile course, to finish third.

The Harriers proceeded to pack the latter half of the top 20, with Ian Wright (11^th, 30:09), David Brown (16^th, 30.33), Colin Oxlade (18^th, 30.41) and Julian Dillow (19^th, 30.42) all in close contention.

The scoring team of ten was completed by Adam Schooz (25^th, 31:55), Andy Del Nevo (29^th, 32.28), Ali Kaplankiran (40^th, 33:39), Aaron Noyce (48^th, 34:31) and Keith Brown (64^th, 37:13).

Meanwhile, Mark Plackett was narrowly beaten in the 2.5mile U17 race, having to settle for second in a time of 15.31.

The U13 team also enjoyed a podium finish, with Andrew Statter, Ben Gales and Tim McGrath ensuring third place out of the nine competing teams.

English Schools Championship multi-eventer 19th-20th September 2009

CROYDON Harrier Kariym Irving gave further indication of his potential as a multi-eventer last weekend, when he finished eighth of 38 in the decathlon in the English Schools Championship at Bedford.

The first year Under 20 produced a score of 6,018 points, which constituted a new club record. His achievement is the more exciting since he is in his first months of pole vaulting, and needs to work on his 400m and 1,500m runs.

The John Fisher student top scored in his favourite discus, earning 772 points with a throw of 45.23m. His crisp 100m hurdles run in 16.6sec also topped the 700-point mark. Irving's other performances were: 100m 11.81sec, long jump 6.34m, shot 11.98m, high jump 1.84m, 400m 57.7sec and 1,500m 5:14.

Faraz Rafi (U15) scored 2,193 points in the pentathlon to place 28th

Surrey Road Relays @ Wimbledon 12^th September 2009

Croydon Harrier’s road runners enjoyed their most successful outing in three years at the Surrey relay championships on Saturday writes Matthew Kiernan.

The Harriers finished 14^th in the six stage relay at Wimbledon and showed encouraging signs ahead of the upcoming cross country season.

Andrew Del Nevo (18:34, 18^th) got Croydon off to a solid start, while George Thatcher starred on 2^nd leg, moving up three places with the club’s fastest time of the day of 16:13.

David Brown (17:27), Julian Dillow (18:13) and Keith Brown (18:35) maintained Croydon in 15^th, before Colin Oxlade (17:50) anchored the team home to pip Striders of Croydon by just three seconds to place 14^th out of the 21 teams who finished.

14^th	1:46:32
Andy Del Nevo	18:14
George Thatcher	16:13
David Brown	17:27
Julian Dillow	18:13
Keith Brown	18:35
Colin Oxlade	17:50

http://www.belgraveharriers.com/results/Surrey_RR_2009/SM.pdf – full results