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May 10th Sarah McIIwain-Bates takes gold in the Discus with
28.82 at the Essex champs. Sarah along with a number of other Chelmsford
athletes made their impression on day 1 at Colchester. Other winners were
Anna Parkins in the U13 LJ in 4.26, this was a Chelmsford 1,2,3 with Silver
going to Ellie Besford and Bronze to Elizabeth Ridley. Laura Condron won
the 1500m for U15G, Marc Reynolds took the U13 1500 gold and Deji Akande in the
200m for u15's.Whilst in the U17 pole Vault Michael Read improved the club
record to 3.40 and took bronze medal in the process. Essex
May 5th 4th place for Hannah Besford in a very competitive
Pentathlon. Hannah added 200 points to her pb on Monday in doing so she
improved her SP pb to 7.68 and 800 pb to 2.56.42 making a total of 2282.
In the boys Harry McQueen and Sam Bailey finished a 6th 12th respectively in
their first championship multli event. Harry produced a 1792 score, whilst
Sam finished with 1735. Essex
April 30th A good start to our SWL campaign with a runner up
finish against a strong Herts team. Match highlights go to Rebecca Quinlan
and Lauren Longhurst, who broke club records with personal bests. Becky
trimmed over 1.5 secs off her 300mh time to a new pb of 49.1. Lauren
improved her TJ best to 10.64 and increased the club record by 20cms. In
the 800m Chelmsford completed a age group double with U15 international Laura
Condron having a tough battle prior to clinching victory in 2.19.3, Gemma
Phillips provided an excellent B string victory in 2.29.6. Not to be out
done the seniors pair of Emma Haley and Claire Hayes also won both strings with
good performances. SWL
April 24th Despite the opposition including a strong Havering
team and a good West Suffolk squad we secured an early session victory in this competitive
league. Four of the 6 age groups had clear wins which is very encouraging
for the season ahead. Holly Manning began her season with a club record in
the 80mh in 11.9 and U15 Elise walker picked up a great double in the 100/200 EYAL
April 17th An away trip to local club Colchester saw our track
season begin with a good victory in the Anglian League. Age group victories to
the U13G, senior ladies, U13B and senior men, with at least a top 3 finish to
the rest. Mark Hunt continues his fine form with a 400/800 double in the U15b
also Liam Sneath got his season underway with a TJ victory in 10.88. Senior
Decathlete Alex Gibson showed some early season strength winning 5 events and
throwing well, almost equaling his pb in the shot with a 13.62 putt. A strong
under 13 girls team allowed few points to slip away Rachel Gibbs, Georgia
Crossland, Ellie Besford and Sophie Gigg deserve special mention. A club record
went to Yvonne Mtangadura in the TJ with her leap of 10.43. Results
April 10th Club Athletes were active this weekend at 2 track
opens. Mark Hunt increased his Gold medal tally with an outdoor pb at the
Hercules
Wimbledon open in a time of 2.08.4. Many others visited Havering
for their 2nd open of the season. Michael Read in the Pole vault
claimed
an U17 club record with his 3.10 vault, Tash Christian now a JM ran a 11.1/22.3
for the 100m/200m, whilst fellow sprinter Sam Boxall u17M ran 11.7/23.8 for the
same pair. In the U13boys Philip Whittaker opened his season with 14.5/30.5/4.05
in the 100/200/LJ.
In the women Louise Wood ran a 12.6/15.5 in the
100/100mh. Sarah Brown JW completed a double in the 100m/200m in
12.9/26.8, so
her season has got off to a good start. Becky Quinlan improved her
club record in the U17W 300mh with a new time of 50.3, Annie Dunn
ran a good
race to win the U15G 800m in 2.32.9. Alex Lusty and Hannah Besford had a tussle
over first and second with Alex taking the
honours with a 4.92 leap. Up
and coming hurdler Ellie Besford completed a double with victories in the 70mh
and long jump in 12.8/4.12
Full results on the H&M site
The happy bunch of award winners at this years ceremony.
There were some notable achievements recongised by the club this year. A full list of winners here.
Best performance male went to Matt Tong, best performance female was awarded to
Rebecca French and best perf cup went to Emma Haley.
Many achieved top 10
placing's in the UK rankings and have been supported by Chelmsford Borough
Council with financial assistance with their training. These people
included Lewis Taylor, Matt Tong, Rebecca French and Hannah Besford.
April 2nd Making her International debut, Junior Laura
Condron claimed 3rd place and a bronze to help her England team won the
team gold at this years ESAA SIAB match at Northop in Wales. Laura
ran her leg in 13.00, just 2 seconds behind 2nd and 6 seconds behind
first, it must have been an exciting final 100m.
March 26th An excellent day for all those visiting
Melbourne Park for our Easter Saturday Spring Medal Open. Many
thanks to all those who entered and all those who helped to make the day
successful and there were 300+ entries. Well done to Lewis Taylor
who broke the club record with a massive 15.39 shot throw in the U15
boys.. Results
March 25th The 10k results from last year have now been
published. Apologies for the considerable delay.
Results
March 13th
It was a bronze team medal for the Chelmsford men's team at this years
road relay champs at Melbourne. The team of Dave Tullett (19.30),
James Williams (18.56), R Prout (19.40) and Garon Heslop (20.00).
Basildon were the strong winners with a record leg run by Rob Denmark in
17.48.
March 12th
Laura Condron made huge contribution to the Essex English Schools team by
taking Bronze in Norwich at the Championships. Under 15 Laura has
had many notable successes in Essex League and South of England
Champs. This now earns Laura a well deserved England call up.
Fellow Chelmsford Athlete Frances Cliffe ran well to finish 22nd in the
Senior event. Results
Feb 25th/26th Mark Hunt made himself at home in the two days
of the AAA indoor champs at Birmingham. Mark won
Bronze on Saturday in the 800m after leading from the gun to the last
corner, he was eventually beaten by the welsh runner who managed to break
the welsh record over this distance, Mark's time was 2' 07.60 seconds
(exactly the same time as the silver medal winner.) This is a PB by nearly
3 seconds. On Sunday he went one better and won
Silver in the 400m, leading from gun to last corner again, and was then
only passed by last years 3A's outdoor champion, Marks time was 53.74
seconds, another PB by nearly 2 seconds and is a new Chelmsford AC record.
Under 15/7 Results
Feb 19th
The Essex indoor champs had a great day 1 for
Chelmsford athletes. Fantastic performances by the Besford sisters.
Hannah taking Gold in the U15 long jump in an indoor pb of 4.87,
whilst young Ellie won the hurdles in a pb of 10.5. Alex Lusty took 2nd
place in the U15 lj.
Jan 17th/18th The top team from Chelmsford had
a successful and enjoyable day at the multi's. Rebecca French won
the U17 , Senior man Alex Gibson
took silver with a club record of 3475.
Matt Tong maintained his invincible form taking Gold with a club record of
3214points. Senior lady
Siobham Dennehy won bronze with 3082 and under 15
Hannah Besford took another bronze in 2627. Results
Jan 10th/11th Lewis Taylor struck silver with
a 13.65 shot throw in the u15's, Hannah Besford begun her medal hunt in
2005 taking a long jump silver
with 467 in the u15's, Lyndsey North
narrowly missed a semi final place by 1/100 of a sec in the u17's 60m.
Lauren Longhurst made a double medal haul with a silver in the long and a
bronze in the triple in the u20's. Result
set