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01/05/2013  Eastern Veterans League - Corby  details
The Huntingdonshire AC veteran women's track team made a little bit of club history at the opening Eastern Veterans Athletics League match when, in the clubs sixth season, claimed its first-ever team victory. With team manager Penny Butcher working hard to fill all the events, the Hunts AC women finished two points ahead of Wellingborough AC who, in turn, was a further point ahead of Corby AC. One of the outstanding performers was Maggie Mulholland, who reduced her own recent club veterans 1500m record by a huge 13 seconds, and later teamed up with Sarah Peatman, Catherine Gregorious and Hannah Stirley as she anchored the medley relay team to a new club record, taking almost 15 seconds off the old time. Karen Cameron had earlier set the ball rolling in the first event of the meet by winning the 2000m walk. In the W35 section, Hannah Stirley claimed double victory with firsts in the long jump and the hammer. In the W45 category, Sharron Kenyon finished first in the high jump, while Penny Butcher gained the win in the hammer throw. Sharron and Penny later joined forces with Sandra Pedley and Karen Cameron to place first in the W45 medley relay. Similar to the womens team, the Hunts AC veteran men also won their team competition, beating Bedford & County AC in a league meet for the first time. The mens team win was even more emphatic with a 12-point margin of victory which is significant for a four-team competition. In the first race of the meet, team manager Wayne DuBose started the slew of first places with his first-ever win in a walking event, the 2000mW. He was superbly backed up by Mike Hayball who took the B string win. With no M35 athletes available to Hunts AC at this meet, Wayne "took one for the team" by dropping down a couple of age categories. Despite this, and despite having to "endure" the 1500m to gain points, Wayne surprise all by winning the M35 shot putt, albeit by just 3 cms. Individual wins were in abundance with Peter Downhill claiming first in the M40 long jump, while Bob Ellingham took two firsts, in the shot putt and hammer throw in the same age category. The M50 group was no less impressive as Geoff Brewster took the 1500m, Richard Phelan the high jump and John Edwards the hammer throw. Richard and Geoff also ran in the victorious medley relay team along with Derek Darnell and Richard Holland. The clubs sole (and therefore vital) M60 athlete, Willie Bradley, made his usual excellent contribution with wins in the long jump and shot putt. The next veterans league meet will be back at Corby on Wednesday, 5th June.

Men: 2000m Walk A Wayne DuBose 13:25.5 (1), B Mike Hayball 13:40.4 (1); (M35): 1500m Wayne DuBose (3); Long Jump Wayne DuBose 3.06 (3); Shot Putt Wayne DuBose 8.94 (1); (M40): 100m Peter Downhill 13.1 (2); 400m Peter Downhill 56.7 (2); 1500 Ian Day 4:54.6 (4); Long Jump Peter Downhill 4.42 (1); High Jump 1.20 Peter Downhill (2); Shot Putt Bob Ellingham 8.05 (1); Hammer Bob Ellingham 33.82 (1); Medley Relay - Mike Hayball (200m), Wayne DuBose (200m), Ian Day (400m), Peter Downhill (800m) - 4:39.7 (4); (M50): 100m Richard Phelan 1.38 (3); 400m Derek Darnell 64.2 (2); 1500m Geoff Brewster 5:07.4 (1); Long Jump Richard Phelan 4.73 (2); High Jump Richard Phelan 1.50 (1); Shot Putt John Edwards 8.69 (2); Hammer John Edwards 35.43 (1); Medley Relay - Richard Phelan, Geoff Brewster, Derek Darnell, Richard Holland - 4:36.6 (1); (M60): Willie Bradley - 100m 14.9 (3), 400m 70.6 (2), 1500m 6:37.1 (2); Long Jump 3.67 (1), Shot Putt 9.15 (1); Team scores - 1 Hunts AC 82, 2 Bedford 69, 3 Wellingborough 56, 4 Corby 40

Women: 2000m Walk A Karen Cameron 13:42.6 (1), B Sarah Peatman 15:20 (2); (W35): 100m Hannah Stirley 15.2 (2); 400m Sarah Peatman 93.5 (4); 1500m Maggie Mulholland 5:46.6 (1) Club Veterans Record; Long Jump Hannah Stirley 3.57 (1); High Jump Sarah Peatman 1.05 (3); Shot Putt Catherine Gregorious 5.06 (2); Hammer Hannah Stirley 17.88 (1), non-scoring Catherine Gregorious 13.47; Medley Relay - Sarah Peatman (200m), Catherine Gregorious (200m), Hannah Stirley (400m), Maggie Mulholland (800m) - 5:53.1 (4) Club Record; (W45): 100m Sandra Pedley 16.9 (2); Sandra Pedley 84.7 (2); 1500m Karen Cameron 6:22.6 (3); Long Jump Sharron Kenyon 3.24 (2); High Jump Sharron Kenyon 1.20 (1); Shot Putt Penny Butcher 5.08 (3); Hammer Penny Butcher 12.77 (1); Medley Relay - Sharron Kenyon (200m), Penny Butcher (200m), Sandra Pedley (400m), Karen Cameron (800m) - 6:16.0 (1); Team scores - 1 Hunts AC 52, 2 Wellingborough 50, Corby 49, Bedford 36

Photos: http://huntsac.zenfolio.com/evac_may_2013

04/05/2013  Cambridge Parkrun 5k, Milton Park  details
12 Geoff Brewster 18:43, 83 Maggie Mulholland 22:49, 105 Gareth Westhorp 23:58 (332 finishers)

04/05/2013   Coastal trail Marathon  details
Andy Richardson headed up to his homeland in Yorkshire today to take on a coastal trail marathon and earned himself a silver medal. He finished 3rd overall and was 2nd Male. His time of 4 hours and 10 mins showed how tough the course was.

04/05/2013  Huntingdon Parkrun 5k, Hinchingbrooke Park   details
Hunts AC gained its second winner in as many weeks as Dave Connell successfully returned to action for the first time this year after a series on injuries. 1 Dave Connell 18:23, 5 Shane Hunt 19:51, 9 Ian Marshall 20:31, 27 Lauri Watt 23:44, 82 Sarah Peatman 28:04, 139 Simon Margot 35:18 (167 finishers)

04/05/2013  Wimpole Estate Parkrun 5k  details
19 Charlie Evans 22:17 (139 finishers)

05/05/2013  Grand East Anglian Run 10k, Kings Lynn  details
Two club runners took part in the GEAR 10K, which saw 1557 reach the finish line.
John Uff placed 20th in 34:58 and Simon Rider 142nd in 42:10.

Full results via the link below.

05/05/2013  Fen Drayton 10K  details
13 Club runners took part in the Fen Drayton 10k in very favourable running conditions which saw 363 runners reach the finish line.
Well done to Lee Brooks who led our runners home, finishing in 5th position in a time of 36:31. Our first lady finisher was Kelly Crawford who recorded a very good 44:18 for 49th position.
A special mention also to our 2 teenage runners, Christina Marshall, who picked up a PB, and Annabel McKenzie who, at 16, made her 10k debut.

Full Club results are as follows:

Lee Brooks 5th 36:31
Simon Margot 11th 37:56
Gair Matthews 24th 40:52
Ian Marshall 44th 43:48
Kelly Crawford 49th 44:18
Christina Marshall 66th 46:03
Peter German 79th 47:24
Louis Budworth 85th 47:55
Karen Cameron 113th 49:48
Pauline Stocker 149th 53:21
Annabel McKenzie 179th 54:59
Juliet Fuller 183rd 55:05
Nick Abbey 244th 59:07

Meanwhile, in the 2.3K Fun Run, congratulations to Andrew Worrall who was the overall winner & 1st O'11 runner. His sister, Francesca, was second overall, and 1st Girl. Polly Smith was 2nd Girl, and Amelia Darnell 3rd. Sebastian Darnell was 1st in the U11's race. Sisters Ellen and Frannie Chapman, and Barnaby Smith also ran well.

Full results via the link below.

06/05/2013  Herts County Open Meet, Stevenage  details
300m Alexandra Fox 50.53 (5)

06/05/2013  Milton Keynes Marathon  details
In contrast to last year's race, run in heavy downpours and on a partly flooded course, this year's MK Marathon saw sunshine and bright blue skies. For the rest of us this was welcome but it was perhaps slightly hotter than the runners would have liked. In the total of 2041 finishers in the race, the Club had 4 runners, including Steve Church, taking part in his second ever marathon, the first only 3 weeks previously.
Steve was our first finisher, recording 3:15:42 for 88th place, followed by Wayne Gimblett in 3:16:42, 96th, Andrew Enticknap 3:41:56, 344th, and Tim Hyde 4:34:41, 1194th

Well done all.

Full results via the link below.

07/05/2013  5-mile Handicap Race  details
While Kevin Baulk came in first in the club’s monthly 5-mile handicap race by over a minute, Karen Gracey, Jude Jones and Yvette Adamson all made inroads into the club’s all-time rankings. Karen improved 8 seconds on her personal best with 38:05 to climb from 21st to 19th in the rankings. Jude knocked 17 seconds off her best to rise from 29th to 27th while Yvette lowered her best time by 23 seconds to climb from 48th to 46th.

1 Kevin Baulk 55:44 (41:46), 2 Sam Boyd 56:49 (42:51), 3 Barry Wild 57:11 (33:52), 4 Jude Jones 57:43 (39:40), 5 Shane Hunt 57:44 (29:44), 6 Hilary McConville 57:50 (43:52), 7 Alan Burgin 57:55 (34:59), 8 Dominic Weaver 58:20 (35:19), 9 Juliet Fuller 58:35 (43:41), 10 Di Gannon 59:02 (44:06), 11 Karen Cameron 59:07 (41:42), 12 Jeff Chapman 59:12 (36:58), 13 David Stratford 59:21 (44:40), 14 Karen Gracey 59:23 (38:05), 15 Alex Smith 59:30 (29:38), 16 Yvette Adamson 59:37 (42:10), 17 Rob Tinkler 59:48 (40:13), 18 Graham Walker 59:59 (37:45), 19 Peter German 61:08 (37:49), 20 Tara Dundon 61:21 (40:16), 21 David Hetherington 61:34 (45:00), 22 Sarah Peatman 62:32 (47:52), 23 Sam Lowings 65:02 (50:13) - Actual times in brackets

08/05/2013  Cambridgeshire County Development Meet - St Ives  details
In the Cambridgeshire County Development Meet at St Ives track, which incorporated the 3000m county championship races, 18-year-old Eleanor Smith successfully defended her Under 20 Women’s title by a clear six seconds. Her sister, Polly, who turned 15 that very day, gave herself a birthday present by claiming the silver medal in the Under 17 Women’s race. Meanwhile, Francesca Worrall picked up silver in the Under 15 Girls championship race. Just prior to the 400m races, Samantha Johnson was getting ready to cheer on son Tom in the main race when she overheard a conversation nearby which centred on Tom. Lined up against five athletes all sporting Cambridge University vests, the presumption was that Tom, who was not wearing a CU vest, was probably going to finish a long way behind. By winning the race by 20 metres in 49.64 secs, which ranks him as the 23rd fastest Junior in the country, Tom quickly ended that conversation. Also successful over the 400m distance were brothers Jared Amos who won the second race by four seconds and Luke who picked up the win in the third race. Elsewhere, Under 13 Girl Frannie Chapman gained a hat-trick of victories with firsts in her heats of the 100m and 200m and a comfortable win in the shot putt. Other sprint wins came from Julian Priest in the Under 11 Boys 80m, Molly Gregorious and Harriet Bruce in their 100m races, Adam Taylor in the U11B 150m, and George Youngs and Aleta Fraylich in their respective 200m races. Out in the field, Julian Priest picked up his second win of the meet with a first place in the long jump, while 17-year-old Alex Knox-Hooke went to the top of the club rankings as he won his competition with 5.56 metres.

400m: Race 1 - 1 Thomas Johnson U20M 49.64; Race 2 - 1 Jared Amos U20M 55.18, 4 Richard Phelan M50 63.93; Race 3 - 1 Luke Amos U17M 60.30, 3 Lily Seach U20W 62.73; 800m: Race 1 - 3 Luke Scott U20M 2:01.98; Race 2 - 4 Derek Darnell M50 2:28.75, 7 Ella Blake U17W 2:29.01, 8 Ian Day M40 2:29.62, 9 Geoff Brewster M50 2:29.68, 11 Siobhan Skinner SW 2:43.04; Race 3 - 2 Andrew Worrall U13B 2:36.61; Race 4 - 2 Lucy Waller U15G 2:53.18, 3 Caitlyn Procter U13G 2:56.52, 7 Emily Purbrick U13G 3:08.43, 10 Daisy Crawley-Queen U13G 3:18.41; 100m (minus 3-4 m/s windspeed): Race 2 - 3 Fred Williams U17M 12.4; Race 3 - 4 George Seach U17M 12.8; Race 4 - 6 Kate Reed U17G 14.6; Race 5 - 2 Alisha Morgan U15G 15.0; Race 6 - 7 Alexandra Fox U17W 15.6; Race 7 - 1 Molly Gregorious U15G 14.92, 2 Aleta Fraylich U15G 15.40, 3 Charlie Batterbee U15B 15.41; Race 8 - 1 Harriet Bruce U13G 15.07, 2 James Roberts U13B 15.58, 7 Caitlyn Procter U13G 16.51; Race 9 - 1 Frannie Chapman U13G 15.52, 3 Emily Purbrick U13G 16.61, 5 Eleanor Phipps U13G 16.80; 80m: Race 1 - 1 Julian Priest U11B 12.3, 2 Adam Taylor U11B 12.4, 3 Joseph Purbrick U11B 12.5, 4 Nathan Hilton U11B 12.7; 200m (minus 3-4 m/s windspeed): Race 2 - 3 Jared Amos U20M 25.10; Race 3 - 2 Luke Amos U17M 27.73; Race 4 - 6 Kate Reed U17W 30.27; Race 7 - 1 George Youngs U15B 30.47, 2 Molly Gregorious U15G 30.56, 3 Harriet Bruce U13G 33.01; Race 8 - 1 Aleta Fraylich U15G 31.06, 2 Charlie Batterbee U15G 31.67; Race 9 - 1 Frannie Chapman U13G 33.32, 2 James Roberts U13B 34.44, 3 Sebastian Darnell U13B 35.81, 4 Megan Cantwell U13G 35.94; 150m - 1 Adam Taylor U11B 24.46, 2 Joseph Purbrick U11B 24.64, 3 Julian Priest U11B 25.36, 4 Nathan Hilton U11B 26.33; 3000m Open Graded (incl. Cambs Championships): Race 1 - 5 Alex Ellwood U17M 11:06.6, 7 Eleanor Smith U20W 11:14.1, 10 Francesca Worrall U15G 11:41.5, 11 Polly Smith U17W 11:47.4; Race 2 - 10 Kelly Crawford SW 12:16.5, 11 Margaret Mulholland W45 12:16.9; Race 3 - 11 Lee Brooks SM 10:08.4, 13 Ian Day M40 10:53.1; Shot Putt: U13G - 1 Frannie Chapman 6.58, 2 Mia Fairbrother-Burton 5.15, 3 Megan Cantwell 4.86, 4 Eleanor Phipps 3.63; U15G - 3 Charlie Batterbee 7.43; Long Jump: U11B - 1 Julian Priest 3.44, 2 Nathan Hilton 3.41, 3 Adam Taylor 3.33, 5 Joseph Purbrick 3.14; U13G - 2 Harriet Bruce 3.30, 6 Emily Purbrick 3.04, 7 Eleanor Phipps 2.49, 8 Mia Fairbrother-Burton 2.39; U20M - 1 Alex Knox-Hooke 5.56

11/05/2013  Eastern Region Athletics Championship for Disabled People, Chelmsford  details
Congratulations to Calum Briars and Sandra Acton, our pioneering athletes with a disability, who came away from these championships with seven gold medals. Their coach, Paul Morgan, was rightly proud of their achievements. Calum Briars (U16 Class 13): 100m 13.7 (1), 200m 27.2 (1), 400m 60.4 (1), Long Jump 4.62 (1); Sandra Acton (SW Class 37): 60m 20.0 (1), 100m 34.2 (1), Discus 9.53 (1)

12/05/2013  East Anglian League - Luton  details
At the first East Anglian League meet of the season at Luton, Hunts AC declared its intent to qualify as many teams as possible for the Finals in September at Bury St Edmunds. Top of the bunch was the Under 13 Boys team, led by Team Manager Sharron Kenyon, as the athletes romped to an impressive 20-point victory over the second-place team. Although with only one A string win through Joshua Rathjen in the 75m hurdles, along with three B string victories with Alex Ensor also in the sprint hurdles, Jake Balaam in the javelin and Oliver Pocklington in the 800m, the team performed consistently across all 11 events to secure the team win. The Under 13 Girls team finished just four points behind winners Chelmsford AC with a hat-trick of A string first places. In the 70m hurdles, Nicole Covell ran out a comfortable winner, while Harriet Bruce beat the rest of the field in the high jump by a huge 15 cms. Harriet also took first in the B string long jump. The third A string winner, Frannie Chapman, putt the shot out 39 cms in front of her nearest rival. The Under 15 Boys were under strength due to other commitments, but still performed admirably by claiming the second spot in the team competition. Similarly, the Under 15 Girls lacked the numbers required to make an impact but hope to increase their numbers for the remaining meets in order to gain qualification to the Finals. In this age group, Francesca Worrall, who usually focuses on middle distance events, managed to pick up the win in the B string javelin. A few seniors also competed with Christian Roberts winning the 400m by four seconds and Andy Dobson smashing the opposition in the 800m by over six seconds.

Under 11 Girls: Ellen Bullin - 80m 14.4, 600 2:18.0, LJ 2.51
Under 11 Boys: George Hamilton-Smith - 80m 13.6, SP 5.63, LJ 3.01 , Julian Priest - 80m 12.2, 600m 2:16.4, LJ 3.40, Adam Taylor - 80m 12.4, 600m 2:11.2, SP 5.56, Connor Lyden - 80m 12.9, 600m 2:02.1, SP 5.91 , Toby Gray - 600m 2:14.4, LJ 2.61
Under 13 Girls: 100m A Nicole Covell 15.5 (5), B Orla McKee 16.5 (4), n/s Isabella Tibbs 16.0, Eleanor Phipps 16.3, Charlotte Pearce 16.4, Harriet Johnson 16.4, Lilia Hodge 18.5; 200m A Harriet Bruce 31.4 (4), B Orla McKee 34.6 (4), n/s Eleanor Phipps 34.6, Harriet Johnson 35.7, Lilah Wooldridge, Meadow Wooldridge 39.5; 800m A Caitlyn Procter 2:55.3 (3), B Frannie Chapman 2:56.4 (2); 1500m A Emily Purbrick 6:26.0 (3), B Charlotte Pearce 6:39.0 (2); 70mH A Nicole Covell 13.4 (1), B Orla McKee 15.6 (2), n/s Charlotte Pearce 16.4, Isabella Tibbs 16.5; HJ A Harriet Bruce 1.40 (1), B Lilah Wooldridge 1.15 (2), n/s Isabella Tibbs 1.00; LJ A Nicole Covell 3.91 (4), B Harriet Bruce 3.71 (1), n/s Eleanor Phipps 3.34; SP A Frannie Chapman 6.00 (1), B Lilia Hodge 4.23 (2), n/s Harriet Johnson 3.86, Meadow Wooldridge 3.62; DT A Frannie Chapman 10.78 (3), n/s Mia Fairbrother-Burton 13.02; JT n/s Mia Fairbrother-Burton 9.04; 4x100m 62.6 (2); Team result - 1 Chelmsford 102, 2 Hunts AC 98, 3 Luton 97, 4 Leighton Buzzard 48
Under 13 Boys: 100m A Harry England (2), B James Roberts 15.9 (3), n/s Jake Balaam 15.4, George Terry 15.9; 200m A Harry England 28.3 (2), B Oliver Pocklington 31.5 (3), n/s James Roberts 33.0, Nehemiah Goodridge 33.4, Fraser Kerr 34.3; 800m A Andrew Worrall 2:35.8 (2), B Oliver Pocklington 2:40.8 (1), n/s Seb Darnell 2:55.5; 1500m A Harvey Bullin 5:50.4 (5), B George Terry 6:12.3 (2); 75mH A Joshua Rathjen 15.9 (1), B Alex Ensor 16.7 (1); HJ A Joshua Rathjen 1.25 (2), B Fraser Kerr 1.10 (3), n/s Alex Ensor 1.10; LJ A Harry England 4.30 (3), B Jake Balaam 4.06 (1), n/s Josh Rathjen 3.77; SP Harvey Bullin 6.71 (2), B Jake Balaam 6.33 (2), n/s Nathan Coker 4.89; DT A Nehemiah Goodridge 13.62 (2), n/s Fraser Kerr 10.00; JT A Harvey Bullin 24.69 (2), n/s Alex Ensor 16.19; 4x100m 60.8 (2), n/s Jake Balham, Harry England, James Roberts, Harvey Bullin - 69.3; Team result - 1 Hunts A 112, 2 NVH 92
Under 15 Girls: 100m A Alisha Morgan 14.4 (2), B Molly Gregorious 14.3 (3); 200m A Molly Gregorious 30.4 (4); 300m A Aleta Fraylich 47.7 (2); 800m A Charlie Batterbee 3:09.6 (5); 1500m A Francesca Worrall 5:17.8 (3); LJ A Molly Gregorious 3.86 (5); SP A Charlie Batterbee 6.62 (3); DT Charlie Batterbee 15.94 (2); HT A Aleta Fraylich 14.41 (2); JT A Alisha Morgan 7.07 (3), B Francesca Worrall 7.06 (1); 4x100m 56.9 (5); Team results 4th 70 pts
Under 15 Boys: 100m A James Gowland 13.3 (4), B Llewelyn Thomas 13.1 (2); 200m A James Gowland 28.2 (6), B Llewelyn Thomas 26.7 (3); 300m Sam Lawrence 46.4 (4); 800m Sam Edgeley 2:57.7 (5); 1500m A Joey Croft 5:07.2 (5); 80mH A Sam Edgeley 20.0 (3), B Sean Fowler 17.7 (2); HJ A Edward Hick 1.40 (3); LJ A Joey Croft 4.27 (3), Edward Hick 3.56 (4); TJ A James Gowland 7.79 (4); DT A George Youngs 15.70 (3), B Edward Hick 14.54 (2); HT A Sam Lawrence 18.90 (3); JT A Joey Croft 16.92 (3), B George Youngs 14.44 (2); 4x100m 55.5 (2); Team result - 2 Hunts AC 93
Senior Women: 300m A Alex Fox 51.2 (4); 800m A Siobhan Skinner 2:39.6 (4); 1500m A Ella Blake 5:10.5 (2) Senior Men:
400m A Christian Roberts 51.7 (1), B Derek Darnell 63.3 (3); 800m A Andy Dobson 2:00.2 (1)

12/05/2013  Eye 10K Road Race & 3k Fun Run  details
7 Club runners took part in today's Eye 10k, in a field of 438, in cold but windy conditions.
Well done in particular to Lee Brooks and Kelly Crawford in recording new PBs (again!).

Club results as follows.

Lee Brooks 11th 35:56
Andy Richardson 52nd 40:37
Barry Wild 71st 41:55
Kelly Crawford 93rd 43:39
Tara Dundon 254th 51:15
Gary Moran 257th 51:27
Sue Richardson 430th 1:09:42

Full results via the link below.

18/05/2013  Bedford Park Run  details
A very close race by two Club runners in the Bedford Park Run, with Martin Rowe just pipping Sean Barker to the line. Very good runs from both with Martin finishing 3rd in 18:23, and 1st in the 45-49 age category, and Sean 4th in 18:24 for 2nd in the same age category.

18/05/2013  Southern Athletics League - St Ives  details
At the second Southern Athletics League meet of the season, Huntingdonshire AC clinically took apart the opposition with possibly its greatest-ever team performance. A record 42 men and women turned out for this home match, placing first in a staggering 30 events, winning the meet by almost 40 points and setting four club records. The oldest record to fall was the men�s 4x100m relay. Although equalled last year by a junior team, the original record has stood for 20 years and was set by a team of four black American sprinters (Ty Davis, L. Ferrell, M. Smith, K. Tyler) who worked at the local USAF base, RAF Alconbury. With excellent changeovers between Yann Yao, Fred Williams, Tom Johnson and Ryan Palmer, they won the race by almost 10 meters, knocking 0.1 secs off the old record which is quite an accomplishment for a team with an average age of 19 years (with Fred just 16 years old). Ryan and Tom had warmed up nicely for this record-breaking run by winning the A string 100m and 400m, respectively. The next record to fall was in the women�s 1500m where Maggie Mulholland reduced her own veteran�s record by over six seconds. Maggie has now improved the record by over half a minute since she joined the club this year. The third and fourth records to go was by the same person in the same race. Eighteen-year-old Eleanor Smith covered the 2000m steeplechase in 8:42.2 to slash over half a minute from her own junior record and 12 seconds from the senior record. This was Eleanor�s third race of the day, previously running in the 3000m and 1500m. Competing for Hunts AC for the first time, 17-year-old Lauri Watt made quite an impact by winning the long jump by almost half a metre with the furthest distance by a club member in the past six years. Exceeding even that, Lauri won the 100m hurdles by five seconds in 16.0 secs which is the best at Hunts AC since 2004. Along with Lily Seach, Holly Addis and Laurel Phelan, Lauri was also part of the victorious 4x100m relay team. Laurel Phelan had only received her doctor�s approval to compete that morning and took full advantage by winning the high jump with the best height at the club in the past seven years. Laurel also won the B string 200m to gain a trio of first places. Based on an intricate points system developed by league officials, Jonathan Edwards scored the highest out of all athletes present and would have won the Male Athlete of the Meet award. However, Jonathan won it at the last meet and the rules don�t allow more than one win a year. Therefore, the award went to the next highest scorer who also turned out to be from Hunts AC. For his 49.7-second 400m win (by 25 meters), Tom Johnson duly received this accolade. However, Jonathan gained some satisfaction by totally crushing his opponents in the throwing events. He won the shot putt by 3.44 metres, the discus by 19 metres and the hammer throw by 32 meters! With a second and a first place finish in the first two meets, Hunts AC move up from 8th to 4th in the league standings. The next league meet will be another home match on 15 June.

Men: 100m A Ryan Palmer 11.0 (1), B Yann Yao 12.1 (3), n/s Fred Williams 11.9, Hakeem Duckworth-Porter 12.1, Ben Thackray 13.1; 200m A Yann Yao 24.2 (2), B Fred Williams 25.0 (3), n/s Hakeem Duckworth-Porter 24.5, Alex Knox-Hooke 25.2; 400m A Tom Johnson 49.7 (1), B Peter Downhill 56.1 (2), n/s Luke Amos 60.5; 800m A Andy Dobson 1:58.2 (1), B Luke Scot 2:02.7; 1500m A Matt Pyatt 4:23.5 (3), B Alex Smith 4:34.3 (2), n/s Dave Connell 4:45.2, John Uff 4:48.9, Lee Brooks 4:53.8; 3000m A Mark Harris 9:20.1 (2), B John Uff 9:49.7 (2), n/s Dave Connell 9:55.8, Lee Brooks 9:56.7, Ian Day 10:22.2, Alex Tindall 10:30.4; 110H A Richard Phelan 21.9 (2), B Junior Russell 22.7 (2); 400H A Jared Amos 63.0 (2), B Peter Downhill 63.0 (1); 3000SC A Mark Harris 10:47.5 (2), B AJ Ellwood 12:25.5 (2); 4x100m Yann Yao, Fred Williams, Tom Johnson, Ryan Palmer 44.4 (1) Club Record; 4x400m Peter Downhill 57.0, Matt Pyatt 57.3, Jonathan Edwards 60.0, Tom Johnson 52.0 - 3:46.3 (2); LJ A Alex Knox-Hooke 5.73 (2), B Jared Amos 5.26 (3), n/s Luke Amos 4.36; HJ A Junior Russell 1.60 (1), B Richard Phelan 1.60 (1); TJ A Richard Phelan 9.99 (3), B Hakeem Duckworth-Porter 7.86 (3); PV A Richard Phelan 2.40 (1), B Wayne DuBose 2.20 (1); SP A Jonathan Edwards 13.28 (1), B Wayne DuBose 9.21 (1); DT A Jonathan Edwards 42.46 (1), B Bob Ellingham 27.09 (1); JT A Jonathan Edwards 32.82 (2), B Ryan Palmer 21.87 (4); HT A Jonathan Edwards 55.00 (1), B Neil Bulman 42.46 (1)

Women: 100m A Lily Seach 13.5 (1), B Lauri Watt 14.0 (1); 200m A Lauri Watt 28.2 (2), B Laurel Phelan 28.6 (1); 400m A Lily Seach 64.5 (2), B Siobhan Skinner 68.0 (1); 800m A Ella Blake 2:27.7 (1), B Eloise Webb 2:42.5 (1), n/s Siobhan Skinner 2:42.8; 1500m A Eleanor Smith 5:20.6 (3), B Maggie Mulholland 5:40.5 (3) Club Veterans Record; 3000m A Eleanor Smith 11:40.1 (3); 100H A Lauri Watt 16.0 (1), B Holly Addis 19.5 (1); 400H A Emily Binner 73.9 (1), B Penny Butcher 94.2 (2); 2000SC A Eleanor Smith 8:42.2 (2) Club Record, B Sammie Skinner 9:32.0 (2); 4x100m Lily Seach, Lauri Watt, Holly Addis, Laurel Phelan 53.9 (1); 4x400m Claire Hurst 66.8, Siobhan Skinner 68.4, Lauel Phelan 73.7, Lily Seach 63.0 - 4:31.9 (2); LJ A Lauri Watt 4.90 (1), B Holly Addis 4.17 (2); HJ A Laurel Phelan 1.50 (1), B Holly Addis 1.35 (1); TJ A Holly Addis 8.75 (2), B Penny Butcher 6.90 (3); PV A Sandra Pedley 1.70 (1); SP A Rebecca Pedley 5.73 (4), B Penny Butcher 5.37 (4); DT A Siobhan Skinner 15.48 (3), B Rebecca Pedley 12.74 (3); JT A Penny Butcher 15.06 (4), B Siobhan Skinner 7.86 (3); HT A Rebecca Pedley 12.98 (3)

Team results: 1 Hunts AC 294, 2 Serpentine 254.5, 3 Vale of Aylesbury 250.5, West Norfolk/Diss 116

Photos: http://huntsac.zenfolio.com/sal_home_may_2013

19/05/2013  Soham Half Marathon  details
Two Club members took part in the Soham half marathon in just about perfect running conditions. In a small field of 146, Richard Heyes recorded 1:42:53 for 55th position, with Peter German following in 1:47:01, for 73rd.

19/05/2013  Wimpole 10km Run  details
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22/05/2013  Committee Meeting  details
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25/05/2013  County Track & Field Champs - Cambridge  details
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26/05/2013  Edinburgh Marathon  details
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