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07/02/2010  Frostbite League Race 5  details
A revised course in Bourne Woods meant that the going was more muddy than in past races but the underfoot conditions did not stop our Junior and Senior teams from recording fine performances.
40 Club runners took part in the two races - 16 Juniors (4 boys/12 girls) in a field of 122 and 24 Seniors (17 boys and 7 girls) in a field of 413.
Our Juniors once again finished second to strengthen their hold on second place in the league overall (out of 13 teams).
Our Seniors bettered their performance in the previous race by finishing fourth. This means that the team is joint third in the league on league points but fourth overall (out of 17 teams) due to having having a higher race points total.
So, it is all to play for in the final races in four weeks time, which will take place on our doorstep in Huntingdon - here's hoping for a fantastic turnout to end the season.
Finally, thanks as ever to all our supporters.

06/02/2010  Birmingham Games  details
With the vast majority of Hunts AC athletes slogging it out over the Cambridgeshire mud, Matt Leadbitter was the club’s sole representative on the indoor circuit at the Birmingham Games. Matt did not let down as he sliced a quarter of a second from his personal best in the Senior Men’s 400m to finish 3rd in 50.70 secs behind Richard Buck who has competed at World Championship level. Matt’s time rates him as the second-fastest 400m runner in the Eastern Counties.

24/01/2010  Eastern Vets AC Champs - Lee Valley  details
Hunts AC athletes also excelled in the Eastern Veterans AC Indoor Championships held at Lea Valley in conjunction with the national multi-event championships. Mike Scott, Geoff Brewster and Derek Darnell each took home the gold medal with Mike winning the M45 800m by 1.6 secs in 2:19.73, Geoff winning the M50 800m by a huge 14 secs in 2:19.77 and Derek making it a clean sweep by winning the M50 1500m by an even greater 18 secs margin in 5:16.63.

24/01/2010  National Masters Indoor Pentathlon Champs - Lee Valley  details
Huntingdonshire Athletics Club enjoyed huge success this past week over the full spectrum of indoor athletics, cross country and road running, gaining two national championship medals along the way. At the very top of the performance tree was Penny Butcher who captured the silver medal in the National Masters Indoor Pentathlon Championships W50 category with 2,454 points along with William Bradley who snatched the bronze medal in the very last event in the M60 competition with 2,880 points. Although Penny has been in the Masters age groups for 16 years now, this was the first national championships she had ever contested. Competing at Lee Valley Indoor Athletics Centre in London, Penny set club indoor Masters records in three events (60m hurdles 12.07, long jump 3.40 (rec), shot putt 5.84, high jump 1.15 (rec), 800m 3:12.82 (rec)), winning the final event, the 800m, to top off a great day’s work over the five events. Although Hunts AC’s Jennifer Coville couldn’t compete due to injury, she did provide the inspiration for William Bradley to win his medal at these championships. In September of last year, when William read of Jennifer’s silver medal exploits at the National Outdoor Pentathlon championships, he decided to return after being out of the sport for decades. He started training at the St Ives track in November and, by last weekend, was ready for competition. Like Penny, William also set club records in three of the five events (60m hurdles 12.42, long jump 3.94 (rec), shot putt 9.34, high jump 1.27 (rec), 1000m 3:33.99 (rec)). However, his competition was very tough and he found himself in 4th place and over 100 points behind the bronze medal position with just the 1000m remaining. William was not be denied as he took it out from the start and stormed to a 14-second victory over the whole field to snatch the 3rd-place medal by six points.

24/01/2010  Midland Counties Indoor Open Meet - Birmingham  details
16-year-old Hakeem Duckworth-Porter travelled to Birmingham to test his winter’s training progress over the 60m sprint race at the Midland Counties Indoor Open Meet. He didn’t disappoint as he won his U17M race in 7.75.

17/01/2010  Frostbite League Race 4   details
The Club had an excellent turnout of 44 runners in the 4th league Senior and Junior races of the season.
In the Junior race, our 15 runners put in a fine performance to finish second on the day, consolidating their second place in the league overall, with James Downing and Ellie Smith being the team's first boy and girl finishers.
The 29 Senior runners also put in a consistent performance, finishing fifth on the day, sufficient to remain in fourth position in the league overall, out of 17 teams, with Hugo Hocknell and Julia McIntosh being our leading male and female finishers.
Well done to all our runners and thanks to our supporters.