May 2024

Brandon Ballard has smashed his 1500m PB by 5 and half seconds, running a superb 4.01.19. This presently places him in the world top 10 in the senior T20 rankings!

Steve Burke (M50) – BRONZE MEDAL Hammer 42.84m (PB by 1.28; 5th M50 national rankings; just 11 cms from club M50 record) Shot 9.36m Discus 34.95m Javelin 31.05m Weight Throw 14.65m (Club M50 record and PB, both by 63 cms; 3rd M50 national rankings) Score:  2881 pts (Club M50 record and PB both by 105 pts)

75th Rob Farrant 2:47:44 138th Simon Mead 2:53:11 2740th Olivia Mead 3:50:16 PB

Hunts AC finished an impressive 2nd overall, behind Norwich but ahead of Cambridge, Peterborough and Luton.  As always, grateful thanks to our officials: Sandra Pedley Sandra Acton Charlotte Bruce Carol Darnell Sarah Newman Moji Opaleye James Waterworth Jo Abel And a host of parents who stepped forward to help our officials. U13G 100m A 3rd Simone Scott

681st Rosie Mead 1:35:44 (PB; U20W club record, beating Chloe Wilson 1:54:52 2017)

Derek reports:  Yet another great run by Tom! Running in the BMC Grand Prix event at Sportcity, Manchester on Saturday afternoon Tom started in a heat in which he had the slowest PB of the 10 entrants. He started in lane 1 behind the pacemaker, followed him for a first lap of 54 and then

Storey’s Field 3rd Martin Amos 16:10 (PB; 1st M40; 3rd in club all-time rankings) 10th Josh Ansell 17:12 (PB by 11 secs; 17th to 16th in club all-time rankings) 189th Yvonne Nelson 24:09 (PB by 22 secs; 3rd W55; 20th in club all-time rankings) Poole Parkrun 9th Ethan Locke 17:25 (parkrun PB, beating 18:04)

County 3000m Championships – 2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze 100m R1 w/s +2.0 3rd Harry Exell 11.96 (PB by 0.05) 5th Kyan Medina 12.11 100m R2 w/s +2.6 3rd Samuel Woodhall 12.82 4th James Coleman 12.83 5th Nathaniel Norman 13.00 (PB by 0.2) 6th Yinka Opaleye 13.19 100m R3 w/s +1.3 4th Aimee Hays 13.89 100m R4 2nd Chloe Hays 14.16 3rd Emily

Steve Burke Hammer (6kg) 41.02m Javelin (700g) 32.27 (PB by 39 cms; 10th in M50 national rankings) Tom Smith Hammer (7.26kg) – 28.30m Immy Wood 800m (10th) 2:47.28 (PB by 4.72)

Denise report:  A great run by Brandon Ballard ( T20) at the Loughborough International para 1500m race. In his first race in an England vest in hot conditions and up against seasoned internationals, most many years older, Brandon finished a superb 2nd place in 4:09.31. A great experience for Brandon which he took in his