January 2026

Tom Waterworth kickstarted his indoor season, placing 4th with 1:49.89 to break his own U20M and SM club records of 1:50.64 set last year.

At Ferry Meadows, Rob Farrant finished 2nd with 17:08 to beat his eight-year-old best by 65 seconds and enter the club all-time rankings in equal 14th place. In the same event, Marcela Gracova was first woman home in 11th, running 19:00 to improve her club best by three seconds (she ran 18:36 in 2022 before joining the

Long course (10.5K) Oliver Mills 90th Aaron Hawkins 239th/295 Short course (8.1K) Joseph Reindel 244th/727

1st Hilary McConville 58:08 (58:08) 2nd Shane Hunt 59:13 (39:10) 3rd Ben Nash 60:20 (37:31) 4th Joe Kerins 61:14 (40:45)

Anjola Opaleye (U17W) SP – 9.25m (7) Chloe Hays (U17W) 300m (H5) – 46.74s (3) 60m R1 (H10) – 8.80s (5) George Connell (U17M) 800m (H1) – 2:09.7 (3) Simon Scott (U15G) 60m R1 (H4) – 8.41s (1) 60m R2 (H3) – 8.31s (2) 200m (H5) – 28.42s (4) Kitty Kelly (U15G) 300m (H2) –

What more can you ask for? A lovely park, cafe, exotic birdlife (flocks of parakeets!), mud and hills! A disappointing turn out from the club, only 10 ran, but some great running nevertheless. First up were our U13 girls and Iris Purser ran superbly to finish in a highly creditable 5th place. Our highest finisher

3 David Hudson 1:23:11.514 Simon Mead 1:31:19.2 (2nd M50)34 Lucy Mapp 1:36:28.2 (2nd female)48 Ruben Thompson 1:38:55.365 Sean Barker 1:40:47.7 (1st M55)89 Duane Tomaselli 1:45:40.799 Derek Darnell 1:48:43.0 (3rd M65)320 Steph Ward 2:19:00.2 (432 finishers)

4th Natty Clifford (age 16) 34:38 (1st Junior)

Dan Steel Heptathlon 60m 7.79s LJ 6.00m (best indoor distance in 7 years) SP 9.80m (best indoor distance in 8 years) HJ 1.69m 60mH 10.43s PV 3.10m (indoor PB) 1000m 3:14.94 Total Score 3588 – Club Record, beating his own 3505 set in 2022

LJ (U20W) Abi Pudney – 5.73m – First place – Beat her outdoor PB by over half a metre (57 cms) – Club U20W indoor record, beating Sophie Bambridge 5.24 2024 HJ (U20) – 1.53 (indoor PB) 400m (U20M) H2 Benedict Scott – 51.62s (2nd) (Indoor PB by 1.81 secs) Both qualify for the National Indoor