Author name: Amelia Darnell

600m (U11) 5th Finley Calder 2:06.30 PB 800m R1 3rd Lucy Hilton 2:54.2 (PB by 7.37) 7th Ellie Newman 3:07.6 (Outdoor PB by 1.0) 800m R2 2nd Leah Graham 2:32.2 800m R3 1st Lewis Cummins 2:20.5 (Outdoor PB by 1.6) 1500m 6th Jake Henson 4:52.0 (PB by 21.48) 8th Izzy Hilton 5:17.0 (PB by 29.4)

On a chilly evening in Watford, Oliver Albone, in his first outdoor 1500m of the season, beat his PB by nearly 2 secs running a 4.09.72.

1st Jason Mumford 55:55 (32:47) (PB by 2:28; 34th in club all-time rankings) 2nd Raj Gandhi 57:28 3rd Joe Kerins 57:51 (39:52) 4th Sam Speariett 58:11 (34:08) 5th Chris Davies 59:37 (37:53) 6th Sergio Pelado 60:22 (35:58) 7th Richard Roberts 60:38 (42:39) 8th Lesley Jackson 60:38 (52:02) 9th Ben 63:41 (39:04 (Actual times in brackets)

Steve Burke M50 Hammer 41.93m (6kg) SB Shot 9.73m (6kg) Discus 35.36m (1.5kg) SB Ellie Newman U13G Javelin 10.84m (400g) (PB by 82 cms) Shot 5.71m (2.72kg) (Outdoor PB by 36 cms)

We had three runners take part in this event, all of whom acquitted themselves well running PB’s for their distance. U13 girls 3K 9th Iris Purser 11:51 10th Ellie Zubrik 12:03 U17W 5K 7th Ellie Ince 20:31

Storey’s Field 2nd Noah Scott-Donkin 15:36 (PB by 47 secs; 5th to 3rd in club all-time rankings, 3 secs from 2nd and 13 secs from top spot) 15th Luke Diggs 17:47 (PB by 29 secs; 22nd all-time club rankings) 25th Rosie Mead 18:25 (PB by 19 secs; 4th to 2nd in club all-time rankings, 15 secs from top spot) Ferry Meadows 1st James Orrell 15:55

56 athletes (47 last year) 46 PBs 11 Club Records What a finish to the evening! Both Tom Waterworth and Joey Croft beat the previous men’s club record set by Tom last year, but Tom’s 2.25.1 won the race to improve the records he held. Behind them Oli Albone improved his PB with his 2.40.1

Three county champions, three county silvers, one county bronze and a team win. 4 James Orrell 32:50.7 (1st SM; County Champion )5 Mark Sampson 32:55.1 (2nd SM; County Silver; PB by 6.9 secs)21 Simon Bowman 34:54.6 (M35 County Silver)44 Luke Diggs 37:41.7 (PB by 92.3 secs)48 Sebastian Darnell 38:01.456 Sean Barker 39:05.7 (M55 County Champion)64

After several previous finishes as first girl at the Jubilee Junior parkrun, Ellie (Newman) finally got her 1st place finish overall today and just 3 seconds off her PB which she set last week. Jamar also finished strong in 3rd place (2nd boy). Lovely to see several other Hunts AC members volunteering – Immy Wood,

Bob Ellingham V60 Hammer 38.16m (5kg) (PB; M60 Club Record, beating his own 36.74 2024) Steve Burke V50  Hammer 39.63m (6kg) Discus 32.39m (1.5kg) Shot 10.09m (6kg) SB Javelin 30.21m (700g) new spec PB Dan Steel (just returning from injury) Discus 25.13m (2kg) Shot 8.69m (7.26kg)