Author name: Amelia Darnell

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

At Frank’s Farm, Dave Hudson led all with 16:47 followed by a series of age group 1st place finishes and personal bests: 1st Dave Hudson 16:47; 21st Gemma Bedford 22:06 (1st VW40-44; Inaugural PB); 31st Izzie Newman 22:51 (1st SW18-19; Inaugural PB); 43rd Bruce Grimley 23:41 (1st VM70-74; PB by 8 secs); 53rd Jim Stocker 24:35 (1st VM75-79; PB by 39 secs) Similarly, at Bug

Denise reports: Top 6 automatic selection for English school) Leah Graham, over 5 months off with injury, returned in November – today, a cracking run finishing 4th and securing her spot at English Schools. Boogie Gray, still only year 8, took a fabulous bronze medal to secure his spot. Both Liverpool bound

Our Juniors and Seniors won their team races. First place individual winners – Women, Junior Boys and Junior Girls, with 2nd and 3rd places in the Men’s race. This is the first time that Hunts AC has ever provided the first three women finishers in a Senior Frostbite race in its 26 seasons in the league. Seniors