Reports and Results
Track & Field Summer 2010

Ebbisham League

Sunday 25 July 2010

In the last Ebbisham League fixture of the season at Walton on Sunday a number of Holland Sports athletes competed in the combined DMV/Reigate Priory/Holland Sports team.

Sam Elliott in his first competition for the club did well in the U15 High Jump to clear 1m 45 for 5th (same height as 3rd place). In the U15’s Jasper Moore ran a pb in the B800 Metres finishing 4th in 2m 44.3. Liam Miles came 3rd in the Javelin with 19m 98 and ran 15.0 for 4th in the B 100. In the U13’s Will Harris came 2nd overall in the Discus with 17m 14, 4th in the A 100 Metres in 15.0 and 5th in the A 200 in 30.3. Fergus Donnelly high jumped 1m 10 for 5th in the A, Long Jumped 3m 19 for 5th in the A Long, and ran 15.8 for 5th in the B 100. Daniel Coen ran 16.2 for 5th in the non scoring 100 metres and came 4. Rory Moore in the Non Scoring U11 75 Metres came 4th in 12.3th in the B 1500 Metres in 6m 26.3. 3 of the team competed in the 4 x 200m relay namely Fergus Donnelly, Daniel Coen and Will Harris.

Crawley Open

Wednesday 14 July 2010

In the Crawley Open the small number of Holland Sports athletes who competed performed well.

On her debut Mia Russell leapt to 3m 22 for 2nd in the U11 Girls Long Jump. Hannah Webb came 4th in the U15 100 Metres in 15.49. All the boys produced PBs. Rory Moore broke his own Club Record in the 60 Metres which was even more impressive considering the wind reading was minus 1.1mph. James Rady was 4th in the U13 200 Metres in 31.45. William Rady knocked 3 secs off his pb in the U15 400 Metres coming 3rd in 66.4 secs. Tom Rady ran a pb in the U17 800 Metres coming 2nd in 2m 29.49.

British Masters' Championships, Cardiff

3-4 July 2010

Neil Lincoln is now the British Masters Champion in the M35 Long Jump category, with a winning leap of 6m 51, only 6cms shy of the club record. Neil also came 4th in the Triple Jump with 12m 18.

Crawley Open

Wednesday 23 June 2010

1. U15 Girls 100 Metres
   4th Hannah Webb 15.49
2. U15 Girls 200 Metres
   6th Hannah Webb 32.85
3. U13 Boys 800 Metres
   2nd James Rady 2m 39.35
4. U13 Boys 200 Metres
   3rd James Rady 31.18

NYAL, Walton on Thames

Sunday 20 June 2010

Holland Sports athletes put on a magnificent performance to finish 4th overall in the NYAL.

Stephen Hodge had a stunning treble in the U13’s winning the 100, 200 and Long Jump in 13.7, 28.2 and 4m 36. Ocean Schwartz U13 High Jump performance was a master class breaking his own club record with 1m 50. Ocean also won the B 200 and B Long Jump with 28.8 and 4m 22. Tom Rady also did the treble in the U17 smashing his pb in the 400m hurdles by 8 secs in 63.10, winning the 100m hurdles in 16.2 and the Triple Jump in 10m 48. Sam Knight in the U17’s came 2nd in the Long Jump with 4m 76, 4th in the 1500 in 5m 0.6 and 1st in the B400 Hurdles in 72.1. In the U15’s Liam Miles broke his pb in the Javelin coming 3rd with 20m 32, 4th in Long Jump with 4m 06 and 6th in 200 metres with 31.2. Will Rady came 5th in the 400 metres with 69.0, 3rd in the 800 in 2m 32.2 and 4th in Discus with 13m 95. Oliver Riley came 6th in the 100 metres with 14.8, 2nd in the B Long Jump with 3m 58 and 4th in the B 200 in 32.3.

In the U13’s Harvey Voller had an excellent debut coming 2nd in the 800 metres in 2m 35.2. James Rady came 2nd in 75m hurdles in 15.1, 3rd in 1500 in 5m 22.4. Josh Knight won both the B Hurdles in 16.3 and the B Shot with 5m 12 and came 2nd in the B 800 with 2m 52.9. Charlie Smith won the B High Jump with 1m 25, came 2nd in the Shot with 5m 56 and 3rd in the B 100 Metres in 15.7.

Holland’s girls did as well as the boys. Poppy Moore in the U17 won the 100 in 13.5, came 2nd in both the 200 in 29.0 and the Shot with 6m 47. Leanne Kavanagh broke her pb in the 800 with 2m 32.4 and came 2nd in the 300 metres in 46.0. In the U15’s Zoe King broke her pb in winning the Discus with 21m 10, came 2nd in the Shot with 6m 92 and came 4th in the B100 with 14.6. Hannah Webb came 6th in the 100 and 200 in 15.0 and 31.6 and 5th in the Long Jump with 3m 76 a pb. Kate Manson did well on her debut coming 3rd in the B Long Jump with 3m 18, 5th in the 200 in 34.0 and 5th in the 1500 in 6m 16.6

In the U13’s Isla Anderson’s victory in the 1200 metres was awesome in a pb of 4m 24.1. Natasha Kelly had an excellent debut coming 2nd in the B race in 4m 39.8. Ella Kenyon came 3rd in the Shot with 5m 31, 4th in the B 75 Metres in 12.6 and 3rd in the B 150 in 24.5. Abigail Rudd on her debut in an exciting finish in the 800 metres was edged out of 3rd by 2 hundredths of a second coming 5th in 3m 01.7, and came 4th in the 75m in 12.6. Alice Field came 6th in the 70m hurdles in 16.8, 5th in the Long Jump with 2m 59 and 7th in the 150 metres in 29.2. The 4 x 100 relay team of Abigail, Natasha, Alice and Ella came 5th in 68.3.

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Southern Veterans' Championships — Ashford, Kent

Sunday 6 June 2010

Well done to Neil Lincoln, who has joined us from Redhill & Surrey Beagles (and will also act as a coach). He won both the long jump and triple jump on the Sunday with distances of 6.41 metres and 12.38 metres respectively. The latter is a new club record!

Southern Men's League, Bracknell

Saturday 5 June 2010

In Holland Sports/DMV's third fixture in the Southern Men's League at Bracknell the team produced their best performance, finishing 2nd and despite being 4th in the league have the same points as 2nd.

Graham Hewett had a busy but productive day winning both the 400m hurdles in 65.3, and the 5000 metres in 18m 1sec, finishing 2nd in the B400 in 57.4, coming 5th in both the A string shot and discus with 7m 29 and 19m 25 respectively and running in both relays, where the team of Graham, Greg Ames, Gavin Olsson, Tom Rady and Graham Hewett broke the club record in the 4 x 100 relay by 3 tenths with 48.6.

Sam Knight yet again improved his pb in the 800 metres with 2m 13.4 for 4th, then ran 61.0 for 4th in the 400 metres and straight afterwards ran the 200 in 27.9 for 4th.

Tom Rady scored many points winning the B 400 Hurdles in 69.8, coming 2nd in the High Jump with 1m 50 and winning the triple in a pb of 10m 79 and was part of the 4 x 100 team which came 2nd. Greg Ames comfortably won the Long Jump with 5m 95, came 2nd in the 100 metres with 11.8 and 2nd in the B High Jump with 1m 20. Evan Erskine Thomas finished 1st in the B 800 with 2m 14.0 and 3rd in the A1500 with 5m 05.9.

Rob Russell came 2nd in the B1500 with 5m 12.4 and 3rd in the 3000 metre steeplechase with 12m 43.0. Gavin Olsson came 3rd in the B 100 Metres with 13.3, 4th in the B 200 with 34.3, 2nd in both the B Long Jump and Triple with 4m 62 and 8m 49 respectively.

Graham Pullen put the shot 4m 76 for 5th in the B. Kevin Burnett threw the hammer 10m 72 for 5th and Javelin 14m 40 for 4th in the A and 13m 91 for 5th in the B Discus. Finally Nigel Bongers threw the Javelin 14m 16 for 3rd in the B, and threw the hammer 8m 28 for 4th in the B.

Howard Jones unluckily with 2 laps to go in the 5000 whilst comfortably winning the B race hit the kerb and twisted his ankle and was forced to pull out.

Southern Women's League, Bracknell

Saturday 22nd May 2010

Vicky Smith

1. 3rd A Shot 7m 66
2. 2nd B Discus 20m 41
3. 2nd A Javelin 21m 92

Open Meeting, Crawley

Wednesday 19th May 2010

U11 Boys 60 Metres

1. 4th Rory Moore 10.18 (Club Record)

U15 Girls 100 Metres

1. 3rd Hannah Webb 15.73

U17 Girls 100 Metres

1. 1st Poppy Moore 13.84

U15 Girls 200 Metres

1. 5th Hannah Webb 33.09

U13 Boys Long Jump

1. 3rd Liam Miles 4m exactly

U13 Girls' 1200 Metres

1. 1st Isla Anderson 4m 27.6

National Young Athletes' League, Sutton Arena

16 May 2010

In the NYAL at Sutton on Sunday there were some stunning performances by Holland Sports athletes. Isla Anderson ran an amazing U13 1200 Metres leading from gun to tape, winning by over 6 seconds in 4mins 27.6. Stephen Hodge and Ocean Schwartz dominated the U13 Long Jump, Stephen leaping to a massive pb of 4m 48 (previous 3m 99) and Ocean jumping 3 pbs with 4m 45. In the 200 metres Ocean reversed the result in the 200 metres winning the A Race in 29 secs, and Stephen coming 2nd in the B Race in 29.1 (same time as winner). Stephen was unlucky in the 100 as he fell just before the line whilst in the lead and finished 5th in 16.6 Ocean also won the High Jump with 1m 36.

Fergus Donnelly came 2nd in the B High Jump with a pb of 1m 20. Josh Wagstaff as a non-scorer jumped a pb of 1m 20. Fergus Donnelly despite falling in the 75 Hurdles finished 1st in the B with 17.5. Josh Wagstaff non-scoring ran 17.7. Fergus Donnelly also finished 2nd in the B 100 with 15.2 whilst Charlie Smith non-scored in 4th in 15.7. Charlie Smith on his debut finished a fine 2nd in the Shot with 5m 59 whilst Josh Knight won the B with 5m 14. Josh bravely ran the 1500 after having played a soccer match coming 4th in the B with 6m 4.1. Leanne Kavanagh ran a pb of 46.1 in the U17 300 Metres and came 2nd in the 800 in 2m 37.6. Helen Shaw won the B in 2m 51.3 and came 2nd in the B Shot with 5m 37. Poppy Moore came 2nd in the A Shot with 6m 49, 2nd in the 100 and won the 200 in 29.1.

James Rady won the U13 75M Hurdles in a pb of 15.2 then came 3rd in the 1500 in 5m 28.4. Tom Rady won the U17 100m Hurdles in 16.5 and Triple Jump in 9m 95 and came 2nd in 400m Hurdles in 70.8. Will Rady ran well in the U15 800 then came 5th in the 400 in 69.6. Juliet Thurbin came 5th in the U13 800 in 3m 07.6, 4th in the Long Jump with 3m 57 and 4th in the B 75 in 11.9. Roisin Jackson ran 11.8 for the 75m, Long Jumped 3m 23 for 2nd in the B and ran 4th in the A 70 Metre Hurdles in 16.0 whilst Alice Field in the B Race ran 16.6 for 2nd., Long Jumped 2m 78 and ran the 150 metres in 25.8 for 25.8. Hannah Roden ran 25.0 in the B in 25.0. Hannah Webb ran 15.4 for 4th in the U15 100, 31.3 for 4th in 200 and Long Jumped 3m 44 for 4th. In the U15 Boys 100 Will Gell ran 14.1 for 4th in the A, with Oliver Riley 2nd in the B with 14.9. Will ran 29.6 in the 200 in 29.6 whilst Oliver was 3rd in the B. Will also Long Jumped a pb of 4m 10 for 2nd in the B Long, whilst Oliver jumped 3m 53. Liam Miles Long Jumped a pb of 4m 23 for 4th in the A, threw the Javelin 19m 22. Sam Knight Long Jumped 4m 70 in U17 for 2nd but was tired in the 800 after his exertions the day before. In the 4 x 100 Relay the U13 Boys were 2nd and U15 Boys were 3rd.

Southern Men's League, Sutton Arena

15 May 2010

In the Southern Men's League on Saturday also at Sutton Holland Sports finished a fine 3rd. Graham Hewitt on his debut won the Hurdles in 69.5 and came 2nd in the 3000m steeplechase in 12m 12.3 and B1500 Metres in 4m 38.7 and 3rd in B Discus with 19m 75. Bruce Harrold and Nigel Stevens did a fine double in the 5000 with Bruce winning in 16m 08.6 and Nigel winning the B in 18m 8.1. Bruce finished 2nd in the 1500 in 4m 24.6 and Nigel was 2nd in the B in 4m 38.7. Father and Son competed in the 800 with Sam Knight knocking 5 secs off his pb coming 5th in 2m 16.1 and Dad Richard coming 4th in the B in 2m 40.9. Sam also came 5th in the 400 in a swift 61.1 and Chris Parrott came 5th in the B in 67.2. Richard came 2nd in the B 'Chase in 13m 41.2 and Sam ran the 200 in 28.5 for 5th. Neil Lincoln did a season's best in Long Jump with 6m 30 for 2nd and Triple 11m 97 for 2nd, threw the hammer 16m 80 for 3rd, put the shot 7m 47 for 2nd, threw the discus 22m 31 for 2nd and the javelin 9m 84 for 4th. Greg Ames ran the 100 in 11.9 for 2nd, high jumped 1m 40 for 4th and Long Jumped 5m 71 for 2nd in the B. Gavin Olsson won the B Triple with 9m 20, ran the 200 in 27.8 for 5th and the 100 in 13.4 for 5th. Kevin Burnett, Vet 70 threw the hammer 12m 20 for 3rd in the B, Put the Shot 4m 84 for 4th in the B and threw the javelin 14m 38 for 4th in the A.

Surrey Track & Field Championships, Kingsmeadow

8-9 May 2010

In the Surrey Track & Field Championships at Kingsmeadow at the weekend Holland Sports AC's Ocean Schwartz continued his season's unbeaten run by winning the gold medal in the U13 High Jump with 1m 40. Ocean improved in leaps and bounds in the Long Jump with a huge PB of 4m 29 for the silver medal. On Sunday Ocean just missed out on the final of the 100 metres by the thickness of a vest, finishing 4th in 14.18 secs the same time as 3rd who qualified. There were also PBs for Leanne Kavanagh in the U17 800 Metre Heats finishing 4th in 2m 34.02, and William Rady finishing 9th in his heat of the U15 1500 Metres in 5m 01.09 and 5th in the 800 in 2m 29.4. James Rady finished 5th in the final of the U13 70 Metre Hurdles in 15.71 just outside his PB. James also competed in the 1500 metres finishing 13th in 5m 26.0x.

NYAL Division 2 A24 Match 1, Sutton Arena, Carshalton

Sunday 2 May 2010

Holland Sports athletes produced some fine performances in the first NYAL fixture at Sutton on Sunday.

Ocean Schwartz broke his own club record by adding a centimetre to it in winning the U13 High Jump in 1m 46. Ocean also won the 200 Metres in 30.3 and was just pipped into 2nd in the 100 with 14.9 into a strong headwind. Zoe King in the U15 Girls had a good day winning the Discus with 20 Metres 32, came 3rd in the Long Jump with 3m 97 and 2nd in the 75 Metre Hurdles with 16.1 secs. Hannah Webb made her debut in the NYAL in the U15s coming 5th in the 100 in 15.1, 6th in the 200 with 33.3 and 3rd in the Long with 2m 88. Poppy Moore lacking fitness still finished 2nd in the U17 Girls 100 in 14.8, came 3rd in the Shot with the same distance as 2nd 6m 79 and 4th in the Discus with 14m 84.

The Radys contributed a lot of points with Tom in the U17 winning the 100 Metre Hurdles in 16.9 and the Triple Jump in 10m 51, both PBs, and came 2nd in the 400 Hurdles in 72.5. William Rady in the U15s came 4th in the 800 Metres in 2m 34.3, 3rd in the 400 with 71.0 and 4th in Long Jump with 4m 04. Whilst James won the 75 Metre Hurdles in 16.9, came 2nd in the U13 1500 Metres in 5m 38.6 and 3rd in the B200 in 33.1.

There was an excellent debut from Will Gell 5th in the 100 with 15.0, 4th in the 200 with 31.0 and 2nd in the B Long Jump with 3m 84.

Liam Miles bravely competed with a broken thumb coming 3rd in the U15 800 Metres in 2m 53.9, and 3rd in the B200 in 31.8. Josh Knight won the U13 B 75 Metre Hurdles in 17.9 then ran 3m 0.6 for 5th in the 800 Metres.

Leanne Kavanagh ran a swift 47 seconds in winning the U17 300 Metres and came 3rd in the 800 Metres in 2m 40.9.

The most disappointing aspect is we did not have one U13 Girl competing when we have so many at the club so let's have a better show next time.

Southern Men's League, Watford

Saturday 1 May 2010

In the Southern Men's League at Watford on Saturday Holland Sports' depleted team still had a number of good performances particularly Neil Lincoln's Double in the Long Jump and Triple Jump with 6m 19 and 11m 70. Neil was also 2nd in the Discus with 23m 22. Gavin Olsson won the B Triple with 8m 54, was 2nd in the B Long Jump with 4m 59, 4th in the B 100 with 13.6 and 5th in the B200 in 29.2. Ben Wilson came 2nd in the 400 in 55.8, 3rd in the 100 in 12.3 and 4th in the 200 in 26.0 (straight after the 400!). Michael Alwin was 3rd in the 800 in 2m 20. Kevin Burnett, a M70 Vet, did all the throws – coming 5th in the Hammer and Javelin with 11m 97 and 16m 15 respectively, 6th in the Shot with 4m 99 and 5th in the Discus with 13m 46. Nigel Bongers came 3rd in the B Javelin with 14m 28 and Non-Scored in the Discus with 14m 22. Graham Pullen came 5th in the B Shot with 4m 46.

Haywards Heath Harriers Open Meeting

Thursday 22nd April 2010

U13 600 Metres : 4th James Rady 1m 55.2.

U15 800 Metres : 8th William Rady 2m 30.0 (PB).

U17/Vet Men 800 Metres : 4th Sam Knight 2m 21.9 (PB).

Ebbisham League

Sunday 18th April 2010

There were a number of outstanding performances by Holland Sports athletes competing with Dorking Mole Valley in the Ebbisham League at Sutton on Sunday.

Ocean Schwartz comfortably won the U13 High Jump with a phenomenal 1m 45 jump, a National Standard 1 and breaking his own club record. Ocean went on to win the B 300 Metres in a time of 46.9, 2 seconds faster than the A Race, and a Club Record.

James Rady won the U13 800 Metres in a fine time of 2m 42.8 and came 2nd in the 80 metre hurdles in 16.1, a PB. Tom Knight sprinted away from the opposition in the U11 600 Metres winning in a PB of 2m 3.8 secs. Tom’s brother Josh came 2nd in the U13 Shot with 5m 37, then bravely ran the 1500 metres having played football in the morning coming 3rd in 6m 18.8.

Sam Knight ran a PB in the U17 800 metres in 2m 25.8. Will Rady jumped a big PB in the U15 Triple Jump with 9m 53, came 1st in the B 1500 in 5m 20.1 and 2nd in the B 400 in 71.9. Liam Miles threw 18m 08 for 5th in the U13 Javelin, then ran 14.7 in the 100 for 4th in 14.7 and ran an excellent 70.4 for 5th in the 400 Metres.

In the 4 x 200 Metres U13 Relay Ocean Schwartz, James Rady and Josh Knight together with a DMV lad ran a fine 2m 12.2 for 4th just edged out for 2nd place. The team came 5th out of 6, just behind 4th.

Crawley Open

Sunday 28th March 2010

In their first track & field event this year at the Crawley Open there were excellent performances by Holland Sports athletes. Possibly the pick of the bunch was Ocean Schwarz’s club record 1m 40 in the U13 High Jump, a National Grade 2, achieved with 3rd time clearances at both 1m 35 and 1m 40. Another fine performance was Lucy Sumner’s 2nd place in the U11 60 Metres in 9.83 secs, beating her own club record by 0.07 secs. On her debut Eleanor Calderwood, only 9 years old, showed lots of promise coming 4th in 10.21secs, then finished 3rd in the 150 metres in 25.37secs. In the U11 Long Jump Lucy Sumner won with 3m15.

On his debut on the track Tom Knight ran a swift 2m 4.72 secs in the U11 600 Metres. Tom’s brother, Sam, came 3rd in the U17 1500 in 5m 13.30. Leanne Kavanagh and Helen Shaw both ran the U17 1500/800 double. In the 1500 Leanne came 2nd in 5m 23.88, breaking her P.B. by 7 seconds, then in the 800 Leanne again broke her P.B. coming 2nd in 2m 34.26. Helen ran a P.B. in the 1500 coming 3rd in 6m 14.87 then came 5th in the 800 in 2m 56.76. Hannah Webb on her debut had an impressive start finishing 6th in the U15 800 Metres in 12.41 and came 5th in the 150 metres in 23.83. Ella Kenyon broke her P.B. in the U13 Shot coming 3rd with 5m 32 and Long Jumped 2m 70 for 7th.

Marathon Results

London Marathon

Sunday 25th April 2010

Congrats to the following who completed the London Marathon – they both finished in the top 10,000 and amazingly finished within 4 secs of each other!

Gerry Simpson : 3 hrs 55m 44 secs (PB).

Ronnie Wilkinson : 3 hrs 55m 48 secs.

Gerry was over the moon with his time and so was Nigel Bongers as he won a bottle of bubbly for guessing the nearest finishing time of his sponsors – he guessed 3hrs 55mins!

Brighton Marathon

Sunday 18th April 2010

Well done Andy Towersey, who runs in our men's cross-country team, for doing the Brighton Marathon in 2 hours 54 mins 8 secs. Running to his pace he came 28th out of 7,500+ runners. Although he modestly comments that all the fast runners must have been doing London, this was still an excellent run.