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Reports and Results - Track & Field AthleticsMonday 25 August 2008 Another medal haul for Holland juniors at CrawleyHolland Sports athletes won a number of medals at the Crawley Open on Bank Holiday Monday 25th August. Gold medal winners were Poppy Moore in the U15 100 in 13.7, Emma Gordon in the U13 800 metres in 2m 46.9 and Mark Andrews in the U20 long jump with 5m 38 and the javelin with 35m 07. Mark also won silver in the discus with 26m 75, a new club record. Poppy picked up a silver in the 200 with 28.9. Bronzes were won by Josh Knight in the U11 600 metres with 1m 53.4, beating his own club record, and Roisin Jackson in the U11 girls' long jump with 3m 14 into the wind. Roisin also came 3rd in her 75m race in 13.0 secs and 6th in the 200 in 25.6. It was a close race in the 150 with Chloe Cottingham equalling the club record in 25.0 for 3rd and Susannah Gordon coming 4th in 25.2. In the 75 metres Susannah came 5th in 12.6 and Chloe 6th in 12.7. Susannah also came 7th in the long jump with 2m 94. Liam Miles threw the javelin a very creditable 22m 30 for 5th in the U13’s, then followed this with 15.7 for 3rd in his 100 metre race then long jumped 3m 53 for 9th. Josh Cottingham was only 1 cm behind Liam for 10th, ran 16.0 for 6th in the 100, then ran the 800 in 2m 53.6 for 8th. Sam Knight came 7th in the U15 1500 Metres with 5m 38.4. Emma Gordon also ran the 100 for 4th in 15.5. Sunday 17 August 2008 Holland junior stung into action at Horsham Open!Emma Gordon on her debut was stung into action when she arrived at the Horsham Open event on Sunday by …. a wasp! Emma then proceeded to buzz around the U13 600 metres for 3rd in a fast 1m 56.9, just outside the club record. Emma then came 3rd in the 75 metres in 11.8. Emma’s sister Susannah ran a fantastic race to win the U11 75 metres in 12.7 and jumped a PB of 3m 22 in the long jump. Oscar Cotton destroyed the club record in the U13 discus winning with a magnificent 25m 25 in the last round. Oscar’s sister Ashley came 2nd in the U17 shot with 7m 02. Tom Rady leapt to a PB in the triple jump with 9m 30 for 1st and came 2nd in the 80m hurdles with 15.4. Poppy Moore was 4th in the U15 200 metres with 28.8 and 3rd in the 100 with 13.7 Wednesday 6 August 2008 Club record broken at Woking!A club record has been broken! Poppy Moore ran 13.52 (electronic timing) in the U15 100 metres at the Woking Open on Wednesday evening. Well done Poppy! Saturday 2 August 2008 Holland win in style at Hastings to secure promotion to Division 3Holland Sports Athletic Club’s men’s team won their last Southern Men's League fixture in style at Hastings on Saturday, securing promotion to Division 3. Birthday boy Matt Morgan, after finishing 2nd in the B 400m hurdles in 72.1, won the 5000m in a fantastic PB of 16m 16.9, just outside National Standard. Another PB performance was Matt O’Hare’s discus throw of 24m 21 for 2nd in the B. Matt also was first in the B javelin with 29m 97, 3rd in the A hammer with 19m 36, and 2nd in the B shot with 7m 72. Mark Andrews won many points with victories in the 110m hurdles in 20.9, and high jump – jointly with Holland’s Greg Ames at 1m 60, and triple with 11m 44. Mark was also 2nd in the A 400m hurdles in 70.5 and discus with 25m 86 and shot with 7m 85 and in the B pole vault, and 3rd in the javelin with 31m 12. Ben Wilson won the 100 in 12.4, was 3rd in both the 200 in 27.8 and in the 400 with 55.8, and anchored the 4 x 100 in the same time, 50.8, as the winners. Gavin Olsson came 2nd in the B 100m in 12.8 and finished strongly in the B 200m with 3rd in 27.8. Eric Parker had his usual busy day starting with 3rd in the A pole vault, followed by a win in the B 5000m in 18m 8.6, then the 110m hurdles, winning the B in 27.5 then 4th in the B 1500m in 5m 6.6 and 3rd in the 3000 metre steeplechase in 12m 7.1. Darren Piper thankfully stepped in at the last minute and came 2nd in the B 400m in 60.0, 4th in the A800 in 2m 21.9 and won the B steeplechase in 12m 14.2. Neil Lincoln yet again won the long jump with 5m 72, the B triple in 11m 34, and came 3rd in the B hammer with 15m 63. Greg Ames having cleared a PB in the high jump, struggled with his run up recording only one valid jump of 5m 42, which however was enough to win the B. Greg Sherriff coming back from injury and lacking fitness still did well to finish 4th in the A 1500m in 4m 53, and came 3rd in the B 800m in 2m 23.7. The exhausted 4 x 400 team limped around in last place after the team manager was drafted in at the last minute to do the first leg. To see summary results and final league table, click here. Saturday 12 July 2008 Holland maintains pressure for promotion at AshfordHolland secured second place in the penultimate Southern Men's League athletics match of the season at Ashford, and remains in second place in the league table, with a great chance of promotion at the final match at Hastings on 2nd August. This despite the absence of a number of regular Holland competitors due to injuries and for other reasons. To see the detailed results, click here. Sunday 20 July 2008 Fine performances in final NYAL of the seasonIn the last UKA National Young Athletes' League fixture of the season at Sutton there were some fine performances by Holland Sports AC athletes. On her debut, Leanne Kavanagh in the U15 800 metres so nearly won having stormed into the lead with three-quarters of a lap to go but just lost out in the final straight to finish 3rd in 2m 40.4. Amy Robinson, also on her debut, hurdled beautifully to finish 3rd in the U15 75m hurdles in 14.1, a National Grade 4. Amy was also 5th in the shot with 6m 30 (won with 7m 20) and was 4th in the B javelin with 17m 28. Holland’s 3rd debutant was Genevieve Hadida who performed well with 10th in the U13 girls 800 in 2m 58.6, long-jumped 3m 52 for 6th and was 6th in the 75m with 12.0. Oscar Cotton showed why he is Surrey champion with another win in the U13 shot with 8m 03 (National Grade 3). Oscar also bravely ran the B 200m in 34.2 for 4th and the B 100m in 16.8 for 4th. Oscar’s sister Ashley won the U17 hammer with 15m 63, was 3rd in the javelin with 20m 84 (National Grade 3) and 3rd in the shot with 6m 90 (National Grade 4). Despite falling at the last hurdle whilst challenging for 2nd place in the U17 hurdles, Natalie Kean bravely got up to finish 2nd in the A Race in 55.5, then put the shot 6m 02 for 2nd in the B and high-jumped 1m 20 for 3rd. Poppy Moore was 3rd in the U15 200 metres in 28.7 (National Grade 4), 4th in the 100 metres in 14.0 (Nat Grade 4) and 5th in the discus with 14m 42. Zach Leveridge ran a swift 28.3 for 3rd in the U13 200 metres and 14.0 for 3rd in the 100 metres, and high-jumped 1m 25 for 3rd, all national grades. Sam Knight ran 2m 40.5 for 5th in the U15 800 metres, came 5th in the 80m hurdles in 19.5, and 5th in the 100 metres in 15.0. Wednesday 16 July 2008 Great Performances at Crawley OpenRoisin Jackson had a magnificent night at the Crawley Open on Wednesday night. Roisin broke the U11 Club Records in both the 60 metres and 150 metres with 10.0 secs for 4th in the 60 metres and 25.0 secs for 3rd in the 150 metres. Roisin also leapt to a big personal best in the long jump coming 2nd with 3m 45, almost half a metre better than before, and only just beaten by the winner. Josh Knight broke his own club record by 3 seconds in the U11 600 metres, recording 1m 54.9, unluckily being pipped on the line for 3rd. James Rady also ran well in the same race with a time of 2m 1.5 secs for 6th. William Rady ran 2m 39.5 for 5th in the U13 800 Metres, whilst Sam Knight ran 2m 36.3 for 4th in the U15 800 Metres. Saturday 28 June 2008 Best Result of Season for Holland Men at CrawleyHolland Sports AC, combined with Redhill & Surrey Beagles and Dorking & Mole Valley AC, produced their best performance of the season in the Southern Men’s League fixture at K2 Crawley on Saturday beating the league leaders by a significant margin, which places them 2nd in the league. There were a number of notable performances for the club: double winners in the long jump, with Neil Lincoln (6m 11) and Greg Ames (5m 97); similarly Andy Briggs and Matt O’Hare in the hammer and discus 32m 25 and 23m 75, and 29.69 and 23m 47; Matt Morgan comfortably winning the 5000m in 17 mins 36.8; and Eric Parker the B in 18 mins 22.3. Eric had a busy day. Taking 2nd in the 400m hurdles in 76.2, high jumping, winning both the B 110m hurdles in 28.3 and the 3000m steeplechase in 12m 22.2, and finishing 2nd in the B 1500m in 5 mins 6.9. Andy Briggs cleared 2m 40 for 3rd in the pole vault, high jumped 1m 40 for 3rd place, put the shot 9m 48 for 2nd and came 4th in the javelin with 33m 02cm, whilst Matt O’Hare came 2nd in the B with 27m 97. Dieter Pietersen came 2nd in both the 110m hurdles in 21.5 and the shot with 7m 33. As a non-scorer he leapt a very creditable 10m 25 in the triple jump and 4m 66 in the long jump. Ben Wilson in his first outing of the season won both the B 100m in 12.2, B 200m in 25.3, and was 2nd in the B 400m in 57.8. Martyn Payne was 2nd in the 100 with 12.0 but probably suffered with cramp in the 400m, recording 60.7 for 3rd place. Chris Parrott came 4th in the A 200 in 28.1. Terry Hall non-scoring in the 110m hurdles ran faster than Holland Sports' scoring athletes! Terry also cleared 2m for 2nd in the pole vault and was 4th in the A 400m hurdles in 74.1. Terry was also 3rd in the B 3000m steeplechase in 14m 24.7. Mike Alwin was 3rd in the 800m with 2 mins 21.1, whilst Rob Russell came 3rd in the B with 2 mins 31.4, and 4th in the A 1500m with 4 mins 59.8. In the triple jump Neil Lincoln finished 3rd in the A with 11m 62 whilst Gavin Olsson was 3rd in the B with 9m 68. Holland came 3rd in both relays. Holland/RSB/DMV finally finished with 171 ½ points with Havant in 2nd with 139. To see the detailed results, click here. Wednesday 25 June 2008 Holland Juniors Run Away with Medal Haul at Crawley Open [updated report]On Wednesday 25 June at the Crawley Open Medal Meeting a number of Holland Sports Athletes walked away (or should it be ran away) with a stash of medals. Susannah Gordon put on a marvellous performance to come away with two medals. In the U11 60 metres she won her race but was 3rd overall in 10.4, then came 2nd in the long jump with 3m 03. Susannah also came 6th in the 600 metres in 2 mins 17.2. James Rady ran a brilliant tactical race to win the U11 600 metres in 1 min 58.2, just outside the club record. James' brother William came away with bronzes in the U13 800 metres in 2 min 40.2 and long jump with 3m 89. Dylan Middleton in his debut for the club and only just 11 years old leapt to 1.15 in the high jump to win silver (just missing out on gold). Poppy Moore, also on her debut, missed out on gold by one tenth, claiming silver in the U15 100 Metres in 13.8. Poppy was really unlucky in the shot as she only had time to have one throw because of clashing with the 100 metres. Poppy came 4th with 6m 45, but the organisers allowed her to have another two throws which did not count but one of them, 6m 97, would have won the bronze. Roisin Jackson leapt to 3 metres in the U11 Long Jump to collect the bronze. Both Roisin and Juliet Thurbin just missed out on medals in the U11 60 metres running 10.5. Juliet also came 4th in the U11 600 metres in 2 mins 13.8 and 6th in the long jump with 2m 90. Chloe Cottingham, only 9, ran 10.9 for the U11 60 metres and came 5th in the 150m in 26.5. In the U11 60 metres on his debut. Matthew Robinson came 2nd in his U11 60 metres race in 10.4 but just missed out on a medal. Matthew’s sister Bethan ran well to finish 9th in the U13 800 metres in 3m 24.8. In a close race Liam Miles came 5th in the U13 100 metres with 15.5, and 6th in the long jump with 3m 60. And finally, in the U11 Boys 600 metres Ocean Schwartz placed 6th in 2m 03.7 on his debut. Well done. Saturday 7 June 2008 Lily B League, Sutton ArenaIn her first outing representing Holland Sports AC in the Lily B league, Chloe Cottingham, aged 9, put on a good performance in the U11 75m race, finishing 6th in a blanket finish in 13.2 secs, and 4th in the 150m in a time of 25.7 secs. Southern Men’s League, Second Match, RN PortsmouthIn the Southern Men’s League, for the second time in a row, the combined team of Holland Sports, Redhill & Surrey Beagles and DMV just missed out on winning the event, finishing a very creditable second. There were many notable performances, particularly Matt Morgan who destroyed his PB in the 5000m winning in 16:24.05. Matt then comfortably won the 3000m steeplechase in 10:29, half a second outside his PB. Greg Sherriff had an amazing debut in the 400m, winning the B Race in 58.6 secs. He then ran as a non-scorer in the 1500m, finishing 4th overall in 4:43.04. In the 800 metres, Luke Caldwell led all the way to post a personal best of 2:01 (a club record). In the B Race Michael Alwin finished 3rd in 2:21.3. In the 1500m, Hugh Baker produced a storming finish to overhaul the leader and win with 4:30.08. Evan Erskine-Thomas finished 2nd in the B race with 4:52.06. In the 110 metre hurdles Holland had a double first: Mark Andrews winning in 20.5, with Dieter Pietersen winning the B in 21.3 secs. Mark had a busy day finishing 3rd in the 400m hurdles in 67.8, 6th in 200 m in 28.2, 5th in the 400m flat in 70.9, jogging in, 2nd in the triple jump with 11m 30, 2nd in the long jump with 5.19m, and 2nd in the high jump with 1.50m; he also ran in the 4 x 100m relay. Andy Briggs came 4th in the javelin with 31.97m, 2nd in both the discus (27.57m) and B high jump (1.40m), 3rd in both pole vault (2.40m) and hammer (31.76m), and 4th in the shot (9.49m). Eric Parker came 2nd in the B pole vault (2.20m), 3rd in the 400m hurdles (79.1), 6th in the 200m (31.3), and he won the B steeplechase in 11 mins 45.5 secs. Dieter Pietersen on his debut did well picking up the hammer for the first time to throw 17m for 4th, ran 13.5 for 4th in the 100m, threw 18.73m for 4th in the discus, and 7.51m for 3rd in the shot putt. Rob Russell came 2nd in the B 5000 metres in 18:40. Last but not least Gavin Olsson ran 13.9 for 6th in the 100m, and came 2nd in the B long jump (4.56m) and triple jump (8.23m). The 4 x 100 relay team came 4th in 54.8, while the 4 x 400 team (Luke, Michael, Hugh & Evan) finished 3rd in 3:52.7, just outside the club record. To see the detailed results, click here. Saturday 24 May 2008 Lily B and Crawley OpenIn the Lily B league meeting at Tooting on Saturday Holland Sports fielded a small but determined girls' team. Aaliyah Gilkes ran well in the U13 70m hurdles and was in contention until she hit one of the hurdles, but recovered to finish 6th in 15.8. She then ran 15.7 for 5th in the 100m. Kyam Murray on her debut recorded 15.4 in the U15 100m. In the U11 Girls there was an excellent debut by Roisin Jackson who came 5th in the 75m in 13.8, 4th in the 150m in 26.2 and 12th in the long jump with 2.55m. Juliet Thurbin on her 2nd appearance in a Holland vest ran superbly in the 150m to finish very close to the winner, coming 3rd in 25.2 seconds. Juliet also ran well in the 75m, finishing 3th in 13.5 and long-jumped 2.95m for 5th. The Crawley Open meeting at K2 the preceding Wednesday night saw Ken Suzuki improving his PB in the U15 100m to 12.9. There were debuts for: Chloe Cottingham in the U11 60m (4th in 10.8) and a super 600m for 8th in 2:20.3, Oliver Riley 3rd in the U13 100m in 17.3 secs, and Harry Dawson 4th in 22.1. In the 600m U11 there were two fast runs by Josh Knight, 3th in 1:57.9, and James Rady, 5th= in 2:02.5. James also came 6th in the long jump with 2.85m. Tom Barnard ran 17.2 secs in the U15 100m. Last but not least Liam Miles ran 15.9 secs in the U13 100m. Sunday 18 May 2008 Zach stars at CrawleyZach Leveridge was Holland Sports AC's star at the National Young Athletes' League meeting at Crawley on Sunday. In the U13 boys 200m B race Zach was pipped by one tenth of a second in a super fast 28.7, faster than the winner of the A Race, and a national grade 3. He ran a swift 16.0 for 2nd in the B 75m hurdles, a national grade 4. Then he bravely ran the 1500m, winning the B Race in 5:54.2. Finally, he ran a storming last leg in the 4 x 100m, following solid legs by team-mates Oscar, William and Liam, to bring the club from 3rd to 2nd, recording a time of 61.7. Also in the U13 Boys 1500m, Josh Cottingham came 4th in 5:43.6. William Rady leapt to a PB and national grade 4 of 3.95m in the long jump to finish 3rd, followed by 16.1 in the 75m hurdles for 4th, and 2:40.4 for 3rd in the 800m. Oscar Cotton was 2nd in the A shot with 7.43m, and 5th in the B 100m in 15.9. Liam Miles leapt 3.77m for 3rd in the B, ran 15.4 for 5th in the 100m, and 32.3 for 5th in the 200. In the U15’s, Tom Rady won the 80m hurdles in 15.6, came 4th in the B 100m in 14.4, and 3rd in the B 1500m in 5:45.6. Ken Suzuki ran a brilliant 13.1 in the A 100m - a PB and national grade 4 - and 26.5 for 4th in the 200m, also a national grade 4, both commendable performances. Sam Knight leapt 3.90m for 5th in the long jump and ran 5:38 for 3rd in the A 1500m. Disappointingly Holland Sports were unable to field any female athletes. Saturday-Sunday, 10-11 May 2008 Oscar Wins Gold at Surrey Athletics Champs
Holland Sports AC's Oscar Cotton performed heroically to secure the gold medal in the under-13 shot at the Surrey track & field championships at a hot, sun-baked Kingsmeadow. Leading from early in the competition with 7.83m, it looked like the gold medal had been snatched from his grasp when in the last round another competitor put 7.86m. Oscar responded with a magnificent gold-winning effort as the shot sailed out to 7.88m, a National Grade 3. The picture above shows him on the rostrum with his gold medal. Other notable performances by Holland Sports Athletes were personal bests for William Rady, first in the under-13 800m race, where he unluckily missed out on a place in the final with 2:34.40, and then in the final of the 1500m, where he finished 8th with 5:15.46. Both were National Grade 4s. Sam Knight in the under-15 long lump three times bettered his personal best, finishing with a wind-assisted 4.09m. In the heats of the 800m he ran 2:40.90, another PB. In the under-15 javelin Ashley Cotton was 7th with 23.57m, a National Grade 3 performance. In the under-13 800m heats Josh Cottingham was 6th in 2:51.61. Sunday, 4 May 2008 Liam Achieves National Grade 4 at KingsmeadowHolland's boys ran with Redhill & Surrey Beagles in the first National Young Athletes' League match of the season at Kingsmeadow. Outstanding performance of the day came from Liam Miles, whose 3 metres 89 gained him a National Grade 4 in the long jump! Here's a picture from Kingsmeadow of the Under 13 Boys' 1500 metres. In the picture, William Rady, on his way to his National Grade 4, closely followed by James Miller.
Saturday, 3 May 2008 Good First Outing at Southern Men's League, CrawleyThe first men's athletics meeting of the new season took place at Crawley's K2 centre in fine weather conditions. For the first time, the club has joined forces with Redhill & Surrey Beagles and Dorking & Mole Valley AC to compete as a joint team in the Southern Men's League. And we did really well. We finished in 2nd place when we had no hurdlers and only one pole vaulter. Thanks particularly go to Mick Chappell, who stepped in late in the day – stepped in being especially apt for the steeplechase! Mick picked up valuable points for the team. Saturday's result left us 3rd overall in the league, based on the results from the two Division 4 South matches at Crawley and Kingston-upon-Thames. Reports and Results - MiscellaneousSaturday, 22 March 2008 Banstead Woods Time TrialAt the 22nd March edition of this weekly time trial, Leanne Kavanagh improved her PB by 6 seconds to 24mins 04secs, finishing in 50th place in very cold conditions with a bitter wind – well done! Saturday, 15 March 2008 Banstead Woods Time TrialTwo Holland Sports runners - Nigel Bongers and Leanne Kavanagh - took part for the first time in the Banstead Woods time trial, a 5 kilometre time trial series run every Saturday morning in the wooded hills overlooking the Chipstead valley, near Banstead, Surrey. Leanne finished in 38th position in a time of 24 minutes 10 seconds, while Nigel finished in 51st position in 25 minutes 54 seconds, out of 101 runners. Leanne and Nigel represented the young and old of Holland Sports - Leanne is 14 years old and has just joined our club from Crawley AC, while Nigel...is much older. The time trials start at 9am and there is car parking nearby. They seem well organised and offer the opportunity of a good training run on a set course in attractive surroundings with a whole diversity of runners taking part. If you do a series of races, you can track your performance. It's only a short drive from Oxted. But you need to register online to take part in the series, and to run in a particular TT you need to do so by midday the Friday before. To check out their website click here. |
