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HERCULES WIMBLEDON AC NEWS & RESULTS W/C April 19, 2015
It was a ‘mix ‘n’ match’ of a weekend as far as team competition for HW went with a noshow in the SLAN meeting, a sprinkling of athletes in the Kinnaird/Sward trophies at
Kingsmeadow and an encouraging start for the track events in the Ebbisham League.
The Ebbisham U15 boys relay shone despite ¾ of them being U13s!
This weekend sees HW making their debut in the Southern Athletics League (for men &
women) with their fixture at Bracknell while the Virgin Money London Marathon will have
some 22 club members taking part plus no doubt a host of youngsters competing for their
respective Boroughs in the Mini-Marathon.
Best of luck to all concerned.
At Bracknell, Heather Letley will responsible for looking after the ladies section of the team
so please contact her on [email protected] if you wish to be considered for either team
selection or officiating.
For the men duties have been split with Liam White ([email protected]) looking after
the middle-distance runners, Juan Hernandez ([email protected]) the sprints and
jumps, and Stuart Milton ([email protected]) the throws.
Please contact any of the above as a matter of urgency if you are available to compete.
ARE YOU RUNNING LONDON?
In alphabetical order I understand that the following 23 members will be toeing the line in
London on April 26th.
Andrew Blake, Alastair Brown. Stewart Bond, Tom Cheetham, Joe Clark, Guy Cotter,
Monika Crouse, Rob Draper, Gary Forde, Gina Galbraith, David Gold, Ian Grey, Claire
Grima, David Grima, Charles Hampden-Smith, Caroline Jackson, Amandine King, Dominic
Kiralfyi, John Krause, Robert Tuer, Maurice Sharp, Dennis Williams and Frank Wood.
Tom Cheetham tells me that this will be his 60th marathon so hopefully he will celebrate it
with a sub-3 hour clocking.
One HW who has had to withdraw if Khalid Diaw who tells me that, “Three weeks ago, I
picked an ITB and what also looks to be shin splints. The only time I have run since was a
Tuesday session I did more than two weeks ago. So, sadly, I am going to pull out of London,”
adding, “quite unfortunately, when I was running at my best for a long time.”
Dave and Claire Grima will go for a couple of beers at the Cask and Glass on Victoria Street,
SW1 5HN.
(http://www.shepherdneame.co.uk/pubs/victoria/cask-glass) after the race and it would be
great if they could be joined by other HW runners and spectators
HERCULES WIMBLEDON OPEN MEETING – NEXT WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29
Hot on the heels of the Young Athletes Meeting, the first in a series of three HW Open Meetings at
Wimbledon Park is on Wednesday, 29th April (see timetable below). We are also introducing the HW
Club Championships which will be spread across these three meetings. For the April 29th meeting the
Championship races will be the 100m, 400m and 800m (i.e. the athlete clocking the fastest time in
each gender/age group will be Club Champion). The Club Championships over 200m, 1500m and
5000m will feature in the August Open Meetings (the 5th and 19th, details of which will follow later
on).
It goes without saying that any help from non-competing members would be appreciated. Just turn up!
HW IN PARKRUN ACTION ON WIMBLEDON COMMON
Parkrun winner Ben Toomer
Charles - aka Usain Bolt - Lawrie
Three HW vests make an appearance!
All photos by Guy Gibbons
SURREY COUNTY T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS – ENTRIES NOW OPEN
23/24 May 2015 Surrey Track & Field Championships, Kingsmeadow
Links to entry: Online Entries
'Paper' Entry Form
The closing date/time for online entries is Wednesday 13 May at 12.00 MIDDAY and 12
May for paper entries - Late entries will not be accepted
Get your entries in now and avoid the closing dates which are strictly adhered to!
Note: so far 56 people (for 87 events) have entered the above via on-line so far BUT no one
from HW.......and there’s only three weeks to the closing date!
IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM SIMON INGALL – HW MEMBERSHIP
SECRETARY
Here is a reminder that annual subscriptions were due on January 1st (again no increase). We
would be very grateful if you could arrange payment as soon as possible. Information,
including payment instructions, is at http://www.herculeswimbledonac.org.uk/Membership&-Renewals.html The subscription for any member elected since September 1st, 2014 also
covers 2015. If in doubt, contact Simon Ingall at [email protected]
At time of writing there appears to be 180 members classified as unpaid!!! Many of who are
still competing as HW.
In the next few weeks Simon will be posting notice of lapsing to unpaid members so if you
want to remain as a member of HW please pay up!
REMEMBER: those not paid up will have to pay the Merton fee of £5 for training at the
track!
Seen at the Young Athletes Meeting is Jo Wackett with
some fancy nail work
ON YOUR BIKE JOE TOOMEY!
Joe Toomey who has hit some fine running form of late now turns to two wheels and is
seeking your support in a most worthy cause.
“I am swapping my trainers for wheels and taking part with three colleagues in the
London to Paris bike ride this year in aid of the Breast Cancer Campaign. The plan is
to complete the 280 mile journey over the course of three days and to arrive in Paris on
the 29th June. Our target is to raise £1000 each meaning we will (hopefully) raise over
£4000 between us. I would be very grateful for any sponsorship towards this very
worthy cause. Sponsorship can be made by following this link”:
https://www.justgiving.com/2015LondontoParis2015
Charles Hampden-Smith celebrates his birthday after the Wednesday Lauriston run
RICHMOND 10km
Entries are open for Ranelagh Harriers’ Richmond 10km on Sunday 21st June. Entry limit is
700, so get your application in early! Details: http://www.ranelagh-harriers.com/rich_10k_15.html
AS REPORTED IN THE GUARDIAN! – TRUE OR FALSE?
The sprinter Richard Kilty is willing to bet £30,000 he can beat the Arsenal pair Héctor
Bellerín and Theo Walcott in a race.
According to reports, right-back Bellerín is the fastest man at Arsenal over 40 metres, having
beaten Walcott’s record. The reports claim he clocked 4.42 seconds, quicker than Usain Bolt
reached the 40m mark in his world record run over 100m.
But Kilty, who added the European 60m crown to his world title in Prague last month, said
there was no chance Bellerin was that quick.
The 25-year-old said on Twitter: “Media claiming @HectorBellerin can run 4.42 over 40m.
Absolutely no way. Are these journalists complete morons?! I will put £30,000 on the line to
race @HectorBellerin & @theowalcott any sprint distance, any time, any place, anywhere.
The race will be over very quickly. So if they put their money down I will gladly show
everyone they cannot sprint as fast as the media claim.”
Kilty’s comments followed an online blog from the former sprinter Craig Pickering, who was
part of the British quartet who won 4x100m relay bronze at the 2007 world championships.
Pickering, who also competed for Great Britain in bobsleigh at last year’s Winter Olympics
wrote a post enititled ‘Speed & footballers’ on his personal website that questioned the
newspaper reports.
“Let’s examine the logical fallacy of this headline/story,” he wrote. “Is it likely that a young
footballer, who has to practise a wide range of skills, including actually kicking a football, as
well as tactical and other fitness demands, could be faster than someone whose job it is to just
focus on covering distances of 200 metres or less in as short a time as possible?
“That someone with almost perfect genetics, who spends 6 days per week honing his
unbelievable talent, would be beaten over 40 metres by someone who does a bit of sprint
training? That the fastest person by almost a country mile to ever walk this planet is not as
good at HIS job as a Spanish under-21 international footballer?
“Clearly, it’s stupid.”
Nike Track Shoes
Available From the Croydon Harriers Club
House
Shoe Type
Zoom JA
Fly
Zoom Rival
Zoom
Maxcat
Zoom
Matumbo
Zoom
Victory
Zoom
Victory Elite
Zoom
Matumbo 2
Zoom PV 2
Zoom
Superfly
Zoom
Mamba
Zoom Celar
4
Zoom TJ
Zoom LJ
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Rotational
Activity
Javelin
Mid
Distance
Sprint
4.5
2
5
2
8.5
10
10.5
11
1
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11.5
2
12
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13
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Distance
7
2
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10
3
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Pole Vault
Sprint
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15
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14
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Croydon Harriers have had the following spikes donated to them by Nike, they were the
shoes their Olympic sponsored athletes were offered, the shoes are all
Luminous Lime
Green, with Gold Trim.
We are able to offer all of the above shoes for a £30 donation to Croydon Harriers and CRY, Cardiac
Research in the Young,
a charity that has been supported by Croydon Harriers for the last 10 years following the sudden death
of one of our Athletes, aged only 16.
The above shoes are available to collect from the Croydon Harrier club house on training
nights Tuesday and Thursday 7pm till 9pm,
any track fixture at Croydon Arena and at the Surrey County Championships on 23rd May.
They will also be available to collect at the Rosenheim League Eastern Division and Surrey
Vets League if you email me size and requirement to [email protected]
Please note: No other sizes are available and are sold purely on a first come first serve basis.
ANNUAL REGISTRATION WITH ENGLAND ATHLETICS
For certain events you will require an England Athletics (EA) membership number. The
annual registration starts again on April 1st, 2015 and now costs £12. (By concession, those
who were registered with EA for the very first time between January 1st and March 31st, 2015
are covered until March 31st, 2016.)
Unfortunately EA’s system does not allow individuals to register themselves and therefore it
has to be administered by the club on your behalf. Please see the EA registration section on
http://www.herculeswimbledonac.org.uk/Membership-&-Renewals.html for how to pay.
ATHLETICS ON TV
London Marathon - Saturday 25 April
17:30-18:00, BBC Two - Paula Radcliffe: The Marathon and Me
World-record holder Paula Radcliffe looks back on her extraordinary career on
the eve of her swansong appearance at the 2015 London Marathon.
In a revealing set of interviews with Olympic gold medallist and BBC athletics
pundit Denise Lewis, Radcliffe discusses the highs and lows of 20 years at the
top of her sport, the future, and the importance of family life in her success.
The three-time London Marathon winner also talks about overcoming her
battle with serious injury in order to race the 26.2 miles on the famous streets
of the capital for the final time.
Sunday 26 April
08:30-10:00, BBC Two and 10:00-14:30, BBC One
Highlights from 18:00-19:00 on BBC Two
WIMBLEDON COMMON SUMMER TRAIL RACES FOR 2015
Andy Bickerstaff and the Good Run Guide are repeating their series of scenic summer trail races on
Wimbledon Common. The races are on the first Wednesday of May, June and July, each starting at
7pm from the Windmill. The first two - on May 6th and June 3rd - are over 5 miles, while the last on
July 1st is over 8 miles.
Details: http://www.goodrunguide.co.uk/WimbledonTrail1
SHOPPING AT SAINSBURYS?
START COLLECTING THOSE VOUCHERS
It’s that time of the year again when the Sainsbury till staff issue the Active Kids vouchers
against your purchases and an opportunity to obtain various items of athletic equipment for
the club a scheme that is available to all organizations that are in possession of ‘Club Mark’.
Vouchers can be left at the HW clubhouse any training evening or at the 7upsnovers sessions
on a Sunday morning.
You can also post them direct to Pete Mulholland at 4, Birchwood Close, Morden, Surrey,
SM4 5NH
Note: last day that vouchers are available at your Sainsbury store is Tuesday, May 5
Forthcoming fixtures of interest to HW members
2015
APRIL
Sat 25: Southern Athletic League Match 1, Bracknell
Sun 26: Virgin Money London Marathon, Greenwich
Sun 26: Virgin Money London Mini Marathon, Old Billingsgate
Wed 29: Hercules Wimbledon Open Meeting, Wimbledon Park
MAY
Sun 3: Surrey Road League 1, Half Marathon, Richmond (ENTRIES CLOSED)
Mon 4: Herne Hill H Open Meeting, Tooting Bec
Sun 10: Surrey Road League 2, 10km, Sutton
http://www.suttonrunners.org/sutton_10km/
Wed 13: Rosenheim League, Match 1, Battersea Park
Fri-Sun 15-17: European Veterans Road Championships, Grossetto, Italy Details
Sat 16: Highgate H Night of the 10,000m PBs, Parliament Hill
Sat 16: British Masters Road Relays, Sutton Coldfield
Sun 17: Lily B Girls League, Match 1, Guildford
Mon 18: Southern Counties Vets League, Match 1, Kingsmeadow
Sat/Sun 23/24: Surrey County AA Championships, Kingsmeadow
Mon 25: BUPA 10,000m, (Road) London
Wed 27: Rosenheim League, Match 2, Croydon Arena
Sun 31: Southern Athletic League Match 2, Horsham
JUNE
Sun 7: Surrey County AA Masters Championships, Ewell Court
Sun 7: Surrey Road League 3, 10-miles, Dorking
Sun 7: IAAF Diamond League, Birmingham
Wed 10: Rosenheim League, Match 3, Wimbledon Park
Sat 13: Surrey Schools Championships, Kingsmeadow
Sat 13: London Schools Championships, Battersea Park
Sat/Sun 13/14: Southern AA U20/Senior Championships, Lee Valley
Sun 14: Ebbisham Boys League, Match 2, Coulsdon
Mon 15: Southern Counties, Match 2, Vets League, Walton
Sat 20: Southern Athletics League, M/W, Match 2, Wimbledon Park
Sat/Sun 20/21: England Athletics U23/U20 Championships, Bedford
Sun 21: Surrey Road League, 4, 10km, Richmond
www.sportsystems.co.uk/ss/event/RanelaghHarriersRichmond10K1234
Sat 27: Lily B Girls League, Match 3, Walton
Mon 29: Southern Counties Vets League, Match 3, Ewell Court
Future fixtures: http://herculeswimbledonac.org.uk/Fixtures.html
For those seeking additional competition please refer to these links for open meetings
http://www.londonathletics.org/?q=node/56
http://www.openmeetings.co.uk/find-an-open-meet.php
RESULTS
April 14: Veterans AC 5-mile road, Battersea Park
1 Ben Reynolds (Thames H&H) 27:30 HW: 7 Tom Morris 35:05; 12 Dennis Williams 41:38
(17 finishers)
April 15: Highgate H Open Meeting, Parliament Hill
5000: 4 Matthew Sharp 15:37.06; 12 Robert Tuer 16:00.54
M70
DT (1kg): 1 Kevin Burnett (2C) 18.39
April 18: Kinnaird & Sward Trophies, Kingston
200 A: 6 Dominic Bokor-Ingram 24.62/+2.4 (5th HW M40 all-time) B: Peter Giles 34.12
(HW M70 record)
400 A: 5 Dominic Bokor-Ingram 53.25 (4th HW M40 all-time)
1500 A: 4 Peter Giles 5:35.97
3000 A: 4 Dan Pescod 10:45.25
HJ A: 5 David Orchard 1.20
SP A: 5 David Orchard 7.47 B: 3 Kevin Snelling 7.36 n/s: Kevin Burnett 4.54
DT A: 4 David Orchard 24.48 B: 3 Kevin Snelling 16.65
HT A: 2 David Orchard 25.69 B: 2 Kevin Snelling 18.71
JT A: 4 Kevin Snelling 23.07 B: 2 Kevin Burnett 10.37
Team results – Sward Trophy – Field Events
1 Kingston & Poly 190; 2 Achilles 124; 3 Herne Hill H 88 … 6 Hercules Wimbledon 44
Team results – Kinnaird Trophy – Track Events
1 Achilles 234; 2 Kingston & Poly 179; 3 Herne Hill H 128 … 8 Hercules Wimbledon 28
April 18: parkrun 5km, Wimbledon Common
1 Ben Toomer (HW) 17:09 Other HW: 4 Peter Collins 17:43; 5 Neil Fraser 17:58; 6 Peter
Lee 17:59; 7 Adam Harwood 18:02; 18 Simon Woodley 19:41; 20 Adam Fenton 19:46; 21
Lisa Thomas (1st F) 19:48; 22 Peter Metcalf (2C) 19:51; 23 Tom Cheetham 19:51; 27 Frank
Wood 20:06; 33 John Townsend 20:26; 43 Richard Mellor 20:42; 47 Charles HampdenSmith 20:47; 65 Richard Clark 21:48; 87 Charles Lawrie 22:43; 90 Eileen Brandley 22:46;
101 David Lanfranchi 23:07; 104 Ellen Weir 23:14; 109 Alastair Brown 23:28; 128 Celia
Willis 23:57; 146 Ruby Shipton 24:22; 151 Fenella Willis 24:26; 374 Sophie Toomey 33:25
(396 finishers)
April 18: parkrun 5km, Bushy Park, Teddington
1 Taras Telkovsky (Belgrave H) 15:42 HW: 11 Robert Tuer 17:15; 161 Barry King 21:26;
230 Emilie Bokor-Ingram 22:12; 290 Jessame Coulson 23:00; 314 Heather Letley 23:12; 515
Florence England 25:21 (1249 finishers)
April 18: parkrun 5km, Richmond Park
1 Jordan Mungovan (Unattached) 16:39 HW: 3 Joe Clark 17:03; 4 Jack Collins 17:22 (7th
HW U20M all-time); 238 Dennis Williams 29:12 (337 finishers)
April 18: parkrun 5km, Roundshaw Downs, Croydon
1 Alex Elms (Dulwich R) 18:23 HW: 23 Martin O’Halloran 22:27 (127 finishers)
April 18: parkrun 5km, Old Deer Park, Richmond
1 Kris Davidson (Ranelagh H) 16:55 HW: 18 Amelia Casey (2nd F) 21:05 (4th HW U15G alltime); 33 Madeleine Casey 23:38 (79 finishers)
April 18: parkrun 5km, Kingston
1 Sam Davies (Unattached) 17:53 HW: 14 Francesca Clarke (1st F) 20:35 (150 finishers)
April 18: parkrun 5km, Nonsuch Park, Ewell
1 Daniel Gaffney (Epsom & Ewell H) 16:05 HW: 92 Maurice Sharp 22:10 (562 finishers)
April 18: parkrun 5km, Lloyd Park, Croydon
1 Simon Luciani (Striders of Croydon) 17:02 HW: 9 Felix Allen 19:56 (201 finishers)
April 18: parkrun 5km, Newbury
1 Sam Hart (Team Kennet) 17:09 HW: 11 James Moorcroft 19:39 (377 finishers)
April 18: parkrun 5km, Brentwood, Essex
1 Dave Tullett (Chelmsford) 18:38 HW: 3 Nick Hogg 20:08 (120 finishers)
April 18: parkrun 5km, Bishops Park, Fulham, SW6
1 Keith MacIntosh (Wimbledon Windmilers) 16:19; 2 Alexie Calvert-Ansari 16:44 HW: 25
Isabelle Ellis (3rd F) 19:31; 41 Gina Galbraith 19:45; 46 Mark Livingstone 19:53; 82 Celine
Attwell 21:47; 88 Emily Ellis 22:00; 129 Charles Attwell 23:49; 150 Ewan White 24:40; 169
Michelle Howie 25:17 (299 finishers)
April 18: parkrun 5km, Northala Fields, Ealing
1 Mukhtar Farah (Unattached) 16:28 HW: 27 Tom Morris 21:54 (136 finishers)
April 18: parkrun 5km, Kesgrave, Ipswich
1 Joe Toomey (HW) 16:56; 2 Jason Taylor (Felixstowe) 17:38 (208 finishers)
April 19: Ebbisham Boys League, Division 2, Match 1, Carshalton
Match result
1 Guildford & Godalming 139; 2 Holland Sports 136; 3 South London H 112; 4 Sutton &
Dist 94; 5 Hercules Wimbledon 67
U15 Boys
100 A: 4 Henrik Alstadhaug 14.8
200 A: 5 Henrik Alstadhaug 30.1
800 A: 1 Lloyd Smith 2:09.2 (9th HW U15B all-time) B: 1 Zac Purnell 2:21.7
1500 A: 1 Ben Tatters 4:51.7 B: 1 Henry Silverstein 4:54.8
4x200: 1Hercules Wimbledon 1:53.4
JT: 3 Fred Jimack 13.38
U13 Boys
100 A: 1 Jaleel Roper 12.2 B: 1 Miles Ayoola 13.5 (19th HW U13B all-time)
200 A: 1 Jaleel Roper 24.1 (HW U13B record) B: 1 Miles Ayoola 27.3 (6th HW U13B alltime)
1500 A: 3 Josh Tatters 5:20.6
Non-scorers
U17 Men
100: Belmiro Costa 12.9
400: Josh Dhillon 53.9
LJ: Belmiro Costa 5.01
U15 Boys
800: Diego Leyenda 2:44.0; Fred Jimack 2:54.7
1500: Sam Barker 4:46.4; Blu Robinson 5:36.3; Luke Saitch 5:41.0
LJ: Fred Jimack 3.25
U13 Boys
100: Nathanael Pogolati 15.0
200: Nathanael Pogolati 30.6
600: Nathanael Pogolati 2:13.2
U11 Boys
600: Jack Nation 2:00.8
April 19: Hyde Park 10km, London
1 Kieran White (HW) 33:45; 2 Nicolas Besson (Serpentine) 34:20 (553 finishers)
April 19: Zurich Marathon, Switzerland
1 Edwin Kiyeng (Kenya) 2:11:34 HW: 765 Paul Jones 3:26:36
April 19: Kingfisher Duathlon, Morden Park
Seniors
Swim 400m – Run 9km
1 Alex Yee (Crystal Palace Tri) 35:11 (5:08 – 30:02 HW: 86 Stephanie Robson 49:08 (9:12 –
39:56) 102 Alison Purnell 52:22 (9:30 – 42:51) (192 finishers)
Tristar 3 (age 13/14)
Swim 400m – Run 3km
1 Abel Sinko-Uribe (Highgate H) 16:11 (5:10 – 11:01) HW: 3 Zac Purnell 17:15 (6:13 –
11:02)
…..AND FINALLY