Posts from — December 2018

15 teams competed in this years Ruislip Lido Relays. Well done to Joel Pope who took the top spot this year, completing all three laps in 28.19

Full results as follows:

A small merry band us headed into Central London yesterday to compete in the Serpentine Last Friday of the Month 5K race, on a perfect day for racing, reports Martin Bateman. As usual the standard and depth of competitors across the age groups was high with the overall winning time of 15.08 on a decent course in Hyde Park that avoids most of the festive crowds. Richard Mann and Gemma Barry were our first finishers. Full results can be found here https://www.serpentine.org.uk/rdb/showrace.php?race=12924

23 Richard Mann 17:03 SM 76.20% 05:29
37 Martin Bateman 17:41 V40 78.60% 05:41
66 Gemma Barry 18:57 SL 77.90% 06:06
75 Hannah Wells 19:30 SL 75.70% 06:17
80 David Smith 19:38 V50 77.50% 06:19
86 Paul Hull 19:53 V50 75.30% 06:24
125 John Bignell 21:26 V65 78.40% 06:54
152 Martin Searle 23:10 V60 69.50% 07:27

Congratulations to Catriona Paterson who was first lady and third place overall at the Black Park Pinewood Trail 5km on Boxing Day.

Far more importantly she finished over ten minutes earlier than the other four HAC runners who grouped well finishing slightly further on down the field.

Full results can be found here https://www.bucksvoice.net/pinewoodtrails/results-2018-pinewood-trails-5/

On the 16th December I experienced my first pentathlon, reports Angel Doyle. A Pentathlon is an athletic event comprising of five different events for each competitor. As I’m u15 first year my events were 60 metre Hurdles, High Jump, Long Jump, Shot Putt and 800 metres. The athletics event was placed at Lee Valley aAhletics Centre indoor track. My first event was Hurdles and I ran 11.81, it wasn’t the best of times but it was decent for myself. Then about a hour later I had High Jump and that went pretty cool – I jumped 1 metre 33 and that was a massive pb. My third event was Shot Putt and I threw 7 metres 31 for a new weight of a shot putt because I’ve moved up an age group and it’s 3kg. My 4th event about half and hour after was long jump…well that didn’t go too well I had 2 no jumps and 1 terrible jump but I was getting really tired. My last and final event was the 800 metres my favourite event and I won my race and ran the time of 2 minutes 44 secs.

My total score of points of the Pentathlon was 1890 and I’m ranked 119th in the country and I’m really proud of myself. I could of done better but there’s always next time.

I just wanted to also say a massive thank you to my coach Roy Feaviour. He’s helped me a lot and taught me a lot of new drills and different techniques in training but a massive thank you to Lorraine Kingston for helping me get through the tough day and having a good mother to support me. I’m looking forward to next track season and I hope everyone else has a good season next!!

Thank you Hillingdon AC your’e an amazing club!

Well done to everyone that completed the Christmas Morning 5k Race and a big thank you to Gavin Collett and Phil Welch. The results can be viewed here

Thanks to all those who helped out with the Dark Run and to the clubhouse team for the food and entertainment. I still need marshalls and first aiders for the Lido Relays on 30th December. Please let me know if you can make yourself available. Dave

3.30pm is the deadline for online entries for the run. I’ll be at the clubhouse around 5pm until 5.45pm allocating numbers and taking late entries and payment. Please bring the correct cash if possible. Thank you!

We need three marshalls on the course for both the Dark Run on the 15th December and the Lido Relays on the 30th December. We will also need a trained first aider at each event. Please let myself or Martin Bateman know if you can help.

Festive dates for your busy December diary:

Saturday 15th – Dark Run – Online entries and food orders now being taken

Christmas Day – 5km race from the clubhouse 10.30am

Sunday 30th – Ruislip Lido Relays 10am

New Years Wild West Party – Ticket only and available from the clubhouse team. Get them now before they sell out!