Posts from — April 2019

Following a request to publish the dates of HAC Management Committee Meetings at the AGM the next meeting will be held on Monday 29th April. In addition to the usual standing items, including Treasurer and Secretary reports and feedback from the various sub committees, we will also review the recent Hillingdon 20 and discuss the clubhouse refurbishment.

Well done to all who competed in the Wilkie Mile on Thursday 18th April. Results are as follows:

Watchless Guess Your Time

Many thanks to the officials Gavin Collett, Phil Welch, Anna Talbot and Phil Warburton.

The results for the first 5k training race of 2019 are as follows:

Many thanks to Officials Andy Torrance, Gavin Collett and Phil Welch.

Thanks also extended to Freya Hollingsworth and Dan Thompson for feeding over 50 hungry runners and to Paul Cuddihy for hosting the quiz.

The next 5k training race is Thursday 9th May.

The next club fixture is the Wilkie Mile on Thursday 18th April at Kings College Track, further details can be found earlier on this website or on the clubhouse noticeboards. Following the race there will be a bring and share buffet at the clubhouse.

A fantastic team performance at the National 12 Stage Road Relays saw Hillingdon AC record their highest finish in this event for at least 20 years (this is also as far back as I can search on the internet) as the team finished 31st out of 65 complete teams from a restricted entry of 75 teams that qualified for this event via their regional championships, reports Team Manager Paul Leppard.

With a number of very strong runs from various members of the team this was an excellent way to finish the 2018/2019 road and cross country season although disappointingly, I believe our actual finishing position should have been recorded even higher at 29th as the finishing positions of the 12th leg runners for Leeds City B team and Victoria Park Harriers did not tally with the positions observed on the road. I did query the provisional results on this basis but was told that the officials and judges recording sheets had been checked and that they were satisfied that the results are correct and so unless I can find video or photographic evidence, 31st it is.

Regardless of any potential recording error, to finish so high up in a National final is still an excellent result and so congratulations to all involved.

Full results of this event may be found here: https://www.race-results.co.uk/results/2019/nat1219.htm

Met League XC proposals for equal distances.

I have to say I made a mistake in not putting my proposal to the league for short and long mixed races as these are the options on the agenda listed below.

With the league admin throwing her weight behind a proposal to equalise race distances, I’m sure one of these proposals will pass. If more than 1 passes then it’ll get even more interesting.
I have created an online form for any HAC members to complete to give their opinion on the following…
https://fs21.formsite.com/mbatemanhillingdonac…/…/index.html

Spring has arrived and next Thursday 11th April, will be the first 5k training race of the year.

There will be food available and a quiz after the race. This month Paul Cuddihy will be setting the quiz and the meal will be prepared by Freya and Dan, which will be a chilli.

The cost for the meal will be £5 and there will be veg and non veg options. If you would like food, please sign up either on Facebook or at the Clubhouse. They need final numbers by next Tuesday as Freya and Dan will need time to prepare the meal.

Please support your club events.

Saturday 30th March saw the first big outdoor open competition of the year at Bracknell, reports Courtney Clarke.

Mia Smith who won Gold in the U17W 100m in a PB of 12.46. Mia then took took second place in the 200m in another PB of 26.6.

Ben Brownlee took 2nd place in the U17M 100m in 11.32 and then achieved a massive PB of 22 in the 200m for a a Gold win.

Full results can be found here

Well done to all our members who competed.