Posts from — October 2019
Ricky Road Run
Congratulations to Catriona Paterson who was first lady over the line at this years Ricky Road Run on Sunday 27th October. Catriona finished the challenging course in 1.07.19.
Well done to all the other HAC members pictured who also tackled the hills.
October 31, 2019 Comments Off on Ricky Road Run
Help needed for the Met League XC Uxbridge fixture – Saturday 7th Dec 2019
Hillingdon AC is hosting a Met league fixture on Saturday 7th December and we need lots of marshals to ensure the event goes off safely and is enjoyable for everyone involved.
We need marshals from 11.45am to 3.30pm please. Course map and timings for the races are below.
If you are not competing then please do volunteer your time. It’s much more fun than Christmas shopping!
If you are able to help please contact Maria Hernandez-Humm at
hacmhh@outlook.com
We will also need as many volunteers as possible for the Hillingdon 20 on Sunday 8th March. This is the club’s main fundraiser so please save the date and make yourself available to help. Please support this event.
October 31, 2019 Comments Off on Help needed for the Met League XC Uxbridge fixture – Saturday 7th Dec 2019
Clubhouse open on Saturday 2nd November for Rugby World Cup Final
The clubhouse will be open from 8.30am on Saturday 2nd November for the Rugby World Cup Final. If you would like breakfast please let Hannah Wells know by Friday 1st November.
October 31, 2019 Comments Off on Clubhouse open on Saturday 2nd November for Rugby World Cup Final
Met League win for Abdi
After quite heavy & persistent rain, ABDI ABDULLEH, followed up his win in the Middlesex 10k road Championship, of the 29th of September, with another decisive victory in the first Start Fitness Met League of the season.
Coach Idris Hamud, of Hillingdon AC, pointed out “My target this season was for one of my men to win a Metropolitan league senior race but, I was surprised it was done so soon.” In the past, Abdi did often, rush off quickly, which robbed him of a victory in 2017-18 but this time he went off fast but never came back. At halfway, on the sometimes muddy patches, he was on his own ahead of the chasing pack.
October 21, 2019 Comments Off on Met League win for Abdi
SEAA Cross Country Relays Juniors teams – Saturday 19th October
A good day secured by some very decent performances at this high standard relay race. With a good number of juniors dropping out from this local race the remaining juniors left put our teams to top 10 positions. Some of these juniors raced 3k cross country midweek for the Hillingdon schools qualifying for London Championships and still turned up on tired legs. With the course of 2k flat fast grass made soft with recent rain fall, with the exception of the U/17s who raced over 3k.
5 U/13 girls Asmaa Abdirahman 7.48 (3rd), Zoe Knight 8.51 (10th), Scarlett Mclellan 9.00 (11th) B TEAM Abigail 9.10 and Isla Mcgovern 9.05
2 U/13 boys Ryan Stoddart 8.11 (20th) and Harvey Williams 9.10 (30th) No 3rd leg.
1 U/15 girl. Nicole McGovern sparkled to produce the race of the day by winning the 1st leg and the fastest time in 7.23.
8 U/15 boys, Taaj Ojha 7.14 (21st) Abdi Hamud 6.56 (10th), Finn Coombe 7.00 (10th) Finn debut after a midweek 5k x/c 17.50 – 5k! B TEAM Zac Dickens 7.28 (29th) Moshin Moallin 7.20 (20th) FaysalMohamed 8.02 (24th) C TEAM Patrick Hyde 7.40 (36th) Sam Knight 8.23 (39th) Sam Raced midweek 5k x/c 20.01
The 5 U/17s young men raced to 7th with Adam Ireland 10.49 Hanad Ahmed 11.09 and Max Mcgarvie 11.19 7th (team). B team Nathan Hackley 11.06, Abdi Khalif 11.42
I am confident the teams will improve for Mansfield.
Stevan Dokic – Team Relay Manager.
October 20, 2019 Comments Off on SEAA Cross Country Relays Juniors teams – Saturday 19th October
SEAA Cross Country Relays Senior Ladies Team – Saturday 19th October
Our small band of runners, Hannah Wells, Pauline Smith and Zoe Dobbs represented HAC Senior Women at the SEAA Cross Country Relays at Wormwood Scrubs on Saturday.
Hannah Wells, in fine form following her new fitness regime of nights out only from Thursday through to Wednesday was first leg. Flying round in just over 13 minutes she took Zoe Dobbs by surprise and was at the change over line before you could say another glass of prosecco please. School girl error by Zoe who was chatting with Pauline rather than watching the race meant a rapid run to the changeover box and handover with seconds to spare.
Setting off in 19th place, Zoe was quickly overtaken by 3 runners up the long drag to the corner before managing to overtake a Ranleagh Harrier along the prison edge. A trudge round the back edge and up the hill through the woods she managed to maintain position supported with a big shout out by Lucy Duncan and Christina Benjamin from the sidelines. The run in to the finish, down the hill and then turning into the wind meant being frustratingly overtaken by one more runner before handing over to Pauline Smith in 23rd place in a time of 14.58.
Pauline brought the cutest support team along with 3 year old Daniel shouting run mum run and so she did. A great run considering she’s been out of the racing scene for some time, Pauline battled with a London City runner over the last 100 meters and was just pipped on the line in a time of 15.58 to bring us home in 26th place out of 38 teams.
Thank you to Lucy, Christina, James Laing and young Daniel for the support and especially the jammy doughnuts.
Report by Zoe Dobbs
October 20, 2019 Comments Off on SEAA Cross Country Relays Senior Ladies Team – Saturday 19th October
Rugby World Cup Semi-final
The clubhouse will be open from 9am on Saturday 26th October so we can watch England in action in the Rugby World Cup Semi-final. Breakfast rolls with tea and coffee will be served for £2.
October 20, 2019 Comments Off on Rugby World Cup Semi-final
Youth Talent Programme
Hillingdon AC have two athletes picked this year for the Youth Talent Programme – Ben Brownlee and Monty Ogunbanjo.
The Youth Talent Programme is the first stage of the Performance Pathway for young athletes in England aged 16. The programme is a collaboration between England Athletics and British Athletics and gives athletes the opportunity to learn, train and develop the necessary skills to progress onto becoming a senior international.
Congratulations Ben and Monty.
October 19, 2019 Comments Off on Youth Talent Programme
Hillingdon 20
Entries are now open for the 2020 race via here
October 16, 2019 Comments Off on Hillingdon 20
Social event following Met League Fixture – Claybury
The 12th October sees the first Met League fixture of the winter season, at Claybury. Following the event there will be Fish and Chips and Bingo at the Clubhouse.
If you want to attend please register either on the club Facebook page or on the noticeboard at the clubhouse, stating what you would like to order.
The Clubhouse team
October 3, 2019 Comments Off on Social event following Met League Fixture – Claybury
Summer Series 2019 – Results
Sorry to break it to you but Summer is over, reports Dan Spinks. The Middlesex 10k was the last race of this year’s summer series. In the ladies’ competition there was no change at the top as Zoe Dobbs made sure she got enough points to hold onto the lead. In the men’s Doug Milsom moved up a place on the podium while Iain Betson ran a 10k lap of honour having wrapped up the series win some time ago. Thanks to everyone for taking part and congrats to the winners.
October 3, 2019 Comments Off on Summer Series 2019 – Results
Middlesex 10k Road Championships, Victoria Park, Sunday 29/9/2019
Following a one minute silence for Tashan Daniels, which was subsequently warmly applauded by everyone present, Hillingdon AC athletes went about the business of attempting to win medals in the 5 team categories in the Middlesex County 10 Km RoadChampionships, report Andy Torrance and Doug Milsom.
Suffice to say following some very fine performances from the 17 men and 12 ladies who ran, the team results show that Hillingdon AC won medals in EVERY category and we were the only Middlesex club to achieve that.
Following on from his fine performance in the Great North Run, Abdishakur Abdulle (30:28) won individual Gold, for the third consecutive year, 9 seconds clear of Mohamud Aadan of TVH. Other HAC individual medallists were Catriona Paterson (40:16) 2nd Middlesex Lady, Karen O’Rourke (46:08) and Zoe Dobbs (47:34) 1st and 2nd W45, and Doug Milsom (54:20) who was surprised that they awarded a medal for the M80! Abdishakur and Catriona also won prizes for the 1st Male and 3rd Female finishers in the open race.
The following Hillingdon AC athletes won Middlesex team race medals, which are to be presented at a later date:
Gold: Senior Men: Abdishakur Abdulle (30:28), Aramias Zeration (32:35) and James Laing (34:13);
This is also the third consecutive year that HAC have won this title.
Silver: Senior Ladies: Catriona Paterson (40:16), Hannah Wells (41:59) and Ciara Williams (44:22);
Silver: M50 Men: Richard Jenkin (41:53), David Smith (42:23) and John Bignell (45:03);
Bronze: Masters Ladies: Karen O’Rourke (46:08), Zoe Dobbs (47:34) and Melanie Spencer (48:17);
Bronze: M40 Men: Martin Bateman (37:07), Paul Leppard (38:04) and Iain Betson (43:47).
Altogether a very successful morning out in Hackney for the club. The Middlesex AA has suggested we arrive at Claybury with a security van to pick up all the prizes.
Full results in http://www.middlesexaa.org.uk/ and https://www.runbritainrankings.com/results/results.aspx?meetingid=313549&pagenum=1
Thanks to the County officials and to Victoria Park Harriers & Tower Hamlets AC for a well organised event and for producing the individual results and medals so soon after the finish. They even managed to postpone the heavy rain which had been forecast!
October 1, 2019 Comments Off on Middlesex 10k Road Championships, Victoria Park, Sunday 29/9/2019
4×4 Fest
To mark the loss and celebrate the life of Tashan Daniels we will be holding a fun club event where all club members and family can get involved.
One of Tashan’s favourite events was 400 metres so we will be running a 4 x 400m relays team competition at the track this Thursday 3rd October 2019.
All welcome.
Races will be graded and mixed by gender, age and ability where possible.
There will be 4 teams.
Each person will be allocated a team colour.
Each team has a manager.
Each person runs once
Team points for each relay race will be scored 5pt, 3, 2, 1. Points at the end will be tallied up to show overall team scores.
If we have enough officials, leg and team times will be available too.
The first race is at 6pm. We expect around 10 to 15 races
Please arrive in good time to get a team and warm up.
Support your team mates from lane 3.
Track should be kept clear during the event but training can be done as usual before and afterwards.
Help needed with time keeping, officiating and logistics.
October 1, 2019 Comments Off on 4×4 Fest
Gosunder Handicap Race 2019
The results of the rescheduled Gosunder Handicap Race 2019 are below. This year the race was run over the 5k training race route. Congratulations to Christina Benjamin who was first over the line. Well done to all who competed.
Finish Time | Handicap | Actual Time | Fastest | |
Christina Benjamin | 38m 2s | 0m 0s | 38m 2s | 46 |
Bill Harding | 38m 26s | 10m 15s | 28m 11s | 36 |
Edward Spencer | 39m 18s | 16m 0s | 23m 18s | 20 |
John Doyle | 39m 32s | 13m 45s | 25m 47s | 31 |
Julie Stokes | 39m 55s | 9m 0s | 30m 55s | 42 |
Ellie Henderson | 39m 56s | 14m 30s | 25m 26s | 28 |
Andy Torrance | 39m 57s | 14m 30s | 25m 27s | 29 |
Sally Bundock | 40m 14s | 9m 0s | 31m 14s | 43 |
William Spencer | 40m 23s | 19m 0s | 21m 23s | 6 |
Mel Spencer | 40m 33s | 17m 15s | 23m 18s | 21 |
James Quinn | 40m 36s | 18m 30s | 22m 6s | 12 |
Alan Wells | 40m 42s | 10m 0s | 30m 42s | 41 |
Agi Steinert | 40m 44s | 16m 0s | 24m 44s | 25 |
Sharon Talbot | 40m 50s | 10m 30s | 30m 20s | 40 |
Karen O’rourke | 40m 51s | 18m 30s | 22m 21s | 14 |
Steve Edwards | 40m 52s | 20m 0s | 20m 52s | 5 |
Mike Illing | 40m 53s | 18m 15s | 22m 38s | 16 |
Pauline Fischer | 40m 54s | 16m 15s | 24m 39s | 23 |
Heidi Smith | 40m 54s | 14m 30s | 26m 24s | 33 |
Bhavna Shah | 40m 56s | 14m 0s | 26m 56s | 34 |
Jim Arora | 40m 56s | 11m 0s | 29m 56s | 39 |
Bryony Lycett-Brown | 40m 57s | 16m 15s | 24m 42s | 24 |
Hannah Woodward | 40m 57s | 13m 0s | 27m 57s | 35 |
Chris Buckingham | 40m 59s | 19m 0s | 21m 59s | 11 |
Karen Trunkfield | 41m 8s | 16m 0s | 25m 8s | 26 |
Stephanie Sungtong | 41m 8s | 16m 0s | 25m 8s | 27 |
John Bignall | 41m 13s | 19m 0s | 22m 13s | 13 |
Iain Betson | 41m 16s | 20m 30s | 20m 46s | 4 |
Jack Edwards | 41m 23s | 20m 0s | 21m 23s | 7 |
Sarah Dunnage | 41m 27s | 16m 0s | 25m 27s | 30 |
Kirk O’Rourke | 41m 28s | 22m 15s | 19m 13s | 2 |
Spencer Harding | 41m 29s | 20m 0s | 21m 29s | 9 |
Lyndsey Browne | 41m 31s | 12m 45s | 28m 46s | 38 |
Chloe Charles | 41m 37s | 18m 0s | 23m 37s | 22 |
Zoe Dobbs | 41m 41s | 18m 30s | 23m 11s | 19 |
Paul McCay | 41m 43s | 19m 0s | 22m 43s | 17 |
Paul Spencer | 41m 45s | 19m 0s | 22m 45s | 18 |
Paul Leppard | 41m 51s | 22m 45s | 19m 6s | 1 |
Tony Shaw | 41m 51s | 16m 0s | 25m 51s | 32 |
John Blake | 41m 56s | 20m 0s | 21m 56s | 10 |
Paul Burke | 41m 58s | 10m 0s | 31m 58s | 44 |
Gabriel Seagall | 42m 3s | 22m 0s | 20m 3s | 3 |
Simon Norbury | 42m 18s | 14m 0s | 28m 18s | 37 |
Sam Hurley | 42m 34s | 20m 0s | 22m 34s | 15 |
Dave Smith | 42m 42s | 21m 15s | 21m 27s | 8 |
Helen Chandler | 43m 14s | 8m 0s | 35m 14s | 45 |
October 1, 2019 Comments Off on Gosunder Handicap Race 2019