Category — Training
Hillingdon Ladies Turn Up in Force at Welwyn Garden City
November 14, 2021 Comments Off on Hillingdon Ladies Turn Up in Force at Welwyn Garden City
Met League 2- Juniors report
Some great running from Hillingdon Juniors at the second Met League of the season at Welwyn. It is great to see the progress made from the first race and shows that the hard work at training is paying off!
Well done to Seth Miller & Joseph McDermott for competing in their first Met Leagues of the season – look forward to seeing you at rest of the fixtures. Stand out performances by Elsie Fitzgerald, finishing 5th in the Girls U11 and to Amae Van Zyl who fought hard to the finish to come 4th in the Girls U13.
Results can be viewed here: Race 2 (2021) – Welwyn Results – 13/11/2021 | Metropolitan Cross Country League (metleague.run)
The next race on the 4th December is our home fixture and so we really hope that the comfort of the familiar ground and support from the Hillingdon friends and family will encourage a good turnout from our juniors. All juniors are welcome to compete – if you do not already have a number – just message me (07769673978) and I will bring you one to training.
Even if you do not feel cross country is for you – please do come down on the 4th to cheer you team mates on & encourage them up the ski slope and through the river!!
Well done all!
Molly
Met League Juniors Team Mgr
November 13, 2021 Comments Off on Met League 2- Juniors report
Old running tops required
November 12, 2021 Comments Off on Old running tops required
Management Committee changes
Paul Cuddihy and Lyndsey Browne have recently stepped down from their respective roles as Club Athletics Adviser and Communication Sub Committee Chair. The Management Committee would like to thank them both for their service to the club in these roles and wish them both the best for the future and look forward to seeing them both around the club.
The Management Committee are actively seeking replacements for these roles.
The athletics adviser role has three strands to it
- Coach, official and volunteer development
- Managing the club’s relationship with GLL (the track operator at Hillingdon Stadium)
- Managing the Club’s relationship with other organisations that the club is affiliated to including England Athletics and London Borough of Hillingdon.
This is quite a significant workload for one person and the Management Committee has agreed that to make it more manageable and attractive to volunteers it would be acceptable that the role could be carried out by one or more individuals.
Therefore I am very pleased to announce that Doreen Evans has agreed to take on the liaison role with the track operator and Jim Southgate has offered to carry out the coaching, official and volunteer development aspect. For those of you who don’t know Doreen or Jim, both have been involved at the track for some time, Doreen in an administrative/ support role and Jim as a Level 2 coach. These are interim appointments until the AGM when a vote will be held, as they are for all Governing bodies of the club as set out in the Club Constitution.
We continue to require someone who will manage the clubs relationships with other organisations and a communications lead. If you feel you could take on either of these roles please email Dave Smith at davidalan.smith2@gmail.com
November 5, 2021 Comments Off on Management Committee changes
North London Cross Country Champs
Well done to Rob Thompson who came 1st in yesterdays race to be crowned North London Cross Country Champion. He was followed home by Ermias Zeration in 2nd place. The men’s team came home in 2nd place. Carole Coulon came 2nd in the senior women’s race with the women’s team coming third. Full results to follow.
October 31, 2021 Comments Off on North London Cross Country Champs
North London X country champs
On behalf of all club members I would like to say a huge thank you to Martin Bateman for his commitment and hard work in ensuring that we can host this weekends first cross country fixture of the season . Martin has given up a lot of his spare time to ensure that we will have a race that we can be proud of and we are lucky to have someone with his skills and determination. Also thank you to Maria Hernandez- Humm for organizing the marshals for this weekends race and to everyone who is helping out one the day.
October 29, 2021 Comments Off on North London X country champs
North London XC Champs & NWLL XC
The organising team at Hillingdon AC are looking forward to welcoming clubs to our Hillingdon House Farm venue this Saturday 30th October.
Below is a course map with the race timetable and a parking map. The courses are mixed terrain of grass, earth and gravel paths. There will be no river crossing for this event. Suitable for studs or 9mm+ spikes.
Parking is extremely limited, with only 60 pay and display places available. We would encourage everyone that can only arrive by car, to group up with others and car share and to also park a short distance away in the locations marked on the map.
Hillingdon Underground Station is a 15 min walk from the HQ at Hillingdon Athletics Stadium, Gatting Way, Uxbridge UB8 1ES. This weekend only the Met Line is running. U1 and U2 buses stop close to the stadium. There are plenty of bike racks at the stadium
Toilets, changing rooms and refreshements will be available at the stadium from 11:30am. The NL XC prize presentation will be at the stadium after the conclusion of the men’s race.
October 27, 2021 Comments Off on North London XC Champs & NWLL XC
Junior runners for the Met League
The Met League continues and details of the second race can be viewed via the link below:
October 25, 2021 Comments Off on Junior runners for the Met League
Claybury Met League Senior Mens report
A mixed result at the first Metropolitan League fixture of the season at Claybury saw the A team finish seventh in Division One despite only 14 finishers from the club in the men’s race. Aramias Zeration was the first scorer for the club in eighth followed by Rob Thompson (10th), James Laing, (31st) and Nathan Hackley (36th and third under 20) who was making his debut in the men’s race after moving up from the Under 17s. Martin Bateman finished 71st with Fahad Abdi 100th, Jose Ramon Polo Lopez 189th, Anthony Warnakulasuriya 222nd and Daniel Whittaker 236th. Chris Marchand was 10th scorer for the club and the first V60 to score for the club in 290th with Neal Clark (316th) and Peter Warburton (336th) finishing off the scoring 12 for the A team.
Martin Searle (345th) and Trevor Steeples (354th) were the sole scorers for the B team. There were 370 finishers and the full results may be found here: https://www.metleague.run/
Paul Leppard
October 23, 2021 Comments Off on Claybury Met League Senior Mens report
Claybury Met League Senior Ladies report
Despite being light on numbers for yesterday’s race in Met League Race 1 at Claybury we achieved a remarkable level of success which hopefully we can build upon in the future four fixtures. We had six veterans and two senior runners at the start , and all got round in a field of 179 finishers. Debutant Carole Coulon finished in 7th position overall and first veteran lady, and only 10 more veterans had arrived before the Pocket Rocket Karmen Pardoe arrived, and with strong runs from Zoe Dobbs and Iwona Gray-Cauvin to make up the 4 women team we currently lie in an astonishing 3rd position out of 12 teams in Veteran Ladies Division One. Hannah Wells motored round to finish in 25th place and total cross-country novice Nasteran Sepanj smiled all the way round to complete our senior ladies team score. Obviously we have work to do to consolidate our position in senior division one but currently lie in 9th position, some way clear of the three teams beneath us. Pauline Smith ran a creditable race having not run for some considerable time to be first scorer for the Veterans ‘B’ team, and the Indestructible Angela Duncan finished, as always, to complete the line-up. This was a very encouraging result from such a small team, and hopefully we will improve our positions with bigger teams in future races. Certainly, we now have the potential to be a major force in the Veterans Category!!! Bring on Welwyn Garden City in 4 weeks!!!!!!
Andy T
October 23, 2021 Comments Off on Claybury Met League Senior Ladies report
Met League Cross Country – Race 1 – Claybury-
A big well done to all those who competed at Claybury yesterday. In particular Carole Coulon who came 1st in her age group and finished 7th woman overall. For the men we had two athletes in the top 10- Aramias Zeration in 8th and Rob Thompson in 10th.
Team results as follows
U13 boys- 6th/ 17; U13 girls 7th/17
Junior men 17th/ 28; Junior women 16th /21
Senior Women A 9th/12; Senior women B 11th/12
Veteran Women A 3rd/12; Veteran Women B 6th/12
Senior men 7th/12; Senior Men B 14th/17
Veteran Men A 9th/12; Veteran Men B 14th/17.
Turnout was low but I’m confident this will improve for the next fixture. I appreciate that all of us have different demands on our time and have individual personal circumstances. Please do make every effort for the next race at Welwyn on the 13th November.
We are only as good as the sum of our parts.
October 17, 2021 Comments Off on Met League Cross Country – Race 1 – Claybury-
Met League Cross Country – Race 1 – Claybury-Juniors Team Manager’s report
October 17, 2021 Comments Off on Met League Cross Country – Race 1 – Claybury-Juniors Team Manager’s report
Claybury Met League Fish and Chip Night – Saturday 16th October
Please let Zoe Dobbs know your food choices by Thursday 14th October
Medium Cod and Chips £8.50
Large Cod and Chips £9.50
Medium Haddock and Chips £8.50
Scampi and Chips £7.50
Mince Beef and Onion Pie £3.20
Vegan Minced “beef” pie £3.20
Cheese and Onion Pasty £3.00
Large Sausage Roll £2.00
Medium Chips £2.20
Large Chips £3.20
October 13, 2021 Comments Off on Claybury Met League Fish and Chip Night – Saturday 16th October
Clubhouse Socials are back!
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
16th October – Met League – Fish & Chips and Bingo
23rd October – Bavs Curry night
13th November – Met League – Bonfire Hot Dogs, Sparklers, quiz and games
4th December – Met League, Live music
23rd December – Last Thursday before Christmas buffet & Mulled wine
25th December – Christmas clubhouse 5k
31st December – THE BIG ONE, CLUBHOUSE FAMOUS NYE PARTY IS BACK
More info for each one and booking will follow. All HAC member’s friends and family welcome.
October 6, 2021 Comments Off on Clubhouse Socials are back!
North London XC and Juniors XC – 30th October
We need a minimum of 1 marshal per location marked by the letter on the course map, but ideally 2 please – so 14 in total, plus someone to be at the stadium making sure everything is okay and someone on parking at HSLC making sure there are no major issues and helping people find a spot. |
October 6, 2021 Comments Off on North London XC and Juniors XC – 30th October