May Race Round Up by Hannah Wells
May Race Round UP
Summer series
We had two races of the Summer Series: first up was the Dansfield Dash 10k, followed by the Run Wembley 10k. The Dansfield Dash had some challenging hills for our runners, whilst the Run Wembley was a little flatter, the grass sections provided a good challenge for all taking part! The Summer Series points table is now hotting up with Zoe Dobbs in the lead of the women’s competition and Dave Shelvey leading the men’s. Well done to everyone who took part!
If you are interested in trail or road running, then get yourself signed up for one of the June events!
The Danesfield Dashers
Lucy, Jackie, Heather, Lyndsey, John, Christina
Southern Athletics League Match 2 Andover
The 2nd of our SAL matches took place at Andover. The men’s team were strong taking the top spots in most of the races. Performance of the day on the Men’s team goes to Clive Wickham for “reaching new heights” literally in the Pole Vault and coming second after a strong competition! The women’s team although small did well, Performer of the day goes to Jen usually battling it out on the Rugby pitches she took one for the team by swinging some large pieces of metal around and outsprinting the sprinters! we finished 3rd overall only 4 points off 2nd! The next fixture takes place at Uxbridge on the 17th of June, hopefully we can make full advantage of the home fixture and move ourselves up a little higher in the league. If you have ever fancied giving it a go at track and field, then please do come along and try something out!
Vets League Battersea
The vets showed how it was done at Battersea on the 8th of May coming 2nd in the league! Well done to everyone who competed
Dave Martin and Lynn Hyde showing how to race walk with style!
Parkrun Tourism!
The Hillingdon AC Parkrun Tour has started, first up Osterley Park, a great turn out and an overall win for Andy Wood! Followed by Northala Fields where we recorded a one, two in the women’s run (Hannah Wells and Zoe Dobbs) and a one, two in the men’s run (Rashid Handule and Andy Wood!) Its always great doing something you love together so see the Parkrun tour list for dates and don’t forget your club vest!
The Osterley Park Crew
Peter, Andy, Alan, Katherine, Mel, Christina, Lucy, James
Middlesex Championships
A massive Junior squad of Hillingdon AC athletes took part in the Middlesex championships on the 13th and 14th of June! Well done to all those who ran, Jump and Threw for the club and to all the coaches for supporting these athletes!
Holly Hall, Javelin Gold & Discus silver u17
Emily Wilcock, Javelin Silver u17
Sam Fraser, Long Jump Gold u20
Kacey Laird, Hammer Silver & Discus Gold u15
Lucy Wilcock, Discus & Javelin Gold u13
Ben Hooley Javelin Gold u117
Aryan Padruth Javelin Gold u13
Marcos Kantaris Javelin Siler u13
Laura Anene 800m Gold u13
Abdi Abdulle 5000m Gold SM
Kevin Acraman Hammer Gold SM
Mohammed Gold u15 1500m, Abdi Gold u13 1500 m, Adam Silver u15 1500m, Hanad Gold u15 800m!
With lots of events going on this month please feel free to write about and put up race reports from other events you have competed in!
Love the clubhouse team x
