Today we had glorious weather for cross country racing and that bought about some glorious results

from our juniors. We had our most Top 10 finishes of the season today, but I think the superstars of

the day were our U15 and U17 for braving the river crossing! I have to say watching them run

through the river made me glad to be a spectator! A few war wounds picked up along the way – but

that makes for even better photos!

Huge well done to all our runners but especially our Top Ten finishers:

Josh Hounsell – 9 th (U11)

Suheyb Daahir Awale – 5 th (U13)

Dylan Lewis – 7 th (U13)

Elise Fitzgerald 5 th (U11)

Amae Van Zyl 6 th (U13)

I am sure the great performances from all our runners today will help improve our league positions!

Full list of Provisional results can be accessed here:

Race 3 Uxbridge – Individual Results | Metropolitan Cross Country League (metleague.run)

Some of our juniors have impressed so much this season, that they have been selected to represent

their county at the South of England Intercounties next Saturday – all of HAC wish them the very

best of luck!

The next Met League is 15/01/2022 at Wormwood Scrubs – Not too late for anyone else to join us –

so please encourage any members of your group who would like to give cross country a try;

Wormwood Scrubs is a nice flat course.

Please also do not forget the Middlesex Cross Country Championships takes place in Greenford on

08/01/2022 – we already have a good little team to put forward – but it would be fab to be able to

add some of the brilliant runners from today to give us even more strength. Full details have been

sent to parents via email – closing date for entries is 20 th December 2021 – if you have not received

the email of have any further questions – please just message me – 07769673978 /

molly.hacjuniors@gmail.com

Molly

Met League Team Manager – Juniors

Well done to everyone who participated in the London Youth Games ( where junior athletes represent their Borough) and the Seniors London Championships at Parliament Hill yesterday ( Saturday 20th November). A mild day with conditions very good underfoot for Parliament Hill.

Congratulations to Nicole McGovern who finished 1st in the Under 17 female race. Well done also to Abdirahim Hamud who came 2nd in the Under 17 male race. In the London Championships Rob Thomson finished in an excellent 5th place for Hillingdon AC in the senior men’s race, with Hannah Wells coming home first senior lady in 48th place.

Other results 

MU11-Edward Hobbs 141^st

FU13- AmyVan Zyl 7^th; Edey Kestell 112^th

MU13- Dylan Lewis 8^th; Charlie Reed 53^rd; Barnabe Lesenne-Reed 64^th; Adam Strinic 146^th; Sulaiman Abdullahi 149^th; Jake Neldrett 205^th

FU15- Zoe Knight 40^th; Isla McGovern 114^th

MU15- Ryan Stoddart 107^th; Arthur Hobbs 114^th; Myles Conway 117^th

U17M- Zachary  Dickens 52^nd; Samuel Knight 87^th

Senior men- Aramias Zeration 15^th; James Laing 32^nd; Jack McVann 60^th; Will Fielding 90^th

Senior Women- Lynn Hyde 167^th; Lesley Conway 196^th; Liz Clark 199th

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 5^th in the Girls U11 and to Amae Van Zyl who fought hard to the finish to come 4^th 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 4^th 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 4^th 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

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

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.

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.

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.

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The Met League continues and details of the second race can be viewed via the link below:

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/results/race-1-2021-claybury-results-16-10-2021/

Paul Leppard

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

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.

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