SNHAC News

Golden day for John

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:20:00 GMT

Veteran John Mayor continued his winning ways into 2012 by beating regular opponents for the British Masters Pentathlon 50+ title at Sheffield on February 5th.
His points total of 3401 was gained by 60mh (9.45), long jump (5.03m), shot (9.69m), high jump (1.53m) and 1000m (3.17.66).

Brothers Fly High on England Rankings

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:02:00 GMT

Daniel Gardner took up the invitation to compete against British senior athletes at the UK trials in Sheffield on Saturday and enjoyed the experience equalling his personal best with a clearance of 4m90. However not content with this performance he joined 18 fellow club members at the Eastern Indoor Championships taking place over the weekend at Lee Valley and having watched younger brother Nathan win the U15 pole vault competition with a 3m20 clearance he went on to win the U20 competition with 5m01, breaking both the club record and ensuring that both he and Nathan headed their respective age group England Rankings. Club pole vault coach Beth Harris was delighted with the performances from the pole vaulters and is looking forward to Daniel, Nathan and Martha competing at the national championships in Birmingham in two weeks time. Other medallists were Alisha Levy gold U13 shot (9m09 )and bronze high jump (1m15), Martha Huggins gold U15 pole vault (2m40), Max Price in his first ever 60m races won both his heat and the final (7.65), he also won the shot putt (12m23)and gained a silver medal in the high jump (1m70), David Spicer gained the bronze in the U17 pole vault with 3m10, Claire Ward won a bronze medal in the U20 60m hurdles (9.24), Paul Spicer won the U20 high jump (1m70), Billy Vernon-Hamilton came third in the U20 200m (23.57) while senior man Connor Winters gained the full set of medals with gold in the pole vault, silver in the long jump and bronze in the 60m hurdles (3m85, 6m43 and 9.18).

Rewards for Cross Country

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:02:00 GMT

Saturday?s 5^th and final round of the Chiltern Cross Country league held at Wing saw a cold and frosty snow covered course. SNHAC age group teams were fighting for final Division 2 league positions with individuals also being recognised for their efforts over the season. Chris Hilton was leading the field of 245 Senior/ Junior / Vets men?s race during the first lap of the 9000m course but picked up a slight injury so pulled out to prevent further aggravation, he had done enough in the previous races to earn himself the 2^nd placed individual in Div 2 in his Junior men?s age group . Becky Harris 1^st on the day was also 2^nd placed individual U17 women and with Caroline Willis 3^rd led the team to 2^nd place in the Junior/ U17 women?s section. The U13 girls of Charlie Duke 3rd on the day Lisa Barber 20^th and Georgia Reed 22^nd helped the U13 girl?s team to 3^rd placed team and not to be outdone U13 Boys Daniel Duke 5^th and Adam Mason 6^th also brought their team home to a 3rd placed finish. The U15 girls of Sarah Feely 10^th and Sophie Keeble14^th were short of athletes due to the holiday season and injuries meaning the team finished in 4^th place missing out on 3^rd place by 6 points. In the u15 boys category Robert Bolton was the only competitor and finished 7^th with the team finishing 7^th of the 11 teams in Div 2. Competing in the first race of the day saw the U11 girls set off to break up the icy course with Emma Bolton, 26^th Shona Pybus 41^st and Abigail Pickard 42^nd earning the team 10^th place of the 17 clubs in the Mob match. Team Manager Chris Feely was pleased with the season performances from all the athletes who competed.

Flying high again!

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:03:00 GMT

An emphatic win by the Hertfordshire U13 boy?s team in Norwich at the Regional Sportshall finals and a new club pole vault record in Sheffield at the Inter City Challenge headed the weekends performances from Stevenage and North Herts athletes, club members were also competing at the County Schools Cross County Championships and the London Games for U15/17 athletes.

Daniel Gardner set yet another personal best (4m90) in the pole vault to come second at the Inter City Challenge competing for North London Lions, also competing for the London team Moe Sasegbon cleared 1m73 in the high jump.

Daniel collected the Mayor?s Award for Sporting Excellence at the recent Stevenage awards ceremony held at the Gordon Craig Theatre while his coach Beth Harris gained the award for Coach of the Year. At the same awards ceremony Stevenage and North Herts Athletic Club gained the award for Team of the Year which was collected by the Eastern Young Athletes team who were unbeaten in all league matches in 2011.

A very close competition between Hertfordshire and Norfolk in the Regional Sportshall Championships resulted in the U15 boy?s team loosing by just 6 points, the U13 girl?s team loosing by 34 points and the U15 girl?s team coming third behind Norfolk and Essex but the U13 boy?s team had a fantastic win beating Norfolk by 111 points. The team won every relay and had 6 individual wins, 3 of these coming from Stevenage and North Herts Athletes. Max Price and William Cartledge won both high jump competitions with superb performances of 1m65 and 1m50 (the next nearest height cleared was 1m40 by an Essex athlete), while Ben Stone won the 6 lap race (1.26.1) and Jon Klutse came second in the shot putt (10m11). This means a trip to Birmingham in April for the national final. In the U15 boys competition Junior Klutse came 3^rd in the All Round competition loosing by just 2 points although, competing against boys a year older. He won the shot (12m26) and was second in the standing triple jump (8m46). Fellow club member Max Schopp came second in the 2 lap race (49.6) and third in the standing triple jump (8m06). David Spicer was also competing. Bethany Harley competed for the U13 girl?s team. Sophie Keeble gained second in the U15 2 lap race (55.0) with Kate McRoy and Rebecca Piccard also in the team.

Closer to home four club athletes have been selected for the Hertfordshire Team to compete at the English Schools Cross Country Championships in March with top 8 finishes at the Schools Cross Country Championships at St Albans on Saturday. Christopher Hilton and Hannah Dewhurst were both 3^rd in the Senior Races, Rebecca Harris finished in 6^th place in the Inter Girls Race with Janie Latchford and Caroline Willis in reserve places (11^th and 12^th) while Charlie Duke was 6^th in the Junior Girls race.

A further 5 athletes were competing on Saturday at Lee Valley in the London Games. Nathan Gardner set a new personal best (3m10) to win the U15 boys pole vault, Martha Huggins vaulted 2m40 for a new personal best in the U15 girls pole vault and cleared 1m45 in the high jump. Bethany Dean ran 9.31 in the 60m and 1.47.93 in the 800m. In the U17 competition Kim Sibotie came 3^rd in the 200m (23.1) and ran 7.49 for the 60m while Kate Wright jumped 1m40 in the high jump and 3m86 in the long jump.

Shot Throw qualifies Martina for Manchester

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 11:12:00 GMT

Three Stevenage and North Herts athletes travelled to Brighton on Saturday to compete at the South of England Cross Country Championships. The course was extremely undulating and muddy which suited Chris Hilton who finished the U20 men?s 8km race in a time of 28.14 for 24^th place. Rebecca Harris completed the U17 girls 5km in 21.08 for 67^th and Charlie Duke was 61^st in the U13 girls 3km in 12.19 where there were 218 finishers.

A further ten club members were competing at the London Indoor Games for Senior and U20 athletes at the Lee Valley Athletic Centre. Sisters Jessica and Martina Barber were really happy with their efforts which improved their personal bests in 4 events. Jessica ran 62.8 for the senior women?s 400m and 8.70 for the 60m. Martina ran the 800m in 2.43.72 and improved her shot putt to 7m03 in the U20 age group. The throw in the shot qualifies Martina for the World INAS indoor competition. This is for para-athletes with an intellectual disability and takes place in Manchester in March. Martina has already qualified for the Pentathlon.

Elior Harris and Kashif Jones opened their indoor season in the Senior and U20 men?s high jump with 1m85 and 1m75 while U20 Paul Spicer improved to 1m70. Connor Winters also opened his indoor season with 4m10 in the senior pole vault. Other athletes completing were Anne Rees, Alice Rackham, Laura Feely and Dan Gardner.

A further 11 athletes were selected for the Hertfordshire team which competes at the Regional Sportshall finals in Norwich next weekend.

Stevenage Borough Council Awards for 2011

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:28:00 GMT

The Gordon Craig Theatre was the venue for this year's event, celebrating the achievements of Stevenage's Talented Young People.The awards reward success in both sports and the arts of young people who either live or are at school in Stevenage.

53 youngsters received certficates and cheques from the Mayor of Stevenage, Cllr Carol Latif ; 19 being members of the club.    They are;-
Martina Barber;  Hannah Dewhurst; Laura Feely; Daniel Gardner;  Nathan Gardner; Rebecca Harris;  Renee Hector;
Chris Hilton;  Lewis Keeble; Sophie Keeble; John Klutse; Alisha Levy; Laurence Levy; Matthew Mardle; Shannon Rapacchi; David Spicer; Paul Spicer; Ben Stone;

Sport Stevenage chairman, Grahame Bowles, announced the winners of the five awards from them; the club's members received three of them!!!!!

Coach of the Year -Beth Harris;
Club of the Year- SNHAC
Mayor's award for Sporting Excellence- Daniel Gardner

Congratulations to everyone involved in 2011- including those who dont live in Stevenage.

` Margaret Powell

Throws and Jumps success at South Indoor Champs

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:34:00 GMT

Thirteen athletes from Stevenage and North Herts Athletic Club were competing on days two and three of the South of England Indoor Championships at the Lee Valley Athletic Centre over the weekend.

An exciting two days of competition saw local athletes competing with the best in the south. Day one got of to a good start when Daniel Gardner competing in 2 events at the same time managed to move between the U20 men?s long jump and the pole vault and medal in both. A new personal best and club 21^st Century U20 record of 6m94 in the long jump gained him the bronze medal and a jump of 4m80 in the pole vault won the gold. In the U15 boys high jump Max Price had to settle for the silver medal clearing 1m65.

Day two started with the U15 boys shot putt. Club mates Junior Klutse and Max Price fought for the medals with Junior throwing a new personal best of 13m35 to win with Max gaining the silver throwing 11m62. Junior also came 6^th in the final of the 60m in 7.72 having run a personal best in the heats of 7.65. Later in the day Nathan Gardner won the U15 boys pole vault with a jump of 2m90 which equalled his personal best.

Claire Ward finished 4^th in the U20 60m hurdles in 9.40, Kim Sibotie finished in 5^th place in the U17 boys 200m in 23.62. Other club members competing were Elena Cervi U17 800m (2.33.56), Melissa Doran U15 800m (2.31.14), Rebecca Pickard U15 60m hurdles (10.32), Martha Huggins U15 PV new personal best of 2m30, Billy Vernon Hamilton U20 long jump (5m70), David Spicer 60m hurdles (9.44) and Max Schopp U17 high jump 1m70.

U23 Anne Rees opened her pole vault indoor season by jumping 3m34 at the Welsh Open in Cardiff.

Chiltern Cross Country Results 4th Round

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:23:00 GMT

24 SNHAC athletes completed the 4^th round of the Chiltern Cross Country league on Saturday 14^th held at Slough. Chris Hilton followed on from his County success last weekend with a strong performance finishing 11^th out of 276 athletes in the Seniors/Junior race and the 3^rd U20 man. Hannah Dewhurst was the 2^nd placed U20 woman with Rebecca Harris finishing 6^th in the U17 Women?s race held over the same course. The U15 girls of Janie Latchford 9^th, Sarah Feely 11^th and Sophie Keeble 23^rd gave the team 4^th place on the day and 4^th place in the league in division 2. The U13 girls of Charlie Duke 7^th, Marisa Herridge 20th, Bethany Harley 23rd, Lisa Barber 29^th and Georgia Reed 32^nd Places put the team in 3^rd place in the Division. The U13 boys of Daniel Duke 9^th and Adam Mason 11^th put the team also in 3^rd place in the league. The U15 boys of Robert Bolton 17^th, Ryan Shaw ? Hawkins 18^th, Matthew Livesey 19^th and Jack Gladman 23^rd had their own personal battle for places to leave the team in 7^th place. Veteran Peter Eames was the last SNHAC athlete to finish the course finishing in 217^th of 276 athletes being the 9^th in the U50 age group. The U11 compete all together in the Mob match and Ross Gladman finished 6^th of the 47 runners and the U11 girls Emma Bolton 25^th, Shona Pybus 34^th, Abigail Pickard 42^nd and newcomer Charlie Kasperwikz 49^th of the 68 runners to finish.

Gold at both ends of the Country

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:18:00 GMT

Stevenage and North Herts athletes were involved in competitions both indoors and out and in the north and south of the country at the weekend.

Day one of the South of England Indoor Championships on Sunday saw 7 athletes competing in the U15 and U17 Pentathlon Champs and 3 others in the 800m and 300m events.

Top spot was claimed by Max Price in the U15 boys Pentathlon. Following on from his successful year as an U13 in 2011 he started 2012 by producing personal bests in the shot putt, 60m hurdles and 1000m (12m36, 9.57 and 3.22.28) which coupled with a 1m72 high jump and 5m19 long jump gave him a points score of 2695 a winning margin of 205 points. In the U17 boys Pentathlon Max Schopp finished in 7th place with personal best performances in the 60m hurdles, long jump and 1000m (9.26, 5m44 and 3.16.97) for and points score of 2527 while David Spicer finished in 15th place with a points score of 2097. In the U15 girls Pentathlon Rebecca Pickard was 7th with personal bests in the high jump, long jump and 800m (1m49, 4m47 and 2.47.73) total points 2395, Melissa Doran ran the fastest 800m of the competition (2.34.49) total points 2132 to finish in 13^th, Martha Huggins was 15^th with 2037 and Bethany Harley 19^th with 1802 points. Also competing Dan and Sam Poulton ran the Senior Men?s 800m in times of 2.00.10 and 1.59.68 while Elena Cervi reached the semi final of the U17 300m running 44.47.

Competing in Sheffield Moe Sasegbon won the Northern Senior Women?s high jump championship clearing 1m70.

On Saturday 8 of the clubs younger athletes were competing at the Lee Valley Indoor Open. U13 Alisha Levy improved her shot putt best to 9m03. New personal bests were set in the U15 age group by Rebecca Beddall high jump 1m30, Bethan Dean 60m (9.23), Kate Mcroy shot putt (8m17), Lucy Palinkas 60m (9.10), Junior Klutse 60m (7.70) well under the qualifying time for the national championships in February, Ben Stone 200m (28.10) and John Klutse 60m (8.96).

Medal Success Indoor and Out

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:51:00 GMT

Athletes from Stevenage and North Herts Athletic Club were competing at different ends of the country over the weekend. Five athletes travelled to Sheffieldto take part in England Athletics Indoor Combined Events Championships. A thrilling 2 days of competition saw Daniel Gardner win the silver medal in the junior men?s heptathlon loosing by just 48 pts with a final score of 4598 pts. Day one saw a 7.55 60m, 6m24 long jump, 8m15 shot putt and a brilliant 4m74 in the pole vault on new length 16 foot poles. Day 2 resulted in new personal best performances in the high jump 1m77 and 1000m 2.53.42 with a 9.10 60m hurdle. Billy Vernon Hamilton in his first indoor heptathlon finished in 5^thplace with a 7.37 60m, 6m01 long jump, 11m25 shot putt, 2m64 pole vault, 9.29 60m hurdles, 1m62 high jump and 2.54.39 1000m for a final points tally of 4061. Competing in the junior women?s pentathlon were Claire Ward and Alice Rackham finishing in 7^th and 10^th places with 2928 and 2656 points. Claire recorded personal best performances in the shot putt and 800m (7m20 and 2.28.29) while Alice had personal best performances in the shot putt and long jump (6m79 and 4m61). Moe Sasegbon started the senior women?s pentathlon recording 9.57 in the 60m hurdles and 1m74 in the high jump but then withdrew. Also in Sheffield for a British Milers Club 1500m was Daniel Poulton who was 3^rd in the B race in 4.08.71

The Herts County Cross Country Championships came to FairlandsValley Parkin Stevenage on Sunday, hosted by Fairlands Valley Spartans and Stevenage and North herts Athletic Club with 450 athletes from across the county taking part. 18 athletes from Stevenageand North Herts Athletic Club competed. The highest placed was Hannah Dewhurst finishing with a silver medal in the U20 women?s race. Chris Hilton finished with a bronze medal in the U20 men?s race. In the U15 girls Melissa Doran 4^thJanie Latchford 12^th and Sarah Feely 14^th won a team bronze in the age groups team event with Louise Temple finishing 23^rd. In the U17 women?s race Becky Harris finished 6^th with Caroline Willis in 11^th place. Charlie Duke in the U13 girls race finished 5^th with Marisa Herridge 30^thand Georgia Reed 40^th. In the U15 boys race Jack Gladman finished 23^rd and Matthew Livesey in 24^thplace. Tom Livesey finished 22^ndin the U13 boys race. In the U11?s race Sam Meek finished 12^th with Oliver Shephard in 26^th place and Abigail Pickard was 19^th in the U11 girl?s race. Last but not least Peter Eames in the senior men?s race started on a course where 300 athletes had already run, finishing in 102 place over the 11600m distance.
N Harris & S Feely

SEAA Cross Country and Indoor Success

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:41:00 GMT

Seven compete at SEAA Inter County

Croydon on Saturday saw seven athletes from the Stevenage and North Herts area running for Hertfordshire at the South of England Inter County Cross Country Championships. A cold, sunny day with a bitter wind and an undulating course on the edge of the Downs saw some excellent competition. Hertfordshire teams won both U15 and U17 boy?s team awards. The highest place finisher of the seven athletes from the Stevenage and North Herts area was Rebecca Newstead who finished 3rd in the U23 race completing the 6000m course in 23minutes 35. In the U13 girls Charlie Duke completed the 3000m course in 43^rd place in 13 minutes 44, Melissa Doran ran 16 minutes 35 for the 4000m in the U15 girls to finish 51^st. For the U17 girls Rebecca Harris finished 35^th and Caroline Willis 53^rd in 21 minutes 54 and 23 minutes respectively for the 5000m. Jessica Barber finished 34^th in the U20 race covering the 6000m in 32 minutes 22. In the U15 boys race Robert Bolton competed the 4000m in 15minutes 51 to finish in 75^th place.

Indoor season success at Lee Valley

Fifteen athletes from Stevenage and North Herts Athletic club started the indoor season at Lee Valley on Sunday in the Metaswitch Open. U13 athlete Alisha Levy cleared 1m20 in the high jump and ran the 60m hurdles in 11.35. Abigail Pickard jumped 3m83 in the long jump, ran 31.70 in the 200m and 11.93 in the hurdles. In the U15?s Rebecca Pickard ran 10.22 in the 60 hurdles (a national championship qualifying time) and cleared 1m44 in the high jump and Martha Huggins ran 10.80 in the hurdles. Bethany Harley ran 11.57 in the hurdles, cleared 1m32 in the high jump and jumped 3m73 in the long jump. Sophie Pyle competing in her first competition ran 11.33 in the hurdles. Melissa Doran ran2.27.64 in the 800m and Bethany Dean ran 9.12 for the 60m and 2.49.77 for the 800m. In the U17 age group Elena Cervi recorded 4m28 in the long jump and ran 2.29.76 in the 800m, Sarah Feely ran the 60m in 9.08 and the 800m in 2.44.51 while Charlotte Bott ran 9.16 for 60m and 11.81 in the 60m hurdle. Max Price recorded 9.74 in the 60m hurdles, 1m66 in the high jump (a national qualifying time and height) and 4m82 in the long jump in the U15?s. U17 Max Schopp produced a personal best in the long jump 5m19, ran 9.41 in the hurdles and cleared 1m54 in the high jump while David Spicer cleared 1m42 in the high jump. Paul Spicer cleared 1m66 in the U20 high jump.

Chiltern Cross Country St Albans Round 3

Sun, 4 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

In the Chiltern Cross Country league held at St Albans on Saturday 3^rd December 28 athletes represented SNHAC. The performances by the athletes gave the club a current league position after 3 rounds of 6^th in the Male and 7^th in the Females in Division 2. The Junior /U17 Ladies team of Hannah Dewhurst U20 2^ndRebecca Harris U17 5^th and Caroline Willis U17 9^th are currently 2^nd in their age group league with the U15 girls team of Melissa Doran 4th , Janie Latchford 12th, Sarah Feely19th , Elena Cervi 20^thand Sophie Keeble 22^nd currently in 3^rd place. Not to be outdone the U13 girls team of Charlotte Duke 6th, Bethany Harley 19^th, Marisa Herridge 23rd, Lisa Barber 29^thand Georgia Reed 33^rd also 3^rd place. The U13 boys of Adam Mason 5^th and Daniel Duke 8^th also gave the club 3^rdplace in their respective age group league. The U15 boys of Matthew Mardell, Matthew Livesey and Jack Gladman currently lie 7^th. The highlight of the day came from Chris Hilton who completed the 9 km course in the Senior/ Junior/ Vet Men race finishing 19^th in a field of 299 competitors and 2^nd in the U20 age group in a time of 33.10. Also in the seniors race Paul Spicer U20 finished 5^th in his age group from Division 2 with Senior man Sam Poulton and Veteran Peter Eames and Paul Keeble completing the course for the team. U17 man Peter De?ath was the only athlete in his age group. Chris Feely competing in her first Chiltern Cross Country finished 28^thout of the 49 finishers in Division 2. Also running in the Mob match the U11 girls of Emma Bolton, Shona Pybus and Abigail Pickard. Full results can be found on Chiltern Cross Country web site and on the results pages of this site by Steve Feely

Summer 2011;Track and Field awards; press report

Thu, 1 Dec 2011 04:21:00 GMT

Seasonal Awards
Stevenage & North Herts members and supporters celebrated the 2011 summer track and field season at the Baldock Community Centre. Long time member andmultiple master?s medal winner, at World, European and Great Britain
championships, Joylyn Saunders-Mullins presented the trophies for best performances and highest ranking positions.

The trophies for best performances were awarded to (under 11s, Abigail Pickardand Ross Gladman; (under 13s) Bethany Harley, Alisha Levy, and Max Price: (under 15s) Rebecca Pickard, Kirsty Bateman-Foley, Kim Sobotie and Max Schopp; (u17s) Alice Rackham, Renee Hector, Peter De?Ath and Kashif Jones; (seniors) Moe Sasegbon, Anne Rees, Lewis Keeble, and Neil McLellan; (combined events) MelissaDoran, Kim Sobotie, Chloe Vernon-Hamilton, Billy Vernon-Hamilton and John
Mayor. Aimee Jones received the Joylyn Saunders-Mullins Sprint trophy for her huge improvement during the season.

The awards for scoring the most points in the Southern League were won by Millie Phelan and Elior Harris while those for the Eastern Young Athletes League went to Bethany Harley and Matthew Mardle.

Seven trophies across the age-groups for being the Highest Nationally Ranked in their event were awarded. The Young Athlete Cups went to Alisha Levy (under 13 javelin 1^st) and Max Price (under 13 high jump and shot put 1^st in both); the Senior trophies were awarded to Moe Sasegbon (high jump 13^th) and Neil McLellan (javelin 17^th); the Masters trophies went to Joylyn Saunders-Mullins (100m/200m/400m all 2^nd) and John Mayor (Decathlon 1^st). A new trophy for the highest ranked Paralympic athlete was won by Maria Verdeille.

Four certificates for new Club Records set during the season were awarded to Jess Barber (2000m steeplechase), Daniel Gardner (pole vault), Renee Hector (discus), and Beccy Knapp (hammer).

Elior Harris and Daniel Gardner received medals from the new Southern Athletics League for setting inaugural league records for the high jump (2.05m) and pole vault (4.80m) respectively

Margaret Powell

Chiltern League (2) - Watford October 8

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:28:00 GMT

Twenty nine members of Stevenage & North Herts AC competed at Watford in the second race of the Chiltern Cross Country League series, including five age groups where the club closed complete teams. More than 1000 runners competed over the Cassiobury Park course.
Highest team was the under 15 girls who were first team in their race with Melissa Doran finishing 2^nd, Janie Latchford 7^th, Sarah Feely 11^th and Elena Cervi 19^th. The under 20/u17 team were only one place lower in their age-group. They were led by Hannah Dewhurst in 6^th and Caroline Willis 8^th, Rebecca Harris 9^th, and Sarah Pike 15^th. The under 13 girls also placed well in 5^th place with Charlie Duke running into 3^rd place, Bethany Harley 22^nd, Bethanay Dean 30^th, and Georgia Reed 33^rd in her first club race.
The under 13 boys team took third place, led home by Adam Mason in 8^thplace followed by Dan Duke 11^th, George Marvell 22^nd and Tom Stubbs 31^st. The Senior and u20 men?s team finished 7^th (18 teams in league). Their first scorer was u20 Chris Hilton, carrying his summer form into the winter to finish in 5^th place, Dan Poulton was 18^th, James Biondi (u20) 27^th, Paul Spicer (u20) 43^rd, Lewis Keeble (u20) 56^th and Peter Eames (vet 50) 82^nd.
The other runners in their individual races were Peter De'Ath (u17) 18^th, Jack Gladman (u15) 25^th, Ross Gladman (u11) 23^rd and under 11 girls Emma Bolton 29^th, Shona Pybus 41^st, Abigail Pickard 60, and Maddie Stubbs 72^nd. Margaret Powell

Chiltern League Photo's ( watford )

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 01:09:00 GMT

I have uploaded photo's that were taken at Watford on Saturday, just click on photo's, if anyone would like a copy then see me at the track and i will email them to you, Sharon ( melissa's mum )

Beth and Claire win awards

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:28:00 GMT

Two club members continued the club's successes for awards received for work in the management and running of Stevenage & North Herts Athletic Club.

Beth Harris was awarded the title of 'Development Coach of 2011' and Claire Ward was awarded the title of 'Young Volunteer of 2011'. Beth coaches club and other athletes in the pole vault event,from beginners to internationals; while Claire has taken over the coaching of the club's younger hurdlers, as well as work she does as a Sport England mentor.

Both of them were named as 'runners-up' at the England Athletics' National Volunteer Awards celebration on Saturday night, joining many celebrity athletes as well as the famous Haile Gebraselasse.

Chiltern League results

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:23:00 GMT

1st Round Chiltern Cross County League at Luton

Sun, 9 Oct 2011 03:13:00 GMT

Some 38 SNHAC athletes attended the first round of the Chiltern Cross Country league held at Wigmore Valley in Luton on Saturday 8^th October this was the largest start to the season for a number of years. Highlights came from Chris Hilton (U20 men) finishing 35^th in a field of 313 after his Standalone 10k race last week with Dan Poulton only 4 seconds behind him. The other outstanding runs came from two of the younger members of the Club with Ross Gladman finishing in 5^th place in the U11 mob match and Adam Mason U13 finishing in 9^th position of the division two teams. The other athletes shown in finishing order of their respective races included U11 boys Max Ward and Ollie Shephard, U11 girls Emma Bolton, Shona Pybus, Abigail Pickard, Ocean Cook, Millie Dean, Maddie Stbbs, U13 boys Daniel Duke and George Marvel. U13 girls Charlotte Duke, Rivers Cook, Bethaney Harley, Bethanay Dean and Lisa Barber. U15 Boys Matthew Livesey, Robert Bolton, Jack Gladman and David Spicer. U15 girls Melissa Doran, Janie Latchford, Sarah Feely, Elena Cervi and Rebecca Pickard, Sophie Keeble succumbing to her summer injuries and not finishing. U17 men Peter De?ath. In the U17 women who ran with the U20 women (stated) first home was Hannah Dewhurst (u20) followed by Beccy Harris, Caroline Willis, Jess Barber (U20) and Alex Gates. In the Senior Mens Hilton and Poulton were followed home by his brother Sam Poulton, Lewis Keeble and not to be outdone the only Stevenage Vet Peter Eames. A Full list of results can be found on the Chiltern league web site and Stevenage results page

XC relays and Standalone 10 results

Tue, 4 Oct 2011 03:09:00 GMT

SEAA XC RELAYS			Oct-01
Shuttleworth

u17 women	3 x 2.5km
	Caroline Willis	10.23
	Becky Harris	10.09
	Alex Gates	11.53
	6th	32.25
u15 girls	3 x 2km
	Melissa Doran	8.29
	Elena Cervi	9.06
	Sarah Feely	9.22
	9th	26.57
u13 girls	3 x 2km
	Charlie Duke	8.02
	Marisa Herridge	8.46
	Bethany Dean	9.29
	9th	26.17

STANDALONE 10K			Oct-02
Letchworth
overall pos.			age category	age category place
7	Chris Hilto	35.30	u20m	1
17	Dan Poulton	36.48	SM
31	James Biondi	38.07	u20m	4
36	Adam Searle	38.31	SM
66	Jeremy Rackham	40.42	v40+	16
150	Peter Eames	44.40	v50+	15
424	Sarah Pike	52.26	u20w	2

	1062 finishers.