HSAC men's XC team

The men's cross-country team at Epsom Downs, 11 November 2017

 
LILY B LEAGUE

Kingsmeadow, 15 July 2018

At the Lily B League at Kingsmeadow on Sunday 15th July Hannah Griffin significantly broke her PB in the Long Jump, winning it with 4m 87. Hannah also high jumped 1m 45 for 2nd. Also in the U17 Francesca Evans broke her PB in the Triple Jump with 9m 28 for 2nd. Francesca also finished 2nd in the 80m Hurdles in 15.3.

In the U13S Poppy Wells broke her PB in the High Jump with 1m 30 for 2nd and also finished 2nd in the 70m Hurdles in 13.6. Lucy Louden won the Shot with 8m 02 and came 2nd in the B High Jump with 1m 25, and 4th in the A Long Jump with 3m 78. Charlotte Hosp had a good day with 3 PBs in the 70m hurdles with 2nd in the B with 15.3, then Long Jumped 3m 52 also for 2nd in the B, and ran 16.5 for the Non Scoring 100 Metres. Olivia Cholerton had a good day with PBs in the B100 and B200 with 15.3 for 4th and 32.9 for 5th. Honey Chalmers the A competitor ran 15.2 and 32.0 for 5th. Eloise Ashmore ran 2m 49.5 in the 800 for 4th.

U13 Natasha Browning had a great day in Non Scoring Events pushing for selection in the Scoring Events. She ran 13.6 for the 70m Hurdles, leapt a PB of 3m 80 in the Long Jump and ran a PB of 15.3 in the 100 Metres. On debut Sophie Grant ran 18.5 for the 70m Hurdles and Long Jumped 2m 61.

In the U15s Katie Greer threw a PB of 21m 70 for 2nd in the Javelin. Daisy Medlock put the shot 5m 14 for 4th, the Discus 9m 72 for 5th whilst in the same events in the B Alyssa Shannon came 4th with 4m 21 and 5TH with 7m 75 and both ran in the relay.

In the 100m and 200m A Race Connie Jarrett came 5th in 15.2 and 4th in 30.6, whilst Jess Murray came 3rd in the B in 14.9 and 4th in 29.4

In the U11s Sophie Wargent on her debut leapt a fine 2m 98 in the Long Jump and ran 13.4 in the 75m. Also on debut Emily Cholerton ran 13.2 in the 75m and 27.2 in the 150. Another debutant Harriet Jones ran 13.2 in the 75m and 2m 24.1 in the 600m. Ellie Street and Elise Tagg ran the tough 600 and 150 double as the races followed one another. Ellie's times were 2m 07.6 and 26.6 whist Elise's were 2m 16.6 and 25.8

EBBISHAM LEAGUE

Walton, 8 July 2018

Congratulations to all who took part in such hot conditions at the Ebbisham League at Walton on Sunday 8th July and especially those who achieved PBs - you are in great form!

There were stunning victories for Lewis Jessup in the 800 with a new PB and National Grade 4 performance of 2m 32.8, and Jacob Hunt in the 1500 in a time of 4m 55.8, a National Grade 3 performance. Joseph Hunt who was under the weather did well to come 2nd in the B with a time of 5m 02.2 another National Grade 3.

Also in the U13s in the High Jump Harry Young leapt a new PB of 1m 35, Nat Grade 3, for 4th in the A and Tom Erskine leapt a PB of 1m 30, Nat Grade 4 with 1m 30. Devon Mooney ran 2 Nat Grade 4s in the 100 and 200 finishing 5th in both with 14.1 and 28.9. Harry also leapt 3m 66 for 6th in the Long Jump with Tom Erskine 4th in the B with 3m 39. Harry also threw the Javelin 15m 85 for 3rd. Joseph Waldon ran 2m 47.6 for 3nd in the B800.

Aaron Houlton in the U15s ran 2 Nat Grade 4's in 200 and 300 with 25.3 for 4th and 41.3 for 3rd Also in the U15 Dillon Quirici had a fantastic race with a strong finish in 2nd with a new PB and Nat Grade 3 time of 2m 11.6.

Also in the U15s on his debut Joshua Scarlett did well to finish 3rd in the Javelin with 25m 64. Theo Jackson threw a PB of 22m 66 for 2nd in the B. Theo also ran 13.4 for 5th in the 100 metres. Tom Simpson equalled his PBs in High Jump and 80m Hurdles with 1m 35 for 5th and 13.5 for 3rd. Tom also put the Shot 8m 41 a PB for 3rd. Nick Jones ran 5m 34.9 for 5th in the 1500.

INTER-COUNTIES

Lea Valley, 8 July 2018

In the U17 Inter-Counties Meeting at Lea Valley on 8th July Hannah Griffin representing Surrey finished 3rd equal in the Pole Vault with a big PB of 2m 75 which beats her old Club Record. Hannah also finished 5th in the A Triple Jump with 10m 67.

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE

Walton, 1 July 2018

In blustery conditions at the YDL UAG match at Walton on 1st July Harry Lawson finished strongly to claim 2nd place in the U20 800 Metres in 2m 7.3 secs. Sadly he was Holland Sports' only representative in this fixture as a few were in the Oxted Pram Race.

SOUTHERN ATHLETICS LEAGUE

Tooting, 23 June 2018

In the SAL fixture at Tooting on 23rd June Harry Lawson recorded a big improvement in his PB for the 5000 finishing 3rd in 16m 53.8. He also ran a non scoring 200 in 27.2. Alasdair Kite recorded two PBs in the 800 finishing 4th in 2m 20.5 and in the 1500 also 4th in 4m 49.0. In the B 800 Luke Lawrence U20 ran 2m 19.6 for 4th. James Vancliff came 4th in the 100 and 200 in 12.1 and 23.5. Cole Bishop finished in 4th in the B200 in 12.7 just 0.01 outside his best. Cole also ran 26.8 in a Non Scoring 200. Joseph Leigh leapt 4m 35 for 4th in the Long Jump. Mark Andrews won the B Pole Vault with 2m 40, came 3rd in the Shot, Discus and Javelin with 8m 94, 32m 14 and 32m 71 and 4th in the Hammer with 22m 72.

In the Women Maddy Nunan came 4th in both the 100 with 13.0, and the Long Jump with 4m 99 and 2nd in the Triple Jump with 10m 48. Francesca Evans won the B Triple with a PB of 9m 23, 4th in the B Long Jump with a PB of 4m 04 and 4th in the B 100 with 15.0.

Sara Araimi won the B High Jump with 1m 30, 4th in the A200 with 32.6 and 3rd in the 800 with 2m 59.1. Aruni Meediniya came 3rd in the A400 with 74.5 whilst Bella Knight was 2nd in the B400 with 75.4 and ran 33.4 for 4th in the B200.

EBBISHAM LEAGUE

Woodcote School, 10 June 2018

In the Ebbisham League on Sunday 10 June at Woodcote School we had a better turnout than usual, although it was disappointing that we only had two Under 11s competing - this league is a perfect event for an Under 11 to compete in as it is low key and there are lots of U11s there from other clubsof differing standards.

In two of the U13 events we won both the A and B Events. Jacob and Joseph Hunt in the 1500 and Sam Street and Harry Young in the Javelin. The 1500 race was amazing run at a fast and furious pace. When the bell went Jacob took off followed by Conrad Norman, winner of the 800 metres in the County Champs, who is over a year older. Conrad, who was in the other match, just took Jacob in the end. Jacob's time of 4m 46.7 was a new Club Record just beating his brother Joseph's record. Joseph also had a fine race finishing 3rd overall in 4m 50.5, beating the Surrey silver medallist.

In the Javelin Sam Street threw an impressive 21m 25 to win the match and Harry Young threw a PB of 17m 52 to win the B. Sam and Harry also ran the Non-Scoring 1500 in good times of 5m 18.5 and 5m 17.2. Sam also came 3rd in the B 75m Hurdles in 15.9. Harry ran 14.4 in a N/S 100. Oscar Prebble also ran the N/S 1500 in 5m 10.5. Oscar also came 6th in the High Jump with a PB of 1m 15.

In the 100 both Devon Mooney and Sam Fothergill ran PBs of 13.7 for 5th in the A race and 13.7 for 3rd in the B Race. Devon also came 5th in the 200 in 29.2 and Sam 5th in the NB in 29.3. Sam also leapt 3m 42 for 6th in the Long Jump.

Lewis Tagg had a busy day jumping 1m in the High Jump for 4th in the B. He also ran 32.0 in the N/S 200 and came 5th in the A75m Hurdles in 16.5 and 5th in the B Long Jump with 3m 37.

Oliver Marro threw the Javelin 10m 99 and the Discus 9m 60 for 6th in the A.

In the U15 Theo Jackson ran a PB in the 100 finishing 4th in 12.8 and also came 4th in the 200 just outside his PB in 27.5. In the 800 Lewis Jessup ran 2m 34.4 for 4th whilst in the B race Joseph Waldon ran a PB in 2nd place in 2m 38.6. On his debut for the club Seb Waldron came 4th in the High Jump with 1m 40 and 5th in the B 100 in 14.0. In the 1500 Euan Ashmore ran a PB of 2m 39.50 for 6th (Ben Carpenter came 6th in the B in 2m 47.9. Ben also came 6th in the 300 in 51.3 and threw the Discus 10m 72 for 6th. In the B High Jump Alex Tagg leapt 1m 25 for 4th. In the 1500 Miles Brown came 3rd in 5m 00.4 whilst Nick Jones ran a PB of 5m 26.0 for 3rd in the B. On his debut Joshua Scarlett came 6th in the Long Jump with 4m 12.

In the 4 x 100m Relays Holland's U13s came 5th in 58.1 and U14's 5th in 58.4.

In the U11s Ben Musgrove ran 13.0 for 75 metres. Jamie Walters ran 25.4 for the 150 and 2m 9.4 for the 600 metres.

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE

Erith, Sunday 27 May 2018

In the YDL Upper Age Group fixture at Erith on Sunday Holland Sports athletes gave a good account of themselves with a few PBs.

Considering that Maddy Nunan and Bea Maynard have not been able to train much because of exams they did really well. Maddy won the U17 100 Metres in a PB of 12.8, then came 3rd in the 200 in 26.9 and 5th in the Long Jump with 4m 81, despite in the latter 2 events her legs feeling like jelly. Bea ran a PB of 43.5 for 3rd in the 300 and 2m 34.6 for 3rd in the 800. Bella Knight ran a PB of 51.4 for 3rd in the B300 and 3m 07.3 for 2nd in the B800.

Harry Lawson ran a big PB of 57.1 coming 2nd in the U20 B400. Harry was just outside his PB in the 800 coming 4th in 2m 07.7, same time as the 3rd placer, which was a great effort as it was after his 400. James Vancliff ran solidly finishing 5th in the A100 in 12.1 easing up, 3rd in the A200 in 23.6 and 2nd in the A400 in 53.1.

SURREY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Kingsmeadow, 12-13 May 2018

In the Surrey Championships at Kingsmeadow there were many pleasing performances from Holland Sports athletes with numerous PBs.

Congratulations to Hannah Griffin who retained her U17 Triple Jump title with a PB of 10m 81. Hannah was also 1st= in the Pole Vault with 2m 40. Holland also medalled in the Triple Jump with Maddy Nunan winning bronze with 10m 41. Francesca Evans in 4th jumped a PB of 9m 22. Bea Maynard won bronze in the 300m Hurdles in 48.3s just inside her PB.

In U20 Men James Vancliff won the Silver in the 400 in a new PB of 51.97. James also ran 11.70 for 4th in the heats to qualify for the final where he came 6th in 11.8. In the 200 he came 4th in the heats in 23.72 to qualify for the final where he came 7th in 23.54.

In the Senior Men's 400m Hurdles Mark Andrews won bronze in 61.57, won the 110m Hurdles in 17.83, came 2nd in the Triple with 11m 57 and 2nd in the High Jump with 1m 60.

In the U13 Girls' 70m Hurdles Poppy Wells ran a PB of 13.06 for 4th. Phoebe Musgrove won a deserved silver medal in the discus with a PB of 16m 49. Eloise Ashmore came 9th in the 1500 with 5m 37.49 and Olivia Cholerton came 7th in the 100 with 15.97.

In the U15 Girls the highlight was Millie Henson smashing her PB in the heats of the 1500 with 5m 03.23. In the final Millie came 11th with 5m 24.0. Jess Murray ran 2 PBs, 14.67 for 7th in the heats of the 100 and 29.93 for 8th in the heats of the 200. Connie Jarrett ran a PB of 29.90 for 6th in the heats of the 200 and came 8th in the heats of the 100 with 14.87. Issy Massey came 10th= in the High Jump with 1m 35. Katie Greer putt the shot 6m 58 for 10th and threw the Javelin 19m 92 for 5th.

EBBISHAM LEAGUE

Ewell, Sunday, 29 April 2018

In the Ebbisham League at Ewell on 29th April in bitterly cold conditions there were some fine performances by Holland Sports athletes. In the U11's Daniel Collins was close to the Club Records in both the 75m and 150m recording 11.4 and 22.5 and then leapt 3m 50 in the Long Jump. Alex Hards had an excellent debut running 11.8 for the 75m and 24.2 in the 150. Jamie Walters ran 13.1 in the 75m and 2m 10s in the 600m.

In the U13 800 Metres on debut Jacob Hunt ran a swift 2m 30.9 for 3rd whilst Joseph Waldon came 2nd in the B with a PB of 2m 41.7. Noah Laird ran 2m 47.3 Non Scoring in the 800. In the 1500m Oscar Prebble came 4th in 5m 16.5 just outside his PB, and Lewis Jessup won the B race in 5m 24.2. Oscar also high jumped 1 metre for 3rd. Lewis Tagg came 5th in the 75m Hurdles in 17.9 whilst Archie Walters was 4th in the B in 17.2s. Lewis also ran 32.4 for 6th in the 200m and Long Jumped 3m 45 for 6th. In the 100m Oliver Marro ran 16.3 for 5th and came 4th in the B Shot with 3m 06. Harvey Baines came 3rd in the Shot with 4m 57. Sammy Houlton came 6th in the B 100 in 15.8 and threw the javelin 12.49m for 4th in the A. Noah Laird threw 8m 73 for 4th in the B.

In the U15 Dillon Quirici ran a PB in the 800m coming just behind the winner in 2m 17.5. Miles Brown ran 5m 10.8 for 5th in the 1500 with Euan Ashmore 5th in the B with 6 minutes dead. Aaron Houlton came 5th in the 100 in 12.9 and 4th in the 200 in 26.2. Aaron also long jumped 4m 07 for 6th in the A Long Jump. Jeremy Harvey-Smith did well on his debut coming 5th in the B800 in 3m 03.6, 3rd in the B200 in 34.1 and 2nd in the B300 in 56.5. Ben Carpenter ran 50.5 for 5th in the B300 and band 4th in the B Long Jump with 3m 37. Tom Simpson had a big PB in the High Jump with 1m 35 for 4th, came 4th in the 80m Hurdles in 13.5 and threw the discus 15.69 metres for 4th.

MILTON KEYNES MARATHON

Monday, 7 May 2018

On May Bank Holiday Monday in the heat Rob Jupp did well to finish the Milton Keynes Marathon in 3hrs 40m 11s, the 88th Vet 40 Man.

SOUTHERN ATHLETICS LEAGUE, ELTHAM

Saturday, 14 April 2018

In the first SAL fixture of the season Holland Sports/Reigate Priory and DMV combined team was just beaten into 2nd place by the hosts. A number of athletes had debuts for Holland - Jaspar Claringbull throwing with a senior weight did really well to finish 3rd in the Javelin with 33m 26. Sara Araimi won the women's 2000m steeplechase in 11m 23.35 secs and won the B High Jump with 1m 35. Cole Bishop came 3rd in both the B High Jump with 1m 45 and Long Jump with 4m 92. Will McGinniss throwing a senior weight came 3rd in both the B Shot with 6m 87 and the B Hammer with 14m 67. He also ran 14.3 in the Non Scoring 100 Metres. Alasdair Kite Non Scoring ran 2m 24.45 for 800m and 70.41 for 400m. Bella Knight won the B800 in 3m 02.0.

As usual Mark Andrews had a busy day finishing 1st in the 110m Hurdles in 18.72, 3rd in the 400m Hurdles in 74.1 despite having problems with his knee, 3rd in the High Jump with 1m 60, 3rd in the Pole Vault with 2m 45, 4th in both the Shot with 8m 84 and the Discus with 29m 42 and 3rd in the Hammer with 24m 33 which was a PB.

James Vancliff was just outside his PB in the 200 Metres finishing 2nd in 23.53s. James also came 2nd in the 400 in 53.75 and 3rd in the 100 in 12.08s.

Josh Knight ran a good race in the 5000 finishing 2nd in 16m 53.2 and 2nd in the 2000m Steeplechase in 7m 08.80. Harry Lawson ran the B5000 coming 2nd in 17m 43.6.

Matt Domingues came 2nd in the B800 in 2m 24.6 and 1st in the B2000 Steeplechase in 7m 46.99.

Neil Lincoln showed his class in the Long Jump winning with 5m 80.

In the women Hannah Griffin broke her PB in the High Jump with 1m 50 to finish 3rd, won the B Pole Vault with 2m 60 and the Triple Jump with 10m 69. We had double success in the Triple Jump with Francesca Evans jumping a very creditable, 8m 89, winning the B400 hurdles in 82.5 and finishing 2nd in the 100m Hurdles in 21.30s. Bea Maynard despite falling won the B100 Hurdles in 22.05. Bea also came 2nd in both the 400 Hurdles in 69.2 and the flat 400 in 62.75.

We are still awaiting some of the other Non-Scoring Results.

PADDOCK WOOD HALF MARATHON/WIMBLEDON YOUNG ATHLETES OPEN

Congratulations to Steve Bishop who at the age of 49 finished 53rd in the Paddock Wood Half Marathon in 1hr 17m 42 secs on Sunday 8 April.

On the same day in horrible rainy weather at the Hercules Wimbledon Young Athletes Open Lewis Jessup won his first U13 800 Metres race in a swift in 2m 37.79 secs. Joe Waldon did well in finishing 5th in 2m 48.19 secs.

HOLLAND ATHLETES NOW IN THE UK TOP 50

We currently have several athletes ranked in the top 50 in UK:

EASTER RESULTS

It was a busy Easter weekend for Holland Sports athletes in unpleasant weather conditions kicking off with Herne Hill Harriers' Open Meeting on Good Friday. It was good to see Bella Knight performing in the 1500 metres after a torrid time with injury. Mark Andrews also competed in 3 events with the following results 110m Hurdles - 18.66, Shot Putt - 9.17, Discus - 31.44.

On Easter Sunday at K2 Crawley Aaron Houlton did the double in the U15 100 and 200 with 2 PBs, 12.86 and 26.17.

In the U13s Poppy Wells ran a 5 sec PB in the 800 recording 2m 48.28 for 3rd and finished 2nd in the 70m Hurdles in 14.26. Eloise Ashmore finished 5th in the 1500 in 5m 42.75. In the U15 Girls Giselle Hasler on her debut ran well to finish 8th in the 800 in 2m 44.35. In the U17s there was a close battle in the 80m hurdles between Bea Maynard and Hannah Griffin with Bea just prevailing in 2nd in 13.44 with Hannah in 3rd in 13.49. Bea also finished 2nd in the 300m Hurdles in 2nd in 48.35. Hannah was just outside her PB in the Long Jump finishing 6th in 4m 54. Maddy Nunan ran well to finish 2nd in both the 100 and 200 in 13.19 and 27.20 close to her PBs.

In the U13s Thomas Erskine jumped a PB of 3m 75 to finish 4th in the Long Jump and ran 2m 54.67 for 4th in the 800. In the U15s Ben Carpenter ran a PB of 2m 43.91 for 6th in the 800 Metres. In the U17s on his debut for the club Cole Bishop ran a swift 12.69 for 3rd in the 100, and came 1st in the High Jump with 1m 45 and ran 18.66 in the 100m Hurdles. In the U20s James Vancliff had a busy day finishing 4th in the 100 in 11.67, 2nd in the 400 in 53.58 and 3rd in the 200 in 23.95 all excellent times.

In the Seniors Mark Andrews came 2nd in the 400m Hurdles in 65.09, 4th in the 110m Hurdles in 18.40 and 4th in the Javelin with 32m 88.

On Easter Monday at Tonbridge Phoebe Musgrove U13 did a race walk for the 1st time and her time in the 2000 metres of 14m 8.5 secs means she is a club record holder. Phoebe also threw the discus 12m 89 for 3rd and came 11th in the Javelin with 7m 08. Sister Jasmine also in the U13 threw the Javelin 8m 39 for 9th and the Discus 8m 96 for 6th. Brother Ben in the U11s ran 2m 17.6 in the 600 and 13.2 in the 75m. In the U13s Lewis Jessup ran 5m 26.0 for 7th in the 1500 whilst Joseph Waldon was 12th in 5m 41.3. Miles Brown in the U15 1500 metres was just outside his PB in 3rd in 4m 56.8. In the U20s James Vancliff was 4th in both the 150 metres in 17.4 and the 300 in 37.9.

Mark Andrews was 1st in both the Senior Mens Shot with 8m 55 and Discus with 31m 44. Mark also threw the Hammer 20m 96 for 3rd.

SURREY INDOOR CHAMPS, CARSHALTON

17-18 February 2018

Holland Sports only had 5 athletes competing in the Surrey Indoor Championships at Carshalton on 17/18th Feb but these athletes had some strong performances winning 10 county medals and breaking 3 club records.

Saturday started well with James Vancliff winning Gold in the U20M High Jump and Mark Andrews winning the Silver in the SM High Jump. Aaron Houlton was up next in the U15B 60m, he ran a fine race to qualify for the semi final and then had another solid race in the semi-final running 7.98s and 7.99s in the two rounds. It was then Maddy Nunan's turn to step up in the Long Jump where she jumped an impressive 5.18m to set a new Indoor Club Record and win the Bronze medal. James Vancliff was also competing in the U20M long jump finishing 4th with an Indoor Club Record of 5.22m.

An early start on Sunday morning for Mark Andrews who won Gold in the SM Shot with a solid series of throws and a best of 9.37m, only a few centimetres short of his own indoor club record. James Vancliff was then competing in the U20M 60m, whilst his start wasn't his best he still finished strong in 7.54s (exactly the same time as he had run in his last four 60m races!). Sunday afternoon saw Hannah Griffin and Maddy Nunan competing head-to-head for the U17W Triple Jump title, a great competition finished with Hannah winning the Gold in a new Club Record in 10.71m and Maddy taking the Silver in a very creditable 10.64m. Immediately after the Triple Jump, Hannah won another Gold in the U17W Pole Vault straight with a season's best jump of 2.60m. Mark Andrews was next up in the SM Triple Jump, competing with a bad knee injury, Mark was a long way off his best but still won the Silver medal with a jump of 12.30m. Overlapping with the Triple Jump Mark also won the Silver medal in the SM 60mH. A messy race still saw Mark setting a PB with 9.67s. Finishing the weekend off, James Vancliff also won a Silver medal in the U20M 60mH.

DOWNS CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUE

Sunday, 18 February 2018

On Sunday in the Downs X Country League on Epsom Downs Holland Sports U11 Boys Team cemented their position as top team with a clean sweep of first 4 places and had 6 in the top 8. Leading the team home was Joseph Hunt in 10m 20, closely followed by brother Jacob in 10m 23, with Luke Danby 3rd in 10m 42 and Oscar Prebble 4th in 11m 04. Lewis Jessup was 6th in 11m 12 and Daniel Asli a year down 8th in 11m 24. They were ably backed by Joe Waldon 17th in 12.00, George Spilsbury 21st in 12m 05 and Eloise Ashmore 29th in 12m 26.

In the U13's Nick Jones led the team home in 12th in 12m 51, with Ben Carpenter 15th in 12m 57, Noah Laird 17th in 13m 07, Alasdair Evans 33rd in 14m 36, Jamie Hobday 35th in 14m 55, Callum Hills 38th in 15.00 and Charlotte Hosp 48th in 17m 21 In the U15's Dillon Quirici had a fine run finishing 5th in 11m 37 and Euan Ashmore 22nd in 14m 40.

SURREY MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUES - FINAL MATCHES

Saturday, 10 February 2018

Holland Sports AC senior men's team had a great result comfortably winning the last Surrey Cross-Country League Div 4 fixture at Lloyd Park on Saturday. Unfortunately Holland just missed out on promotion finishing in 3rd place overall. Holland Sports were led home by Harry Lawson in 3rd place (12th place overall if you also count Div 3) despite suffering with a cold, and he deservedly won the U20 title. Neil Danby, Vet 50, won this title finishing 4th in 31m 34. Steve Bishop Vet 45, won the Vet 40 title finishing 5th in 32m 10. Zhan Su had a great race in 6th in 32m 13, ably backed by Sean McCabery 9th in 32m 47, Alasdair Kite 17th in 34m 19, Aziouz Lammali another Vet 50, 24th in 34m 44, Richard Knight 51st in 37m 12 and final scorer Howard Crane 56th in 37m 40. Pete Gibson was 80th in 41m 05, John Holmes 109th in 46m 22 and Richard Timmis 111th in 48m 36.

In the juniors' race (U13, U15 and U17 Combined), held at Wimbledon Common, Dillon Quirici, U15, was Holland's first athlete home in 22nd in 16m dead. Lucas Foreman was 37th (6th U13) in 16m 52, with a great run from Archie Walters in 44th (9th U13) in 17m 11, Harry Young 58th (16th U13) in 17m 35, Ben Carpenter 69th (22nd U13) in 18m 24, Noah Laird 72nd (23rd U13) in 18m 37, Callum Hills 85th (33rd U13) in 21m 08, Alasdair Evans 86th (34th U13) in 21m 29, and Oscar Powney who bravely ran on after a bad fall 88th (36th U13). Holland Sports U13 team finished 2nd team on the day and also overall.

In the women's race in Richmond Park, Maggie Berry (Statham) had a good race, particularly strong in the second lap of the 5 mile race, finishing 80th in 41m 03, with Sarah Heal 107th in 42m 41.

In the U15/U17 race there was a welcome return by Maisie Gibbins from long term injury and she did exceptionally well to finish 36th in 20m 46. In the U13 race Poppy Wells had a great run finishing 14th in 13m 08, closely followed by Millie Henson 15th in 13m 10.

U17 LONDON GAMES

Saturday, 20 January 2018

On 20th Jan in the U17 London Games at Lee Valley Maddy Nunan and Bea Maynard competed in their first competition of the season. Both Maddy and Bea did reasonably well for the start of the season. Whilst there were no PBs there were two indoor club records - Maddy in the Triple Jump with a jump of 10.10m and Bea in the 300m with 45.34s. Bea also ran 9.88s in the 60mH in the second round and Maddy ran 9.70s in the 60mH and jumped 5.01m in the long jump.

SURREY LEAGUE CROSS-COUNTRY RACES

Saturday, 13 January 2018

In the Surrey League Juniors' race on Saturday on Farthing Downs in the U13, U15 and U17 combined race Archie Walters led the U13 team home to 4th place in a fine 63rd position (13th U13 Boy). Archie was ably backed up by Miles Brown 70th in 18m 15, Nick Jones 79th in 19.00, Sam Street 93rd in 19m 59, Thomas Erskine 100th in 20m 31, Noah Laird 104th in 20m 21, Alasdair Evans 106th in 22m 35, Calum Hills 107th in 22m 32, Sam Heath 108th in 22m 42 and Ben Lane 109th in 22m 43. Dillon Quirici U15 was 30th overall in 16m 51.

On the same day in the Surrey League Div 2 Senior Women's Race over 5 miles on Wimbledon Common in a field of 249 runners, Maggie Berry was 86th and 1st Vet 60 in 43m 36. Sarah Heal on her debut did well to finish 103rd in 44m 22 ably backed up by Grace Smith 124th in 45m 30. In the U13 race both our girls ran well. Poppy Wells 28th in 11m 54 and Phoebe Musgrove 54th in 13m 31.

SURREY CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, DORKING

Sunday, 7 January 2018

In the Surrey Cross Country Championships on a bitterly cold windy day at Denbies Vineyard, Dorking, the stand out performance for Holland Sports was Harry Lawson finishing 4th in the U20 race, just 3 seconds outside a medal in 22m 17. This was Harry's best run of the season and has resulted in him being selected for Surrey in the Inter Counties Race on 10th March.

In the U13 Girls Millie Henson led the Holland Sports team home in a fine 24th place in 12m 36. Poppy Wells, birthday girl, despite having been unwell over Xmas did well to finish 48th in 13m 28. Eloise Ashmore with 2 years left in this age group was a superb 53rd in 13m 41. Issy Ford was the 4th scorer in 87th in 15m 31. The team finished 7th. Other performances were Charlotte Hosp 89th in 16.00 and Lotte McLennan on her debut 91st in 16.15.

In the U13 Boys Harry Young had a great race finishing 34th in 11m 46, followed by Sam Street 49th in 12m 05, Noah Laird 51st in 12m 06 and Ben Carpenter 71st in 12m 32 who was the final scorer. The team finished 12th. Other performances were Nick Jones 86th in 13m 01 and Callum Hills 101st in 14m 30.

In the U15 Boys Dillon Quirici had a return to form with 49th in 16m 30 and Euan Ashmore was 70th in 20m 06.

In the U17 race on his debut for Holland Sports Louis McLeod finished an excellent 34th in 24m 24 with Henry ("Harry") Fisher 38th in 24m 48.

HOLLY RUN, REIGATE

Sunday, 17 December 2017

At the Holly Run at Reigate Priory Park on Sunday Holland Sports AC's athletes did well against top class opposition. In the U11s Holland had a clean sweep of the medals therefore winning the team competition. Joseph Hunt won in 6m 34, Jacob Hunt came 2nd in 6m 37 and Oscar Prebble moved through in the later stages for an amazing 3rd place to finish in 6m 45. Lewis Jessup had another strong performance 8th in 7m 05, followed by Joe Waldon 19th in 7m 23, Jamie Walters 27th in 7m 39, Arthur Peachey 32nd in 7m 50 and Oliver Marro 69th in 8m 57.

Other medal winners were Miles Brown who seized 2nd place in the last 100 metres of the U13 race in 11m 16 and the team of Miles, Archie Walters 8th in 12m 03 and Harry Young 13th in 12m 27 winning the silver team medals. Ben Carpenter was 20th in 13m 04 and Callum Hills 29th in 14m 06.

In the U11 Girls Eloise Ashmore ran well to finish 7th in 7m 26. Our Year 4 girls giving away two years ran amazingly with Ellie Street a brilliant 19th in 8m 25 and Elise Tagg 39th in 9m 42. Honey Chalmers was 37th in 9m 27. Issy Day in her first race for Holland did well to finish 10m 05 with sister Evie 65th in 11 mins. In the U13 Girls Millie Henson finished 15th in 13m 08 with Charlotte Hosp 34th in 15m 57.

SURREY MEN'S CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUE, ROUNDSHAW DOWNS

Saturday, 2 December 2017

In the Surrey Men's League Cross-Country fixture at Roundshaw Downs on Saturday 2nd December Holland Sports just managed to field a team of 10 after a few dropouts through injury.

Leading the team home with his best run of the season was Harry Lawson in 6th place in Div 4 (11th if included Div 3 runners) in a time of 27m 17. Steve Bishop was 9th (24th) in 27m 57, followed by Neil Danby 10th (28th) in 28m 20. Sean McCabery had a fine run in 12th (46) in 28m 58, followed by Alasdair Kyte 19th (64) in 29m 43, with a welcome return of Jeremy Carter 23rd (76) in 30m 21, followed by Andy Irons 67th (173) in 33m 33, Pete Gibson 85th (219) in 36m 18, John Holmes 100th (239) in 37m 24 and last but not least Richard Timmis 116th (252) in 40m 59.

The team finished in an excellent 4th position and are 3rd overall in the league.

DOWNS LEAGUE, EPSOM DOWNS

Sunday, 3 December 2017

In the 2nd Downs League fixture on Sunday 3rd December despite having a weakened team through injury Holland Sports U11 Boys Team still won! Amazingly all the boys improved their times from the last fixture.

Joseph Hunt was pipped literally on the line finishing in the same time as the winner in 10m 12 secs. Jacob Hunt was 3rd in 10m 24. Lewis Jessop had a great run beating his previous time by 34 secs finishing 10th Boy (11th overall including the girls) in 11.11. Oscar Prebble had a superb run in 11th (12) in 11.14. Joseph Waldon was 13th (16) in 11.25, with Harrison Hayman 27th (30) in 11. 47, Devon Mooney 30th (34) in 11.58, Jamie Walters 34th (41) in 12.10, George Spilsbury 36th (45) in 12.19, Harvey Baines 51st (76) in 14.11 and Ben Musgrove 54th (82) in 15.11 In the U11 Girls Eloise Ashmore was 13th (53) in 12.38.

Unfortunately the hare ran the U11 course instead of the U13 course so you cannot compare previous times. Ben Carpenter had an excellent run leading the team home in 15th (20) in 11m 25, followed by Nick Jones 25th (41) in 12.05 and Callum Hills 28th (49) in 12.15. The team finished 8th. In the U13's Poppy Wells again had a strong race finishing 13th (36) in 11m 58, followed by Charlotte Hosp 36th (71) in 14.44 and Phoebe Musgrove 37th (72) in 15.14. The team finished 7th.

In the U15's Dillon Quirici finished a superb 6th in 11.24, with Rory Summerton 15th (18) in 12m 11 and Euan Ashmore 19TH (29) in 13.16. The team finished 4th, and they were all faster than last time.

SURREY MEN'S CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUE, EPSOM DOWNS

Saturday, 11 November 2017

HSAC men's XC team

The men's cross-country team at Epsom Downs, 11 November 2017

A great performance from the 14-strong Holland Sports AC's men's team on Saturday on Epsom Downs in the Surrey League Div 3 and Div 4 fixture. I have shown overall finish and in brackets where they came in our Div 4.

Neil Danby had another great run finishing 10th overall (3rd) in 28m 54 and easily the fastest 50 year old. Harry Lawson gave absolutely everything and was rewarded with a brilliant 17th (6th) place in 29m 27. Steve Bishop was 27th (8th) in 29m 59, followed by a fine 56th (12th) by Sean McCabery in 31m 04. Aziouz Lammali Vet 50 still in great shape after his 3hr 17 min marathon in Venice on October 22nd finished 106th (31st) in 32m 46, with Richard Knight also V50 167th (55th) in 34m 27, followed by the welcome return from a long injury layoff by Andy Irons V50 204th (73rd) in 35m 44. Howard Crane in his first race for Holland was 209th (76th) in 35m 57, followed by Rob Jupp 224th (81st) in 36m 32 with Philip Clarkson our 10th and final scorer in 245th (93rd) in 37m 20. Pete Gibson was next in 302nd (118th) in 41m 33, with John Holmes V65 304th (119th) in 40m 29, Pete Gibbons V60 319th (125th) in 41m 33 and Richard Timmis 337th (134th) in 43m 43.

SURREY LADIES' CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUE, NONSUCH PARK

Saturday, 11 November 2017

On a muddy course at Nonsuch Park on Saturday Holland Sports' U13 Girls did well beating some top clubs like SLH to finish 8th out of 28 teams. Leading the team home on the 1.8 mile course was Millie Henson in 17th place in 12 minutes dead, closely followed by Poppy Wells, 22nd in 12.19. On her debut in the League having just turned 11 Eloise Ashmore had a fine run in 46th in 13m 06. Olivia Calvo in 66th in 14m 08 made up the scoring team. Phoebe Musgrove was 72nd in 14m 22, with Izzy Ford 76th in 14m 34 and Mia Calvo bravely finishing in 82nd in 15m 09 having twisted her ankle.

In the Senior Ladies' 3.6 mile race in a huge field of 570 runners Maggie Berry (Statham) V60, coming back from injury and not 100% fit, did well to finish 283rd overall (81st in Div 2), with the three debutants Grace Smith 415th (157th) in 32m 06, Lorraine Hewett V60 420th (198th) in 32m 10, and Jo Carpenter V40 476th (198th) in 34m 21.

DOWNS LEAGUE

Sunday, 5 November 2017

What a fantastic performance by all the Holland Sports athletes at the 1st X Country Downs League Race at Epsom Downs on Sunday.

In the U11 Boys there was a remarkable performance by the winner Jacob Hunt. Jacob was knocked over at the start but got up and battled his way through for a convincing win in 10m 29. Jacob was ably backed up by Luke Danby 2nd in 10m 46 and Joseph Hunt 3rd in 11m 02s so Holland sports were the runaway winning team. Our B Team of Daniel Asli 5th in 11m 19, Joseph Waldon 10th (11) in 11m 44 and Lewis Jessup 11th (12) in 11.45 were amazingly the 3rd team to finish. The figures in brackets shows where they finished when the girls are included.

Our other U11 athletes performed well, many on their debut.- Devon Mooney 22nd (26) in 12m 11, Jamie Walters 27th (32) in 12m 29, George Spilsbury 30th (35) 12m 32, Arthur Peachey 37th (46) 13m 08, Joe Green 43rd (55) 13m 26, Ben Musgrove 48th (68) 13m 50, Oliver Marro 51st (73) 14m 04, Harvey Baines 53rd (83). There were 96 runners in the race.

Eloise Ashmore disappointingly was our only U11 Girl but she did well to finish 6th Girl (37th overall) in 12m 37.

There was a convincing win in the U13's by Miles Brown in 11m 34. Nick Jones finished 13th (16) in 12m 55 and Ben Carpenter 15th (18) in 13m 00 to make up the A Team which finished 3rd.Thomas Erskine finished strongly in 29th (45) in 14.22, closely followed by Alisdair Evans 30th (47) in 14m 24 and Callum Hills 31st (48) in 14m 25.

The U13 Girls team also finished 3rd and was led home by Millie Henson 6th Girl (27) in 13.15, closely followed by Poppy Wells 8th (31 ) in 13m 23 . Phoebe Musgrove made up the team 31st (60) in 15m 42. Phoebe was followed by Olivia Calvo 32nd (67) in 16.17, Charlotte Hosp 35th (70) in 16m 32 and Izzy Ford 36th (71) in 16m 33.

Our U15 Boys Team finished 5th. Dillon Quirici had a great run finishing 8th (9) in 11m 41, followed by Rory Summerton 18th (21) in 12m 16, Luca Gale 25th (29) in 13m 18 making up the A Team, Euan Ashmore 26th (30) in 13m 23, Adam Green 27th (37) in 13m 59, Jack Rafferty 28th (39) in 14m 07.

What a Great day!

BRUCE JUDD RELAYS

Saturday, 28 October 2017

Well done to all who competed today at Bruce Judd cross country relay championship. Unfortunately we did not win some medals but........

In the U13 Boys we had two teams entered. In the A team the athletes were Oscar Powney, who recorded a time of 8:03 minutes, Ben Carpenter (8:59), and Callum Hills (10:18). The team finished 19th out 29 teams with an aggregate time of 27:20.

In the B team the athletes were Thomas Erskine, who recorded a time of 9:39 minutes, followed by Alasdair Evans (10:22), and Jamie Hobday (9:57). The team came 22nd out of 29 teams with an aggregate time of 29:58.

In the U13 Girls' team the athletes were Poppy Wells (9:14), Isabelle Ford (10:02), and Phoebe Musgrove (9:42). The team came 14th out of 28 teams with an aggregate time of 28:58.

In the U15 Boys' team the athletes were Dillon Quirici (7:45), Euan Ashmore (9:27), and Oscar Voller (9:17). The team came 22nd out of 29 teams with an aggregate time of 26:29.

SURREY CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUE RACES

Saturday 14 October 2017

It was a busy day on Saturday with the Junior Boys and Girls competing in the Surrey Cross-Country League in Reigate whilst the Senior Men competed at Wimbledon Common.

In the Under 13 Girls Poppy Wells led the way in 33rd in 14m 42, followed by Izzy Ford in 65th in 16m 38, Phoebe Musgrove 69th in 17m 10 and Jessica Guppy 76th in 17m 50.

In the Boys/Youths U13, U15 and U17 race Miles Brown had a phenomenal run to be 1st Holland athlete home in 44th in 16m 07. Other U13 performances were an excellent 98th position by Archie Walters in 17m 40, ably followed by Nick Jones 110th in 18m 15 and Ben Carpenter 113th in 18m 27, Callum Hills 144th in 20m 51, Thomas Erskine 146th in 21m 14, Alastair Evans 147th in 21m 17 and Jamie Hobday 151st in 23m. The U13 team finished in a superb 2nd place.

Other performances were Matt Domingues (U17) 50th in 16m 18, Dillon Quirici (U15) 53rd in 16m 23, Henry ("Harry") Fisher 63rd in 16m 40, Euan Ashmore (U15) 114th in 18m 35, Tom Duff (U15) 115th in 18m 57, Sam Heath (U15) 135th in 19m 36.

In the Senior Men's Race, which combined Divisions 3 and 4, there were 332 runners. Neil Danby had a fantastic race finishing 5th overall (2nd in Div 4) in a time of 27m 45 and was easily the fastest Vet 50. Steve Bishop had an excellent run in 10th (3rd) in 28m 14. Harry Lawson was the 1st U20 in 38th (9th) in 29m 47, followed by a fine debut run by Alasdair Kite 126th (31st) in 32m 41, with Joshua Knight 183rd (58th) in 34m 50, Rob Jupp on debut 210th (72nd) in 35m 58, Richard Knight 214th (73rd) in 36m 02, Pete Gibson 291st (103rd) in 40m12 and Pete Gibbons 306th (111th) in 41m 42. Despite being a man short, the team finished 6th out of 12s in Division 4.