Basingstoke Athletes help Hampshire win medals.
A total of 11 BMHAC runners represented Hampshire in the South of England Inter County Cross Country Championship held at Horspath, Oxford on the 7th December and in the process helped Hampshire win a number of team medals.
The best placing by a Basingstoke member came in the Under20 category where Maddie Deadman finished 3rd in a time of 23m15s. On a dry day for a change but with still plenty of mud under foot, Maddie started strongly and maintained the high pace through to the finish, and this position helped Hampshire to win the U20 Women's gold medals.
Early on in the day Macy Connolly produced a great effort to finish 5th in the Under 13 Girls race after missing training for a week with illness. However this did not stop the young runner who came home in a time of 11.59. to be first Hampshire runner and help them to 5th in the team result.
In the Senior Women's race, Charlotte Chalwin continued her return to top form with a 7th place in a time of 23.11. In a field of 59 runners Charlotte led the Hampshire contingent of 7 runners in the race and they gained the bronze medals.
Hampshire had a good day in fact winning medals in 6 of the age groups with 4 of the 8 runners allowed in each category scoring. The performances of all the Clubs runners were up to standard with Charlie Coveney 43rd in the U13 Boys while Sienna Richardson finished 60th in the U15 Girls race.
There was another strong field in the U15 Boys race and Ben White placed 49th and Nathan Lane 63rd. Joshua Kemp led our trio of runners in the U17 Men's race finishing 34th, Alex Lakeland was next 41st and Oli Morgan 50th.
Back to the Senior Women's race and Gemma Bigg came in as a late substitute for Freya Davis who withdrew with illness,
Gemma put in a good run to finish 37th. Also running in the U20 Women's was Macy Watson and she finished 28th to beat 2 other Hampshire runners originally selected in front of Macy.
Full results can be found on race-results.co.uk, scroll down to December 2019 and click on pdf alongside the event. to advance from U13G result sheet, double click on the arrow. ... See MoreSee Less
Club Kit is nearly here – put December 10th in your diary!
The clothing for our new, customised athletic kit is on it’s way. So that you know what size you need to order items in we are running a sizing event on Tuesday 10th December from 5.00pm – 8.00pm.
You are invited to try kit on in the Club Hut.
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Another Good Day for BMHAC runners at the HCCL
Basingstoke & Mid Hants AC continued their top 3 positions in 5 of the Age Groups in the 3rd HCCL match held at Aldershot yesterday. On a sunny but cold day with the going soft in places the Clubs athletes ran well in the various races they were in and 77 of the Club's runners took part.
The first race of the afternoon saw the U13 Girls in action and they were without Macy Connolly who was missing due to illness but others stepped up to the mark and the team finished 3rd on the day and remained 3rd overall. Scoring for the team were Imogen Edwards 7th, Lily-Mae Lancaster-Evans 14th and Sophie Yates 21st of the 47 runners.
The U13 Boys were next and they were 3rd team and led home this time by Nicholas Thomas in 5th place who together with Charlie Coveney 16th and Freddie Eason 21st, maintained the teams 2nd overall standing. It was pleasing to see 11 Club runners out in this age group of a field of 65.
Sienna Richardson was the lead Club runner in the U15 Girls race finishing 12th, Isabelle Law after a busy week was 16th and newcomer India Farrant came home in 30th spot and completed the scoring and the team finished 5th
The Club had 7 runners in the U15 Boys race and Ben White led the squad home in 9th place, Leon Ruffle was next clubman 18th and Oliver Marshall completed the scoring in 22nd and though the team were 6th on the day they hung on to equal 3rd overall.
In the U17 Men's race Reece Sharman-Newell was the highest placed club runner on the day taking a 2nd spot in the race just 8 secs down on the winner. However behind there was a race within a race as 5 of the Clubs runners tussled out with Alex Lakeland eventually taking 10th, Josh Kemp 12th. Cameron Coveney 13th, Oli Morgan 14th and Richard Sutton 19th. of the 40 runners. The team with good packing finished 2nd and remained 2nd overall.
In the Senior age groups big fields competed once again with 265 Men and 165 Women finishing. Charlotte Chalwin led our Women with a 7th placing. the fast improving Charlotte finished in 23m 20s and together with Maddie Deadman 11th, Charlotte Ragan 18th the Club finished 4th and remain 4th after 3 events. There were many good performances from the 16 club runners in the race.
The final race of the afternoon the Senior Men was over 9.5K and Dave Ragan produced a fine performance despite an ankle injury as he finished 6th, first non Aldershot runner home in a time of 32m 35s. Rob Wood was next 10th, Tom Syckelmoore 20th, Ben Pattison 29th and Alex Hamilton completed the scoring in 42nd (2nd M40).The teams 3rd place saw them move clear of the chasing Clubs and 24 club runners competed.
Full results are now up on the Hampshire Athletics web site. ... See MoreSee Less
Results from Hampshire League now available
U13G team placed 3rd on the day, currently 3rd in the series
U13B 3rd on the day, 2nd overall
U15G 5th on the day, 6th overall
U15B 6th on the day, =3rd overall
U17W no runners
U17M 2nd on the day, 2nd overall
U20W 2nd on the day, 3rd overall
SW 4th on the day, 4th overall
SM 3rd on the day, 3rd overall
VetW 8th on the day, =7th overall
VetM 7th on the day, =8th overall
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