| Chairman’s Corner |
Well done to all the medal winners at last week's Cross Country presentation evening. There were some stand-out contributions to the teams and Tom reported on a wealth of PB's via his excellent stand-in presenter, Anita Cryer. Many thanks also to Paul and Daniela Cousins for organising the medals and trophies. I hope we have even more members and winners along next year to make it a real Club celebration evening.
I am delighted to say we have a new Club Treasurer in former athlete Andy Simpson. It's great to have him on board. If you are spending money on Club expenditures please let Andy have the details and receipts so that he can reimburse you. He has a pigeon-hole in the portacabin; clearly note who is the payee for the reimbursement.
Whilst on the matter of money, the Committee has voted to ask for contributions towards the cost of coach travel this season, given the significantly higher cost of transport. A charge of £2 per athlete and parent was decided on so be prepared to cough up!
Good luck to all our Track and Field athletes as the season gets under way.
Neil
chairman@wokingac.com
|
| Raising the Club's Profile |
I have been asked by the committee to set up a small group to help raise the profile of the club so more people know about us so we attract new athletes, officials and helpers. This is very important for the future of the club as I feel we are currently not that well known in the Woking area. I have a number of ideas of how this could be done but I need other ideas and support to carry this out. I'm sure people have plenty of different ideas of how to do this. If you are interested in being part of this then e mail me on noddyh1@hotmail.co.uk, ring me on 07960 617738 or find me at the track on a Tuesday or Thursday evening before or after training.
|
| Young Athletes Meeting 2nd September |
DIARY DATE: SUNDAY 2nd SEPTEMBER It may seem a long way off but that is only a MYTH and organiser Mike Goodwin has already started entering names in his “Wonderful People” book. So if you are available for a couple of hours/PM or AM or even ALL day Mike would love to hear from you. This helps him distributing and putting Names to Jobs and not having to leave it until the last minute. Thank you all. I shall only be able to put this little reminder in three (3) more times. So put SUNDAY 2nd SEPTEMBER in your diary now. Mike is looking for around 100 “Wonderful People” to make this another successful
Woking YA meeting.
|
| Road Awards |
Road Awards Champion Silver Bronze
Senior Men Gilbert Grundy Michael Baggott Justin Mitchell
Vet Men Jason Harris Kim Warner Mike Warner
Senior Ladies Jaydee Hunt Jo Rodriguez Rose Nicholson
Vet Ladies Laura Hales Kay Trinder Barbara Rodriguez
|
| Most Road PB’s 2011/12 |
This is the first year of this award and many thanks to all those that competed in road events for helping me gather their PBs. The record book that has them all in will be left in the Porta Cabin for anyone wishing to check and also IF there any missing PBs write info on paper and I will enter them for 2012/13. And remember after the age of 35 M/F you count PBs in FIVE year age groups.
Maybe next year to make it more competitive and fun. Have 1st, 2nd and 3rd medals.
Male Winner: Jimmy Brown. Female Winner: Ramona Thevenet
A little interest Over the year since April 2011 the combined total number of Men/Ladies athletes achieving a PB was 40 and the combined total of PBs was 138. 26 Men achieved 76 and 14 ladies achieved 62. The ladies had a better average.
MEN’s Winner: Jimmy Brown achieved 11; Gilbert Grundy 9; Michael Baggott 9; Malcolm Vaughan 7:
Richard Baggott 6; Mike Warner 5; Ashraf Ould-Dada 4; Kim Warner and Geoff Williams 3 each; James Thomas, Dave Gibson, Andy Green, Dave Nichols, Mike Waine, Jason Harris, Phil Cross 2 each.
And Justin Mitchell, Lawrie Baker, John Rowland, Ian Todd, Graham Palser, Duncan Irvine, Andy Sansom one each.
LADIES Winner Ramona Thevenet achieved 17; Jaydee Hunt 12; Rose Nicholson 6; Jo Rodriguez 5; Christine Flynn 5: Laura Hales 4; Isabelle Serve, Barbara Rodriguez 3 each. Claire Johnston, Kay Trinder 2 each.
Miche Oldham, Sarah Vaughan, Susanne Barnes, Susanna Harrison all had one each.
IF there are any missing just let me know and all will be corrected and included next year. This being the first year it seemed to go OK. But I will always need your help. Thanks to everyone.
The year starts from Sunday 1st April. Good Luck to you all.
|
| Ladies Achievement Cup: Iris Holder. |
Every athlete has a tough time training to win and
achieve the standards that they set for themselves. My job is twice as tough watching and
noticing some wonderful performances. I try to make it easy by awarding a point every time
a female T&F athlete has worked hard to achieve their target. If they are pleased with their own
performance it’s a sign they are pleased with their training and achieving something.
When there are 7 or 8 very close in contention like this year I go back a year then another year and
so on. I had to keep going back a long way this year as there were some brilliant performances from
so many individuals. And every year I went back Iris Holder just kept in front of the others and
also eliminating one by one by a point. Looking back through the years Iris has achieved some
fantastic awards in all her different age group vet years. Including winning Club/County/National/European and World championships events and records too.
Even as recently as February in the Vet’s indoor champ’s came away with 3 gold medals and three 0/70 CBP.
And more recently as 11th then 18th of this month Iris broke two UK Indoor records (LJ 3.49) (TJ 7.16).
And Iris has also increased her enthusiastic Tuesday training squad from just Linda Baldwin to ten and they never fail to turn up whatever the weather.
Plus her knowledge/experience as the clubs First-Aider. And also a graded T&F official. (All Achievements)
Iris had many/many challengers for this year’s choice BUT!! again Achieved.
If I gave everyone a vote I am confident Iris would have still won. Well done Iris.
|
| Special Award: Most Improved Athlete 2011-12: |
Jaydee Hunt. |
| Athletes Achieving Road Running Club Standards 2011/12. |
If I have missed any or made any mistakes please let me know. It is no problem to rectify.
LADIES: Age Group Event Achieved Standard Venue
Rose Nicholson Senior 10k 36.36 39.53 Swansea
10m 1.01.09 1.05.52 Dorking
½ Mara 1.19.07 1.27.44 Cardiff
Mara. 2.52.37 3.05.01 London (Club Record)
Joanna Rodriguez 5k 18.17 19.11 NonSuch
5m 30.30 31.43 Windsor
10k 37.26 39.53 Bristol
10m 1.04.42 1.05.52 Twickenham
½ Mara 1.23.55 1.27.44 Bristol
Mara 3. 01.27 3.05.01 Dublin
Jaydee Hunt 0/35 10k 39.49 41.16 Chessington
10m 1.07.21 1.07.49 Epsom
½ Mara 1.26.02 1.30.06 Wokingham
Laura Hales 0/40 5k 19.50 20.50 Frimley
10k 40.02 43.01 Windlesham
10m 1.05.42 1.10.41 Twickenham
½ Mara. 1.29.07 1.33.54 Wokingham
Mara. 3.14.25 3.16.20 Luton
Susanna Harrison 0/45 5k 19.18 21.46 Nonsuch
10k 42.00 44.57 Sutton
10m 1.07.53 1.13.50 Epsom
½ Mara. 1.31.08 1.38.06 Richmond
Mara. 3.14.36 3.25.01 London (Club Record)
Kay Trinder 0/45 5k 19.39 21.46 Cambridge
10k 40.56 44.57 Chessington
10m 1.09.49 1.13.54 Grt.Sth.Run.
Ramona Thevenet 5k 19.24 22.50 Bushy (C. Rec.)
5m 32.46 37.33 Windsor (C. Rec.)
10k 40.38 47.08 Elmbridge(C. Rec.)
10m 1.09.17 1.17.24 Chiswick (C. Rec.)
½ Mara. 1.28.08 1.42.49 Maidenhead(C. Rec.)
Mara. 3.12.49 3.34.47 Dublin (C. Rec.)
Barbara Rodriguez 0/55 5k 23.41 24.02 Nonsuch
10k 49.50 49.57 Staines
Christine Flynn 0/55 5k 23.37 24.02 Bushy
5m 39.39 39.40 Windsor
10k 49.24 49.57 Windlesham
MEN: AGE Group Event Achieved Standard Venue
Paul Dennis Sen. 5k 17.16 17.18 Bushy
Justin Mitchell Sen. 5k 16.39 17.18 Stoke
10k 34.52 35.57 Yateley
½ Mara 1.13.35 1.19.32 Maidenhead
20M 2.01.11 2.04.48 Dunsfold Mara. 2.33.02 2.49.06 Boson USA (Club Rec.)
Gilbert Grundy Sen. 5k 16.01 17.18 Bushy
10k 35.54 35.57 Elmbridge
10M 55.23 59.33 Dunsfold
0/40 5k 17.40 18.30 Bushy
½ Mara. 1.19.13 1.23.57 Wokingham
20M 2.07.47 2.11.13 Bramley
Jason Harris 0/40 5K 16.57 18.30 Bushy
½ Mara. 1.16.08 1.23.57 Fleet
20M 2.06.21 2.11.13 Dunsfold
Phil Cross 0/45 5k 17.50 19.13 Bushy
20M 2.12.48 2.16.16 Ruisilp
Kim Warner 0/50 ½ Mara. 1.30.31 1.30.49 Wokingham
Paul Cousins 0/55 5k 19.58 20.55 Stoke
Mike Waine 0/55 5k 18.15 20.55 Bushy (Club Rec.)
5M 31.22 34.27 Windsor
10k 39.37 43.16 Windlesham
Mike Warner 0/55 10k 42.52 43.16 Nonsuch
10M 1.08.45 1.11.18 Twickenham
Jimmy Brown 0/60 5k 20.29 23.12 Bushy
5M 32.36 38.33 Windsor
10k 41.36 48.01 Windlesham
Geoff Williams 0/60 5k 21.37 23.12 Bushy
10k 42.23 48.01 Elmbridge
10M 1.08.55 1.19.08 Twickenham
½ Mara 1.33.48 1.45.14 Wokingham
Graham Palser 0/60 5M 38.26 38.33 Windsor
Dave Nichols 0/65 5k 23.37 25.13 Bushy
5M 37.03 40.54 Windsor
10k 46.51 52.18 Windlesham
Fred Bell 0/65 5k 24.30 25.13 Bushy
½ Mara 1.50.40 1.56.14 Llanelli
Malcolm Vaughan 0/65 5k 24.25 25.13 Poole
½ Mara 1.55.15 1.56.14 Wokingham
|
| Club Records |
Kaspar Kazemak jumped 6.49 in the LJ at Eton on 4th March Indoor.
Jack Phipps U/20 lowered his 60m record of 7.45 to 7.26 at Eton on 4th March Indoor
Nick Phipps 0/55 in the SP event with 10.54 at Eton on 4th March. Indoor
The following five records were achieved in the Surrey Indoor Champ’s at Calshalton on 3rd March.
Edward Moore U/13 ran 60m in 9.40 (New record)
William Hur U/15 lowered his SP indoor record of 9.00 with a throw of 9.52
Steve Beake 0/45 ran 60m in 7.68 (New record)
Ellie Lane U/17 created new records. In the SP with 8.27 and in the LJ with 4.57
Jaydee Hunt broke the S/L 20mile club record with 2.23.40 on the 18th March in the Spitfire 20
at Dunsfold. Previous record was 2.26.31 held by Susanna Harrison since 1994.
Iris Holder broke three 0/70 Indoor records at Lee Valley the first 2 were on the 11th March.
In the LJ with 3.49 + in the TJ with 7.16 – PLUS both these records were also UK records.
Then on the 18th March. ran 10.43 in the 60m.
Eleven of the 13 records lowered during March were INDOOR this must be a record too. PLUS all 13 are PB performances. (I worked that out on my own). Well done every one.
|
| P-Beez |
The next three are Indoor PBs at Windsor on 4th March.
Lee Turner 60m in 7.47: Jack Phipps 7.26: Kaspar Kazemak 9.05 in 60H and 6.49 in LJ:
The next 6 were achieved at the Surrey County Indoor Champ’s at Carshalton on 3rd March.
Steve Beake ran 7.68 in the 60m; Richard Beake ran 7.72 in the 60m;
Edward Moore U/13 ran 9.40 in 60m + 3.46 in the LJ; William Hur threw 9.54 in the SP;
Ellie Lane U/17 jumped 4.57 in LJ + 8.27 in the SP
Jimmy Brown ran a 0/60 PB at Bushy Park on the 10th March. in 20.14.
Jason Harris ran a 0/40 PB of 2.07.11 in the Finchley 20m at Ruislip on 11th March.
Laura Hales ran 19.50 in the Frimley 5k Park run on the 10th March.
Kay Trinder ran 19.39 in the Cambridge 5k park run on the 10th March.
Phil Cross ran 19.50 at Bushy on the17th March:
Matthew Tolefree ran 20.05 in the Frimley 5k on 17th March.
The following 5 achieved PBs in the Spitfire 20mile on 18th March
Jadee Hunt ran 2.23.40/Justin Mitchell ran 2.01.11/Jason Harris ran 2.06.21/ /Kim Warner ran 2.31.24/Michael Baggott ran 2.16.08/
Gilbert Grundy ran 55.23 in the Tempest 10mile on 18th March:
Iris Holder achieved two Indoor PBs at Lee valley on the 11th March: In the LJ with 3.49 + In the TJ with 7.16. Iris Holder 0/70 ran 60m Indoor in 10.43 at Lee Valley on 18th March.
Gilbert Grundy ran 16.01 at Bushy Park on the 24th March.
Asraf Ould Dada ran 18.42 at Bushy Park on the 24th March.
Jason Harris ran 1.16.08 in the Fleet ½ Mara. on the 25th March.
|
| London Marathon April 22nd |
For all members that are thinking of having a day out watching the LONDON marathon on April 22nd to cheer sponsored friends there are 9 men and 7 ladies from the club competing BUT! they will not all be wearing Orange & Green vests as the few that got a REJECT entry are running for a Charity so they are obliged to wear the Charities Vest.
Look out for Rose Nicholson, Laura Hales, Miche Oldham, Ramona Thevenet, Jaydee Hunt, Justin Mitchell, Jason Harris, Phil Cross/Paul Dennis, Mike and Kim Warner and Michael and Richard Baggott. NOT necessarily in that order.
Also one word of advice when shouting encouragement shout their surname too as there are hundreds with the same CHRISTIAN name.
|
| MEMBERSHIP SUBS RENEWAL 2012/2013 |
That time of year has come around again already, yes time to renew your membership at Woking AC. We have already received many renewals so thanks for being so prompt. Just in case you haven't got round to renewing please remember there is a whopping 10% discount if you pay early, i.e. before 15th March.
For those of you who haven't received a letter in the post, please could you email me and I will email you a renewal form. Perhaps you have moved and forgotten to update the club with your new contact details.
Good luck with your training for the coming year and I am sure you are all looking forward to the Olympics - what greater inspiration and motivation can there be?
As always, any questions regarding membership please contact me: membership@wokingac.com
Ramona Thevenet, Membership Secretary, Woking AC
|
| It is with sadness I have to write and inform you that Carina Graham 0/75 passed away on Tuesday 28th February |
I am sure all Carina’s many friends at the club will feel a loss. And their thoughts will be with Carina’s family during this time. Carina a member for 20/25 years was very competitive athlete especially in field event’s and held County, National and World records in the Javelin for many years through all vet’s age groups. Woking AC present club records still held by Carina -
0/55- 400m -- 81.00 (1994) --- TJ -8.90 (1993) --- Jav. 31.62 (1994) --- Disc. 25.54 (1994)
0/60– 400- 81.3 (1996) -- TJ- 8.48 (1996) -- Jav. 32.02 (1996) -- Disc. 25.08(1996) -- SP-8.27(1996)
0/65- 80H -16.8 (2001) --- Jav. 24.42 (2003)—Disc.-18.16(2005) --- SP-6.59(2003).
|
| Club Records |
New indoor records and two at the same meeting and both in a SP event. Eleanor Gatrell 0/35 with a throw of 15.60m. ALSO William Hur U/15 with a throw of 9.0m. Both at Lee Valley in the SEAA Champ’s on the 21/22nd Jan.
Also Nick Phipps jumped 1.35 in the HJ event at Windsor on 4th February.
In the EVAC and VAC Championships at Lee Valley on the 19th Feb Iris Holder created three 0/70 club indoor records with 10.53 in the 60m and 3.21 in the LJ and 6.87 in the TJ.
|
| P.Beez |
Some of the PB times are the best in their present 5 year age group AFTER turning 35.
Gilbert Grundy ran 14.31 in the Woking 3 on the 1st February.
Ashraf Ould-Dada ran 19.13 in the Bushy Park 5k on 4th February.
Vicky Hewett ran 400m in 56.38 indoors at Sheffield on 11th Feb.
The next two members achieved the following times on the 12th Feb in the Chessington 10k. Jaydee Hunt ran 30.49; Andy Sansom 46.08.
In the Wokingham ½ marathon the next five running PB times. Jaydee Hunt with 86.02: Jason Harris 79.13: Kim Warner 90.31: Geoff Williams 93.48: Mike Warner 95.11.
Jimmy Brown ran 20.29 at Bushy Park on the 18th Feb.
Three Indoor PB’s by Iris Holder now in the 0/70 age group. At Lee valley in the EAVC and VAC Championships on the19th February. Iris jumped 3.21 in the LJ; also 6.87 in the TJ. and 10.53 in the 60m.
Ashraf Ould-Dada U/15 ran 19.08 in the Bushy Park 5k on 25th Feb. That is the 2nd in Feb at the same event. TWO more next month Ashraf?
Helena Corbin ran two 800m PB’s at the B.U.C.S. indoor champ’s over week-end 25/26th Feb held at Sheffield. In the ht. ran 2.12.12 (S/F 2.12.41) and 2.11.44 in the final.
|
| Congratulations to Iris Holder |
being ranked 1st 0/70 in the UK Woman’s veterans list in two events. In the Triple Jump with 7.07 and in the Long Jump with 3.18. Nice one Iris. |
| Congratulations to Will Archer Burton and wife Karen |
on the birth of their first baby. A little girl who was premature (31 weeks) and weighing in at 3.5lbs. Born on the 18th December at St Peters Chertsey and was home after 4 weeks and is doing well. Present weight 4.10lb and has a famous nurse’s name of Florence. Well done Will and Karen. |
| P Beez |
So far 2012 being a leap year it seems to have slowed every one down with only two PBs. Mike Goodwin ran 19.36 in the Woking 3 on the 4th January. Well done Mike! Jimmy Brown ran 41.36 on the 29th January in the Windlesham 10k.
|
| Congratulations To |
Eleanor Gatrell being ranked 9th in the UK 2011 Shot Put with 14.93.
William Hur who is ranked 9th in the Discus UK 2011 event with a throw of 26.86
Helena Corbin who ran 1.33.9 in a 600m race at Exeter on the 23rd Nov. This ranks Helena 6th in the UK senior list over this distance.
|
| Apologies |
Apologies before the year ends. Glancing through the road records I noticed one that I had over looked in April. Justin Mitchell ran 2.33.02 in the BOSTON (USA) Marathon on the 18th of April. (As printed in the May issue of Cockcrow). Unfortunately I never altered the record book. The previous senior men’s marathon record of 2.36.08 and was held by Clive Hensby that he ran in the London April 1996. It has taken 15 years well done Justin. I’m sure Clive will be surprised that the record lasted that long. |
| Southern Athletics League |
As many of you may already know Woking will be competing in the Southern Athletics League this coming 2012 summer season. For those of you that don’t or do but want more information I have written a short article outlining the league and why we’ve decided to join.
The ‘breakaway’ league was set up in 2011 where men and women compete as one team, rather than the ‘traditional’ Southern Men’s League and Southern Women’s league where the senior men and senior women compete separately. After consulting with many of our senior athletes and officials in both the men’s and women’s teams there was a unanimous feeling that we would like to join the league. This feeling has seemed to have spread across other clubs with the number of clubs entering the league has risen from 40 in 2011 to 76 clubs entering for 2012 and the likelihood of more joining in 2013.
We are in the Southern 2 Central league, with 5 matches and 4 teams per match which means there are 16 teams in our league. There are four regional division 2 leagues and a division one. Promotion and relegation is quite complicated as the league settles down in regards to numbers so if you want to know come and find me and I will try to explain. The events will be the same for men but the women will have the added joy of the steeple-chase at each match. There will still be the opportunity to gain promotion to the British League if one side of the club feel that they could challenge in the promotion match and would be able to qualify through a ‘paper match’ where performances from different clubs are compared on paper to see who would qualify.
There is also man and women of the match awards at each fixture for the best performance on the day which is great incentive to do well.
There were a number of reasons why we’ve decided to change leagues. Firstly, and probably most importantly, it should lead to more of a club feeling and we’re competing as one rather than a men’s team and a women’s team. It will hopefully increase team spirit and camaraderie within the senior athletes across the club and enable you to see the performances of the athletes you see training week in week out instead of hearing about them second hand
Secondly it will improve the atmosphere at matches as inevitably there will be more people there. Sometimes, especially in single matches, there was an extremely poor atmosphere and was sometimes eerily quiet which is not attractive to athletes competing and could also have a knock on effect on performance.
Thirdly at the moment under 11’s right through to under17 boys and girls compete alongside each other in the Quad Kids, Wessex League and National Young Athletes League so it makes total sense that this continues when they get to the senior leagues.
Fourthly there should be a benefit to our invaluable officials. Instead of having 10-12 senior matches to officiate at each year there will now be only 5, although the field officials maybe working harder at these matches as they will have more events to officiate but at least they will have a few more Saturdays off in the summer!
Finally it gives those that have competed in the Southern Men’s League and Southern Women’s leagues for many years something fresh to look forward to and aim for which is always good for us older ones!
Inevitably there maybe a few teething problems but the club feels that this is the best way forward for officials and more importantly the athletes. We held back in 2011, when the Southern Athletics League first started, from entering the league to see how well it went and to also give the Southern Men’s and Women’s leagues a chance to come up with proposals of a possibility of their own mixed league. They were unable to come up with anything so we, along with 35 other clubs, decided to join the new Southern Athletics League.
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to find me at the track and ask me.
There is also the Southern Athletics League Website, www.southernathletics.org.uk/
We have also decided to enter the Rosenheim League this year. This a ‘low key’ league on a Wednesday night for both senior men and women but without the pressure of scoring points so you can compete in what you like. It will give an opportunity to those coming back from injury to ease their way back into competing, to compete in events you might not get an opportunity to do at a Southern Athletics League meeting and to those who may not quite get into the senior team. There are 5/6 matches a year and are all fairly local, Kingston, Walton and we may be hosting one as well
|
| Club Records |
A very late adjustment notice. Justin Mitchell ran 2.33.02 in the Boston Marathon on April 18th
Helena Corbin has created a new senior 600m track record. Helena ran 1.33.9 at Exeter on the 23rd Nov.
At an Inter-UNI match at Exeter.
Jack Phipps ran 7.45 in a 60m sprint at the Eton (INDOOR) meeting on 4th December. A new created U/20club indoor record.
|
| P-Beez |
Mike Warner (O/55) ran 4.00.43 in the Luton Marathon on 20th November.
The following two PB’s were achieved on the track on Wed the 23rd November in an Exeter UNI v Plymouth UNI match. Helena Corbin ran 42.1 in a 300m race PLUS 1.33.9 in a 600m race
The next two were ran in the Woking 3 (road) on 7th December.
Gilbert Grundy ran 14.46 (Under 5min per mile) and Christine Flynn ran 22.12.
Gilbert Grundy ran 16.38 in the Bushy Park 5K on Sat. 17th December.
Gilbert Grundy ran 16.08 in the Serpentine 5k on 30th December. in Hyde Park
|
| Chairman’s Corner |
Well, another year over and a successful one for the Club. Many thanks to all the coaches, helpers and officials who have made this possible. Our thoughts turn again to New Year resolutions, so if you are trying to choose one, why not consider offering to help the club in whatever capacity you can. Everyone has something to offer, whether it is serving hot cuppas on winter training evenings or taking up a coaching course. Please see one of the committee if you can offer time for the Club. Good luck to our athletes as your winter training and competition continues and to all those preparing for the new Trackers term. Winter is still to hit us I'm sure, so I'll leave you with this joke in expectation of snow to come. What did one Snowman say to the other? Can you smell carrots?
I wish you all a very happy and successful New Year.
Neil
chairman@wokingac.com
|
| Chairman’s Report |
Just a quick report so that you can get on with your Christmas shopping, except you chaps who do it on Christmas Eve! The winter weather has yet to hit us but the Club is prepared by using the warmth of the Community Hall on Thursday evenings, with our coaches leading circuit style sessions.
Thank you to Kim Warner and Jenna Tarrant for organising a very sociable pub do last night. Hope you are fresh for your weekend runs and training!
We still have very important vacancies in helping the club function properly. We especially need a Treasurer who can pick up the reins from Liza in the near future. The other vacancies are Club Secretary, Publicity Officer and Coaching Co-Coordinator. Nothing too onerous honest! If you would like to know more about these roles and feel you would like to be involved in the smooth running of our Club please let me know,
Merry Christmas to you all!
|
| Christmas Closing Dates |
- the track will close after training on THURSDAY 22nd DECEMBER and RE-OPEN on TUESDAY 3rd JAN. (No rebate of SUBS). Have a nice holiday. (Go for a run over the common Christmas day in your new trainers) Mind the MUD. |
| Congratulations to Jack Phipps |
who is ranked 6th in the U/20 UK list Pole Vault event with 4.87. |
| Road P Beez |
Barbara Rodriguez ran 88.08 in the Cabbage Patch 10 mile on 16th Oct.
Jimmy Brown ran 42.28 on the 30th Oct in the Windlesham 10k.
Mike Warner now 0/55 ran 42.52 in the Nonsuch Park 10k on 6th November. (He had his 55th birthday yesterday) Well done Mike
Andy Watson ran 20.57 in the Bushy Park 5k on the 19th November.
The next two achieved PBs in the Epsom 10 mile on 20th November. Jaydee Hunt ran 67.21; Malcolm Vaughan ran 83.55.
Laura Hales ran 3.14.25 in the Luton Marathon on the 20th November.
Mike Warner ran 71.31 in the Hayling Island 10mile on the 27th November.
|
| The Christmas run will as usual be held at Newlands Corner on Saturday the 10th December at 8.30am |
As was suggested last year no Christmas cards will be exchanged again. Dave Nichols will bring along a couple of little boxes that he gets from the Woking Hospice and you put in whatever donation you wish. Also if you have any Mince Pies/Sausage rolls/Hot dogs/Cakes/Biscuits/Crisps/Any beverages Tea/Coffee/OR even LATE/EARLY SPRING WATER/ left over from last year bring them with you. Just come along for a Run/Walk with the dog or a Chat. Everyone is welcome friends/relations/strangers. Hope the weather is good and not too HOT. 8.30 am Newlands Corner 10th December. |
| First Aid Course |
As it is becoming increasingly difficult to provide first aid cover at home matches, the South West London Athletics Network if putting on a one day Sports Specific First Aid course from 10am - 5pm on Sunday 4th December at St Mary's University College, TW1 4SX. If anyone would like to attend please contact kate.brook@swlan.org.uk for details and booking. This would greatly help the club to provide the necessary cover at home matches and on club nights. Please let helenhenderson@talk21.com know if you are able to help. Many thanks
|
| Congratulations to Ian and Haley Tullet |
on the birth of their son Iwan Morgan who was born at 5.30am Monday the 26th September at St. Peter’s Hospital weighing 9lb. A baby brother for 3 year old daughter Nerhys who I am sure will be his second MUM. Well done Ian and Haley. |
| Club Records |
Mike Waine 0/55 broke the club 5k record at Bushy Park on the 15th Oct. running 18.15. The previous record of 19.02 was held by Maurice Doogan since 1996 that he ran at Perivale.
Ramona Thevenet Smith lowered her 5K 0/50 club record at Bushy Park on the 22nd Oct by running 19.24. Previous record was 19.43 set in Sept.
The ladies 0/50 marathon club record of 3.32.43 was lowered by the present holder Ramona Thevenet Smith in the Dublin marathon on 31st Oct. Ramona knocked 20 MINUTES off running 3.12.49. The previous record was set in January this year at Gloucester.
|
| Road P-Beez |
The road competition continues until the end of March 2012 (1 year).
The following three PBs were achieved in the Woking 3 on the 5th Oct.
Ramona Thevenet Smith ran 17.55; Mike Goodwin 19.45; Malcolm Vaughan 22.42:
Malcolm Vaughan had two PBs over two days. At Dorset running the Poole Park 5k on the 8th Oct. he ran 24.25 and on the 9th in the Bournemouth 10k ran 51.13.
Jaydee Hunt ran 3.28.49 in the Chester marathon on the 9th Oct.
Rose Nicholson ran 1.19.07 in the Cardiff ½ marathon on 16th Oct.
The following 5 were achieved in the Cabbage Patch 10 mile in 16th Oct.
Gilbert Grundy 57.43; Geoff Williams 68.55; Michael Baggott 60.25; Laura Hales Dave Gibson 76.28.
Ramona Thevenet Smith ran 19.24 and James Thomas ran 18.50 at Bushy Park on the 22nd Oct.
Andy Green ran 3.24.19 on 2nd Oct. in the Brussels Marathon.
Richard Baggott ran 36.35 in the Fleet 10k on 23rd Oct.
Richard Baggott ran 17.45 in the Cardiff 5k on 30th Oct.
Andy Green ran 64.50 in the great south 10mile on 30th Oct.
Ramona Thevenet Smith ran 3.12.49 in the Dublin marathon on the 31st Oct.
|
| Woking 3 mile Event |
First Wednesday of the month. Over the past 23 years Jimmy Miller has reached the age of 90 and has decided he is unable to carry on with the event owing to other priorities. There are feelers going about to try and see if anyone would care to take the job over. Also it would be a wonderful thing if all those who have run this event even once were to turn up at the Woking Leisure Centre on Jimmy’s last time that will be WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 7th either to run or say a big farewell for his many years of dedication in all weathers. Have an hour off work, leave the ironing, hoovering and just pop along to say a friendly THANK YOU. Hoping you can all make the effort. Also come along and see the “NEW WOKING PARK” and BRIDGE. |
| Chairman’s Report |
Thanks to everyone who helped at the Track & Field Presentation Evening, especially Eleanor and Craig for organising and announcing. The children's disco next door did not manage to mar what was a very sociable evening. Congratulations to all those who received medals and trophies. Our youngsters and seniors alike worked hard for their awards and the Club's performances in the Leagues reflected that effort. Tom's new awards for PBs were warmly welcomed and it proved an eye-opener just how many are accumulated through the season.
If this winter is as harsh as the last couple then the introduction of indoor training on Thursdays from the 17th at the Community Centre will prove very welcome. Joe will be informing all coaches about this opportunity.
Good luck with the winter training and road and cross-country competitions coming up.
Neil
chairman@wokingac.com
|
| Club Records |
Ramona Thevenet Smith lowered her own 0/50 ½ marathon club record of 1.30.35 held since August (Last Month) running 1.28.08 in the Maidenhead ½ on the 4th September.
Steve Beak lowered the 0/45 200m record at Sutton on the 10th September. Steve ran 24.48 his previous record was 24.6 at Birmingham.
Ramona Thevenet Smith Lowered her 5k road 0/50 club record of 20.20 at Bushy on the 17th September running 19.43
|
| Chairman’s Report |
Well if we'd had the current weather for the Young Athletes Champs it would have been perfect! Despite the downpour we had midway it was another very successful event for the Club and I want to say a huge Well done to our organisers, officials and all other helpers who made the Championships work so well on the day.
September also saw the re-start of our Trackers sessions and with up to 60 youngsters it is keeping Joe and Co busy. Well done all of you. The incorporation of UKA's Athletics 365 training programme will show that Woking AC takes seriously the development of the Club's younger athletes whilst retaining the vital element of fun. Let's face it, they all love a relay! Another fresh development is the rebirth of Trackers Plus on Thursday evenings, led by Sandra Hewett and David Middleton. These sessions will be an excellent way of introducing the 11+ youngsters into the main club sessions.
If anyone would like to be qualified as a track or field official there is a course coming up at Walton on Sunday 16th October. I'll pass on details if you are interested. Final note, First Aid provision is sadly lacking at our home events and when athletes train, so if there is a parent out there who is qualified and could be available for any home events please make themselves known! The Club will arrange training if there is new interest.
Neil
Chairman@wokingac.com
|
| P-Beez |
T&F: The following three PBs were achieved at Canterbury in the SWL on the 3rd September:
Ramona Thevenet Smith ran 11.59.2 in the 3000m; Jenna Tarrant ran 70.4 in the 400m; Isabelle Serve ran 20.7 in the 100H.
Steve Beak achieved 3 PBs at Sutton on the 10th September competing in the Surrey/Sussex Vets Pentathlon.
He ran 5.43.00 in the 1500 + ran 24.48 in 200m (Club Rec.) + Jumped 5.11 in the Long Jump.
Road: Ramona Thevenet Smith ran 1.28.08 in the Maidenhead ½ Mara. on 4th September.
Jaydee Hunt ran 1.30.56 At Maidenhead in the ½ Mara. on the 4th September.
The next three were achieved on the 7th September in the Woking 3mile. Richard Baggott 17.03; Ramona Thevenet Smith 18.20; Malcolm Vaughan 23.29.
Ramona Thevenet Smith ran 19.46 at Bushy on the 17th of September.
The next two PBs were achieved at Portsmouth on the 18th September in the Victory 5 mile event - Michael Baggott 29.09 and Richard Baggott 29.30.
James Thomas ran 19.02 in the Bushy Park 5k on 24th September.
Rose Nicholson ran 36.36 in the Swansea 10k on the 25th September.
Isabelle Serve ran 34.48 in the Running4Women 8k (5mile) at Windsor on 24th September.
|
| AGM plus T&F awards |
The AGM plus T&F awards and presentations will be held at Woodham Community Centre on Friday October 14th at 7.30pm
For those not knowing where it is situated. From the 6X roads head along Woodham Lane towards Addlestone. After passing UNDER the M25 the car park entrance is 100/150m on the right. Coming from Addlestone head for Woodham Lane passing the bridge to Oyster Lane and the entrance is 200m further along on the LEFT.
|
| Best wishes to Natasha |
Best wishes to Natasha (BE) Hart and Jerry on the 18th September when they will be getting married at Yateley. The committee and all Natasha’s many, many friends at the club join me in wishing them both a very happy married life together. Good Luck. (Well done Mr Right!) |
| Club Records |
Kaitlin Howard broke the U/15 girls 300m record at Guildford in the Wessex Lge match on the 24th July
with a wonderful performance running 42.9 well done Kaitlin. The previous record of 43.4 was held by Georgia Peel since 2007 run at the Isle-of-Wight.
Ramona Thevenet Smith lowered her 0/50 ½ marathon club record of 1.32 44 to 1.30.35 at the Burnham Beeches ½ Mara. on the 21st of August.
|
| P-Beez |
T&F P-Beez: IF I have missed any from the following list please tell me.
At the Wessex lge. match on the 3rd July at Bournemouth Lee Prince threw 39.07 in Disc. + 37.80 in the Jav. (2PBs).
At the Vets. Lge. meeting at Portsmouth on 4th July Jimmy Brown ran 11.50.1 in the 3000m race.
At the Wessex Lge. match at Guildford on July 24th the following five achieved PB Plus (a club record)
Kaitlin Howard ran 42.9 for 300m (A club Record); Nicole Davies ran 100m in 12.9: Ella Jones ran 200m in 26.8; Katrina Francis ran 100m in 13.5 + 200m in 28.0; Ellie Richardson jump 4.47 in the LJ
At the Woking open meeting on 3rd August. Daniel Johnson vaulted 1.90, Also Jack Phipps vaulted 4.81.
At the S.W.L match a Bracknell on 20th of August Emma Hardcastle jumped 4.01 in the long jump.
Natasha Hart ran 71.3 in the 400m at the same meeting.
Road P-Beez:
Geoff. Williams ran 42.23 in the Elmbridge 10K on July 24th.
Kay Trinder ran 19.45 in the Portsmouth Promenade 5k on the 3rd August.
Gilbert Grundy ran 16.51 at Bushy Park on 6th August. And Michael Baggott ran 17.47 in the same event:
A week later Michael Baggott ran 17.43 in the Wimbledon 5K held on the 14th August.
Ramona Thevenet Smith ran 1.30.35 on the 21st August. In the Burnham Beeches ½ Mara.
Jaydee Hunt ran 1.35.07 also at Burnham on the 21st August.
Run at the Runneymede 5 mile H/C on 25th August. Ramona Thevenet Smith 32.46; Ian Todd 45.32; Christine Flynn 39.39.
Malcolm Vaughan ran 25.29 Poole 5k (Dorset) on the 27th August.
|
| Chairman’s Report |
A short report this month you'll be pleased to know as we are busy preparing for the big day on the Club calendar, Sunday's Young Athletes Open Championships. With 385 athletes having entered it is sure to be a great day, whatever the weather! My thanks go to the organising team who have done a great job, from setting up a new entries system, arranging sponsorship, arranging all the entrants’ numbers and start lists to arranging all the officials and helpers into the many roles required on the day through to preparation of the track and field and catering. The track clear-up day was well supported by our loyal band of helpers; I would just love more of the parents to be involved in helping with such Club activities.
I wish good luck to the coaches and their helpers who will be starting the new term for Woking Trackers and Trackers Plus this month. Don't forget, the Club will pay for coaching courses for those who would like to commit to helping with developing our athletes, whatever their age.
Neil.
|
| WOKING 3 |
Jimmy Miller the organiser over the past 25 or more years has informed us all that this will be his final year either December or on his birthday that is sooner. He is asking IF any volunteers would be prepared to take the job on singly or 2/3/4 share on alternate months. If interested please arrange to be at the next Woking 3 (on Sept.7th at the Leisure centre at 12.30pm. for a chat. Or contact him at jim.miller203@gmail.com all that is required is 1.5 hours on the first WEDNESDAY of every month at 12.00-1.30. Thank you. There is always help on the day. |
| Club Records |
One record missed in April. At the W.S.L. match held at Bournemouth on the 30th April
Anita Cryer threw the discus 18.62 lowering her own 0/40 club record of 17.99 that Anita did in 2009.
Steve Beak broke the 0/45 200m club record at Birmingham during the British Masters Champ’s
The previous record of 24.90 has stood since 1986 (25 years) by Bob Wright. Steve ran 24.60. Well cone Steve.
Ramona Thevenet Smith lowered her 5k record BIG time ducking under 20 minutes for the first time.
Her previous record was 20.20. The record now stands at 19.49. This was achieved on the 2nd July at Bushy.
At the world masters champion’s held in Sacramento USA Iris Holder jumped 7.21 in the triple Jump
This is a British record. This is the second time in a month Iris has lowered the record having jumped 7.07 at the British Champ’s at Birmingham in June.
Ramona Thevenet Smith lowered her 10k 0/50 record of 41.14 to 40.38 at the Elmbridge 10k on the 24th July.
|
| Chairman’s Report |
It's been an action-packed season for youngsters and seniors alike and I congratulate all of you who have earned points for the Club in the league competitions or for gaining personal bests. A particular mention goes to Jack Phipps who celebrated a PB of 4.75m to come 6th in the Pole Vault final of the European Youth Olympic Festival in Turkey on Friday. Well done Jack. The Club loves to see the youngsters doing well and enjoying their athletics and the highlight for us is our Young Athletes Open Championships on 4th September. Entries are coming in well, with over 200 individual event entries received to date. One thing we do need is more helpers particularly on the field and with refreshments. We would be delighted to hear from you at helenhenderson@talk21.com if you have not already volunteered.
As preparation of the track before the event we have our Clear-Up Day on Sunday 21st August. If you can spare sometime between 10:00-12:00 that will be appreciated.
Also on the theme of youth this month, if there are any Duke of Edinburgh award scheme youngsters out there who would like a community/sports project then the Club will welcome them to assist the coaches on the Monday Trackers evenings starting again in the Autumn term.
Neil.
|
| Young Athletes Open Championships - Officials welcome! |
Officials welcome! Any qualified officials who are coming to the Championships with their son or daughter and are willing to help, can you please contact us on yachamps@wokingac.com You will be warmly welcome. Lunch provided. |
| Young Athletes Open Championships |
Provisional timetable now available - download from link to the right hand side. |
| Congratulations to Jack Phipps |
Congratulations to Jack Phipps U/20 who has been selected for the England team in the pole vault event at the European YOUTH mini Olympics to be held in Turkey July 22-30th. Good Luck Jack |
| Dave’s Run/Swim/Nosh/Cricket |
Dave’s Run/Swim/Nosh/Cricket at Ferring has been arranged for August 7th details will be on the notice boards plus more info in the next issue. The Royal Wedding was bought forward to avoid any clash of dates. Thanks to Will and Kate. |
| Congratulations and best wishes to Isabelle Bertrand on her forth coming marriage to Alex Serve |
Congratulations and best wishes to Isabelle Bertrand on her forth coming marriage to Alex Serve that will take place in their native France near Paris in July. From the committee and your many friends at the club we wish you both good luck good health and many years of happiness together. Enjoy your selves. Isabelle and Alex have delayed their honeymoon in China until October. |
| Club Records |
Iris Holder who has now entered the 0/70 age group is making club history by being the first competitive female ever for the club. Also creating new records for anyone in the future to aim for. On the 29th May at Ewell Court (Epsom) competing in the Surrey/Sussex masters Champ’s. Iris ran the 100m in 17.9 also jumped 3.18 in the Long Jump. Rose Nicholson has entered these 0/70 records onto the clubs web. Thank you Rose Ramona Thevenet Smith lowered her 0/50 road 10k record of 42.50 that has stood since Dec. 09 Ramona ran 41.14 at Richmond on the 19th June. At the Vets league match on the 20th June at Winchester. Jimmy Brown broke the 0/60 400m club record of 72.8 held by Dave Nichols since 2005 by running 71.9. Well done jimmy. At the British Masters Champ’s held at Birmingham Iris Holder broke the BRITISH 0/70 Triple jump record With 7.07. And in the 100m ran 17.34 both are now club records. |
| P.Beez |
Two Rectifications with apologies: In the Nonsuch Park 5k on the 5th of May Barbara Rodriguez ran a PB time of 23.41 and not (42.49) as printed Sorry Barbara. Also I completely missed Rory Kelly’s brilliant Discus throw at the Kingsmeadow YAL match on the 22nd May; Rory had massive throw of 30.31. Sorry Rory IF any one sees that I have not mentioned a PB performance or is printed wrongly Please tell me. Thank you. Also I am still checking on a few results that may be PB performances. Keeping the dates of the PBs in correct sequence can be misleading if printing a lower performance BEFORE a higher one. So please watch dates The amount of PBs achieved throughout the club in just 3 months is amazing. Well done every one. Gilbert Grundy ran 4.25.5 in the 1500m and 11.13.4 in the 3000 S/C at Woking on 21st May (2PBs) Steve Beak 0/45 ran 12.6 in the 100m at Ewell Court on May 30th Iris Holder 0/70 ran 17.9 in 100m and jumped 3.18 in the Long Jump at Ewell Court May 30th (2PBs) The following PBs were obtained at YAL (Ealing) on 5th June: Callum Smith 3.70 in LJ: Harvey Gilliard 15.6 in 100m + 33.2 in 200m + 1.15 in the HJ (3PBs) Connor Beale 3.82 in the LJ: Alexander Braine-Porter 6.06.6 in 1500m + 1.20 in the HJ (2PBs) Adam Bloxsome 2.56.6 in 800m: Thomas Buckland 15.8 in the 80H: Nick Shaw 54.00 in 400m: Michael Chapman 3.75 in the LJ: Joshua Rainier 31.7 in 200m + 1.30 in the HJ (2PBs) Christian Beale 61.5 in 400m + 2.19.8 in 800m (2 PBs): Daniel Johnson 27.52 in the Jav: Dominic Vlassak 7.94 in SP + 20.14 in the Ham. + 27.69 in the Jav. (3PBs): Richard Beak 24.2 in 200m: Jacob Rainier 54.4 in 400m: Marcus Vlassak 35.15 in the Jav: Ghloe Roddy 10.8 in 75m: Rachel Woods 14.00 in 70H: Anya Vlassak 1.26 in HJ: Phoebe Wright 6.00.9 in 1200m: Megan Brooke 5.18.2 in 1500m: Louise Mills 5.16.8 in 1500m: Ellie Lane 13.2 in 75H: Maddy Bell 6.90 in SP + 18.85 in Disc. (2 PBs): Rowan Bavington-Hall 3.88 in LJ: Sophie Hubbard 13.89 in Jav: Emma Hardcastle 31.5 in 200m + 3.89 in LJ (2 PBs): Emma Hubbard 5.22 in SP: Emily Cole 56.4 in 300m + 11.59 in Disc. (2 PBs): Alice Plumstead 3.56 in Jav: Rosie Murphy 14.4 in 80H: Paige Carey 13.50 in Ham: Kasper Kazemak 3.70 in the PV + 1.80 in the HJ at Eton on 4th June (2PBs). Gilbert Grundy ran 10.36.8 in the 3000s/c at Eton on 4th June. Helena Corbin ran 2.14.45 on the 11th June in Guernsey (Channel Isle) (Inter Trust Series). The following were achieved at Woking on the 12th June in the YA Lge. Rachel Woods ran 13.9 in the 70H + Threw the Javelin 20.16 (2 PBs) Anya Vlassak threw the Disc. 18.24: Phoebe Wright threw the Javelin 19.48 + 5.08 in the Shot Put (2PBs) Amber Ruddle ran 3.03.3 for 800m: Megan Marcharnt ran 16.00in 70H: Charlotte Weston threw 7.43 in the Discus: The next six at Kingsmeadow in the District schools meeting June 11th. Rory Kelly 31.88 in the Disc: Jacob Rainier ran 2.04.1 in the 800m: Amy Binnion threw 9.92 in the SP: Maddy Bell 23.18 in the Disc: Kaitlin Howard ran 2.27.3 in the 800m: Ella Jones ran 27.5 in 200m: The following few PBs were on June 19th at Woking: Rachel Woods ran 4.27.8 in1200m: Chloe Roddy ran 2.45.3 + ran 21.3 in the 300m: (2PBS) Megan Mercharnt ran 24.2 in the 150m + 14.4 in the 70H + 12.1 in the 75m: (3PBs) Gabrielle Home 13.4 in 100m + 3.69in Long Jump (2PBs): Rosie Murphy 13.9 in 80H: Ellen Steinbach 1.30 in the High Jump: Catherine Thomas 17.16 in the Disc: Maddy Bell 12.27 in Jav. Paige Carey 14.68 in the Ham: Marcus Vlassak 17.6in 100H: Ashraf Ould-Dada 13.42 in the Disc. Nick Shaw 12.1 in 100m + 24.3 in 200m + 5.27 in the Long Jump (3PBs): Jacob Rainier 5.08.4 in 1500S/C: Lee Prince 9.54 in SP + 37.63 in the Disc. (2PBs): William Hur 9.38 in the SP: Rory Kelly 9.96 in the SP + 24.29 in the Ham (2PBs): Ella Jones 27.1 in 200m: Rebecca Blastock 12.27 in the Disc: Rachel Woods threw 21.22 in the javelin + ran 31.88 in 200m at Crawley on 22nd June. Jimmy Brown ran 71.9 in 400m at Winchester on the 20th June (0/60 club rec) plus 21.19 in 5000m (2PBs) Iris Holder 17.34 in 100m + 7.07 in TJ + at the Brit. Master Champ’s 25th June Birmingham. Steve Beak two new PB's - 12.49 for 100 and 24.60 for 200, winning the B final (fourth overall). Road P.Beez: Gilbert Grundy ran 17.51 at the Bushy Park 5k on May 14th Brian Baggott ran 29.41 at the Bushy Park 5k on the 4th June. Rose Nicholson ran 61.09 in the Dorking 10 mile event on 5th June. ALSO next three at Dorking Michael Baggott ran 61.50. Miche Oldham ran 74.08. John Rowland ran 70.08 Gilbert Grundy ran 17.26 at Bushy Park on 11th June Michael Baggott ran 36.58 in the Richmond 10k on 19th June. Ramona Thevenet Smith ran 41.14 in Richmond 10k this is also a club record. Claire Johnston ran 48.18 in the Richmond 10k Jaydee Hunt ran 42.21 in the Richmond 10k The next six PB were obtained in the Runneymede 5mile on 30th June Michael Baggott ran 29.12; Jaydee Hunt ran 34.07; Isabelle Bertrand ran 35.04; Susanne Barnes ran 38.40; Claire Johnston ran 37.48; Christine Flynn ran 40.08: |
| Chairman’s Corner |
Firstly this month I would like to inform you of a change in Trackers coaching come September. As you know Virginia and Tony Mitchell, assisted by other coaches, have been running the Trackers group very successfully for the last 5 years but they have decided to give up the reins at the end of the summer term. I would like to thank them on behalf of the club and all the young athletes who have benefited from their dedication. Trackers will continue with qualified coaches on the same voluntary basis that we have had up to now. We will be reviewing our coaching structure shortly to decide how Trackers and Trackers Plus can best be integrated as part of the main Club. I hope that the coaches currently helping on Mondays will continue to give their valuable time and I am also grateful to other coaches who have come forward to help.
I would like to thank Ann Sprigings who has decided to give up the Trackers administration now for personal reasons.
More on Trackers soon!
My second topic is a brief but loud call for assistance from parents to help at two very busy junior home matches coming up on Sundays 12th and 19th June. Woking AC prides itself in putting on a well-organised show when we host matches, as witnessed at the very successful double senior’s matches last Saturday. We need your help in particular with manning the car-park and refreshments. If you or someone else in the family can spare at some time on these days please let me or Helen on helenhenderson@talk21.com know. For refreshments please contact Fran on f.dyble@btinternet.com.
For your information, the club now susbscribes to Athletics Weekly and the current copy can be found in the Portacabin. Please return after use or photocopy any information you require.
Thank you
Neil |
| Dave’s Run/Swim/Nosh |
Dave’s Run/Swim/Nosh is on Sunday 7th August. Maps and directions are available from Dave. FREE Car-Parking all day. FREE Swimming all day. FREE Entry for the run.
And you are FREE to do as you wish all day accept play cricket properly. Bring your friends FREE.
The tide will stay in while you have a swim and will go out one minute before the first ball is bowled and then come back in when Dave’s team look like losing. Please wear something WHITE in-case you are batting/bowling after midnight |
| P.Beez Award |
The committee has agreed to donate an award for the athlete achieving the most PBs in a T&F season April 1st to the Woking YA September meeting. One award to each section Male/Female.
There will also be an award for the road section (Male/Female) this will be over a 12 month period From April 1st till Mar 30th. In both competitions from the age of 30 your PBs will count in 5year age groups. I will ask after all meetings but if I miss you just tell me or email me.
A small mention about the PBs. Just take a look at the P-Beez Honour List below, the amount achieved in the first two months of the track season. Not having taken much attention over the past 40 odd years I am surprised at the number. Is this the norm? Have we only known of our friends PBs and missed all the other athletes’ best performances. Myself I am impressed and glad to know that whatever age group we are still trying to gain even a sec. /cm. or metre.
Good luck to everyone. If you have a PB please tell me/Coach/Manager and I will let the world share your enjoyment |
| Men’s Surrey XC Lge |
Remember those wet/muddy XC shoes you were going to clean the morning after the final fixture (Or did you forget) well lads it’s time to brush the mildew off them. Here is the men’s fixture list:
The first one is a double fixture Men/Ladies at Lightwater on the 8th October. To all willing marshals please put your name on the list quickly to save being disappointed and missing out on the fun. AS IT WILL STILL BE VERY WARM!
This year I shall make the closing date for marshals the 8th October.
After we have cleared-up the next fixture is Sat. November 12th at Epsom Downs; then 2012 Sat. 14th January TBC;
And guess where the last fixture on Sat. February 11th is. Lovable Lloyds Park.
So for Christmas you need Spikes/Studs/wellies and 4/5 pound coins for the parking metres. |
| Club Records |
Ramona Thevenet Smith 0/50 lowered her own ½ marathon record of 1.35.51 by a staggering 3 minutes to 1.32.44 in the Richmond ½ event on Sun. 8th May and also broke the 5mile road record of 43.21 held by Sylvia Steer MBE since May 1994. Ramona ran 34.07 at Windsor on the 28th May.
One small rectification concerning a club record at the Vets. Lge. Portsmouth match on April 30th. Alan Davidson was given Jimmy Brown’s time. And Jimmy given Alan’s time Jimmy’s actual time was 5.36.8 that broke the existing 0/60 1500m record. |
| Many/Many Thanks from Kim Warner |
Many/Many Thanks from Kim Warner for the wonderful gifts that many members bought along to the club for the children of the little village of Kololi in Gambia. Kim and partner Lynn Joyce are now busy wrapping the hundreds of different toys/pencils/clothing/writing and colouring books plus Bat and Ball games. Both appreciate the generous response and are looking forward to seeing the children’s smiling faces. Thank you all so very much. |
| Congratulations to Anna Sharpe and hubby Nick |
Congratulations To I think pride of place goes to Anna Sharpe and hubby Nick on the birth of their son Charley who was born on the 15th April at the Royal Surrey Hos. Weighing 6lb 5oz. Charley arrived a couple of weeks early. We have now got to act quickly and dash round their house with a Woking AC enrolment form. The reason being Hubby Nick is a very/very fast 400m athlete who is a member of Guildford AC. Maybe he could be 1st and 2nd claim to both clubs or join Guildford BUT run in Woking’s colours (or visa/versa). Charley is Anna & Nicks first child.
Well done Anna/Nick hoping all three of you pay us a visit soon.
|
| Congratulations to Rose Nicholson |
Rose Nicholson by running 2.52.37 in the London marathon will go down in the clubs history books as being the very FIRST female member to run under 3 hours for a marathon. Well done Rose. Last year Jo missed it by 42 seconds. |
| Congratulations to Mike Bott |
Club physiotherapist Mike Bott (70 on May 27th AAAHHH!) has talked and achieved many, many outstanding challenge’s in that SHORT period including still holding the clubs 0/40 marathon record of 2.29.18 since 1982 plus the club 0/55 marathon record of 2.57.55 since 1997.
But his latest challenge in a K2 two man crew class with friend Adrian Clark (CANOEING) was performed over Easter starting from Devizes, Wiltshire arriving on Good Friday for a 8.30am start Sat morning. They travelled along 52 miles of the Kennett Avon Canal mastering 57 locks through the day and night then onto the Thames for 73 miles. There was pressure involved because you have to get to Teddington Lock by 8.30am Sun to take advantage of the Ebb tide, if you miss it the strength of the tide would take you back to Devizes.
After Teddington there was another 20 locks before the finish at Westminster on the Sunday after 125 miles. Mike hoped to paddle for 27 hours BUT they made very good progress through the night to finish in 26 hours and 47s (5 miles per hour) or 4 knots if nautical. They finished 58th out of 156 starters of which 40 retired! And they were the oldest crew when their ages were added!
Mike stated “that it was one of the hardest things I have ever done and I am just about recovered now (2nd May) but it was very rewarding knowing that we have done something good by helping the charity”
This event is one of the longest races in the world and many take part in their different class canoes. Mike had 5 in a back up support team that included wife Pam and buddy Ken Saunders and they shifted from place to place with any requirements needed. Food/Chocolate/drinks.
Mike raised over £1,000 for the Sam Beare Hospice. If you wish to sponsor Mike please make cheques payable to the Director of Fund Raising, Woking Hospice, Hill View Road or go on line at http://www.justgiving.com/mike-bott
|
| Club Records |
Ramona Thevenet Smith 0/50 lowered her own 5k club record of 21.02 that has stood since Aug 2010 at Bushy Park on the 16th April with a time of 20.20. |
| Club Records |
Rose Nicholson broke the senior ladies marathon record of 3.00.42 held by Jo Rodriguez since April 2010. With brilliant performance running 2.52.37 |
| Club Records |
Susanna Harrison broke the ladies 0/45 marathon record of 3.16.22 held by the late Mary Todd since April 1991 (20 years) Today Susanna ran 2.14.00.
Point of interest all four ladies ran their records in the London marathon. Also Mary would be very surprised that her records are taking 20 or more years to break and also the first to congratulate the record breakers.
|
| Club Records |
Jimmy Brown ran 6.05.1 in the 1500 at the Vets league meeting at Portsmouth. |
| Toms Rowley's Achievement Award |
Another year of watching/remembering/keeping athletes performances and it gets harder to come to a final decision. There are so many great performances in all age groups that I study so that makes it even harder. I wish I had a dozen trophies to award.
This year I have awarded the trophy to Virginia Mitchell. Joining the club as a teenager Virginia almost from day one started to impress and coached by Brian Wilson improved rapidly at three/four events. Then as a senior concentrated on sprints 100/200/800/400m and regularly finishing among the medals. Then concentrated and competed more over 400m. Then tried more seriously over hurdles (mostly 400H) with great success at County/National/ and European level. Virginia entered the vet’s age group and trained just as hard and devoted a lot of time to her athletics. And with many/many first class achievements including records at World/European/National and County events winning countless Gold medals.
During 2010 Virginia won three gold medals at the European Masters champ’s (400/400H/800) and in the Vets National rankings for the 2010 T&F season V is ranked 1st in 400; 1st in 400H and 3rd in 800m in the 0/45 group. Can V achieve much more? Definitely
So many wonderful achievement’s in under 20 years.
And although a very talented athlete still has to train/work hard to maintain the high level that V enjoys competing in. WELL DONE V.
|
| Club Records |
Susanna Harrison 0/45 broke the club ROAD record for 20mile in the Spitfire event held on 13th March. Susanna ran a time of 2.26.13 the previous record of 2.28.52 was held by Wendy Davies since Feb.2006 that was achieved in the Bramley 20mile. |
| MABAC Runners please note |
MABAC Runners please note that the Peaselake event that WAS dated to be on May 15th has now been bought forward one week to MAY 8th. |
| London Marathon Coach |
Sunday 17th April 2011 There are places booked for Woking AC. Please contact Mark Coxhead direct at mark.coxhead@capgemini.com if you wish to reserve a seat. The arrangements are the same as usual - leaving David Lloyd in Woking at 6.30am on Sunday 17th April.
The cost will be in the region of £8 to £9 (depending on numbers travelling). It is one way to Blackheath only.
|
| Please don’t forget the Gambia Children |
And many thanks to the many who have kindly spent a few minutes sorting through cupboards for those discarded items/toys and bought them along to the club. If you have any items you do not use or have any toys/pencils/writing books left in a cupboard please bring them along to the club on Tues/Thurs. evening and leave them under the table at the entrance where a committee member will be on duty.
Kim Warner and Lynn Joyce will wrap them up nicely then take them to their container in Exeter ready to be shipped out where Kim will be on the dock side waiting to take them onto a little village called KOLOLI in Gambia
|
| A.G.M.& Awards |
A.G.M. Club President Susan Deaves was present as ever not only to know what is happening first hand but also having a chat to members during the “Break”. Neil Henderson sailed through the agenda very efficiently. The “Any questions” were just simple inquiries that Neil answered smoothly and satisfactory. During Neil’s report he announced that Anna Krikorian has been made a Vice President and Dave Watson a life member for the many years both have served on the committee as Vice Chairman and Chairman respectively. Both worthy of their appointments. Then came “Tea Break” or in athletic language end of the first “LAP”. The “Pick & Nibble” buffet went down very well also the assortment of refreshments that was enjoyed by all. Councillor Ian Eastwood who is very interested in all sporting activities in the Woking area and has assisted our club on many occasions concerning any council business attends our AGM meetings regularly. Plus every year spends 4 or 5 hours presenting awards/medals at our YA meeting held in September. And tonight presented all the prizes. A big thank you to Ian. During the evening Craig Holder presented a new award to Barbara Houran “The Phil Holder Memorial Cup” to be awarded annually to a member who voluntary works tirelessly for the club behind the scenes over many years. The trophy was donated by a friend of Phil and Iris Holder. Phil competed and worked very hard for the club over many years and must have done every job that exists at the club. One job I remember was that he took on the role of training all young new comers. He would warm them up for ½ hour then send 4/5 to the different coaches that all willingly accepted them. Phil would train the rest. He issued them all with cards that were signed by the coaches to say the youngster had attended their particular section. This made sure each child moved around the different events. This was HARD WORK because when Iris and Phil went to Australia to compete in the World Masters T&F Champ’s and any holidays I stood in for Phil and how he handled 38 or more u/15s every week was amazing and he did it for a couple of years before The Trackers had started. The award has gone to someone in the same mould as Phil who has done everything from committee, coaching and many manual jobs. Including always asking me if we are hosting a XC meeting and if so. When? And who would be available whatever the weather. Barbara the answer to that question is that we are host club for a double Surrey Lge. fixture Men/Ladies a Lightwater in October. (Should still be warm). Barbara a very worthy winner of this award. I am sure Phil would agree with the choice of the first winner of the trophy. Nice to see Mike Goodwin at the meeting. Our last meeting was around 1995. Mike joined the club 25/30years ago and during his competitive years, like many members was always willing to do any event even jeopardising his favourite event. Mike also took over as men’s T&F team manager very successfully for 5/6 years. He then disappeared to Canada and when he returned his work kept him away from any club activities. BUT! he still has Woking AC in his blood and check’s the Cockcrow web regularly AND seeing Neil appealing for assistance in any capacity Mike’s adrenalin was on the move and has offered to take on the organising co-ordinator’s role at our YA meeting in September and with his experience/knowledge and expertise of athletics will be a great asset as leader of the meeting. I am sure we will back Mike 100% leading up to the day and also on the day itself. Mike has also rejoined the club and within weeks he will get to know you all. Welcome back Mike nice to have you on board and enjoy yourself. A very big “Thank You” to Paul and Daniela Cousins who made sure all the trophies were returned from last year’s winners and then arranged them on the stage looking very professional and impressive and all labelled in order in order of presentation. Well done Paul and Daniela. Thanks to team managers Andy Smith and Les Calder for their reports of their sections over the past season. Les very quiet during the winter but has been busy looking after and arranging U/13/11/9 Boys and Girls at the Border lge and XC relays. Well done Les. XC Presentations/Awards Champion (Gold) Runner-up (Silver) Bronze (Bronze) Sen. Men: Michael Baggott Richard Baggott Lawrie Baker Vet. Men: Paul Cousins Geoff Willaims Jim Brown U/20 Men: Matthew Calder U/15 Boys: Jacob Rainier Ashraf Ould-Dada U/13 Boys: Daniel Johnson U/9 Boys: Joel Johnson Sen. Ladies: Rose Nicholson Jenna Tarrant Sarah Vaughan Vet. Ladies: Ramona Thevenet Smith Kay Trinder Christine Flynn Jun. Girls: Megan Brookes Louise Mills Kaitlin Howard Alice Plumbstead U/13 Girls: Rachel Woods U/11 Girls: Katie Hopkins U/9 Girls: Niamn Carey Freya Ruddle Road Awards: Sen. Men: Michael Baggott Paul Dennis Richard Baggott Vet. Men: Kim Warner Mike Warner Andy Smith Sen. Ladies: Rose Nicholson Sarah Vaughan Jenna Tarrant Vet. Ladies: Ramona Thevenet Smith Barbara Rodriguez Kay Trinder |
| Congratulations |
Congratulations to Kelly Turner and Gareth on the birth of their baby boy born on 28th Feb. and weighed 9lb.9oz. So daughter Freya now has baby brother. Kelly was a member for many years and a top County 800m specialist having won the county champ’s in two different age groups and also county senior record holder for a while at her favourite event. Well done Kelly/Gareth. |
| UK Top 50 Road Rankings 2010 |
Rose Nicholson was ranked 49th with a time of 61.12. in the 10 mile event. This performance was achieved over the very tough Epsom 10. In the ranking there were six girls between 61.03 and 61.20. Well done Rose.
|
| Club Records |
In the Wokingham ½ marathon on February.13th Ramona Thevenet Smith lowered her own 0/50 club ½ Marathon club record of 1.37.47 held since May 2010 to 1.35.51. Also
In the Bramley 20 mile event on 20th February. Ramona reduced her 20 mile club record of 2.39.35 to 2.35.11.
Both the 20mile records were run at Bramley 2010 and 2011.
|
| Change of team manager |
Andy Smith after five years at the helm has handed over the XC/Road team manager’s job owing to his work commitments. Andy approached Richard and Michael Baggott during the past season and both were very interested so Andy has provided them with all the necessary info. Michael and Richard soon got into the habit of raising the Woking Banner on arrival at the race venue. I am sure all the lads will assist and support in their new role. Good Luck lads. Michael and Richard have been with the club over eighteen months and both have competed on the track in the Southern Men’s Lge. And also in the Surrey XC Lge. and Road race teams. And both have had excellent performances up the sharp end. |
| Chairman’s Report April |
I was pleased to watch our successful cross-country and road runner athletes receive their medals and trophies on Friday evening. Well done to all of you. I was a little disappointed with the turnout from the club for the AGM and awards, an important date on our club calendar. So I thought it would be worthwhile sending you my remarks from the AGM for those who missed the evening. The year has flown by and has been another good one for the Club. I’d like to congratulate all the athletes, especially where they earned league promotion for the Club or achieved particular personal success. I would personally like to thank all those willing volunteers who have helped to make the Club tick, without naming all here, but those who edit Cockcrow, manage the track, organise helpers and membership and man the gate, through to coaches and team managers who get athletes out to matches and the officials who support them. This leads me on nicely to my plea. Parents and athletes and friends of the club are all the life-blood of the Club and help to keep it running. Our club would be a much more professional Club if we had for example a Refreshments team both for home matches and club evenings. I would even consider a set-up on a paid franchise basis for setting up and manning. Extending the net wider for volunteers, I would love us to repeat the success of last years’ YOUNG ATHLETES Championships. However this is under real threat due to lack of organisers coming forward. Fortunately we do now have a possible event coordinator in the person of former athlete and friend of the Club Mike Goodwin, and we have an ongoing team working on web entries, technical, registration and officials, BUT we must fill the remaining essential roles: organisers for Refreshments (we can’t expect visitors and officials especially who have travelled a long way, not to have a cup of tea at least, not to mention our VIP guests. The other essential roles are the PROGRAMME COORDINATOR, to organise programme production, sell ad space and arrange programme sales on the day plus an EVENT PROMOTER to advertise YA with fliers at matches, local clubs and to former competitors. Details of all these critical roles have been widely publicised. Please seriously consider how you can help or if you know a friend who can, and then let me or Helen or one of the committee know if you think you can take on a role to keep our FLAGSHIP event alive. You can contact us after this evening when you like. My final remarks concern our lively and successful part of the Club, TRACKERS. This has not been put forward as an agenda item, so this is not the forum for discussion, however I think it only fair to let you know about a proposal from the Trackers leaders, Virginia & Tony Mitchell that the Committee and Board is considering, long and hard. Vi and Tony would like to take Trackers onto an independent, commercial footing, but still allied to the main Club. Their coaches and support staff for Trackers would be paid. The quality of coaching would remain as good as ever and the quality of the Trackers operation would be reinforced by introduction of the UKA assessment scheme for youngsters, and preparation of youngsters for entry to the main club and would see continuation of the Quadkids competition entry. However as this would be a radical departure from our Club’s normal operation, we cannot rush into this, and a full review of proposals is under way. The Club organisers will be putting forward its preferred form of agreement to Vi and Tony. If an agreement is then reached, then the general membership will have the opportunity to vote on the change at a general meeting. I think it is important that the change can only go forward if it has the backing of Club. I will keep you all informed in due course. I was delighted to see Life Membership being voted in for David Watson for his significant contribution to the Club as a previous Chairman and still today as web site organiser and helper at our Opens even though he now lives in Gloucestershire. Another deserved recipient of recognition is Anna Krikorian and I was very pleased that the Committee nominated her for award of Vice President, which was ratified by the AGM. Anna was a brilliant tram manager for the girls’ and women’s’ teams and a crucial member of our committee for many years. Our sincere thanks to you both. |
| Kim Warner wishes to thank the club and all the individuals |
Kim Warner wishes to thank the club and all the individuals who kindly bought along a couple of sacks full of toys and T-shirts. He will store every single item in a special container in Exeter ready to ship out to the children of the village he sponsors in the Gambia. His next trip will be during March. Where he will waiting on the quay side when the ship arrives. One point of interest Derek Goode’s wife Fran’s daughter Lynn wraps each item in colourful wrapping paper making it like opening a present. Please don’t throw any toys/clothing away just bring them along on a training night and leave at the entrance gate and Kim will pick them up. Thank you all so much. |
| Subscriptions for 2011/2012 |
Subscriptions for 2011/2012
Subs to fall due 1st March 2011, 2 months earlier than previously
Current 2011/2012 Early Bird discount
10%
SENIOR £98 £100 £90
STUDENT £68 £70 £63
ROAD £53.50 £55 £50
FAMILY £166 £170 £153
MEMBERSHIP £25 £25 n/a
TRACKERS £25 + £20 per term – no change for 2011/2012
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT - 10% discount to members who pay by 15th March 2011 ie within 2 weeks
Ramona Thevenet-Smith, Membership Secretary
|
| UK T&F Rankings for 2010 |
Congratulations to Eleanor Gatrell who is ranked 3rd in the senior ladies. Shot Put with 16.17; and 29th in the Discus with 41.45.
Jack Phipps is ranked equal 3rd in the U/17s Pole Vault with 4.30.
Rory Kelly is ranked 15th in the U/13s Discus with 27.13 and 7th in the Pentathlon with 1348 points.
Well Done and Good luck for 2011.
|
| Club Records |
Ramona Thevenet Smith ran 3.32.43 in the Gloucester Marathon on Sunday 23rd January. breaking the existing record of 4.17.12 held for 16 years by Sylvia Steer MBE since April 1995. Sylvia ran her time in the London Marathon.
Some you win some you lose!
On the same day Kay Trinder broke the 0/45 ladies 5k record with a time of 20.07 the previous record of 20.44 was held by Ramona since 2007. Well done girls just keep breaking those records. It is a lot easier changing them in the record books than running them.
|
| Congratulations |
Congratulations and best wishes from all club members and many personal friends to Natasha Hart (BE) and Gerry Dinolfi on their engagement in December. Lots of Good Luck to you both and have a very happy and healthy life together. |
| WOKING AC YOUNG ATHLETES CHAMPIONSHIPS 4TH SEPTEMBER 2011 |
Did YOU help out at these championships last year and have an enjoyable day? Did your child take part in and enjoy our Young Athletes championships last September? If so, great! You will have seen how special they are and why the future of this meeting needs to be safeguarded. This is the club’s largest event providing competition for over 450 athletes from all over the country and requiring the help of up to 100 volunteers to run the event. Now we need new people to take on various roles in the organisation of this prestigious meeting in order for it to happen again this year. We need to set up a team to run the meeting and without your help, IT WILL NOT HAPPEN THIS YEAR. Please think carefully and see what you can offer the club to help. The various roles are listed below – Car Park Organiser – available from 8am on the day and to find and organise a rota of volunteers. Bookings co-ordinator – to book toilets, bus, fencing, trophies/medals, t shirts etc and to organise delivery and collection before and after event. Setting up co-ordinator – to find helpers to set up from 7am on the day and allocate jobs on the day. Programmes – to organise programme production, sell advertising space and programme sales on the day by volunteers. Refreshments sales to public – to organise the shopping, setting up of stall on the day from 8am, to organise a rota of volunteers on the day and to clear up at the end of the day. Officials/Helpers refreshments –to shop, to find and organise a team of helpers to provide refreshments from 7.30am on the day and throughout the day. VIP refreshments – to shop, set up food and serve the VIPs during the events BBQ – organise shopping and staffing of volunteers for lunchtime period on the day. Event Promoter – arrange printing and distribution of fliers advertising the event at home and away fixtures and to local clubs and former competitors by e mail. Postal entries clerk – to receive all postal entries and enter on data base. There are also jobs available on the technical, registration and officials teams, but please think if you could head up one of the above teams MOST IMPORTANT JOB OF ALL IS AN EVENT COORDINATOR TO HEAD UP THE TEAM Still not sure? Well, as an added incentive, if you take on one of the above organisational roles, your child will have FREE entry to this year’s championships. Go on, you know it makes sense! If you want this event to happen and would like to take on one of the roles above, please contact helenhenderson@talk21.com, 01932342799 as soon as possible as a decision has to be made on the future of this event by the end of March. THANK YOU! |
| Chairman's Report |
I hope you all found good ways of banishing the January blues. Fortunately a good run or other winter training and competition is a great way to be occupied as we gradually head for lighter days. The track & field season fixtures are starting to roll in; it would be great if someone could kindly take on the simple job of updating the Fixture List. It is in Publisher format, so if you have that on your PC great, if not you can borrow the Club laptop. Also in Cockrow this month is a plea for help to enable the Young Athletes Championships to take place again this year. This not a given. It would be a massive disappointment if we cannot run it due to lack of organisers but let's not be complacent about this. Good luck to all our athletes who are completing their cross- country season. We can look forward to their presentation evening which is on Friday 25th March at the New Haw Community Centre. Neil. |
| Club Records |
Ramona Thevenet Smith broke the ladies 0/50 10mile road record with a time of 1.13.53 in the Epsom 10 held on 21st November. The previous record of 1.14.21 was held by the late Mary Todd who ran this time in the Woking 10 in 1994. This is the shortest period of time that it has taken to break one of Mary’s records and I am sure Mary would be the first to congratulate Ramona and also be surprised that the record lasted so ling.
Many of Mary’s club records that are still intact.
ROAD: 0/40 (5 mile 31.43); 0/45 (5 mile 31.56); 0/45(10k 40.40) equal with Susanna Harrison; 0/45 (marathon 3.16.22).
Track: 0/50 (800m 2.51.3); 0/45 (1500m 5.31.3) 0/50 (1500 5.34.8)
0/45 (3000 11.45.5); 0/50 (3000 5.34.8); 0/45 (5000 19.58.3); 0/50 (5000 20.32.5)
And like many of our members Mary competed in most T&F events just for the points.
|
| Chairman's Report |
Winter has well and truly arrived with the advent of the first snow of the season. This has not deterred a few hardy athletes who run in all weathers, but it's fair to say that coaching on the track is normally suspended when there is lying snow. If in doubt about your session please call your Coach. As this is the season for Cross-Country I wish the best of luck to all athletes competing this month, especially if running in the next Surrey League match.
A word of caution to all of you coming to the track; please look after your valuables. We have had a couple of incidents this week of unwanted visitors so please be on your guard.
As for Christmas track opening times, the last session will be Tuesday 21st and we'll reopen on Tuesday 4th January. Merry Christmas to all members, coaches, officials, helpers and your families.
Neil.
|
| Congratulations To |
Tom Rowley, runner-up in the Surrey Sports Awards 2010 for Outstanding Services to Sport.
Tom was presented with his award at Denbies Wine Estate on 24th November 2010, supported by club members Jenna, Ramona and Kay. The work Tom does for Working AC is immeasurable, and it's great to see his work recognised and rewarded beyond the club.
|
| Christmas Run 18th December |
Saturday 18th December 8.30am Newlands Corner: Again making inquiries this seemed the most popular day for the Christmas Run even though. So! You can practise eating mince pies, sausage rolls, chocolate biscuits, hot dogs, sponge cakes, crisps (All flavours) and some favourite homemade specials. Also tea/coffee/punch (with/out Judy) orange juice/coke/ you name it and it will be on the picnic tables when you return from your Run/Walk. So come along bring all your friends or dogs/pet parrot on your shoulder/tortoise on a skate board/ Come and just have a chat on a nice flat circuit.
Dave Nichols has suggested that instead of Christmas Cards we all put some money in the Hospice Box.
|
| The Club Christmas evening Friday 17th December 7.30pm |
The Club Christmas evening Friday 17th December 7.30pm onwards at the Cricketers, Rowtown KT15 1EY. The manager will prepare a buffet for us and we hope it will be as good as last year appetisingly displayed and of excellent quality.
All welcome and free (NOT DRINKS). If you are going to attend you need to let Jenna via email: jltarrant@hotmail.com or Kim know so that they can ensure there’s enough food.
|
| Chairman's Report |
My thanks to Graham & Tom for keeping the Cock-crowing! This is the place to catch-up on news and results, whatever the season. The web-site is another place for letting everyone know what's going on and we are planning to review our site; if you know of a good host for our web-site and people who can re-style it please let me know. The Track & Field Presentation Night was well organised and presented by Craig Holder, Natasha and Andy. Well done to everyone who won a medal or trophy that night. Following our successful Young Athletes Championships we are keenly looking for fresh faces to help with organising next year's. The same few will frankly struggle to make it happen again but a few extra hands will lighten the load. Please come forward if you can help with this or one of the other important vacancies we have listed on the separate bulletin below. Good luck to all of our athletes with their winter training and cross-country competitions.
Neil.
|
| WOKING ATHLETIC CLUB NEEDS YOUR HELP CURRENT VACANCIES |
CLUB SECRETARY – to act as channel for communications between committee, members and outside bodies. Maintain admin section of website, to take the minutes of committee meetings.
COACH COORDINATOR – to identify coaching gaps and encourage volunteer attendance on coaching courses.
ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT OFFICER – to ensure athletes joining the main club join relevant coaching groups and to ensure they receive coaching commensurate with their actual or potential ability.
BOOKINGS SECRETARY – taking 10 to12 bookings during the summer season by e mail and informing the council and committee.
BORDER LEAGUE TEAM MANAGER – someone to look after the U11/U13/U15 at 4 events on Sundays over the winter.
YOUNG ATHLETES 2011 EVENT MANAGER- to coordinate all activities leading up to the event, working with a core team of organisers.
PRESS OFFICER- to write match reports for the local press.
RECEPTION DUTY – team of 8/9 individuals to help out on the reception once a month on Tuesday or Thursday evening from 6.20 – 6.45pm.
CATERING TEAM – team of 2/3 individuals to man the refreshments stall on Tuesday and Thursday evening from 7 – 7.45pm, and at home matches (5/6 during the season).
If you are able to help out in any way, no matter how small, please speak to any committee member, coach, or person on the gate – WE NEED YOUR HELP IN ORDER TO MOVE THE CLUB FORWARD. THANK YOU!
|
| Club Record: |
Kay Trinder 0/45 ran 66.32 in the Great South 10 mile event on 24th October. To break the club record of 66.54 previously held by Susanna Harrison since 2008.
Kay was seen on television going under the finish clock showing a time of 66.28 but there were many runners who’s CHIP time were slower than the finish clock times. Well done Kay.
|
| Young Athletes Open Championship: U13 Smashes Championship Record |
At an action packed YA Championships at the Sheerwater Track on 5 September, Sophie Merritt (Southampton AC) broke not one but TWO Championship records! Her discus throw of 39m04 smashed the previous U13 Girls record set in 2002 by over 8.5 m, and was followed by an excellent shot putt of 11m62, again taking the 2002 record. These achievements earned her the title of Best Female Athlete, and a prize of some £250-00 in vouchers from our sponsor SWEATSHOP.
Kieran Showler-Davis (Basingstoke) broke the U20M 100m Championship record he set last year with a time of 10.69, and Rian McCawley (Camberley) was awarded Best Male Athlete for his magnificent U13 Boys 1500m which he won in a time of 4:53.50. Rian also received £250-00 in vouchers from SWEATSHOP.
Best Woking AC performance (and a prize of £100-00 in vouchers) went to Jonty Mitchell for a nail-biting U11 Boys 80m final, where even photo-finish could not split him and Jordan Russel (Sutton). Both boys were awarded the title jointly, in a time of 11.82.
We thank Sweatshop for their generosity in supporting the event, and all the officials, helpers and athletes who combined together to make the day such a success. We look forward to repeating the experience on 4 Sep 2011.
|
| Young Athletes Meeting Photographs |
|
| Chairman's Report September 2010 |
Chairman's Report
As you will appreciate by now I always like to accentuate the positive and so I start with the great news of Eleanor’s selection for the England Shot Put team at the Common wealth Games in October in Delhi. Isn’t it fantastic to have a Woking AC athlete in the Games, again. Let’s hope Eleanor enjoys the experience and does well. Who knows which of the youngsters who will compete at our Open Championships will progress to such a level in the sport? One of our former athletes and sprint and hurdles coach who also made it to the Games, albeit quite a few years ago, was Janet Honour, who was a great all-rounder. As you read this Janet will hopefully be recuperating well after a major hip operation so we wish her well for a speedy recovery.
We are in excellent shape for our YA Champs thanks to the work done at our annual Clear-up day by our usual, loyal, band of helpers plus the 2 new ones with their boys (they’ll know who they are)! All is neat and tidy and the hedge- cutting is worthy of Capability Brown. It all makes for an enjoyable experience for our visitors. Don’t forget it’s not too late to let me know if you can still help out on the 5th. Thanks also to all you officials and helpers who turned out to make our Evening Open such an enjoyable and successful event.
Good luck to all our athletes in their remaining league matches, including the Women in the Southern league as they strive for promotion and the Men in the British Athletic League Final and finally to all the Woking youngsters who compete next Sunday.
We also had an excellent Young Athletes Championships on Sunday 5th so a big thanks to all of the athletes and to all our helpers.
Neil.
|
| Chairman's report August 2010 |
A sizzling July saw our athletes in full flow and we congratulate them all, especially our International stars Eleanor Gatrell and Virginia Mitchell who came back with Gold medals from their English and European Master Championships respectively, Virginia with 3 Golds in fact! Also well done to Jack Phipps in his English Schools Pole Vault victory. I am sure there are other great performances on field, track and road out there so apologies if I don‟t catch them all, but we are sure to read about them in Cockcrow.
A couple of diary dates, on Wednesday 4th August we had our Evening Open, a relaxed and enjoyable event for all ages. On Sunday 22nd August you are welcome to help with our Clear-up day when we put a shine on the place in readiness for our Young Athletes Open Championships on 5th September. All youngsters from 8 years to 19 are welcome to enter in this very popular event. The entries are flowing in. See website for details.
Our Track Bookings administrator, Joan Calder, has stepped down so I am looking for someone else to take over the job for next year. It involves taking schools‟ bookings for hire of the track through the Summer. Thank you to Joan; anyone interested please let me know.
A well-attended and moving send-off was given on Tuesday at the funeral of our dear friend Phil Holder. Our thoughts are especially with Iris and Phil and family at this time. Always remember to keep a smile on your face just as Phil always had when he was with us.
Neil Henderson
|
| Woking AC Evening Open Meeting |
Results for the meet on 4th August are available via the Entry Forms page. |
| Chairman's Report July 2010 |
I'm pleased to announce that registration for this year's Young Athletes Championships on 5th September is now open! Details are on our web site. Naturally we are putting in our annual plea for helpers who are always much appreciated. Please sign up on the forms you'll see dotted around or let me know if you can help on the day if you are not already one of the team.
The Cockcrow is one of the best ways of letting you all know the latest news and after 80 editions Tom and Graham have found a better way of managing it all which will take the burden off them. As from August Alison Jackson has kindly offered to take on the editing of it using reports sent to her by team managers and members. Also thanks to Rose Nicholson who will use the content to update the web site. In due course we would like to move to a web-based magazine. I would like to thank Tom and Graham on behalf of the whole Club, for their dedicated work in producing Cockcrow over the years, but we will still look forward to reading Tom's own items that he sends in!
Great to read that former Woking and International athlete Zara Hyde-Peters, has been awarded an OBE for her services to athletics. From her days at Woking AC Zara has risen to the dizzy heights of being the Chief Executive of British Triathlon, but she still keeps in touch with her roots.
Enjoy the rest of your summer’s athletics and the holidays too.
Neil.
|
| Club Records |
Club Records: I missed one record in the previous issue.
Ramona Thevenet Smith 0/50 lowered her own 5k club record of 22.22 on the 1st May at Bushy Park by knocking off a massive 32 seconds by running 21.50. BUT! On the 26th June Ramona knocked another 5 seconds off 21.50 and ran 21.45 this being the now the 5k ladies 0/50 club record.
Two U/13 boys broke the existing 75H club record at Woking during the Wessex Lge. match on June 6th.
The record was 13.93 held by Rory Kelly since May. Andrew Lomax ran 13.80 but Rory went even better to run 13.60 now the new club record. This could also be a record of having two lowering the record on the same day in the same race. Well done lads.
Tim Page has pointed out a couple of other records that have been broken. But unfortunately I received the results too late for this issue. These will be printed in the August issue. Sorry about that Tim.
Also many thanks for the info.
|
| Woking AC Evening Open Meeting |
The Evening Open Meeting will take place on Wednesday 4th August. The timetable for the Evening Open Meeting is now available via our Entry Forms page. |
| Chairman's Report June 2010 |
Good news on the book-keeping front, we now have an able and willing newcomer in Liza Correia who has kindly offered to take on the role since Helen gave up that particular post. Her daughter Heather has joined the Club. I hope everyone will make Liza welcome. She is already one step ahead of me; asking me if was happy with the RBS situation I said the rugby was great! You can make her happy by paying up your subs, if you have not already done so. Please pass your cheque and form to Ramona as soon as you can.
I had an approach from a local company, Pattonair, who service the aerospace and defence industry and they have said they would consider applications from our young athletes for placement or internship. If you are interested, find out more on their website and let me know. Back to athletics, I found it heart-warming to see such great team-spirit at the last Women's and Men's League matches at our track. That's what the Club is about! The results were great too, as they have been at the youngster’s matches too.
Neil.
|
| Club Records |
In the London Marathon on the 25th April Jo Rodriguez broke the senior ladies marathon club record in a time of 3.00.42. The previous record was 3.01.12 held by Karen Hall since 1989.
Karen ran her time also in the London 21 years ago (Does that make you feel old Karen?) Jo Reducing the record by exactly 30 seconds.
At the Veterans T&F Lge match at Portsmouth on the 26th April Fiona Bishop broke the 0/50 ladies Track 2000W club record in a time of 12.28.6. The previous record was 13.10.6 held by Anna Krikorian since 2006 that was achieved at Basingstoke. Fiona knocked 42seconds off.
Fiona also created a new 0/50 Track 10,000W club record at Battersea on the 28th April with a performance of 1.6.27.
At the County T&F Champ’s at Kingsmeadow 8/9th May. Rory Kelly broke the U/13 Boys 75H record with a time of 13.93. Previous record was 14.00 held by T. Buckland since 2009.
Ramona Thevent Smith broke the club 0/50 ladies ½ marathon record time at Richmond on Sun. May 16th with a time of 1.37.47. The previous record was 1.46.10 held by Janice Warren since 2003.
|
| Chairman's Report May 2010 |
Well, the new Track & Field season is off and running and what a great start for Woking AC. A closely-fought match for our younger athletes in the Wessex league saw them winning their first match and the Senior Women came 2nd in their opener at Watford. Well done to all involved. I hope the successes and of course the enjoyment continues. Also well done to the marathon runners, especially to that mad chap Kim who ran 3 marathons in 2 weeks! You can still put a sponsorship donation in if you want.
Turning suddenly to the end of the season and the Young Athletes Championships- vital to its success is the running of the IT behind all the on-line entries, numbering, programmes and results. We need a couple of people who have the skills to absorb this knowledge from our previous Chairman, so if you have even a basic know-how of the following (don't ask me to explain them!) please let me or one of the committee know (ASP, HTML, SharePoint, Access, Visual Basic, and ColdFusion). In my day it would have been an Excel spreadsheet!
It's a busy month ahead for the Club, including schools meetings at the track and our first home match on 15th May for which any offers of help are of course welcome. Good luck to all competing in leagues or at the Surrey Championships.
Neil.
|
| The 2010 Southern Vets League |
The 2010 Southern Vets League is about to start. Four events throughout the summer giving the more mature athlete a chance to take part in events of their choice.
The events are free and open to male and female athletes over the age of 35. The emphasis is on enjoyment and there is no pressure. For more details see Andy Smith, or turn up on the night.
Match 2 - Monday 24 May 2010, Down Grange, Pack Lane, Basingstoke
Match 3 - Monday 21 June 2010, Winchester Sports Stadium, Bar End, Winchester
Match 4 - Monday 12 July 2010, Mountbatten Centre, Alexandra Park, Portsmouth
|
| Competition Licence |
Competition Licence
Here is an extract from the 2010 ENGLAND ATHLETICS Affiliation & Registration Guidelines 2010/2011. For members who have not yet updated their membership for 2010/2011 and are likely to compete this year should be aware that you need a competition licence. I'm on running@ntlworld.com if you need any further help or advice.
Thank you - Ramona Thevenet-Smith - Membership Secretary
|
| Club Records |
Ramona Thevenet Smith created a new club 20 mile record for the ladies 0/50 in the Bramley 20 mile event on February.14th by running 2.39.38. Well done Ramona. |
| Club Records |
C. Baker S/M ran 8.71 in the 60H at Eton on 6th Dec. (TBC)
Jack Phipps U17 ran 6.76 in the 60m also at Eton at same meeting
R. Buckley U/15 ran 4.48 in the 60H at Eton on 3rd January
Ellie Lane U/15 jumped 4.21 in the Long Jump And in the Shot Putt 7.37 at Eton on 3rd January
Jack Phipps U/17 Vaulted 4.13 at Carshalton on 24th January.
Previous record of 3.93 held by Jack since 16th January. (A week ago) Nice one Jack.
Oli King ran 7.11 in a senior men’s 60.0m race at Lee Valley during the London Games meeting held on 30th January.
|
| Congratulations To |
Amy Binnion who is ranked 8th in the UK Girls U/13 Shot Putt with a throw of 9.90 well done Amy. This is also the present U/13 club record.
To Fiona Bishop 0/50 who is ranked 4th in the 3000W UK Walking List with 18.24.03 and 3rd in the 5000W with 31.35.00.
2009 UK Merit Rankings: Nick Stanisavljevic ranked 8th in High Jump with 2.20.
Eleanor Gatrell ranked 4th in the Shot Putt with 15.96.
2009 UK Top 50 Rankings: Gary Bradbury ranked 27th in 1500m with a time of 3.43.15.
Nick Stanisavljevic ranked 9th in the high Jump with 2.17 also ranked 26th in Long Jump with 7.23 and ranked 33rd in the Triple Jump with 14.65.
Eleanor Gatrell is ranked 5th in the Shot Putt with 15.61 also ranked 30th in the Discus with 41.22.
Well done to you all hoping you have an even better 2010. Good Luck.
|
| The snow has gone! |
At last the snow has melted and the track is operational again. This means that as from Monday 18 January the track will be open as usual.
Updated 17 Jan 2010 |
| London Marathon Draw |
During the evening Andy Smith held the draw for the clubs three allotted “London” marathon places. These are available to any member who has had their original entries rejected. With only four envelopes with names on to draw from meaning one was going to be unlucky
The first three that came out was Andy Green, Ian Beston, and Adrian Brooke with Kim Warner being the unlucky one.
If any one of the lucky three has to withdraw before the 26th April (London) their entry MUST be offered to Kim or back to the club. Good luck to all three and to all our other members running London.
|
| MABAC News |
When competing in your FIRST Mabac event in 2010 you MUST have a new number and not the one you wore during 2009 or the computer could give birth. Also to assist Jenny who issues all the numbers including enrolling New Members/Juniors/Joggers. It has been suggested that the first member of any team to turn-up for his/her number please take the envelope that contains all the numbers for their team and issue them as other members of the team arrive. Like a small base camp area. This helps keep the registration table clear. Hope I have said that properly?
|
| Club Records |
Ramona Thevenet Smith ran 42.50 in the Horton Park 10k on 20th Dec to break the existing 0/50 record of 43.33 held since 1993 by Mary Todd.
Ramona also ran 22.25 at Bushy Park on the 25th Dec to break the club record of 24.37 held by Barbara Rodriguez since 2006.
|
| Want to help your club? |
To get more involved why not be the club’s secretary.
There are a small number of emails to distribute and the minutes of the club committee meeting to organise just 10 times in the year. For more information speak to Paul Cousins on 01483 600238 or email wokingac@o2.co.uk
|
| Club Records |
I was ear-wigging (I was not supposed to have heard) one evening at the track and a little group was merrily chatting away and it appears Kay Trinder has had 11(Eleven) PBs this year.
Including Road and Track. Could this be a RECORD? It certainly takes some beating.
Well done Kay. That is a great year’s performance and it comes from working hard when training and laughing. Just continue to do both.
|
| Christmas Track Closure |
THE LAST DAY of TRAINING IN 2009 at the TRACK will be TUESDAY 22nd DEC. The track will be closed DECEMBER on THURSDAY 24th --- TUESDAY 29th and THURSDAY 31st and RE-OPEN TUESDAY 5th JAN. 2010 |
| Club Records |
I missed a record that was broken during September. Kay Trinder 0/40 lowered her own 5k record of 19.59.95 to 19.31. Well done Kay. Now I have rectified everything can you wait a couple of weeks before you lower it again.
|
| Woking AC Membership from Ramona Thevenet-Smith Membership Secretary |
This year we’ve noticed an increase in race organisers requesting competitors; (England Athletics) licence numbers on race application forms. I’ve had a few queries from members regarding this and thought I would just explain a little bit about our club membership. Terribly boring but here we go. When you join a club you pay membership fees. Here at Woking, if you’re a competing athlete, we pay England Athletics, on your behalf, an administration fee and you get, in the post (eventually) a little card with your registration or licence number on it and, amongst other things, your insurance should you ever be unfortunate enough to have an accident during competition. Pretty useful really. Below are the options of membership:
Family
A family constitutes a minimum of 1 adult and 2 children.
Senior
Over 18 years of age.
Student
18 years and under, and anyone in full-time education.
Road Runners
Plus session fee if they use the track (£3.50)
Member
For members who do not compete or use the track (e.g. social members, club officials, committee members)
So what happens if you’re no longer competing but still training? Well, there are various options open to you and much of it depends on your own personal preference and circumstances. But generally, you pay your membership, and if you’re not training every week (and you can do maths) you might find it cheaper to pay the “pay-as-you-go” fee on the gate on each training visit, having already got your basic membership (£25). However, if you think you might be slightly different just please email me with your own particular situation. But not all at once.
What if I’m injured? Sorry. But you still have to pay your subs. Unfair, I hear you cry. Tell me about it!!! We’ve all been there. It is still by far the cheapest option to keep your membership going by keeping your subs up to date. Not only that, if you’ve shelled out subs for the year, it’s a good incentive to get yourself fixed and back on track as soon as possible. And anyway, you’d miss us wouldn’t you?
So what if you no longer wish to be a member? Well and here is the boring bit of paperwork: you have to resign. In writing. And dated. Email is probably the easiest but by post is fine too, either to me or any member of the committee. If you don’t put it in writing, we won’t know (unless you’re really popular then we might notice you’re not there, eventually) and you will get subs reminders churning out for ever and a day. Save our trees? Anyway, this is actually quite important because under EA rules you are unable to compete for another club without being officially resigned from your current club. If you are looking to leave us and join another athletics club, your subs must be up-to-date before the paperwork can be released. (I’ve got the paperwork for this, again just email or call.)
I’m usually grunting and groaning round the track on a Tuesday so don’t normally have any puff for talking. But am more than happy to help with any queries you may have, either by email (running@ntlworld.com) or phone (01932 40 22 32). |
| London Marathon Ballot |
If you have been rejected by the London Martathon Ballot don't despair. Woking AC are allocated a number of club places, currently three. You need to let Andy Smith know - running@ntlworld.com or 07825 130390.
There will be a draw at the clubhouse on Thurs. 3rd Dec. at 7.30 p.m. See attached rules for eligibility
|
| Club Records |
Amy Binnion broke her own U/13 SP record at the Woking evening meeting on the 5th Aug. with a Putt of 9.86 her previous best was 9.83 at Kingsmeadow on 26th July. Then at the Woking YA meeting Amy improved yet again with a Putt of 9.90.
Also at this meeting Jonty Mitchell U/11 broke the club LJ record with a jump of 3.97. Previous record of 3.72 was held by Alexander Peel since 2002.
Fiona Bishop is having a busy time since turning 0/50. At the VAC T&F Championship’s held on the 30th Aug. at Kingsmeadow Fiona lowered her 3000w record to 18.24.3 (It was 18.56.89). Also at Oxford Fiona ran a 10,000m race in a time of 49.37.89 this is a new club record (No previous Rec.).
Virginia Mitchell broke the 0/45 800m record at Kingsmeadow in the last SWL fixture on the 5th Sept. with a time of 2.18.0. Previously held since 2000 by Olia Inak Price with 2.25.71.
Daniel Johnson broke U/13 the Pentathlon record at Horsham on 12th Sept. scoring 1110 points the previous record of 980pts. was held by J. Booth since 2002.
|
| Level 2 Officials Course |
What: The course is open to all those who are interested in becoming an official. You do not need to have attended a Level 1 course first, you can start at Level 2. Candidates do however have to decide before hand which discipline they wish to take, ie Field Judging, Track Judging, Timekeeping, or Starter / Marking.
Who can participate: Anyone aged 16+
When: Sunday 18th October approx 10am-4pm
Where: Walton on Thames, Surrey
If you are interested please contact Patricia or Michael Cole; tel: 01372 458 650 or email: coledust@btinternet.com
|
| South-of-England road relays are at Rushmore Arena on September 26/27th |
South-of-England road relays are at Rushmore Arena on September 26/27th if interested please contact team managers quickly as the teams MUST be entered by 10th Sept. |
| Members’ BBQ: Sunday July 19th - postponed to September 20th |
There are now so many athletic events taking place on the 19th that we have decided to postpone this BBQ to Sunday 20 September and make it a post season celebration.
It will start at midday and finish up around 3pm; as well as enjoying the BBQ you will have the opportunity to join us in a game of Rounders and maybe a tug-of-war! The invitation also extends to your families.
WAC will provide sausages and burgers, but please bring anything else you would like to eat and drink with you.
It is really important that you let us know if you can come, and how many people will be in your group; we don’t want to either over or under cater!
Those helping on the gate on Tuesdays and Thursdays will have a list of names. Please let them know your name and how many people you are bringing with you. If we do not know you are coming, we cannot guarantee there will be enough for you.
We look forward to seeing you there |
| T&F Presentations will be held on Friday 16th October |
T&F Presentations will be held on Friday 16th October at Woodham Community Centre starting at 7.30pm with a report of the WAC (Company Ltd.) lasting 30 minutes followed by the presentations.
Directions to the venue are: Travelling FROM the 6X roads towards Addlestone along Woodham Lane
continue until passing under the bridge (M25) then 100m on the RIGHT there is a turn up the side of the first shop with a car park at the rear.
|
| Congratulations to Ramona Thevenet Smith |
Congratulations to Ramona Thevenet Smith on being selected for England ladies team to compete in the Ultra’s 24 hours mountian running Commonwealth Games Championships to be held at Keswick (Cumbria) during September 17/18th. The club committee and all Ramona’s training friends wish her every success against the top Ultra athletes in the Commonwealth. Good Luck Ramona remember your ABC. |
| Congratulations to Amy Binnion and Kaitin Howard |
Congratulations to Amy Binnion and Kaitin Howard who both represented Surrey at Kingsmeadow on 26th July in the South-of-England U/13 Inter-Counties and helped Surrey to win the competition o/a against 13 other Counties. Kaitin was 2nd in the 800m B string in a time of 2.23.84. Amy came 1st in the B string Shot Putt with a tremendous PB throw of 9.83 beating the winning girl in the Surrey A string. BUT another bonus is that Amy broke the existing U/13 club record of 9.36 that has stood since 1985 (14 years) held by Caroline Manning. Well done Amy and Kaitin. |
| Chairman’s Message |
What a month July has been with so many competitions, new records, personal bests and medals galore. Tom has listed out all the results in the following pages so I will not repeat them here, but I would like to congratulate Eleanor Gatrell on leading the way with her Silver Medal in the Aviva World Trials and UK Championships in Birmingham. The first UK medal by a senior club member for many years. Well done too to all the other members of the club who have done so well this month not only as athletes but also as coaches, officials and helpers. Athletics is normally considered a solo sport, one athlete against other athletes, the clock and tape measures. In reality it is a team effort by coaches, officials, helpers and fellow athletes, training over months and years which result in supreme achievements that may only take a few minutes or seconds to execute. I think all members can and should feel proud of these achievements including those of past members of the club such as Georgia Peel who this month broke the 30 year old English Schools record for Inter Girls 1500 m by an amazing 7 seconds. Well done Team WAC.
|
| Congratulations |
Congratulations to Eleanor Gatrell gaining her first senior national medal at the UK Champ’s and World Trials held at Birmingham on 11/12th July. Eleanor was second in the Shot Putt equalling her season best with 15.56. |
| Club Records |
Fiona Bishop 0/50 created a new record for this age group in the 5mile Road walk at Battersea Park competing in the VAC club championship on 23rd June the new record is 51.39. Fiona also created a new 0/50 track 3000W record of 18.56.89 at the British Masters championships at Birmingham on 4th July.
Fiona also created a 3 mile road record at Newmarket on 12th July with a time of 30.25.
Two records slipped by unnoticed as I did not know that young Anita Cryer recently had a birthday and moved up into the 0/40 group. They were both broken at the SWL held at Woking on the 30th May. In the Hammer Anita threw 26.67 previously was 24.67 held by Olia Inak Price since 1998 (11yrs).
In the Discus Anita threw 17.99 previously was 16.92 held by Sue Burridge since 1995 (14yrs).
Well done to Ellie Lane U/13 who has had a brilliant month breaking two records. At Walton on June 21st Ellie ran the 70H in 12.4. The previous record of 12.5 was held by two different girls T. Collom (1995) and F.Bell (1997) 14 and 12 years respectively. On 12th July at Poole Ellie threw the Javelin 23.65 beating the previous record of 22.51 held by D. Bruce since 2001.
During the Vets League meeting Portsmouth on 13th July, Jimmy Brown broke two 0/60 records. In the 800m with a time of 2.41.8 the previous record of 2.43.9 was held by Dave Nichols since 2004 and in the 200m he ran 32.0 also held by Dave with a time of 33.4 since 2005.
Dave was at the meeting competing and also watching Jimmy and cheering him on in both events.
Saturday 25th July Ramona Thevenet Smith ran 20.44 at 5k Bushey Park event breaking her own 0/45 record also nearly a minute inside the club standard.
At Winchester on Sunday 26th July Thomas Buckland lowered his own U/13 boys 75H club record in a time of 14.0 previously it was 14.1.
|
| YA Meeting on Sunday 6th Sept |
You still have time to cancel any previous commitments so you can attend and help at the YA Meeting on Sunday 6th Sept. A lovely little job has been especially saved for you. Just pop along and see Helen Henderson or any member of the committee, before someone gets there before you!
Come along enjoy the atmosphere and a good day watching the YA’s competing.
|
| Safeguarding Courses |
Safeguarding Courses
In addition to the coaching and officials courses currently available, we are also able to offer all our volunteers the opportunity to participate in an accredited “Safeguarding” (child protection) course. The course would take only an afternoon or a morning and will be run either at the club or the Parkview Community Centre. Dates are to be confirmed but the course would take place any time from mid-July onwards.
If you are interested, please let me know by emailing me @ wacvolunteer@googlemail.com I would need your name, contact details and when you are NOT available/ able to participate in the next couple of months.
Once I have an idea of numbers and availability of those wishing to attend, we can book a date.
This course will be very interesting and, as it is accredited, could be something useful for your CV!
|
| England Athletics ‘FLYING COACH’ PROGRAMME |
The Flying Coach programme is being delivered across England to benefit clubs, coaches and athletes of a variety of abilities across all disciplines. Under the scheme top coaches visit local clubs to work directly with club coaches and assist with the development of their athletes, to help develop coaching expertise in a particular technical event in a practical coaching environment.
The following courses are available to all coaches and will be held in Winchester:
Events Date Coach
Sprints 23rd June 6.30-7.30pm Mike Smith
Pole vault 23rd June 6.30-7.30pm Peter Sutcliffe
Hurdles 30th June 6.30-7.30pm Judy Vernon
Throws 30th June 6.30-7.30pm Bron Carter
Throws 14th July 6.30-7.30pm Bron Carter
Strength & conditioning Autumn TBC
Please book a place by contacting Christine Benning on 07968 498 708
or email: cbenning@englandathletics.org
|
| Vets T&F Dates & Venues |
Vets T&F Dates & Venues
For all interested athletes the fixtures are all Monday evenings;
April 27th Portsmouth; May 12th Basingstoke; June 15th Winchester; July 13th Portsmouth.
For more info please contact Andy Smith at the track on a Tuesday evening.
|
| Club Records |
Dave Nichols broke the clubs 5 mile (Road) 0/65 at Windsor on the 30th April with a time of 36.26 previous record was held by old Tom since 1996. During the race that I broke the record in 1996 the snow continued to fall during the race and I got knocked over by a snow plough and they could not find me under the 6 foot of snow for 10 minutes. Well done Dave. The only record I hold now is for lying.
Another (Road) record broken after 10 years (April 1997) was the ladies 0/40 5k held by Susan Davies.
Kay Trinder ran 19.59.95 at Bushey Park on 9th May. They all look easy until you have to run them.
Record Breaking Nichols: Most athletes try to peak for a race but Dave Nichols has been training to peak for ALL 2009 and so far succeeding. At the Vet’s T&F league meeting held at Basingstoke on May 18th Dave competed in the 800m and recorded a time of 2.51.00 so breaking the existing record of 2.57.6 held since 1992 by the worn out/shot to bits/shell shocked world war veteran (Army No.19141140) Well done Dave. Again.
Gary Bradbury broke the senior men’s 1500m record at a BMC meeting (Manchester) on 30th May running a time of 3.44.4 beating the existing 3.45.5 that has been held by Stuart Crossman since 1988 (21years). Stuart achieved his time also at a BMC meeting at Crystal Palace.
During the Vet’s league match at Portsmouth on 27th April, Linda Baldwin competed in the 2000W as usual among her other normal events. Checking the results for club records I saw Linda’s time and noticed we had no record. This I had over looked in 2008. Then I remembered Linda was in the 0/60 category last year so her 2000W time (2008) was superior to her time on 28th April 2009. So I corrected the record to read 14.50.2 from 2008. This is now the 0/60 2000W record. Sorry Linda.
I have noticed the U/13 Boys/Girls now compete in a few new events (To me) and as there are no existing records. So as to give the age group target’s to aim for I have taken the following three U/13 athletes times from the three events they have competed in during 2009 as the present club records.
IF any one in this age group has run faster in these events let me know (Boy/Girl) also Event, Time, Venue and Date.
The U/13Boys: now compete in a 75H event. Thomas Buckland ran the event in the Surrey Championships and finished in the Silver medal position with a time of 14.8 (Now Club Rec.).
The U/13 Girls: now run a 70m sprint - also a 150m sprint event(s)
Jasmine Mitchell ran the 70m event in 11.7 and Ellie Lane competed in the 150m in 21.1. Both the girls ran the above events in the NYAL at St. Albans on the 17th May. Well done Thomas/Jasmine/Ellie.
|
| Chairman’s Message |
Sally Taylorson (our new Volunteer Coordinator) started this week and has certainly hit the ground running. After a whirlwind round of meetings with club members and local volunteer organisations she has already got her sights on some new sources of volunteers. It is too early to make any formal announcements, but watch this space. Sally is also lining up some training programmes for July, one on safeguarding children (suitable for all volunteers, coaches and officials) and one on food hygiene (suitable for anyone helping with catering and refreshments). Anyone wishing to attend either of these courses or to join her volunteer force should contact Sally directly on WACVolunteer@googlemail.com
|
| Level 1 Coaching Course |
What: This Course is an introduction to coaching skills with a major emphasis on the ‘how to coach’ skills rather than the ‘what to coach’ skills. Despite this there is a large practical element with the coaching theory element of the course being taught and then put in to practice alongside technical sprint, endurance, jumping and throwing activities.
Coaches will receive a coaching manual with complete notes from the course and following completion of a CRB check through UK Athletics the coach will receive a coach pass and license (usually within eight weeks). At Level 1 a coach is qualified and insured to coach under the supervision of an athletics coach qualified to Level 2 or above.
Who can participate: Anyone aged 16+.
An assistant coach does not require athletic ability and we will also pay for your training to get a UK Athletics assistant coach qualification
When: Sunday 5th July approx 9am-5pm
Where: Ewell, Surrey
If you are interested please contact Paul Cousins; tel: 01483 772 156 or email: wokingac@o2.co.uk
|
| Great News - Volunteer Coordinator |
I am delighted to announce that at last we have completed the selection process for our Volunteer Coordinator. Her name is Sally Taylorson and she formally starts with us on 1 June. She brings lots of experience in the voluntary sector, including recruiting and managing a team of 80 volunteers for Godalming Museum and I am sure that she will be a huge help to all of us at WAC in our efforts to increase the number of coaches, officials and helpers. Even though she does not start till 1 June she will start meeting members at the Committee Meeting on 6 May and the rest of the Club at the home match on 30 May. Please make her feel welcome and make yourself known to her, along with your suggestions as to how she can help the club to develop further, faster and higher than ever before.
|
| Dave’s Run/Swim/Nosh. |
This year is a special year in the Nicholls family as Dave’s son Peter is getting married. So having a busy time Dave has put the nearest date suitable for most people to get quite a gathering of runners/swimmers/walkers/sun bathers/ and pets. The DAY has changed from a Saturday to A SUNDAY. Not only because Sunday is always warmer but some people have to work on a Saturday. So for your dairy the date is SUNDAY AUGUST 16th: A reminder will be in each issue. |
| To Road Runners from Andy Smith |
The Road Running section of the club now has a permanent representative on the Woking A.C. Committee. If there are any Ideas, Issues or Comments you wish to raise please feel free to contact Andy Smith either at the club on a Tues. night or by e-mail at - running@ntlworld.com.
Let us know what you would like from your club. What are we doing right for the road runners? What are we doing wrong, or could improve upon? This is your opportunity to be heard. This section of the club has had a very successful 2008 with many athletes achieving Personal Bests. To build on this we need to understand what worked, and what didn't from a club point of view.
Help us to help you.
Thank you Andy
|
| To Veteran T&F Athletes from Andy Smith. |
Veterans League
Track & Field for the more mature athlete
Come along and join us, representing Woking A.C. at four different meetings on a Monday night during the summer. You can run, jump, throw and have fun trying out a new event. The emphasis is on enjoyment. If you are interested see Andy Smith or e-mail – running@ntlworld.com
Date Venue
27th April Mountbatten Centre, Alexandra, Park, Portsmouth
18th May Down Grange, Pack Lane, Basingstoke
15th June Bar End, Winchester
13th July Mountbatten Centre, Alexandra Park, Portsmouth
All events start at 7.00 p.m.
For those who cannot wait for the XC to start again and get amongst the mud here are the Men’s Surrey XC League dates and venues for your diary. Oct.10th Cranford Park (BA); Nov. 14th Lloyds Park;
Dec. 12th Epsom and the final fixture is Feb.6th TBC. We are now in Division 3.
|
| 2008/9 XC & ROAD PRESENTATIONS WINNERS OF TROPHIES AND MEDALS |
2008/9 XC & ROAD PRESENTATIONS WINNERS OF TROPHIES AND MEDALS
Champion
Trophy Champion
Gold medal 2nd place
Silver medal 3rd place
Bronze medal
GIRLS
U9G Tara De Clerk Tara De Clerk Annie Parkins Tallulah McKinley
U11G Jasmine Mitchell Jasmine Mitchell Rachel Woods Robyn Brunskill
U13G N/A N/A N/A N/A
U15G N/A N/A N/A N/A
U17G N/A N/A N/A N/A
BOYS
U9B Jonty Mitchell Jonty Mitchell N/A N/A
U11B Daniel Johnson Daniel Johnson Andrew Lomax Joshua Rainier
U13B Jacob Rainier Jacob Rainier Ashras Ould-Dada Charlie Cosson
U15B N/A N/A N/A N/A
U17B Richard Calder Richard Calder Shane Streeter Jack Cosson
WOMEN
Junior N/A N/A N/A
Women Jo Rodriguez Jo Rodriguez Jenna Tarrant Louise Maltby
Vets Susanna Harrison Kay Trinder Ramona
MEN
Junior Martin Cousins Gilbert Grundy N/A
Men Clayton Payne Jason Harris Justin Mitchell
Vets Paul Cousins Duncan Irvine Jim Brown
Athlete of the season plate for Cross-Country N/A
ROAD
Women Jo Rodriguez Jo Rodriguez Sarah Vaughan Becky Baldwin
Vets Ramona Ramona Kay Trinder Susanna Harrison
Men Jason Harris Jason Harris Andy Green Paul Dennis
Vets Andy Smith Andy Smith Kim Warner Mike Warner
Personal
Achievement Award for 2007 season Eleanor Gatrell
|
| Special Female Award “Tom Rowley Achievement Cup” Eleanor Gatrell |
Eleanor has been achieving outstanding performances every year since joining the club in 1991 at the tender age of 15. Outside and indoors and has represented Surrey, London and S.of.E. Has been County SP champion many times and also in the Discus and Hammer events. Eleanor was ranked UK SP No.1 indoors last season for a couple of months. The amount of field points won in the S.W.L over the years must be an individual club record and I am sure through her dedication to her training she will continue to be an “Achiever” because she concentrates on everything she attempts.
And just lately her throwing “Vocal Chords” have even got more sweeter and into a lovely rhythm. Having been coached by Derek Goode since day one (Eleanor threw SP 6 feet) it was a PB too!
|
| Congratulations |
Congratulations to Kelly Turner and Gareth on the birth of their first child a little girl born on Sat.7th Feb. at 3.17am and weighed in at 6lb 12oz and her name is Freya Dickinson Turner. And of course “Nanny Linda” is very happy.
Congratulations to Andy Green and wife Theresa on the birth of their first child a little boy by the name of William weighing 8lb 7oz who was born at the Royal Surrey Hospital on Wednesday 25th February.
Well done to all four parents. A Woking A.C. enrolment form is in the post for William and Freya.
|
| Club Records |
Club Records
All these are newly created Indoor records.
Fiona Bishop 0/45 1 mile Walk in 10.22.41 at Lee Valley on 15th Feb.
Fiona Bishop 3000m Walk in 19.29.54 at Lee Valley on 8th Mar.
Jack Page U/15 60m in 8.00 at Carlshalton on 8th March.
Patrick Haddad U/15 1.40 in HJ and 4.16 in LJ Carshalton 8th March.
Tom Buckland U/13 4.34 in LJ Carshalton 8th March.
Dave Nichols broke the 0/65 10k record with 44.51. Previous record was 45.15 set in 1992 by the late Des Yeabsley
|
| Subscriptions fees for 2009 |
Early Bird Full Fee
Senior £93.00 £96.00
Student £65.00 £67.00
Family £153.00 £158.00
Road £51.00 £52.50
Membership only £25.00 (No early bird)
Trackers N/A £15.00 joining (Being 60% of Membership only fee) Then £20.00 per/Term.
|
| Chairman’s Message - Two Great Starts for 2009 |
Chairman’s Message - Two Great Starts for 2009
After much deliberation and consultation the Committee and Board of the Club have decided that we should employ a part time, paid Volunteer Coordinator. This is a huge step forward for the Club which until now has been operated entirely by unpaid volunteers. As many of you know it takes a team of more than 50 volunteers to run a Club like ours. These volunteers need to be recruited and managed and to do this properly takes a lot of time which no single volunteer can afford to give. So we have decided to pay someone to do it for us part time for about 12 months. We will then review the success of the scheme and decide if and how we can afford to extend it in to the future. See the “Situation Vacant” advert for details of how to apply!
The second piece of good news is truly extraordinary. The Club has received a donation of £25,000 from the friend of a Member. Len Fitzsimmonds, a friend of Ian Deaves (past Chairman of the Club), had no personal contact with the Club, but nonetheless decided to bequeath this money to the Club in his will. What extraordinary generosity. To mark this generosity we would like to ensure that this gift is properly recognised in some way and not just lost in the normal run of the mill expenditure. We are in discussions with Ian as to how he thinks his friend would like this money to be used, but we would also like to hear from you, our Members, as to how you think we should recognise this generosity. If you have any ideas please let me know (stephen.wilder@gpw.co.uk) or pass your comments to any Member of the Committee.
Stephen
|
| Happy birthday to our Tom at 82. Contributed by Ian Todd. |
Happy birthday to our Tom at 82. Contributed by Ian Todd.
January 28 was a red-letter day for the Wednesday morning running group with a record turnout at the Wyevale Garden Centre, Addlestone. It was a lovely morning for a run, but the real reason for so many happy faces was that everyone was in a party mood to congratulate Cockcrow editor Tom on his 82nd birthday and celebrate with him on the big day. Luckily the chocolate cake was big enough not only for everyone there but also for Tom to take home a piece for his ever-patient and supportive wife, Daphne. There was no inscription simply because no-one could improve upon "Tom, second to none" which was on the cake at his 80th.
As we all know, Tom is such a treasure at Woking AC and in running circles throughout Surrey, so the 28th was special. But the Wednesday and Saturday morning groups are so friendly and sociable that the birthdays of all those who turn out reasonably regularly are invariably an excuse for a celebration. A Christmas highlight was "Woking Home Guard", a brilliantly funny and well produced DVD by Barbara Appledore of Vets on the run (15 Certificate, may frighten young children). And even when there is nothing to celebrate, runs usually end with a cup of tea, hot gossip, rude jokes and lots of laughter. What's more everyone is welcome. So why not YOU!
There are a variety of routes from 4-6 miles in lovely locations within 10-20 minutes of Woking; and though most of the mid-week runners are retired, younger members of the Club who are not competing at the weekend are very welcome if they fancy a gentle jog in good company any Saturday at 8.30. The Wednesday start is 9.45. To find out where the next run is simply contact a regular runner such as Tom (01483 768491) or Dave Nichols (01932 851620). See you there!
|
| Volunteer Coordinator Vacancy |
Woking AC is a long established members’ Club dedicated to promoting the enjoyment of and participation in competitive athletics (track, field, road and cross country). It is open to all and has a growing membership (300 and rising) ranging in age from 8 to 80. It is currently run entirely by a group of dedicated, enthusiastic volunteers who are finding it increasingly difficult to give enough time to develop the Club and its athletes in the manner they would like. The Club has therefore taken the decision to recruit and pay a part time Volunteer Coordinator, who will work with the Club Chairman over the next 12 months, to enhance the overall management of the Club. At the end of this period the Club will review progress and decide if and how the role will be extended in to the future.
MAIN DUTIES To liaise with the Chairman to ensure that all tasks required to run the Club are suitably allocated and carried out efficiently. To supervise and oversee all volunteers. To coordinate the implementation of the volunteer recruitment, training and support plans. To ensure that all jobs have a job description. To recognise and nominate volunteers for the numerous volunteer awards. To act as the main contact for all volunteers. To ensure all volunteer paperwork is completed satisfactorily. To organise social and recruitment events for volunteers.
SKILLS REQUIRED: Have great organisation skills and be able to delegate duties. An enthusiastic and good motivator. An approachable and good listener. A confident and effective communicator.
RESPONSIBLE TO: Club Committee
Remuneration a Term Contract: Full time equivalent £20,000 pa Time commitment required will be part time – hours and term to be agreed with successful candidate Anyone wishing to apply should send their CV to:
Stephen Wilder, 3 Redcourt, Woking, Surrey, GU22 8RA or email stephen.wilder@gpw.co.uk
Closing date for applications 21 February 2009 |
| Track is OPEN for Training 9 Feb 2009 |
Many of you will be pleased to hear that the track is open for Trackers' training again for tonight 9 Feb. |
| Chairman's Message |
Happy New Year
With all the gloom and doom around in the economy and everyday life it is very easy to go with the flow and join in with the commiserations. But this is the time when true athletes demonstrate their competitive edge and determination to overcome all obstacles whether they be an excess of Christmas puddings or more serious problems. 2009 is undoubtedly going to be a tough year for us all in some way or other, but with a combination of hard work, determination, adaptation and team work we can all emerge stronger and fitter. Keep up the good work, get fit, stay fit, have fun and have a great year’s athletics.
Stephen |
| Physiotherapy surgery |
Mike Bott has now opened his Physiotherapy surgery full time. So if you are unlucky enough to be injured just ring 01483 714263 and Mike will help you recover quicker. Mention you are a W.A.C. member. |
| Congratulations |
Congratulations: To Gary Bradbury who is Ranked 12th in the 1500m UK U/20 list with a time of 3.51.38. Also to Sam Colgate ranked 9th in the Pole Vault U/20 UK list with a vault of 4.70 and 4.65.
Jack Phipps is ranked equal 5th in the Pole Vault U/15 UK list with a vault of 3.45.
Well Done Lads.
Also in the U/15 Girls UK list Georgia Peel is ranked 4th in the 800m with a time of 2.11.27 and 9th in the 1500m with 4.37.10.
|
| The Christmas Run |
The Christmas Run will be held on Saturday the 20th December at Newland’s Corner at 8.30am. All are welcome to come along and run, walk, talk or sing. Any food left over from the last Christmas run bring back just alter the “sell by date”. Plenty of beverages, tea, coffee, Sue Davies’s famous punch, also plenty of food mince pies, biscuits also Jo and Barbara’s Brownies (Including mystery prizes).
So get there early and have a social run or a proper training run. Walker’s are welcome to bring their children or dog’s. Just come along for a couple of hour’s lovely fresh air. All non members welcome
I have put a deposit on the picnic tables and also given the car park attendant a fiver (A White one).
Just come along leave the ironing and hoovering till 2009.
|
| A Christmas social |
Not only but also! A Christmas social (Drink) and get together has been arranged on Friday 12th December at the Pyrford Lock pub commencing at 7.30pm. Everyone is welcome. All you need do is turn-up (With Money). |
| YA 2008 breaks even more records - 12 this year |
This year's Young Athletes' Open Championship has broken even more records. The performances were hot even though the weather was cold - on the field 5 new records were set:
- Under 13 Boys High Jump - Nicholas Hunt (Bournemouth AC) cleared 1.63m breaking a 1.60m record that has stood since 1982.
- Under 13 Boys Javelin - Matthew Blandford (Ashford AC) threw 44.56m breaking a 1 year old record of 41.31m.
- Under 15 Girls Javelin - Makeda Lewis (Ealing, Southall and Middlesex AC) threw 37.35m breaking a 4 year old record of 35.80m.
- Under 13 Girls Shot - Natalie Whisken (Bournemouth AC) put 9.08m breaking a 12 year old record set at 8.92m.
- Under 20 Women Pole Vault - Sophie Upton (Team Bath AC) cleared 3.50m breaking a 10 year old record of 3.10m.
Things were no less hectic on the track with 7 new records:
- Under 17 Men 200m - Kieran Showler-Davis (Winchester & District AC) ran a superbe 21.54secs breaking his own record he set last year.
- Under 17 Men 100m - Again Kieran Shower-Davis (Winchester & District AC) ran a blistering 10.60sec breaking his own record he set last year - 2 records in each of 2 years must be a record in itself!
- Under 11 Girls 80m - Simi Fajemisin (Oxford City AC) ran 11.27 secs breaking a 5 year old record.
- Under 17 Men 1500m - Jonathan Hay (Aldershot Farnham and District AC) ran 4:02.49 secs breaking a 4 year old record.
- Under 15 Girls 100m - Jodie Williams (Herts Phoenix AC) ran 11.99 secs breaking her own 1 year old record.
- Under 13 Girls 100m - Lukesha Morris (Reading AC) ran 12.81 secs breaking a 22 year old record.
- Under 15 Boys 1500m - Jordan Maurice (Croydon Harriers) ran 4:18.91 secs breaking a 27 year old record!
Well done to all our record breakers - let's hope the momentum continues well in to 2012 and beyond. |
| YA 2008 Congratulations |
The winners of this year's YA Open Championship Sweatshop Kit Scholarship give substance to the idea that athletics in the UK is very much alive.
Best Performance on the Track goes to Kieran Showler-Davis (Winchester and District AC) for his blistering 10.60 sec performance in the Under 17 Men 100m which apart from being a PB ranks him a clear (non wind assisted!) number 2 in the UK this year just 0.02secs behind the number 1.
Best Performance on the Field goes to Nicholas Hunt (Bournemouth AC) who cleared an amazing 1.63m in the Under 13 Boys High Jump and in the process broke a 1.60m Championship Record set in 1982. His performance was 2cm off his PB, but still ranks as the 3rd best performance in the UK this year.
Best Performance by a Woking Athlete goes to Georgia Peel for her winning time of 4:42.03 sec in the Under 15 Girls 1500m - a performance ranking 13th best in the UK this year.
Congratulations to them all for achieving such high performances despite an unusually cold and wet day and thank you to Sweatshop for supporting these athletes in this way. |
| Club Records |
Daniel Johnson U/11 broke the 600m club record for his age group at the Woking YA
Meeting with a time of 1.56.21. It was previously held by Alexander Peel since 2002 with a time of 1.56.86. Georgia Peel U/15 created a 3000m record at Twickenham on 14th Sept. This is a new record as no other U/15 girl has ran the event before (To my Knowledge) and looking back over the past records since 1980 I have not found one.
|
| 2008 Track & Field Presentations Awards Plus A.G.M |
2008 Track & Field Presentations Awards Plus A.G.M Friday October 17th at The Woking Leisure Centre Starting 7.30 pm. Plus £5 Sweatshop Vouchers for the first 100 people to arrive. |
| Life Membership of Runnymede Runners for Tom Rowley. |
Tom was to modest to put this in himself but he was given Life Membership of Runnymede Runners at the last 5 mile event on August 28th. We have been unable to think of the reason for this generous gesture but we all hope that he gets lots of year’s use of it. It couldn’t have been given to a nicer person!
|
| Club Records. |
Georgia Peel U/15 broke her existing 800m club record of 1.12.06 at Gateshead on July the 9th with a PB time of 2.11.1.
Virginia Mitchell broke the 0/45 club 400m record at Slovenia on August 1st in a time of 58.57 the previous record held by Olia Inak Price since 2001 was 61.3.
Iris Holder at the same meeting broke her own TJ and LJ records. In the LJ Iris jumped 3.98 (old record 3.78) and in the TJ jumped 8.05 old record 7.70.
Ramona Thevenet Smith ran 20.52 at the Bushey Park 5k on 23rd Aug. breaking her own club record of 21.03.
|
| Please help if you can |
YA meeting on September 7th we are still short of helpers so if available or you have friends that would like to be involved please give your name to Helen Henderson/Gina Harris/George Honour stating for how long you can stay (AM/PM/All Day). Thank you all very much. |
| Chairman’s Corner - mNE h&z mAk lite wrk - so sgn ^ 2day |
As the Beijing Olympic Games are about to start it seems appropriate to quote an ancient Chinese proverb in modern form – “many hands make light work – so sign up today”. As we approach the Evening Open meeting on 6 August and the Young Athletes on 7 September the plea goes out as always – please lend a hand whether you are young, old, friend or relative, athlete, expert or not. The Club needs your help to make these events happen. Please contact Helen Henderson (helenhenderson@talk21.com or 01932 342799) or George Honour (janethonour@hotmail.com or 01932 347706) or Gina Harris (us@davidandgina.demon.co.uk or 01483 481018) to let them know you can help – they will soon be able to advise what tasks you can help with.
So don’t forget “mNE h&z mAk lite wrk - so sgn ^ 2day
|
| Congratulations to Matilda Rainsborough |
Congratulations to Matilda Rainsborough who was selected to represent Surrey in the U/13 inter-counties at Kingsmeadow on July 27th and came 3rd in the 800m race in 2.32.71 |
| Young Athletes' New Records |
This year's Young Athletes' Open Championship on 7 September promises to be another very exciting event with over 650 competitors from all over the country.
Last year 18 Championship Records were set - how many will be set this year?
Come along and see if you can spot any home grown record breakers and Olympic medalists for London 2012. The events will start at 09:30am and entry is free. |
| Dave’s Run/Swim/Nosh Saturday 16th August- Bluebird Café Ferring W.Sussex |
Start packing your running gear/swimming cossi/cricket bat and ball and sun tan lotion and have a good day at the sea side. All children welcome any age. Forget your troubles for a day and listen to other peoples problems (They are exactly the same). Picnic on the beach before the big game starts, have your photo taken (Or a drawing). The children are safe in the sea as they are accompanied by an adult all the time. Just turn up and relax. The run starts at 10.00am and usually takes ¾ hour. Those that don’t run can walk/wobble along the beach or just sit and get the real SALT air. There are directions in club house and both dressing rooms or see Dave Nichols.
|
| Last reminder |
Last reminder about Dave’s Run/Swim/Nosh that is on Saturday August 16th at Ferring (Worthing) with the run starting at 10.00am ish. Every one welcome come for a walk along the sea front or sun bathe and even if you can’t play cricket you will get in a team as a bowler from the DEEP END. The journey takes about an hour my PB was 1hour 35min. |
| Record breaking number of records broken |
Athletes from Ipswich to Bath converged on Woking for this year's Young Athletes' Open Championship, jointly sponsored by the News and Mail and Sweatshop Woking. The meeting produced the highest quality of events in the meeting’s history highlighting the growing reputation that this meeting is one of the top young athletes competitions in the country. An amazing 19 Championship records were broken, one by a Woking athlete, a couple of which had been held for over twenty years. There were several other performances that put athletes high up in the UK national rankings. Over half of these records came in the sprints with the rest being spread around the middle distance and field events.
For full details of all the results plus comments check out the section on Young Athletes. |
| The helper were out in numbers too |
This meeting again showed the hard work put in by many members of Woking AC before, during and after these championships with many hours given up voluntarily to help make the whole day run so smoothly. More than 120 people were involved in one way or another in helping out either on the day or in the months leading up to it. The Club owes a huge debt of gratitude to each and every one of these without which these Championships would never happen.
|
| PAIRS Relay at Downsend School at Leatherhead |
MABAC NEWS - For those that compete in the PAIRS Relay at Downsend School at Leatherhead this fixture has been change from AUGUST 10th and is now on the new date AUGUST 31st For those who have not done this event it is very popular and after the meeting Mabac put on a small picnic Salad & chicken legs (free). The race is 10k but each individual runs alternately 1k a total of 5k each runner safe and traffic free also you can watch the runners the whole race. Plus it is FREE.
|
| London 2012 here we come! |
Great news. We have just been informed that we have been selected as a Pre-Games Training Camp for the London 2012 Olympics. This means that details of our club will be circulated to all the National teams competing in the London 2012 Olympics offering them a venue for their athletes to train and acclimatise prior to the main games. To get this far is an honour, not all clubs who offer their facilities get this far. It will be some time before we know which country chooses our venue, but we will keep you informed of progress. In the meantime if you have any suggestions as to how we should celebrate this event and/or how we should use this event to promote athletics in the Woking area please let me know.
Stephen Wilder
|
| A New Clubhouse? |
The Committee and Board of the Club have agreed that we should investigate the feasibility of building our own Clubhouse at the Sheerwater Track. I am sure that we are all aware of the many shortcomings of the current pavilion and would like to have something better suited to our needs! The first stage in this process is to determine what we want from such a Clubhouse and who better to ask than you, the Members of the Club. To that end we are going to hold an Open Meeting (of the sitting down variety) for all Members, officials, team managers, athletes, coaches and helpers of all kinds to hear your views as to what you want from a new Clubhouse. This Open Meeting is scheduled for 8:00pm on Thursday 24 July in the pavilion at the track. So whatever your interest in the Club or whatever your discipline track, field, road or cross country please take a few minutes to come along and tell us what you think should be included in our new Clubhouse and indeed whether you think we should have one.
|
| Congratulations to Eleanor Gatrell |
Congratulations to Eleanor Gatrell winning the South of England Shot Put title at Crystal Palace with a throw of 15.96 breaking her own Club Record of 15.86 by 10cm in the process. Well done Eleanor.
Eleanor is now ranked No2 in the UK and is hoping clear 16.00 at the National Champ’s incorporating the Olympic trails at Birmingham July 11/12/13th.
|
| Best wishes |
Best Wishes to Nicky Eglington and Gordon on their wedding day at the end of June. And seems as though it will be a nice romantic ceremony because it is going to take place at a small mountain church in the village called Golzern (Switzerland) where Vreny’s mother was born. Nicky’s parents are taking the wedding dress by car (BA might loose it). Then on the day Nicky will ascend the mountain in a Cable car wearing her wedding dress then when they reach the end of the line Vicky will then walk ½ mile to the church in a pair of PINK Training shoes (Nike). Enjoy your wonderful experience and from all the members our very best wishes to you both. |
| Race Across America |
Tony Mitchell is doing the “Race Across America” to raise money for charity Clic Sargent the UK’s leading children’s charity. The race across America is a cycle of 3,300 miles from West to East coast.
He is in a team called “United 8” and they have to cycle through night and day hoping to do it in 7 days.
If you want to sponsor Tony log on to www.justgiving.com/united8.
Full details are on the email accompanying the Cockcrow.
|
| Presentations: Awards for 2007/08 |
XC Awards: Champion (Gold) Runner-Up (Silver) Third (Bronze)
Senior Men: Justin Mitchell Jason Harris
Vet. Men: Mike Waine Paul Cousins Duncan Irvine
Junior Men: Stephen Blake
U/17 Boys: Richard Calder Paul Wells = Matthew Calder
= Martin Cousins
U/15 Boys: Shane Streeter Zak Curran Luke Smith
U/13 Boys: Jacob Ranier Michael Cox Robert Harrison
Senior Women: Bel Levene Jo Rodriguez Downs Becky Baldwin
Vet. Women: Susanna Harrison Ramona Thevenet Smith Olia Inak Price
U/20 Women: Anna Marie McGraw
U/15 Girls: Georgia Peel
U/13 girls: Eleanor Harrison Matilda Rainsborough
In the Surrey Ladies XC League Bel Levene won the gold Medal by one point over the four meetings with Jo Rodriguez winning the Silver. In the Vets section Susanna Harrison won the Silver medal; plus the team were Division 2 champions so were promoted.
Road Running: Champion (Gold) Runner-Up (Silver) Third (Bronze)
Senior Men: Justin Mitchell Paul Dennis Jason Harris
Vet. Men Mike Warner Duncan Irvine Mike Waine
Senior Women: Sarah Vaughan Jo Rodriguez Downs Jenna Tarrant
Vet. Women: Ramona Thevenet Smith Ann Sprigings Susanna Harrison
|
| Life Members |
Derek Goode; Dave Middleton; Gina Harris; Eleanor Gatrell; Dave Clarke and Barbara Houran were all made “Life Members” an honour they all thoroughly deserve for their dedication and service to the club over the many years. |
| Female Special Award: “Tom Rowley Achievement Cup” to Natisha Hart |
This is a new award donated to the club by my Wembley school day friends who were present at my 80th Birthday party and wish it to be called “The Tom Rowley Award.” I thought about it and decided it would be for ALL ages in the women’s section Track/Field/Indoor/XC/Road over a year from April. For the best ACHEIVEMENT not necessarily having to win. Since knowing about this donation I have watched all the results and performances and to choose a winner is tough. It would have been easier to find an apple without a core. But after loosing Sleep/Weight/Hair and the Lottery, I managed to decide on the winner. From the U/13s through to the Vet’s and from a short list of 20 the winner by ½ a point over the other 19 was Natasha Hart, for mastering the run-up with the weight of the Pole and the POLE technique of planting/doing a handstand at the top plus co-ordination of twisting over the bar is a wonderful achievement and Natasha continuing to have few PBs outdoors/indoors, not always winning the event but in there trying. A worthy winner. Well done Natasha.
I shall in the next 12 months continue to watch the other 19 runner-ups plus many others.
My list included: Eleanor Gatrell; Vicky Hewitt; Nicky Eglington; Georgia Peel; Jo Rodriguez Downs; Susanna Harrison; Sarah Vaughan; Claire Nichols; Ann Sprigings; Ramona Thevenet Smith; Iris Holder; Bel Levene; Sarah Holmes; Eleanor Harrison; Helena Corbin; Fiona Bishop; Helena Corbin; Jess Lakin; Lucy Morris. All these and a few others who have had PBs and have also achieved something during the past 12months and hope they continue. So you can see the problem my school mates have let me in for every year until?
|
| Athletes Achieving Road Running Standards 2007/08 |
Athletes Achieving Road Running Standards 2007/08
Name: Age/Grp: Event: Time: Standard:
Bel Levene S/L 10 Mile 1.04.02 1.05.02
10K 37.22 39.53
5K 19.03 19.11
Jo Rodriguez Downs S/L 10K 39.05 39.53
5 Mile 30.19 31.43
5K 19.04 19.11
Michelle Oldham 0/35 10K 39.45 41.16
½ Mara. 1.28.12 1.30.06
Kay Trinder 0/40 10 Mile 1.10.39 1.10.41 (ouch!)
10K 40.58 43.01
Susanna Harrison 0/40 Mara. 3.08.40 3.16.20
10 Mile 66.55 70.41
0/45 ½ Mara. !.25.00 1.38.06
Ramona Thevenenet Smith 0/45 ½ Mara. 1.35.28 1.38.06
10K 43.05 44.57
5K 21.03. 21.46 (Club Record)
Ann Sprigings 0/60 Mara. 4.04.06 4.14.25 (Club Record)
10 Mile 1.22.04 1.32.52 (Club Record)
10K 47.42 56.00 (Club Record)
5K 24.09 27.09 (Club Record)
Justin Mitchell S/M 20 Mile 2.01.17 2.04.48
½ Mara 1.13.59 1.19.32
10K 35.03 35.57
5K 17.07 17.18
Paul Dennis S/M ½ Mara. 1.18.51 1.19.52
Jason Harris S/M ½ Mara. 1.17.24 1.19.52
10K 35.56 35.57(ouch!)
5K 17.05 17.18
Gerhard Vogel S/M 5K 17.12 17.18
Mark Gillett 0/45 ½ Mara. 1.26.09 1.27.12
Mike Waine 0/50 5 Mile 31.05 32.57
Mike Warner 0/50 10 Mile 1.06.46 1.08.13
10K 40.15 41.23
Duncan Irvine 0/55 ½ Mara 1.31.04 1.34.54
10 Mile 1.08.26 1.11.48
10K 41.09 43.16
Geoff Williams 0/55 10 Mile 1.11.43 1.11.48
10K 42.29 43.16
0/60 ½ Mara 1.33.51 1.45.14
10 Mile 1.11.52 1.19.08
10K 42.53 48.01
Dave Nichols 0/60 10 Mile 1.14.21 1.19.08
10K 44.59 48.01
5K 36.12 38.13
Mike Navin 0/60 10K 45.25 48.01
0/65 ½ Mara 1.46.14 1.48.50
10 Mile 1.20.40 1.25.09
|
| Congratulations to. |
• Joe Eastwood who was ranked 2nd nationally in the 0/55 Javelin for 2007 despite struggling with bad foot injury from April/September.
• Jenna Tarrant who has passed her final tests/exams and is now a Qualified Personal Fitness Trainer
• Daniela Cousins who has passed her first stage in Time Keeping and is now about to commence the remaining test to become a graded officially.
• Eleanor Harrison and Matilda Rainsborough who have both been selected to run for the Surrey Schools U/15 team at Essex on March 29th in a schools inter counties meeting. Well done Eleanor and Matilda we wish you both lots of luck.
• Georgia Peel being selected to run for England in the U/15 XC team in the schools Home International that was run on the 29th March in Edinburgh.
|
| Welcome to new members |
Emma Day; Thomas Wright; and Keith Harrison:
Keith completing the family foursome and has told me his special event is transporting the family to their special event’s.
The one resignation I am sorry to say is from Peter Wilmott who is moving to the Isle-of-Wight. All his friends wish him every success. Plus they will be in touch when looking for a nights FREE lodging. Good luck Peter we will miss you. AND I will personally never forget your BIRTHDAY Pete, maybe the year but not the date.
|
| Birthdays |
Happy birthday to all members born under the Zodiac sign TAURUS
FROM APRIL 21st through till MAY 20th:
APRIL: John Roberts 23rd; Nikki Patience 24th; Hamzah Rashid 24th; Jennifer Louis 26th; Adrian Scragg 27th; Chris Mason 27th; Connor Spuzs 29th; Matthew Sinclair 29th; Claire Watson 30th.
MAY: Glenn Chambers 1st; Stephen Beak 1st; Olivia Canitrot 1st; Ken Wright 1st; Vicky Baldwin 2nd; Oliver Jones 2nd; Moses Kuria 3rd; Chloe Mamet 3rd; Hannah Rogers 3rd; David Moore 4th; Anna Krikorian 5th; Zoe Kirk 5th; Katherine Mertens 6th; Stephen Langley 7th; Anne Ridley 7th; Fiodhna Raleigh 8th; Milan Stanisavljevic 9th; James Anderson 11th; Gargini Reece 11th; Stephen Ford 12th; Nav Gill 12th; Matthew Lewis 12th; Graham Hewett 13th; Claire Nichols 14th; Harry Knights 14th; Mary Raleigh 15th; Andrew Gillies 15th; Alan Clevet 16th; Rebecca Baron 16th; Andy Simpson 16th; Nicola Glen 16th; Keith chanter 17th; Andrew Gubbins 17th; Victoria Hewitt 17th; Charlotte Mepham 17th; Lynn Mansfield 17th; Jake Leonard 17th; Adam Porter 19th; Nicola Irvine 20th.
Having just got a new members list I may be in time to wish a happy birthday to Michelle Oldham on the 2ndAPRIL and also to Kirsty Wishart on the 20th APRIL.
Hope every one has a special day when it comes around. Also hope TAURUS is a lucky sign because there could be 48 members winning the Lottery. Good Luck.
|
| Club Records |
Nick Phipps 0/55 broke his own (Indoor) Pole Vault record at Lee Valley on the 24th Feb. with a vault of 3.30 to win a Gold at the British Masters Champ’s (National Champ). Previous record was 3.20.
Nick’s U/15 year old son Jack Phipps Vaulted 2.80 at the Surrey Indoor Championships coming 1st and it was a CBP. (Our first indoor U/15 boys club record).
Also at the same Champ’s Natasha Hart equalled her Pole Vault club record of 2.90 and also winning the competition. Two Surrey Indoor PV Champions.
Ian Tullet who coaches Sam Colgate/Jack Phipps and Natasha must be pleased with their winter indoor performances after their hard pre- Christmas training and that his time was not wasted. Well done Ian.
Jack Dewhurst U/17 competed in the Long Jump and the Triple Jump. As no results have come along I am waiting to see Jack because these are NEW Club records by a U/17 Boy what ever distance he jumped. And a great feeling of satisfaction for Barbara Hourhan who also spends many hours in the cold dark nights coaching her LJ/TJ squad.
Road record: Ann Sprigings 0/60 broke her own 10 mile record by two minutes at the Maidenhead 10 on Good Friday with a time of 1.22.04 (Was 24.04).
|
| Corrections |
A double error in the award list printed in the April issue, Jenna Tarrant was Bronze medal winner in the XC section NOT as printed for Road. Becky Baldwin was Bronze medal winner in the road section NOT as printed for XC. Apologies to Becky and Jenna and although they are not the worrying type it is nice to get things right.
Another mistake I (WE) married Derek Goode and Francis a week earlier it should have been the April 26th April NOT the 19th very sorry to Derek and Fran although again they are not worriers and pleased to say the wedding was a great success. If ever you notice any mistakes in the Cockcrow please tell me as it is no problem to correct them.
|
| Congratulations to Ramona Thevenet Smith |
Congratulations to Ramona Thevenet Smith who has been selected to run as a member of the English Ultra Distance team on 11th May over 100K (62.5 Mile). This selection is well deserved after a very good year running Ultra events including breaking the Meander 54 mile course record by 30 minutes also beating the top international 100K female runner for the last 11 years. Good Luck Ramona. (Get mum’s cake recipe out Ramona). |
| Team Managers and two vacancies. Can you help? |
Team Managers For 2008 and 2008/9 XC Season.
Senior Men T&F - Craig Holder
Senior/Vet. Men XC - Andy Smith
Men’s Vet’s League - Simon Murrells
NYAL & Wessex League - ON OFFER
Boys U/17 XC - Les Calder
Border League - David Curran
Senior Ladies T&F - R.U. Available (Contact Committee)
Senior/Vets/Girls Surrey XC League - Susanna Harrison
Border League - Ian Rainsborough
NYAL & Wessex Girls - Simon Akers. U/15/17s - Cheryl Williams U/13s
|
| Moon Walk |
Congratulations to Joan Calder and Vanessa Wright and daughter Melanie who completed the “Moon Walk” of 13.1 miles starting at 11.50PM on Saturday 18th May from Hyde Park. They walked through the night with 30,000 other ladies in The Playtex Cancer Research Charity and as the event is so big now about a 1,000 men go along as chaperone’s (Men Guardian Angels). All three finished at 4.20 AM Sunday morning. Well done girls. |
| Club Records |
Printed in the last issue of the Cockcrow Natasha Hart broke her own indoor PV record of 2.60 by Vaulting 2.70 at Lee Valley on 20th Jan. But on the 27th Jan. at Brunel Uni Uxbridge Natasha moved up another 10cm. With a Vault of 2.80 this is the senior ladies new indoor PV record. At Eton Indoor arena on the 2 Feb. Natasha did it again with another 10cm. And this is the latest to date the record is now 2.90. Well done BE.
At Birmingham on the 2nd Feb. Sam Colgate broke his own indoor PV record of 4.60 by vaulting 4.65. Nice one Sam.
Nick Phipps vaulted 3.20 at Windsor (Eton) on 2nd Feb. Since only keeping the indoor records from 2007 this is the first record for a vet in this event.
Road Record: Susanna Harrison who moved up to the 0/45 age group at the end of January wasted no time breaking a record. Susanna ran 1.25.00 in the Wokingham ½ Marathon on Feb.10th breaking the record 1.29.28 held by Wendy Davies since 2006.
|
| Congratulations |
Congratulations to Jo Rodriguez Downs who has been selected to represent Surrey at Nottingham on March 15th in the National Inter-Counties XC Meeting. A well deserved achievement after all Jo’s dedicated training. This is her first County vest and I am sure there are many more to come. Good Luck Jo. |
| Sam Colgate does it again |
At Brunel UNI on the 17th Feb. Sam increased his PV record by 5cm. With a vault of 4.70. Now the club record. Nice one Sam. |
| Wedding Bells |
From all club members with “Best Wishes” to Derek Goode and Francis on April 26th when they will be getting married, good luck to you both and have many happy years together.
|
| Club Tidy up SUNDAY APRIL 27th. |
If you can spare a couple of minutes from 10am till 12 noon just to tidy up around the club house/Porta Cabin area’s ready for the start of the track season
IF you have no tools please come along as we will find the brooms/shovels etc. Also a FREE cup of tea/coffee. Hoping to see you on the 27th thank you all.
|
| The A.G.M. and XC awards presentations |
The A.G.M. and XC awards presentations will be held on FRIDAY 28th March at the Sheerwater Community Centre starting at 7.30 pm. |
| Georgia Peel Athlete of the season |
At the presentation evening Georgia Peel was awarded Athlete of the Season Plate for Cross Country. As Georgia was away in Edinburgh competing as a member of the England Schools XC team the award was not presented so I did not know about it until it was to late to put in the last issue. |
| Tuesday Evening Refreshments |
Every Tuesday evening during training hours; parents waiting for children or injured athletes watching can now sit in the warm club house and have a cup of tea and a (3 Course meal of a Mars/Milky Way and Kit-Kat). Martin Calder has volunteered to organise the canteen which will open at 7.00 and remain open till 8.15. P.S. Bring money too. |
| New 5k Time Trial Stoke Park Guildford |
For More information see Cross Country section.
|
| Club Records |
Two new indoor club records were broke at the SEAA Championships held at Lee Valley on the 20th Jan. Eleanor Gatrell putt the shot an amazing 15.89 beating her own Indoor record of 15.31. This makes Eleanor currently listed as No.1 indoors. Also this broke her out door record too of 15.86.
The other indoor record was achieved by (B.E.) Natasha Hart in the Pole Vault with 2.70 her previous club record being 2.60. After pre Christmas training for a couple of months this was Natasha’s first meeting indoor this season. Well done to you both and may you continue having a successful 2008.
|
| London Marathon Club Places |
The three lucky members to receive Club Places in the ballot on 20th Dec drawn by Paul Cousins were Mike Warner; Duncan Irvine and Sarah Vaughan. Good luck to you all on the day. |
| The Christmas run from Newlands Corner on the 15th |
The Christmas run from Newlands Corner on the 15th saw 40 plus turn out in the bitter cold and very windy at the top of hill so as soon as they started off all headed for the shielded wooded areas. Wimps! There was no shortage of goodies spread out on picnic tables after the run that was bought along plus Tea/Coffee or a nice warm glass of PUNCH courtesy of Susan Davies. All of Jo/Rod’s “Special” Chocolate/Banana cake went in club record time. Jo said it was Spanish Bread Pudding but whatever it is it went too quick so Jo has promised a three tier one next year. Susanna asked me to keep an eye on Robert/Eleanor but I couldn’t find them. I found out after wards they ran the whole way with the big group. Peter Collins dog just beat him to the top of hill but Peter beat his dog to the Sausage rolls. Ian Todd landed from Australia at 1.30am and still got there on time and RAN. Ian paid a visit to Ray Taylor for a couple of days while in OZ visiting friends. Ray wife Margaret and daughter Lynn and family are all keeping well. Also present was our very successful men’s senior squad team members using this as a training run as well as socialising. Well done lads. The walking group survived for 45 minutes unable to keep up with Ralph Henley who is on his “Come back schedule”. When the SUN went down at 9.30 AM it started to get colder so after one or two cuddles we all went home. |
| Christmas and New Year track Closure |
The running track will be closed during Christmas week. It will close after training Thursday 20th Dec. and will reopen on Thursday 3rd January 2008. Have a great Christmas and New Year. |
| Mabac Windsor Winter Wander Thursday Dec.27th |
This is a 12 mile WALK or RUN to work those extras pounds off gathered over Christmas. Drinks supplied at the half way mark (If you make it). Runners start at 10am and the walkers start at 9.0am this is a free event starting from Englefield Green near the R.A.F memorial. |
| Georgia does it again |
This time she has won the Adidas Mini Marathon London 2007 for 11-12 year old girls in 15:10 - even if she had been competing in the next age group she would still have been 3rd! Well done Georgia. |
| Another great day for YA |
The 2007 Young Athletes' Open Championship produced another great day's athletics. Several Championship records were broken and there were many fiercely fought competitions.
Outstanding performances by Jodie Williams (12.01 in the Under 15 girls 100m) from Herts Phoenix, Adam Moore (1:56.15 in the Under 17 Men 800m) from Bracknell AC and Tim Kuria (49.52 in the Under 20 Men 400m) from Woking AC resulted in each of them winning a Sweatshop Kit Scholarship.
We are checking the results from all the events and compiling them for the website along with the hundreds of photographs taken on the day. It will take a day or two to get them all sorted, but we will let you know as soon as they are all ready. So watch this space!
|
| In the Field |
There were two medals gained in the field events by Woking athletes with Milan Stanisaljevic just Under his personal best in winning the Under 20 high jump with a fine leap of 1.85 metres whilst Moses Kuria, Tim’s brother was second in the Under 20 discus. There were other fine performances from Jack Wilkinson in the Under 15 high jump where he cleared 1.60 for fifth place whilst Georgina Akers occupied the same position in the Under 15 girls Shot Putt.
|
| Under 11 were busy |
There were also a high number of Under 11 athletes competing for Woking’s young section of the club called Trackers who train on Monday night trying out many different events at the Sheerwater track, many in what was their first ever competition and thus gaining great experience for the future. Amongst those competing in the 80 metres, 600 metres and long jump were Claire Skinner, Nicole Davis, Jasmine Mitchell, Georgia Wright, Jonty Mitchell, Daniel Johnson, Ryan Saunders and Thomas Buckland who finished 6th in the 80 metres and then 5th out of 25 in the long jump which was a magnificent effort.
|
| Headline for YA section |
This year's Young Athletes Open Championship, jointly sponsored by the News and Mail and Sweatshop Woking, produced the highest quality of events in the meeting’s history highlighting the growing reputation that this meeting is one of the top young athletes competitions in the country. It now attracts some of the top ranked youngsters from around the country with athletes from as far away as Ipswich and Bath travelling to take part. An amazing 19 Championship records were broken, one by a Woking athlete, a couple of which had been held for over twenty years. There were several other performances that put people high up in the UK national rankings. Over half of these records came in the sprints with the rest being spread around the middle distance and field events.
With there being so many Championship records broken there was tight competition for the scholarship kit awards on offer from Sweatshop, but the eventual overall winners of these were Jodie Williams from Herts Phoenix who ran an amazingly quick 12.10 in the Under 15 girls 100 metres and Adam Moore in the Under 17 men 800 metres who won in a very classy time of 1 minute 56.15 seconds. Sweatshop also gave out an award for the best performance by a Woking athlete and this came from Tim Kuria in the penultimate event of the day, the Under 20 400m. Tim completely dominated the opposition to win in a new personal best time, and Championship record of 49.52 seconds. He also broke the Under 20 club record from current team mate Andy Watson. Earlier in the day Tim had also picked up a bronze medal in the 200 metres, where the two athletes in front of him broke the previous Championship record.
In the female sprints there were more fine performances from Woking athletes. In the Under 20 200m Jess Lakin was a fine second in 27.75 seconds with Vicki Hewitt occupying the same position in the Under 17 200m. Earlier in the day Vicki was an impressively comfortable winner in the 300m in a time of 41.53 seconds. Whilst in the 400 metres Helena Corbin won the gold medal in 61.41 seconds. In the shorter 100 metre event, for the Under 17 women, Woking picked up another medal with Georgia Vardy having very good runs in both the heat and the final to finish in third place in a time of 13.23 seconds whilst Helen Parsons also produced two fine runs in making the final and finishing eighth in 13.70 seconds. In the Under 13 girls sprints there were two Woking athletes who made it to the final of the 200 metres. Gemma Williams ran a fine race to finish in third place in a time of 29.02 seconds, whilst Faith Bavington Hall was just outside the medals but still ran a fine race to finish in fifth place in 30.01 seconds. Earlier Gemma had just missed a medal in the 100 metres by finishing fourth in 14.34 seconds whilst Faith had just missed out on reaching the final in recording a time of 14.57 seconds.
In the middle distance events Gary Bradbury was the star Woking athlete on show and showed his class in the Under 20 1500 metres where he had a very comfortable win in recording a time of 4 minutes 3.29 seconds. In the Under 17 equivalent Richard Calder had a good run to finish in third place in 4 minutes 30.23 whilst Paul Wells was just outside his best in the same age group for the 800 metres. In the Under 15 girls 800 metres there were two Woking athletes in the top five with Lucy Morris a fine 2nd in 2 minutes 31.12 whilst Amelia Rosenberg was 5th in 2 minutes 42.45 seconds. In the Under 15 boys Zak Curran was 8th in 2 minutes 16.16.
|
| Hot conditions in this years London Marathon |
A huge well done to all of our finishers of this years London Marathon. Under warm and sunny conditions, the marathon was set to be the hottest London ever. This meant that times were expected to be lower but achievements still high. Three members clocked fantastic sub-3 hour times, ten members under 4 hours and two under 4.15. Exceptional performances from all members, your medals were well deserved!! For all results, visit http://www.london-marathon.co.uk/site/results/ |
| Sweatshop Woking Sponsors YA Champs again |
Sweatshop Woking have upped their Kit Scholarships for this year's Young Athletes' Open Championship to a fabulous £600. The Kit Scholarships will be split £250 for the Best Track Performance, £250 for the Best Field Performance and £100 for the Best Performance by a Woking AC Athlete. Officials from the Club and Sweatshop will judge all the performances throughout the day.
As usual a great collection of International Athletes will also be giving thier support on the day including Zara Hyde-Peters (UK Director of Athlete Development) and Nicola Saunders (Team GB 400m hurdler).
Entry forms are available now both Onlne and in paper form. Follow the links on this page and enter today! |
| Put in to History |
Congratulations to Michael Wheeler, Michael Ojo and Helena Corbin for winning Sweatshop's Kit Scholarships for Best Performances on the Day. Michael Wheeler's put of 19m28 for the Under 15 Boy's Shot was the second best performance ever in the UK. Michael Ojo's 12.44 of the U13 boys 100m won him the Best Track Performance and Helena's 2:21.82 for the U17 Women's 800m won her the Woking AC Best Performance.
Full results and analysis will be put on the site as soon as possible. |
| Eleanor top scorer and UK ranked athlete... |
Well done to Eleanor Gatrell who has finished the year as top scorer by one point in the BAL plate! Eleanor also features twice in the women’s rankings for 2006. Follow the link for details…
|
| Spares needed for club events |
When you're next thinking of getting rid of your old trainers, spikes or studs because you've grown out of them, they're 'last season' or you just don't like them anymore, please don't chuck them out! We are running low on spares for club events and could do with a few more pairs, just see Vanessa Wright and she'll tell you where to put them. |
| WE NEED YOUR HELP... |
The LADIES and MENS CROSS-COUNTRY at LIGHTWATER on
Sat. 11th November is being hosted by Woking A.C.
Do you have the time to turn out for the club and assist where possible?
We need runners and helpers...
Please contact the following people if you can help or run:
Helpers – Tom Rowley
Ladies Cross-Country Team – Kim Warner
Mens Cross-Country Team – Andy Smith |
| Surrey County Championship results now available |
|
| Record Entries |
This year's Young Athletes' Open Championship has a record entry of well over 600 athletes and they will be in excellent company since Nicola Saunders (Team GB 400m hurdler) will also be there to present trophies and medals to some the winners.
Behind the scenes our army of helpers and officials are working away to produce the timetable and put the finishing touches to the preparations. All entrants will receive a personal confirmation including details of when and where they need to report for marshalling. These confirmations will be sent by email and snail mail to all entrants and should arrive by Wednesday 30 August. |
| NEW Sprint Start training sessions |
Dan Colgate will be running new 'Sprint Start' training sessions throughout August. To be held on a Wednesday evening, the sessions will start at 6.30pm and finish at 8.00pm (excluding Wed 16th August when there is an open meeting). The sessions are aimed for U17 and U20 athletes who wish to gain sprint start training and will consist of a sprint specific warm up, followed by Sprint Start drills and some technical training.
Numbers are limited to a maximum of 12 athletes per session, so please book your place. To join these sessions, please speak to Dan Colgate - he will be at the club on Tuesdays and Thursdays (training with Janet Hnours Sprint Group). |
| Brickmakers Marathon Relay |
Results are now up of the Brickmakers Marathon Relay, held on Saturday 15th July. |
| Thick and Fast! |
Entries for this year's Young Athletes' Open Championship on 3 September are coming in thicker and faster than ever! Entries are running at twice last year's rate and then we had 600 entries. Aspiring entrants for this year will need to hurry up and submit their forms - online or offline - we may need to close the lists early this year! |
| Southern mens league results |
Results of the Southern Mens League from the meeting at Yeovil on the 20th May are now available... to view click on the results link left |
| Georgia Peel does it again! |
On Wednesday 21st June, Georgia Peel broke the U13 1500m club record again running a time of 4.51.59. Not only is this 4 seconds faster than her previous record, it also takes her to number 1 in the UK U13 1500m rankings for 2006. A fantastic achievement! |
| Southern Counties Vets meeting results |
Results of the Southern Counties Vets AC track and field league from the Woking match on Monday 12th June, are now up on this site. To find out how you did, visit the meeting results section of this site. |
| Eleanor takes top spot at the shot!! |
At the first of this seasons Southern womens track and field fixtures held on 22nd April, Eleanor Gatrell placed first with a fantastic throw of 15.18m. This distance beating her own club record of 14.99m that she obtained in February. This throw places Eleanor 7th in the UK this year. For full results from the first Southern womens league meeting at Reading, go to the 'meeting results' section. |
| Walton Open Meeting 07/05/06 |
Results are now up from the Walton Open Meeting held on Sunday 7th May. Congratulations to Georgia Peel who set a new U13girls club record of 4.55.99 at the 1500m. Knocking 3 seconds off the previous record of 4.58.9 which was set by Lorna Vyse in 1997. For full results of all athletes visit: http://www.waltonac.co.uk/documents/Full%20Results%202006.doc |
| Name from the Past? |
on April 24th 2006, Tom Rowley received an email from Stephen Chard, a previous member of Woking AC. It read "I came across the Woking A.C. website by chance and it brought back many happy memories. Memories going back to the grass track opposite The Wheatsheaf in Chobham Road and later the cinder track at Sheerwater. Do you ever see any of the "old" gang any more? Do you remember the committee meetings at the vinalls flat? If you have time, let me know how you and anyone else I may know are." Stephen Chard is the current club record holder for the U20 men at 100 and 200 metres. He set these records in 1964! If anyone remembers Stephen and would like to get in contact/find out how he's doing, please see Tom for more info. |
| Woking AC athlete raises over £17,000 for local hospice |
Woking athlete Mark Gillett has raised over £17,000 for Woking hospice, by successfully completing the Marathon Des Sables and covering a total of 220K over 8 days (6 days spent running: 28k, 35k, 38k, 72k, 42k and 12k) across the Sahara Desert. Out of 585 finishers, Mark came in at 178th and 26th Brit (32 countries were represented). Making this achievement even more remarkable is the fact that 146 people, out of the original 731 competitors, had to pull out due to extreme weather conditions. For Marks full race report, visit: www.junglemoon.co.uk/mdsaccount. Pictures that Mark took during Marathon can be viewed at: www.junglemoon.co.uk/mds. |
| Georgia Peel currently the best U13 in the UK!!! |
Woking athlete Georgia Peel is currently ranked number 1 in the UK U13 rankings, for her 800m time of 2.20.69 (achieved at the Southern Championships). She is also ranked 2nd in the UK U13 rankings, for her 1500m time of 4.55.2 (only 0.11 of a second off the leading time of 4.55.31). WELL DONE GEORGIA!!!
To see how you compare to the rest of the UK, visit www.ukathletics.info and click on the UK 2006 rankings link. |
| Woking AC Evening Open Meeting |
A reminder to all that the Woking AC evening open meeting will be held on Wednesday 21st June. Field events start from 6.30pm and include Hammer (U17, U20, Senior), Pole Vault (U17, U20, Senior), Long Jump and Shot (all ages). Track events start at 6.45pm and include 100m (all ages), 1500m (all ages), 400m (U17m, U20w, senior), 200m (all ages) and 800m (all ages). There will be no under 11 age group and six throws/jumps dependant on entry. Entries on the night only, costing £2.00 per event for juniors and £2.50 per event for seniors. We look forward to seeing you there! |
| Southern Counties Vets meeting results |
|
| Woking team win at Southern Mens league meeting |
Woking senior men won the first of their Southern mens league meetings on Saturday 29th April. With a new team manager and 8 PB's on the day, this was a great start to the track season! For results visit the meeting results section of the site. |
| Cross Country Club Champions 2005-06 |
Awards were given out at this years AGM for the new cross country club champions and results were as follows:
Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Sen Jason Harris - -
Vet Mike Waine Bob Bradbury Paul Cousins
U/20 Hrvoje Bozic - -
U/17 Gary Bradbury Yusuf Chenoh -
U/15 Richard Calder Matthew Calder Jack Allen
U/13 Luke Smith Jake Leonard Zak Curran
Gold Silver Bronze
Women
Sen Jo R-Downs Jenna Tarrant Becky Baldwin
Vet Susanna Harrison Ruth Vlasak Oli Inak Price
U/17 Katherine Mertens - -
U/15 Helena Corbin Melanie Wright Fiodhna Raleigh
U/13 Georgia Peel Lucy Morris Katie Morris
The 'athlete of the year' award went to GEORGIA PEEL |
| New team manager |
Rob Watson is now the senior mens team manager. |
| New chairman for Woking AC |
At this years AGM it was decided that Stephen Wilder would take over from Dave Watson as the chairman of Woking AC. Dave has stood down as chairman but will still be involved with the club. Many thanks to Dave for all of his hard work in the role and congratulations to Stephen for taking up the new position. |
| Woking 10 road race |
Visit our new road runners section of the site to read a full report... |
| Fred Bell first V60 in Fleet Half! |
With a great Woking turnout at this event, Fred Bell, middle distance coach, was the first MV60 in the Fleet Half Marathon on Sunday 19th March 2006 running a fantastic time of 1.34.20 (chip time 1.33.57). Susanna Harrison coming 2nd in the FV40 age group with a time of 1.26.38 (chip time 1.26.29). Woking ladies also won the first womens team prize. Congratulations to all finishers! Look under the 'meeting results' section to see how our Woking athletes did. Full results available at www.fleethalfmarathon.com |
| Kingston Open meeting 19th March 2006 |
Well done to all Woking athletes who made it to this open event
See our meeting results section for how our Woking athletes did. For full results visit www.kingstonandpoly.co.uk and click on the results section (under main menu) |
| Cranleigh 15/21 Sunday 26th March |
Woking had several athletes competing in this event, that offers a choice of two distances (15 and 21 miles). Results and times can be viewed under the meeting results section. For full results visit www.mabac.org.uk |
| Silverstone Half Marathon |
Paul Dennis finished 61st out of 5003 runners in this years Silverstone half marathon on 19th March, clocking up a time of 1.22.40. |
| Don't forget the AGM! |
Just a reminder to all, that the Woking AC AGM is Friday 7th April. Following the AGM will be the club road and cross country club award ceremony. |
| Sweatshop Sponsor £500 Kit Scholarship |
We are delighted to announce that for the first time in this year's Young Athletes Open Championship, Sweatshop will be sponsoring a Kit Scholarship (worth up to £500 of kit) to be awarded to the athlete who produces the Best Performance of the Day. This will be awarded in addition to our usual medals and trophies.
The Kit Scholarship includes:
- 3 pairs of training shoes up to the value of £70 per pair
- 2 pairs of spikes to the value of £60 per pair
- 1 competition outfit consisting vest/shorts or equivalent to the vale of £50
- 1 training outfit consisting of tee shirt, shorts, long sleeve, leggings, jacket and socks to the value of £120
- Total value £500.
As usual a great collection of International Athletes will also be giving their support on the day, including Jo Fenn (GB 800m) and Zara Hyde-Peters (UK Athletics Performance Director).
Entry Forms are available now both Online and in paper form. Follow the links on this page and enter today. |
| Vaulting to Victory |
Congratulations to Tony Hillier from Bristol & West AC on winning the Sweatshop Kit Scholarship at this year's Young Athletes' Open Championship for the Best Performance of the Day. His vault of 3.80m as an Under 15 Boy was 20cm higher than any other Under 15 Boy this year, although not a PB by his standards it did impress the judges enormously and it still leaves him ranked as No 1 in the UK this year.
In fact Sweatshop management were so impressed by the overall quality of the performances that they extended their scholarship to 2 consolation offerings one for the Best Track Performance and one for the Best Field Performance. Holly Croxford from Winchester and District AC won the Track Scholarship with a fabulous 39.61 sec in the Under 17 Women 300m. It was a PB and ranks her 7th in the UK this year. Daniel Pembridge from WSEH won the Under 15 Javelin with a throw of 52.25m ranking him second in the UK this year.
A big "thank you" too to Woking Sweatshop for such generous support to their local club.
A full list of all the results is being prepared and will be on this website as soon as possible.
For a summary of the performances see the Young Athletes News section - menu on the left. |
| Officials and Helpers set new records too! |
A record 120 Officials and Helpers were on duty at this year's Young Athletes Open Championship. Mums, Dads, Grandparents, experienced officials and even some of the young athletes themselves helped to make this such a successful event not only on the day but in the weeks and months beforehand. Some of the younger members were serving drinks one minute and running "eye balls out" the next. Another group welcomed visitors to the car park with a disco dance routine to the tune of "Come on, Come on..." before racing off to do the 1500m !
A great day was had by all and Woking AC Committee would like say a HUGE "thank you" to everyone for all their much appreciated efforts. A great demonstration of what volunteers can do in this "The Year of the Volunteer". |
| Tom wins london in 2012 |
Tom Rowley wins hurray! |
| Jo new website assistant |
|
| YA 2005 Timetable being computed |
We have had a bumper entry for this year's Young Athletes Open Championship. Nearly 600 athletes have signed up. Indeed the entry is so large that we are having to rework the timetable and extend the hours of competition! All entrants will receive personalised copies of the timetable, registration process and joining instructions via email and regular mail during this Bank Holiday weekend. Anyone who thinks that they have entered and has not received their personalised timetable by close of play on 31 August 2005 should send an email to YA2005@gpw.co.uk giving their full contact details and explaining their concerns. |
| Eleanor Gatrell 7th in Olympic Trials |
Congratulations to Eleanor Gatrell on coming 7th in the Women's Shot in the GB Olympic Trials and AAA National Championships in Manchester last weekend. At 13.87m not a PB but still a fine performance. |
| Nick makes it to the World Junior Championships |
As a result of his 2.15m high jump (see below) Nick has been selected for the GB team in the IAAF World Junior Championships which start this week in Grosseto, Italy. Well done Nick, keep on jumping!! |
| Home Team wins! |
Woking AC athletes storm home in this year's Woking 10. Suzanna Harrison and Joanne Rodrigez Dow of Woking AC were the first two women home and Mike Waine of Woking AC was second in the men's event behind Andrew Hunt of Cardiff AC.
The Team competitions were won by Vale of Aylesbury AC (Richard Taylor, Colin Steptoe and Henry Edwardes-Evans) and Woking AC (Suzanna, Joanne and Janice Warren) in the women's team event.
Full results are now on the website - just minutes after the last person crossed the line. |
| Congratulations!!!! |
There were some exceptional performances from some of Woking AC's athletes at the English Schools Track and Field Championships in Birmingham 8-9th July.
In the Junior boys age group there were sound performances by Martin Cousins and Rob Hunt. Both did very well in making their respective finals in the 800 and 200m.
After doing the hard bit and making the final, Martin finished 7th in his 800m in 2:04.22.
Rob, on the other hand ran the race of his life to finish 3rd in the 200m in a lifetime best of 22.55 seconds.
There were also some superb feats in the Inter boys age group. Woking was represented by 2 athletes, Tim Kuria and Gary Bradbury.
After getting through a tricky opening heat and semi final in 50.60 and 50.32, Tim pulled out another amazing performance to finish 5th from lane 8 in a huge personal best and club record of 49.78.
In the 1500, Gary easily negotiated his heat by winning in 4:00.18. Come the final, Gary turned it on and won in a new personal best and club record of 3:56.76.
Our sole representative in the Senior boys age group was Nick Webb in the discus. It was a close competition and he ended up victorious with a throw of 45.76m.
Congratulations guys from everyone at Woking AC. |
| Woking 10 Entries coming in fast |
Entries are coming in thick and fast for this year's Woking 10 - one of the premier 10 mile races in the country, known as a fast sharpener for the London Marathon. If you too want to join in click follow the links on the left. The race starts at 9:30 on Sunday 3 April. |
| Entries now closed for Woking 10 2005 |
The lines are now closed for this year's Woking 10 - late entrants - those entering online after 24 March who have not received their joining details should email jonathan.voice@ntlworld.com and/or turn up on the day and ask for John Voice the race organiser. |
| Nick Stanisavljevic has a very successful Commonwealth Youth Games! |
At the recent Commonwealth Youth Games, held in Melbourne, Australia England sent a squad of athletes aged between 16 and 18 years old to compete for the youth equivalent of the Commonwealth Games.
Woking AC's Nick Stanisavljevic was selected to compete in the high jump. This topped off a highly successful season where was also selected to represent Great Britain at the World Junior championships in Grosetto, Italy.
After a lengthy competition Nick eventually finished second with a jump of 2.10 to an impressive leap of 2.13 by an Indian called Harishankar Roy. Certainly 2 names to look out for in the future. Well done Nick! |
| Nick Stanisavljevic finishes 9th in WJ final |
After qualifying for the World Junior Championships at the National Championships in Bedford, Nick was selected for the GB Junior team to go to Grossetto.
In his qualifying pool, he equalled his PB of 2.15 to qualify for the final. Once making the final he had a solid competition, clearing 2.02 first time, then too 3 attempts at 2.10, cleared 2.14 first time and then bowed at what would have been a new personal best height of 2.18.
Not a bad effort considering he gets another go at the European Junior Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania next season!
Well done Nick!!! |
| What a scorcher! |
Today's Young Athletes Open Championship has been hot all round - several Championship records were broken and there was not a cloud in the sky all day.
All the results for the day are now on the site - so please please browse around the "Young Athletes" section and compare your results with those of your friends and foes a like! |
| YA Timetable now online |
The full timetable for this year's Young Athletes Open Championship is now online - click on the Entry Forms button on the left for details. |
| Looking for the next Kelly Holmes? |
Over 550 aspiring young Kellys are now warming up for some hot competition on the 5th September. How many will triumph in the Beijing Olympics? Some of them have already made appearances in the World Junior Championships. Come along and spot the rising talent for 2008 and 2012. |
| YA Open Championship is hotting up! |
Competition at this year's YA Open Championship here on Sunday 5 September is certain to be hot. Nick Stanisavljevic (U20) is leading the way looking to top his PB of 2m15 in the High Jump. Marimba Odundo-Mendez (U20) wants to better his PBs of 10.8 in the 100m and 21.7 in the 200m. And that is just for starters.
Elsewhere in the meeting old scores will undoubtedly be settled with re-runs of the English Schools finals. With 1 week still to go before the closing date for entries there are already over 120 athletes with PBs exceeding the Grade 1 standard for their events.
Are you up to the challenge? The meeting is Open to anyone between the ages of 9 and 19 from anywhere in the world whether you are a member of a club or not, so give it a go. Click on the Entry Forms item on the left for copies of the Entry Form - the closing date for entries is 24 August so don't delay fill one in today. |
| Congratulations Nick Stanisavljevic!!!!! |
On Saturday 28th June, Nick competed in the U20 AAA Championships in Bedford. After major traffic problems on the M1 and the A6 leading to the stadium, he ended up getting to the stadium almost halfway through the competition.
He entered the competition at 1.96 and cleared it first time with no warm up, he then had first time clearances at 2.01 and 2.06, two attempts at 2.09, followed by first time clearances at 2.12 and 2.15. The final jump won him the competition, and guaranteed his selection for the World Junior Championships in Grosetto on 12-18 July.
To make matters worse, the weather was not conducive to high jumping with strong winds and heavy rain making life very difficult for all of the competitors. Looks like Woking AC have a class act of the future!
From everybody at Woking Athletic Club, well done Nick! |
| YA contender on the up! |
Marimba Odundo-Mendez from Winchester won the Senior Boys 200m final in 21.65 seconds at the English Schools last week, ahead of Paul Judson from Nottinghamshire. Marimba then travelled to the AAA and Olympic Trials on Sunday, where he finished a respectable fifth in his heat in 21.94, behind Darren Campbell and Marlon Devonish, ten years his senior.
Come along and watch Marimba at the Woking AC Young Athletes Open Championship on 5 September, or compete against him if you wish...! The Entry Forms are only a click away. (See panel on the left) |
| Woking Young Athletes Open Championship |
Welcome to the Internet home of the Woking AC Young Athletes Open Championship.
All Young Athletes under the age of 20 whether they belong to an athletics club or not, are invited to compete in the Woking AC Young Athletes Open Championship on Sunday 5 September 2004 at the Sheerwater Athletics Track. As last year there will be electronic timing, photo finish, medals, trophies and presentation ceremonies just like the Olympic Games.
Please browse around, download an Entry Form and join in the fun. |
| Meet some Olympians |
Jo Fenn and Hayley Tullet (both front runners for membership of GB's Olympic team) have said that they will be coming along again on 5 September to present trophies, sign autographs and offer lots of advice and encouragement to one and all. |
| Fun for all the family |
Whether you come along to watch or compete, or run a lap with the stars to raise money for Charity, everyone of any age is welcome, there is even a Bouncy Castle for the really young athletes (no spikes please!) and face painting for those who want a completely new look! |
| Jump to success in the English Schools |
Well done to Woking AC athlete Nick Stanisavljevic who won the English Schools Inter Boys high jump with a staggering 2.05 a full 6cm ahead of his nearest rival. Other Woking AC athletes at the ESAA Nationals this year include Gary Bradbury 2nd in the Junior Boys 1500m in 4:15.22 only 6 hundredths of a second behind the winner, Nick Webb 5th in the Inter Boys discus with 42.88 and Lorna Vyse 5th in the Senior Girls 3000m - congratulations to one and all. |
| Jo Fenn says "yes" |
Jo Fenn (800m) finalist in the Commonwealth Games has agreed to attend on 7 September to present medals and trophies, sign autographs and encourage one and all in their athletic endeavours. |
| WNM say "yes" too... |
Woking News and Mail are back and have agreed to sponsor this year's event with extensive editorial coverage, mass mailings and advertising. |
| Cannon's Join the Team |
We are delighted to announce that Cannon's have agreed to be one of this year's major sponsors for the Young Athletes Open Championship. |
| Encouraging start to the new track season by both seniors and youngsters |
There has been an encouraging start by all track teams in the first four matches of the new season.
There was a solid start by the juniors who competed in the first Wessex League. This is a new league, which includes all age groups up to under 17 men and women. In very difficult conditions at Southampton on 18th April, the team managed a very creditable 2nd place overall. The following week at the home fixture, the woking teams dominated.
The women were expecting a harder day of it at their first track fixture of the season. There were some very heartening performances from the ladies, most notably in the field. The performaces by the senior women were backed up by the under 15's, which piled on the points for the team. They went on to win the match convincingly. Not bad considering they were only promoted to division 2 this year!!
The men's team also had their first fixture recently in the Southern Men's League division 1. In a competitive match, there were some solid displays in both the track and the field. The most notable performances were in the distance events-a very unusual feat for the men's team!! After some sound performances from the whole team, the men went on to finish a promosing 2nd place. |
| Excellent start by youngsters in first NYAL of the season |
There was an excellent start by the youngsters who were involved at the first National Young Athlete's League at Sutton.
There were some very encouraging displays in both the track and the field from some of the younger members of the team. Due to the excellent team spirit, there were very few gaps throughout the day which meant that the Woking team scored points no matter how many or how few.
The U13 boys had a successful day scoring 53 points out of a possible 96. There weren't many victories, but due to the lack of gaps in the team they picked up points where other teams dropped them.
The U15 boys continued the trend by picking up 95points out of a possible 208. This is an incredible effort considering the size of the team. There were some very promising performances from this age group, most naotably from Michael Crabtree, who ran a new PB in his first 400 of the seaason.
There were also some dominant displays from the U17 men. They scored 148 out of a possible 240. The highest points scorer on the day was Nick Webb with some very dominant throwing.
The U13 girls also had a solid day by scoring 85 out of a possible 128. The consistency of perfomance throught the day was promising for the upcoming matches.
The U15 girls also had a good day. There was some good scoring from the whole team. There were some promising performances from the athletes on the track and in the field.
The U17 women also scored consistently throghout the day scoring 83 out of a possible 208, another good perfomrance from a very small team.
These age group performances resulted in an impressive 675 overall points score. This won the match by a massive 148pts. Very encouraging guys and girls, keep it up!! |
| Youngsters Raise £1200 for BBC's Children in Need |
Woking AC Young Athletes Open Championship has raised £1,200 for the BBC's Children in Need fund. A combination of profit sharing, sponsorship (by LA Fitness, James Walker and Woking News and Mail) and raffles of items donated by Jo Fenn, The Ambassors Cinema, Coral Reef, Spectrum, Birdworld, Thorpe Park, John Nike Leisuresport and the London Eye plus all our programme advertisers Harpers Photographic, Trident Garage, Anna Cay, Chalet Genepi, Safeway, Hugo's Bar & Brasserie, Waterfall Durrant & Barclay, Raj Cuisine, Insight, GJ Honour, MBH, Dowlis, The Cavendish Clinic, Naston, Flight Centre, Sheerwater Glass, Helen Henderson Flowers, Curchods and GPW Consultancy.
A huge thank you to one and all for making this such a successful event. |
| Welcome to our new website |
We hope you like it and look forward to sharing with you the thrills and spills of athletics in Woking. |
| Trackers |
The last Trackers evening will be 22 March - there will then be a two week break before the start of the track season. |
| Road Works stop Road Race |
Just days before the Woking TenTen Surrey County Council and Transco announce that part of the course for the Woking TenTen will be closed to traffic on Sunday 4 April - the date of Woking AC's premier 10 mile and 10k road runs. Naturally all entry fees will be refunded in full. Major efforts are now under way to ensure that all entrants are informed.
Dave Watson, Chairman of Woking AC said "It is with much regret that we have taken the decision to cancel this year's run. We felt that the repurcussions of having such a major road closure not only on the course, but also on a major route to and from the start and finish areas would result in major confusion, delays and frustrations for all concerned. To all those would be TenTen entrants we say please accept our apologies, unfortunately these road works are beyond our control. In the meantime we look forward to seeing you next year for a Road Works free Road Run." |
| AGM |
Please make a note in your diary for the AGM and Cross Country presentation evening on 2 April at 7:00pm in the Sheerwater Community Centre. |
| Ooops! |
Many apologies, but there was an error in the first version of the Ten Ten entry form the start time for the 10k is 09:40 NOT 10:40 as per the original entry form. The current version of the entry form has the correct start time.... |
| Trackers Cancelled |
Not surprisingly the Trackers' Session tonight Monday 2 Feb 2009 has been cancelled due to the snow! The track has disappeared under 15cm of snow. Watch this space for updates. |