17/08/2008  RR Champs - Thorney 5 Mile  details
12 runners represented Hunts A.C in this 5 mile out and back flat road race, running in warm conditions and with a slight head breeze on the way back. 260 runners completed the course. Results as follows:

13/08/2008  Watford Graded Open Meeting  details
At the last Watford Open Graded Meeting before the track is replaced U20 Club Athlete Christian Roberts competed in the 400m. Despite conditions not being ideal with strong winds and rain in Race 7 of 8 Christian broke the 50sec barrier to win in a new PB of 49.83sec.

10/08/2008  Club Champs - 100m - Discus - 800m - High Jump  details
Club Athletes enjoyed sunny weather for the latest round of competition and despite the strong wind produced 27 PBs and 3 Ladies Masters Records.

100m
Senior Women
1st-Amanda Hollands 15.7(PB & Club Masters Record)
U20 Women
1st-Siobhan Skinner 15.8(PB)
U17 Women
1st-Sammi Skinner 15.5(PB)
U15 Girls
1st-Samara Nche 14.1, 2nd-Bethany Bainbridge 16.1(PB)
U13 Girls
1st-Amanda Nicholson 15.4, 2nd-Anya Rodriguez 15.7, 3rd-Emily Horwood 16.1, 4th-Rebecca Pedley 17.1
Senior Men
1st Charles Pook 12.8
U17 Men
1st-Ollie Buncombe 14.6, 2nd-Jonathan Edwards 15.8
U15 Boys
1st-Matt Nicholson 14.6(PB), 2nd Tom Horwood 16.1(PB)
U13 Boys
1st-Dennis Penny-Toure 14.7

800m
Senior Women
1st-Amanda Hollands 2:55.5 (PB & Club Masters Record)
U20 Women
1st-Siobhan Skinner 2:43.5
U17 Women
1st-Sammi Skinner 2:41.0
U15 Girls
1st-Bethany Bainbridge 2:45.3, 2nd-Samara Nche 2:53.6(PB)
U13 Girls
1st-Rebecca Pedley 3:04.2, 2nd Amanda Nicholson 3:17.1, 3rd-Anya Rodriguez 3:21.5
Senior Men
1st-Charles Pook 2:03.5
U17 Men
1st Michael Smith 2:06.0, 2nd Sam Palmer 2:22.8
U15 Boys
1st-Matt Nicholson 2:14.2(PB)
U13 Boys
1st-Dennis Penny-Toure 2:59.6

High Jump
Senior Women
1st-Amanda Hollands 1.15(PB)
U20 Women
1st-Siobhan Skinner 1.10(PB)
U17 Women
1st-Sammi Skinner 1.00(PB)
U15 Girls
1st-Samara Nche 1.10(PB)
U13 Girls
1st-Anya Rodriguez 1.15(PB), 2nd-Amanda Nicholson 1.05(PB), 3rd-Rebecca Pedley 1.05
U17 Men
1st-Sam Palmer 1.60(PB), 2nd-Mike Smith 1.55, 3rd-Jonathan Edwards 1.25(PB), 4th-Ollie Buncombe 1.20(PB)
U15 Boys
1st-Matt Nicholson 1.40
U13 Boys
1st-Dennis Penny-Toure 1.25(PB)

Discus
Senior Women
1st-Amanda Hollands 17.52 (PB & Club Masters Record)
U20 Women
1st-Siobhan Skinner 12.05
U17 Women
1st-Sammi Skinner 11.77
U15 Girls
1st-Samara Nche 18.38, 2nd-Kirsty Jackson 16.01, 3rd-Bethany Bainbridge 10.94(PB)
U13 Girls
1st-Emily Horwood 14.64, 2nd-Rebecca Pedley 12.57, 3rd-Amanda Nicholson 6.54(PB)
U17 Men
1st-Jonathan Edwards 33.15, 2nd Ollie Buncombe 24.77
U15 Boys
1st-Tom Horwood 19.66(PB), 2nd-Matt Nicholson 16.46(PB)
U13 Boys
1st-Dennis Penny-Toure 12.78(PB)

02/08/2008  Southern Mens League - Round 6 - Ipswich  details
Huntingdonshire AC men’s team came to Ipswich, they saw, they conquered. By winning the final Southern Men’s League match of the season, the team finished up as unbeaten champions. Such was the quality of the team that they came away with 25 wins out of a possible 36 and an unheard of final team score of 199 points. Top points scorer was Charles Pook who achieved five victories in the sprints and jumps. However, Athlete of the Match was awarded jointly to 39-year-old Peter Downhill and 15-year-old Jonathan Edwards. While Peter took part in six events, winning five of them, young Jonathan scored big in the throwing events. Although throwing less that his dad, John, in the hammer throw, he nevertheless picked up the B string win with a new Club Under-17 Men’s record distance. He later took part in the discus competition as a guest and managed to gain revenge over dad by out-throwing him with yet another Club Under-17 Men’s record. Also in the throwing circles, Paul Hayball and Tim Izatt swept the board with two victories each in the A and B string shot putt and discus. Like Jonathan, both were in record-breaking form, with Paul setting new club figures in the Under 20 Men’s discus and Tim breaking his own Club Master’s record in the same event. On the track, 16-year-old Michael Smith showed the way with convincing wins in the A string 1500m and the B string 400m while later contributing to the victorious 4x400m relay team. His superb efforts came off the back of a huge mid-week personal best in the 3000m when he reduced his time by 14 seconds down to 9:05.83. Christian Roberts was in fine form, not only breaking two minutes for an easy win in the 800m, after haring through the first 200m in sub-26 seconds and the 400 in 54.7 secs, but also taking the 200m sprint victory as well. 15-year-old Jack Bainbridge also made a major contribution to the winning day by participating in four events, winning the B string long jump and anchoring the 4x400m relay team to a convincing 150-metre win. Next season, Division 3! Many thanks to Trevor Smith who drove the mini-bus (all season) and also to Mike Hayball and Geoff Brewster who assisted with field events officiating.

100A Charles Pook 11.7 (1), 100B Peter Downhill 13.8 (1)
200A Christian Roberts 23.4 (1), 200B Charles Pook 23.5 (1)
400A Jack Bainbridge 59.5 (2), 400B Michael Smith 55.6 (1)
800A Christian Roberts 1:58.3 (1), 800B Peter Downhill 2:21.0 (2)
1500A Mike Smith 4:14.3 (1), 1500B Mike Scott 4:32.8 (1)
5000A Dave Connell 17:26.0 (2), 5000B Shane Hunt 18:17.9 (1)
110H A Peter Downhill 23.6 (1)
400H A Peter Downhill 64.1 (1), 400H A Steve Wellman 84.4 (2)
3000SC A Shane Hunt 12:13.9 (1), 3000SC B Steve Wellman 13:47.6 (1)
4x100 Peter Downhill, Christian Roberts, Wayne DuBose, Charles Pook 48.6 (1)
4x400 Mike Smith 57.1, Mike Scott 57.0, Peter Downhill 58.3, Jack Bainbridge 61.4 – 3:53.8 (1)
LJ A Charles Pook 5.36 (1), LJ B Jack Bainbridge 5.01 (1)
HJ A Paul Hayball 1.60 (2), HJ B Mike Smith 1.50 (2)
TJ A Charles Pook 11.18 (1), TJ B Jack Bainbridge 9.55 (2)
PV A Wayne DuBose 2.40 (2), PV B Paul Hayball 1.10 (2)
SP A Paul Hayball 11.56 (1), SP B Tim Izatt 10.56 (1)
DT A Paul Hayball 37.96 (1) Club U20 Men’s Record, DT B Tim Izatt 35.03 (1) Club Masters Record
JT A Paul Hayball 44.07 (2), JT B Jonathan Edwards 30.23 (2)
HT A John Edwards 34.96 (1), HT B Jonathan Edwards 33.43 (1) Club U17 and U20 Men’s Record

Guest Results
DT-Jonathan Edwards DT 30.10 Club U17 Men’s Record, DT-John Edwards 26.95
1500m-Luke Scott 1500 4:55.0
PV-Martin Safford 1.10
SP-Martin Safford 7.96
HT-Martin Safford 20.23
JT-Martin Safford-24.28
DT-Martin Safford 23.12

Match Result
1st Huntingdonshire AC 199
2nd West Suffolk/Diss 170
3rd London Heathside 55
4th London AC 34

Final League Standings (11 teams)
1st Hunts AC 30 (868.5)
2nd Queens Park Harriers 27 (754)
3rd Suffolk/Diss 27 (753)
4th Biggleswade 19 (606)
5th Watford 19 (555.5)
6th Luton 17 (483)
7th London Heathside 16 (378)

30/07/2008  Watford Graded Open  details
Four Club Athletes attended this Open Graded Meeting run in conjunction with 4 BMC races. The event was so popular there were 20 800m races and athletes had to wait well over an hour as the programme slipped back which appeared to affect times as most athletes underperformed despite good conditions. In the 3000m run after the 800m races Michael Smith produced an excellent performance when he reduced his PB by 14 seconds
Results
800m-Race 11-Mike Scott-2:10.30 (7), Race 18-Christian Roberts 1:59.47 (7)
3000m-Race 1-Luke Scott 10:22.93 (13)(PB)
Race 3-3000m- Michael Smith 9:05.83 (23)(PB

30/07/2008  RR Champs - Peterborough 5k - Werrington  details
A hot humid evening saw 5 Hunts A.C runners complete the last race of the Peterborough 5k series. Results as follows. 37th Shane Hunt 18:51, 39th Sean Barker 18:55, 148th David Hetherington 24:14, 157th Diane Gannon 24:42, 161st Hilary McConville 24;56.