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01/05/2013  Eastern Veterans League - Corby  details
The Huntingdonshire AC veteran women's track team made a little bit of club history at the opening Eastern Veterans Athletics League match when, in the clubs sixth season, claimed its first-ever team victory. With team manager Penny Butcher working hard to fill all the events, the Hunts AC women finished two points ahead of Wellingborough AC who, in turn, was a further point ahead of Corby AC. One of the outstanding performers was Maggie Mulholland, who reduced her own recent club veterans 1500m record by a huge 13 seconds, and later teamed up with Sarah Peatman, Catherine Gregorious and Hannah Stirley as she anchored the medley relay team to a new club record, taking almost 15 seconds off the old time. Karen Cameron had earlier set the ball rolling in the first event of the meet by winning the 2000m walk. In the W35 section, Hannah Stirley claimed double victory with firsts in the long jump and the hammer. In the W45 category, Sharron Kenyon finished first in the high jump, while Penny Butcher gained the win in the hammer throw. Sharron and Penny later joined forces with Sandra Pedley and Karen Cameron to place first in the W45 medley relay. Similar to the womens team, the Hunts AC veteran men also won their team competition, beating Bedford & County AC in a league meet for the first time. The mens team win was even more emphatic with a 12-point margin of victory which is significant for a four-team competition. In the first race of the meet, team manager Wayne DuBose started the slew of first places with his first-ever win in a walking event, the 2000mW. He was superbly backed up by Mike Hayball who took the B string win. With no M35 athletes available to Hunts AC at this meet, Wayne "took one for the team" by dropping down a couple of age categories. Despite this, and despite having to "endure" the 1500m to gain points, Wayne surprise all by winning the M35 shot putt, albeit by just 3 cms. Individual wins were in abundance with Peter Downhill claiming first in the M40 long jump, while Bob Ellingham took two firsts, in the shot putt and hammer throw in the same age category. The M50 group was no less impressive as Geoff Brewster took the 1500m, Richard Phelan the high jump and John Edwards the hammer throw. Richard and Geoff also ran in the victorious medley relay team along with Derek Darnell and Richard Holland. The clubs sole (and therefore vital) M60 athlete, Willie Bradley, made his usual excellent contribution with wins in the long jump and shot putt. The next veterans league meet will be back at Corby on Wednesday, 5th June.

Men: 2000m Walk A Wayne DuBose 13:25.5 (1), B Mike Hayball 13:40.4 (1); (M35): 1500m Wayne DuBose (3); Long Jump Wayne DuBose 3.06 (3); Shot Putt Wayne DuBose 8.94 (1); (M40): 100m Peter Downhill 13.1 (2); 400m Peter Downhill 56.7 (2); 1500 Ian Day 4:54.6 (4); Long Jump Peter Downhill 4.42 (1); High Jump 1.20 Peter Downhill (2); Shot Putt Bob Ellingham 8.05 (1); Hammer Bob Ellingham 33.82 (1); Medley Relay - Mike Hayball (200m), Wayne DuBose (200m), Ian Day (400m), Peter Downhill (800m) - 4:39.7 (4); (M50): 100m Richard Phelan 1.38 (3); 400m Derek Darnell 64.2 (2); 1500m Geoff Brewster 5:07.4 (1); Long Jump Richard Phelan 4.73 (2); High Jump Richard Phelan 1.50 (1); Shot Putt John Edwards 8.69 (2); Hammer John Edwards 35.43 (1); Medley Relay - Richard Phelan, Geoff Brewster, Derek Darnell, Richard Holland - 4:36.6 (1); (M60): Willie Bradley - 100m 14.9 (3), 400m 70.6 (2), 1500m 6:37.1 (2); Long Jump 3.67 (1), Shot Putt 9.15 (1); Team scores - 1 Hunts AC 82, 2 Bedford 69, 3 Wellingborough 56, 4 Corby 40

Women: 2000m Walk A Karen Cameron 13:42.6 (1), B Sarah Peatman 15:20 (2); (W35): 100m Hannah Stirley 15.2 (2); 400m Sarah Peatman 93.5 (4); 1500m Maggie Mulholland 5:46.6 (1) Club Veterans Record; Long Jump Hannah Stirley 3.57 (1); High Jump Sarah Peatman 1.05 (3); Shot Putt Catherine Gregorious 5.06 (2); Hammer Hannah Stirley 17.88 (1), non-scoring Catherine Gregorious 13.47; Medley Relay - Sarah Peatman (200m), Catherine Gregorious (200m), Hannah Stirley (400m), Maggie Mulholland (800m) - 5:53.1 (4) Club Record; (W45): 100m Sandra Pedley 16.9 (2); Sandra Pedley 84.7 (2); 1500m Karen Cameron 6:22.6 (3); Long Jump Sharron Kenyon 3.24 (2); High Jump Sharron Kenyon 1.20 (1); Shot Putt Penny Butcher 5.08 (3); Hammer Penny Butcher 12.77 (1); Medley Relay - Sharron Kenyon (200m), Penny Butcher (200m), Sandra Pedley (400m), Karen Cameron (800m) - 6:16.0 (1); Team scores - 1 Hunts AC 52, 2 Wellingborough 50, Corby 49, Bedford 36

Photos: http://huntsac.zenfolio.com/evac_may_2013

04/05/2013   Coastal trail Marathon  details
Andy Richardson headed up to his homeland in Yorkshire today to take on a coastal trail marathon and earned himself a silver medal. He finished 3rd overall and was 2nd Male. His time of 4 hours and 10 mins showed how tough the course was.

04/05/2013  Huntingdon Parkrun 5k, Hinchingbrooke Park   details
Hunts AC gained its second winner in as many weeks as Dave Connell successfully returned to action for the first time this year after a series on injuries. 1 Dave Connell 18:23, 5 Shane Hunt 19:51, 9 Ian Marshall 20:31, 27 Lauri Watt 23:44, 82 Sarah Peatman 28:04, 139 Simon Margot 35:18 (167 finishers)

04/05/2013  Wimpole Estate Parkrun 5k  details
19 Charlie Evans 22:17 (139 finishers)

04/05/2013  Cambridge Parkrun 5k, Milton Park  details
12 Geoff Brewster 18:43, 83 Maggie Mulholland 22:49, 105 Gareth Westhorp 23:58 (332 finishers)

05/05/2013  Fen Drayton 10K  details
13 Club runners took part in the Fen Drayton 10k in very favourable running conditions which saw 363 runners reach the finish line.
Well done to Lee Brooks who led our runners home, finishing in 5th position in a time of 36:31. Our first lady finisher was Kelly Crawford who recorded a very good 44:18 for 49th position.
A special mention also to our 2 teenage runners, Christina Marshall, who picked up a PB, and Annabel McKenzie who, at 16, made her 10k debut.

Full Club results are as follows:

Lee Brooks 5th 36:31
Simon Margot 11th 37:56
Gair Matthews 24th 40:52
Ian Marshall 44th 43:48
Kelly Crawford 49th 44:18
Christina Marshall 66th 46:03
Peter German 79th 47:24
Louis Budworth 85th 47:55
Karen Cameron 113th 49:48
Pauline Stocker 149th 53:21
Annabel McKenzie 179th 54:59
Juliet Fuller 183rd 55:05
Nick Abbey 244th 59:07

Meanwhile, in the 2.3K Fun Run, congratulations to Andrew Worrall who was the overall winner & 1st O'11 runner. His sister, Francesca, was second overall, and 1st Girl. Polly Smith was 2nd Girl, and Amelia Darnell 3rd. Sebastian Darnell was 1st in the U11's race. Sisters Ellen and Frannie Chapman, and Barnaby Smith also ran well.

Full results via the link below.

05/05/2013  Grand East Anglian Run 10k, Kings Lynn  details
Two club runners took part in the GEAR 10K, which saw 1557 reach the finish line.
John Uff placed 20th in 34:58 and Simon Rider 142nd in 42:10.

Full results via the link below.

06/05/2013  Milton Keynes Marathon  details
In contrast to last year's race, run in heavy downpours and on a partly flooded course, this year's MK Marathon saw sunshine and bright blue skies. For the rest of us this was welcome but it was perhaps slightly hotter than the runners would have liked. In the total of 2041 finishers in the race, the Club had 4 runners, including Steve Church, taking part in his second ever marathon, the first only 3 weeks previously.
Steve was our first finisher, recording 3:15:42 for 88th place, followed by Wayne Gimblett in 3:16:42, 96th, Andrew Enticknap 3:41:56, 344th, and Tim Hyde 4:34:41, 1194th

Well done all.

Full results via the link below.

06/05/2013  Herts County Open Meet, Stevenage  details
300m Alexandra Fox 50.53 (5)

07/05/2013  5-mile Handicap Race  details
While Kevin Baulk came in first in the club’s monthly 5-mile handicap race by over a minute, Karen Gracey, Jude Jones and Yvette Adamson all made inroads into the club’s all-time rankings. Karen improved 8 seconds on her personal best with 38:05 to climb from 21st to 19th in the rankings. Jude knocked 17 seconds off her best to rise from 29th to 27th while Yvette lowered her best time by 23 seconds to climb from 48th to 46th.

1 Kevin Baulk 55:44 (41:46), 2 Sam Boyd 56:49 (42:51), 3 Barry Wild 57:11 (33:52), 4 Jude Jones 57:43 (39:40), 5 Shane Hunt 57:44 (29:44), 6 Hilary McConville 57:50 (43:52), 7 Alan Burgin 57:55 (34:59), 8 Dominic Weaver 58:20 (35:19), 9 Juliet Fuller 58:35 (43:41), 10 Di Gannon 59:02 (44:06), 11 Karen Cameron 59:07 (41:42), 12 Jeff Chapman 59:12 (36:58), 13 David Stratford 59:21 (44:40), 14 Karen Gracey 59:23 (38:05), 15 Alex Smith 59:30 (29:38), 16 Yvette Adamson 59:37 (42:10), 17 Rob Tinkler 59:48 (40:13), 18 Graham Walker 59:59 (37:45), 19 Peter German 61:08 (37:49), 20 Tara Dundon 61:21 (40:16), 21 David Hetherington 61:34 (45:00), 22 Sarah Peatman 62:32 (47:52), 23 Sam Lowings 65:02 (50:13) - Actual times in brackets

08/05/2013  Cambridgeshire County Development Meet - St Ives  details
In the Cambridgeshire County Development Meet at St Ives track, which incorporated the 3000m county championship races, 18-year-old Eleanor Smith successfully defended her Under 20 Women’s title by a clear six seconds. Her sister, Polly, who turned 15 that very day, gave herself a birthday present by claiming the silver medal in the Under 17 Women’s race. Meanwhile, Francesca Worrall picked up silver in the Under 15 Girls championship race. Just prior to the 400m races, Samantha Johnson was getting ready to cheer on son Tom in the main race when she overheard a conversation nearby which centred on Tom. Lined up against five athletes all sporting Cambridge University vests, the presumption was that Tom, who was not wearing a CU vest, was probably going to finish a long way behind. By winning the race by 20 metres in 49.64 secs, which ranks him as the 23rd fastest Junior in the country, Tom quickly ended that conversation. Also successful over the 400m distance were brothers Jared Amos who won the second race by four seconds and Luke who picked up the win in the third race. Elsewhere, Under 13 Girl Frannie Chapman gained a hat-trick of victories with firsts in her heats of the 100m and 200m and a comfortable win in the shot putt. Other sprint wins came from Julian Priest in the Under 11 Boys 80m, Molly Gregorious and Harriet Bruce in their 100m races, Adam Taylor in the U11B 150m, and George Youngs and Aleta Fraylich in their respective 200m races. Out in the field, Julian Priest picked up his second win of the meet with a first place in the long jump, while 17-year-old Alex Knox-Hooke went to the top of the club rankings as he won his competition with 5.56 metres.

400m: Race 1 - 1 Thomas Johnson U20M 49.64; Race 2 - 1 Jared Amos U20M 55.18, 4 Richard Phelan M50 63.93; Race 3 - 1 Luke Amos U17M 60.30, 3 Lily Seach U20W 62.73; 800m: Race 1 - 3 Luke Scott U20M 2:01.98; Race 2 - 4 Derek Darnell M50 2:28.75, 7 Ella Blake U17W 2:29.01, 8 Ian Day M40 2:29.62, 9 Geoff Brewster M50 2:29.68, 11 Siobhan Skinner SW 2:43.04; Race 3 - 2 Andrew Worrall U13B 2:36.61; Race 4 - 2 Lucy Waller U15G 2:53.18, 3 Caitlyn Procter U13G 2:56.52, 7 Emily Purbrick U13G 3:08.43, 10 Daisy Crawley-Queen U13G 3:18.41; 100m (minus 3-4 m/s windspeed): Race 2 - 3 Fred Williams U17M 12.4; Race 3 - 4 George Seach U17M 12.8; Race 4 - 6 Kate Reed U17G 14.6; Race 5 - 2 Alisha Morgan U15G 15.0; Race 6 - 7 Alexandra Fox U17W 15.6; Race 7 - 1 Molly Gregorious U15G 14.92, 2 Aleta Fraylich U15G 15.40, 3 Charlie Batterbee U15B 15.41; Race 8 - 1 Harriet Bruce U13G 15.07, 2 James Roberts U13B 15.58, 7 Caitlyn Procter U13G 16.51; Race 9 - 1 Frannie Chapman U13G 15.52, 3 Emily Purbrick U13G 16.61, 5 Eleanor Phipps U13G 16.80; 80m: Race 1 - 1 Julian Priest U11B 12.3, 2 Adam Taylor U11B 12.4, 3 Joseph Purbrick U11B 12.5, 4 Nathan Hilton U11B 12.7; 200m (minus 3-4 m/s windspeed): Race 2 - 3 Jared Amos U20M 25.10; Race 3 - 2 Luke Amos U17M 27.73; Race 4 - 6 Kate Reed U17W 30.27; Race 7 - 1 George Youngs U15B 30.47, 2 Molly Gregorious U15G 30.56, 3 Harriet Bruce U13G 33.01; Race 8 - 1 Aleta Fraylich U15G 31.06, 2 Charlie Batterbee U15G 31.67; Race 9 - 1 Frannie Chapman U13G 33.32, 2 James Roberts U13B 34.44, 3 Sebastian Darnell U13B 35.81, 4 Megan Cantwell U13G 35.94; 150m - 1 Adam Taylor U11B 24.46, 2 Joseph Purbrick U11B 24.64, 3 Julian Priest U11B 25.36, 4 Nathan Hilton U11B 26.33; 3000m Open Graded (incl. Cambs Championships): Race 1 - 5 Alex Ellwood U17M 11:06.6, 7 Eleanor Smith U20W 11:14.1, 10 Francesca Worrall U15G 11:41.5, 11 Polly Smith U17W 11:47.4; Race 2 - 10 Kelly Crawford SW 12:16.5, 11 Margaret Mulholland W45 12:16.9; Race 3 - 11 Lee Brooks SM 10:08.4, 13 Ian Day M40 10:53.1; Shot Putt: U13G - 1 Frannie Chapman 6.58, 2 Mia Fairbrother-Burton 5.15, 3 Megan Cantwell 4.86, 4 Eleanor Phipps 3.63; U15G - 3 Charlie Batterbee 7.43; Long Jump: U11B - 1 Julian Priest 3.44, 2 Nathan Hilton 3.41, 3 Adam Taylor 3.33, 5 Joseph Purbrick 3.14; U13G - 2 Harriet Bruce 3.30, 6 Emily Purbrick 3.04, 7 Eleanor Phipps 2.49, 8 Mia Fairbrother-Burton 2.39; U20M - 1 Alex Knox-Hooke 5.56

11/05/2013  Eastern Region Athletics Championship for Disabled People, Chelmsford  details
Congratulations to Calum Briars and Sandra Acton, our pioneering athletes with a disability, who came away from these championships with seven gold medals. Their coach, Paul Morgan, was rightly proud of their achievements. Calum Briars (U16 Class 13): 100m 13.7 (1), 200m 27.2 (1), 400m 60.4 (1), Long Jump 4.62 (1); Sandra Acton (SW Class 37): 60m 20.0 (1), 100m 34.2 (1), Discus 9.53 (1)

12/05/2013  Eye 10K Road Race & 3k Fun Run  details
7 Club runners took part in today's Eye 10k, in a field of 438, in cold but windy conditions.
Well done in particular to Lee Brooks and Kelly Crawford in recording new PBs (again!).

Club results as follows.

Lee Brooks 11th 35:56
Andy Richardson 52nd 40:37
Barry Wild 71st 41:55
Kelly Crawford 93rd 43:39
Tara Dundon 254th 51:15
Gary Moran 257th 51:27
Sue Richardson 430th 1:09:42

Full results via the link below.

12/05/2013  East Anglian League - Luton  details
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18/05/2013  Southern Athletics League - St Ives  details
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19/05/2013  Wimpole 10km Run  details
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22/05/2013  Committee Meeting  details
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25/05/2013  County Track & Field Champs - Cambridge  details
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26/05/2013  Edinburgh Marathon  details
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29/05/2013  Coaches Meeting - Outdoor Centre Bar (7 pm)  details
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