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02/06/2018  Huntingdon Parkrun PBs  details
5 Arseniy Suvorov 19:45 (PB by 12 secs, 36th to 34th in club rankings); 79 Niki Winsor 25:00 (PB by 6 secs, 33rd to 32nd in club rankings)

02/06/2018  BMC PB Classic, Milton Keynes  details
Derek Darnell reports: Nine Hunts athletes ran at the BMC PB Classic at Milton Keynes were rewarded with a number of PB's and season bests. Conall McGinness won the 1500mS/C with a PB 4.31.86 to consolidate his 3rd place in the national ranking. Shannon Flockhart improved her season's best 800m to 2.12.01 to move up to 12th in the national rankings. Seb Darnell, Howard Croft, and Issy Wilkins all improved their 800m personal bests significantly to 2.12.79, 2.22.43, and 2.27.43 respectively. Joel McGinness ran a PB too, 2.27.32, and Henry Waller ran 2.24.24. Amelia Darnell ran a season's best 1500m, 5.23.06, and Joey Croft finished strongly in his first 3K of the summer for 8.48.37. Great runs at a really good middle distance race meeting.

03/06/2018  Club Championships, St Ives  details

In sunny and warm weather conditions, close to 60 athletes took part in the club championships series at the St Ives track.  Competing for gold, silver and bronze medals over the sprint hurdles, 1500m and high jump, athletes achieved a total of 74 personal bests.

70m Hurdles

1 Lizzie Francis U13G 16.9

2 Sophia Prew U13G 17.7

3 Eva Howard U13G 17.8

4 Hannah Barker U13G 18.0

5 Caitlan Burke U13G 18.5

70m Hurdles

1 Willow Bedding U13G 13.3 G

2 Moria Howard U13G 13.7 S

3 Lexi Flockhart U13G 14.1 B

4 Tamzin Digpal-Race U13G 14.3

75m Hurdles

1 Joel Isaac U13B 15.9

2 Alex Mortimer U13B 16.5

3 Toby Carroll U13B 16.9

4 Tom Waterworth U13B 17.0

5 Aaron Hawkins U13B 19.6

75m Hurdles

1 Daisy Coulson-Bascombe U15G 14.4

2 Lizzy Harrison U15G 14.6

3 Macy Taylor U15G 14.7

4 Ella Reed U15G 17.4

5 Maisie Isaac U15G 18.0

80m Hurdles

1 Spencer Taylor U15B 13.1

2 Elliot Mortimer U15B 14.8

3 Finlee Johnson U15B 15.4

4 Markus Downhill U15B 15.5

80m Hurdles

1 Mae Macklin U17W 15.5

2 Daniella Scholes U17W 16.3

3 Eleanor Phipps U17W 17.6

4 Ella Couchman U17W 18.4

5 Lucy Small U17W 18.4

1000m

1 Evie Flockhart U11G 3:56.2

2 Hollie Baynes U11G 4:10.2

3 Molly Webster U11G 4:15.4

1000m

1 Alasdair Large U11B 3:31.6

2 Jaden Coleman U11B 3:44.5

3 Thomas Richards U11B 3:45.4

4 Kieran Still U11B 3:49.2

5 Jayman Howard U11B 3:55.0

6 Tom d'Ayala U11B 4:05.8

1500m

1 Tom Waterworth U13B 5:36.5 G

2 Lexi Flockhart U13G 5:43.4 G

3 Aaron Hawkins U13B 5:46.6 S

4 Willow Bedding U13G 5:57.0 S

5 Moria Howard U13G 6:10.2 B

6 Caitlan Burke U13G 6:35.5

7 Sophie Prew U13G 7:12.7

8 Tamzin Digpal-Race U13G 7:17.1

1500m

1 Seb Darnell U17M 4:47.3 G

2 Oliver Mills U15B 4:49.3 G

3 Spencer Taylor U15B 4:51.7 S

4 Markus Downhill U15B 4:52.4 B

5 Henry Waller U15B 4:57.0

6 Ciaran Burke U15B 5:23.5

7 Daisy Coulson-Bascombe U15G 6:01.0 G

8 Charlotte Watson U15G 6:07.9 S

9 Lizzy Harrison U15G 6:09.4 B

10 Ella Reed U15G 6:35.6

1500m

1 Lucy Waller U20W 5:56.5 G

2 Eleanor Phipps U17W 7:00.2 G

3 Claire Webster VW 7:02.5 G

4 Mae Macklin U17W 7:11.5 S

5 Vicky Burke VW 7:32.6 S

6 Daniella Scholes U17W 7:51.8 B

7 Ella Couchman U17W 7:58.1

1500m

1 Mark Barry SM 4:29.7 G

2 Derek Darnell VM 5:36.4 G

3 Thompson Coleman VM 6:07.5 S

4 John Wilson SM 6:18.0 S

5 Yinka Opaleye VM 6:19.8 B

6 Steve Burke VM 6:41.1

High Jump

1 Hollie Baynes U11G 1.10

2 Evie Flockhart U11G 0.95

3 Molly Webster U11G 0.90

High Jump

1 Jaden Coleman U11B 1.16

2 Tom d'Ayala U11B 1.05

3 Jayman Howard U11B 1.00

4 Kieran Still U11B 0.95

High Jump

1 Joel Isaac U13B 1.35

2 Leo d'Ayala U13B 1.15

3 Alex Mortimer U13B 1.10

4 Tom Waterworth U13B 1.05

5 Toby Carroll U13B 1.05

High Jump

1 Tamzin Digpal-Race U13G 1.20

2 Willow Bedding U13G 1.20

3 Lexi Flockhart U13G 1.15

4 Eva Howard U13G 1.15

5 Lizzie Francis U13G 1.10

6= Sophia Prew U13G 1.05

6= Moria Howard U13G 1.05

High Jump

1 Ayo Opaleye U15B 1.55

1 Spencer Taylor U15B 1.55

3 Ollie Francis U15B 1.35

4 Sam Taylor U15B 1.30

5= Elliot Mortimer U15B 1.15

5= Markus Downhill U15B 1.15

High Jump

1 Maisie Isaac U15G 1.35

2 Daisy Coulson-Bascombe U15G 1.25

3 Ella Reed U15G 1.25

4 Lizzie Harrison U15G 1.25

High Jump

1 Joel Thomas U17M 1.50

2 Seb Darnell U17M 1.00

High Jump

1 Lucy Small U17W 1.40

2 Mae Macklin U17W 1.20

3 Eleanor Phipps U17W 1.20

4 Ella Couchman U17W 1.20

5 Daniella Scholes U17W 1.10

High Jump

1 Mark Barry SM 1.40

2 John Wilson SM 1.20

High Jump

1 Yinka Opaleye VM 1.40

2 Steve Burke VM 1.35

High Jump

1 Vicky Burke VW 1.00

03/06/2018  Flaming June Half, Histon/Impington  details
2 Ty Farrer 79:05, 26 Richard Adamson 91:25, 178 Yvette Adamson 1:56:05, 205 Tim Watkins 1:59:17 (417 finished....in flaming hot conditions)

05/06/2018  5M TT  details
1 Liz Kerr 54:49 (47:59), 2 Jonathan Clarke 54:56 (41:22), 3 Letang Wolstenholme 55:09 (41:39), 4 Paola Jean-Marain 55:33 (44:41), 5 Katie Strickland 56:59 (41:21), 6 Jonathan Wheeler 57:16 (36:16), 7 Tim Watkins 57:19 (36:47), 8 Ty Farrer 58:25 (27:58), 9 Niki Winsor 58:50 (39:29), 10 Arseniy Suvorov 58:51 (34:45), 11 Georgia Hill 59:01 (40:27), 12 Chris Breazley 59:02 (35:46), 13 Hanno Fischer 59:28 (36:10), 14 Richard Adamson 59:38 (33:20), 15 Lucy Ling 59:56 (42:29), 16 Bryan Nylander 60:05 (40:08), 17 Frances Stanton 60:22 (39:57), 18 James Haycock 61:33 (49:45), 19 Dave Spurle 62:16 (38:55), 20 Lizzie Burgess 64:25 (45:35) - actual times in brackets

06/06/2018  Eastern Masters League, Kings Lynn  details

06/06/2018  Peterborough 5k series - Ferry Meadows  details
Alan Burgin reports: There was a big senior turnout, 16 of us,on Wednesday 6th June from Hunts AC for the first of the five races that make up the Peterborough 5k series. The first race was hosted by Nene Valley Harriers and held at Ferry Meadows. The course was a two lap dash around the lakes there and all our runners took on the challenge and recorded some very impressive results; 9th Mark Barry 16:52. 29th Rod McKee 18:07. 40th Ian Gallagher 18:31 70th Daniel Woolf 19:25. 85th Derek Darnell 19:53. 123rd Bruce Grimley 21:12. 137th Caroline King 21:39. 164th Alan Burgin 22:25. 165th Caroline Archer 22:26. 180th Amy Steele 22:58. 201st Georgia Hill 23:51. 216th Adrian Smith 24:14. 220th Pauline Stocker 24:23. 240th Phil Young 25:26. 291st Jess Mann 26:57. 308th Hilary McConville 27:27. There were 396 finishers. The next race is Wednesday 20th June at Eye.

09/06/2018  County Schools Championships  details

Huntingdonshire AC athletes enjoyed great success at the Cambridgeshire county schools championships held at Peterborough track.  Having won five titles last year, Hunts AC athletes almost doubled the total this year with nine first-place finishes.  Equally as impressive, Hunts AC athletes will go on to contest 14 events at the Anglian Schools championships in Norwich this weekend compared to 6 last year.  Leading the way, Shannon Flockhart won the Inter Girls 300m with 41.8 secs which broke Lily Seach's Under 17 and Under 20 Women's club records of 42.1 secs set back in 2008.  Katie Wright secured her place in the Anglians by finishing in the runner-up position with a season's best of 44.4 secs.  Ayo Opaleye claimed first in the junior boys triple jump with his first-round leap of 12.15m and also gained an Anglian champs spot by finishing 2nd in the 200m with 24.9 secs.  In the Junior Girls 100m, Lizzy Harrison sped to victory in 13.2 secs while Ella Reed ran a personal best 13.4 secs for third place.  Ella went on to win the long jump with 4.70m and book her place in Norwich for this coming weekend.  Competing in the Inter Boys sprints, Julian Priest comfortably won the 100m in 11.3 secs and followed up with the 200m win later in the day with 22.8 secs.  With very little training under his belt since March due to a back injury, Joe Purbrick nevertheless ran a big personal best 11.5 to not only win the Junior Boys 80m hurdles but to also shoot up to 5th in the U15B national rankings.  Finishing 2nd in the same race with 13.0 secs, Spencer Taylor showed a wide range of talent by also placing 2nd in the 800m in a personal best 2:14.9.  Issy Wilkins took the lead in the Junior Girls 1500m from the start and front ran to victory in 5:11.2.  In the throws, Thomas Smith took 1st in the Inter Boys hammer throw with a new best of 28.84m and later placed 2nd in the discus with yet another best with 33.40m.

Junior Girls

100m

1st Lizzy Harrison 13.2

3rd Ella Reed 13.4

6 Lucy England 14.2

200m

3rd Lizzy Harrison 26.6

5th Ellie Linnell 30.4

300m

4th Daisy Coulson-Bascombe 44.9

800m

3rd Ruby Ashman 2:38.5

1500m

1st Issy Wilkins 5:11.2

Long Jump

1st Ella Reed 4.70

Discus

6th Charlotte Watson 13.43

Inter Girls

100m

3rd Mae Macklin 13.7

200m

4th Lucy Small 28.3

300m

1st Shannon Flockhart 41.8

2nd Katie Wright 44.4

High Jump

4th Lucy Small 1.35

Long Jump

3rd Lottie Knights 4.46

5th Mae Macklin 4.07

Junior Boys

200m

2nd Ayo Opaleye 24.9

800m

2nd Spencer Taylor 2:14.9

6th Markus Downhill 2:23.2

80m Hurdles

1st Joe Purbrick 11.5

2nd Spencer Taylor 13.0

Triple Jump

1st Ayo Opaleye 12.15

Inter Boys

100m

1st Julian Priest 11.3

200m

1st Julian Priest 22.8

7th Hartley Green 25.8

1500m

4th Owen Brownston 4:41.6

High Jump

4th Spencer Trewin 1.65

Hammer

1st Thomas Smith 28.84

Discus

2nd Thomas Smith 33.40

10/06/2018  Sutton Beast 10k  details
6 Richard Adamson 40:05, 32 Jim Stocker 46:08, 75 Amy Steele 51:24, 130 Steve Burke 56:56, 229 Tess Minns 72:07 (246 finishers) Fun Run: 3 Ciaran Burke 10:22, 5 Thomas Richards 10:59, 9 Leo d'Ayala 11:26, 17 Caitlan Burke 12:03, 21 Tom d'Ayala 12:25, 25 Hartley Green 12:40, 52 Vicky Burke 14:37, 142 Evie Green 20:10 (243 finishers)

10/06/2018  Southend Half Marathon  details
2nd Ty Farrer 74:29 (PB and 1st M40) - 2,055 finishers

14/06/2018  JumpsFest, Sandy  details

16/06/2018  24-hour Suffolk Trail Running Festival  details
A 5-runner Hunts AC team won the 24-hour Suffolk Trail Running Festival, covering 165 miles. The course covered an area between Bury St Edmunds and Sudbury with the aim of completing as many laps of the 5-mile course as possible in 24 hour time limit. Kelly Crawford, Caroline Archer, Andy Richardson, Steve Church and Shane Hunt took on this test of endurance, speed, fitness, mental toughness and teamwork and came out with flying colours as they took the title in the 3/4/5-runner event. Most ran 35 miles over the two-day period with Kelly going above and beyond the call of duty by covering 40 miles. The mixed team even beat the best all-male, 5-runner team.

16/06/2018  Huntingdon Parkrun PBs  details
6th Ciaran Burke 20:06 (PB by 1 sec; consolidates 38th place in club all-time rankings)

16/06/2018  Anglian Schools Championships  details
In the Anglian Schools athletics championships, held at Norwich, Hunts AC athletes piled up 5 wins, 2 second-place finishes and 4 thirds.  Julian Priest completed the sprint double, taking 1st in both the Inter Boys 100m and 200m.  After breaking the club record over 300m last weekend, Shannon Flockhart stepped up in distance to win the Inter Girls 1500m by 8 seconds.  Her time of 4:38.1 places her in the top 20 in the country (U17W) and is the fastest time by a Hunts AC female of any age over the past 15 years.  Shannon's training partner Katie Wright picked up gold in the Inter Girls 300m hurdles in 54.9 secs.  In the Junior Boys triple jump, Ayo Opaleye saved his best jump for the last round as he bounded out to 12.42m which beat his club U15B record by 17 cms and moves him up from 13th to 7th in the national rankings.  Running in the Inter Boys 80m hurdles, Joe Purbrick clipped a tenth of a second off his personal best with 11.4 secs to finish as runner-up.  Joe currently sits solidly in the top 10 in the country with his time. In the Inter Boys discus, Thomas Smith finished 2nd with 32.46m, an improvement of 10 feet over his previous best effort.  He later placed 3rd in the discus. Third place finishes went to Eleanor Phipps in the Senior Girls pole vault with a new personal best of 2.00m, Issy Wilkins in the Junior Girls 1500m and Ella Reed who long jumped 4.92m in the Junior Girls, the furthest by a Hunts AC female since 2007.

Junior Boys: 80mH Joe Purbrick 11.4 (2), Spencer Taylor 12.9 (3); TJ Ayo Opaleye 12.42 (1);

Junior Girls:  100m Lizzy Harrison 13.3 (4); 1500m Issy Wilkins 4:58.6 (3); LJ Ella Reed 4.92 (3); PV Emma Phipps 1.50 (4)

Inter Boys:  100m Julian Priest 11.3 (1); 200m Julian Priest 22.9 (1); 1500m Conall McGinness 4:11.7 (2); DT Thomas Smith 31:48 (3); HT Thomas Smith 32.46 (2)

Inter Girls:  1500m Shannon Flockhart 4:38.1 (1); 300mH Katie Wright 54.9 (1); HJ Lucy Small 1.35 (7); Eleanor Phipps 2.00 (3)

Senior Boys:  TJ Stephen Amos 11.96 (2)

Senior Girls:  3000m Katie Lawrence 12:35.7 (2)

17/06/2018  Hampshire Hoppit Trail Marathon  details
18th Richie Adamson 3:29:54 (273 finishers) 568m of elevation

17/06/2018  East Anglian League, Luton  details

17/06/2018  Bedford 10k  details
Ty Farrer reports: In near perfect conditions, five runners from Hunts AC made the early start time of 9 am for the Run Bedford 10K, on a route around and through the city itself on closed roads. The wind picked up a little, just before the start and the rain stopped - so we were good to go and with very little fanfare or warning, we were off. Hunts AC's second-claim runner David Hudson went off with the first group whilst myself and Mark Barry formed the second group with a C&C runner and a St Alban’s Strider. Bedford is a fairly flat course with a gradual incline, most noticeably between 5k and 7k, where there is a 180 degree turn around, where we could witness the rest of the runners coming battling behind. The last two kilometres were fairly fast, being on a slight downhill drag and with a tailwind to push us along - although it felt longer than it was. Mark Barry at this point picked up the pace and chased down the 4th place runner - who managed to hold him off for the finish, but it was a great battle from where I witnessed it - a few seconds back and unable to close the gap. Final placings - 2nd claim David Hudson achieved a new PB of 32:20, finishing 3rd overall and claiming £100 prize money (and a shiny trophy). Mark Barry officially led the team home in 6th, also with a new PB in 34:19, Ty Farrer 7th and 34:20 (new PB as well by 27 seconds), Rod McKee in 26th 37:03 - 39 seconds quicker than last year, Sean Barker in 37th 37:52 - 40 seconds quicker than last year and Caroline King in 125th 43:56th 2nd V35 Female (10th female overall) a new PB by 67 seconds! 811 finishers! The icing on the cake - Hunts AC picked up the overall male team prize for Mark, Ty, Rod and Sean - proving that those Tuesday nights on the track are paying off!

19/06/2018  Corby Open  details
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20/06/2018  County Development Meet, St Ives  details
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23/06/2018  Southern Athletics League, Watford  details
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30/06/2018  Eastern Counties Championships, Cambridge  details
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