Bexley Athletic Club

Aldershot Relays – Rushmoor Arena – Saturday 24th September

Our largest team yet went to the Southern road relays at Aldershot. It would be fair to say overall we found it quite a stern test. But our policy is not shy away from the best competition available, with some cracking individual performances in the sunshine.

Our best team performance came in the under 15’s boys with a superb 1st leg from Joseph O’Hara with a time of 10.14, with very constant performances from Andre Stone, Ben Matthews & debut Joe Crawford a fine 16th place.
Under 17’s boys we had two teams, with a lot of competition to be in the A-team, but it was the b team leader Tom Wright who set the fastest time off all with 13.05, the fastest A team leg runner was Billy Somogyi with 13.11, the A-team brought themselves home with Adam Willis, Lewis Elsey & Nick Armstrong to finish 17th. The b’s with Charlie Winch, Luke Francis & Joe Gunton finished in 36th.
Under 13’s had a very promising race, with Harry Jarvis, Mitchell Horne, Robert Lawrence all running well. Hat’s off to Luke Bullen our 4th leg runner who’s never run anything like that distance before to bring the team home in 34th.
The ladies
Under 15’s Girls team Harley Wooler, Eleanor Winch & Olivia Baily done well with 56, but special mention must go to Marion Bullen who’s original team didn’t make it so running up and in the first leg, you would expect Marion to find it very tough, far from it she was the 2nd fastest of our young ladies overall.
Under 17, Ellen Newark set off in mid field then slowly reeled in the other teams to come across fairly high up with a very good run crossing in 16th place. Difficult for Sarah gates & Kattie Hyde to follow but they both had good steady runs for an overall finish in 29th.
Senior ladies, our team didn’t materialise but Beth Armstrong was our sole runner doing very well with her 24th leg placing (57 teams). Come on ladies I know we can put a good team out?
Summing up, it is fair to say we found it a bit tougher than we thought, but good mileage to start the cross country season. We were not too badly placed as a Kent team’s either. Certainly we had some very strong runs from a number of our youngsters which can only give them confidence. Everyone copped well with the competition and we had no individuals who could be disappointed with their run.
Thanks to everyone who made the Trip, Jon & Richard, Laura plus Graham our photographer. Plus Andy our entertaining coach driver.

Kevin Winch

Laura Crane, Bexley AC athlete and Tigers athletics coach,  has reached the next stage of the nomination process to be an Olympic Torch Bearer.  This means that Laura now has a one in 14 chance of being invited to take part in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity She will know during week beginning 5 December whether or not  she has been offered a place as an Olympic Torchbearer.  Laura is wished the best of luck from all her friends at Bexley AC.

TIGERS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

YEAR 5 GIRLS

 

 

 

 

 

TIGERS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

 YEAR 6 GIRLS

 

 

 

 

 

 

TIGERS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

UNDER 9 BOYS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TIGERS CHAMPIONSHIPS – YEAR 5 BOYS

 

 

 

 

 

TIGERS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

YEARS 6 & 7 BOYS

 

 

 

 

300m
Position	Name	Result (minutes)
1	Jonathan Mann	0.57
2	Daniel Howson	0.58
3	Jason Okusanya	1min03.5
4	Luke Lindus	1min06.8
5	Robert Reeves	1min10.9
6	Jack Lockhart	1min13.4
7	Daniel Walton	1min13.7
8	Samuel Masters	1min22.4
9	Zachery Chapman	1min27.6

 

High Jump
Position	Name	Result (cm)
1	Jason Okusanya	110
2	Jack Lockhart	100
3	Daniel Walton	95
4	Samuel Masters	95
5	Jonathan Mann	95
6	Luke Lindus	90
7	Daniel Howson	90
7	Robert Reeves	90
8	Zachery Chapman	85

 

Javelin
Position	Name	Result (m)
1	Jason Okusanya	21.17
2	Jack Lockhart	15.57
3	Daniel Walton	14.29
4	Jonathan Mann	13.42
5	Robert Reeves	9.98
6	Luke Lindus	8.42
7	Zachery Chapman	6.33
8	Samuel Masters	5.98
9	Daniel Howson	5.91

Bexley AC Athletes, officals and supporters great a great chance to celebrate another great year for Bexley AC with the annual presentation evening.

This will take place on Saturday 15th October at Princes Park Staduim, Grassbanks, Dartford DA1 1RT.

It is the most important social event of the year and all athletes and parents are encouraged to attend this event and help raise funds and celebrate a great year.

The event starts at 7pm and will finish at 11pm. There will be the presentation of Club Championship medals, the annual trophy presentation and also a live band ‘OCD’ for entertainment after. There will also be a short film to celebrate the season the club has had. Ticket prices are:

Adult £7

Child (under 16) £4

Family £16 (2 adults 2 children)

SP Family £10 (1Adult 2 Children) £10

Please see Rose or Tom at the track for more information and tickets.

 

Bexley Athletic Club is offering a 10 week “Introduction to Running” course for adults on Sunday mornings from Erith track. You will be coached by qualified athletics coaches and the goal is to be able to run 4 miles by the end of the course.  The end of the course will be “celebrated” by running the 4.2 mile “Christmas Caper” on Sunday 11^thDecember 2011, organised by Swanley and District Athletic Club.

The cost will be £30 for the course (payable at the beginning of the course and non-refundable).  It will start at 10.00am lasting up to an hour (dependent upon progression).  The course will start on Sunday 25 September and finish on Sunday 4 December, the week before the target race. 

If you are interested please e-mail karen.winfield2@ntlworld.com for an application form.   

NO TIGERS TRAINING ON SUNDAY 18^th SEPTEMBER

A reminder that Tigers training is cancelled on Sunday 18^th September. Bexley AC are hosting the Kent County Combined Events and U13 Championships on 17^th and 18^th September.

Normal training resumes on Sunday 25^th September.