5th & 19th NOVEMBER RACES
Mark Farrier, 21 November 2011 13:01
5th
November 2011
Orion Harriers
were delighted to host another successful Orion Primary Schools Cross
Country Invitation. Eighteen schools were represented with a record number
of young people competing; a hundred and forty boys and a hundred and
sixteen girls. The top two boys and girls were Orion’s very own Cory Ugbomah
(1st) James Wood (2nd) Emily Sharpe (1st) and
Heidi Tanyi (2nd). Greenleaf’s year 4 Rosie Shaw ran
a strong race and took the 3rd position for the girls and Theydon
Bois George Johnson took 3rd place for the boys. In the team
event, the boys from the Woodford Green Prep school came 1st,
Ivy Chimneys 2nd and for the first time ever we had a draw
for third place, the schools were Chase Lane and Theydon Bois. In
the girls team event Yardley came 1st with 88 points followed
by 2nd place Hazelwood school (competing for the first time) and 3rd
place Greenleaf. The Alan Tucker award went to Greenleaf boys and Ivy Chimney
girls. Orion volunteers were complimented for their organisation of the race and all
schools are looking forward to competing next year.
19th
November 2011
Orion Juniors
competed in the 3rd Essex league cross country race at the very
demanding Hadleigh country park course. Although there were only a small number
of Orion’s competing due to the London Youth Games there were some great
performances on the day. First year under 13 Nancy Callagher had another
great run and finished in 14th place followed closely by 11 year old
Emily Sharpe (26th) making her debut on the Essex circuit.
There were only two under 13 boys competing but both boys put in a fine effort.
George Day led the way for Orion
with a 13th place finish and Joe Clarke finished 17th
out of 31 competitors. We had a full team of under 15 girls and Georgia
Tuckfield was the first home for Orion in 4th place followed by Sydney
Taylor (12th) Heather Marshall (24th) and Olive
Findley (28th) who was also competing for the first time in this
league. First year under 15 boys Charlie Weston (15th) and Ben
Pattison (21st) performed very well over the 4k course. Under 17
Alberic Hall was very pleased with his 18th place followed by
first year Jack Waller. Melissa Timpson again opted to compete in the
senior ladies race and was the 3rd scorer for the Orion team. It was
also lovely to see all our ex juniors perform well in the senior races, Clare
Thurgood had a superb run to finish in 5th place and was then
informed she was selected for the Essex Squad. Coming back to form Jack
Stroud lead the senior men home in 18th place followed by Danny
Moses (25th), Ben Hall (29th), Auberon Hall
(39th) and ever improving Buddy Green (123rd). The
boy’s led Orion to 3rd place in the team event.
19th
November 2011
Twenty five Orion
Juniors competed for their respective boroughs in the London Youth Games Cross
Country Champs at Parliament Hill Fields. This shows what strength and depth
that the club has developed over the years by covering two events on the same
day. The most outstanding achievement came from Daniel Richards who
claimed the bronze medal for the under 13 boys and proudly stood on the podium
wearing his Orion vest. Although first year under 13 Isabella Hoy
missed out of the medals she ran well to finish in 7th place. Talya
Abbott and Katie Inch both put in solid performances to finish
16th and 18th respectively. Under 13 Lucy Dodd
(172th), Jake Callis (37th), James Inch (108th),
and Sam Lecuyer (118th) all ran well for their respective
boroughs. Coming back to form Madeleine Carr was delighted to finish in
27th place and was well supported by Sophie Grant (42nd),
Joelle Ewen (47th), Georgina Gouch (109th),
and Charlotte Gordon (126th). Cheyenne Antoine-Chagar ran
well in the under 15 boys race and finished 32nd and was closely
followed by Callum McLarty in 81st place. George
Hart put in a solid performance and was well pleased with his finishing
position. Patrick Love (127th) also ran a strong race over
the very demanding hilly course. The other four under 15 boys finished in
a nice tight pack with Morgan Letchford (131st), Ben
Goodyear (132nd), Ben Maru (133rd), and Matthew
Boyce (134th). Under 17 women Armanni Antoine-Chagar and Claire
Huggins both put in solid performances to finish 5th and 11th
respectively. Coming back to form George Hoy was pleased with his 20th
place finish but Alex Chrisostomou was disappointed with his 43rd
place having got off to a bad start at the beginning of the race.
Congratulations to
everyone who competed over the weekend. See links for full results;
http://www.essexathletics.org.uk/
http://www.londonyouthgames.org/sport.asp?section=102§ionTitle=Athletics
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