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8 December 2007        LONDON Championships, Parliament Hill

The rain was driving down cold and hard on Saturday as runners arrived at Parliament Hill for the London Cross Country Championships. A group of disconsolate competitors hung around the lido under shelter watching it pour down into the still full pool. There were not many around outside near the start, but we squelched up through the playing fields to see some of the earlier races complete and collect the numbers.

Fortunately the rain did ease off for the start, but there was a strong south westerly blowing for most of the afternoon. There was a rush of runners coming out of the heavily crowded changing rooms at the track only a few minutes before the start, which went off without too much ceremony, and not too many spectators, starting about half way up the infamous hill. Over the top and a sweep down through a very muddy sump at the bottom, hard left up and across the first meadow, again very muddy, and then the first long climb to the second meadow, and back. The 10k race consisted of 2 shortish and two longish laps. The longer laps added one more meadow. This was a tamer course than some laid at Parliament Hill, without the switchbacks that add in several more climbs. The return part of each lap was flat and fast, with the long fast descent at the end, four times in all, which was also quite muddy. Although wet, strength sapping and hard work most of the way round, the mud was not deep like it can be on this course, and the runners who braved the race did not churn it up as much as sometimes happens.

 The wind made the outward legs somewhat easier, but was intermittently in the face on the two long climbs and across the top on the way back. It was also thankfully in the back on the final sprint home after the turn from the fast, slippery and treacherous final descent. The field seemed smaller than usual, perhaps because of the lack of spectators, although it did include an inter counties race as well, there were 305 in all.

7 valiant runners turned out for the Valley and thrashed around the course. Congratulations to James who came in 7th in the London rankings (unofficial, my calculations). It was good to see Steve Norris running again, and Peter Hill back from injury earlier in the year. Phil Wetton is making his mark as a Vet (sorry, Master) coming in 14th in the Masters.

Thames Valley was a creditable 16th Team out of 53, including many counties teams, with 331 points. By my reckoning, we were an excellent 3rd of the London teams. 

24 November 2007        METROPOLITAN LEAGUE, Wormwood Scrubs

Although only two weeks after the last match, Thames Valley Harriers had a much stronger turn-out on their home course at Wormwod Scrubs. Although now missing lead runner Chris Smith for the rest of the season with a fracture, a full compliment of 12 senior men gained valuable points in their quest to stay in division one. James Sumpter was a splendid 12^th in 28.37 and Gordon Irvine also had a great run to finish 19^th in 28.57. Just in front of snooker’s Ronnie O’Sullivan, Manuel DaSilva was determined to beat him again and did so with 62^nd place in 30.48 to Ronnie’s  64^th. Next home was Phil Wetton in 85^th with 31.31. Being in the top hundred was not to be for Bernie Robbins although he was pleased with his 107^th place in 32.22. making one of his rare appearances, John Husbands also ran well for 126^th  place in 33.01. Veteran Mike Ingram did well to finish 135rh, 33.27 and Mat Ponting at 146^th was close behind, 34.05. Richard Bell struggled against the cold wind to finish 189^th, 34.44 but Andy Emerson, an over 60 veteran just made it inside the 200s with 199^th place in 36.03. Ever present Simon Maddison was last scorer in 238^th spot, 37.34. Gerard O’Connell played truant from his shop to finish 252^nd in 39.04 and Tony Smith was 264^th in 40.29.

In the Women’s race our lone senior, Lisa Blackman improved from 50^th two weeks ago to 27^th. She was very pleased with her performance and her time of 23.42 for the 6000m course. We also had one veteran lady, Marianne Downie and she was round in 35.33.

In the U17/U15 girls race Mel Newbury,  U17, was a tremendous 3^rd, just beaten on the line but with the same time as the second girl, 16.23. Just behind was Joanna Mobed in 5^th place, the second U15 to finish, 17.02. Running her usual gutsy race, Michaela Shaw was 27^th in 19.42 and  closing in for the team, Georgia Clark was 40^th in 21.47. The team finished in third place out of 17 teams.

Our under 13 boys struggled against good opposition and Oliver Berg led them home with 13.57 in 18^th place. Kyle Kenrick was 21^st in 14.05 after playing rugby for his school in the morning. Not running as well as he should, Coslee Searles was 31^st, 14.31 followed home by Jamie Edwards, 34^th, 15.21; Nabil Toumi 35^th, 15.50 and Charlton Bannister 37^th, 15.53 made sure that they weren’t last this time. Their team finished 6^th.

Yet again Sasha Tory made it into the first three. Her third place 14.09 was just three seconds behind second. Most pleasing run of the day came from Ella Julien in 17^th place, 16.22. This time she raced the whole 3000m and beat Cassia Rowland, 20^th, 16.52 for the first time in six races. Ellie O’Donnell, 19.57 and Ruby Claden-Chapman 20.00 were 34^th and 35^th. The team finished 4^th and are 3^rd in the overall league.

8 July 2007  The women's team had a good day at Stevenage resulting in a sixth place finish. 

7 July 2007 

The BAL team finished an excellent fourth at Eton in the third fixture of the season and now lie in fifth place in Division 1 with one match remaining. 

14 April 2007 

A few TVH athletes opened their summer season at the Kinnaird and Sward trophy meeting at Kingston on April 14th. It was particularly pleasing to see two athletes returning from long lay-offs. Gavin Cook had his first serious Hammer competition for nearly two years and enjoyed a good return of 48.25m for third place. Pete Moloney returned to the track after a four year absence to record a useful 54.3 seconds in the 400m. Both men can expect much more over the coming months. Other highlights included a comfortable victory for Greg Conlon in the Pole Vault at 4.10m and a very respectable 60.8 seconds for Hugh Gallagher in his first try at the 400m hurdles. The other 400m runners had mixed success – Toby Sandeman finishing 8th in the A race with 51.7, whilst Louis Phiri finished 2nd in the B race with 51.6. The fastest on the day was Delroy Mitchell in 51.2 to win the non-scoring event.

24 February 2006 

BAL squad member Frank Tickner won the UK Inter-Counties Championships at Nottingham.  This gave Frank his third major victory over the country this season.  Fellow squad member Andrew Hennessy ran well to take 32nd place just 31 seconds behind Frank.

12 January 2006 Simon Maddison took a number of photographs at the Middlesex Championships.  Some of these give a pretty good impression of what the conditions were like!  Click here to view Simon's pictures.

12 January 2006 Read Simon Maddison's review of the Senior Men's event at the Middlesex Cross Country Championships here.

8 January 2006 A good turnout of TVH runners braved the heavy rain and the muddy, sometimes waterlogged, course at Perivale for the Middlesex Cross Country Championships on Saturday.  The Under 17 Women team took an excellent gold medal and there were individual bronze medals for Melissa Newbery and Jamie Taylor-Caldwell.   Full results can be viewed on the Middlesex AA website.

6 November 2006 Simon Maddison has written a brief report on the North London Championships where had an excellent run to finish fourth.

5 November 2006 Read Club Chairman Paul Oppe's latest newsletter here.

29 October 2006 A report from Simon Maddison on the second London City Metropolitan senior men's race can be read here.

28 October 2006 The full results of yesterday's London City Metropolitan League races at Ruislip can be found on the Hillingdon AC website in a PDF file.

16 October 2006 Read Simon Maddison's report on the first London City Runner Metropolitan League races here.

6 October 2006 A reminder about the 6th & final Half Marathon in the 2006 Series.  This is on Sun 5th November - Marlow Half Marathon at 9.30am (in Marlow) - £9.50. The closing date for entries is 29th October.  Contact Marc Ben-Nathan for more details.

30 September 2006 The inaugural Data Connection INDOOR OPEN MEETING is being held at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, Picketts Lock, Edmonton (off A1055) - Bus W8 from Edmonton Green Station(5 minutes) on SUNDAY 10th DECEMBER.  Click here for more details.

29 September 2006 The TVH UK Women's Athletic League team surprised themselves by getting promotion to Division 3. The final League Table was as follows:

The teams in Division 3 next summer will be:

Relegated from Division 2 Swansea Harriers and Liverpool Harriers

Still in Division 3: Newham and Essex Beagles, Aldershot Farnham and District, Blackheath and Bromley, Norwich

Promoted from Division 4 Herts Phoenix  and Thames Valley Harriers

The dates of the matches all on Sundays are as follows (venues not decided yet):  Sunday 3rd June,Sunday 8th July and Sunday 5th August

28 September 2006 Congratulations to the Senior Men's Road Relay Team for a really good result at Aldershot last weekend, finishing 12th and qualifying for the Nationals.

5 August 2006 Relegation to Division 1 for the BAL team was confirmed at Eton on Saturday after another eighth place finish. There were a number of positives on the day with season's best performances from Andrew Hennessy, Duncan MacDonald and Erik Van Vreumingen as well as another PB for Tom Patton.  Full results are on the BAL website.

3 August 2006 Eddie Williams took gold in the M35 400 metres at the European Veterans Championships in Poland running 51.03 seconds.  Eddie also won a silver medal in the 800 metres in 1:57.30.  Kermitt Bentham finished fifth in the M45 200 metres before going on to take silver in the 400 metres (53.42).  Another silver medal went to Rez Cameron in the M45 Triple Jump with a best of 13.61 metres.

30 July 2006 The combined men and women’s team from Thames Valley Harriers narrowly missed out on qualification for the Final of the British League Cup on Sunday at Eton, finishing in third place just 22 points off the winning team.  Read the full Press Release. Results should be available at www.bal.org.uk shortly.

29 July 2006 TVH Veteran's have been in action at the European Veterans Championships in Poland.  Results in so far show a Gold Medal for Trevor Wade in the M45 Long Jump and a fourth place for John Munro in the M35 Long Jump, missing out on a medal by just six centimetres.  Further results expected soon.

25 July 2006 Phyllis Agbo continued her excellent run of form by setting a new Heptathlon PB of 5541 points (13.09/+0.5, 1.66, 12.12, 25.11/+1.6, 6.15/+0.8, 39.06, 2:31.18) to finish third in the Combined Events International in Berne, Switzerland last weekend between Great Britain, France and Switzerland.  Phyllis is now ranked 30th all-time on the UK Senior Women's all-time heptathlon rankings and 20th among Under 23s.

24 July 2006 British League squad member Chris Smith took a fine victory in the recent Standard Chartered Great City Race 5k Road Race, an annual event run through the streets of the City of London. Held in aid of Breakthrough Breast Cancer, more than 5000 workers from companies and businesses throughout the ‘square mile’ took part in the race, which was started by the marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe. The winning time was 15m22s.

24 July 2006 Angie Broadbelt just missed out on a medal at the AAA Under 23 Championships at Bedford this weekend, finishing fourth in the 400 metre hurdles.  Read the press release.

17 July 2006 Several TVH athletes took part in the Norwich Union European Trials and AAA Championships this weekend at Sportcity, Manchester.  The best result came from Eddie Betts who travelled from Spain for the 400 metre Hurdles and was rewarded with 5th place in a season's best time of 51.24 seconds.  Read more here.

2 July 2006 Phyllis Agbo won her first full GB International vest at the European Combined Events Cup Super League held at Arles, France.  Phyllis finished 26th in the Heptathlon with 5383 points (13.87/+1.5, 1.59, 12.17, 24.67w/+2.1, 5.88/0.0, 36.88, 2:33.31)

11 June 2006 A number of TVH youngsters were in action over the weekend at the Middlesex. Schools Championship.  Highlights included a season's best of 1.57m by Mercedes McPherson to win the Junior Girls HIgh Jump and a second place for Alex Prabodziak in the Junior Boys Javelin. 

10 June 2006 Some fast times were recorded in the sunshine at the BMC Grand Prix meeting at Watford on Saturday. In the 800m Neil Dougal recorded 1:47.83, Ben Tickner ran 3:43.00 in the 1500m and Frank Tickner, in his first race since returning from the USA, ran 8:51.84 in the 3000m Steeplechase.

5 June 2006 Congratulations to Phyliss Agbo who had a PB in the Heptathlon at the IAAF Combined Events Challenge held at Arles in France on 3/4 June.  Phyliss scored 5502 points and finished in 11th place.  Her event scores were: 13.74 (+5.7), 1.66, 11.88, 24.89 (+4.5), 6.13 (+1.8), 37.12, 2:35.23.

4 June 2006 The TVH National Women's League team travelled to Stoke for the first Division Four match of the season.  A great team performance saw them rewarded with first place.  Pictures from the event can be viewed at www.nakgeela.com.

4 June 2006 The Young Athletes team were in action at the new Uxbridge track and finished second behind Ealing, Southall & Middlesex.

3 June 2006 The men’s southern league team placed second in their third league match behind a strong City of Norwich team. Highlights were 100/200m doubles from Toby Sandeman and James Christie and some excellent performances in all the throws from Ali Mortimore and all round from Jan Schueler. Man of the match was Louis Phiri with a new personal best of 50.9 seconds in the 400m, whilst Delroy Mitchell also achieved a 400m best in 51.4 seconds. Christian Primas also continued his good recent form with a personal best 16 minutes 19 seconds in the 5,000 metres, all the more impressive given that it was the hottest day of the year.  Results can be viewed in this Excel spreadsheet.

3 June 2006 The TVH BAL squad had a tough time in Manchester at the second match of the season wtih injuries and late withdrawals leaving them in last place for the second consecutive match.  Full results can be viewed on the BAL website.

21 May 2006 Results from the first NYAL fixture of the season at Perivale can be viewed here.  TVH finished in an excellent second position on a day heavy rain showers and strong winds made work hard for all the athletes and officials.

15 May 2006  The first Rosenheim League match of the season took place last Wednesday.  The TVH Men's team finished in 5th place whilst the women finished 3rd.  Read the full results here.

15 May 2006 Are you a male athlete who has run sub 1:25 for the half marathon in the last year?  Or a female runner with a time under 1:40?  If so, and you are a member of TVH, contact Marc Ben-Nathan as the Club has been offered two guaranteed entries for the Great North Run on Sunday 1st October.  Hurry as entries close soon!

14 May 2006 TVH athletes performed exceptionally well at various venues around the country at this weekend's County Championships.  At Barnet Copthall Stadium winners included Toby Sandeman (Under 20 - 100 Metres and 200 Metres,. Alex Probodziak in the Under 15 Boys Javelin,  Chander Benet (Under 17 girls 80 metre Hurdles and 300 metre Hurdles) and Stephanie Ainsley in the Under 17 girls 3000 metres.  Full results are available on the Middlesex County AA website.

9 May 2006 Are you a LEVEL 2 COACH interested in earning some money?  Click here for more details.

9 May 2006 Full results for the first British Athletics League match can be downloaded in PDF format at www.bal.org.uk.

6 May 2006 The first British Athletics League Premiership match at Copthall today saw an enthusiastic TVH squad battle both against top quality competition and rain.  Despite some promising individual performances the team was only able to finish in 8th place.  Full results and photographs to follow.

29 April 2006 The Men's Southern League team made a solid start to their season today.  The team took third place in their home match held at Perivale.

25 April 2006 An additional result from the World Indoor Championships for vetarans at Linz last month has just come to light.  John Munroe won a silver medal in the M35 Long Jump with a best distance of 6.55m.

23 April 2006 Several TVH youngsters represented their local boroughs in the mini-marathon with Stephanie Ainley having one of the best results in finishing 25th in the Girls 15-17 age group.  More results to follow once confirmed.

23 April 2006 A great run by James Sumpter saw him home as the first TVH finisher in today's London Marathon.  James finished in 70th place in a time of 2 hours 29 minutes.  Other runners included Camilla Briggs (3:15), James Clarke (3:56), David Welch (4:00), Jose Silva (4:06), Richard Hunt (4:27) and Ray Crosbie (5:02).

22 April 2006 Well done to John Smith and the women's team that won their first Southern Women's League meeting of the season at Kings Lynn.  Full results and pictures to follow.

9 April 2006 Read Phil Wetton's report on the Men's 12 Stage Relay here.

9 April 2006 Visitors to the Clubhouse will have seen that Dian Taylor is currently running a sale of Athletic Kit.  Items for sale include: T-Shirts (Children's £10, Adults £12), Sweatshirts (Children's £14, Adults £17), Long Sleeve Training tops ((Children's £15, Adults £18), Athletics vests (£15) and Crop Tops (£17.50).  A number of other miscellaneous items are also available.  If you are interested please see Dian in the Clubhouse or call her on 020 8874 9801.

9 April 2006 England Athletics are looking for guide runners for the Championships for athletes with visual impairments which are being held in Waltham Forest on 24th June 2006. Guide runners are required for a variety of distances and of varying standards. If you are interested in becoming involved please contact Alan Whetherly on 0207 354 8666.

8 April 2006 TVH took 30th place in the National 12 Stage Relay held on a very windy day at Birmingham.  Led off by Chris Smith who ran the fastest long leg for the team, TVH reached a best position on leg 3 of 17th place.  The fastest TVH short leg was run by Dean Clark.  Spare a thought for the last two TVH runners who had to contend with a hail storm!

	C. Smith         (33) 28:05
        D. Clark         (21) 15:13
        J. Sumpter       (17) 28:06
        R. Smith         (22) 16:34
        C. Nicol         (28) 30:38
        P. Wetton        (30) 17:02
        R. Datnow        (32) 30:56
        L. Benjamin      (32) 17:27
        M. DaSilva       (32) 29:28
        A. Fooks         (29) 16:18
        S. Norris        (30) 30:56
        P. Hill          (30) 17:48

1 April 2006 Details are now available for both the Middlesex and Southern Counties Championships for 2006.  Both have a full set of track and field events and are open to all athletes.  Further details can be downloaded on this Microsoft Word document.

26 March 2006 The Southern 12 Stage Relays saw the TVH men's squad finish in 19th place to gain qualification for the National event next month.   Chris Smith and Dean Clark ran the fastest long and short legs respectively.  Team Manager Phil Wetton did an excellent job to put together such a strong team given the late withdrawals of several athletes through injury.  Full results can be viewed here.

22 March 2006 The TVH veterans squad have returned from the World Indoor Championships with another clutch of medals.  Eddie Williams, in his first international competition since joining the veteran ranks,  took two medals in the M35 category - a gold in the 800 metres with a winning time of 1:57.78 in the final and a bronze in the 400 metres where his best performance came in the semi-final where Eddie recorded 50.72 seconds.  Kermitt Bentham continued his record of medal wins at international level by taking the gold medal in the M45 400 metres, running 52.92 seconds in the final.  Just missing out on medals were Rez Cameron and Trevor Wade, both M45 competitors. Rez finished fourth in the Triple Jump with a best leap of 12.94 metres while Trevor was just 21cm off a medal with fifth place in the Long Jump at 6.09 metres.  Trevor moves up to the M50 ranks next month and would have taken the gold medal had his birthday been a few weeks earlier.

20 March 2006 Anyone who was at Linford Christie Stadium after the conclusion of the Cross Country races on Saturday will have seen the unfortunate accident that occurred during the London Nigerian's rugby match and the subsequent arrival of various ambulance staff and finally the air ambulance.  You will be glad to know that the player who was knocked unconscious is expected to make a full recovery - largely thanks to the prompt attention of the London Nigerian's doctor, Isi Obuaya, who was at the match.

19 March 2006 Results from the final NW London Young Athletes Cross Country League races are now available here along with a report from Team Manager Roy Clarridge.  Congratulations to the Under 11 girls who won the League championships. TVH also had the league champion with Kristjana Caka winning the title.

18 March 2006 The final series of races of the NW London Young Athletes Cross Country League for the 2005/6 season were held at Wormwood Scrubs today.  Full results will follow shortly but photographs from the event can be viewed at www.nakgeela.com.

13 March 2006 TVH Chairman, Paul Oppe, has just published his latest E-Letter to all members.  The full letter can be viewed, along with Paul's previous letters at the Armchair page.

11 March 2006 Seven TVH athletes contested the Inter-Country Cross Country Championships at Nottingham - six represented Middlesex and one competed for Scotland East.  Full details to follow...

10 March 2006 Phyllis Agbo showed that she could excel in a new event at last weekend's Varsity Field Events & Relays Match.  Phylis, who attends Trinity College Cambridge, won the Triple Jump with a best distance of 12.25 metres.

10 March 2006 Well done to Karolin Tsarski (Royal Holloway) who reached the semi-final of the 400m at the British University Championships held last month at the Sheffield Indoor Arena.

4 March 2006 More victories for the TVH youngsters at the latest North West London Young Athletes Cross Country races.  Read Roy Clarridge's report.

25 February 2006 Club Chairman, Paul Oppe produced a press report for the National Cross Country Championships - read it here.

25 February 2006 Well done to all the TVH runners who braved the winds on Parliament Hill at the National Cross Country championships.  Full results can be seen on the Sportsoft website. A report from Senior men's team manager Simon Maddison can be seen here.  Photographs from all the races can be viewed at www.nakgeela.com.

18 February 2006 Three TVH athletes represented their local areas in the final of the Indoor Inter City Challenge held at the Sheffield Indoor Arena.  Representing London South, Phylis Agbo set a new PB in the Long Jump with a leap of 5.70 metres as well as recording 8.81 seconds for the 60m Hurdles. Finishing just behind Phylis in the hurdles was Angie Broadbelt in a time of 8.90 seconds, running for London North.  An aggressive run by Andrew Hennessy (Bristol) saw him lead through 800m before eventually finishing 5th in 3:53.01.

13 February 2006 Ben Tickner has transferred his recent run of good form onto the 'boards' by taking 4th place in the 3000m with a time of 8:15.41 at the AAA Indoor championships held yesterday in Sheffield.  Phylis Agbo finished 7th in the 60m Hurdles final.

12 February 2006 Read Simon Maddison's report on the final Senior Men's race in the London City Runner Metropolitan League Cross Country series for 2005/6 here.  TVH results for the other age-groups can be found here along with photographs on the gallery page.  Photographs of all the TVH competitors can be seen at www.nakgeela.com

10 February 2006 Well done to Phylis Agbo (now at Cambridge University) who has been selected for the Great Britain Under 23 team for the Combined Events Indoor International against France and Spain at Eaubonne, France on 25th/26th February.

8 February 2006 Congratulations to Stephanie Ainley who won the Intermediate Girls race in the London Schools Cross Country Championships held at Parliament Hill.  Stephanie attends St. Paul's Girls School and is a regular competitor for TVH.

4 February 2006 Andrew Hennessy demonstrated his good form at the UK Indoor City Cup Semi-Final at Cardiff by taking second place in the 1500m in 3:49.25.

4 February 2006 Frank Tickner won the British University Cross Country Championships held in Birmingham, improving on his second place in last years event.

28 January 2006 Only two senior men represented TVH in the Southern Cross Country Championships held at  Exmouth.  Chris Smith had an outstanding run to finish 13th  while Patrick Woodisse also had a good run to finish 148th form a total of around 550 finishers  Two other TVH members competed for their winter clubs - Dave Wardle finished 10th with Andrew Hennessy just behind in 12th.

17 January 2006 Lady members of TVH may have taken part in the Cancer Research UK Race for Life races in 2005.  These are taking place again in 2006 and one of the London-based volunteers working for the charity has started a website to provide detailed information on the events taking place in the London area.  You can visit the site at www.raceforlifelondon.org

17 January 2006 Full results from the Middlesex Cross Country Championships can be found here.

17 January 2006 Read Simon Maddison's report on the Senior Men's race at the Middlesex Cross Country Championships here.

13 January 2006 Marc Ben-Nathan is collecting entries for the Wokingham Half Marathon which takes place on Sunday 12th February at 10am in Wokingham.  Entries are £13.50 for TVH members.  Please contact Marc for more information.  Marc also reports that he will be back coaching (and hopefully training!) at the Linford Christie Stadium from the 17th January.

10 January 2006 Simon Maddison has provided a brief report on the Senior and Veteran Mens race at the London City Runner Metropolitan League on Saturday.  View Simon's report here and the full results for all age groups on the Hillingdon AC website.

7 January 2006 A small group of dedicated TVH runners turned out for the fourth London City Runner Metropolitan League race at St. Albans. A cold day and a  tough course took its toll but some good results were had.  Full results are still awaited but photographs can be seen at www.nakgeela.com.

4 January 2006 Roy Clarridge has trawled the list of UK junior rankings for 2005.  Congratulations to Lawrence Owen whose 25.0 200m made him the second fastest under 13 in 2005. This performance also makes him the seventh fastest overall for this event. He was also ranked 20th in the 100m with 12.76 and ninth in the Long Jump with 5.15m. Also ranked in the under 15 girls lists are Chandler Benet, 10th 200m in 25.43; 20th Long Jump, 5.17m and 31st pentathlon with 2630pts. Mercedes McPherson again ranked in the High Jump with 1.62m for 9th place.

18 December 2005 Ben Tickner finished an excellent 27th at the Iris Lotto CrossCup held in Brussels.

11 December 2005 Frank Tickner finished fourth Briton in 37th place at the European Cross Country Championships in Tilburg, Holland. 

3 December 2005 A great turn out of 26 TVH youngsters turned out for the NW London League fixture at Cockfosters with all the age groups covered.  Report and results can be found here.

28 November 2005 A relative of an old TVH member has been in touch via the website. His Grandad was a Thames Valley Harrier...probably in about 1911...Name: Albert Edward Scudder...Apparently he was a messenger in the 2nd Battallion Coldstream Guards and ran messages from trench to trench in WW1!  Do let us know if you have any information on Albert and we will pass it on to his Grandson. 

26 November 2005 A third place for Frank Tickner at the UK Challenge race at Margate saw him qualify for the European Championships.  Brother Ben just missed out as he finished 7th.  Dave Wardle also had a good run with 17th place.

26 November 2005 A much better turn out from the Senior Men at the latest London City Runner Metropolitan League race at Ruislip.  Read Team Manager Simon Maddison's report here

20 November 2005 Entry forms for the AAA Indoor U20, U17, & U15 Championships at Birmingham on Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th March 2006 are now available on the AAA's Website at www.englandathletics.org.  The closing date for entries is 3rd February.  No late entries will be accepted.

20 November 2005 A reminder from Kathy Davidson to TVH members that entry deadlines are looming for the County, Southern and combined Southern & County Vets Championship events.  Pease let John Husbands (Senior Men), Simon Maddison (Vet men) and Kathy (ladies) which of these races you wish to be entered for.

19 November 2005  TVH members from all age groups took part in the London Cross Country Championships at Parliament Hill.  The senior men's team took bronze medals and were led home by Chris Smith who finished in an excellent third place.  More results to follow but Simon Maddison's report on the men's team can be read here.  Pictures from all the races can be seen at www.nakgeela.com

15 November 2005 TVH fielded a full men's team at the North London Cross Country Championships at Alexandra Palace on Saturday 12th November.  Read Team Manager Simon Maddison's report here.

15 November 2005 Full results from the London City Runner Metropolitan League race on 29th October are available on the Hillingdon AC Website at http://www.hillingdonac.co.uk/metleague.htm  You will need either Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft Excel to view the results.

29 October 2005  TVH hosted the latest London City Runner Metropolitan League races at Wormwood Scrubs on Saturday.  Full results will follow shortly but pictures of club athletes competing on the day can be viewed at www.nakgeela.com

27 October 2005  Robert Russell ran the fastest leg of the day at the Scottish Road Relays at Cumbernauld on Saturday.  Competing for Central AC Robert was joined by another BAL squad member Alistair Hay, in the team that went on to win the event having led from start to finish.

22 October 2005  Men's Team Manager Phil Wetton has provided a report on the National Road Relays.  Phil has also included details on the Lady's event.  Read the report here.

22 October 2005  A brief summary of the results from today's North West London Young Athletes Cross-Country match can be found here.  Highlights included a win in the under 11 girls race for Kristjana Caka, after shadowing the pre-rae favourite and out-sprinting her, and a 2nd place for Sarah Peterson in the under 15's, her best result yet.

22 October 2005  The TVH Lady's team finished 32nd at the English National 4 Stage Road Relay Championships at Sutton Park, Birmingham.  Visit the Photogallery for pictures.

22 October 2005  The TVH Men's team finished 32nd at the English National 6 Stage Road Relay Championships at Sutton Park, Birmingham.  Visit the Photogallery for pictures.

19 October 2005  Some pictures taken by Peter Clark at the first Metropolitan League races at Claybury can be found in the Photogallery. Or click here to view directly

18 October 2005  Congratulations to Marc Ben-Nathan and his wife on the birth of a baby boy last week.

18 October 2005  A reminder from Road Race Team Manager Marc Ben-Nathan that the Stevenage Half Marathon on Sunday 6th Nov in Stevenage is the last race in the 2005 Half Marathon Series.  Let Marc now by next Tuesday if you want to enter.

17 October 2005  Kathy has provided some important news regarding the North of the Thames Championships which were to have been held on Saturday 17th December 2005.  This race has been postponed.  On the same date an Inter Club race (5km Multi Terrain) will take place at Ruislip around the Ruislip Lido. One race for men & women starting at 2.15pm.  Just turn up and enter at the Hillingdon AC Club House.

16 October 2005  Entry details for the Middlesex Indoor Championships on 11 December are available here

16 October 2005  Entry details for the various 2006 South of England AA Indoor Championships are available here

12 October 2005  John Smith has produced a report on the Summer Season for the Women and Girls teams. The full report can be read here

8 October 2005  Results from the first Metropolitan League meeting of the Season at Claybury: 

    Men – Team 16th (from 21 teams) with 893 points
    Vet men – Team 14th out of 15 teams, 82 points
    7 Chris Smith 25.27 : 11 Andy Fooks 26.00 : 89 Phil Wetton 29.16                               
    152 Richard Hooley 32.06 : 166 Jonathan Clamp 32.36
    212 Simon Maddison 35.37 : 254 Finished

    Women – Team 17th from 20 teams with 98 points
    53 Kate Nunn 17.45 : 65 Ana da Silva 18.14 : 105 Sue Boran (guest) 32.21 : 107 Finished.

7 October 2005  Kathy Davidson has provided a update to the winter fixture list

3 October 2005  BAL Team Manager Ray Culberson is delighted to announce the latest athlete to join the TVH Men's squad that will compete in Division One next season.  19 year old Pole Vaulter Steve Carpenter has a personal best of 4.60 metres and will be a valuable addition to the team.

3 October 2005  Kathy Davidson has provided details of the main club races for October.  Full details can be found here

1 October 2005  The TVH squad of youngster's took to the country for the first time this season and returned some very respectable results at the North West London Young Athletes League at Perivale.  Highlight of the day was a win for Stephanie Ainley in her first ever cross country race.  Full Report

25 September 2005  The TVH Men's squad had a good day at the Southern 6 stage and finished 18th team overall (14th 'A' team) and so qualified for the National Relays in October.  The squad also finished a B Team in 56th place out of 69 teams.

25 September 2005  The Southern Relays at Aldershot saw good runs by a number of the club's young athletes.  Katie Chapman had a very good run and is now the fastest U13 TVH had at these relays. She ran 16 seconds faster than the club record. Sarah Peterson did almost as as well. She is now second fastest in the club, only ten seconds slower than Amaia Guille’s 1999 time. Teamwise it is the first time TVH has managed to have a team in the U17 men’s event in the 12 years we’ve been taking part. Although the girls 30th place in both races looks rather low, the opposition was very good and in the u13’s there were 49 complete teams and in the u15’s even more, with 59 teams completing.  Details

18 September 2005  TVH youngsters put on a strong showing at the Middlesex Road Relays held at the Minet Centre in Hayes.  Leading the way, Maddy Austin did very well to gain silver in the first ever Under 11 road race championship. Katie Chapman was second fastest in the U13 girls relay. The team also finished second. Sarah Peterson was also second fastest in the Under 15 relay.  Details

11 September 2005  Chris Smith won the Victoria Park 10k in 32:10 and in doing so won the Middlesex Championship.  2nd place went to James Sumpter  (32:51) and TVH took 3rd place in the team competition.

4 September 2005  A report from Rez Cameron live from San Sebastian at the World Masters Athletics Championships here

3 September 2005 Ray Culberson, BAL Team Manager, is delighted to advise that we have made our first signing for next season. James Bridge, 21, a sprinter from Ashford has decided to join us. Although James has had a 2005 season dominated by injury his PB's are 10.7 and 21.6. He has represented Kent and South of England at both Under 23 and Senior levels.  James is currently a student at the University of Kent.

1 September 2005  Winter fixture list now available here.

28 August 2005 Steve Whyte won the gold medal in the M40 Hammer at the World Masters Athletics Championships in San Sebastian, Spain. 

31 August 2005 Trevor Wade won the bronze medal in the M45 Long Jump at the World Masters Athletics Championships in San Sebastian, Spain.

31 August 2005 Rez Cameron won the bronze medal in the M45 Triple Jump at the World Masters Athletics Championships in San Sebastian, Spain.

28 August 2005 Steve Whyte finished fourth in the M40 Shot Putt at the World Masters Athletics Championships in San Sebastian, Spain.  Steve also finished 5th in the Discus.

24 August 2005 Results of Perivale Trophy competitions now available here.

23 August 2005 Steve Whyte took the gold medal in the M40 Hammer Weight throw at the World Masters Athletics Championships in San Sebastian, Spain. 

23 August 2005 Ray Culberson is actively recruiting athletes to strengthen the men's BAL team for 2006. Details

20 August 2005 The TVH Women's Southern League team finished in joint fist place with Radley Ladies in the final match of the season at Perivale.  Unfortunately this was not enough to avoid relegation and so the team will compete in Division Two next season.  Results

20 August 2005 The Men's Southern League team finished third at Mile End, just four points behind the winners Victoria Park Harriers.  The team finish the season in third place in Division Two and will be promoted to Division One for next season.  Details

14 August 2005 Three TVH ladies competed in the 8-sided Inter-Counties Match at Wood Green.  Janette Niccolls competed for Middlesex and won the 100m in 11.93s and also took second in the 200m with 24.62s.  Angie Broadbelt also competed for Middlesex and finished second in the 400m Hurdles in a time of 66.54 seconds.  Competing for Hertfordshire, Maureen Okwue took fourth place in the Triple Jump with a best leap of 11.22 metres.

13 August 2005 Several TVH teams took part in the annual Trophy meeting at Perivale.  The men's team retained the Farringdon Trophy for another year.  Details

10 August 2005 The Linford Christie Stadium will be officially reopened on 4th September.  A day of athletics is being held to celebrate.  More details

10 August 2005 TVH member Mel Edwards is the subject of an article in this weeks Athletics Weekly.  He has kept a training diary for 45 years and has just passed 100,000 miles!

6 August 2005 3 members of the BAL squad competed in the BMC Nike Grand Prix Final at Crystal Palace. - Dean Clark (800m 1:53.55),  Dave Wardle (5000m 14:22.91) & Tom Patton (400mH 54.37)

6 August 2005 Frank Tickner finishes 3rd on his international debut at the U23 International in Manchester.  Competing in the 3000m Steeplechase, Frank ran 9:04.49.  Picture

31 July 2005 Women's UK League team finish fourth at Rugby.  Details

31 July 2005 Phyliss Agbo finishes 5th in the Norwich Union U23 Combined Events International at Stoke.  Picture

30 July 2005 Men's BAL Team take second place at Stoke to clinch promotion to Division 1.  Press Release

30 July 2005 Men's Southern League teams finishes third in their home match.

30 July 2005 Frank Tickner selected to represent Great Britain at U23 International on 6 August.