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7 January 2012, Middlesex Cross Country Championships, Wormwood Scrubs - Mohamud Aadan leads club success with victory in the Senior Men's race. Naz Dawit wins U20s, Hugo Cayssials gets bronze medal in U17 Boys and India Weir gets bronze in Girls U13. Senior Ladies finish 3rd Team. Senior race report here. Under 13 boys win team race with U13 girls edged into 2nd place. Young athlete report here. Full race results here.

2 January 2012, -Frank Horwill MBE - It is with great sadness that we report that Frank Horwill passed away on January 1st 2012 aged 84. Frank had been an active coach until recent illness reduced his appearances trackside. Frank a long time member of TVH, founded the British Milers Club and has been an influential force in British middle distance running. He recently collected his MBE from the Queen. He will be missed by many in TVH and the wider athletics' family. A tribute to Frank by the IAAF can be found here, and a full obituary here.

1 January 2012, Brooks Serpentine New Year's Day 10k and 3k races - The 10k race took place in windy conditions, taking a lap of Hyde Park and two short laps of Kensington Gardens. Katie Good ran very well in the conditions to finish in the top 10 overall and first lady in a time of 35:29. Katie ran strongly to take the lead in the closing stages, winning by 11 seconds. Katie managed to squeeze in a couple of good races over the Christmas period, before flying back to France to continue her studies in Lyon. On the 27th December she set a 10 mile personal best winning her local race in 58:45.

In the 3k race we had the second TVH winner of the day, with James Horrex winning in 11:07. James ( who celebrated his 14th birthday a week before Christmas) ran very well to win by 2 secs from an athlete 2 years older. 12 year old  brother Thomas Horrex also had a great race finishing 4th out of the 45 runners.

28 December 2011, - Michael Edwin Wiggs - Sadly Mike Wiggs, one of the greatest TVH middle distance runners died a the age of 73 on 8th December. Mike was one of the few TVH members to run in two Olympics. At the 1960 Rome games Mike ran 3:46.5 in his heat, failing to qualify for the final. In 1964 he ran his 1500 pb in 3:40.7. In the same year he competed in the Tokyo Olympic games, winning his heat in 13:50.1 before being tripped in the final, where he finished 11th in 14:20.8. In 1965 Mike set his 1500 pb 3:30.0.

19 December 2011 - Date change - Southern 12 stage Road Relay moves to Sunday March 25th at Muilton Keynes AC not Sunday 1st April at Milton Keynes OU.

17 December 2011 - London City Runner Metropolitan League - Ruislip. Another good day for the Valley. U13 Boys and Senior Ladies win team match, with good performances from India Weir finishing 2nd in U13 girls and Hugo Cayssials 4th in U17 Men. Full report here. Full results here.

9th December 2011 - Southern Masters and SEAA Inter Counties, Croydon - First frosty day of the season greets Valley partcipants in SEAA Masters Cross country and SEAA Intercounties. Full report here.  Full result here.

9th December 2011 - Inter Counties, Croydon  - Good running to all those representing Middlesex this weekend including  Abraham Mendes Da Costa, Karim Mahaddine U13, Eve Goodhart, Madeline Turner U15,  Hugo Cayssials U17 , Joanna Mobed U20 and Lisa Da Silva and Kate Mellor Senior Ladies. Good luck to all running  in theSouthern Masters Championships at the same venue.

3rd December 2011 -  NW London Young Athletes League,  Alexandra Palace - U11s do well with 3rd and 4th place in Boys and girls races. Race report here. Full results here.

1st  December, 2011 -  Buckingahm Palace, London - Frank Horwill, long serving TVH member received his MBE from the Queen for lifetime service to Athletics. Frank has coached over 100 International athletes and TVH's Chris Smith, and is a leading authority on middle distance coaching.

26th November, 2011 -  British & Ireland International Masters Cross Country,  Bellahouston - Maureen Fitzgerald finishes 10th in her race winning silver medal for Ireland, just 2 points behind England.

26th November, 2011 -  NW London Young Athletes League,  Alexandra Palace - With three team wins, two seconds and a third  out of eight races, the Valley had a great day! Race report here. Full results here.

25 November, 2011 - British Athletics League dates 2012 - Following the Club's promotion to Division 1 the dates and venues for 2012 are - Sunday May 26th at Lee Valley, Saturday June 30th at Gateshead, Saturday 28th July at Copthall and Saturday 18th August at Windsor. BAL Super 8 Cup - Semi final Saturday 21st July and final Saturday 8th September.

19 November, 2011 - London Cross Country Champs - London Parliament Hill -  Mohamud Aadan  in a fine run for 3rd place elected himself as a senior member of the Parliament Hill medallists club at just the age of 21! Ably supported by Sean Renfer finishing 15th in his debut in this race. Ladies team led home by Tracy Barlow 20th. Full report here. Results here.

19 November, 2011 - London Youth Games - London Parliament Hill - Held as part of the London Championships 19 TVH youngsters competed for 6 London Boroughs.  The best performance was from Karim Mahaddine 14th in the U13 Boys. Report here.

12 November, 2011 - London City Runner Metropolitan League - Stevenage - Confusion in the Senior Men's race detracts from good TVH performance in the U13 boys and U17 mens race. U13 girls and Senior ladies consolidate their league positions. Race report here. Results here.

5 November, 2011 - Saucony National Cross Country relays, Mansfield - On a wet grey day, the Ladies team finished 51st out of 104 teams and the Men's A team 39th and B team 99th out of 157 teams. Mohamud Aadan lead off a strong first leg to come in 31st. On the 2nd leg Sean Renfer improved to 24th as the 'one man teams'  dropped away. Mathieu Ribault ran steadily to finish in 43rd while Rob Russell returning from injury improved to 39th. Full results here.

    Video: Olympic Inspiration
Runners from the Thames Valley Harriers talk about being inspired to take up running, and Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes describes how she was inspired by watching the Olympics.

1 DECEMBER 2011	TVH Partners
Frank Horwill receives MBE for lifetime service to athletics.	West LondonAthletics  Network                                                          (WLAN).  Group of local Athletic                                                Clubs working to promote athletics                                                 in West London.                                                  Willesden Track Academy                                                            England Athletics
RON RODDAN Ron receiving his London award from Tony Shiret in the      TVH clubhouse	PERFORMANCE COACH OF THE YEAR 2010
	Before presenting the award Tony listed some of Ron's many achievements in his 50 years of coaching for TVH, including of course training an Olympic Champion. Tony spoke from personal experience as he trained at this stadium in his youth.  The award was presented in recognition of Ron's pivotal role and huge impact on athletics in London. The appreciative audience of athletes, coaches and club volunteers spanning several generations, demonstrated how much Ron means to TVH; our respect, affection and gratitude for his immense contribution to the club and for the huge number of athletes coached by Ron who have reached their potential.

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Head of Coaching:  Samantha Brewer

Head of Development:  Pat Fitgerald

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ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

See Awards for the latest winners!

The rules are fairly simple as follows:

1. Winner must be between 11 and 24 years of age.  A person can only win once at TVH, though they may also win via another organisation

2. The winner will receive £200 to spend on behalf of TVH

Nomination can be for a wide range of reasons.  It is definitely not just for being the best, fastest, it can also be for making a difference or for helping others at a training session, making up the team, for example. If you would like to nominate somebody, a friend, training partner please fill in a nomination form, which are available behind the counter or for download from the link below.  Completed forms should be posted in the box in the Clubhouse or given in at the counter.

Click here for the Nomination Form.  

www.jackpetcheyfoundation.org.uk/

James Sumpter  London marathon 2011 (photo C. Cayssials).