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Ashford duo in the medals

News Desk — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:20:17 +0000

ASHFORD AC’s Jack Goss and Tim Forsyth grabbed two of the medals in the Kent Under 15 cross country championships with an excellent silver and bronze double.
But they had no answer to Tonbridge’s George Duggan who claimed gold in 13 minutes 12 seconds.
Tim recovered after a poor start to push his Ashford teammate all the way and only a storming finish over the last 150m by Jack saw him surge away to take the silver in 13:33 with Tim close behind in 13:36.
In the U15 girls Jessica Carley followed up her sixth in her first year of cross country in the Kent League standings with a fine 16th in a field of 42 with 12:24 for the 3km course.
And in the U17 women Amelia Jones had another fine run for eighth in 16:11 with teammate Hester Hill just adrift in 11th with 17:25
Garon Heslop was the pick of the Ashford men over 10k in 50th with 42:40 with U20 runner Warren Uden taking 116th in 48:50 and Ian King 136th with 50:20.
It was an excellent day for the Nicholls family from Romney Marsh. The trio, now running for Tonbridge AC, saw the talented Grace take the senior women’[s crown over 8km in 28:11 despite still being an U20 athlete while Max grabbed silver in the U17 men with 20:33 while Euan was 11th in the U15 boys with 14:14.
Another former Ashford member to do well in Tonbridge colours was Kelsey Howard who was eighth in the junior women’s race with 28:38.
The races were held at Wilmington Grammar School in Dartford.

Team win for Under 15 boys

News Desk — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:02:22 +0000

JACK Goss and Tim Forsyth spurred the Ashford Under 15s to a fine team win with second and third respectively in the Kent Cross Country League meeting at Sparrows Den, West Wickham.
It keeps the team in second place overall in the league and Goss is also pressing hard for top individual honours.
He once again had to play second fiddle to Tonbridge’s George Duggan (13:38) after clocking a fine 13:54 with Tim in close attendance with 13:57.
Third Ashford runner was Declan Burton 15th with 15:11 with another good run by Kyle Denning 31st in 16:27 and James Rouet 37th with 17:14.
Amelia Jones is still in the hunt for the U17 girls’ title after a 12th in 17:34 with Folkestone clubmate Hester Hill 16th in 18:37 while Warren Uden led the way home in the U20 men with 19:21.
Jess Carley ran well again in the U13 girls with 11th in 10:24 from Charlotte McGowan 27th in 11:31 and Alex Prickett 43rd in 12:36 to keep the team in fifth overall.
In the U15 girls sisters Katie and Megan Lillington flew the flag for Ashford with 14:34 and 15:46 respectively.
In the men’s event Garon Heslop was the top Ashford finisher in 47th with 36:06 with Kevin Williams 59th in 37:00 and Ian King 83rd with 38:55.

Squad just miss promotion

News Desk — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:45:16 +0000

ASHFORD AC narrowly missed promotion to the Premier Division in the National Junior League after finishing a superb third in the promotion meeting at Barnet Cophall Stadium.
They were edged out by Woodford Green/Essex Ladies and Herts Phoenix but it was a terrific climax to the season after winning the Kent Medway Division.
The girls were outstanding finishing second in their match after a sterling effort to cover as many events as possible despite athletes missing with injury or holiday commitments while the boys were seventh.
Stars of the girls team were again the high jumpers with a brilliant double success Debbie Martin winning the A event with 1.65m with Laura Hanagan taking the B victory with a personal best 1.50m.
Debbie was also third in the A triple jump while Laura was third in the A 400m hurdles and second in the B 100m hurdles.
Another victory came in the B 400m hurdles which was a just reward for Sam Beckett after her wholehearted support in a multitude of roles over the season.
Ashford athlete of the match went to Isabel Dickinson for her brilliant efforts covering the 400m, 800m, 1500m and 3000m but this was again a real team effort with fine performances from Lucy Holmes, Rachel Hanagan, Caroline Hatley, Louise Barclay, Caitlin Dock, Amelia Jones and Abbie Purkiss.
Amelia, a promising middle distance runner, took fine seconds in the A 800m and and B police vault with Caitlen second in the A pole vault.
The boys also worked hard to try and cover the events but celebrated just the one victory another commanding throw in the A javelin by Chris Blandford with 47.32m. Chris also scored well in the shot, discus and hammer.
U17 Ollie Rudd did well for a third in the B javelin and also had personal bests in the high jump and triple jump.
Another two personal bests were recorded by Callum Burgess in the sprint hurdles and 200m steeplechase while bests were chalked up by Neil Daughters (800m) and Jack Wreathall and Aaron Kellow in the 3000m.
Blake Robinson had two fine second places in the shot and discus but once again there were terrific efforts from Chris Meakin, Ashley Cochran, Declan O’Driscoll Andy Robertson, Will Dickinson and Jack Huxley.
The whole team deserve awards for their determination and positive attitude. They are still in the Medway division of the league for next season and it will be hoped after this performance that there will be more support so that athletes can perhaps be able to concentrate on their specific event or events to try to go some way to achieving their own personal goals.
Final positions: 1 Woodford Green & Essex Ladies 510, 2 Herts Phoenix 485, 3 Ashford AC 411.5. 4 Southampton 389, 5 Medway & Maidstone 324, 6 Harrow 319.5, 7 Brighton & Hove 315, 8 Reading 255.

Second in Southern League

News Desk — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:15:31 +0000

ASHFORD finished second in the Southern League match at Harrow and will be looing for another good result in the final match at Tonbridge on Saturday (20th).
Gareth Morris was outstanding for the men with victories in the A 400m (50.4) and 400m hurdles (53.6) and there was a double in the pole vault won by luke Williams with 3.85m with Stuart Chisholm taking the B points with 3.20m.
Matt Smiley had a win in the B high jump as both he and Matt Hogben cleared 1.80m and Smiley was also second in the A long jump.
Ashford picked up good points in the triple jump with Matt Morsia second in the A event (14.68m) and young Nathan Fatola winning the B jump with a fine 12.76m.
Chris Blandford took the B javelin with 52.09m just behind teammate Peter Wickens who notched a fine 53.41 to be just edged out in the A contest.
Pete Davey swept to victory in the 110m hurdles and Lee Swinbourne won the B discus after good points in the shot and hammer. Veteran Jon Ward gained a good spread of points in the field events.
Gary Carr, Fatola and Ashley Cochrane covered the sprints with the middle distance events picked up by Matt Hogben, Warren Uden, Dylan Jones and Kev Williams.
The women picked up two doubles Stevie Langford and Debbie Martin winning the long jump with 1.66 and 1.60 respectively and the 100m hurdles points were claimed by Caroline Hatley and Emmeline Rendell. Stevie and Debbie also picked up seconds in the triple jump.
Amelia Jones showed her versatility with a win in the 2000m steeplechase and second in the 800m while Emmeline won the A pole vault with3.10m with Stevie second in the B event.
Rachel Hanagan had a win in the B shot and third in the hammer and young Kirsten Hooten had an excellent 23.58m to win the B javelin with third in the discus.
Veterans Candy Hawkins and Vicky Clarke weighed in with good points while Sam Beckett, Abbie Purkis and Briony Walsh also scored well in the sprints.
Match result: Harrow 204, Ashford 188, Nene Valley 160, Blackheath & Bromley 146.

Ashford take NJL title

News Desk — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 11:27:26 +0000

ASHFORD AC have won the Medway Division of the National Junior League and are looking to secure a place in the Premier Division at the promotion match at Copthall on August 28.
Also challenging are Kent rivals Medway and Maidstone who just edged out Ashford in the final league match at Canterbury.
Stars of the final meeting were Debbie Martin and Lucy Holmes who set up two double victories in the triple jump and high jump.
Debbie took the A triple jump with a personal best 10.17m with Lucy taking the B points with 8.69m while in the A high jump Debbie was a convincing winner with 1.65m with Lucy again shining with the B win with 1.30m. Lucy was also second in the A long jump and B javelin.
Another win came in the girls’ pole vault taken by Caitlin Dock with 2.70m while Sam Beckett won the 400m hurdles with 71.9 and Caitlin was second in the B long jump with a pb of 4.35m.
Kayleigh Miller-Leslie had a fine win in the B 100m with a personal best 12.8 which would have put her in the top three of the A event but once again this was a fine team effort convincingly winning the girls competition from M&M.
Amber Regardsoe picked up good points in the discus and hammer with fine support from Lizzie Highwood who had personal bests in both events.
Louise Barclay also had a couple of pbs with good runs in the 3000m and B 800m with Isabel Dickinson also scoring well in the distance runs while Sam Beckett, Kim Smith and Amelia Jones did well in the shorter races. Isabel had personal bests in the 400m and 1500m.
Kirsten Hooten was just pipped by 5cm into second in the A javelin and was second in the B shot.
The boys were third after just two event wins with Quazim Omotosho taking the A discus with a 33.32m throw and he was third with a personal best 22.55m in the A hammer and third in the shot with another best of 8.70m.
The only other maximum came in the B triple jump from Oliver Rudd with a personal best 10.25m.
George Huxley had a couple of fine seconds in the hurdles event with 16.2 in the 100m and 62.4 in the 400m and George had another pb to earn points in the shot.
Ashford battled to cover all the events so there were fine efforts from Will Dickinson, Jack Huxley, Ben Cox, Ashley Corcoran, Neil Daughters and Chris Meakin.

Jumpers rise to the top

News Desk — Tue, 31 May 2011 09:25:43 +0000

ASHFORD AC pulled off another terrific double in the National Junior League high jump at Tonbridge with A and B wins for Debbie Martin and Hester Hill.
They recorded heights of 1.66m and 1.45m respectively and there was another in the 100m hurdles where Caroline Hatley won the A race in 15.75m and Laura Hanagan took the B points with 16.10 in the B race. Caroline also had second in the B long jump with 44.38m and Laura third in the javelin with a best ever 20.84m and added a second in the 400m hurdles.
There nearly was another club double in the pole vault where Caitlin Dock was second in the A clash with 2.50m and Amelia Jones winning the B event with 1.90m, both girls notching personal bests. Amelia was also second in the A 400m and third in the 800m.
Rachel Hanagan again secured good points winning the B hammer with a personal best 21.14m with Amber Regardsoe so close to making it double success with a fine 23.21m. Rachel was also second in the B shot with Amber second in the A clash with 8.93m and Amber was also third in the A discus with 26.53m and fifth in the 1500m in a personal best 7:13.17.
Lucy Holmes had a splendid day with seconds in the A long jump with a personal best 4.90m, triple jump with 9.12m and javelin with 24.88m and a third in the discus with 18.63m.
Joanna Norman claimed the club’s only other victory winning the B triple jump with 9.05m while Debbie Martin had a best ever 28.32 in the B 200m.
Declan O’Driscoll ran a personal best 11:19.68 with second in the B 3000m with Aaron Kellow third in the A race. Declan also had a best ever 2:15.07 in the B 800 and 14.54m in the B discus.
Neil Daughters claimed second in the B 1500m with Jack Wreathall fourth in the A event while Andrew Robertson ran a personal best 7:11.59 for third in the 1k steeplechase. Jack also ran a best ever 56.44 in the B 400m.
Other bests recorded included Louise Barclay’s 3:06.18 in the B 800m and 13:53.21 in the B 3000m; Isabel Dickinson’s 13:53.21 in the B 3000m, Andrew Robertson’s 66.1 in the A 400m hurdles; Jacob Lane’s 1.50m in the A high jump; Will Dickinson’s 4.99m in the A long jump and 7.72m in the A shot; Aaron Kellow’s 15.47m in the A discus and Callum Burgess 4.25m in the B hammer.

Championship best for Debbie

News Desk — Thu, 19 May 2011 08:21:10 +0000

ASHFORD AC had a superb opening day to the Kent Championships with a championship U20 record among their 20 medals.
High jumper Debbie Martin soared to a record 1.65m with Caroline Hatley claiming the bronze medal with 1.50m and Caroline added the bronze in the long jump in a clean sweep for Ashford in the event.
The superb Rachel Hanagan secured the long jump with 5.12m, from teammate Lucy Holmes with 4.63m and Caroline on 4.44m. Hatley claimed the gold in the 100m hurdles with an excellent 15.7.
It proved a fruitful age group for Ashford with Rachel also landing silver in the 400m in 58.1 while Amber Regardsoe took silver in the discus with 27.23m and Sam Beckett was second in the 100m in 13.1.
Stevie Langford was another to rise to challenge in the high jump with the senior women’s gold with 1.70m with teammate Kara Gibbs in fourth with 1.40m.
Chris Blandford was the pick of the U20 men with gold in the javelin with a mark of 50.36m while Will Dickinson landed silver in the triple jump with 9.96m while George Huxley was a fine third in the 200m in 23.4.
In the senior men Pete Davey ran a superb 16.7 to win the 110m hurdles and the club’s pole vaulters again scored with a third for Luke Williams with 3.50m. Steve Lake just missed a medal in the long jump with fourth with 5.49m. Chris Kingsland performed well again withg fifth places in the discus and shot finals.
The junior men also produced four medals with silver for Jack Goss in the U15 1500m in 4:27.1 and Alex Lynch landing the U15 shot bronze with 9.22m and the discus bronze with 21.03m while Ben Cox took bronze in the U17 high jump with 1.65m.
Nathanial Fatola just missed out in the U17 100m with fourth in 11.8 and Cox seventh in the final while Tom Williams was sixth in the 400m and there was a sixth for Ben Isaac in the U15 long jump.
The U17 women showed huge promise for the future with a succession of finals, two silvers and a bronze.
Kayleigh Miller-Leslie was second in the 80m hurdles in 12.0 with Lauren Bamford fourth with 12.6 and Kirsten Hooten was runner-up in the javelin with 26.59m. Kayleigh was also fifth in the 100m final.
Hester Hill secured bronze in the high jump with 1.40m and was seventh in the 300m final. Liz Highwood was a fine fifth in the discus with 24.99m.
In the U15 girls high jump Emem Umoh was fourth with 4.71m with Ciara Ewart 12th.
In total Ashford claimed 13 golds, 17 silvers and 18 bronze medals in another highly successful weekend.

Walking tall

News Desk — Tue, 17 May 2011 09:01:48 +0000

ASHFORD AC’s walkers were the star performers in the Kent Championships second day at the Julie Rose Stadium at the weekend bringing home three of the club’s seven gold medals.

Kate Funnell secured the U17 3k walk title in 15:32.1 with Jonathan Hobbs taking the U20 gold in 14:15.9 which was also good enough to give him the senior silver medal.

Veteran Gary Macdonald took the M50 gold over 3k with 18:17.8 and on a weekend where blustery conditions restricted performances the only two championship bests to fall came from the walkers.

Individual star was the consistent Rachel Hanagan who claimed gold in the U20 triple jump with 11,13m in an Ashford clean sweep with sister Laura taking silver with 10.76m and Joanna Norman the bronze with 9.36m.

Rachel also landed silver in the 200m in 26.1 just .3 of a second off the gold prize. Laura took her second silver medal in the 400m hurdles clocking 67.0.

Lucy Homes took the gold in the U20 javelin with a throw of 23.50m and rising star Caitlin Dock was the champion in the U17 pole vault with 2.39m holding off teammate Sam Lynch who notched a 2m clearance.

Aaron Meakin was the winner of the U15 hammer mastering the technically difficult implement with a fine 30m throw.

Silvers went to Warren Uden in the men’s steeplechase with 11:34.2 and Peter Wickens in the men’s javelin with 51.12m.

Blake Robinson has a consistent series in the U20 discus to take silver with 32.85m and veteran Candy Hawkins scored again with silver in the women’s 5000m with 20:08.1.

Ashford secured 10 bronze medals with Matt Morsia pressing hard in the triple jump ending with 14.76m and three came for the U17 lads with Tom Williams narrowly edged into bronze in the 200m with 23.5; Max Reeves was third in the 100m hurdles in 15.80 and Nathanial Fatola third in the long jump with 5.30m.

Ashford’s pole vaulters again performed with Kara Gibbs holding off teammate Emmeline Rendell to take the bronze with 3.20m while Ellie Gooding was third in the U15 event with 2.45m. Jack Huxley just missed a medal with fourth in the U17 boys with 2.30m.

In the U17s Amelia Jones was third in the 800m with 3:24.2 and Lauren Bamford took bronze in the 300m hurdles with 49.80.

Lauren just missed another medal with fourth in the long jump with3.85m on a countback with Kayleigh Miller-Leslie sixth.

Matt Hogben, seventh in the 800m (2:05.5), just missed a medal in the high jump fourth with 1.75m while veteran Chris Kingsland was third best of the M35s in the hammer but was fourth male overall with 33.69m.

Tom Snare, fourth in the U17 discus (35.35m) was also seventh in the shot while in the U15 80m hurdles Ben Isaac was fourth and teammate Aaron Meakin fifth. Jack Goss was sixth in the 800m final and Dan Steadman fourth in the U15 javelin with 27.19m.

Sam Beckett was sixth in the U20 women’s 200m with Lucy Holmes eighth while Hester Hill and Caitlin Dock were fifth and sixth in the U17 200m final.

Sprinter Emem Umoh came through a tough heats to secure a fine fifth in the U15 100m final while Jade Goss was narrowly edged into fourth in the javelin with Charlotte Tappenden 11th in the high jump.

Several former Ashford athletes also shone Nick Leavey winning the men’s 200m in 21.6; Romney Marsh’s Max Nicholls winning the U17 steeplechase for Tonbridge with sister Grace second in the senior 1500m while Matt Blandford took double gold in the U17 shot and discus for Tonbridge.

Hythe’s Kelsey Howard, also now at Tonbridge, won the U20 3k walk.

Correction

Ashford’s Candy Hawkins added another gold to the club tally winning the W40 5000m event with 20:08.1 and is now looking to add to her success in the the Southern Vets championships being held at the Julie Rose Stadium next month.

She has also been selected for the European Deaf Athletics Championships to be held in Kayseri, Turkey in July this year.

Double for Rachel

News Desk — Sun, 08 May 2011 09:25:41 +0000

ASHFORD’S women shone in the sunshine at Eltham in the opening National Junior League meeting with Rachel Hanagan leading the way with a double success.
The talented all rounder proved too strong in the A 200m with 25.5 supported by Sam Beckett, third in the B race and added the long jump with 5,13m backed by Lucy Holmes second in the B event with 4.68m.
Lucy went close to her own double having won the A javelin with 22.82m with Isabel Dickinson third in the B event with a personal best 14.02m. and Lucy had a best ever 8.42m in taking third in the B hammer.
A club clean sweep came in the high jump where the two 17-year-olds Debbie Martin and Caroline Hatley rose to the challenge with leaps of 1.65 and 1.50m respectively.
Caroline, a rising multi-eventer, was also second in the B 100m where Beckett clocked a personal best 12.7 to finish second in the A race, and Caroline also was third in the 400m hurdles with a personal best 1:21.6 and second in the B shot with 7.36m.
Another club double success came in the triple jump where Rachel’s older sister Laura Hanagan won the A event with 10.39m with Joanna Norman taking the B honours with a personal best 9.33m. Laura was also second in the 100m hurdles; fifth in the discus with a best ever 20.50m and sixth in the hammer with another best of 9.14 while Rachel was fifth in the shot with a best ever 8.41m.
Joanna was also fourth in the B 400m with Amelia Jones taking fourth in the A race with a personal best 64.1 and Amelia was third in the 1500m with 5:06.1.
The only men’s success came in the B shot where Quazim Omotosho won with 8.89m after a third for Blake Robinson in the A event with a personal best 9.80m. Quazim also was third in the discus with a best ever 34.26m.
George Huxley had a good day with two second places in the hurdles after a personal best 17.1 in the 110m breaking a long standing club record in his first attempt at this distance and 62.9 in the 400H while Will Dickinson was second in the A triple jump and a personal best fourth in the B long jump.
Chris Meakin had a busy day with the 100m, 200m and long jump while Andrew Robertson also tripled up with the B 100m, a personal best 60.3 in the 400m and third in the 3000m in a best ever 14:41.8.
Declan O’Driscoll had a fine personal best 4:45.4 for third in the 1500m with Neil Daughters taking second in the B event with another best of 4:46.1. Declan also ran the B 400m while Neil had another best of 7.52m in taking on the hammer.
Aaron Kellow and Callum Burgess both picked up important points in the 800m with Aaron also running the 3000 and Callum the javelin.
Ashford were a superb second behind Dartford Harriers in the eight team contest with 404 points. Dartford led with 447 with Medway and Maidstone third on 379, Cambridge Harriers 350, Invicta/Paddock Wood 232.5, Bexley201.5, Tonbridge 166 and Croydon Harriers 57.

Great start

News Desk — Tue, 03 May 2011 14:38:38 +0000

ASHFORD Athletic Club senior team got their first season in the newly formed Southern Athletics League to a winning start in some style.
The new league sees both the men and women’s teams competing together in a combined competition. The team notched up no less than 28 victories with a large number of personal bests achieved in great conditions.
Ashford dominated the field events with a total of 19 wins, male throwers Jon Ward, Chris Kingsland-Roberts, Lee Swinbourne and Peter Wickens showing their strength and depth scoring 31 points out of a possible 32 including a great performance from newcomer Peter in the javelin throwing 54.04m, one of the longest throws ever produced in the club’s history.
The women matched the men’s efforts in the jumps, winning 7 out of 8 events including Laura Hanagan leaping to a massive new PB in the triple jump with 11.01m.
The team also showed their versatility on the track, gaining vital points across all distances and hurdles events.
Amelia Jones dipped under five minutes for the first time to win the 1500m and Lesley Hall won the B string 3000m giving the women two crucial track victories.
After the relay finales the team led by 28 match points and currently sit top of the league. The next match takes place on 21st May in Milton Keynes where the club will look to continue their winning ways.
Team Managers Pete Le Rossignol and Lucy Holmes said, “We would like to thank all 49 athletes, club officials and supporters for their efforts in helping to start the season in the best possible way.”