top of page

For our second Southern League fixture of the campaign, we were able to enjoy a home meeting and with an improved turn out it brought about a change of fortune compared to match one at Basingstoke. Here we gained a good win with 288 points to head Harrow on 276, Medway 234, Brighton 220, Bracknell 173 and Reading 153 - a result which shoots CAC up to eighth place in the table.

From the sprints we saw a fine double success for James Becker winning the 100m with a season’s best of 10.9s and later taking the 200m with a personal best of 23.00s.  However, it was to the middle distance that we saw very nearly complete domination. Over the 800m veteran Paul Grange finished in second spot with 1m 56.3s following which Thomas Woodward won the `B` string in 1m 58.4s. For the increase in distance to 1500m and now maximum points were claimed via Joseph Grange, 4m 00.4s and William Nuttall, 4m 01.3s, whilst Finn Rattray as a non-scorer was hard on their heels with 4m 06.2s. In the 3000m there was a rare performance of THREE pb`s with Finn Rattray clocking 8m 37.7s, William Nuttall 8m 37.9s and Sam Plummer 8m 44.2s. Of course, this had brought full points whilst a further three runners were out there as back up`s. Another event bringing pb`s was the 400m hurdles via Marcus Fazackerley and William Nuttall. To the field events and in the pole vault Jack Hughes cleared a pb of 4.20m for second place and Stephen Adesina won the `B` with 3.25m the throws brought many points with a full house from the shot putt via Alastair Brown (14.75m) and Oliver Graham (12.00m). Oliver was also second in the hammer (57.06m) with Yasha Bobash winning the`B` with 48.58. It was good to see several younger members competing at this level for the first time and they can feel very pleased with their performances. Matilda Hewitt placed second in both shot and discus with efforts of 11.55m and 37.86m - both pb`s. Senior Helene Ingravelsen won the `B`string shot with 11.49m whilst winning the hammer with 58.90m and it was full points here with the support of Charlotte Graham on 39.95m Under 17 Amelie Scott took first place in the long jump whilst it was pleasing to see the return of Lily Parris in her first appearance on a UK track since 2023 although many races in the USA show good performance as she competed for her Princeton University and here she came up with a win in the 400 metre hurdles. Although not aware of the make-up of the team the 4 x 400 relay squad found success in 3m 53.9s. There were other solid performances by our young athletes including Lucy Nuttall and Katie Cox who each set pb`s in the 15000 metres but let`s go to other end of the spectrum with veteran Rebecca Quinlan winning the 3000 metres with over 50 Anna Nuttall taking second place in the `B` string. At long last we were seen to be competing in the women's pole vault AND within the 60 year age category. Well done Clare St.John-Coleman. Under 17 year old Alicja Yalaju covered three events and with Erin Minton-Branfoot four events they gleaned many points to bolster our score. Pity was we could this time find no 100m hurdlers and only one triple jumper.


Report written by Roy Meadowcroft 

 

The `Miles of Miles` staged by CAC in conjunction with Essex Championships again proved to be a popular event with good entries throughout the programme.

Going through the age groups and starting with the under 13 boys it was Mason Sanford up front winning in 5m 06.43s with Dylan Law on 5m 15.40s collecting the Essex silver medal with his second place. Also in this event Freddie Blacketer (5m 25.07s),in the `B`race Jake Sarse-Peacock and James Pollard were also representing the hosts. The girls race found Brentwood filling the first two position with Maddison Kindler and Sophia Davies with our Bella Kehoe (5m 33.72s) just missing out on the bronze medal. Leila Robinson, Scarlett Metcalfe, Jessica Hobson and Abigail Knight also saw that the hosts were well represented. Moving to the under 15 boys and it was Fred Ferman in 4m 40.61s  leading Jamie Gilbey for the awards. CAC`s Jake Boarer placed 5th in 5m02.77s with Joshua Humphries eighth on 5m 13.13s. In the girls under 15 there was success for Brentwood with the first two past the post with Summer Smith on 4m 54.44s followed by Heidi Woodley (4m 55.16s) with Lily Sanford taking third spot on 5m 10.07s with fellow Chelmsford members Erin Kelly, Francesca Phillips, Isabella Eida and Isla Kehoe following closely behind. From the under 17`s and it was one and two for Havering via Freddie Rowe (4m 36.47s) and Sam Horsley (4m 37.42s). This result was much in abeyance to the tape with Max Chivers (4m 38.72s) and Erin Kelly (4m 39.89s) placing 3rd and 4th close by for Chelmsford whilst Daniel Pollard, Jacob Parrott and Luke Webb following in were not far back. There was a clear winner from the women's race with Olivia Forrest taking the title with 5m 00.07s . Chelmsford`s Amelie Shipton on 5m 09.04s gained the silver placing with 5m 09.04s with Hetty Harrison and Jessica Walker also involved. In the senior men`s race Paul Grange (4m 31.02) led a CAC one two as Tom Rehall was close behind. The women's race was a mixture of age ranges and it was Kiera Atkinson (5m 03.03s) leading in with sister Kayleigh third. For the veteran men over 40  Will Parrott won in 5m 04.12s  and at over 50 level Lee Martin finished second in 4m 58.79s. It is noted that running unattached in the over 40`s a Sam Eida placed third, is he attempting to keep up with his daughter. Races for under 11`s were included in the programme and the Chelmsford Endurance Club were well represented with Jacob Smithyes in second place in the boys in 5m32.86s. Tony Hatt, Lewis Boarer and Ben Padfield also featured. In the girls Olivia Bilby was best placed in sixth spot with Hannah Hogben, Bailey Kehoe, Cleo Robinson and Coco Phillips also in the mix. Currently this age group is not recognised as an Essex Championship event.


Part of this year's Miles of Miles was the newly introduced Cornell Mile Challenge Cup, an inter club competition based on each clubs combined best position in each age category. It was contested this year by Brentwood Beagles AC, Colchester Harriers AC and us. It was nip and tuck all the way with us pipping it at the end. We are the first club whose name will be etched on the shiny new trophy and on top of that we were awarded £1000 by our sponsors Comms Express with Brentwood winning £500 and Colchester £250. The Cornell Cup will be contested again in 12 months time... Who's up for it next time?


For the full gallery click here


Report written by Roy Meadowcroft


                                                                                                                                                           

 

At last the individual results from our home EYAL fixture are available, from the Power of 10, rather than the result sheets produced on the day and forwarded to all clubs. Pity that these have not been available to me for these would have shown how each age group aided our huge points tally of 882. Seeing the performances now all three age groups of girls and boys played their part in this huge win putting CAC in the driving seat to take the league title for a third successive year.

The under 17`s led the way with the girls only appearing in the top two of these events.  Amelie Scott and Chelsea Clarke took maximum points in the hurdles with Amelie winning the triple jump and taking second over the 100 metres. Chelsea won the high jump and was second in the long jump, The throws were dominated by Matilda Hewitt and Monica Malagala with maximum points from the shot putt and discus with Monica also first in the hammer event and Matilda winning the javelin. Of course there was solid support from others the only blot being no competitors in the middle distance races in which maximum points are generally normal. One can appreciate that in these events those featuring in the previous day’s Essex Schools which involved heats and finals should opt out. Pity that it seems that there is no back up for them as reserves.

The boys also excelled in the throws with Jeremy Anderson and Zak Williams scoring heavily. Austin Kelly and Max Chivers took full points from the 1500m whilst over 800m Joe Delaney and Daniel Pollard let only a solitary point being missed before pairing up in the triple jump and coming away with a similar result. Marcus Fazackerley and Dan Brown took full honours in the hurdles whilst the sprint pairing of Nathan Moses and Clarke Vernon in both 100 and 200 proved to go well. Harry Hughes took first place in the pole vault. For the under15 boys Bevan Dove recorded three firsts via the hammer, shot and discus - the later in the `B`string for Hector Johnson had taken the `A` result. Jake Read followed up his Essex Schools title with another win in the high jump and maximum points were gained in the 1500m via Jake Boarer and Josh Humphries.

For the under 15 girls Abigail McElroy won both 100 and 200m with the `B`strings also showing first placings. Having placed one and two in the previous day’s schools 800m Ava King and Erin Kelly moved down to the 300m and here claimed full points. Erin had doubled up having earlier won the 800 whilst the 1500 saw a win for Isla Kehoe. Maximum points from the hurdles via Cherrie Moss and Shindra Adeyemo with Shindra also covering other events with success. Zenobia Williams won the javelin whilst Olivia Mullineaux was perhaps one of the busiest athletes contesting shot, discus and hammer and placing second in each.

From the under 13`s Leila Robinson came up with a win in a personal best. Bella Kehoe over 800 also clocked a pb. In the 100m there was a win for Brenna Dosumu who also placed second in the high jump which saw LauraChandler winning the `B` string. For the boys Toby Stothard and Jack Armbruster took full points from the long jump. Mason Sanford and Dylan Law saw only one point slip away from the 800 metres but it was the consistency throughout the day which brought team success.


For the full gallery click here


Report written by Roy Meadowcroft     

 

Club News

Anchor 1

Chelmsford Athletics Club

Melbourne Stadium

Salerno Way

Chelmsford

Essex

CM1 2EH

​

Subscribe and get updates on new offers and promotions

Success!  Thank you for subscribing.

Follow for offers & updates

  • Instagram
  • Facebook Social Icon
  • Twitter Social Icon

©2024 by Chelmsford Athletics Club. 

UKA Logo.PNG
bottom of page