CAC Athletes Feature Heavily in the UK top 30 Rankings.

With the summer track and field season done and dusted a look at the UK RANKING LISTS show our athletes have a good showing in the top thirty throughout the age groups. Power of 10 do not have a separate list for seniors showing it as `Overall` thus the over 17 and 20 age groups are included.

Congratulations go to Jeremy Andersen, Joshua Babalolo and Jorjia March on topping the charts whilst there are five second places and three thirds. A further 20 in the top `10` chart. There is recognition that Jorjia`s performances were prior to her joining us from Barnet and also that Etty Sisson 400m was in the colours of Charnwood but are included as we welcome them as members of CAC.                                         

Our Southern Belle's do CAC Proud.

SOUTHERN COUNTIES CROSS COUNTRY RELAYS.

Rumour has it that somebody is planning a `Fort Knox` in Chelmsford as their girls keep on winning gold medals.  Yes- pity it`s not the precious metal.

This time the under 15 team took the title having claimed the under 13 event last year on this same course in the shadows of Wormwood Scrubs prison. The win was taken with a margin of eight seconds over the Windsor Slough and Eton team with Erin Kelly starting things off with a third placing. Ezrah Harrold now brought the green and gold colours to the fore and from here there was to be  no catching Jorjia March as she put in the fastest time of the race. In a meeting of this standard what a performance from the B`team. Ava King on the opening circuit surprised onlookers  as she  led the field home with a time which was eventually to prove third best of the race. With this start Lily Sanford and Francesca Phillips went on to take the bronze  medals. Worth mention that Hetty Harrison and Amelie Shipton occupied fifth place for a `C` team but alas no third runner.

At under 17 age level medals were just missed out with their fourth place held throughout the event via Lottie Wilkin, Harriet Matthews and Sienna Shipton. Good showing also by Jessica Walker and Niamh Roberts but alas no third athlete to finish it off.

For the under 13`s Isla Kehoe on the opening stage came in third a position held by Orla Martin on lap two. Beatrix Cooke put in a respectable time to finish fifth.

Just seven days prior the under 13 boys lifted the Essex title, Here however only one athlete Mason Sanford turned out but what a run he came out with. Obviously it had to be the opening stage and here he came through with a time which could not be matched by any other during the three stages.

Despite winning the Essex titles a week earlier the under 15 and 17 boys had also opted out here.  

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Report written by Roy Meadowcroft.

Gongs Galore at the Essex XC Relay Champs.

ESSEX CROSS COUNTRY RELAYS Staged at Weald Park, Brentwood, provided CAC with the proverbial hat full of medals including five sets of that precious metal, four of which came from the male side of the club.

Good to see the senior men claim one of these as Ethan Reilly (21.06), Tom Rehal (20.45), Zack Bridgeland (21.06) and Greg Martin (21.04) finished 36 seconds up on Colchester Harriers with Southend placing third.  Our `B` team comprising of veterans Sebastian Cirillo, David Fewell, Will Parrott and former Essex 400 metre champion Marcus Hunt finished 10th. The under 17 men via Joshua Eida (10.34), Jacob Hurrell (9.20) and Austin Kelly (10.31) gave them a victory over Havering by 18 seconds with Basildon a distant third. The under 15 boys team with Fred Ferman (10.53), Joe Delaney (10.37) and Jacob Parrott (10.53)  gave them the title  an advantage of 26 seconds over Southend with Brentwood third. Our `B` team of Oscar Stollery, Dan Pollard and Luke Wright finished in seventh position.  In the under 13 boys it was again Chelmsford taking the title with Mason Sanford, Thomas Burgoyne and Joshua Dalton comfortably ahead of Southend by more than  a minute with Basildon third. Wrapping up the male side in the veterans over 50 year class Dave Tullett, Peter Waite and Lee Martin took second place behind Ilford  with Southend third.

The senior women`s event provided Chelmsford with their final win as Rachel Broome (25.17), Jodie Judd (25.19) and Megan Williams (24.35) triumphed over Colchester Harriers, Our `B` team of Lucy Nuttall, Sophie McCall and Molly Drane placed sixth, the junior girls and it was to be second places all the way as they had to concede to the Brentwood Beagles who have certainly come a force the past two seasons. In the under 13`s Isla Kehoe (12.24), Beatrix Cooke (13.28) and Georgia Matthews (12.44) took the silver medals as did the  under 15`s with Lily Sanford (11.48), Erin Kelly (11.48) and Ava King (11.27), and in this class bronze medals came to CAC via Isabella Eida, Francessca Phillips and Hetty Harrison showing the depth of the squad. In the under 17`s Sienna Shipton (12.09), Harriet Matthews (12.08) and Daisy Stollery (11.21) again placed second.        

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Report written by Roy Meadowcroft.