45 Heathsiders race in Battersea Mile Relay

This was a big week for Heathside’s runners. Our rising U13 star Abena Boyer represented Middlesex at the U13 Inter-counties match, winning the 70m hurdles in 11:75. At the Watford Open on August 6 the outstanding performance included Thomas Archer’s 3rd place in the 800 me in a time of 1:56: 03 and Rich Macaulay PB of 9:04:57 in the 3000m. Other outstanding performances included a double act: William De Cothi came third in the Battersea 5k in a big PB of 15:19, followed by Christopher Gracie in 15:31, and a week earlier at the same venue they were the first two club members in the Battersea Mile Relay (4:28 and 4:34). Our first woman (third overall) in the relays was Anna Rawsthorne in 5:06. Another impressive miler was Tom Aldred, who picked up a PB of 4:42 in winning the Ealing Mile - not bad for a 46-year-old.

Watford Open, Watford, Wednesday August 6 2025

Results:

800m

H7w 12th Lily Woolcock 2:22.0

H2 6th Alex Kirk (U15B) 2:10.74 PB by 0.12s

H4 11th Filip Kounoupas-Prastalo (U15B) 2:11.70

H5 2nd Arthur Reed (U23M) 2:02.63 PB by 0.04s

H9 3rd Thomas Archer (U23M) 1:56.03

3000m 

H2 10th Richard Macaulay (V35) 9:04.57 PB by 4.86s

Sri Chinmoy 5km Race, Battersea Park, Tuesday August 5 2025

William De Cothi came an excellent third in this event, with a time of 15:19, which was a PB time by a massive 13 seconds. Christopher Gracie came 6th, also running a 5k PB of 15:31, while James Hurrell was 7th in 14:33.

Results

3rd William De Cothi (U35) 15.19

6th Christopher Gracie (U40) 15.31

7th James Hurrell (U40) 15.33

31st Sammy Keenan (U35) 16.11

185th Francesca Stocco (U35) 18.33

208th Helena Flippance (U35) 19.03

222nd Philip Hogg 19.31

Derek Crookes U13 Inter-Counties, Walton, Sunday August 3 2025

Simon Baker reports that Abena Boyer won her first County vest representing Middlesex at the annual U13 Inter-counties match helping the team to 3rd overall

Result

70mH (B race)

1st Abena Boyer (U13G) 11.75s

Ealing Mile, Friday August 1 2025

At the grand old age of 46, Tom Aldred ran a PB of 4:42 in the Ealing Mile, knocking three seconds off his previous PB from the same venue a month ago.

Result

1st Tom Aldred (V45) – 4:42.

Sri Chinmoy Battersea Park 1-mile relays.

Fifteen Heathside three-person teams (45 runners) took part in the one-mile relays at Battersea Park. The fastest team was Heathside 13 with Wiliam De Cothi the sixth fastest runner of the night in 4:28 followed by Christopher Grace in 9th place in 4:34 (the same order as in their 5k race a week later. Their third team member, Barry Kelly, came 19th in $:41.

Our second team was Heathside 2 lead by Wayne Morley in 14th place in 4:38, followed by Isaac Edwards in 20th place in 4:41 and Oliver Negus-Cook in 128th place in 5:06.

The fastest women’s team was Heathside 12 led by Anna Rawsthorne in 127th place in 5:06. She was the third fastest woman of the night. Next in 269th place was Jessica Prior in 5:33, followed by Francesca Stocco in 278th place in 5:35.

Individual results

6th Wiliam De Cothi, Heathside 13 – 4:28

9th Christopher Gracie, Heathside 13 – 4:34

14th William Morley, Heathside 2 – 4:38

19th Barry Kelly, Heathside 13 – 4:41

20th Isaac Edwards, Heathside 2 – 4:41

117th Damien Lane (?), Heathside 8 – 5:03

127th Anna Rawsthorne, Heathside 12 - 5:06 (3rd woman)

128th Oliver Negus-Cook, Heathside 2 – 5:06

140th Robert Hichman, Heathside 6 – 5:08

177th Deng Akol, Heathside 6 – 5:23

221 Hugo Cox, Heathside 6 – 5:23

234 Valentin Valeanu, Heathside 14 – 5:26

253 Martin Potter, Heathside 3 – 5:35

269th Jessica Prior, Heathside 12 – 5:33

275th Stephen Topp, Heathside 3 – 5:34

276th Chris Hartley, Heathside 5 – 5:34

278th Francesca Stocco, Heathside 12 – 5:35

281st Matt Beard, Heathside 8 – 5:36

281st Rob Shulman, Heathside 8 – 5:39

304th Charlie Bates, Heathside 9 – 5:41

335th Leo Pemberton, Heathside 10 – 5:47

351st Moly Harrison, Heathside 11 – 5:50

361st Kris Molovsorov, Heathside 14 – 5:52

390th Sarah Swinhoe, 3 Masterteers – 5:57 (club V55 record)

402nd Phil Hogg, Heathside 3 – 5:59

410 Nick Grassley, Heathside 10 – 6:00

445th Tony Killilea, Heathside 5 – 6:06

458th Mark George, Heathside 10 – 6:08

469th Gavin Evans, Heathside 5 – 6:11 (club V65 record)

475th Olivia Withers, Heathside 1 – 6:12

478th Elise Bruckhurst, 3 Masterteers – 6:12

499th Rebecca Taylor, 3 Masterteers – 6:19

505th Rose Murphy, Heathside 4 – 6:20

539th Naoma Guest, Heathside 4 – 6:29

568th Antonio Ribiero, Heathside 14 – 6:36

569th Joe Humphries, Heathside 9 – 6:37

571st Alexandra Rowett, Heathside 1 – 6:37

576th Noemi Reiner, Heathside 11 – 6:38

602nd Lydia Darby, Heathside 9 – 6:48

625th Rebecca Marshall, Heathside 7 - 7:00

547th Marium Ladha, Heathside 1 – 7:10

649th Jackie Wastell, Heathside 7 – 7:13

650th Louise Allen, Heathside 4 – 7:13

677th Laura Moscoviz, 7:42 – Heathside 11 – 7:42

699th Gabrielle Stones, Heathside 7 – 8:08

Parkruns, Saturday August 2

A grand total of 101 Heathsiders took part in Parkruns last Saturday – probably a record turnout. 

There were first places for Fred Bealle (17:34) and Lucy Browne (21:13) at Ally Pally, Lily Woolcock at Lordship Recreation (18:34 – the fasted Heathside woman of the day), Katie Brown at Chevin Forest (19:22), Annabel Litchfield at Old Showfield (20:09), Thomas Stottor at Broadwater (18:27) and Shona Taylor at Skinadin (21:31). The fastest man of the day was Ed Samuel who came third in 16:57 at Gunpowder. Full Heathside results are here

Report by Gavin Evans with help from Simon Baker.