Heathside 4th in SAL First Division

The big news this week was Heathside’s solid performance in the Southern Athletics League, to come fourth in our maiden season in the first division. Our runners also took part in 5k and 10 races in Battersea, the Sydney Marathon and we picked up seven wins in Parkruns on Saturday.

 

Southern Athletics League - Division 1, Round 4, Norwich, Saturday August 30

 

Simon Baker reports that Heathside put forth a “commendable effort” and finished in 4th place with a total score of 225 points ensuring we finish in the top half of the table in our first season in the 1st Division. 

 

“Saturday saw us compete against the 3rd, 4th and 5th teams in the division including Chelmsford who had just missed promotion to the National League Premier Division and Harrow who have just been crowned National Club Champions.”

 

Team Scores: 

City of Norwich: 292 points

Ipswich and Colchester & Tendring: 255.5 points

Chelmsford: 250.5 points

London Heathside: 225 points

Havering: 218 points

Harrow: 154 points

 

Men's Highlights:

  • 100m: Mikel Alexander (U17) secured 2nd place in the B race with a time of 11.8 seconds 1. Montana Dennis (U20) ran 11.7 seconds in the non-scoring race.

  • 200m: Carlos Mingoes finished 2nd in the A race with a time of 23.9 seconds. Robert Shin achieved a personal best of 25.7 seconds in the non-scoring race.

  • 400m: Taha Abdullah (U23) set a personal best of 55.4 seconds in the A race, finishing 6th.

  • 800m: Ben Hampshire achieved a personal best of 2:02.5 in the A race, finishing 4th.

  • 1500m: Barry Kelly set a personal best of 4:08.7 in the A race, finishing 4th. Dylan Mills (U17) achieved a personal best of 4:17.7 in the non-scoring race.

  • 3000m: Tam Mergia (U17) set a personal best of 10:20.1 in the B race, finishing 3rd.

  • 110m Hurdles: Montana Dennis (U20) finished 4th in the A race with a time of 16.9 seconds.

  • 400m Hurdles: Malakai David McKenzie Callum (U17) finished 2nd in the B race with a time of 65.7 seconds.

  • 2000m Steeplechase: Wayne Morley finished 3rd in the A race with a time of 6:45.2. Sam Turner (U17) secured 1st place in the B race with a time of 7:06.9.

  • High Jump: Isaac Edwards set a personal best of 1.53 meters in the A event, finishing 6th.

  • Pole Vault: Ivan Ross (V50) equalled his personal best of 2.45 meters in the A event, finishing 5th.

  • Long Jump: Michael Olatunji set a personal best of 5.75 meters in the B event, finishing 2nd.

  • Triple Jump: Okiki Olugunna set a personal best of 12.58 meters in the A event, finishing 2nd.

  • Shot Putt: Tynan Byrne set a personal best of 8.63 meters in the B event, finishing 3rd.

  • Discus: Kurt Fullerton (V45) set a personal best of 24.58 meters in the A event, finishing 4th.

  • Hammer: Ben Smallwood set a personal best of 15.68 meters in the A event, finishing 6th.

  • Javelin: Ben Smallwood set a personal best of 26.80 meters in the non-scoring event.

  • 4x100m Relay: The London Heathside team finished 1st with a time of 43.4 seconds.

Women's Highlights:

  • 100m: Asia Emanuel (U20) finished 3rd in the A race with a time of 13.0 seconds. Rebecca Quirke set a personal best of 15.0 seconds in the non-scoring race.

  • 200m: Nicole Stewart (U17) finished 4th in the B race with a time of 28.4 seconds.

  • 400m: Isabella Watkins (U20) finished 4th in the A race with a time of 62.4 seconds.

  • 800m: Isabella Watkins (U20) finished 3rd in the A race with a time of 2:24.2.

  • 1500m: Lily Woolcock finished 1st in the B race with a time of 5:01.2.

  • 100m Hurdles: Ely Angel Da Silva (U20) finished 2nd in the B race with a time of 20.3 seconds.

  • 400m Hurdles: Ely Angel Da Silva (U20) set a personal best of 75.1 seconds in the A race, finishing 6th.

  • 1500m Steeplechase: Millie Watkins (U20) finished 2nd in the A race with a time of 5:53.3. Lily Woolcock secured 1st place in the B race with a time of 6:20.9.

  • High Jump: Claris Lawrence (U17) finished 5th in the A event with a jump of 1.40 meters.

  • Triple Jump: Cara Brown set a personal best of 7.14 meters in the B event, finishing 5th.

  • Shot Putt: Ivy Paitoo (U17) finished 4th in the B event with a throw of 7.36 meters.

  • Discus: Juliette Bird set a personal best of 12.16 meters in the B event, finishing 5th.

  • Hammer: Abigail Bereket (U17) set a personal best of 10.17 meters in the B event, finishing 5th.

  • Javelin: Ivy Paitoo (U17) set a personal best of 13.70 meters in the A event, finishing 5th. Abigail Bereket (U17) set a personal best of 9.74 meters in the B event, finishing 5th.

  • 4x100m Relay: The London Heathside team finished 2nd with a time of 50.1 seconds a new Club Record.

The team showed great determination and sportsmanship throughout the event. Congratulations to all the athletes for their hard work and achievements!  Well done to all the Athletes, Officials and Coaches who have contributed to such a brilliant season and in particular team captains Lily Woolcock and Richard Macaulay

Southern Athletics League: Division 1 - Round 4 - Norwich - 30 August 2025                                                                                                                                               

Team                                                                                  Score                                                                             

1             City of Norwich                                                         292                           

2               Ipswich and Colchester & Tendring                       255.5                                         

3               Chelmsford                                                             250.5                                         

4              London Heathside                                                   225                                             

5               Havering                                                                 218                                             

6               Harrow                                                                    154                                             

 

Men

100m                                                                                               

Mu'Izz OTTUN      11.5s A 2nd

Mikel ALEXANDER (U17) 11.8s B 2nd

Montana Dennis (U20) 11.7 ns                                                            

Neo FUJIWARA 11.8s ns                                                        

Louie BROOK (U20) 11.8s ns                                                                

Jordan GBOHO (U20) 12.4s ns                                                             

Toby TOTH-STEVENS (U20) 12.4s  ns                                                

Daniel Isichei 12.4s ns      PB                                               

James POTHALINGAM 12.5s ns                                                          

Tynan BYRNE 12.6s ns                                                            

Taha ABDULLAH (U23) 12.7s ns     PB                                               

Ricco SOBERS 13.0s ns                                                        

Zain MITHA 12.3s ns                                                                

Michael OLATUNJI 12.4s ns              PB                                               

Robert Shin 12.4s ns PB by 0.1s

200m                                                                                               

Carlos MINGOES 23.9s A 2nd

Neo FUJIWARA 23.6s B 1st

Montana DENNIS (U20) 23.8s ns                                                        

Louie BROOK (U20) 24.4s ns                                                                

Zain MITHA 25.4s ns                                                                

Robert Shin 25.7s ns          PB by 0.6s                               

Toby TOTH-STEVENS (U20) 23.9s ns                                                                   

Jordan GBOHO (U20) 24.6s ns                                           

James POTHALINGAM 24.6s ns     PB by 0.39s                                              

Michael OLATUNJI 25.4s ns              PB

400m                                                                                                                 

Taha ABDULLAH (U23) 55.4 A 6th PB

Richard MACAULAY (V40) 58.2 B 5th

800m                                                                                                                 

Ben HAMPSHIRE 2:02.5 A 4th PB by 0.49s

Barry KELLY 2:01.0 B 4th PB by 19.42s

Artie FEENY-WILLINGS (U20) 2:29.0 ns

1500m                                                                                                              

Barry KELLY 4:08.7 A 4th PB by 4s

Ben HAMPSHIRE 4:16.1 B 3rd

Dylan MILLS (U17) 4:17.7 ns PB by 0.6s

3000m                                                                                                              

William DE COTHI 9:11.0 A 4th PB by 14s

Tam MERGIA (U17) 10:20.1 B 3rd PB by 27s

110mH                                                                                           

Montana DENNIS (U20) 16.9 A 4th

400mH                                                                                                             

Montana DENNIS (U20) 64.5 A 4th PB

Malakai DAVID MCKENZIE CALLUM (U17) 65.7 B 2nd

2000m Steeplechase                                                                                                 

Wayne MORLEY  6:45.2 A 3rd

Sam TURNER (U17) 7:06.9 B 1st

High Jump                                                                                                                         

Isaac EDWARDS 1.53m A 6th PB

Ivan ROSS (V50) 1.43m B 5th

Pole Vault                                                                                                                          

Ivan ROSS (V50) 2.45m A 5th =PB

Adrian Essex (V70) 1.10 B 4th

Long Jump            

Carlos MINGOES 5.90m A 3rd

Michael OLATUNJI 5.75m B 2nd PB

Triple Jump           

Okiki OLUGUNNA 12.58m A 2nd PB

Neo FUJIWARA 11.63m B 2nd

Shot Putt                                                                                                                            

Kurt FULLERTON (V45) 9.39m A 5th

Tynan BYRNE 8.63m B 3rd PB

Discus                                                                                                              

Kurt FULLERTON (V45) 24.58m A 4th PB

Ivan ROSS (V50) 13.37m B 6th

Hammer                                                                                                                            

Ben SMALLWOOD 15.68m A 6th PB

Unknown 13.83m B 6th PB

Javelin                                                                                                              

Marcel BACZEK (U20) 38.12m A 5th

Mihaly JELES (V40) 29.74m B 5th

Ben Smallwood   26.80m ns PB

4x100m                                                                                                            

1st London Heathside 43.4s

 

Mixed 4x400m A                                                                                                            

A 5th London Heathside 3:57.9

B 3rd London Heathside 4:10.6

 

Women

100m                                                                                               

Asia EMANUEL (U20) 13.0s A 3rd

Samiyah WILSON (U17) 13.3s B 3rd

Nicole STEWART (U17) 13.5s ns                                                         

Claris LAWRENCE (U17) 14.1s ns                                                      

Kesia ADJEI (U17) 15.4s ns                                                                     

Cara BROWN 13.7s ns                                                           

Rebecca QUIRKE 15.0s ns PB by 0.1s                                                                

Juliette BIRD 16.8s ns        PB by 0.2s

200m                                                                             

Magdeline PAITOO (U20) 27.5s A 6th

Nicole STEWART (U17) 28.4s B 4th

400m                                                                                                                 

Isabella WATKINS (U20)   62.4s A 4th

Millie WATKINS    (U20)      68.2s B 5th

800m                                                                                                                 

Isabella WATKINS (U20) 2:24.2 A 3rd

Kiara CORKIN (U17) 2:34.5 B 4th

1500m                                                                                                              

Anna RAWSTHORNE 4:52.1 A 2nd PB by 6.5s

Lily WOOLCOCK 5:01.2 B 1st

Kiara CORKIN (U17) 5:06.2 ns

5000m                                                                                                              

Mllie WATKINS (U20) 22:37.3 B 3rd

Chiara Borg DQ

100mH                                                                                           

Kyra SMITH (U17) 20.2s A 3rd

Ely Angel DA SILVA (U20) 20.3 B 2nd

400mH                                                                                                             

Ely Angel DASILVA (U20) 75.1s A 6th PB by 1.1s

Lily WOOLCOCK 85.2s B 5th

1500m Steeplechase                                                                                                                   

Millie WATKINS    (U20)      5:53.3 A 2nd

Lily WOOLCOCK 6:20.9 B 1st

High Jump                                                                                                                         

Claris LAWRENCE (U17) 1.40m A 5th

Kesia ADJEI (U17) 1.25m B 4th

Pole Vault                                                                                                                          

No Competitor

Long Jump                                                                                    

Ely Angel DA SILVA (U20) 3.98m A 5th

Millie WATKINS    (U20) 3.24m B 5th

Triple Jump                             

Nicole STEWART (U17) 9.21m A 5th

Cara BROWN 7.14m B 5th PB

Shot Putt                                                                                                                            

Elkie BAKER (U17) 8.43m A 5th

Ivy PAITOO (U17) 7.36m B 4th

Discus                                                                                                              

Elkie BAKER (U17) 40.33m A 1st

Juliette BIRD 12.16m B 5th PB

Hammer                                                                                                                            

Ivy PAITOO (U17) 22.66m A 5th       

Abigail BEREKET (U17) 10.17m B 5th PB

Javelin                                                                                                              

Ivy PAITOO (U17) 13.70m A 5th        PB by 3.24m                                            

Abigail BEREKET (U17) 9.74m B 5th  PB by 1.70m

4x100m                                                                                                            

2nd London Heathside 50.1s

 

Sydney Marathon, Australia, Sunday August 31

 

Two Heathsiders excelled in the Sydney Marathon on Sunday. Anthony Roache ran a PB of 2:40:59 while V50 Keith Burrows ran 2:48:47.

 

Results (35,000 starters)

165th Anthony Roache – 2:40:59 (PB)

389th Keith Burrows – 2:48:47 (9th V50)

 

RunThrough Battersea Park, Wednesday, August 27

 

5km

35th Greg Whiteley 18:01

 

10Km

56th Lawrence Grafton 39:47

61st Phil McGaw (V40) 39:57

218th Haymie Thaker (V40) 49:28

431st Martin Quinian (V50) 1:08.27

 

Parkruns

 

Heathside runners picked up a record of seven first places in Parkruns on Saturday. A total of 117 of our members took part in 55 Parkruns. The winners among the Heathside men were: Tom Hollis at Lordship Recreation Ground (16:41), Connor Brown at Killarney House (17:17), Peter Gould at Ally Pally (17:59) and Johnny Forsyth at a longer-than-5k version of Finsbury Park (18:30). Heathside women winners were: Chloe Wilkenson at Birkenhead (19:47), Chiara Borg at Grovelands (22:09) and Tanya Addison at Roosevelt Island DC. Full Heathside results here .

 

Report by Gavin Evans with thanks to Simon Baker and to Rich McAuley for the picture.

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