FP5000s, MYAL and U15 1500 Club record

A bumper report this week featuring the splendid Heathside-organised Night of the 5000s at Finsbury Park, the Middlesex Young Athletes League in Harrow,  the Eastern Masters AC Championship in Sandy, Bedfordshire and the Watford Harriers Open Graded Meeting where U15 Charlie Nicolson delivered the performance of the week, breaking the club 1500 age group record to finish in a startling time for one so young of 4:08:77.

Finsbury Park Night of the 5000s, Friday June 28 2025

In a wonderfully-well-organised night of running, cheering, eating and drinking, 170 athletes took part in our club’s annual Night of the 5000s event. A huge cheer for Kim Butler and her large and enthusiastic team of organisers and helpers. We were treated to a brass band, an efficient electronic scorecard and ample food, beer and snacks and the races started on time, and the seeding was so precise that each of the races was competitive.

The fastest runner of the night was, as usual, our Seyfu Jamaal who finished in 14:45 (47 seconds off his PB still an excellent time) to win the seventh and last race of the night. The fastest woman was Niamh Bridson-Hubbard of Blackheath & Bromley (and Cambridge University) who finished in 16:05 to come a very close second in the sixth race. The fastest Heathside woman was Rebecca Piggott, who worked her way through the field in the fifth race to finish in 17:31.

Race 1 was won by Highgate’s Alberto Pose (20:38) and Heathsider Anna Borowska-Sonmez (a PB of 21:52).

Race 2 was won by a full 15 seconds by Heathsider Filipe Cardoso in 19:08, and Heathsider Molly Harrison in a PB of 20:01. Gavin Evans, running on Comrades legs, broke the club V65 record in 20:42.

Race 3 was won by Southwark runner Philip Reilly in a PB time of 17:54 and Heathside’s U20 Millie Watkins in a PB time of 18:29.

Race 4 was won by St Albans runner Henry Jones in a PB of 17:05 and Heathside’s Lilly Woolcock in 18:04.

Race 5 was won by Trent Park’s Matt Hogsden in 16:30 and Heathside’s Rebecca Piggott in 17:31.

Race 6 was won by Mikhail Krivomazov (16:03.97) who just pipped the fastest woman of the night Niam Bridson-Hubbard (16:05:03) of Blackheath & Bromley overtaking her in the last few meters.  

Race 7 was won by Heathside’s Seyfu Jamaal in 14:45, nearly ten seconds ahead of the Poole runner Jame Grose. Also impressive was Tom Aldred who broke his own club V45 record (from last year) finishing in 15:32.

Results

Race 1
3 Marcus LLOYD M60 20:52.0 PB
4 Mark GEORGE M55 21:02.5
6 Marcus TILLOTSON M50 21:23.2
10 Alvaro ROBLEDO VEGA SM 21:52.5
11 Anna BOROWSKA-SONMEZ W35 21:52.9 PB
13 Ciera KENNEDY SW 22:07.4
14 Olivia WITHERS SW 22:24.9 PB
16 Angharad CHANDLER SW 22:28.3
18 Jessica CRITCHLOW SW 22:35.7
19 Georgios KOUSOURIS SM 22:43.3
21 Suzanne VAN DAM W35 23:35.8 PB
Race 2
1 Filipe CARDOSO M45 19:08.4
5 Chris PRICKETT M45 19:31.1 PB
6 Phil MCGAW M40 19:48.4 SB
7 Frank BOYCE SM 19:57.2 PB
8 Leo DUDLEY SM 19:58.7 PB
10 Molly HARRISON SW 20:01.4 PB
11 Ellie KEABLE SW 20:05.2 PB
16 Gavin EVANS M65 20:42.4
17 Tom BENNETT SM 20:44.6 SB
18 Ella INWALD SW 20:47.6 PB
19 Emma SIMPSON SW 21:10.6
22 Fabio ESPIRITO SANTO SM 22:19.4
Race 3
3 Alfred WRIGLEY SM 18:26.6 PB
4 William MORRIS SM 18:28.7 PB
5 Millie WATKINS U20W 18:29.1 PB
9 Sebastian GROGAN SM 18:39.4 SB
10 Justin BADGER M55 18:40.7
12 Peter BACON DARWIN M45 18:53.8
14 Jonathan CARTER SM 18:55.7 PB
16 Issy WATKINS U20W 19:05.3
17 Lucy BROWNE SW 19:05.8 PB
19 Helena FLIPPANCE SW 19:12.2
20 Adam BATCHELOR M40 19:12.7 PB
21 Emily TARGETT SW 19:15.1
23 Alex BOURCHIER SM 19:27.6
Race 4
2 Peter GOULD SM 17:18.8
3 Charlie BOYD SM 17:32.3
9 Harry OWRID SM 17:58.6 PB
11 Lily WOOLCOCK SW 18:04.5
16 Catrin TYLER W35 18:26.3
17 Matt BEARD M55 18:27.0
18 Josie HINTON W40 18:29.6
19 Chris HARTLEY M60 18:31.8
21 Jessica PRIOR SW 18:32.3
Martin POTTER M55 DNF
Kwasi AGYEI-OWUSU M40 DNF
Race 5
8 Robert HICKMAN SM 17:07.6
11 Tim FERGUSON SM 17:18.0 PB
12 Peter OTTO SM 17:20.4 SB
16 Rebecca PIGGOTT W35 17:31.8
22 Keith GEOGHEGAN SM 18:38.9
Katie BROWN SW DNF
Race 6
7 Andrew BARNES M40 16:19.7
8 James HAYNES SM 16:22.2 PB
9 Isaac EDWARDS SM 16:27.3 PB
11 Scott COLLER SM 16:34.3
12 Ed SAMUEL M45 16:35.1 SB
15 Sammy KEENAN SM 16:42.5 PB
Race 7
1 Seyfu JAMAAL SM 14:45.3
5 Samuel MACAULAY SM 15:06.6 PB
11 Tom ALDRED M45 15:32.2
14 Christopher GRACIE M35 15:38.7
15 William DE COTHI SM 15:50.2 PB
17 Ben HAMPSHIRE SM 16:01.0 

Middlesex Young Athletes League, Harrow, Saturday June 28

Simon Baker reports:

‘We had a slightly reduced team at Harrow for the third MYAL meeting at Harrow on the weekend.  It was hot and sunny which saw numerous great performances including a new U15B Discus record for Leonard Hewings.  THe only age group win was the U17 Women but there were individual event wins for Abena Boyer (U13 70mH), Elkie Baker (U17W Discus), Dominic Jeles (U11 Vortex), Leonard Hewings (U15 Discus).

‘Many thanks to Ruth, Stephen and Russell for team managing on the day

 ‘The last MYAL is on 20th July at Parliament Hill.’

Match Score

1st Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers 92 pts

2nd London Heathside 77 pts

Under 11 Girls

Team Score:- 1st SBH 97 pts, 3rd London Heathside 67 pts

150m

Lizzie Paitoo 22.53 A 3rd PB5

Esther Schofield 29.77 B 7th  

600m 

Misha Fairbrass 2:11.0 A 8th PB3

Esther Schofield 2:12.0 B 7th PB3

Long Jump

Lizzie Paitoo 3.40m A 5th PB4

Esther Schofield 2.83m B 5th PB2

Vortex 

Lizzie Paitoo 23.57m A 2nd

Misha Fairbrass 21.89m B 1st

Under 13 Girls

Team Score: 1st SBH 158 pts, 2nd London Heathside 143 pts

200m

Abena Boyer 29.48 A 4th PB7

Emile-Rose Boivin-Emina 29.06s B 1st PB8

Imogen Wraight 30.86s ns PB4

Jane-Lanja Andre 31.46s ns PB4

Sarah Borje 34.51s ns PB1

800m

Anna Bah 2:54.04 A 9th PB3

Livia Belkin 2:55.64 B 6th PB2

Anya Dhanjal 3:12.99 ns

70mH

Abena Boyer 12.20 18 A 1st PB6

Emile-Rose Boivin-Emina 12.50s B 1st PB5

Eimear Walls 13.67s ns PB2

Eimear Walls ? 15.33 ns

Viyan Hassan 15.82s ns

Sarah Borje 16.42s ns

High Jump 

Emile-Rose Boivin-Emina 1.20m A 3rd PB5

Eimear Walls 1.15m B 1st PB4

Anya Dhanjal 1.15m ns PB4

Long Jump 

Abena Boyer 4.21m A 3rd PB7

Anna Bah 3.67m B 5th PB5

Shot Put 

Ajoke Bello 6.73m A 2nd PB4

Aaliyah Ali 4.63m B 2nd

Javelin 

Aaliyah Ali 11.55m A 4th PB1

Viyan Hassan 9.60m ns

 Ajoke Bello 7.11m B 2nd

Under 15 Girls

Team :-  1st Harrow 188 pts, 3rd London Heathside 115 pts 

100m

Myla Miller 13.35s A 4th  PB5

Edie Waites 14.09s B 4th PB2

200m

Myla Miller 27.52s A 5th  PB8

Rhoswen Keeping 30.89s ns PB2

Matilda Barrand 29.53s ns PB5

Thea Stewart 29.65s ns PB5

Lara Booth 31.08s ns PB2

800m 

Becky Hare 2:44.80 A 7th PB1

Stelli Baker-Kokosalaki 2:52.50 B 4th

75mH

Matilda Barrand 12.89s  A 3rd PB4

High Jump 

No Competitor

Long Jump 

Thea Stewart 4.46m A 3rd PB5

Becky Hare 3.74m B 5th PB2

Shot Put 

Rhoswen Keeping 7.70m A 2nd PB4

Matilda Barrand 7.23m B 1st PB3

Javelin 

No Competitor

Discus 

Rhoswen Keeping 19.95m A 1st PB3

Pole Vault 

No Competitor

Under 17 Women

Team Score:- 1st London Heathside 169 pts, 2nd SBH 164 pts

100m

Nicole Stewart 13.57 A 3rd PB2

Samiyah Wilson 13.19 B 1st PB4

Claris Lawrence 13.86s ns PB1

Abigail Bereket 14.38s ns

200m

Nicole Stewart 27.29s A 2nd PB6

Samiyah Wilson 27.47s B 1st PB6

Claris Lawrence 29.32s ns PB3

Abigail Bereket 29.63s ns PB3

800m 

Rose Scofield 2:34.51 A 4th PB2

High Jump 

Kyra Smith 1.40m A 3rd PB5

Nicole Stewart 1.35m B 2nd PB4

Long Jump 

Kyra Smith 4.19m A 2nd PB2

Samiyah Wilson 3.85m B 2nd PB1

Shot Put 

Ivy Paitoo 9.79m A 3rd PB5

Javelin

Kyra Smith 14.64m A 4th

Ivy Paitoo 13.67m B 2nd

Discus 

Elkie Baker 36.93m A 1st PB8

Ivy Paitoo 18.69m B 1st PB1

U11 Boys

Team:- 1st SBH 95 pts, 3rd= London Heathside, ESM, E&H 72 pts 

150m

Kai Duberry 23.55s A 5th

Dylan Talbot 25.34s B 6th

600m

Kai Duberry 1:55.16 A 5th PB3

Evander Hope-Dubois 1:56.97 B 1st PB3

Teddy Arana Morton 2:02.40 ns PB2

Jude Fergusson Bentley 2:13.67 ns

Dylan Talbot 2:14.04 ns

Long Jump 

Kai Duberry 3.17m A 7th PB1

Elliot Murray 2.97m B 2nd

Dominic Jeles 3.38m ns PB2

Iliam Bel-Young 2.49m ns PB4

Vortex 

Dominic Jeles 41.99m A 1st

Elliot Murray 36.45m B 2nd

Evander Hope Dubois 30.03m ns

Dylan Talbot 24.22m ns

Ilam Bei-Young 20.46m ns

U13 Boys

Team:- 1st SBH 159 pts 4th London Heathside 94 pts

200m

Caleb Lodge 30.10s A 6th PB3

Ari Talwar 32.86s B 7th  PB1

800m

Alexander Panchal 2:33.18 A 4th PB4

Michael Schofield 2:43.11 B 2nd PB2

Ralph Wilcox 2:49.02 ns PB1

Bruno Fansa 2:53.23

William Edwards 2:54.71 ns

75mH

Michael Schofield 17.16s A 4th  

High Jump 

Ari Talwar 1.10m A 5th PB1

William Edwards 1.10m B 3rd PB1

Long Jump 

Caleb Lodge 3.72m A 6th PB3

William Edwards 3.52m B 3rd PB3

Shot Put 

No Competitor

Javelin

Michael Schofield 16.43m A 3rd PB2

Ari Talwar 10.59m B 2nd

Under 15 Boys

Team Score:- 1st SBH 193 pts, 2nd London Heathside 162 pts

100m

Tahan Dayes 12.87s A 4th  PB4

Zackariya Yahya 12.70s B 3rd PB5

Zain Yusuff Phillips 12.67s ns PB4

Malakai Davies 13.05s ns PB3

200m

Zackariya Yahya 26.42s A 4th PB3

Zain Yusuff-Phillips 26.19s B 3rd PB3

Malakai Davies 26.75s ns PB3

800m

Alex Kirk 2:10.86 A 2nd PB6

James McGuire 2:18.81 B 4th PB3

Nathan Grela-Bekele 2:19.5 PB3

80mH

No Competitor

High Jump 

James McGuire 1.35m A 3rd PB3

Long Jump 

Tahan Dayes 4.85m A 6th PB5

Zackariya Yahya 4.73m B 3rd PB4

Malakai Davies 3.99m ns PB1

Shot Put 

Leonard Hewings 10.07m A 1st PB5

Ziggy Ellis 7.96m B 1st  PB1

Javelin 

Leonard Hewings 25.79m A 5th PB2

Ziggy Ellis 16.83m B 2nd

Discus 

Leonard Hewings 31.28m A 1st PB NCR PB7

Ziggy Ellis 24.74m B 1st PB5

Pole Vault

No Competitor

Under 17 Men

Team Score:- 1st SBH 141 pts, 4th London Heathside 87 pts 

100m

Malakai David McKenzie Callum 11.81s A 2nd PB5

Adam Chehabeddine 11.80s B 2nd PB5

200m

Malakai David McKenzie Callum 23.66s A 3rd PB6

Adam Chehabeddine 23.86s B 2nd PB5

Malachi Oluwashina 25.17s ns PB2

Cedric Chidewu 26.14s ns

Logan Cummings 25.00s ns PB3

800m 

Leon Bestmann-Calvo 2:14.06 A 7th PB2

High Jump 

Malakai David McKenzie Callum 1.55m A 2nd PB4

Roderick Alonso 1.55m B 1st PB4

Long Jump 

Adam Chehabeddine 5.20m A 5th  PB3

Logan Cummings 4.91m  ns PB2

Eastern Masters AC Championship, Sandy, Bedfordshire, Saturday June 29

Robin Hardy sent this report:

Robin Hardy threw the discuss 33.32m at the EMAC championship in Sandy Bedfordshire on Saturday, which is a PB and club V60 record.

 He wrote: ‘I also did the shot put but that was truly awful and best forgotten. The discus throw beat my club M60 veterans record that was set at the beginning of June this year at Stevenage (29.23m) by 4.1m.’

Watford Harriers Open Graded Meeting, June 25 2025

Simon Baker reports:

‘Charlie Nicolson ran a 4s PB of 4:08.77 in the 1500m at Watford, beating Thomas Archer's previous U15B record of 4:10.56 and going 2nd on current UK rankings.’

 He also reports that Elkie Baker's 41.61m at the SAL Discus on Sunday broke her previous club record by over 1.5m and ranks her UK No1 U17W

Result: 1500 meters

3rd Charlie Nicolson (U15) – 4:08:77

Parkruns

Seventy-four of our runners took part in 36 Parkruns on Saturday – with only one win (for Melvin Lewis in Pymmes in a time of 17:55). Here are the Heathside results

 Report by Gavin Evans with thanks to Simon Baker and Robin Hardy