SAL #1, Hackney Half, & Halle Throwing Festival
Southern Athletics League Division 1 Finsbury Park 16 May
Simon Baker reports on the first SAL fixture of the season, plus on Elkie Baker’s participation in an international Throwing event in Germany ;
“ The Club kicked off our 2nd season in the SAL Division 1 with a fantastic 2nd place behind the current Champions TVH. There were event wins for Andy Barnes (5000m), Montana Dennis (U20M) 110mH and Bill Steel DT and SP. Bill set two new club records in the Discus and Shot Putt. While there were no wins for the women there were 2nd places for Lily Woolcock 1500m, Asia Emanuel (U20W) 200m and Lila Blustin (U18W) 2000mSC.
Thanks so much to everyone who volunteered to help on the day as well as the fantastic efforts of the athletes, officials and coaches, especially team captains Lily and Richard as well as meeting manager Peter. “
After one match, Heathside sit in 6th place out of 18 in the League with 5 points ; The next match is at Mile End on Sunday 21st June.
( A & B strings score, ns = non scoring )
Senior Men
100m
Ifeoluwa Yusuff ( U20 ) 11.06 A 5th
Mikel Alexander ( U18 ) 11.19 B 4th
Jaden Phillips 11.45 ns
Zain Mitha 11.59 ns
Montana Dennis 11.45 ns
Toby Toth – Stevens ( U18 ) 11.57 ns
Ricoh Sobers 12.57 ns
Ike Lionel 11.74 ns
Alex Daniel 11.86 ns
Taha Abdullah 11.92 ns
James Pothalingam 12.28 ns
Mohamed Kamara 12.14 ns
Ifeoluwa Yusuff 11.06 ns
Priyesh Patel 12.37 ns
Robert Shin 12.39 ns
Brandon Okehs 12.61 ns
Emmanuel Adesina 16.35 ns
200m
Mikel Alexander ( U18 ) 22.54 A 5th
Muizz Ottun 24.09s B 4th
Sam Brown ( U18 ) 23.14 ns
Toby Toth-Stevens ( U18 ) 23.37 ns
Jordan Gboho ( U18 ) 25.18 ns
James Pothalingam 24.67 ns
400m
Sam Brown 50.37 A 2nd
Taha Abdullah ( U23 ) 54.80 B 5th
Gregory Berrisford – Sweet 56.24 ns
Marc Mullen ( V40 ) 59.30 ns
800m
Jorge Carbajal ( U23 ) 2.13.00 A 5th
Ennio Kaloukian ( U16 ) 2.15.28 B 3rd
James Haynes 2.16.14 ns
Harry Owrid 2.20.39 ns
1500m
Tom Aldred ( V45 ) 4.22.32 B 3rd
110m Hurdles
Montana Dennis ( U18 ) 15.11s A 1st
Ivan Ross ( V50 ) 28.23 B 2nd
400m Hurdles
Thomas Wassermann ( U20 ) 60.57s A 3rd
Wayne Morley ( V40 ) 70.22 B 2nd
3000m SC
Wayne Morley ( V40 ) 10.20.73 A 2nd
5000m
Andy Barnes 15.43.77 A 1st
Sammy Keenan 16.48.60 B 4th
Hector de Fontaines 16.01.39 ns
Ewan Hawkins 16.13.78 ns
Oliver Murgian-Hedge 16.17.95 ns
Edward Samuel ( V45) 16.45.12 ns
Filippo Minelle 17.46.18 ns
High Jump
Thomas Wasserman ( U20 ) 1.65m A 4th
Long Jump
Mark Lawrence ( V55 ) 5.71m A 5th
Taha Abdullah ( U23 ) 4.51m B 5th
Shot
Bill Steel 14.95m A 1st
Mark Lawrence 8.84m B 2nd
Discus
Bill Steel 45.15m A 1st
Stephen Booth ( V50 ) 29.53m B 1st
Mark Lawrence 26.39m ns
Hammer
Thomas Wasserman ( U20 ) 26.42m A 5th
Charalambos Pittordis 20.49m B 3rd
Javelin
Thomas Wasserman ( U20 ) 34.34m A 5th
Ivan Ross ( V50 ) 28.38 B 2nd
Men;s 4 x 100m relay
London Heathside 43.58 4th
Men’s 4 x 400m relay
London Heathside 3.39.91 4th
Senior Women
100m
Asia Emanuel ( U18 ) 12.47 A 3rd
Samiyah Wilson ( U18 ) 13.34 B 2nd
200m
Samiyah Wilson ( U18 ) 29.15 A 6th
400m
Hester Hill 64.50 A 3rd
Lara Davies 68.91 B 4th
800m
Kiara Corkin ( U18 ) 2.33.94 A 3rd
Lila Blustin ( U16 ) 2.31.98 B 2nd
Lara Davies 2.39.22 ns
Amelie Randall 2.41.66 ns
1500m
Lily Woolcock 4.55.27 A 2nd
Eliza Bond 5.02.01 B 1st
100m Hurdles
Asia Emanuel 15.75s A 2nd
400m Hurdles
Ely Angel Da Silva (U18) 70.90s A 3rd
Magdeline Paitoo ( U18) 74.30s B 3rd
2000m SC
Lila Blustin ( U16 ) 8.12.25 A 2nd
Molly Harrison 8.36.63 B 2nd
3000m
Francesca Stocco 10.48.81 A 4th
Ciera Kennedy 11.37.92 B 4th
Amelie Randall ( U16 ) 10.55.12 ns
High Jump
Hester Hill 1.40m A 3rd
Lily Woolcock 0.80m B 3rd
Long Jump
Sian Adeyemi 4.45m A 5th
Sarah Hair 3.62m B 3rd
Discus
Noelle O’Regan 28.51m A 3rd
Molly Harrison 12.32m B 5th
Hammer
Noelle O’Regan 19.15m A 4th
Genevieve Weston 6.42m B 4th
Javelin
Molly Harrison 23.49m A 4th
Genevieve Weston 9.75m B 4th
Women;s 4 x 100m relay
London Heathside 52.15 3rd
Women’s 4 x 400m relay
London Heathside 4.35.10 4th
Hallesche Werfertage Halle, Germany 16 May
“ Elkie Baker travelled with the England Team to Halle in Germany to take part in the 51st Hallesche Werfetage throwing festival which featured athletes from across the world and numerous olympians.
Competing on the Sunday, despite an injury, she recorded her 2nd best throw of 41.67m to top her qualifying group and qualify for the final where she recorded a new Pb of 42.81m with her first throw finishing in 8th place against many athletes who will be competing in the Euro U18 Championships this summer. Her PB is now 1.49m below UK qualifying standard. She is now ranked 28th European U18 and 20th UK woman.”
Discus
8 Elkie Baker U18 42.81m PB
and results from an Open event from last week, including PB’s for Fred and Charlie :
Watford Open, Watford, 13.5.26
3000m
H1 1st Ennio Kaloukian (U18M) 9:40.25
H2 9th Fred Beale (U23M) 9:08.93 PB
H3 12th Charlie Nicolson (U16B) 8:39.99 PB NCR (Ranked UK No 1 U16B)
Hackney Half Marathon Hackney Marshes 17 May
The largest road race participation of the week was at the Hackney Half, where Jake Evans claimed a Top 10 overall spot from a huge field
9 Jake Evans 1:10:06 1st U23
57 Harry Klieman 1:15:33
100 Chris Wright 1:17:58
298 Johnny Forsyth 1:21:54 4th V50
433 Roger Braybrooks 1:23:38 2nd V55
2373 Ishaana Cannell 1:34:55 2nd F U18
2856 Hester Hill 1:36:40
2911 Jake Selvey 1:36:53
5012 Glen Taylor 1:43:23
6543 Alex Rowett 1:47:05
7378 Amelie Joffrin 1:49:03
7471 Tolessa Adeba 1:49:14
8972 Jack Da Silva 1:52:49
10514 Michael Leung 1:56:06
12009 Bridgit Napleton 1:58:54
13284 Katherine Horton 2:01:37
13760 Marianne Gibson 2:02:47
19024 Laura Thorn 2:19:28
Eryri 25k ( Ultra Trail ) Snowdonia 17 May
Jean- Baptiste ran the 25k Eryri race in Snowdonia, ( pronouced Eh-ruh -ree ) the ‘ land of the eagles ‘, and finished in 16th place out of more than 700 participants, a race which based on its website has a route that “explores scenic mountain trails and rugged terrain, offering a taste of the landscapes that define this iconic national park “
16 Jean-Baptiste Imatte 2h 7m:53s
Green Belt Relay 2026 16 May
Stage 3 ( Boveney Church )
13 Liam Hazelton ( 4th V40 ) 1h:18m:16s
Park Runs
The results of the 111 club members who participated in last week’s Parkruns can be found here :
compiled by Mark George, with commentary from SAL & Halle Throwing event from Simon Baker