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April 26th 2008 - National 12/6 Stage Road Relays at Sutton Park
Leading results for Chiltern League clubs:
Senior men: 13th Bedford & C, 18th Harrow, 20th Shaftesbury,
Fastest short stages: 1 A Baddeley (Harrow), 5 A Bowden (Harrow),
Senior ladies: no CL clubs finished
Full results on Sportsoft web site

April 13th 2008 - London Marathon and Mini Marathon
Results for Chiltern League athletes (let me know if I've missed anyone):
Senior men: 36 O Edwards (Shaftesbury) 2.26.48, 44 K Robertson (Shaftesbury) 2.29.03, 62 B Whitby (Windsor) 2.30.15, 118 D Brown (Chiltern) 2.36.06, 138 A Jackson (Shaftesbury) 2.37.24, 315 C Steptoe (Aylesbury) 2.45.10 1st v55,
Senior ladies: 9 L Yelling (Bedford & C - 1st GB) 2.28.33, 26 L Hartney (Reading RR) 2.49.24, 32 S Gee (Reading RR) 2.51.16, 51 D Steer (St Albans) 2.58.38,
Mini Marathon Counties:
Under 18 men: 10 D Clorley (Luton), 16 R Parker (Bedford & C), 19 J McDonnell (Luton), 23 D Williamson (Bedford & C), 30 P Benedickter (Luton), 46 R Glastonbury (Radley),
Under 15 boys: 7 J Goodwin (Bedford & C), 18 S Still (Luton), 24 K Mason (Bedford & C), 27 S Byrne (Harrow),
Under 13 boys: 5 M Goddard (Chiltern), 16 T Stead (Biggleswade),
Under 18 ladies: 8 H Walker (Dacorum), 11 L Lattimore (Harrow), 16 A Mackinnon-Austin (Bedford & C), 42 R Gardiner (Shaftesbury), 46 C MacKenzie (Biggleswade), 50 A Wright (Bedford & C),
Under 15 girls: 3 E Wallbank (Bedford & C), 6 S Connor (Shaftesbury), 30 R Murray (Bedford & C), 48 I Thompson (St. Albans),
Under 13 girls: 6 K Mimms (Shaftesbury), 9 M McKenzie (Bedford & C), 14 A Harris (Bedford & C), 18 M Steer (St. Albans), 46 A Tribbeck (Bedford & C), 50 E Hudson (Luton),
Mini Marathon London Boroughs:
Under 18 men: 1 J Shelley (Shaftesbury), 2 R Goodman (Shaftesbury), 10 T Bryant (Shaftesbury), 12 C Scott (Harrow), 29 M Warwick (Harrow),
Under 15 boys: 5 M Lewis (Harrow), 36 J Rajkumar (Harrow),
Under 13 boys: none in top 50
Under 18 ladies: 12 S Proffitt (Shaftesbury), 19 S Brown (Harrow), 50 K Brady (Harrow),
Under 15 girls: 13 S Antoine (Harrow), 27 E Bermingham (Harrow),
Under 13 girls: 1 S Draper (Harrow), 10 C Wolf (Harrow), 44 T Dissanyaka (Harrow),
Full results on London Marathon web site

April 6th 2008 - Southern 12/6 Stage Road Relays at Aldershot
Results for Chiltern League clubs:
Senior men: 5th Harrow, 11th Windsor (disq?), 13th Bedford & C, 26th Oxford,
Fastest long laps: 4 A Bowden (Harrow),
Senior ladies: 1st Shaftesbury, 4th Windsor, 11th Windsor "B" (disq?), 14 Milton K,
Fastest laps: 1 S Morris (Windsor), 2 J Ankier (Shaftesbury), 4 S Waldron (Shaftesbury),
Full results on Aldershot web site

April 3rd 2008 - League AGM
Due to another commitment I am having to schedule the League AGM one week earlier than usual, it will be on Thursday June 12th. If you have any items for the agenda please email them to me by May 23rd.

March 15th 2008 - Inter Counties Champs at Nottingham
Leading results for Chiltern League athletes (top 100 seniors, top 50 others) let me know if I've missed anybody - athletes are more difficult to spot without club names!
Senior men: 57 S Kimber (Oxford), 79 O Jones (Windsor),
Junior men: 17 T Best (Luton), 41 A Tovey (Windsor),
Uner 17 men: 5 D Clorley (Luton), 39 J McDonnell (Luton), 41 P Benedickter (Luton), 47 R Parker (Bedford & C),
Under 15 boys: 5 R Goodman (Shaftesbury), 6 J Goodwin (Bedford & C), 30 G Miller (Radley), 44 J Burton (Bedford & C),
Under 13 boys: 11 K Mason (Bedford & C), 22 M Goddard (Chiltern), 24 J Dutton (Chiltern), 25 J Deane (Lincroft MS), 38 C Uduwawala (Shaftesbury), 42 J McMurray (St. Albans), 46 M Seddon (Bracknell), 49 K Wye (Windsor),
Senior ladies: 23 V Webster (Shaftesbury), 49 C Willer (Watford), 76 P Prescott (Bedford & C),
Junior ladies: 34 R Gardiner (Shaftesbury), 37 T Taylor (Milton K),
Under 17 ladies: 5 L Lattimore (Harrow), 8 H Walker (Dacorum),
Under 15 girls: 3 E Wallbank (Bedford & C), 10 M Wood (Milton K), 12 S Connor (Shaftesbury), 13 M Hawtin (Oxford), 25 A MacKinnon-Austin (Bedford & C),
Under 13 girls: 6 K Mimms (Shaftesbury), 13 S Draper (Harrow), 25 C McMillan (Banbury), 29 B Turton (Bracknell),
Full results on UK Athletics web site

March 8th 2008 - English Schools at Liverpool
Leading results for Chiltern League athletes finishing in the top 100 (let me know if I've missed anyone)
Senior boys: 12 D Clorley (Luton), 31 A Tovey (Windsor), 37 R Parker (Bedford & C), 58 R Glastonbury (Radley),
Inter boys: 18 J McDonnell (Luton), 19 D Woodgate (Luton), 22 J Goodwin (Bedford & C), 32 R Goodman (Shaftesbury), 43 E MacKenzie (Shaftesbury), 48 P Benedickter (Luton),
Junior boys: 5 Z Seddon (Bracknell), 8 D Murphy (Milton K), 18 J Burton (Bedford & C), 28 J Bennington (Windsor), 71 K Mason (Bedford & C),
Senior girls: 8 L Lattimore (Harrow), 19 H Walker (Dacorum), 38 S Boast (Bedford & C), 39 T Taylor (Milton K), 50 L Lingley (Windsor), 79 R Gardiner (Shaftesbury),
Inter girls: 11 M Hawtin (Oxford), 23 P Woolven (Wycombe), 47 A MacKinnon-Austin (Bedford & C), 81 S Connor (Shaftesbury), 87 B Myers (Windsor), 94 V Walker (Watford),
Junior girls: 4 E Wallbank (Bedford & C), 11 M Wood (Milton K), 20 K Mimms (Shaftesbury), 30 B Swords (Oxford), 36 E Roche (Milton K), 59 E Walton (Bracknell), 65 B Turton (Bracknell), 71 E Jacques (Oxford), 76 C McMillan (Banbury), 87 A Burgin (Bedford & C), 88 L Hawtin (Oxford),
Full results on English Schools website

February 23rd 2008 - National CC Champs at Alton Towers
Leading results for Chiltern League clubs (Top 150 seniors, top 100 others)
Senior men: 12 D Deed (Bedford & C), 37 O Edwards (Shaftesbury), 54 G Watts (Shaftesbury), 62 M Janes (Bedford & C), 67 O Matthews (Bedford & C), 76 J Trapmore (Shaftesbury), 83 N Miller (Bedford & C), 95 W Levett (Bedford & C), 98 D Dalmedo (Bedford & C), 104 K Robertson (Shaftesbury), 108 O Jones (Windsor), 110 S Body (Bedford & C), 133 P Norris (Harrow), 140 G Harris (Headington), 144 J Elworthy (Bedford & C), 150 M Coffey (Oxford),
Teams: 6 Bedford & C, 15 Shaftesbury, 23 Harrow, 41 Milton K, 47 Headington,
Junior men: 40 T Best (Luton), 64 S Tuttle (Bedford & C), 66 J Ashton (Bracknell), 69 R Larsen (Bracknell), 81 M Bennett (Chiltern), 84 B Corfield (Leighton B), 90 A Tovey (Windsor), 98 J Parslow (Shaftesbury),
Teams: 11 Bracknell,
Under 17 men: 1 D Clorley (Luton), 9 R Parker (Bedford & C), 18 J McDonnell (Luton), 29 M Salt (Dacorum), 38 D Williamson (Bedford & C), 64 J Shelley (Shaftesbury), 65 P Benedickter (Luton), 67 A Bellow (Bedford & C), 77 M Goodwin (Bedford & C), 79 E McKenzie (Shaftesbury), 82 J Fleming (Shaftesbury), 98 B Collins (Shaftesbury),
Teams: 3 Bedford & C, 6 Luton, 8 Shaftesbury,
Under 15 boys: 5 R Goodman (Shaftesbury), 9 J Goodwin (Bedford & C), 14 Z Seddon (Bracknell), 15 P Devaney (Bedford & C), 19 F Baily (Shaftesbury), 22 A Brace (Wycombe), 29 J Burton (Bedford & C), 43 T Mead (Luton), 61 D Murphy (Milton K), 78 P Stewart (Bedford & C), 83 S Still (Luton),
Teams: 1 Bedford & C, 5 Shaftesbury,
Under 13 boys: 6 K Mason (Bedford & C), 18 A Wimbledon (Bracknell), 19 J McMurray (St. Albans), 21 J Dutton (Chiltern), 23 C Uduwawala (Shaftesbury), 27 M Goddard (Chiltern), 39 D Barraclough (Chiltern), 40 S Proctor (Bedford & C), 68 J Steel (Bedford & C), 74 M McLoughlin (Shaftesbury), 83 O Poulain (St. Albans), 89 M Seddon (Bracknell), 96 A Stenning (Chiltern), 97 B Alcock (Bedford & C),
Teams: 3 Chiltern, 5 Bedford & C, 16 Shaftesbury,
Senior ladies: 1 L Yelling (Bedford & C), 4 J Wilkinson (Bedford & C), 6 A Whitcombe (Harrow), 14 J Ankier (Shaftesbury), 16 R Felton (Shaftesbury), 37 V Webster (Shaftesbury), 79 C Scott (Milton K), 90 C Dickie (Windsor), 94 P Auckett (Shaftesbury), 95 E Ferenczi (Shaftesbury), 100 E Caborn (Bedford & C), 103 S Cox (Milton K), 128 C Moss (Bedford & C), 144 M Cooper (Shaftesbury),
Teams: 6 Shaftesbury, 8 Bedford & C,
Junior ladies: 5 S Waldrow (Shaftesbury), 48 T Taylor (Milton K), 50 R Gardiner (Shaftesbury), 51 S Boast (Bedford & C), 58 C Miles (Shaftesbury), 77 R Cave (Bedford & C), 85 L Rogers (Wycombe), 86 C Bazzonni (Shaftesbury), 93 H Shelley (Shaftesbury), 97 S Snyman (Bedford & C),
Teams: 7 Shaftesbury, 10 Bedford & C,
Under 17 ladies: 14 H Walker (Dacorum), 61 A Keane (Shaftesbury), 65 S Cutler (Bedford & C),
Teams: no CL teams closed
Under 15 girls: 5 E Wallbank (Bedford & C), 6 M Hawtin (Oxford), 15 S Connor (Shaftesbury), 19 A MacKinnon-Austin (Bedford & C), 40 E Roche (Milton K), 57 A Burgin (Bedford & C), 61 R Flory (Bedford & C), 98 C MacKenzie (Bedford & C),
Teams: 2 Bedford & C, 10 Shaftesbury,
Under 13 girls: 7 K Mimms (Shaftesbury), 9 S Draper (Harrow), 15 M McKenzie (Bedford & C), 34 R Murray (Bedford & C), 40 Y Smart (Shaftesbury), 41 R Nolan (Luton), 48 L Hawtin (Oxford), 49 M Shreeves (Bedford & C), 61 F Lenton (Shaftesbury), 63 A Harris (Bedford & C), 85 I Thompson (St. Albans), 92 H Bryen (Oxford), 97 M Angell (Bedford & C), 100 E Kemming (Bedford & C),
Teams: 3 Bedford & C, 7 Shaftesbury, 19 St Albans, 21 Milton K,
Full results on ECCA web site.

February 17th 2008 - Notes after final round
Our final match at Wing was blessed with fine weather and we had our second best turnout for a fifth round match. This was despite some schools being on half term and an inter counties school match that affected one club at least. I hope to have the final trophies which were not collected at Wing mailed in the next few days.
Overall we had our third best ever season based on total finishers. Unlike the last two winters, we didn't break the magic 1000 for any individual round.
My thanks to all the clubs who hosted this winter. I am already thinking about next season and venues. I hope to have a draft calendar for 2008/2009 shortly. Unfortunately I have found out that two more possible venues are unlikely to be usable. RAF Halton have placed a number of security restrictions which would make a match there very difficult and Stowe is likely to become too expensive. Which leaves us with only six possible venues, the five from this winter plus Culham. This puts a lot of pressure on us and I will be mailing clubs about this shortly.
As mentioned earlier, 2008/2009 will be the league's 50th season. Interest has been expressed in having a "special match" of some sort. Perhaps clubs could give more thought to this? I have recently had some dialogue with the Met League over a joint match but I suspect the logistics (especially the potential number of competitors) will make this too difficult.

February 4th 2008 - New York Marathon Places
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January 26th 2008 - Southern CC Champs at Parliament Hill
Results do not seem to be on the web yet but Martin Duff has emailed a set to me which I have converted to PDF format for you - click here (about 1.5MB!!).
Leading results for Chiltern League clubs (top 100 seniors, top 50 young athletes):
Senior men: 4 H Lobb (Bedford & C), 5 D Deed (Bedford & C), 13 O Edwards (Shaftesbury), 14 W Levett (Bedford & C), 20 G Watts (Shaftesbury), 21 D Dalmedo (Bedford & C), 27 O Matthews (Bedford & C), 29 S Kimber (Windsor), 38 N Miller (Bedford & C), 42 J Trapmore (Shaftesbury), 45 C Dettmarr (Headington), 48 K Robertson (Shaftesbury), 50 A Inskip (Bedford & C), 64 J Elworthy (Bedford & C), 76 S Herring (Bedford & C), 80 P Norris (Harrow), 94 M Rahim (Harrow),
Teams: 1st Bedford & C, 7th Shaftesbury, 8th Bedford "B", 24th Headington,
Junior men: 9 N White (Windsor), 26 J Ashton (Bracknell), 31 R Heaney (Bedford & C), 33 I May (Windsor), 39 S Tuttle (Bedford & C), 42 J Parslow (Shaftesbury),
Teams: 6th Bracknell, 8th Shaftesbury,
Under 17 men: 2 D Clorley (Luton), 3 R Parker (Bedford & C), 17 T Bryant (Shaftesbury), 19 J McDonnell (Luton), 25 A Moore (Bracknell), 30 E MacKenzie (Shaftesbury), 32 J Shelley (Shaftesbury), 35 D Woodgate (Luton), 37 M Goodwin (Bedford & C), 41 D Williamson (Bedford & C), 45 P Benedickter (Luton),
Teams: 3rd Luton, 6th Bedford & C, 9th Shaftesbury,
Under 15 boys: 3 J Goodwin (Bedford & C), 9 Z Seddon (Bracknell), 13 R Goodman (Shaftesbury), 14 J Burton (Bedford & C), 26 P Devaney (Bedford & C), 30 S Still (Luton), 31 D Murphy (Milton K), 39 F Bailey (Shaftesbury), 50 T Mead (Luton),
Teams: 3rd Bedford & C, 6th Shaftesbury,
Under 13 boys: 1 K Mason (Bedford & C), 6 J McMurray (St. Albans), 9 C Uduinawala (Shaftesbury), 11 M Goddard (Chiltern), 12 J Dutton (Chiltern), 18 D Barraclough (Chiltern), 23 S Proctor (Bedford & C), 25 M Seddon (Bracknell), 26 A Wimbledon (Bracknell), 33 A Stenning (Chiltern), 35 O Poulain (St. Albans), 39 J Steel (Bedford & C), 41 S Redding (Milton K),
Teams: 1st Chiltern, 2nd Bedford & C, 11th Shaftesbury, 15th Chiltern "B",
Senior ladies: 3 R Felton (Shaftesbury), 13 V Webster (Shaftesbury), 29 C Dickie (Windsor), 34 P Aukett (Shaftesbury), 41 S Cox (Milton K), 45 C Scott (Milton K), 48 L Butt (Chiltern), 50 E Ferenczi (Shaftesbury), 54 C Moss (Bedford & C), 56 T Neale (Burnham), 59 L Bromilow (Milton K), 61 V Samson (Dacorum), 63 E Caborn (Bedford & C), 71 C Bassill (Luton), 82 L Barker (Headington), 95 F Burge (Headington),
Teams: 3rd Shaftesbury, 7th Milton K, 16th Headington,
Junior ladies: 12 N Peters (Bedford & C), 15 S Boast (Bedford & C), 21 C Miles (Shaftesbury), 27 S French (Milton K), 34 R Gardiner (Shaftesbury), 37 P Ryan (Shaftesbury), 41 A Edwards (Headington),
Under 17 ladies: 6 H Walker (Dacorum), 26 R Stedman (Windsor), 31 A Kean (Shaftesbury), 37 F Smith (Windsor), 42 L Lingley (Windsor),
Teams: 3rd Windsor, 6th Shaftesbury,
Under 15 girls: 2 M Hawtin (Oxford), 3 E Wallbank (Bedford & C), 8 S Connor (Shaftesbury), 12 A Austin (Bedford & C), 20 S Antoine (Harrow), 22 V Walker (Watford), 35 B Myers (Windsor), 37 E Jacques (Oxford), 45 E Roche (Milton K), 46 R Flory (Bedford & C), 49 A Burgin (Bedford & C),
Teams: 2nd Bedford & C, 13th Shaftesbury,
Under 13 girls: 5 I Kempton (Oxford), 7 E Walton (Bracknell), 8 B Turton (Bracknell), 10 S Draper (Harrow), 12 K Mimms (Shaftesbury), 17 L Hawtin (Oxford), 22 Y Smart (Shaftesbury), 23 R Murray (Bedford & C), 27 E Croft (Windsor), 31 R Bryen (Oxford), 35 M McKenzie (Bedford & C), 36 I Vanzyl (Oxford), 39 M Angell (Bedford & C), 40 B Berger-North (Bracknell),
Teams: 2nd Oxford, 4th Bracknell, 5th Bedford & C, 7th Shaftesbury, 13th Luton, 17th Milton K.

January 8th 2008 - UK Cross Challenge
News of Chiltern League athletes performing well in the above after 3 rounds. Luton's Daniel Clorley is currently second in the under 17 men's category, Windsor's Hayley Yelling is leading the ladies and Shaftesbury's Sarah Waldron is 4th in the junior ladies.

December 7th 2007 - Keith Dearing
I am sorry to have to announce the sudden death of Keith Dearing long time member of Watford Harriers and starter at their home Chiltern Leagues - see Watford Harriers web site for more details.

December 6th 2007 - Notes after round 3
I hope you have all dried out after last Saturday! I think our thanks are due to Luton's officials who kept the event going when the weather took a turn for the worst and indeed I have had a few messages of appreciation. There were a few recording problems with the last four races due to wet sheets. Most of these seem to be resolved but I still don't know who finished last in the junior ladies race, the number appears to be 382 but the athlete who was declared with that number appears in 16th place.
In the English Schools Cup held at St. Albans on Saturday, league members Lincroft Middle won the junior boys event and their James Deane finished 3rd. Lincroft's junior girls team finished 7th.

November 12th 2007- Chiltern League 50th Anniversary
The 2008/2009 season will be the 50th for the league and I am looking for suggestions for ways to mark this. The league's first season was 1959/1960 and the first matches on October 17th 1959. At that time there were "A" and "B" divisions. Some early results are on the League History page.
There are two alternatives on dates, either have some sort of special match in the 50th season 2008/2009 or around October 2009 which would be the anniversary. An obvious idea would be to have a special match on one of the league dates with separate awards. The match may or may not contribute to the season league score. If the latter were the case then the season results would be on four matches for that year and individual placings based on the best three out of the remaining four fixtures. The special match would perhaps be open to all including former league club members. It may have to have an extra fee to cover the cost of the extra awards.
I know that there has been talk of a joint match with the Met League. Several former Chiltern League clubs left to join the Met League when it started in the mid sixties. This may be an option for an anniversary match. It has been brought up as the basis for a round of the UK Cross Challenge but the idea was dropped when the series was cut back this year and the league was never formally approached. There would be some logistical problems to this idea. First the number of senior men would probably be 500 plus which would need a suitable course and finish to accommodate. The knock on of this would be that a large amount of parking space would be needed. The other problem is that the Met League run under 15 boys with under 17 men and under 13 girls with under 15 girls with joint team scoring. If the match was part of their series this would foul up their league scoring. If we were to approach the Met League we would have to do this before February as they have their AGM at or soon after the final match.
If you have any comments or ideas then please email me.

November 12th 2007 - Notes after Round 2
We did have some problems with declarations this time round. Some sent in advance didn't arrive in my inbox until after the match. Also, some people didn't seem to know where I was located on the day. I did make some assumptions that some clubs used the same numbers as round 1 so please check the results; I have had some corrections already. I know there are some issues of ISP's not communicating well with MSN so perhaps if you are sending declarations in advance try copying them to dennis_orme@btinternet.com also. Use the dennis_orme@msn.com address as well and use the latter for other communications. At Luton I should be located in the room overlooking the track above the tea rooms so please hand in declarations there.
The number of finishers dropped by nearly 100 over round 1. The seniors remained steady but the youngsters dipped especially the under 13 girls and boys for some reason. I know there was the second round of the English Schools Cup but this is mainly for the older age groups.
Veterans declarations. Can team managers let me have dates of birth for any veterans who have competed so far this season and also anyone who will become a veteran this winter? I already had about 10 veterans who were entered in the wrong category on the declaration forms which my results software picked up and corrected from dates of birth. I sent a list of athletes and dates of birth already on my database in the pre season mailing.

November 4th - National Cross Country Relays at Mansfield
Results for Chiltern League clubs:
Senior men: 3rd Bedford & C, 12th Harrow, 13th Shaftesbury, 23rd Bedford "B", 35th Shaftesbury "B", 39th Windsor, 47th Harrow "B",
Fastest laps: 7 A Baddeley (Harrow), 8 A Bowden (Harrow),
Junior men: 11th Windsor, 17th Shaftesbury,
Under 17 men: 3rd Luton, 4th Bedford & C, 9th Shaftesbury, 28th Shaftesbury "B", 44th M Milton Keynes, 46th Bedford "B",
Fastest laps: 2 D Clorley (Luton), 8 R Parker (Bedford & C),
Under 15 boys: 2nd Bedford & C, 20th Shaftesbury, 30th Luton, 36th Bedford "B", 49th Dacorum,
Fastest laps: 10 D Goodman (Shaftesbury),
Under 13 boys: 2nd Shaftesbury, 4th Chiltern H, 8th Bedford & C, 29th Bedford "B", 45th Shaftesbury "B",
Fastest laps: 4 C Uduwawala (Shaftesbury), 9 K Mason (Bedford & C),
Senior ladies: 14th Bedford & C, 23rd M Milton Keynes, 48th M Milton K "B",
Fastest laps: 3 K Wootton (Bedford & C),
Junior ladies: 9th Shaftesbury, 11th Bedford & C,
Fastest laps: 5 S Waldron (Shaftesbury),
Under 17 ladies: 21st Shaftesbury, 31st Bedford & C,
Under 15 girls: 2nd Bedford & C, 9th M Milton Keynes, 12th Shaftesbury, 33rd Bedford & C, 50th Dacorum,
Fastest laps: 3 S Connor (Shaftesbury), 7 M Wood (M Milton K),
Under 13 girls: 9th Bedford & C, 17th Shaftesbury, 25th Luton, 35th Dacorum, 36th M Milton Keynes, 46th Bedford "B",
Fastest laps: 4 K Mimms (Shaftesbury),
Full results on ECCA web site

October 21st 2007 - National YA Road Relays at Sutton Park
Results for Chiltern League clubs:
Under 17 men: 4th Luton, 5th Bedford & C, 6th Shaftesbury, 29th Shaftesbury "B", 31st Luton "B", 48th Bedford "B",
Fastest laps: 1 D Clorey (Luton), 4 R Parker (Bedford & C),
Under 15 boys: 3rd Bedford & C, 17th Shaftesbury, 26th Bedford "B", 30th Luton, 41st Bedford "C", 48th Shaftesbury "B",
Fastest laps: 7= J Goodwin (Bedford & C),
Under 13 boys: 3rd Bedford & C, 8th Banbury, 16th Shaftesbury, 17th Bedford "B",
Fastest laps: 7 K Mason (Bedford & C),
Under 17 ladies: 14th Shaftesbury, 22nd Bedford & C,
UInder 15 girls: 8th Bedford & C, 25th Bracknell, 33rd Bedford "B", 37th Shaftesbury,
Fastest laps 10th A McKinnon (Bedford & C),
Under 13 girls: 8th Bracknell, 12th Shaftesbury, 18th Bedford & C, 25th Luton, 26th Bedford "B", 34th Banbury,
Fastest laps: 1 E Walton (Bracknell), 2= C McMillan (Banbury), 5 K Mimms (Shaftesbury),
Full results on Sportsoft web site

October 20th 2007 - National Road Relays at Sutton Park
Results for Chiltern League clubs:
Senior men: 7th Bedford & C, 10th Shaftesbury, 36th Harrow,
Fastest laps: 11= A Bowden (Harrow),
Senior ladies: 4th Bedford & C, 15th Windsor, 33rd Shaftesbury, 50th Bedford "B",
Fastest laps: 2 S Morris (Windsor), 3 H Yelling (Windsor), 13 K Wootton (Bedford),
Full results on Sportsoft web site

October 20th 2007 - Results in PDF Format
I have now added results to the site in PDF format which some may prefer to the HTML and MS Word formats. The web site management suite allows me to see how many people are viewing which pages and currently the number of people viewing in HTML outnumbers those viewing in MS Word by about 8 to 1. The MS Word format is useful as, for example, team managers can save and edit copies highlighting their own athletes. I will keep a check on how many are viewing to see which formats to keep. You will need to download Abode reader to view the PDF files from their website.

October 15th 2007 - Notes after round 1
A thanks from Watford to the clubs who helped out on Saturday. They had a set of house keys handed in plus a blue track suit bottom. Contact Vaughan Tayler.
The number of finishers didn't quite reach 1000 this time but the total of 969 was our fifth highest ever. The under 13 girls race had a record field. Interestingly enough, the under 15 and under 13 girls races both had more competitors than the under 15 and under 13 boys.
I had a request from Athletics Weekly a few days before the match that we give them first names in the results. This involved a few changes to the results software so that I could key in this information. Some of the results pages on the web will therefore have the full name and some not. It did involve me with having to virtually re-key the names of all athletes on the day of the match so some names may be misspelt and some age categories may be wrong. Please check the results and email me with any corrections. I hope to have the software fully amended in time for the next match but I suspect the results is MS Word format may have to remain with initials only otherwise any printed copies I send out will require more pages and therefore exceed the weight limit on normal postage.
Advance entries. Thanks to those clubs who did send in advance entries even though the race numbers had not been issued - it helped a great deal. I did have a couple arrive after the match due to problems communicating between some email providers and mine but please do try. If team managers can try and send entries by Friday evening it does help to get results displayed in reasonable time at the venue. I can usually get all but the senior men's result displayed before athletes leave.

September 30th 2007 - Southern Road Relays at Aldershot
Day 2 results:
Senior ladies: 3rd Bedford & C, 6th Windsor, 13th Shaftesbury, 15th M Milton Keynes, 22nd Windsor "B",
Fastest laps: 2 S Morris (Windsor),
Veteran ladies: 1st Reading Roadrunners,
Fastest laps: 1 L. Hartney (Reading RR), 2 S Gee (Reading RR), 4 M Stedman (Reading RR),
Under 17 men: 1st Bedford & C, 3rd Luton, 6th Shaftesbury, 9th Harrow, 20th Luton "B", 23rd Windsor,
Fastest laps: 1 D Clorley (Luton), 3 R Parker (Bedford), 9 D Williamson (Bedford), 10 M Goodwin (Bedford),
Under 15 boys: 2nd Bedford & C, 10th Shaftesbury, 13th Vale of Aylesbury, 18th Bedford "B", 19th Wycombe, 21st Luton, 22nd Harrow, 23rd Bracknell,
Fastest laps: 6 P Devaney (Bedford & C), 7 K Chirurga (Bedford & C), 10 R Goodman (Shaftesbury),
Under 13 boys: 2nd Bedford & C, 8th Windsor, 10th Shaftesbury, 11th Luton, 12th Bedford "B", 15th Bracknell, 22nd Harrow, 25th Windsor "B",
Fastest laps: 6 C Uduinala (Shaftesbury), 7 W Johnson (Bedford), 9 A Wimbledon (Bracknell), 10 M Seddon (Bracknell),
Under 17 ladies: 7th Shaftesbury, 12th Bedford & C, 15th Windsor, 17th Bracknell, 21st Harrow,
Fastest laps: 10 L Lattimore (Harrow),
Under 15 girls: 2nd Oxford, 11th Bedford & C, 14th M Milton Keynes, 19th Windsor, 20th Bracknell, 22nd Shaftesbury, 24th Wycombe,
Fastest laps: 2 M Hawtin (Oxford), 3 E Wallbank (Bedford & C), 7 M Wood (MMK),
Under 13 girls: 1st Oxford, 3rd Bracknell, 6th Shaftesbury, 7th Oxford "B", 8th M Milton Keynes, 10th Harrow, 11th Bedford & C, 14th Vale of Aylesbury, 15th Windsor, 18th Luton, 19th M Milton Keynes "B", 21st Bedford "B",
Fastest laps: 2 S Draper (Harrow), 5 L Hawtin (Oxford), 6= R Byren (Oxford), 8 B Turton (Bracknell), 9 I Van Zyl (Oxford), 10th I Kempton (Oxford).
Full results on Aldershot web site

September 29th 2007 - Southern Road Relays at Aldershot
Results for Chiltern League clubs:
Senior men: 3rd Bedford & C, 7th Shaftesbury, 12th Harrow, 34th Windsor, 43rd Harrow "B", 45th Reading Roadrunners,
Fastest laps: 2= A Bowden (Harrow), 5 D Deed (Bedford),
Over 40 men: 2nd Bedford & C, 3rd Oxford, 9th Harrow, 15th Reading Roadrunners, 22nd Bedford "B",
Fastest laps: 3 S Male (Oxford), 4 R Powell (Bedford), 7 S Overton (Oxford), 8 S Herring (Bedford), 9 A Turnbull (Bedford),
Over 50 men: 2nd Oxford, 12th Banbury,
Fastest laps: 3 B Green (Oxford), 6 R Grant (Oxford), 9 K McLellan (Luton),
Over 60 men: 1st Oxford, 2nd Oxford "B", 4th Burnham Joggers,
Fastest laps: 1 G Jones (Oxford), 2 M Welland (Oxford), 3 R Treadwell (Oxford), 4 D Parsons (Oxford).
Full results on Aldershot web site

September 24th 2007 - UKA Review on the Future of Competition
These documents have been posted on the UKA web site - click here to go to the page. Most of the review is concerned with track and field but I would draw league clubs attention to the proposed changes to age groups which would be relevant to cross country. See "Appendix 3 - Age Groups" for particulars. There is an email address on the web page for you to send comments.

September 19th 2007 - Pre Season Mailing
This has now been mailed to team managers. Omitted from the address list were the promotions/demotions from last season. Handy Cross and Silson are now in Division 1, Leighton Buzzard and Bearbrook are now in Division 2.

August 1st 2007 - League Venues
I will be announcing the venues for matches 2, 3 and 4 next winter shortly. However, it has become apparent that, whilst we are not exactly struggling for venues, a small number of clubs are taking on much of the work. Coupled with this is the problem that the league has grown by about 25% in the last few years which means that we can no longer use some venues due to the amount of traffic generated. We will be looking at a number of ways to overcome this. Some of the options are:
a) Have two or more clubs jointly hosting a match,
b) Request that clubs bring along at least one official to each match,
c) For at least one match have the seniors at one venue and young athletes at another so that we can use venues like Woburn Sands or Banbury again.
The Chiltern area has a lot of potential for new venues which can help keep the league "fresh" and hopefully these strategies might lead to more interesting courses.
If you have any comments please email me.

June 22nd 2007 - League AGM Notes
The main item of discussion concerned the implications of some of our member clubs joining the Association of Running Clubs. Various diverse views were expressed to me in advance and at the meeting. This is an issue that is not going to be resolved in the short term and something that we must cope with some how. But nobody had any direct proposals to put to the AGM. The likely situation is that host clubs will apply for SEAA permits for each meeting (England Athletics permits aren't being issued yet) and, in theory, athletes who are not affiliated and are over 17 would have to pay the unattached levy. As this is unusual in a league (or any event) where the team pays a fee I will correspond with the SEAA about the situation.
Fixture dates are:
Oct 13th at Watford
Nov 10th
December 1st
January 12th
February 9th at Wing
I have had no offers yet for the middle three fixtures and would like to hear from any club willing to host.
Minutes will be mailed to team contacts shortly.

May 17th 2007 - AGM Reminder
A reminder that the League AGM will be held on Thursday June 21st. I will be sending out agendas and other documents to league contacts in a couple of weeks time. If anyone has any items they wish placed on the agenda can they (via their league contact or other officer of their club) let me know as soon as possible.

April 22nd 2007 - London Marathon and Mini Marathon Results
Leading results for Chiltern League athletes:
Senior men: 98 A Jackson (Shaftesbury) 2.37.41, 137 M Hollands (Maidenhead) 2.40.26, 161 C Steptoe (Aylesbury) 2.41.41, 201 D Brown (Chiltern) 2.43.56, 213 R Burton (Chiltern) 2.44.19, 245 P Stainer (Shaftesbury) 2.45.44, 281 S Williamson (Tring) 2.47.20, 328 C Finill (Harrow) 2.49.04, 349 R Ashe (Harrow) 2.49.27,
Senior ladies: 6 M Yamauchi (Harrow - 1st UK) 2.25.41, 8 L Yelling (Bedford & C - 2nd UK), 2.30.44, 58 M Lennon (Harrow) 3.00.17, 65 D Smale (Windsor) 3.01.07, 72 C Pusey (Burnham) 3.02.37, 95 S Amend (Handy Cross) 3.07.01, 106 J Preen (M Milton K) 3.07.52,
Mini Marathon Counties:
Under 18 men: 10 R Parker (Bedford & C), 24 D Williamson (Bedford & C),
Under 15 boys: 22 J Goodwin (Bedford & C),
Under 13 boys: 16 S Proctor (Lincroft MS),
Under 15 girls: 4 E Wallbank (Bedford & C),
Under 13 girls: 21 M Fielden (Bedford & C), 22 A Bergin (Lincroft MS),
Mini Marathon London Boroughs:
Under 18 men: 2 C Scott (Harrow),
Under 15 boys: 4 M Lewis (Harrow),
Under 13 boys: 21 J Rajkumar (Harrow),
Under 18 ladies: 1 M Bennington (WIndsor), 3 L Lattimore (Harrow), 11 S Brown (Harrow), 22 A Concannon (Harrow), 23 P Lowe (Harrow), 25 C Osborne (Harrow),
Under 15 girls: 24 K Brady (Harrow),
Under 13 girls: 1 S Draper (Harrow),
Full results on London Marathon site.

April 19th 2007 - Fixtures for Winter 2007/2008
I have now spoken to a member of the Cross Country Commission about the recommended league dates for next winter. It seems that the date I was given for match 1 was incorrect and it will be October 13th. The recommended dates for matches 4 and 5 are still one week before the Southern and National Champs respectively. As it happens, Leighton Buzzard have had to book Wing for February 9th to secure the venue so will not be using the recommended date for match 5 instead leaving a two week gap before the National. I am recommending to clubs that we use January 12th for match 4 to leave a two week gap before the Southern.
The dates I am therefore proposing for next winter are:
October 13th, November 10th, December 1st, January 12th and February 9th.

April 14th 2007 - National 12/6 Stage Road Relays at Sutton Park
Leading results for Chiltern League clubs:
Senior men: 10th Shaftesbury, 15th Bedford & C, 26th disq Windsor,
Senior ladies: 8th Windsor, 11th Bedford & C,
Fastest laps: 2 S Morris (Windsor), 3 H Yelling (Windsor),
Full results on Sportsoft web site

April 1st 2007 - Southern 12/6 Stage Road Relays at Milton Keynes
Leading results for Chiltern League clubs:
Senior men: 1st Shaftesbury, 7th Bedford & C, 17th Windsor, 23rd Oxford City, 30th Marshall Milton K,
Fastest long stages: 3rd K Kyereme (Shftesbury), 5th M Draper (Windsor),
Senior ladies: 1st Bedford & C, 3rd Shaftesbury, 9th Windsor, 13th Marshall Milton K,
Fastest laps: 1st J Wilkinson (Bedford & C), 2nd S Morris (Windsor), 5th V Webster (Shaftesbury), 6th J Ankier (Shaftesbury)
Full results on Milton Keynes web site

March 24th 2007 - English Schools Champs at Leeds
Results for Chiltern League club athletes finishing in top 100. Let me know if I've missed anybody.
Senior boys: 10 S Tuttle (Bedford & C), 69 I May (Windsor), 88 A Tovey (Windsor),
Inter boys: 7 C Scott (Harrow), 8 R Parker (Bedford & C), 36 D Williamson (Bedford & C), 49 J McDonnell (Leighton B), 51 R Glastonbury (Radley), 79 A Moore (Bracknell), 86 T Gillespie (Watford),
Junior boys: 18 J Goodwin (Bedford & C), 20 K Chirunga (Bedford & C), 49 M Lewis (Harrow), 69 A Watson (Chiltern), 71 E Poulain (St. Albans), 73 G Miller (Radley), 76 T Mead (Luton),
Senior girls: 3 N Peters (Bedford & C), 57 S Boast (Bedford & C), 70 T Taylor (Milton K), 75 A Fox (Windsor), 81 R Cave (Bedford & C), 84 A Concannon (Harrow),
Inter girls: 25 L Lattimore (Harrow), 32 H Walker (Dacorum), 45 J Mansell (Stevenage), 48 A Heap (Wycombe), 75 S Wilkins (Milton K), 87 A McGurk (Bedford & C), 91 L Nyman (Harrow), 100 V Little (Stevenage),
Junior girls: 6 M Hawtin (Oxford), 12 E Wallbank (Bedford & C), 18 A MacKinnon-Austin (Bedford & C), 28 M Wood (Milton K), 33 B Swords (Oxford), 48 E Relton (Bedford & C), 51 P Woolven (Wycombe), 53 H Dewhurst (Stevenage), 63 V Walker (Watford), 66 D Anderson (Oxford), 81 C Stewart (Shaftesbury), 85 A Burgin (Bedford & C), 92 J Hedges (Bracknell),
Full results on English Schools website

March 10th 2007 - National CC at Sunderland
Leading results for Chiltern League club athletes:
Senior men: 2 H Lobb (Bedford & C), 4 D Bannister (Shaftesbury), 9 D Deed (Bedford & C), 15 R Williams (Bedford & C), 20 O Jones (Bedford & C), 24 M Janes (Bedford & C), 42 N Hall (Bedford & C), 56 O Edwards (Shaftesbury), 63 O Matthews (Bedford & C), 86 N Miller (Bedford & C), 95 C Riley (Bedford & C), 102 S Body (Bedford & C), 104 K Robertson (Shaftesbury), 113 J Trapmore (Shaftesbury), 117 W Grant (Shaftesbury), 124 D Nevins (Harrow), 130 D Lewis (Shaftesbury), 142 A Cross (Bedford & C),
Teams: 2 Bedford & C, 6 Shaftesbury,
Junior men: 33 J Tuttle (Bedford & C), 68 A Inskip (Bedford & C), 89 B Corfield (Leighton B),
Under 17 men: 4 D Easter (Shaftesbury), 10 R Parker (Bedford & C), 22 B Collins (Shaftesbury), 34 S Benaim (Shaftesbury), 42 D Williamson (Bedford & C), 68 A Bellow (Bedford & C), 76 T Bryant (Shaftesbury), 97 M Willmott (Milton K),
Teams: 3 Shaftesbury, 6 Bedford & C,
Under 15 boys: 9 Z Randall (Wycombe P), 17 N Fleming (Shaftesbury), 19 J McDonnell (Leighton B), 29 P Benedickter (Luton), 32 D Woodgate (Luton), 48 J Goodwin (Bedford & C),
Teams: 8 Luton, 15 Shaftesbury, 19 Bedford & C,
Under 13 boys: 26 G Sugars (Bedford & C), 27 J Williams (Bedford & C), 42 C Thornley (Bedford & C), 50 L Angel (Bedford & C), 51 K Mason (Bedford & C), 84 B Alcock (Bedford & C), 95 W Johnson (Bedford & C),
Teams: 3 Bedford & C,
Senior ladies: 1 L Yelling (Bedford & C), 2 H Yelling (Windsor), 4 J Wilkinson (Bedford & C), 8 V Webster (Shaftesbury), 17 R Felton (Shaftesbury), 36 C Dickie (Windsor), 45 M Ellis (Shaftesbury), 95 E Ferenczi (Shaftesbury), 124 H Frizzell (Bedford & C),
Teams: 4 Shaftesbury, 12 Bedford & C,
Junior ladies: 23 S Bailey (Stevenage), 26 N Peters (Bedford & C), 48 L Goldsmith (Shaftesbury),
Under 17 ladies: 13 L Lattimore (Harrow), 36 T Taylor (Milton K), 37 A McGurk (Bedford & C), 39 S Boast (Bedford & C), 54 R Gardiner (Shaftesbury), 71 S Wilkins (Milton K), 72 L Rogers (Wycombe), 81 S Proffitt (Shaftesbury), 98 S Caunt (Bedford & C),
Teams: 8 Bedford & C,
Under 15 girls: 11 A MacKinnon-Austin (Bedford & C), 33 E Relton (Bedford & C), 42 E Blackwell (Bedford & C), 50 V Walker (Watford), 98 S Culter (Bedford & C),
Teams: 2 Bedford & C, 17 Shaftesbury,
Under 13 girls: 5 E Wallbank (Bedford & C), 60 G Stewart (Shaftesbury), 99 B Fielden (Bedford & C),
Teams: 10 Bedford & C
Full results on Sportsoft web site

March 4th 2007 - England Athletics and Association of Running Clubs Affiliation
I have already had several contacts from members clubs as to whether they would still be eligible to compete in the Chiltern League if they joined the ARC in preference to England Athletics. It is fairly obvious that a large number of clubs in the UK are looking at ARC as a serious option.
Ultimately, it is up to the member clubs whether the League accepts clubs irrespective of affiliation and no doubt it will be discussed at the League AGM scheduled for June 21st. The league is not constitutionally bound to any organisation. We were asked to send in a "registration" to the SEAA a few years ago but we have had no formal correspondence with that body since. Permits for matches are obtained from the SEAA on a match by match basis by host clubs.
A serious issue here is the question of permits and therefore insurance. UK Athletics intend to introduce new rules requiring more race officials to be qualified. Part of the reason ARC is being formed is because these rules would make it more difficult to organise events. I would ask Chiltern League clubs who host fixtures to look at these rules and let me know if they think they will be able to comply. If clubs find that they would be struggling to host matches then the League will be in trouble.
I am not going to go into arguments for and against affiliation to either body; that is up to individual clubs to weigh up the issues and decide for themselves.
If I am going to say anything as League Secretary it would be that I am very disappointed that UK Athletics have allowed their relationship with members' deteriorate to the point where clubs and whole sections of the sport (Fell Running or Road Running) are seriously considering splitting away. Even amongst clubs that are likely to stay with UK Athletics there is a large degree of discontent with the way the sport is being administered. The sheer volume of people speaking out makes it extremely difficult for UK Athletics to govern and develop the sport. I would hope that they urgently address this problem.
The Chiltern League has, over the years, developed pretty much as the ideal environment in which clubs and athletes can develop. We can cater for clubs ranging from some of the best in the country to small clubs in the area, and we can cater for athletes covering the full age and ability range who are likely to compete in cross country. We are able to provide good and numerically viable races in all age groups. I noticed recently that the Surrey League ran the few under 17 men, under 15 and under 13 boys run together all in one race! Several clubs have "grown up" in the league starting out as jogging clubs in the wake of the 1980's running boom and gradually developed young athletes sections with the help of the League's division structure. It would be a shame to undo all this good work for the sake of politics.
If you have any comments please email me.

Februayr 28th 2007 - Problems with Winter Fixtures 2007/2008
I have now received an updated list of fixtures for next winter. Unfortunately, three of the recommended league dates have moved. Round 1 is now October 27th on the weekend between the National Road Relays and English Cross Country Relays. Round 4 is now January 19th instead of the 12th which puts it the week before the Southern Champs and Round 5 had moved from February 9th to the 16th the week before the National. I will enter into correspondence with the Cross Country Commission over these dates. It seems to me that clubs would prefer the original dates as they conflict less with the championships and indeed would provide a better warm up for them with longer gaps between dates. It also seems to me that more leagues were ignoring the recommended dates last winter which undermines the system of trying to place leagues all on the same weekend. If you have any comments please email me.

February 24th 2007 - Results from Inter Counties Champs
Results for Chiltern League club athletes, let me know if I've missed anybody:
Senior men: 3 D Bannister (Shaftesbury), 68 O Jones (Windsor), 70 S Kimber (Windsor), 79 D Merckel (Oxford), 82 C Riley (Bedford & C), 92 N Miller (Bedford & C),
Junior men: 39 S Tuttle (Bedford & C),
Under 17 men: 25 R Parker (Bedford & C), 49 A Tovey (Windsor),
Under 15 boys: 9 J McDonnell (Leighton B), 20 Z Randall (Wycombe), 26 J Goodwin (Bedford & C), 48 M Salt (Dacorum),
Under 13 boys: 3 Z Seddon (Bracknell), 21 G Sugars (Bedford & C), 27 J Williams (Bedford & C), 34 D Murphy (Milton K), 50 J McMurray (St. Albans),
Senior ladies: 1 H Yelling (Windsor), 12 S Morris ???? (Bedford & C), 35 S Bailey (Stevenage), 58 C Pusey (Burnham J), 59 E Leggate (Harrow), 60 N Sykes (Bedford & C), 77 C Willer (Watford), 96 C Scott (Milton K), 100 J Craft (Headington),
Junior ladies: 48 R Cave (Bedford & C),
Under 17 ladies: 11 H Walker (Dacorum), 17 L Lattimore (Harrow), 42 T Taylor (Milton K),
Under 15 girls: 2 M Hawtin (Oxford), 48 L Wye (Windsor),
Under 13 girls: 5 E Wallbank (Bedford & C), 8 B Swords (Oxford), 11 C McMillan (Banbury), 23 M Wood (Milton K), 28 H Dewhurst (Stevenage),
Full results on UK Athletics web site

February 19th 2007 - Notes after Round 5
Saturday's turnout was the second best ever for a round 5 match and probably would have been better if it wasn't for the Inter Counties next week. A watch was found on Saturday, contact Peter Wilkins 01280 816461 for details.
Many thanks for all the clubs who hosted this season. I am already looking around for clubs to host for next winter, please get in touch if you want to hold a fixture. I am always on the look out for new venues. Who hosted the Bucks, Berks and Oxon at Maidenhead this winter?
I've found out provisional dates for next winter, see the Winter Calendar page.
The league AGM will be on the third Thursday in June which would be June 21st. If you have any motions to put before the AGM please contact me by 31st May.

February 16th 2007 - Testing Times Ahead
As the season draws to a close storm clouds loom on the horizon. As most of you know the new England Athletics body takes on some of the responsibility for athletics governance in April. This will involve clubs in affiliating to this new body at an amount based on their club's membership and they are expected to register all their members with this body. At the same time a new organisation the Association of Running Clubs has started up in response to this offering an alternative club membership scheme and event permitting.
I know that some member clubs of the Chiltern League have widely differing views on this. Some of this is based on what may become expensive membership fees to register individuals with England Athletics when current funding runs out. And some of it is due to the increasing bureaucracy EA and UKA is introducing.
The Chiltern League's position is that the only affiliation it has was a "registration" we were asked to provide to the SEAA about five years ago. Permits for individual rounds of the league are obtained by hosting clubs direct to the SEAA and this provides event insurance.
It may be early and your club may not have made final decisions. But I would like to hear your views on this and I would like to know what clubs are likely to do about affiliation to one or both of these bodies. Please email me.

January 27th 2007 Southern CC Champs at Holkham Hall, Norfolk
The senior men's race looked like a rerun of match at Slough! Leading results for Chiltern League athletes:
Senior men: 2 H Lobb (Bedford & C), 3 D Bannister (Shaftesbury), 4 D Deed (Bedford & C), 5 O Jones (Windsor), 8 W Levett (Bedford & C), 9 N Hall (Bedford & C), 10 R Williams (Shaftesbury), 14 D Dalmedo (Bedford & C), 17 N Addison (Shaftesbury), 27 O Edwards (Shaftesbury), 30 J Trapmore (Shaftesbury), 31 N Miller (Bedford & C), 37 C Riley (Bedford & C), 39 T Burke (Bedford & C), 43 S Herring (Bedford & C), 47 K Robertson (Shaftesbury), 48 S Kimber (Windsor), 54 T Jackson (Shaftesbury), 59 D Nevins (Harrow), 83 J Bignall (Harrow), 90 G Harris (Headington), 91 D Lewis (Shaftesbury),
Teams: 1 Bedford & C, 3 Shaftesbury, 14 Headington,
Junior men: 4 M Grant (Shaftesbury), 8 J Drinkwater (Bedford & C), 14 T Best (Luton), 19 S Tuttle (Bedford & C), 21 S Ellerby (Chiltern), 25 J Parslow (Shaftesbury), 26 J Hughes (Bracknell), 29 R Henderson (Bedford & C), 30 A Inskip (Bedford & C), 32 C Drinkwater (Bedford & C), 34 N McKetchnie (Stevenage), 42 D Poulton (Stevenage),
Teams: 4 Bedford & C,
Under 17 men: 2 D Easter (Shaftesbury), 4 R Parker (Bedford & C), 14 S Benaim (Shaftesbury), 18 N White (Windsor), 19 A. Tovey (Windsor), 30 M Willmott (M Milton K), 33 B Collins (Shaftesbury), 35 D Williamson (Bedford & C), 36 A Moore (Bracknell), 38 S Wallbank (Bedford & C), 43 A Bellew (Bedford & C), 45 T Bryant (Shaftesbury),
Teams: 1 Shaftesbury, 4 Bedford & C,
Under 15 boys: 12 Z Randall (Wycombe), 13 J McDonnell (Leighton B), 22 J Goodwin (Bedford & C), 29 N Fleming (Shaftesbury),33 P Benedickter (Luton), 36 P Devaney (Bedford & C), 40 S Sivia (Wycombe), 45 D Bianchi (Luton),
Teams: 5 Luton, 6 Bedford & C, 7 Wycombe, 12 Shaftesbury,
Under 13 boys: 1 Z Seddon (Bracknell), 3 J Oxenham (Bedford & C), 13 G Sugars (Bedford & C), 17 J Williams (Bedford & C), 27 L Angel (Bedford & C), 28 K Mason (Bedford & C), 38 C Thornley (Bedford & C), 39 B Shelley (Shaftesbury), 41 W Johnson (Bedford & C), 43 B Alcock (Bedford & C),
Teams: 3 Bedford & C, 11 Shaftesbury,
Senior ladies: 3 V Webster (Shaftesbury), 16 C Willer (Watford), 22 J Clark (Windsor), 27 C Scott (M Milton K), 28 J Craft (Headington), 42 L Burton (Headington), 54 L Butt (Chiltern), 56 L Bromilow (M Milton K), 75 C Moss (Bedford & C), 86 N Chandler (Aylesbury),
Teams: 11 Headington,
Junior ladies: 5 N Peters (Bedford & C), 6 S Bailey (Bedford & C), 21 L Hurley (Shaftesbury), 23 L Cunningham (Stevenage),
Teams: only 2 teams finished
Under 17 ladies: 8 L Lattimore (Harrow), 10 J Mansell (Stevenage), 11 T Taylor (M Milton K), 12 A McGurk (Bedford & C), 17 S Wilkins (M Milton K), 23 R Stedman (Windsor), 28 L Rogers (Wycombe), 32 S Brown (Harrow), 33 R Gardner (Shaftesbury), 39 E Layton (Shaftesbury), 42 R Card (Aylesbury),
Teams: 7 Shaftesbury, 8 Bedford & C,
Under 15 girls: 8 S Connor (Shaftesbury), 17 E Relton (Bedford & C), 21 A Mackinnon-Austin (Bedford & C), 25 V Walker (Watford), 28 E Blackwell (Bedford & C), 34 A Wright (Bedford & C), 39 S Cutler (Bedford & C), 41 H Goodwin (Bedford & C),
Teams 2 Bedford & C, 9 Shaftesbury,
Under 13 girls: 6 E Wallbank (Bedford & C), 15 S Antoine (Harrow), 24 S Draper (Harrow), 34 C Stewart (Shaftesbury), 36 D Annenburg (Harrow), 44 B Fielden (Bedford & C), 45 A Dalton (Bedford & C), 48 L Gilbert (Bedford & C),
Teams: 3 Bedford & C, 5 Harrow, 12 Shaftesbury
Full results on Sportsoft web site

January 13th 2007 Roger Kraushaar Obituary
It is with sadness that I have to inform you of the passing of former league Chairman and Secretary Roger Kraushaar on January 10th. As you may know he had been ill for some time.
After graduating from Cambridge University, a year at teacher training college then a short spell at Ilford Grammar, Roger settled at St. Nicholas Grammar (later to become Haydon) in Northwood where he taught French and Spanish. Whilst there he organised several inter schools cross country events for Hillingdon borough, Middlesex and the school's own promotions which took in schools from all over the South East. He was a former chairman of Old Gaytonians (now Harrow) AC and a team manager.
He was league secretary for nearly 20 years and took on the role of chairman on the passing of Frank Barber. His period as secretary covered the early 1980's when the running boom was taking off and numbers in the league almost doubled.
Although his athletics achievement was modest it was a unfailing servant to the sport for which he will be remembered.

December 4th 2006 Notes after Round 3
The number of finishers was down after the first two rounds. This usually happens at this time of year but there were again clashes with schools competitions around last week and next week and some athletes were saving themselves for the Southern Inter Counties next weekend. However, those that did run were treated to a new testing course at Culham. Hosts Headington would be interested in any comments you have on the course so email them to me and I'll pass them on.

Note from the organiser:
We at Headington hope the new course was well received. We would welcome any comments from other clubs, whether about the venue, the site, the course or anything else that comes to mind. These can be taken into consideration should the venue be used again.
Please mail to baggierunner@hotmail.co.uk
Regards
John Griffiths Race Director

November 17th 2006 Notes after Round 2
We again had more than 1000 finishers and if it had not been for a clash with round 2 of the English Schools Cup we would have been closer to the record. As some may recall, I did complain to the Cross Country Commission about this clash which was a result of the English CC Relays moving a week forward. I pointed out that this left only a two week gap between these relays and the YA Road Relays at Sutton Coldfield. The entry for the CC Relays was not affected but the number of finishers for the road relays was about 100 teams less than the previous time the event was held. Probably this was also due to the change of dates and the long gap since the previous edition.
We did have some recording problems in the senior men's race at Luton which have hopefully now been resolved. When you are finishing and the number takers are positioned by the funnel don't rush past them! There is still one unidentified runner in the under 13 boys race.
Information for round 3 should be available shortly. This is as the new venue near Culham. The venue is also being used for the Oxford Mail League the following day and there are some photos of the course on their web site. Note however that the courses on the map on their web site will differ from the ones the Chiltern League will use.

November 4th National CC Relays at Mansfield
Results now appeared! Leading results for Chiltern League clubs:
Senior men: 6th Bedford & C, 13th Windsor, 19th Shaftesbury, 21st Bedford "B", 31st Harrow,
Junior men: 21st Bedford & C, 22nd Shaftesbury, 25th Harrow,
Under 17 men: 6th Shaftesbury, 11th Bedford & C, 12th Windsor,
Fastest: 5th R. Parker (Bedford & C),
Under 15 boys: 15th Chiltern H, 17th Bedford & C, 37th Dacorum & T,
Under 13 boys: 9th Bedford & C, 10th Bedford "B", 11th Dacorum & T, 14th Vale of Aylesbury, 28th Bedford "C", 33rd Dacorum "B",
Senior ladies: 3rd Bedford & C, 4th Shaftesbury, 32nd Milton Keynes, (Windsor finished 1st but H Yelling ran twice)
Fastest: 1st H. Yelling (Windsor), 2nd L. Yelling (Bedford & C),
Junior ladies: 10th Bedford & C,
Under 17 ladies: 20th Bedford & C, 28th Shaftesbury, 32nd Dacorum & T,
Under 15 girls: 4th Shaftesbury, 5th Bedford & C, 23rd Bedford "B",
Fastest: 2nd S. Connor (Shaftesbury),
Under 13 girls: 3rd Bedford & C, 28th Bedford "B",
Full results on UK Athletics web site.

October 21st/22nd National Road Relays at Sutton Park
Leading results for Chiltern League clubs
Senior men: 7th Bedford & C, 23rd Shaftesbury, 40th Harrow,
Fastest: 4th A. Bowden (Harrow),
Under 17 men: 5th Bedford & C, 6th Shaftesbury, 30th Bedford "B",
Fatest: 6th R. Parker (Bedford),
Under 15 boys: 8th Bedford & C, 28th Shaftesbury, 36th Bedford "B",
Under 13 boys: 23rd Bedford & C,
Senior ladies: 9th Bedford & C, 14th Shaftesbury,
Fatest: 4th= J. Wilkinson (Bedford & C),
Under 17 ladies: 15th Shaftesbury,
Under 15 girls: 1st Shaftesbury, 3rd Bedford & C, 14th Bedford "B", 21st Windsor, 30th Shaftesbury "B",
Fastest: 2nd S. Connor (Shaftesbury),
Under 13 girls: 12th Harrow, 13th Bedford & C, 26th Bedford "B", 44th Shaftesbury,
Full results on Sportsoft web site

October 16th 2006 - Notes after Match 1
The number of finishers exceeded 1000 for the third time although it was not a record, 1044 compared with 1078 this time last year. The under 11 girls and under 20/17 ladies races had record fields. The under 15 boys had 80 finishers; the previous best I have found was 78.
The web site had to be moved last week for technical reasons, fortunately I was able to access the old site to put a link to the new site. I think I have now transferred everything but if you spot anything missing let me know.

October 6th 2006 - Paul Dimmock
It is with great sadness that I report the passing of regular Chiltern League competitor Paul Dimmock of Leighton Buzzard. He collapsed and died later in hospital, immediately following a run with Leighton Fun Runners on Tuesday.
Paul was well loved and greatly respected within both clubs and indeed the wider running community. His unflagging enthusiasm for racing, supporting and encouraging running was a great inspiration to all around him.
He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. A message board for Paul has been set up on the Leighton Buzzard web site.

September 23rd/24th 2006 - Southern Road Relays at Aldershot
Results for Chiltern League clubs:
Senior men: 6th Bedford & C, 13th Windsor, 23rd Harrow, 47th Bracknell, 48th Harrow "B",
Fastest laps: 9th A. Bowden (Harrow),
Male Over 40: No CL clubs finished,
Male Over 50: 3rd Oxford City, 12th Banbury, 15th Luton,
Fastest laps: 7th R. Grant (Oxford), 8th J. Exley (Oxford),
Male Over 60: 1st Oxford City,
Fastest laps: 1st G. Jones (Oxford), 5th C. Rutland (Oxford),
Under 17 men: 3rd Bedford & C, 8th Windsor, 9th Harrow, 12th Wycombe, 19th Vale of Aylesbury,
Fastest laps: 2nd R. Parker (Bedford), 5th= N. White (Windsor),
Under 15 boys: 9th Bedford & C, 10th Wycombe, 11th Chiltern H, 12th Luton, 24th Bracknell, 25th Harrow,
Fastest laps: 2nd Z. Randall (Wycombe),
Under 13 boys: 2nd Bedford & C, 4th Chiltern H, 8th Vale of Aylesbury, 10th Bracknell, 11th Windsor,
Fastest laps: 1st Z. Seddon (Bracknell), 4th G. Sugars (Bedford), 6th J. Bennington (Windsor),
Senior ladies: 4th Bedford & C, 19th Milton Keynes, 34th Windsor,
Fastest laps: 4th J. Wilkinson (Bedford),
Veteran ladies: 2nd Windsor,
Under 17 ladies: 4th Milton Keynes, 9th Bedford & C, 12th Windsor,
Under 15 girls: 2nd Oxford City, 3rd Bedford & C, 6th Windsor, 13th Bedford "B", 19th Bracknell, 21st Wycombe, 29th Vale of Aylesbury, 33rd Windsor "B", 35th Bracknell "B", 38th Watford,
Fastest laps: 1st M. Hawtin (Oxford), 5th H. McGurk (Bedford),
Under 13 girls: 2nd Bedford & C, 5th Milton Keynes, 6th Windsor, 10th Bracknell, 13th Oxford City, 15th Harrow, 16th Bracknell, 18th Wycombe, 22nd Vale of Aylesbury,Fastest laps: 3rd M. Wood (Milton K), 6th E. Meekins (Bedford),
Full results on Aldershots web site

September 5th 2006 - Pre Season Mailing
The pre season mailing will be sent to club contacts in the next couple of weeks. Can you let me know of any changes to contact details (name, address, phone number, email address). If you can download declaration sheets and results from the web site please let me know as this will save on postage. Email me.

July 28th 2006 - Apex Sports Change of Address
Our sponsors, Apex Sports, will be moving to the following address from August 2nd:
1 Prospect Court, Beaconsfield Road, Farnham Common, Bucks, SL2 3QQ.
No change to phone/fax/email. They will be holding a re-launch weekend 4th/5th August.

July 12th 2006 - North of the Thames Championships
Further to my comments earlier in the year, there was an AGM of the Association this week. The idea of an inter League competition or a filler meeting in March to plug the gap in the fixture programme hasn't been acted up due to insufficient interest. Next season there will be just one NotTh race on January 20th provisionally at Kingsbury. There will be races for senior/junior men, senior/junior ladies, under 17 men, under 15 boys. If there is interest there may be under 17 ladies and under 15 girls races. The Association is keen to attract entries from clubs who formerly competed and this covers virtually all the Chiltern League clubs north of the river Thames. For more information email Laurie Kelly.
On the subject of an inter league race, this is still a possibility for a 50th anniversary Chiltern League meeting. Some of the current Met League clubs and their predecessors competed in the Chiltern League before the Met League was formed. I have already had one enquiry from an athlete who competed in the League in the early days as to what we might be doing to celebrate the 50th season which is a couple of years away. Something for you to think about!

June 16th 2006 - Notes from League AGM
It was reported that this had been our most successful season in terms of participation. Young athletes race distances, it was decided that we should use the National CC Champs as a guideline as these would be the distances the youngsters should be aiming for - see League Information for revised distances.
Fixtures - it was felt that, although the recommended league date of the final fixture (Feb 17th) was one week before the Inter Counties, there were likely to be some county schools champs in the week before Feb 10th so the later date would be the lesser of two evils. The fixtures are therefore:
Oct 14th (Watford), Nov 11th (Luton), Dec 2nd (Culham-Thames new venue provided by Headington), Jan 13th (venue tbc), Feb 17th (Wing).
It was agreed that we would ask clubs to indicate lady vets over 55 to see if it was worthwhile making awards in this category. They will still quality for the over 45 age group if we decide not to make awards for over 55's.