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April 23rd 2006 - League AGM
This will be as usual on the third Thursday in June, Thursday June 15th. Motions for the agenda should be submitted via club secretaries or league contacts to be with me by May 27th. We will bring up the subject of race distances at the AGM, my recommendation is that we will use the maximum distances being used in the Southern and National CC Champs for the young athletes age groups with an allowance that they can be up to 500m under distance. If you have any comments please email me.

April 23rd 2006 - London Marathon and Mini Marathon
Results for Chiltern League clubs
Men: 15 H Lobb (Bedford & C) 2.15.38, 688 C Riley (Bedford & C) 2.34.39
Ladies: 6 M Yamauchi (Harrow) 2.25.13, 13 A Braham (Harrow) 2.40.38, 17 I Thornburgh (Milton K) 2.48.43, 44 J Preen (Milton K) 2.56.06,
Results by 5 year veterans categories not yet available
Mini Marathon Counties:
Boys 15-17: 11 R Parker,
Boys 13-14: 21 J McDonnell, 22 D Woodgate,
Boys 11-12: 1 J Goodwin, 23 J Oxenham, 25 J Williams,
Girls 15-17: 18 N Peters, 23 S Simpson,
Girls 13-14: 8 H McGurk,
Girls 11-12: 3 E Wallbank, 18 E Meekins, 23 C Lewis,
Mini Marathon London Boroughs:
Boys 15-17: 6 C Scott, 18 M Judson, 26 I May,
Boys 13-14: 13 T Paterson,
Boys 11-12: 15 M Lewis,
Girls 15-17: 6 M Bennington, 8 L Lattimore, 18 E Hennessy, 19 S Brown,
Girls 13-14: 20 T Daniels-Moss,
Girls 11-12: 11 D Annenberg, 29 N Foster,
Full results on London Marathon site.

April 8th 2006 - National 12/6 Stage Road Relays at Sutton Park
Leading results for Chiltern League clubs:
Senior men: 33rd Harrow, 36th Bedford & C, 46th Oxford City,
Senior ladies: 16th Bedford & C,
Full results on Sportsoft web site

March 26th 2006 - Southern 12/6 Stage Relays at Milton Keynes
Leading results for Chiltern League clubs
Senior men: 2nd Bedford & C, 18th Oxford City, 20th Harrow,
Fastest long: 5th E Ernest-Jones (Bedford & C), 6th D Deed (Bedford & C),
Fastest short: no CL runners in top 6
Senior ladies: 2nd Bedford & C, 4th Marshall Milton Keynes,
Fastest: 3rd M Lee (Milton K), 5th R Gibbs (Bedford & C), 6th N Sykes (Bedford & C).
Full results on Marshall Milton Keynes web site

March 25th 2006 - English Schools at Mansfield
Leading Chiltern League athletes (let me know if I've missed anyone):
Senior boys: 26 T Best,
Inter boys: 2 R Parker, 10 C Scott, 35 N White, 39 P Howarth,
Junior boys: 38 P Benedickter,
Senior girls: 22 C Gaspar, 24 S Bailey, 28 T Muir, 50 N Peters,
Inter girls: 12 T Taylor,
Junior girls: 5 M Hawtin, 7 B Swords, 10 H McGurk,
Full results on English Schools website

March 11th 2006 - Inter Counties Champs at Nottingham
Results have now (eventually) appeaed - leading results for Chiltern League athletes, let me know if I've missed anybody.
Senior men: 12th D Deed, 35th D Dalmedo, 58th O Jones, 89th D Hamblin, 90th R Lee, 93rd S Kimber,
Senior men 4km: 28th O Matthews,
Under 20 men: 43rd R Larsen,
Under 17 men: 46th I May,
Under 15 boys: 2nd R Parker, 6th D Clorley,
Under 13 boys: 24th P Devaney, 45th Z Seddon, 50th J Goodwin,
Senior ladies: 36th R. Gibbs, 73rd C Boosey, 76th P Prescott, 97th P Fudge,
Under 20 ladies: 8th N Sykes, 19th S Bailey, 31st C Gaspar, 36th T Muir,
Under 17 ladies: 22nd T Taylor, 31st N Peters, 33rd S Simpson,
Under 15 girls: 8th B Swords, 15th H McGurk, 49th S Tyers,
Under 13 girls: 3rd M Hawtin, 16th E Wallbank, 36th D Anderson, 39th B Myers, 48th M Wood.
Full results on UK Athletics web site

February 25th 2006 - National CC Champs at Parliament Hill
Leading results for Chiltern League athletes:
Senior men: 14 D Deed (Bedford & C), 54 W Levett (Bedford & C), 59 S Body (Bedford & C), 78 S Kimber (Windsor), 82 O Matthews (Bedford & C), 89 L Cadman (Bedford & C), 93 N Miller (Bedford & C), 95 R Lee (Windsor), 103 D Hamblin (Vale of Aylesbury), 108 D Dalmedo (Bedford & C), 128 A Wray (Harrow), 131 D Nevins (Harrow),
Teams: 5 Bedford & C,
Junior men: 21 R Franzese (Harrow), 26 A Whetstone (Milton K), 34 A Inskip (Bedford & C), 46 R Taylor (Vale of Aylesbury), 53 C Drinkwater (Bedford & C), 62 S Ellerby (Chiltern), 65 T Beedell (Chiltern),
Under 17 men: 10 D Griffiths (Radley), 21 I May (Windsor), 23 T Best (Luton), 27 S Tuttle (Bedford & C), 30 N Quigley (Luton), 31 A Tovey (Windsor), 54 N White (Windsor),
Teams: 5 Windsor, 13 Luton, 22 Bedford & C,
Under 15 boys: 4 D Clorley (Luton), 6 R Parker (Bedford & C), 32 A Bellew (Bedford & C), 69 D Woodgate (Luton),
Teams: 9 Bedford & C, 10 Luton,
Under 13 boys: 5 P Devaney (Bedford & C), 21 J Goodwin (Bedford & C), 36 C Esdon (Leighton B), 39 J Oxenham (Bedford & C), 61 L Keeble (Stevenage), 66 D Murphy (Milton K), 71 A Watson (Chiltern),
Teams: 2 Bedford & C, 11 Chiltern,
Senior ladies: 16 R Taylor (Windsor), 63 P Prescott (Bedford & C), 91 L Butt (Chiltern), 127 C Donald (Maidenhead), 137 S James (Maidenhead), 139 A Brownhill (Maidenhead),
Junior ladies: 4 N Sykes (Bedford & C), 16 R Gibbs (Bedford & C), 28 T Muir (Bedford & C), 31 S Bailey (Stevenage), 47 L Licietis (Milton K),
Teams: 1 Bedford & C, 4 Dacorum,
Under 17 ladies: 31 N Peters (Bedford & C), 42 T Taylor (Milton K), 46 R Cave (Bedford & C), 55 S Simpson (Luton), 60 E Hennessy (Harrow), 72 P Hattam (Dacorum),
Under 15 girls: 2 B Swords (Oxford), 13 H McGurk (Bedford & C), 21 E Blackwell (Bedford & C), 37 J Mansell (Stevenage), 38 A Heap (Wycombe), 48 A McGurk (Bedford & C), 49 A Wright (Bedford & C), 50 F Giddins (Milton K), 63 H Giddons (Milton K),
Teams: 2 Bedford & C, 24 Dacorum,
Under 13 girls: 1 M Hawtin (Oxford), 14 E Wallbank (Bedford & C), 16 B Myers (Chiltern), 34 D Anderson (Oxford), 56 P Woolven (Wycombe), 57 E Meekins (Bedford & C), 64 J Livesey (Milton K), 73 L Burke (Windsor),
Teams: 9 Bedford & C, 11 Milton Keynes, 24 Harrow, 25 Watford
Full results on Sportsoft Race Results

February 13th 2006 - Notes after round 5
We had the best ever turnout for a final round match at Wing beating the previous best by more than 100. Thanks for everyone who contrbuted this season which turned out to be our best ever. Twice the number of finishers exceed 1000. Trophies not collected will be posted on in the next couple of week.
The league AGM will be on Thursday June 15th. Motions for the agenda should be submitted via club secretaries or league contacts to be with me by May 27th.

Saturday January 28th 2006 - Southern CC Champs at Exmouth
Leading results for Chiltern League runners:
Senior men: 2 W Levett (Bedford & C), 4 D Deed (Bedford & C), 8 D Dalmedo (Bedford & C), 16 J Adam (Leighton B), 20 O Matthews (Bedford & C), 63 S Phillips (Bedford & C), 67 D Nevins (Harrow), 68 S Herring (Bedford & C), 71 J McMahon (Bedford & C),
Teams: 1 Bedford & C,
Junior men: 11 R Franzese (Harrow), 23 R Taylor (Aylesbury), 28 J Drinkwater (Bedford & C), 35 C Drinkwater (Bedford & C), 36 R Larsen (Bracknell), 49 B Corfield (Leighton B),
Under 17 men: 11 A Tovey (Windsor), 18 S Tuttle (Bedford & C), 21 N White (Windsor), 30 J Hughes (Bracknell),
Teams: 6 Windsor,
Under 15 boys: 1 R Parker (Bedford & C), 16 A Moore (Bracknell), 25 A Bellow (Bedford & C), 41 M Goodwin (Bedford & C)
Teams: 5 Bedford & C,
Under 13 boys: 8 J Goodwin (Bedford & C), 13 P Devaney (Bedford & C), 45 J Oxenham (Bedford & C),
Teams: 4 Bedford & C
Senior ladies: 9 C Boosey (Aylesbury), 21 R Taylor (Windsor), 25 C Dickie (Windsor), 33 P Prescott (Bedford & C), 37 B Hopewell (Bedford & C), 45 J Clark (Windsor), 58 M Edwards (Windsor),
Teams: 5 Windsor,
Junior ladies: 7 R Gibbs (Bedford & C), 16 S Bailey (Stevenage), 21 E Gibbs (Bedford & C),
Under 17 ladies: 12 T Taylor (M Milton K), 13 L Cara (Aylesbury), 31 R Gardiner (Watford),
Under 15 girls: 6 H McGurk (Bedford & C), 12 E Blackwell (Bedford & C), 14 A McGurk (Bedford & C), 16 S Cutler (Bedford & C), 17 S Wilkins (M Milton K), 41 R Cara (Aylesbury), 42 C Miller (Bracknell),
Teams: 2 Bedford & C,
Under 13 girls: 7 E Wallbank (Bedford & C), 19 M Wood (M Milton K).
Full results on Sportsoft Race Results

Monday January 9th 2006 - Notes after round 4
We didn't have another record turnout on Saturday (round 4 last season was a record which was later exceeded in round 1 this season) but it was the second best ever turnout for a round 4 match.
Don't forget that round 5 will be run to a special timetable with the senior men's race early to facilitate results production in time for the end of season presentations.
Thanks for your replies concerning race distances. We will bring up the subject at the AGM but it is likely that we will use the maximum distances being used in the Southern and National CC Champs for the young athletes age groups.

Wedneaday December 21st 2005 - North of the Thames Championships
I have been involved in some discussions concerning the above with a view to revitalising the competition for the 2006/2007 season. Those of you old enough to remember will recall that it used to have entries and venues stretching from Oxford across to Ipswich. In recent years it has mainly just involved clubs from the north London area.
One option is to fill a large gap that has emerged in the fixture calendar in March. If you are not involved in the National, Inter Counties or English Schools there is very little inter club competition left at this time of year and probably too long a gap between winter and summer seasons. Even more so as the National Young Athletes Road Relays are moving to October.
The idea I have floated is to use the sixth recommended league date which we currently don’t use and extend the idea of a Chiltern League versus Met League fixture and have the North of the Thames as a kind of inter league match. In the spirit of the North of the Thames tradition where there were numerous barring clauses, the competition would be for athletes not involved in the major championships. Formal barring clauses might be impractical so “barring” may have to be on trust, that is to say clubs would be sensible enough not to allow athletes (especially young athletes) to compete if they were involved in the other major races.
If you have any comments then please email me.

Wednesday December 7th 2005 - Race Distances
Comment has been made upon the race distances we are running in the young athletes age groups. I must admit it is not something I have been paying much attention to as I am usually totally occupied processing the results on race day. A couple of years ago the "equal opportunities" question was raised as to whether girls should be able to run the same distances as boys. It seems that quite a number of events including championships are having boys and girls running the same distances for the same age group. Recommended race distances are published on the league web site. However, the young athletes distances have never been a voting issue in the league. We have conformed to the UKA regulations. The issue is whether the girls should run the same or a lesser distance than the boys. There is a concern that a lesser distance will be easier and preferable for girls. The counter argument is that, if championships are being run at the same distance as the boys, then other races should do so too. If you have any comments please email me.

Monday December 5th 2005 - Comments after Round 3
Once again thanks to those of you who sent in entries in advance. The number of finishers dipped below 900 this time after being over 1000 for the first two matches. But this was still the best ever turnout for a round 3 match.
One thing that could do with enhancement is the report for Athletics Weekly. As I am stuck in a room out of the way processing the results I don't get to see what is happening or to talk to team managers or athletes as much as I would like to. If any of your athletes finish in the top 3 in the senior races or under 20 ladies (the races that usually get commentary in AW) then any notes of interest or comment on how the race went for your athletes would be useful. I usually email the results to AW on Sunday afternoon so comments by Sunday morning would be appreciated.

Saturday December 3rd 2005 - Lincroft Middle win English Schools Cup
Congratulations to Lincroft Middle School who won the English Schools Cup at Leeds Grammar today. Tim Mitchell 2nd, Mat Bergin 13th, Sam Brown 18th, Will King 42nd, Josh Walker 55th, Bryn Stamp 77th. This gave them a score of 75 points. Second (by 1 point) were Ermysted school, Skipton 76 points, 3rd Allertonshire School, Northallerton 84 points. Hastingsbury School, Kempston, were placed 2nd in the Inter Girls.
For the first time ever, Thornton College, a small independent girls school, near Milton Keynes and Buckingham competed in the Cup Final at Leeds. They finished a very commendable 15th team in the Inter Girls with Sophie Wilkins of Milton Keynes leading the team home with a fine 8th place.

Monday November 28th 2005 - Geoff Robinson obituary
It is with great sadness that I have to report the passing of Geoff Robinson of Banbury Harriers. Geoff was a great long time supporter of the League, always willing to let us use the course at Banbury, often as the end of season match for Division Two. His son Ian has provided a few words about his father:
After a 2 year battle with cancer, Geoff Robinson died peacefully on 3 November 2005. Geoff had been a member of Banbury Harriers over 25 years - as a committee member for most of that time and chairman for the last 5 years. As well as being a level 3 coach and a grade 3 field official, he was also a qualified sports masseur and Banbury Harriers team manager for the Chiltern League and Midland Men's T&F League for as long as anybody can remember. In addition, he played a major part in the organisation of all of Banbury Harrier's promotions - various Track & Field league and open meetings, Banbury 5, 10 and 15 mile road races and many cross-country events - including the popular Chiltern League fixture for many years. Athletics was his enduring passion, as all who met him and were inspired by him will agree. Geoff maintained his involvement right to the end, and his death is a huge loss to his club and to the sport.

Saturday November 12th 2005 - English Schools Cup
Lincroft Middle School's Junior Boys and Girls teams won the Regional round
of the English Schools Cup held at Cokethorpe School, Witney on Saturday.
They now go forward to the National Finals at Leeds Grammar School on the
3rd December.

Saturday November 12th 2005 - National CC Relay Results from Mansfield
Senior Men: 13th Bedford & C, 32nd Harrow, 54th Luton, 70th Bedford "B",
Fastest: 5th A. Bowden (Harrow),
Under 20 men: 4th Harrow, 19th Bedford & C,
Under 17 men: 9th Windsor, 20th Luton, 28th Bedford & C, 43rd Bedford "B",
Under 15 boys: 12th Luton,
Fastest: 1st R. Parker (Bedford team dnf), 2nd= D. Clorley (Luton),
Under 13 boys: 8th Bedford & C, 26th Bedford "B",
Senior Ladies: 4th Windsor, 29th Bedford & C, 36th Bedford "B",
Fastest: 2nd R. Ryan (Windsor),
Junior ladies: 1st Bedford & C, 17th Bedford "B", 24th Milton Keynes,
Fastest: 1st N. Sykes (Bedford), 2nd K. Wootton (Bedford), 4th H. England (Oxford/Birmingham Univ),
Under 17 ladies: 18th Bedford & C, 25th Bedford "B", 36th Luton,
Under 15 girls: 21st Bedford & C, 30th Dacorum,
Under 13 girls: 17th Bedford & C, 28th Dacorum, 38th Dacorum "B",
Full results on Sportsoft Race Results

Monday November 7th 2005 - Advance Declarations and other notes after match 2
A big thank you to everybody who helped out on Saturday. The number of finishers again exceeded 1000. As noted below, our numbers now exceed the Gwent League, previously the biggest league in the country. As a comparison with the various West Midlands Leagues, the Birmingham & District (senior men) on Saturday had 689 finishers and the Midland Womens 155 (numbers may be slightly out as some of the UK Challenge finishers were not clearly identified). The Birmingham & Dist has some 54 member clubs. The West Midlands YA League last week had 540 finishers compared with 633 in the Chiltern League at match 1.

Mentioning the UK CC Challenge, Oxford's Melissa Hawtin had a convincing win in the under 13 girls race there.

Thanks to everyone who emailed me their declarations in advance, either with the new software or otherwise. Some of you had difficulty downloading the software from the web site probably due to your PC's security settings. I can send the software on CD if you email me with your postal address. One CD per club please to save money, but more than one team manager can use it and send in declarations.

You can email your declarations anytime Friday evening. I will make a last "collection" about 9am Saturday morning before departing to the venue. However, some ISP's can be slow delivering so do not rely on emailing me at 8.45am!

I still had difficulty producing results on the day given the volume of entries; the senior mens results were not available before everybody disappeared. I am working on some improvements in the software to try and rectify this.

Lost property: two jackets were found at RAF Halton, they will be available for collection at Luton.

Saturday October 22nd 2005 - National Road Relay results from Sutton Park
Senior Men: 10th Bedford & C, 21st Harrow, 42nd Bedford "B",
Senior Ladies: 3rd Bedford & C, 7th Windsor, 33rd Bedford "B",
Fastest laps: 3rd L. Yelling (Bedford & C), 4th H. Yelling (Windsor).
Full results on Sportsoft Race Results

Saturday October 15th 2005 - Record League Turnout
The number of finishers topped 1000 at Watford today for the first time in the League's 46 year history. The (provisional) total of 1078 beat the previous best of 918 by a large margin. It is just as well that we decided to split the under 11 race as numbers doubled over this time last year.
I await the results of the Gwent League tomorrow (Sunday) to see if we are now the top league in the country. I should add that the comparison isn't 100% fair because some "combinations" of complementary leagues (e.g. in the West Midlands Mens/Ladies/YA's and Surrey Mens/Ladies) have a similarly large number of participants. I think we are probably higher now than the Surrey Leagues. Watch this space!
October 26th - Gwent League results finally all appeared on their web site - they had 903 finishers in total which is 150+ less than the Chiltern League.

Saturday September 24th/Sunday September 25th 2005 - Southern Road Relays at Aldershot
Results for Chiltern League clubs:
Senior men: 4th Bedford & C, 5th Harrow, 15th Bedford "B",
Fastest laps: 3rd A. Bowden (Harrow),
Vets over 40: 4th Oxford, 6th Harrow, 22nd Bedford & C,
Fastest laps: 4th S. Male (Oxford), 5th J. McMahon (Bedford & C),
Vets over 50: 1st Oxford, 10th Oxford "B", 14th Banbury,
Fastest laps: 3rd R. Grant (Oxford),
Vets over 60: 1st Oxford,
Fastest laps: 5th C. Rutland (Oxford), 6th M. Welland (Oxford),
Senior ladies: 1st Windsor, 8th Bedford & C, 24th Milton Keynes,
Fastest laps: 3rd L. Yelling (Bedford & C), 5th S. Morris (Windsor),
Vets over 40: 2nd Windsor,
Fastest laps: 6th P. Fudge (Windsor),
Under 17 men: 3rd Windsor, 4th Luton, 13th Harrow, 15th Windsor "B",
Fastest laps: 6th= N. White (Windsor),
Under 15 boys: 1st Bedford & C, 10th Harrow, 13th Wycombe P, 17th Chiltern H, 18th Bracknell,
Fastest laps: 1st R. Parker (Bedford & C),
Under 13 boys: 2nd Bedford & C, 9th Windsor, 10th Harrow, 11th Bedford "B",
Fastest laps: 1st= M. Bergin (Bedford & C),
Under 17 ladies: 7th Bedford & C, 15th Vale of Aylesbury, 19th Bedford "B",
Fastest laps: 5th N. Peters (Bedford & C),
Under 15 girls: 2nd Bedford & C, 6th Windsor, 10th Milton Keynes, 14th Bedford "B", 17th Bracknell, 18th Windsor "B",
Fastest laps: 4th H. McGurk (Bedford & C),
Under 13 girls: 1st Oxford City, 6th Bedford & C, 7th Milton Keynes, 12th Windsor, 14th Chiltern H,
Fastest laps: 1st M. Hawtin (Oxford C), 3rd= E. Wallbank (Bedford & C), 6th B. Myers (Chiltern).
Full results on Aldershot web site

Wednesday September 21st 2005 - Athletics Discussion Forum
A new(ish) discussion forum is available on the Athletics Weekly web site. This is probably the best site for a forum after UK Athletics closed theirs probably due to comments made about an alleged drug offender. So if you want to air your views go to Athletics Weekly web site.

Thursday June 16th 2005 - League AGM Notes
It was reported that we had our best ever season in terms of numbers competing. This was largely in the young athletes section, the numbers in the senior races have stayed steady over the past few years. The league had a surplus of £83.91 for the season and therefore subs will not need to rise. However, match expenses doubled this season over last year largely due to increased fees for first aid facilities. It was agreed that the sponsorship from Apex Sports would continue for another two seasons. The under 11 race will be split into separate boys and girls events due to increased numbers, the under 11 girls would start at 12.30, the under 11 boys at 12.45.
The league dates would be as recommended by the UK Cross Country Commission, namely:
October 15th (Watford), November 5th (RAF Halton), December 3rd (venue tba), January 7th (Stowe), February 11th (Wing),
The young athletes courses at Wing would be amended next season after comments made this year. Thanks were given to officials from visiting clubs who helped out his winter; it would be useful if officials could be available in future. We need to keep better track of the whereabouts of the league trophies, if anyone has possession of any which were not presented this year please can they email the league secretary.

Saturday April 23rd 2005 - AAA 12/6 Stage Road Relays at Sutton Park
Results for Chiltern League clubs:
Senior men: 4th Bedford & C, 31st Harrow,
Fastest short laps: 2nd A. Bowden (Harrow),
Senior ladies: 7th Windsor, 15th Bedford & C.
Full results on Sportsoft Race Results

Thursday April 21st 2005 - League AGM
The League AGM will take place on Thursday June 16th. If any clubs want to place an item on the agenda they should inform me by email or post (12 Warden Avenue, Harrow, Middx, HA2 9LW) by Monday May 30th. Already on the agenda will be the question of splitting the under 11 event into separate girls and boys races.

Sunday April 17th 2005 - London Marathon and Mini Marathon
Results for Chiltern League clubs. Results were in 10 year age bands not 5 year.
Men: 13th H. Lobb (Bedford & C) 2.14.33, 60th N. Miller (Bedford & C) 2.29.49,
50-59: 1st C. Steptoe (Aylesbury) 2.39.51,
Ladies: 1st P. Radcliffe (Bedford & C) 2.17.42, 10th M. Yamauchi (Harrow) 2.31.52, 14th L. Yelling (Bedford & C) 2.37.42, 19th S. Morris (Bedford & C) 2.40.18,
Under 18 men London: 1st G. Clancy, 13th I May,
Under 16 men London: 16th P. Royle,
Under 14 boys London: 5th M. Lewis,
Under 18 ladies London: 11th E. Hennessy,
Under 16 ladies London: 2nd L Lattimore,
Under 14 girls London: 14th T. Daniels-Moss, 15th L. Nyman,
Under 16 boys County: 15th D. Clorley,
Under 14 boys County: 7th P. Devaney, 9th J. Goodwin, 16th M. Bergin,
Under 18 ladies County: 4th N. Sykes,
Under 16 ladies County: 16th E. Blackwell,
Under 14 girls County: 1st H. McGurk, 10th A. Wright,
Full results on London Marathon website

Saturday March 12th 2005- English Schools CC Champs at Norwich
Results for Chiltern League club athletes. If I've missed anyone in the top 50 email me.
Senior boys: 26th A. Inskip, 41st T. Comerford, 52nd R. Franzese, 54th J. Murray, 68th R. Taylor,
Inter boys: 34th I. May, 40th D. Griffiths, 42nd R. Heaney, 59th N. White,
Junior boys: 9th R. Parker, 16th M. Booth, 17th A. Moore, 19th W. Langley,
Senior girls: 3rd N. Sykes, 16th T. Muir, 19th H. England, 27th C. Plateau, 29th C. Gaspar, 61st L. Gibbs, 84th S. Bailey,
Inter girls: 10th T. Taylor, 30th S. Simpson, 44th A. Fox, 59th R. Cave, 66th E. Hennessy, 92nd C. Gaspar, 97th C. Hunt,
Junior girls: 14th S. Wilkins, 15th L. Lattimore, 16th H. McGurk, 20th B. Swords, 43rd H. Goodwin, 52nd S. Cutler, 69th J. Mansell, 72nd A. Heap, 73rd S. Tyers, 94th E. Blackwell,
Full results on the English Schools website

Saturday March 5th - Inter Counties CC Champs at Nottingham
Results for Chiltern League clubs. If I've missed anyone in the top 100 (seniors long courses) or top 50 (other age groups) email me.
Senior men: 21st D. Deed, 23rd G. Blackman, 42nd M. Janes, 55th P. Wicks, 63rd O. Matthews,
Senior men 4km: 33rd Adam Bowden,
Junior men: 14th R. Franzese, 15th T. Stanley, 39th A. Whetstone, 48th J. Drinkwater,
Under 17 men: 18th S. Goodwin, 25th T. Comerford,
Under 15 boys: 13th P. Howarth, 27th D. Clorley, 37th N. White,
Under 13 boys: 39th H. Mitchell, 42nd J. Goodwin, 43rd P. Manning,
Senior ladies: 1st H. Yelling, 5th M. Yamauchi, 17th S. Morris, 74th C. Boosey,
Senior ladies 4km: 3rd H. Dean, 12th L. Vaughan, 18th H. Beard, 20th K. Wootton,
Junior ladies: 6th N. Sykes, 19th H. England,
Under 17 ladies: 22nd T. Muir, 29th C. Gaspar, 32nd S. Bailey, 49th Y. Lala,
Under 15 girls: 2nd T. Taylor, 19th S. Simpson, 30th L. Lattimore, 41st S. Wilkins,
Under 13 girls: 1st H. McGurk, 3rd M. Hawtin, 13th B. Swords, 24th H. Goodwin, 34th E. Blackwell.
Full results see UK Athletics web site

Saturday February 19th - National CC Champs at Birmingham
Results for Chiltern League clubs:
Senior men: 33rd W. Levett (Bedford & C), 49th M. Janes (Bedford & C), 58th Gary Blackman (Harrow), 112nd C. Riley (Bedford & C), 114th N. Miller (Bedford & C),
Teams: 9th Bedford & C,
Junior men: 26th L. Cadman (Bedford & C), 53rd T. Stanley (Bedford & C),
Teams: 7th Bedford & C,
Under 17 men: 45th T. Best (Luton), 47th J. Murray (Bedford & C), 58th R. Heaney (Bedford & C),
Teams: 10th Luton, 14th Bedford & C,
Under 15 boys: 20th D. Clorley (Luton), 27th N. White (Windsor), 53rd M. Booth (Wycombe), 58th W. Quick (Harrow),
Teams: 11th Harrow, 21st Bedford & C,
Under 13 boys: 3rd C. Lambert (Milton K), 20th S. Richards (Vale of Aylesbury), 43rd N. Lingley (Chiltern), 47th G. Brown (Harrow), 52nd P. Benedickter (Luton), 56th J. Goodwin (Bedford & C),
Senior ladies: 1st H. Yelling (Windsor), 3rd H. Dean (Radley), 11th S. Morris (Bedford & C), 41st G. Horne (Windsor), 42nd K. Waterson (Bedford & C), 86th C. Pusey (Burnham J), 93rd R. Taylor (Windsor), 97th C. Rooney (Milton K), 102nd K. Crickmore (Windsor), 111th C. McMahon (Luton), 117th V. Quincey (Dacorum), 126th L. Butt (Chiltern), 135th J. Benham (Milton K), 137th G. Duckworth (Leighton B), 148th S. Crispey (Bedford & C),
Teams: 6th Windsor, 10th Bedford & C,
Junior ladies: 4th H. Beard (Stevenage & NH), 27th C. Boosey (Vale of Aylesbury),
Teams: 7th Milton Keynes,
Under 17 ladies: 25th T. Muir (Bedford & C), 45th C. Gaspar (Milton K), 50th S. Bailey (Stevenage & NH), 57th R. Cave (Bedford & C), 64th N. Peters (Bedford & C), 76th E. Gibbs (Bedford & C),
Teams: 6th Bedford & C,
Under 15 girls: 3rd T. Taylor (Milton K), 9th S. Simpson (Luton), 27th S. Wilkins (Milton K), 28th L. Lattimore (Harrow), 56th A. McGurk (Bedford & C), 60th E. Hennessy (Harrow), 65th F. Giddins (Milton K), 68th L. Rogers (Wycombe), 72nd D. Samuels (Stevenage & NH),
Teams: 6th Milton Keynes,
Under 13 girls: 3rd H. McGurk (Bedford & C), 15th H. Goodwin (Bedford & C), 21st E. Blackwell (Bedford & C), 42nd K. Trewhella (Windsor), 48th L. Nyman (Harrow), 52nd S. Cutler (Bedford & C), 69th B. Myers (Chiltern), 75th R. Wood (Milton K),
Teams: 1st Bedford & County.
Full results on Sportsoft Race Results

Saturday Janaury 29th - Southern CC Champs at Parliament Hill
Results for Chiltern League clubs:
Senior men: 1st H. Lobb (Bedford & C), 3rd D. Dalmedo (Bedford & C), 8th D. Deed (Bedford & C), 14th P. Wicks (Windsor), 27th N. Miller (Bedford & C), 29th M. Janes (Bedford & C), 31st S. Herring (Bedford & C), 50th G. Blackman (Harrow), 60th R. Leb (?) (Windsor), 72nd T. Burke (Bedford & C), 88th C. Riley (Bedford & C), 91st G. Smith (Windsor),
Teams: 1st Bedford & C, 25th Watford,
Junior men: 6th L. Cadman (Bedford & C), 9th A. Whetstone (Milton K), 11th T. Stanley (Bedford & C), 14th R. Franzese (Harrow), 16th A. Inskip (Bedford & C), 23rd G. Wilcox (Milton K),
Teams: 2nd Bedford & C,
Under 17 men: 24th T. Best (Luton), 26th I. May (Windsor), 32nd J. Murray (Bedford & C), 37th S. Tuttle (Bedford & C), 41st R. Henderson (Bedford & C),
Teams: 4th Bedford & C, 8th Luton,
Under 15 boys: 6th P. Howarth (Luton), 11th W. Quick (Harrow), 13th N. White (Windsor), 22nd M. Booth (Wycombe), 26th T. Barbour (Windsor), 34th D. Chorley (Luton), 46th S. Rynn (Harrow), 49th J. Rooney (Milton K),
Teams: 4th Harrow, 15th Milton Keynes,
Under 13 boys: 3rd C. Lambert (Milton K), 25th P. Benedickter (Luton), 28th J. Goodwin (Bedford & C), 30th A. Shelley (Chiltern), 31st C. Mitchell (Bracknell), 37th O. Campbell (Chiltern), 38th G. Brown (Harrow), 40th M. Lewis (Harrow), 50th S. Clark (Bedford & C),
Teams: 6th Chiltern H, 8th Harrow, 10th Milton Keynes, 15th Bedford & C,
Senior ladies: 7th L. Tanner (Bedford & C), 17th G. Horne (Windsor), 22nd K. Waterson (Bedford & C), 41st C. Rooney (Milton K), 67th C. Hume (Windsor), 79th L. Pringle (Windsor), 86th L. Bromilow (Milton K),
Teams: 9th Bedford & C, 11th Windsor,
Junior ladies: 1st N. Sykes (Bedford & C), 2nd H. Beard (Stevenage), 7th R. Gibbs (Bedford & C), 24th L. Licietis (Milton K),
Teams: only Aldershot closed
Under 17 ladies: 7th T. Muir (Bedford & C), 14th C. Gaspar (Milton K), 21st S. Bailey (Stevenage), 30th E. Gibbs (Bedford & C), 36th R. Cave (Bedford & C), 39th Y. Lala (Windsor), 50th N. Peters (Bedford & C),
Under 15 girls: 2nd T. Taylor (Milton K), 9th S. Simpson (Luton), 11th L. Lattimore (Harrow), 16th S. Wilkins (Milton K), 20th L. Card (Aylesbury), 21st A. McGurk (Bedford & C), 23rd F. Giddins (Milton K), 25th L. Bowers (Bracknell), 30th C. Gaspar (Milton K), 40th A. Fox (Windsor), 44th R. Card (Aylesbury), 45th R. Stedman (Windsor), 46th A. Smith (Milton K), 48th S. Boast (Bedford & C), 49th A. Concannon (Harrow),
Teams: 2nd Milton Keynes, 4th Harrow, 6th Windsor, 12th Vale of Aylesbury,
Under 13 girls: 2nd H. McGurk (Bedford & C), 7th H. Goodwin (Bedford & C), 10th K. Trewhella (Windsor), 11th E. Blackwell (Bedford & C), 12th L. Millett (Milton K), 17th A. Wright (Bedford & C), 18th R. McClay (Bracknell), 21st L. Nyman (Harrow), 22nd H. Giddins (Milton K), 28th C. Millar (Bracknell), 30th J. Livesey (Milton K), 32nd S. Cutler (Bedford & C), 35th H. Spencer (Windsor), 44th R. Griffiths (Chiltern),
Teams: 1st Bedford & C, 3rd Milton Keynes, 4th Windsor, 11th Harrow.
Full results on Sportsoft Race Results

Monday January 10th - Under 11 races
The under 11 races have increased in popularity this year with 100 or more finishers. This is becoming more of a problem for the recorders and especially timekeepers with so many competing over such a short course. We will probably have to consider, for next season, splitting the races into separate male and female events. If you have any comments please email me.

Sunday January 9th - Record Leage Turnout Again
Surprisingly for the fourth fixture in the season, yesterday's turnout at Watford was another record. There were 918 finishers compared with 896 at RAF Halton in match one this winter. I guess there were a lot of Christmas puddings that needed running off!

Saturday December 4th 2004 - English Schools Cup at Oswestry
Lincroft Middle School finished 4th in the junior boys race. Chiltern's Alex Shelley was 16th and Oliver Campbell 18th representing Dr. Challoners. Lincroft's leading runner was Sam Brown in 19th. Bedford & County's Hannah Goodwin and Holly McGurk finish 1st and 2nd in the junior girls race representing Robert Bruce Middle. Windsor's Andrea Fox was 5th in the intermediate girls and Vale of Aylesbury's Lou Card 19th.

Wednesday November 17th - Triathlon
Just to let you know, I competed in the Ironman Florida on November 6th and finished in a time of 15hours58mins23secs. 4th GB Lady Finisher. The event consisted of a 3.8km Sea Swim/112 Mile Bike/Marathon run to Finish.
Debbie Knott, Biggleswade AC

Saturday November 13th - ESAA CC Cup Semi Finals
Roger Edwards reports: Lincroft School's Junior Boys team won the Regional round of the English Schools Cup held at Huntingdon on Saturday.  They now go forward to the National Finals at Oswestry on the 4th December. Unfortunately, their girls team finished in 4th place so have not qualified. The junior girls race was a very high standard, the Beds & county runners H.Goodwin and H.McGurk finishing 1st and 2nd in the race.  

Saturday November 6th - English CC Relays at Mansfield
Results for Chiltern League clubs (1 team win, one second place, one third place, 3 fastest or equal fastest laps):
Senior men: 13th Bedford & C,
Fastest laps: 6th= A. Bowden (Harrow - team dnf after leading on leg 3),
Junior men: 7th Bedford & C, 16th Bedford "B", 19th Milton Keynes, 31st Harrow,
Under 17 men: 26th Luton, 27th Bedford & C,
Under 15 boys: 10th Luton,
Under 13 boys: 7th Chiltern H, 16th Bedford & C,
Senior ladies: 3rd Bedford & C, 25th Bedford "B",
Fastest laps: 1st= L. Yelling (Bedford),
Junior ladies: 1st Bedford & C, 15th Milton Keynes,
Fastest laps: 1st K. Wootton (Bedford), 6th N. Sykes (Bedford),
Under 17 ladies: 10th Bedford & C, 27th Milton Keynes, 28th Bedford "B",
Under 15 girls: 6th Milton Keynes, 26th Bedford & C,
Fastest laps: 1st= T. Taylor (Milton Keynes),
Under 13 girls: 2nd Bedford & C, 24th Bedford "B", 30th Milton Keynes,
Fastest laps: 2nd H. McGurk (Bedford),
Full results on Sportsoft Race Results

Sunday October 31st - Lost Property
A pair of Adidas size 6 spikes belonging to an under 13 boy was taken from the venue. If anyone knows of their whereabouts please contact P Manning 01235 847449.
I have some items of lost property from RAF Halton, if anyone want to claim them then email me.

Saturday October 23rd - AAA Road Relays
Results for Chiltern League clubs:
Senior men: 12th Bedford & C, 29th Windsor,
Senior ladies: 2nd Windsor, 5th Bedford & C,
Fastest laps: 2nd H. Yelling (Windsor), 7th M. Yamauchi (Harrow),
Full results on Sportsoft Race Results

Saturday October 9th - Record turnout in Chiltern League
The turnout for the first round of the league today was again another record, there were 896 finishers compared with 859 for match 1 this time last year. The increase was in the young athletes races which had 56 more finishers than last year, the senior races were down by 19. Turnouts figures are given on the League Development page.
Many thanks to all the officials who turned out today and made the meeting such a success. Apart from those from the host club, Vale of Aylesbury, several came from visiting clubs.
Some of you have spotted the deliberate mistake on the pre season mailing, match 4 is on Saturday January 8th not the 18th!

Sunday September 26th - Southern Road Relays
3 team titles for Chiltern League clubs and fastest 3 laps in under 13 girls event.
Leading Chiltern League club results:
Senior men: 4th Bedford & C, 6th Harrow, 14th Windsor, 29th Milton Keynes, 34th Headington, 38th Harrow "B", 39th Luton,
Fastest laps: 6th M. Smart (Harrow),
Over 40: 15th Bedford & C,
Fastest laps: 2nd J. McMahon (Bedford & C),
Over 50: 2nd Oxford City,
Fastest laps: 3rd R. Grant (Oxford City),
Over 60: 7th Burnham Joggers,
Fastest laps: 3rd K. Scudamore (Burnham J),
Under 17: 7th Bedford & C, 8th Windsor, 13th Bracknell, 15th Harrow,
Fastest laps: 6th J. Murray (Bedford & C),
Under 15: 1st Windsor, 16th Milton Keynes, 17th Bedford & C,
Fastest laps: 2nd= N. White (Windsor),
Under 13: 9th Milton Keynes, 11th Bedford & C, 16th Harrow, 19th Bracknell,
Senior ladies: 1st Bedford & C, 4th Headington, 6th Windsor, 19th Headington "B",
Fastest laps: 4th S. Morris (Bedford & C), 5th S. Morris (Windsor),
Under 17: 9th Bedford & C, 17th Windsor,
Under 15: 11th Windsor, 15th Bedford & C, 18th Windsor, 20th Vale of Aylesbury,
Fastest laps: 5th T. Taylor (Milton K),
Under 13: 1st Bedford & C, 2nd Oxford City, 4th Milton Keynes, 6th Bedford "B", 10th Windsor, 18th Milton K "B", 20th Harrow,
Fastest laps: 1st H. Goodwin (Bedford), 2nd M. Hawtin (Oxford), 3rd H. McGurk (Bedford), 6th L. Millett (Milton K),
Full results on Aldershot's web site

Wednesday September 1st - New league members for 2004/2005
We welcome two new members to the league for next season. Stevenage & North Herts have moved to us from the Icknield League and Lincroft Middle School, who attended some of last winter's fixtures as guests, have now joined as members. Both will help boost the young athletes races. The pre season mailing will be sent to team managers in the next 7 to 10 days. If your contact details are changing for the new season please email me as soon as possible.

Wednesday September 1st - December fixtures
Some of you will have noticed that the latest SEAA newsletter lists the Southern Inter Counties as being on December 4th which would have clashed with the third round of the league. We have been contact with the SEAA and this is in fact a mistake, the Inter Counties will take place on December 11th as December 4th was listed as a recommended league weekend this year.

Friday June 18th - Notes from League AGM
A review was made of the under 11 event after the first year - everybody agreed that the age group had been a success and it would continue in the same format.
Fixture dates would be October 9th, October 30th, December 4th, January 8th, February 12th. We would not use the recommended league date for the January fixture as it was on the weekend between the County Champs and the Southern. The League Secretary would write to the Cross Country Commission expressing a desire for leagues to not be on a weekend before a major championship. Venues: Oct 9th RAF Halton, Oct 30th Oxford Horspath (tbc), Dec 4th Luton Stockwood Park (tbc), Jan 8th Watford (tbc), Feb 12th Wing. After the problems securing venues over the last two seasons a number of clubs had stepped forward with offers and we are nearly in the position of being able to use each once every two seasons. However, due to the increasing costs of using these venues and a more "professional" approach from the St. Johns Ambulance we would have to put up the subs by £20. We could have left it for a year but we would be cutting too deeply into our reserves.
Mention was made of the Foster report and the likely imposition of a Membership Scheme. It had not been possible to determine how this would affect the league but Richard Inchley thought the onus would be on clubs to ensure athletes competing were registered.
Full minutes will be sent to league contacts in the next few days.

Friday June 4th - League AGM notices
AGM notices are now on their way to club contacts. If you don't get one or if your contact name is changing please email me.

Tuesday May 4th - League AGM
The League AGM will be held on Thursday June 17th 7.30pm at Bannister Stadium, Uxbridge Road, Hatch End, Harrow. If clubs have any motions or rule changes they wish placed on the agenda please inform be by email or letter by May 28th. AGM notices will be sent to club contacts the first week in June.

Saturday April 24th - AAA 12 Stage and 6 Stage Road Relays at Sutton Park
Mens teams: 4th Bedford & County
Ladies teams: no CL clubs competed
Full results on Sportsoft Race Results

Sunday April 18th - London Marathon
Results provisional:
Senior men: 19th H. Lobb (Bedford & C) 2.15.49, 51st J. Lawler (Bedford & C) 2.24.46,
Over 50: 3rd C. Steptoe (Vale of Aylesbury) 2.41.50,
Over 60: 2nd C. Rees (Tring) 3.02.40,
Senior ladies: 13th J. Lodge (Windsor) 2.34.49, 14th M. Lee (Milton K) 2.35.51, 17th M. Yamauchi (Harrow) 2.39.16,
Mini Marathons - London Boroughs
Under 18 men: 4th M. Carey (Harrow), 20th I. May (Windsor),
Under 15 boys: 11th J. Cotton (Windsor), 14th C. Scott (Harrow),
Under 13 boys: 13th M. Goodman (Harrow),
Under 18 ladies: 6th L. Fairweather (Harrow), 13th L. Torok (Windsor),
Under 15 girls: 7th M. Bennington (Windsor),
Under 13 girls: 7th L. Nyman (Harrow),
Full results on London Marathon website.

Sunday April 4th - League dates for 2004/05 season
The SEAA have now moved their Inter Counties match to the weekend of December 11th in view of the fact that the weekend of Dec 4th is a recommended league weekend. Dec 4th now looks clearer than it did before. I am getting feedback that people have a preference for Jan 8th rather than Jan 22nd for round 4 so that the league is not sandwiched between the County Champs and Southern Champs. As the weekend of Jan 8th had been county weekend last year it should be pretty well clear. If you have any more comments then please email me.

Sunday April 4th - Southern 12 Stage and 6 Stage Road Relays at Milton Keynes
Leading Chiltern League club results
Men: 2nd Bedford & County, 8th Windsor, 14th Bedford "B", 20th Luton, 21st Milton Keynes, 30th Harrow,
Fastest long stages: 4th S. Body (Bedford), 5th M. Janes (Bedford), 11th H. Lobb (Bedford), 15th W. Levett (Bedford), 19th S. Overall (Windsor),
Fastest short stages: 7th L. Cadman (Bedford), 9th N. Miller (Bedford), 16th D. Castle (Milton K),
Ladies: 1st Bedford & County, 5th Headington, 6th Windsor, 10th Milton Keynes,
Fastest laps: 1st L. Yelling (Bedford), 4th K. Wootton (Bedford), 5th M. Lee (Milton K), 10th L. Tanner (Bedford), 11th A. Hirst (Headington), 14th J. Craft (Headington), 18th S. Morris (Bedford), 20th T. Galbraith (Headington).
Full results on Milton Keynes web site

Sunday April 4th - AAA Young Athletes Road Relays at Sutton Park
Leading Chiltern League club results
Under 17 men: 3rd Bedford & County, 19th Milton Keynes,
Fastest laps: 6th T. Stanley (Bedford),
Under 15 boys: 14th Windsor, 19th Bedford & County,
Under 13 boys: 12th Harrow, 14th Milton Keynes, 18th Bedford & County, 27th Windsor,
Fastest laps: 5th C. Scott (Harrow),
Under 17 ladies: 13th Bedford & County,
Fastest laps: 6th= C. Gaspar (Milton K - team dnf),
Under 15 girls: 8th Bedford & County, 29th Windsor,
Under 13 girls: 2nd Bedford & County, 15th Bedford "B", 18th Windsor, 20th Milton Keynes,
Fastest laps: 4th H. McGurk (Bedford).
Full results on Sportsoft Race Results

Monday March 29th - League dates for 2004/05 season
It now appears that the SEAA Inter Counties match will be on the weekend of December 4th, i.e. the same weekend as the recommended date for leagues(!) It could well be that, with fixture clashes, the date we may need to have round 3 of the Chiltern League is December 11th. If you have any comments then please email me.

Friday March 19th - League dates for 2004/05 season
I announced a few weeks ago the likely recommended league dates for next season, these were October 9th, October 30th, December 4th, January 22nd and February 12th.
Problems with the third and fourth fixtures have been pointed out to me. The December 4th date clashed at least with the English Schools Cup and this was also the weekend the SEAA Inter Counties match was on last year, although I have not seen a date for this year's match. The January 22nd date falls between the recommended County championships weekend and the Southern Championships while January 8th is pretty well free.
Normally we would stick to the recommended league weekends as the area we cover is quite large and not using them could cause some clubs problems. However, the dates mentioned above don't seem to have been well thought out.
I know that the Met League at least will be using November 27th and January 8th for their third and fourth round matches. I would therefore like clubs to consider the position and email me with any comments they may have on the fixture dates.

Saturday March 13th - English Schools at Maidstone
Results for Chiltern League athletes - if I've missed anyone who finished in the top 100 email me.
Senior boys: 5th A. Whetstone, 33rd L. Smyth, 47th R. Franzese, 82nd C. May,
Inter boys: 20th J. Murray, 24th R. Larsen, 32nd T. Comerford, 51st M. Sutton, 65th C. Drinkwater, 91st R. Henderson, 98th I. May,
Junior boys: 2nd P. Howarth, 53rd S. Rynn, 84th N. Gilbert, 95th T. Barbour, 98th D. Chorley, 99th J. Lyman,
Senior girls: 5th N. Sykes, 19th G. Turtle, 93rd L. Licietis,
Inter girls: 24th S. Waldron, 43rd A. Wilde, 47th E. Wright, 79th S. Bailey, 82nd C. Gaspar,
Junior girls: 5th T. Taylor, 27th A. McGurk, 28th S. Simpson, 38th L. Bowers, 60th L. Card, 65th D. Watts, 82nd M. Lloyd, 84th S. Wilkins, 85th A. Fox, 87th S. Boast, 97th J. Kafke,
Full results on the English Schools website

Saturday March 6th - Inter Counties CC Champs at Nottingham
Results for Chiltern League club athletes:
If I've missed anyone in the top 100 (seniors long courses) or top 50 (other age groups) email me.
Senior men long: 48th Adam Bowden, 49th M. Janes, 67th Alex Bowden, 72nd S. Body, 80th M. Beerling,
Senior men short: 2nd A. Baddeley, 8th S. Haughian, 12th G. Blackman, 22nd M. Draper, 37th C. Bannon,
Junior men: 23rd A. Whetstone, 34th G. Taylor, 40th M. Smart,
Under 17 men: 6th T. Stanley, 11th A. Inskip, 32nd J. Murray, 48th R. Franzese
Under 15 boys: 38th P. Howarth, 48th R. Heaney,
Under 13 boys: 10th C. Scott, 14th D. Chorley, 16th N. Gilbert, 24th G. Scott, 37th G. Tilley,
Senior ladies long: 1st K. Butler, 3rd H. Yelling, 6th J. Lodge, 8th M Yamauchi, 35th J. Craft, 39th A. Hirst, 43rd L. Tanner, 62nd C. McMahon, 89th C. Boosey, 96th G. Horne, 99th R. Kett, 100th E. Leggate,
Senior ladies short: 13th R. Iannone, 15th L. Vaughan,
Junior ladies: 2nd K. Wootton, 10th G. Turtle, 36th R. Gibbs,
Under 17 ladies: 16th N. Sykes, 28th C. Gaspar, 30th E. Wright, 47th L. Fairweather,
Under 15 girls: 13th T. Taylor, 21st S. Simpson,
Under 13 girls: 2nd M. Hawtin, 4th H. Goodwin, 5th A. McGurk, 9th H. McGurk, 19th B. Swords, 50th A. Wright.
Full results see UK Athletics web site

Saturday February 21st - National CC Champs at Leeds
Results for Chiltern League clubs:
Senior men: 17th H. Lobb (Bedford & C), 23rd W. Levett (Bedford & C), 30th D. Deed (Bedford & C), 42nd M. Janes (Bedford & C), 90th D. Dalmedo (Bedford & C), 93rd N. Miller (Bedford & C), 96th R. Lee (Windsor), 98th P. Farmer (Luton), 103rd D. Branfoot (Harrow), 110th S. Herring (Bedford & C), 132nd A. Bowden (Harrow),
Teams: 4th Bedford & C,
Junior men: 19th P. Wicks (Windsor), 44th S. Phillips (Bedford & C),
Teams: 10th Bedford & C,
Under 17 men: 7th A. Inskip (Bedford & C), 23rd T. Stanley (Bedford & C),
Teams: 7th Bedford & C,
Under 15 boys: 15th P. Howarth (Luton),
Teams: 20th Luton,
Under 13 boys: 18th G. Tilley (Milton K), 21st J. Lyman (Milton K),
Senior ladies: 25th J. Wilkinson (Bedford & C), 34th A. Hirst (Headington), 50th C. McMahon (Luton), 56th G. Horne (Windsor),
Junior ladies: 23rd C. Boosey (Aylesbury), 29th R. Gibbs (Bedford & C),
Under 17 ladies: 9th H. England (Oxford C), 21st C. Gaspar (Milton K),
Teams: 6th Milton Keynes,
Under 15 girls: 15th S. Simpson (Luton), 18th T. Taylor (Milton K), 39th D. Watts (Bedford & C),
Teams: 14th Bedford & C,
Under 13 girls: 6th H. Goodwin (Bedford & C), 14th H. McGurk (Bedford & C), 16th A. McGurk (Bedford & C), 23rd S. Wilkins (Milton K), 28th A. Smith (Milton K), 48th L. Lingley (Chiltern),
Teams: 3rd Bedford & C.
Full results on Sportsoft Race Results

Wednesday February 18th - Provisional Fixtures for 2004/2005 Season Announced
The provisional fixtures for next season have been announced. The recommended league dates are October 9th, October 30th, December 4th, January 22nd and February 12th. So the middle three will be on different weekends to this season. The January date is "interesting" as it has been put between the County and Area Championships leaving the weekend of the 8th relatively blank. As usual, there is a sixth recommended date in March which the Chiltern League (and most others) do not use.
I will be chasing for venues in the not too distant future to ensure we don't have the problems we had this season. Anyone who wants to volunteer a venue or make comment on the fixture programme please email me.
Please note that dates given referred to "the weekends of" so some may actually be on the Sunday of the weekend. Full list on the Winter Calendar page.

Sunday February 15th - Comparison of UK Cross Country Leagues
After some people raised questions as to whether we are one of the country's largest leagues, I have had a trawl through Athletics Weekly and various web sites to see how many participate in other leagues and what age groups each provide for.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find any results for the Surrey Men's and Women's Leagues, our "rivals" in the South East, but I found data on most of the other major leagues. Below is a link to a page giving, in rough geographic order, a list of the leagues. The number of finishers in round 1 for each this season are given where known. If I have no results I have put a tick in columns where I know age groups are provided for. An arrow in a column indicates and age group included in the next age group up.
Not surprisingly, the various Midland leagues in combination (Birmingham & District, Midlands Women's and West Midlands YA) have the highest level of participation. Next comes the Gwent League, but they include a number of schools and colleges which boosts their number. So out of the rest where I have results, we would rank 3rd. Any other data or web site links would be useful so I can make this list more inclusive. AW doesn't report on under 11 results so I don't know how many leagues provide for it where I haven't found results.
The other interesting fact I have come across is that we are the only league, other than the Surrey men's, that has divisional competition for young athletes. In the case of the Surrey League it has been a matter of debate as to whether they should have combined division races for the youngsters, at the moment under 15 boys have to compete with under 17 men due to low numbers. Where other leagues have divisions they only apply to the senior age groups. Of leagues with divisions, only the Birmingham and District and the Surrey Men's now have races at separate venues (in the case of Surrey Divs. 3 and 4 are at the same venue).
Later: Martin Duff informs me that the Surrey Men's League has about 140 senior men per division. The YA races are "appalling in numbers", about 30 over all age groups in Div. 1. The Surrey Women's League has between 250 and 280 seniors per match and a "better" number of young athletes. So in total there would be over 900 per match over the Men's and Women's Leagues, about 100 more than the Chiltern League but heavily biased towards the seniors.
CC League Comparison

Saturday January 24th - Southern CC Champs at Parliament Hill
Results for Chiltern League Clubs
Senior men: 1st H. Lobb (Bedford & C), 6th W. Levett (Bedford & C), 8th M. Normington (Watford), 31st M. Janes (Bedford & C), 33rd A. Bowden (Harrow), 43rd D. Dalmedo (Bedford & C), 49th R. Lee (Windsor), 53rd J. Lawler (Bedford & C), 56th A. Gardiner (Windsor), 68th N. Miller (Bedford & C), 72nd T. Hyde (Windsor),
Teams: 4th Bedford & C, 11th Harrow, 17th Windsor,
Junior men: 4th L. Cadman (Bedford & C), 12th P. Wicks (Windsor), 14th G. Taylor (Windsor), 21st M. Smart (Harrow), 25th S. Phillips (Bedford & C), 29th A. Whetstone (Milton K), 40th T. Beedell (Chiltern), 46th D. Chambers (Watford), 47th P. Harrison (Harrow), 49th L. Smyth (Bedford & C),
Teams: 4th Windsor, 5th Harrow,
Under 17 men: 7th T. Stanley (Bedford & C), 9th A. Inskip (Bedford & C), 10th J. Murray (Bedford & C), 20th R. Larson (Bracknell), 23rd T. Comerford (Milton K), 30th R. Franzese (Harrow), 39th G. Wilcox (Milton K), 41st C. Drinkwater (Luton),
Teams: 3rd Bedford & C, 6th Milton Keynes, 11th Harrow, 14th Bracknell,
Under 15 boys: 8th I. May (Windsor), 10th W. Lambourne (Milton K), 15th G. Stokes (Windsor), 21st R. Henderson (Bedford & C), 23rd J. Williams (Bedford & C), 30th G. Martin (Windsor), 33rd D. Goodman (Harrow), 36th J. Hughes (Bracknell), 37th J. Paterson (Harrow), 47th T. Guest (Luton),
Teams: 3rd Windsor, 6th Harrow, 12th Milton Keynes, 13th Bedford & C,
Under 13 boys: 9th C. Scott (Harrow), 15th D. Chorley (Luton), 16th G. Tilley (Milton K), 20th S. Winters (Milton K), 43rd J. Lyman (Milton K), 45th G. Nolan (Milton K), 49th G. Brown (Harrow), 50th G. Scott (Milton K),
Teams: 4th Milton Keynes, 6th Harrow, 12th Chiltern H,
Senior ladies: 4th L. Tanner (Bedford & C), 14th A. Hirst (Headington), 15th C. McMahon (Luton), 24th C. Lathwell (Luton), 29th L. Stone (Windsor), 47th C. Donald (Maidenhead), 52nd K. Wright (Windsor), 67th C. Pusey (Burnham J), 69th S. Reynolds (Chiltern), 70th L. Butt (Chiltern), 75th C. Willer (Watford), 83rd C. Rooney (Milton K), 98th L. Bromilow (Milton K), 100th H. Bennewith (Aylesbury),
Teams: 24th Windsor, 25th Maidenhead, 26th Chiltern H, 27th Headington, 28th Watford (good packing!)
Junior ladies: 5th K. Wootton (Bedford & C), 10th R. Gibbs (Bedford & C), 22nd C. Moss (Bedford & C),
Under 17 ladies: 2nd N. Sykes (Leighton B), 28th E. Wright (Bedford & C), 32nd E. Gibbs (Bedford & C), 35th K. Berryman (Milton K), 40th L. Licietis (Milton K), 47th H. Graham (Chiltern H),
Teams: 6th Bedford & C,
Under 15 girls: 6th S. Simpson (Luton), 13th A. Wilde (Bedford & C), 14th T. Taylor (Milton K), 29th L. Cara (Aylesbury), 37th N. Howell (Bedford & C), 39th H. Barsby (Harrow), 47th A. Concannon (Harrow),
Teams: 3rd Bedford & C, 6th Harrow, 12th Windsor, 14th Milton Keynes,
Under 13 girls: 6th K. Trewhella (Bracknell), 7th H. Goodwin (Bedford & C), 8th H. McGurk (Bedford & C), 19th A. Wright (Bedford & C), 20th S. Wilkins (Milton K), 21st R. Stedman (Windsor), 27th D. Jupp (Bedford & C), 30th R. Card (Aylesbury), 49th A. Smith (Milton K), 50th L. Lingley (Chiltern H),
Teams: 2nd Bedford & C, 6th Milton Keynes, 7th Windsor, 18th Vale of Aylesbury.
Full results on Sportsoft Race Results

Saturday November 8th 2003 - ECCA Relays at Mansfield
Results for Chiltern League clubs
Senior men: 6th Bedford & County 1.01.30,
Junior men: 7th Bedford & County 27.42,
Fastest laps: 1st= M. Draper (Windsor - team dnf) 8.44,
Under 17 men: 2nd Bedford & County 27.47, 4th Windsor SE&H 28.07, 20th Milton Keynes 29.18,
Fastest laps: 6th J. McCulloch (Windsor) 9.10, 7th= A. Inskip & T. Stanley (Bedford) 9.11,
Under 15 boys: 7th Luton 19.57,
Fastest laps: 7th P. Howarth (Luton) 6.18,
Under 13 boys: no CL clubs contested,
Senior ladies: 1st Windsor SE&H 29.16, 4th Bedford & County 30.27, 14th Milton Keynes 32.30, 22nd Windsor "B" 33.48,
Fastest laps: 1st H. Yelling (Windsor) 9.35, 3rd R. Ryan (Windsor) 9.40,
Junior women: 4th Bedford & County 27.06, 18th Milton Keynes 31.45,
Fastest laps: 1st K. Wootton (Bedford) 8.25,
Under 17 women: 10th Milton Keynes 29.20, 16th Bedford & County 29.46,
Under 15 girls: 11th Milton Keynes 22.45, 14th Bedford & County 22.52, 16th Luton 22.56, 21st Dacorum & Tring 23.42,
Under 13 girls: 21st Milton Keynes 24.29, 25th Bedford & County 24.35,
Full results on Sportsoft Race Results

Saturday October 25th - National Road Relays at Sutton Park
Results for Chiltern League clubs:
Men: 3rd Bedford & County 1.47.21, 7th Windsor 1.48.21, 20th Harrow 1.52.17,
Fastest laps: 3rd G. Van Hest (Bedford) 17.01.
Ladies: 8th Bedford & County 1.01.33, 13th Windsor 1.02.44, 18th Headington 1.04.21,
Fastest laps: 1st= H. Yelling (Windsor) 14.07.
Full results on Sportsoft Race Results

Tuesday October 21st - Venues for 2004/2005
Many thanks to those of you who have responded to my appeal for more venues where we can hold the league. I now have three possibilities which I will be discussing further with potential hosts. This will help take the pressure off the venues we already have, spread the fixtures around our "territory" better and give athletes the opportunity to run at new venues.

Sunday October 12th - Athletics Weekly under 11 results policy
I have been informed by Martin Duff, who usually does the Chiltern League report for Athletics Weekly, that their policy is to not print under 11 results as it is not a UKA recognised age group. So do not be surprised if they do not appear.

Saturday October 11th - First Fixture at Watford
We had another record turnout today. 839 athletes finished the race today (excluding non scorers) compared with 788 for round one last year. Of these 49 were in the new under 11 race but deducting these leaves 790 which still beats last year's total finishers. Added to the 839 scorers were a handful of non scorers plus 26 finishers from Lincroft Middle School from Bedfordshire who ran as guests.

Friday October 3rd - November 29th Fixture
Luton have very kindly stepped in and offered to host the November 29th fixture as well as November 1st.
The problems we have had securing enough venues this season does highlight some issues that need to be addressed. We have "lost" two venues, Woburn Sands and Banbury in the last two years due to traffic/parking problems. This is nothing to do with having joint division matches, it would be a problem for a division one only match at these venues. At both venues this was due to complaints from local residents. In the case of Woburn Sands it is the case that, if we could get everyone to park in the village at the school a mile away and walk to the course, we could use it. But trying to "police" this and stop people driving up the hill to the course, especially on a wet day, would be very difficult.
The issues which need to be addressed are:
1. Whether we have four fixtures instead of five. Due to changes in championship dates, late January into early March is very congested. We agreed to put the final fixture the week before the National as it was felt that not so many clubs would travel to Leeds this year. Whether clubs still that feel that way when the event moves further south and the championship dates stay the same may raise the question as to whether to drop the final match. Historic note - the league used to have only four rounds and a final round mob match which didn't score towards the league but was later added as a final fifth round.
2. There are perhaps at least two other venues I have identified that it may be possible to use in future seasons. However, it may be that the hosting clubs may need help with officiating. In the past, we have relied upon host clubs providing most of or inviting officials. Some leagues, such as the Met League, have the same team of start and finishing officials at each match with the host club providing course marshalls. We may need to consider asking clubs to provide officials on a regular basis rather than relying on hosts. As we have a large number of clubs in the league, it would hopefully not be a great problem.
Once the season gets under way, I will be discussing with potential host clubs to see what can be done to get their venues "up and running".
I would welcome any comments from other clubs on the issue - email me.

Sunday September 28th - Southern Road Relays at Aldershot
Leading Chiltern League club results:
Under 17 men: 4th Windsor 50.42, 5th Bedford & County 50.48, 9th Luton 52.18, 12th Milton Keynes 52.57, 13th Vale of Aylesbury 53.01, 17th Dacorum & Tring 54.29, 18th Milton Keynes "B" 54.59.
Fastest laps: 4th J. McCulloch (Windsor) 12.05.
Under 15 boys: 1st Windsor 40.20, 4th Bedford & County 40.42, 14th Luton 43.19, 16th Harrow 43.39, 18th Windsor "B" 44.15.
Fastest laps: 3rd I. May (Windsor) 9.37.
Under 13 boys: 5th Bedford & County 44.46, 14th Harrow 47.26, 15th Windsor 47.43.
Fastest laps: 2nd C. Scott (Harrow) 10.36.
Senior ladies: 4th Bedford & County 55.48, 7th Windsor 57.00, 21st Milton Keynes 59.59, 22nd Harrow 60.29, 25th Luton 60.47.
Fastest laps: 4th H. Yelling (Windsor) 12.46.
Veteran ladies: no CL clubs competed
Under 17 ladies: 6th Bedford & County 35.09, 9th Windsor 35.24, 17th Milton Keynes 37.28, 19th Luton 38.22.
Fastest laps: 3rd S. Wilson (Windsor) 10.37.
Under 15 girls: 4th Bedford & County 34.38, 5th Milton Keynes 34.51, 7th Luton 35.05, 17th Windsor 36.22.
Fastest laps: 9th S. Simpson (Luton) 11.07.
Under 13 girls: 2nd Bedford & County 26.21, 3rd Milton Keynes 26.28, 9th Bedford "B" 27.25, 11th Windsor 27.33, 14th Bedford "C" 27.34, 16th Oxford City 27.45.
Fastest laps: 1st A. McGurk (Bedford) 8.18.
For full results see Aldershot's website.

Saturday September 27th - Southern Road Relays at Aldershot
Leading Chiltern League club results:
Senior men: 2nd Bedford & C 1.50.27, 8th Windsor 1.54.12, 11th Bedford "B" 1.55.01, 17th Harrow 1.57.49, 24th Milton Keynes 1.59.19.
Fastest laps: 2nd Greg Van Hest (Bedford) 17.27, 8th Adam Bowden (Harrow) 18.06.
Vets over 40: 9th Milton Keynes 1.23.55, 12th Harrow 1.25.35.
Fastest laps: 2nd Jim McMahon (Bedford) 19.21.
Vets over 50: 3rd Oxford City 1.26.32, 15th Oxford "B" 1.34.18, 19th Luton 1.36.57, 20th Banbury 1.37.15.
Fastest laps: 2nd Richard Grant (Oxford) 20.24.
Vets over 60: 9th Burnham Joggers 1.53.34.
Fastest laps: 1st Keith Scudamore (Burnham) 23.05.
For full results see Aldershot's website.

Tuesday September 23rd - New clubs for 2003/2004 season
We welcome two new clubs for the 2003/2004 season, Buckingham & Stowe and Brunel Juniors. The latter is a young athletes club attached to Brunel University. Also, Luton United and Vauxhall have merged to become Luton Athletic Club.

Friday September 12th - Pre season mailing and November 29th fixture
The pre season mailing is now on its way to team managers. We are still without a venue for the November 29th fixture. Could all clubs consider whether or not they would be willing to host either a full mob match, a division only match. An alternative would be to have the seniors at one venue and the young athletes at another. If you are able to help please email as soon as possible.

Thursday August 14th - Fixture on November 1st
Luton will now definitely do the fixture on November 1st instead of November 29th to give any clubs prepared to take on the latter date more time. I have had one provisional offer but this is dependant on facilities being available. I know that this is a bad month to ask but if anyone else is prepared to offer please email as soon as possible.

Thursday August 7th - Fixture on November 1st
Luton have offered to move their November 29th fixture to November 1st if someone else can host on November 29th. This would give a club more time to prepare if they can take the fixture on.

Friday August 1st - Fixture on November 1st
Unfortunately, Oxford are not now able to host the match on November 1st (or probably at all this winter) due to the pitches next to the track being booked.
Anyone else who can host please email as soon as possible. It may be that we have to have the two divisions at separate venues if we cannot find a host for a mob match. An alternative is to have the young athletes and possibly the ladies at one venue and the senior men (with or without ladies) at another.

Thursday June 19th - League AGM News
Bill O'Connor was elected as League Chairman in recognition of his services to the League. He replaces Roger Kraushaar who has been ill for a number of years.
It was agreed to hold an under 11 event next winter. The race would be boys and girls mixed together but with male and female individual and team awards as with other age groups. The team event would be three to score but the under 11's will not contribute to overall scoring as it is not a UKA recognised age group. The format will be subject to review at next year's AGM.
After discussion of the disparities in the current scoring, it was decided that no change will be made to the scoring system for the time being although an experiment with a weighted system will be tried out sometime this winter.
League dates will be October 11th (Watford), November 1st, November 29th, January 10th, February 14th (Wing tbc). The last date was discussed as we could also have used January 31st which is being used by some other leagues but, on balance, club representatives decided that Feb 14th would fit in better with the championships and their athletes' likely competitions.
Later (20/6) - Oxford will host the Nov 1st fixture subject to booking facilities.

Tuesday June 3rd - AGM Details
Notices have now been send out to all team managers. The AGM will take place at Bannister Stadium, Uxbridge Road, Harrow on Thursday June 19th at 19.30 hours.
Items being discussed are the possibility of holding some sort of non scoring under 11 event with the league. Also a revision to the score system to give a bit more equality between the male and female sections and also between the seniors and young athletes sections. Instead of the current reverse scoring system the first athlete home in the senior races would receive 200 points, second place 199 downwards (if there are more than 200 athletes then anyone after 200th place would receive 1 point). In the young athletes races the winner would receive 100 points, second place 99 points downwards. This new system would more equity in the contribution of athletes in the different age groups to the overall score.
If you have any comments to make prior to the AGM it would help the discussion so please email me.

Saturday April 26th - National 12 and 6 Stage Road Relays
Results for Chiltern League Clubs:
Mens: 11th Bedford & County,
Ladies: 2nd Windsor, 5th Headington,
Fastest: 1st H. Yelling (Windsor).
Full results on Sportsoft Race Results.

Friday April 18th - Under 11's in Chiltern League
I've been asked to "float" the idea of having an under 11 event in the Chiltern League. In the past races have been occasionally run on a "fun run" type basis for both sexes in a mixed event. If anyone has an interest in this age group competing please email me.

Sunday April 13th - London Marathon and Mini Marathons
Leading Chiltern League results:
Senior men: 19th H. Lobb (Bedford & C) 2.18.30, 55th M. Adcock (Watford) 2.30.54, 116th M. Gainsborough (Headington) 2.37.56,
Senior ladies: 1st P. Radcliffe (Bedford & C) 2.15.25 (world best), 18th M. Lee (Milton K) 2.43.41, 27th N. Aitken (Windsor) 2.54.01, 44th J. Dering (Radley) 3.00.58,
Male over 50: 2nd C. Steptoe (Aylesbury) 2.43.35,
Ladies over 55: 1st R. Muston (Milton K) 3.32.02,
Male over 60: 3rd R. Brett (Vauxhall) 3.04.59,
Mini marathons:
County boys 15-17: 28th S. Blake (Windsor) 13.35,
London boys 11-12: 5th C. Scott (Harrow) 15.27,
London boys 13-14: 1st R. Rice (Harrow) 13.55, 3rd I. May (Windsor) 13.58, 14th D. Goodman (Harrow) 14.54, 24th J. Paterson (Harrow) 15.09,
London boys 15-17: 10th T. Haughian (Windsor) 13.38,
London girls 15-17: 21st L. Fox (Windsor) 17.35,
Full results on London Marathon website.

Sunday April 6th - Southern Road Relay at Milton Keynes
Leading Chiltern League club results:
Senior men: 3rd Bedford & County, 12th Milton Keynes, 14th Windsor SE&H, 18th Harrow,
Fastest long laps: 7th R. Nifah (Milton Keynes) 24.22,
Fastest short laps: 3rd H. Lobb (Bedford & C) 16.15,
Senior ladies: 3rd Bedford & County, 4th Windsor SE&H, 5th Headington, 8th Milton Keynes,
Fastest laps: 4th L. Wood (Bedford & C) 19.09, 5th T. Galbraith (Headington) 19.10, 6th M. Lee (Milton K) 19.11, 7th J. Craft (Headington) 19.12.
Full results on Milton Keynes website.

Sunday April 6th - Young Athletes Road Relays at Sutton Park
Leading Chiltern League club results:
Under 17 men: 12th Vale of Aylesbury, 13th Bedford & C, 23rd Milton Keynes,
Under 15 boys: 20th Windsor,
Under 13 boys: 5th Windsor, 21st Milton Keynes,
Under 15 girls: 10th Milton Keynes,
Under 13 girls: 16th Milton Keynes.
Full results on Sportsoft Race Results.

Thursday March 27th - Next Winter's Fixtures
Some information available although the final programme is by no means finalised. It seems that the Inter Counties will now be at the beginning of March, two weeks after the National and one week before the English Schools (!). This would likely have a knock on effect with County Championships as there would now be a spare weekend in February. It is also likely that Margate will not be a Reebok Challenge event which would mean no Reebok event in the South of England. This may or may not have an effect on League dates. Watch this space.

Saturday March 8th - English Schools at Brighton
Leading results from Chiltern League athletes - email me if I have missed anybody.
Senior boys: 42nd A. Whetstone, 64th G. Taylor, 79th T. Beedell.
Inter boys: 39th T. Stanley, 40th R. Taylor, 41st R. Inskip, 82nd P. Macey.
Junior boys: 21st C. Pusey, 41st C. Boyle, 47th R. Rice, 64th D. Green, 67th A. Carter, 71st J. Williams, 75th A. O'Neill, 99th R. Heany.
Senior girls: 24th R. Gibbs, 32nd G. Turtle, 47th K. Docherty, 68th C. Moss.
Inter girls: 1st N. Sykes, 12th H. England, 13th C. Gaspar, 39th C. Plateau, 76th A. Roskilly, 82nd S. Waldron.
Junior girls: 11th S. Simpson, 59th N. Howell, 65th T. Taylor, 77th A. Fox, 96th J. Kafke.
Full results on the English Schools website

Saturday February 22nd - National CC Championships at Parliament Hill
Results for Chiltern League athletes and clubs:
Senior men: 3rd H. Lobb (Bedford & C), 55th N. Miller (Bedford & C), 58th M. Yelling (Bedford & C), 77th R. Lee (Windsor), 80th A. Bowden (Harrow), 82nd M. Janes (Bedford & C), 87th D. Branfoot (Harrow), 91st D. Hamblin (Aylesbury), 96th M. Bryant (Harrow).
Teams: 5th Bedford & C, 17th Harrow.
Junior men: 1st M. Farah (Windsor), 30th P. Wicks (Windsor).
Teams: 8th Harrow.
Under 17 men: 9th A. Whetstone (Milton K), 19th J. Horsman (Bedford & C), 41st B. Webster (Bedford & C), 43rd A. Inskip (Bedford & C).
Teams: 9th Bedford & C, 14th Milton Keynes.
Under 15 boys: 27th C. Watkins (Luton), 33rd A. Hendry (Windsor), 48th K. Blackstone (Harrow).
Teams: 22nd Harrow.
Under 13 boys: 23rd G. Martin (Windsor), 31st G. Tillsy (Milton K).
Teams: 7th Milton Keynes.
Senior women: 1st H. Yelling (Windsor), 15th L. Wood (Bedford & C), 20th C. Dickie (Windsor), 36th A. Berrill (Bedford & C), 39th N. Ashe (Windsor), 50th C. McMahon (Luton), 60th I. Robertson (Headington), 73rd G. Duckworth (Leighton B), 78th B. Hopewell (Bedford & C), 82nd K. Anderson (Headington), 97th C. Lathwell (Luton).
Teams: 6th Windsor, 10th Bedford & C.
Junior women: 17th K. Waterson (Bedford & C), 31st C. Bassill (Luton).
Under 17 women: 31st C. Moss (Bedford & C), 43rd E. Ault (Harrow).
Under 15 girls: 20th C. Gaspar (Milton K), 28th A. Roskilly (Milton K).
Teams: 7th Milton Keynes.
Under 13 girls: 1st S. Simpson (Luton), 7th N. Howell (Bedford & C), 13th P. Duffy (Bedford & C), 32nd T. Taylor (Milton K), 36th F. Roberts (Dacorum), 47th L. Millett (Milton K).
Teams: 2nd Bedford & C, 4th Milton Keynes.
Full results on Sportsoft Race Results

Saturday February 8th - Inter Counties at Nottingham
Results for Chiltern League athletes:
If I've missed anyone in the top 100 (seniors) or top 50 (other age groups) email me.
Senior men: 28th D. Leggate, 51st N. Miller, 71st R. Lee, 75th J. Critchlow, 77th S. Overall, 88th A. Bowden.
Under 20 men: 2nd M. Draper, 5th L. Cadman, 6th L. Beevor, 39th S. Ames.
Under 17 men: 18th A. Whetstone, 26th T. Stanley.
Under 13 boys: 26th A. Carter, 44th T. Nightingale, 50th N. White.
Senior ladies: 1st H. Yelling, 2nd L. Yelling, 4th A. Whitcombe, 7th S. Morris, 23rd J. Craft, 26th L. Wood, 34th R. Taylor, 44th A. Hirst, 48th E. Leggate, 65th P. Fudge, 95th C. McMahon.
Under 20 ladies: 3rd K. Wootton, 42nd C. Boosey.
Under 17 ladies: 3rd N. Sykes, 28th R. Gibbs, 30th H. England.
Under 15 girls: 31st S. Waldron, 43rd E. Wright.
Under 13 girls: 1st S. Simpson, 25th P. Duffy, 29th A. Fox, 42nd E. Wilkins, 50th T. Taylor.
Full senior results see UK Athletics web site

Saturday January 25th - Southern Cross Country Championships at Exmouth
Results for Chiltern League clubs:
Senior men: 17th H. Lobb (Bedford & C), 25th N. Miller (Bedford & C), 27th A. Bowden (Harrow), 28th D. Leggate (Harrow), 36th D. Branfoot (Harrow), 38th S. Herring (Bedford & C), 39th R. Lee (Windsor), 62nd D. Hamblin (Aylesbury), 73rd T. Hyde (Windsor), 74th C. Riley (Bedford & C).
Teams: 5th Bedford & County, 9th Harrow.
Junior men: 1st M. Farah (Windsor), 6th L. Cadman (Bedford & C), 15th S. Overall (Windsor), 18th S. Ames (Bedford & C), 24th P. Wright (Milton K).
Under 17 men: 5th A. Whetstone (Milton K), 11th G. Taylor (Windsor), 25th T. Stanley (Bedford & C), 26th P. Macey (Milton K).
Teams: 4th Milton Keynes, 10th Vale of Aylesbury, 11th Windsor.
Under 15 boys: 19th S. Goodwin (Milton K).
Under 13 boys: 10th G. Martin (Windsor), 12th T. Nightingale (Milton K), 14th N. White (Windsor), 16th C. Lambert (Milton K), 18th G. Tilley (Milton K), 23rd D. Taylor (Milton K), 28th R. Docherty (Milton K).
Teams: 2nd Milton Keynes, 5th Windsor.
Senior ladies: 1st S. Morris (Bedford & C), 6th L. Wood (Bedford & C), 8th R. Taylor (Windsor), 16th C. Dickie (Windsor), 18th M. Lee (Milton K), 19th N. Ashe (Windsor), 21st N. Dover (Windsor), 22nd A. Hirst (Headington), 27th A. Berrill (Bedford & C), 28th L. Scott (Milton K), 35th I. Robertson (Headington), 39th R. Iannou (Aylesbury), 40th C. McMahon (Luton), 45th K. Waterson (Bedford & C).
Teams: 1st Windsor, 2nd Bedford & County, 6th Milton Keynes, 7th Headington.
Junior women: 12th C. Bassill (Luton), 16th C. Boosey (Aylesbury).
Under 17 ladies: 1st N. Sykes (Leighton B), 2nd H. England (Oxford), 18th C. Moss (Bedford & C).
Under 15 girls: 4th C. Gaspar (Milton K), 13th A. Roskilly (Milton K), 27th E. Wright (Bedford & C), 30th K. Berryman (Milton K).
Teams: 6th Bedford & County.
Under 13 girls: 1st S. Simpson (Luton), 12th T. Taylor (Milton K), 22nd N. Howell (Bedford & C), 26th J. Sweet (Milton K).
Teams: 3rd Milton Keynes, 10th Vale of Aylesbury.
Full results on Sportsoft Race Results

Saturday December 21st 2002 - Round 5 Match - Latest News
It looks likely that the final match will be a mob match taking place at Luton again. Luton think that the senior men's races may be combined this time. Watch this space for more info.

Friday December 13th - Final Chiltern League at Banbury
Unfortunately we have problems with hosting the final match at Banbury. Last weekend the Southern Inter Counties match was held there and there were severe parking problems causing friction with neighbouring residents. Banbury would be happy to host a Division 1 only match which would mean we would have to have Division 2 at a separate venue. Watch this space for more info. Anyone who could help host please contact the League Secretary ASAP.

Sunday December 8th - European Cross Country Championships in Croatia
Results for Chiltern League athletes:
Senior ladies: 14th HayleyYelling (Windsor), 20th Liz Yelling (Bedford), 41st Sharon Morris (Bedford). GB Team 3rd.
Junior men: 19th Luke Beevor (Vauxhall).
Junior ladies: 26th Katrina Wooton (Bedford). GB Team 1st.

Saturday November 9th - ECCA Cross Country Relays Results
Results for Chiltern League clubs:
Senior men: 21st Bedford & C, 27th Milton Keynes, 28th Windsor,
Junior men: 1st Windsor, 10th Bedford & C, 14th Vauxhall,
Fastest laps: 2nd L. Beevor (Vauxhall),
Under 17 men: 9th Vale of Aylesbury, 14th Windsor, 16th Milton Keynes, 17th Bedford & C,
Under 15 boys: 28th Vauxhall,
Under 13 boys: 5th Milton Keynes, 10th Windsor, 21st Bedford & C,
Senior ladies: 7th Headington, 14th Bedford & C, 27th Milton Keynes,
Under 17 ladies: 1st Bedford & C, 11th Milton Keynes,
Fastest laps: 1st K. Wootton (Bedford & C),
Under 15 girls: 5th Milton Keynes, 9th Bedford & C,
Under 13 girls: 2nd Bedford & C, 5th Milton Keynes,
Fastest laps: 5th D. Watts (Bedford & C).
Full results on Sportsoft Race Results

Saturday October 26th - AAA Road Relay Results
Results for Chiltern League clubs:
Senior men: 10th Bedford & C, 18th Harrow.
Senior ladies: 1st Windsor, 5th Bedford & C, 28th Windsor "B",
Fastest laps: 1st Hayley Yelling (Windsor) 14.15, 9th Jo Lodge (Windsor) 14.45.
Full results on Sportsoft Race Results

Wednesday October 16th - Some kind of record?
Last Saturday's senior men's race was the largest since the Frank Barber Memorial race on 8th October 1988. On that occasion there were 386 finishers, on Saturday there were 337 excluding non scorers. It is possible that last Saturday was also the largest turnout for both Divisions. The match on 8/10/88 had 744 finishers, the Watford match this time last year had 759 but last Saturday we had 788 finishers over all the races.

Friday October 11th - Fixture on November 2nd at Luton
As we will have to run two senior mens races, this match will be run to a special timetable:
12.00 under 13 girls,
12.15 under 13 boys,
12.30 under 15 girls,
12.45 under 15 boys,
13.00 under 20/17 ladies,
13.15 under 17 men,
13.30 senior ladies,
14.00 senior men division 1
15.00 senior men division 2

Saturday September 29th - SEAA Road Relays at Aldershot
Results for Chiltern League clubs:
Senior men: 5th Windsor, 7th Bedford & County, 8th Harrow.
Fastest laps: 2nd= Mo Farah (Windsor) 17.49.
Veterans over 40: 4th Watford, 7th Vale of Aylesbury, 10th Oxford, 20th Bedford & County.
Fastest laps: 1st Julian Critchlow (Watford) 18.41.
Under 17 men: 3rd Aylesbury, 5th Bedford & County, 7th Harrow, 14th Windsor.
Fastest laps: 2nd Michael Smart (Harrow), 4th James Horsman (Bedford).
Under 15 boys: 6th Windsor, 7th Bedford & County, 14th Milton Keynes.
Under 13 boys: 2nd Windsor, 5th Milton Keynes, 8th Bedford & County, 14th Aylesbury.
Fastest laps: 2nd Nathan White (Windsor), 4th Duncan Taylor (Milton Keynes).
Senior ladies: 1st Bedford & County, 3rd Headington, 4th Windsor, 7th Bedford "B", 14th Windsor "B".
Fastest laps: 1st Hayley Yelling (Windsor), 2nd Sharon Morris (Bedford), 3rd= Jude Craft (Headington).
Under 17 ladies: 3rd Bedford & County, 9th Windsor, 11th Bracknell.
Fastest laps: 1st Katrina Wootton (Bedford).
Under 15 girls: 5th Milton Keynes, 12th Bedford & County, 15th Windsor.
Under 13 girls: 2nd Milton Keynes, 3rd Bedford & County, 5th Windsor, 6th Bedford "B", 9th Bracknell.
Fastest laps: 4th Tanya Taylor (Milton Keynes).
Full results on Aldershot's web site.

Wednesday September 25th - November 2nd Fixture
Luton are currently investigating the feasibility of holding this match as a mob match. They already have an initial agreement from the council and are checking out the course. If we are to have a mob match here, however, we will have to hold two senior men's races as the venue will not accommodate a large field. In this case, the event programme will have to start one hour earlier at 12 noon.

Tuesday September 24th - November 2nd Fixture
It turns out that the Kingsbury venue is not available on the above date. I am trying to see what we can work out for Division 2. Watch this space.

Saturday September 14th - UK Women's League
Congratulations to Milton Keynes and Radley Ladies who both qualified for the UK Women's League for next season. That brings the total of British League/UK Women's League clubs in the Chiltern League to 4 and 3 respectively. That is the same numbers which are in the Met League, the only other cross country league in the UK I can find with such a large number of BAL/UKWL clubs.

Monday September 9th - November 2nd Fixture
Unfortunately we have not been able to secure a venue for a mob match on Nov 2nd. Instead we will hold the Division 1 match at Luton (Stockwood Park) and I am waiting for Queens Park to confirm that they can host Division 2. Has we had more time we could have probably found a venue for a mob match but, with the need to secure premises as well as completing the new permits within the SEAA deadline, we had to go with venues which we knew were available. Next season, if we decide to continue with a system of mob matches wherever possible, we should be able to have sufficient venues for all matches to be joint divisions.

Friday June 21st 2002 - League AGM
After some correspondence from and between clubs and after discussion at the AGM it was decided not to go ahead with the proposals for a split Division 1 nor change the rules for promotion/demotion. The main problem of concern to clubs that needed to be addressed was the provision of young athletes competition in Division 2. It was decided that this coming season, where possible, to have all fixtures as mob matches. This also covers any problems that will probably arise with new health and safety issues as well as the expense of better medical provision.
The question of whether two senior men's races at mob matches was also discussed. It may be possible to experiment with this but it will depend of the willingness of a host club to extend the timetable to cater for the extra race. Other issues on future league structure and scoring will be deferred while we see how this winter works out.
The new registration form covering Health and Safety has now been made available to the League. The secretary will contact likely host clubs concerning how best to handle this.
The subscriptions will be raised to £60 (£40 single sex clubs) to build a contingency fund to cover medical arrangements and for increasing facilities hire at matches.
Some fixture venues have yet to be confirmed, details available so far are on the Fixture Details and Results page.
Minutes will be sent to clubs in the next few days.

Friday June 21st 2002 - UKA middle distance questionaire
A questionaire for middle distance runners concerning fixtures has been issued by UKA. Anyone wishing to view this or reply go to the UK Athletics web site.

Monday May 13th 2002 - League AGM
The League AGM will take place on Thursday June 20th. At the moment I am unsure of the venue due to rebuilding work scheduled to place at Bannister Stadium but I will know by the time I send out the AGM notices to club secretaries early in June.
Items for discussion include the possible splitting of Division One into two - see League Development. Also promotion/demotion issues and Heath and Safety requirements.

Saturday April 20th 2002- UK Fixtures Conference
Click here for a brief report.

Sunday April 14th 2002- London Marathon and Mini Marathons
Men - 25th H. Lobb (Bedford & C) 2.21.16, 73rd M. Adcock (Watford) 2.33.31,
M40 - 2nd D. Brown (Chiltern) 2.29.00,
M50 - 2nd C. Steptoe (Aylesbury) 2.40.36,
M55 - 11th C. Rees (Tring) 3.01.14,
M60 - 5th R. Brett (Vauxhall) 3.07.27,
M65 - 1st C. Roome (Metros) 3.14.06,
Ladies - 1st P. Radcliffe (Bedford & C) 2.18.56, 12th J. Lodge (Windsor) 2.38.24, 16th S. Dixon (Parkside) 2.45.03, 31st J. Dering (Windsor) 2.55.33,
F40 - 8th V. Iturbe (Windsor) 2.58.24, 14th J. Gray (Vauxhall) 3.07.21,
F45 - 13th B. Ralph (Chiltern) 3.16.46,
F50 - 6th M. Swithernby (Milton K) 3.24.09,
F55 - 13th M. Crowe (Milton K) 3.53.26,
Mini Marathons - London Boroughs
M18 - 3rd T. Haughian (Windsor),
F13 - 4th H. Barsby (Parkside),
Mini Marathons - Counties
M18 - 7th L. Cadman (Bedford & C), 12th J. Horsman (Bedford & C),
M15 - 3rd T. Standley (Bedford & C), 10th J. Murray (Bedford & C),
F18 - 1st K. Wootton (Bedford & C), 14th K. Walker (Bedford & C),
F15 - 6th N. Sykes (Leighton B), 20th E. Wright (Bedford & C),
F13 - 17th N. Howell (Bedford & C), 19th E. Smith (Dacorum).

Sunday April 7th 2002 - SEAA 12 Stage and 6 Stage Road Relays at the Open University
Chiltern League club performances:
Mens - 3rd Bedford & C, 8th Harrow, 14th Windsor, 25th Oxford,
Fastest short stages - 3rd= H. Lobb (Bedford & C),
Ladies - 2nd Bedford & C, 6th Headington, 16th Parkside, 19th Milton Keynes,
Fastest laps - 1st S. Morris (Bedford & C).

Sunday April 7th 2002 - YAL Road Relays at Sutton Park
Chiltern League club performances:
Under 17 men - 1st Bedford & C,
Under 15 boys - 2nd Windsor, 7th Bedford & C,
Fastest laps - 3rd T. Haughian (Windsor),
Under 13 boys - 5th Windsor,
Under 13 girls - 6th Milton Keynes, 12th Windsor.

Wednesday March 13th 2002 - UKA Endurance Fixtures Conference
UK Athletics are holding an Endurance Fixtures Conference at the Trafford AC Clubhouse in Manchester on Saturday 20 April (10.30am-6pm).
Bryan Smith, Head of Competition in the UK Athletics Endurance Policy & Support Team, said: "We are concerned about the congestion we have with fixtures for cross country, road, track, fell and indoors.
"The aim is to seek principles to improve the lot of the endurance runner - not just the elite but the clubman as well.
"One question that readily springs to mind is: Where do you put in rest periods for the benefit of the athlete?
"We'll also be looking at age groups and schools and asking, for instance, if it's right to have two national cross country championships for Under 17s. Let's have some lateral thinking!"
Any County Club, individual who thinks they have something to contribute should write in. To book your place, call PST co-ordinator Sarah Cooper on 0121 456 8745. Space is limited so please apply early.
More details on UK Athletics website.

Saturday March 9th 2002 - English Schools at Chelmsford
Leading results from Chiltern League athletes - email me if I have missed anybody.
Senior boys - 69th A. Moreton, 73rd S. Ames,
Inter boys - 1st M. Smart, 7th J. Horsman, 11th A. Whetstone, 43rd R. Taylor,
Junior boys - 5th J. McCulloch, 45th J. Murray,
Senior girls - 66th R. Corkette, 92nd L. Scott, 93rd K. Harding,
Inter girls - 9th N. Sykes, 10th H. England, 53rd R. Gibbs, 61st K. Docherty, 72nd G. Turtle, 90th L. Licietis, 94th L. Christopher,
Junior girls - 9th C. Gaspar, 73rd L. Warner, 77th K. Berryman, 95th E. Cannon.
Full results on English Schools AA website - click on '2002' on the left hand menu.

Saturday February 23rd 2002 - National Championships at Bristol
Results from Chiltern League clubs and athletes, including five individual and one set of team medals.
Senior men - 1st S. Haughian (Windsor), 7th W. Levitt (Vauxhall), 9th M. Yelling (Bedford), 39th J. Fewtrell (Bedford), 68th H. Lobb (Bedford), 70th N. Miller (Bedford), 71st S. Herring (Bedford), 91st R. Morley (Bedford), 106th M. Normington (Watford), 107th G. Blackman (Harrow), 123rd D. Huck (Windsor), 147th T. Cook (Bedford), 148th J. McMahon (Bedford),
Teams - 5th Bedford, 18th Windsor, 24th Harrow,
Junior men - 2nd A. Bowden (Harrow), 7th S. Overall (Windsor), 10th R. Lee (Windsor), 34th M. Saunders (Harrow), 35th M. McIntosh (Harrow),
Teams - 5th Harrow,
Under 17 men - 55th S. Ames (Bedford),
Senior ladies - 1st L. Yelling (Bedford), 5th S. Dixon (Parkside), 8th C. Dickie (Windsor), 16th J. Craft (Headington), 44th I. Robertson (Headington), 49th E. Chadwick (Bedford), 53rd P. Fudge (Windsor), 55th C. McMahon (Luton), 66th K. Anderson (Headington),
Teams - 8th Bedford, 10th Headington, 18th Chiltern H.,
Under 20 ladies - 10th N. Dover (Windsor), 26th K. Waterson (Bedford), 39th C. Bassill (Luton), 48th E. Langdon (Leighton B),
Under 17 ladies - 1st K. Wootton (Bedford), 16th G. Turtle (Chiltern), 30th R. Gibbs (Bedford), 38th K. Walker (Bedford),
Teams - 2nd Bedford,
Under 15 girls - 2nd N. Sykes (Leighton B), 5th H. England (Oxford), 10th C. Gasper (Milton K), 32nd L. Warner (Parkside),
Teams - 5th Milton Keynes,
Under 13 girls - 25th L. Licietis (Milton K), 29th E. Wilkins (Windsor), 38th E. Spavins (Bedford),
Teams - 8th Windsor, 13th Milton Keynes.
Full results on Sportsoft Race Results.

Saturday February 9th 2002 - Inter Counties Champs at Nottingham
Leading athletes from Chiltern League clubs.
If I've missed anyone in the top 50 (seniors) or top 30 (other age groups) email me.
Full results on UK Athletics website
Senior men - 1st S. Haughian, 26th W. Levitt, 34th M. Yelling, 37th S. Body, 47th D. Deed,
Junior men - 1st M. Farah, 21st S. Overall, 29th M. Saunders,
Under 17 men - 2nd M. Smart, 25th J. Horsman,
Under 15 boys - 4th R. Taylor, 10th T. Stanley, 15th T. Haughian,
Under 13 boys - 10th R. Heany, 18th C. Pusey,
Senior ladies - 1st L. Yelling, 5th S. Morris, 7th A. Whitcombe, 17th J. Wilkinson, 18th S. Dixon, 26th C. Dickie, 38th J. Craft, 45th N. Ashe, 46th C. Lathwell,
Under 17 ladies - 2nd K. Wootton,
Under 15 girls - 2nd N. Sykes, 21st C. Gaspar,
Under 13 girls - 5th S. Simpson, 11th C. Wilson, 21st E. Wilkins, 22nd J. Sweet.

Saturday January 26th 2002 - SEAA Cross Country Championships at Parliament Hill
Leading Chiltern League clubs and individuals (9 individual and 7 team medals):
Senior men - 3rd M. Simpson (Windsor), 5th M Yelling (Bedford), 9th H. Lobb (Bedford), 14th R. Morley (Bedford), 19th S. Herring (Bedford), 22nd N. Miller (Bedford), 25th D. Leggate (Harrow), 30th J. Fewtrell (Bedford), 32nd M. Bryant (Harrow), 44th A. Wray (Harrow), 49th A. Cross (Bedford).
Teams: 1st Bedford, 7th Harrow, 16th Windsor.
Junior men - 1st M. Farah (Windsor), 11th R. Lee (Windsor), 13th A. Bowden (Harrow), 17th M. Janes (Bedford), 21st M. Saunders (Harrow), 22nd S. Overall (Windsor).
Teams: 3rd Harrow.
Under 17 men - 2nd L. Cadman (Bedford), 14th G. Taylor (Windsor).
Teams: 10th Watford.
Under 15 boys - 8th J. Murray (Bedford), 12th T. Haughian (Windsor), 15th G. Glancy (Windsor), 16th A. Ball (Biggleswade), 20th M. Carey (Harrow), 22nd A. Inskip (Bedford), 24th J. Brand (Windsor).
Teams: 3rd Windsor, 4th Bedford, 7th Milton Keynes.
Under 13 boys - 8th C. Pusey (Burnham), 9th I. May (Windsor), 11th R. Hughes (Windsor), 16th T. Nightingale (Milton K).
Teams: 3rd Windsor, 4th Milton Keynes, 10th Harrow.
Senior ladies - 1st H. Yelling (Windsor), 2nd J. Wilkinson (Bedford), 3rd C. Dickie (Windsor), 7th N. Ashe (Windsor), 9th S. Dixon (Parkside), 11th J. Lodge (Windsor), 12th K. Anderson (Headington), 15th C. Lathwell (Luton), 19th A. Hirst (Headington), 22nd R. Taylor (Windsor), 23rd I. Robertson (Headington), 26th J. Craft (Headington), 34th C. McMahon (Luton), 47th L. Wood (Bedford).
Teams: 1st Windsor, 4th Headington, 8th Milton Keynes, 10th Burnham Joggers.
Junior ladies - 3rd N. Dover (Windsor), 10th C. Bassill (Luton), 15th K. Waterson (Bedford), 25th E. Langdon (Leighton B).
Under 17 ladies - 1st K. Wootton (Bedford), 10th R. Moss (Bedford), 17th R. Gibbs (Bedford), 22nd K. Docherty (Milton K).
Under 15 girls - 1st N. Sykes (Leighton B), 10th C. Gaspar (Milton K), 24th A. Roskilly (Milton K).
Teams: 6th Milton Keynes, 8th Windsor, 10th Bedford.
Under 13 girls - 6th L. Licietis (Milton K), 11th S. Simpson (Luton), 14th E. Wilkins (Windsor), 15th T. Taylor (Milton K), 21st R. Shore (Windsor), 25th R. Godleman (Milton K).
Teams: 2nd Milton Keynes, 3rd Windsor.

Sunday December 9th 2001 - European Cross Country at Thun, Switzerland
Athletes from Chiltern League clubs performed well:
Senior men - 6th Sam Haughian,
Junior men - 2nd Mo Farah, 6th Adam Bowden, GB team 1st,
Senior women - 5th Liz Yelling, 8th Hayley Yelling, 12th Kath Butler, 24th Sharon Morris, GB team 2nd.

Sunday November 25th 2001 - SEAA Veterans Champs at Parliament Hill
Leading Chiltern League competitors in this event rescheduled from March:
M40: 4th C. Wood (Watford) 33.04, 17th S. Lowe (Watford) 35.03, 20th P. Wells (Watford 3rd M45) 35.20, 27th R. Grant (Oxford M45) 35.36,
Teams: 3rd Watford,
M50: 1st J. Willoughby (QPH), 36.27, 5th B. Heywood (Burnham) 37.17, 8th J. Exley (Oxford) 37.37, 15th P. Kennedy (Windsor) 38.43, 17th A. Matthews (Burnham) 39.19, 19th C. Stebbings (Luton) 39.34,
W35: 16th J. Heffernan (Chiltern) 21.21, 17th A. Bathie (Windsor) 21.23,
W50: 1st L. Walsh (Burnham) 26.20,
W55 2nd C. Hyde (Windsor) 25.59.

Saturday November 10th 2001 - National CC Relays at Mansfield
Results for Chiltern League clubs:
Senior men: 11th Bedford & C 1.04.49,
Junior men: 1st Harrow 27.06, 2nd Windsor 27.12,
Fastest laps: 1st M. Farah (Windsor) 8.47, 2nd A. Bowden (Harrow) 8.51,
Under 17 men: 2nd Bedford & C 28.49,
Under 13 boys: 4th Windsor 22.26,
Senior ladies: 1st Windsor 30.53, 7th Bedford 32.35,
Fastest laps: 2nd H. Yelling (Windsor) 9.51
Under 17 ladies: 2nd Bedford & C 27.58, 7th Bedford "B" 29.25,
Fastest laps: 2nd K. Wooton (Bedford) 8.45,
Under 15 girls: 5th Milton Keynes 22.58, 12th Bedford & C 23.41,
Under 13 girls: 3rd Milton Keynes 24.32.
Full results on Sportsoft Race Results.

Sunday October 28th 2001 - AAA of E Road Relays
Results for Chiltern League clubs this weekend:
Senior men: 2nd Windsor, 17th Bedford & C,
Fastest laps: 1st S. Haughian (Windsor), 2nd M. Farah (Windsor),
Senior ladies: 2nd Bedford & C, 12th Windsor, 14th Parkside, 15th Headington,
U17 men: 4th Bedford & C, 20th Harrow,
Fastest laps: 2nd M. Smart (Harrow),
U15 boys: 2nd Windsor, 19th Bedford & C,
U13 boys: 2nd Windsor, 7th Bedford & C,
U17 ladies: 4th Bedford & C, 12th Bedford "B", 16th Windsor,
U15 girls: 14th Milton Keynes, 18th Bedford & C,
U13 girls: 9th Windsor, 11th Milton Keynes.
Full results on Sportsoft Race Results.

Sunday October 21st 2001 - AAA of E SGM on National CC Age Group changes
The SGM rejected the changes proposed to the National CC Champs age groups by a roughly four to one majority. The changes to move the cut off date to 31st Dec/1st Jan will not now go ahead, the current age groups remain in force.
Details of voting:
Championships for U13, U15 and U17 be held under UKA age groups - 455 for, 89 against.
The junior race be U20 taken as at 31st Aug at start of the season - 430 for, 104 against.

Monday October 1st 2001 - Southern Road Relays
Results for Chiltern League clubs in Southern Road Relays this weekend:
Senior men: 1st Windsor 1.49.52, 7th Bedford & C. 1.55.18, 14th Windsor "B" 1.59.30,
Fastest laps: 1st M. Farah (Windsor) 17.28, 2nd S. Haughian (Windsor) 17.48,
Senior ladies: 1st Bedford & C. 50.03, 2nd Windsor 54.38, 4th Headington 55.57, 7th Parkside 56.57, 9th Windsor "B" 58.20,
Fastest laps: 1st P. Radcliffe (Bedford) 11.44, 2nd L. Yelling (Bedford) 12.36, 3rd J. Wilkinson (Bedford) 12.47
Male over 40: 2nd Watford 1.21.16, 4th Oxford 1.22.19, 12th Milton Keynes 1.24.58, 14th Harrow 1.25.15,
Fastest laps: 1st= J. Critchlow (Watford) 18.40,
Male over 50: 4th Oxford 1.27.28,
Fastest laps: 1st D. Laynes (Bedford) 20.48,
Under 17 men: 2nd Bedford 50.51, 10th Harrow 52.38,
Fastest laps: 1st M. Smart (Harrow) 11.52,
Under 15 boys: 7th Aylesbury 42.39, 8th Bedford 42.48, 9th Harrow 42.59,
Under 13 boys: 1st Windsor 44.45, 3rd Milton Keynes 45.50, 10th Harrow 47.56,
Fastest laps: 3rd I. May (Windsor) 10.46
Under 17 women: 1st Bedford & C. 32.14, 8th Bedford "B" 35.00,
Fastest laps: 1st K. Wootton (Bedford) 10.18,
Under 15 girls: 4th Milton Keynes 34.10, 9th Bedford & C. 35.14,
Fastest laps: 3rd R. Simmons (Bedford) 10.49,
Under 13 girls: 3rd Windsor 26.58, 7th Milton Keynes 27.30.
Hopefully I haven't missed anyone - there was one top 10 placing missing from one of the results.
More results on onrunning.com.

Thursday September 13th 2001 - The 2001/2002 Season
The pre season mailing is now on its way to team managers. Features of the new season:

• A new under 20/under 17 ladies race for Division 1 using the same course as the under 15 boys,
• The first two matches will be mob matches and all age group races will be available to both divisions,
• A new "short distance" race for seniors will be available in Division 2 for matches 3 to 5. This will be run with the under 15 girls/under 13 boys race,
• The league has a new sponsor, Apex Sports, who will be providing race numbers.

This season is experimental. For the 2002/2003 season we are likely to have three divisions. The current Division 1 will be split into Divisions 1 and 2 and both these divisions will always compete together. The current Division 2 will become Division 3.
As the season progresses, let me know (Email) what you think of the new format.

Wednesday August 15th 2001 - Email received
We were introduced to fell running last year when a team from Oxford stayed at our guest house. They competed (fairly successfully) in the Ventnor Fell Running weekend.
Unfortunately due to the chaotic backlog, caused by foot & mouth, they are unable to come back this year.
We are therefore keen to host another team.
If this is of interest to you  (or anyone else,) please feel free to E-mail or call for further details.
Many thanks,
Graeme Barker.
Brunswick House
Ventnor, Isle of Wight.
01983 852656.

Sunday June 22nd 2001 - League AGM
For notes from last night's AGM click here. For fixture details click here.

Friday June 1st 2001 - Cross Country Age Groups Controversy
Dave Paver from Wetherby has collected more than sufficient votes from clubs to call an EGM of the AAA of England to reverse the decision of the ECCA to change the age groups for the National Champs. The AAAoE have three weeks to fix a date for the EGM. If you require more information write to Dave Paver at 16 Northfield Aveune, Wetherby, W Yorks, LS22 6TD.

Saturday April 28th 2001 - National 12 Stage/6 Stage Road Relays
Leading Chiltern League club results - Windsor were 10th in the men's event and Bedford & County 13th. Ben Whitby (Windsor) ran the 8th fastest long stage. Windsor were 4th in the ladies event with their Hayley Yelling running the fastest lap of the day.

Sunday April 8th 2001 - McDonalds Young Athletes Relays
The following Chiltern League clubs and athletes performed well:
Under 17 men: 16th Harrow,
Under 15 boys: 24th Harrow. Michael Smart (Harrow) fastest lap,
Under 13 boys: 4th Windsor. Jacob McCullouch (Windsor) third fastest lap,
Under 17 ladies: 12th Windsor,
Under 15 girls: 19th Windsor,
Under 13 girls: 12th Milton Keynes, 13th Windsor.

Sunday April 8th 2001 - Southern 12 Stage Road Relay
The new Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow team won the men's 12 stage event with Sam Haughian running the fastest long stage. Applicants for next winter, Bedford & County eventually finished 4th after having been in contention for medals. Windsor also took 2nd place in the ladies six stage event with Hayley Yelling running the fastest lap.

Thursday April 5th 2001 -Potential Sponsor for the Chiltern League
The League Secretary has been approached by a sports shop in the Chilterns area with a view to sponsoring the League.   The deal would include provision of equipment and some finance, in return we would add the name of the sponsor to the title of the League and help advertise them.  Sponsorship will be subject to approval at the AGM. More details will be given when available. For more information contact Dennis Orme.

Wednesday April 4th 2001 - Treasurer
Doug Rikly has announced his retirement from the position of League Treasurer after 19 years in the post.   We wish to thank him for all his work during this time.   If there is anyone interested in taking on the job, or wishing to be more involved with the League, please contact Dennis Orme.

Sunday March 18th 2001 - Cross Country Age Groups Controversy
As you may recall, a short while ago it was announced that the National CC Champs were changing their age group categories so that the qualification date would be 31st December/1st January and that this change would occur at the end of each year, i.e. half way through the season. It would appear that they are very much going their own way and some have said that "it will kill their championships". No one else has yet followed suit. The SEAA has written to member clubs and has received 40 replies so far, of which only one was for. Dave Paver from Wetherby is co-ordinating a campaign to get the ECCA to change it's mind, he has over 90 letters and if they do not change back, he will force an EGM of the AAA's of England. It will be a battle but at the moment it is only the ECCA, although the worry is that the North may follow as some of their members were the instigators.
It would appear, therefore, that there will be no general change to the age group categories for next winter and the League can proceed as normal.

Saturday February 24th 2001 - National Championships at Maiden Castle, Durham.
The following Chiltern League athletes and clubs performed well:
Senior men: 6th W. Levett (Vauxhall), 52nd P. Farmer (Luton), 111st G. Harris (Headington), 127th L. Hunt (Harrow),
136th M. Webster (Luton). Team 55th Headington.
Junior men: 6th A. Bowden (Harrow), 21st O. Matthews (Vauxhall), 31st M. McIntosh (Harrow), 46th G. Suffling (Luton).
Team: 8th Harrow.
Under 17 men: 28th M. Saunders (Harrow). Team: 12th Harrow.
Senior ladies: 90th L. Butt (Chiltern), 115th S. Howard (Headington), 126th C. Rooney (Milton K), 132nd S. Cox (Milton K),
143rd H. Turley (Headington).
Under 20 ladies: 24th C. McMahon (Luton), 39th C. Ba