The second round of this season's Chiltern League took place at Teardrop Lake, Milton Keynes on Saturday 11th November.  There was a win for Rebecca Murray in the Senior Women's Race, 3rd and 4th places in the Senior Men's race for Harry Brodie and James Minter respectively, and second places for Lily Farr in the Under 17 Women's race, Cameron Barnes in the Under 17 Men's race, and Charlie Palmer in the M40 category.

In the team competition, the club as a whole came third, with wins for the Under 17 Men and Veteran Men, a second place for the Under 13 Boys, and third place finishes for the Senior Men, Under 20 Men, Under 15 Boys, and the Under 20 Women.

There were some good team results at the National Cross Country Road Relays in Mansfield on Saturday 4th November.  The Senior Men's A Team finished 11th, and the Senior Women finished 23rd, whilst the Under 17 Women achieved 6th place.  There were also some excellent individual performances with Lyla Danobrega and Noah Campion getting the fastest times on their legs, Tia Wilson the third fastest time, and Sam Winters, and Lily Farr both getting in the top ten for their legs.

The first round of this season's Chiltern League took place at Keysoe on Saturday 14th October.  There was a win for Rebecca Murray in the Women's Race, in which Natasha Peters and Lauren Nichols also featured in the top-ten.  And there were also top-ten finishes for Noah Campion, Ed Blythman and James Minter in the Senior Men's race, a second place for Lily Farr in the Under 17 Women's race, and a fourth place for Cameron Barnes in the Under 17 Men's race.  Archie Henderson came tenth in the Under 15 Boys' race, and Noah was also the fastest Under 20 man home.  The masters also ran well, with Charlie Palmer (M40), Henry Taylor (M40), Stuart Still (M50) and Sue Bosher (W35) all getting in the top ten of their respective age groups.

In the team competition, the club as a whole came a close second overall, with the Senior Men, Under 17 Men and the Veteran Men all winning.  There was a second place for the Under 20 Men's team, third place for the Under 20 Women and the Under 13 Boys, fourth for the Senior Women, fifth place finishes for the Under 15 Boys, the Under 15 Girls and the Under 13 Girls, and sixth for the Under 11 Girls.

Well done also to the Bedford and County organisers - in particular Hayley Vinnicombe and Claire Perusko - on an excellently run event.

There were some excellent results at the British Masters Championships at Derby at the weekend.  The highlights included three gold medals for Tenny James (M65 100m, 400m and 100m Hurdles), a win for Glen Kerr in the M45 Hammer, and two silver medals for Darren Kerr in the M50 Hammer and M50 Weight (with a new PB of 16.54 metres).  A silver and bronze medal for Damian Larrington (in the M40 Shot and the M40 Discus respectively), two bronze medals for Graeme Packman (M65 Discus and M65 Shot), a silver meal for Jemma Eastwood, and a silver medal for Ellie Garraway.

The full results are at https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/bmaf-otfc/

1500m

Ben Davies and Jack Goodwin both set excellent 1500m PBs in the BMC Gold Standard Races at Watford on Wednesday 23rd August.  Ben improved his PB to 3.43.38, and Jack brought his PB down to 3.46.27.  Sam Knee Robinson also returned a 3:51.20 PB in the open 1500m.

200m

There were also some good performances from younger athletes over 200m:

• Leo Foster (U17), 26.37
• Daniel Toner (U17), 23.42
• Morgan Aislabie (U13), 25.33

Representing England, Jack Goodwin finished 5th in the Home Nations 5k in Cardiff on 12th August, running a road PB of 13.59, and helping England to win the event.  In the Women's elite 5k race, Rebecca Murray finished 13th in 16:21.

5000m

Ben Alcock, 13:56.89 (PB)

1500m

Ben Davies, 3:46.87

Same Knee-Robinson, 3:54.52

Tia Wilson, 4:20.14 (PB)

There were some excellent results at the Watford Open Graded Meeting on Wednesday 9th August:

• Noah Campion (U20), 3000m, 8:21.53 (PB) - Noah came second in the fastest 3000m race.  This will put Noah in the UK Under 20 top 20 for this year.

There were great results From Tia Wilson and Ben Alcock at the Hercules Wimbledon 5000 Metre Night on Saturday 5th August.

Tia (U23) smashed her PB with a time of 16:04.72.  This will put her in this year's UK top 40 for the event, and in the top 5 for the Under 23 category.

Ben got very close to his PB, with an impressive run of 14:05.92 to finish third in the fastest race.

Jack Goodwin, 3000m, 8:04.94

Ben Alcock, 3000m, 8:11.73 (PB)

There were some good performances at Watford and Tooting Bec on Wednesday 26th July:

Watford

1500m

Ellie Garraway (W50), 5:10.50
Noah Campion (U20), 3:57.24 (PB) - 6th in the fastest race.  Well done Noah!
Ethan Cairns (U20), 4:27.98

3000m

Penelope Francis (U20), 13:19.15 (PB)

Tooting Bec

800m

Jamie Webster, 1:53.06

5000m

Craig Emmerson, 15:37.57
Rebecca Murray, 16:13.34

Round 3 of the SAL took place in Bedford on Sunday 9th July.  With a stronger than usual turnout, the club finished a close third in the Division 3 North fixture.  There were wins for: