2013-10 October Newsletter - City of Portsmouth Athletic Club

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City of PortsmouthAthletics ClubCONTACTSFor general informationPhil Budd; chairman@portsmouthathletic.co.ukRoad running events Peter Newton; Peter@acacia-active.co.ukWeights room Bron Carter; bronwin.carter@hotmail.co.ukIf you want to help the club in any way contact VolunteerCoordinator; Barbara Osborne; bbettiberutto@hotmail.comMembership, Helen Lockyer; lockyer.helen@ntlworld.comOfficials contact Vice Chair, Jez Pigden; jez.pigden@gmail.comSecretary, Ray Lewis; ray.lewis66@btinternet.comAssistant secretary, Helen Grice; zippy-helen@tiscali.co.ukIT Support, Simon Purdue; simon_purdue@hotmail.comTreasurer, Chris Gilmore; gm@royalbeachhotel.co.ukGeneral InformationCoaching and competition for all age groups and standards; 8 to 80,beginer to Olympian. Excellent training facilities in the recentlyrefurbished Mountbatten Centre on IAAF standard track. UK:Atrained coaches available for all events. Introductory athletics squadfor younger athletes concentrating on SportsHall and Quadkidsathletics.Club nights - Tuesday and Thursdays 6:00 to 8:00. Other sessionsthroughout week.Weights and conditioning - Contact Bron CarterWinter circuits and Fitness testing - Thursdays 6:00 to 7:00Introductory Coaching Squad:- Tuesdays 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 pmMountbatten CentreSaturdays 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 am Mountbatten CentreMembershipFull member £50 p.a.Two children same family £70 p.a.Family membership £100 p.a.Associate non competing member £10 p.a.www.portsmouthathletic.co.uk Page 2

Many are complementary;swimmers come with a wellestablishedaerobic base, goodfootballers have 90 minutesfartlek training every match,gymnasts have a core strengthand co-ordination most of usenvy, so the real problem ishow to manage the variousactivities, where to build in therest, recovery, rebuild periods.We can't uninvent thecyberworld the challenge ishow to integrate that withtraditional sports. Some of ourcoaches actively engage withthis brave new world, usingipads and iphones to recordand analyse running action,there is even a photo finish appshould you want it. So ratherthan take David Bonds whollynegative opinion of the screenbound youngster i'd argue toaccept it, engage with it, evenuse it to enhance theexperience of athletics, ourchildren are no more singledimensional characters thanwe,the adults are.Give them the opportunity toparticipate in organised sportand most immerse themselvesin it completely.... Then gohome and tell their friendsabout it on which ever socialmedia they choose. Though Iwould say well policed, I'm notthat naive.division 2 of the UK YouthDevelopment League. We werekept waiting a long while forthis to be confirmed but it isthoroughly well deserved. Theyalso managed to tearthemselves away from thescreens long enough to pick upbronze medals at the NationalRoad Relays. Again thoroughlydeserved.Meanwhile our 'explosive'seniors are into the grindingpart of their year, with barelyenough breath to whisper“track” as the long reps arechurned out. Not a time of yearwhen the word 'fun' is used inconjunction with 'session', butthere is a new training mantrabeing preached and it is allabout fun; the introduction ofgames into training.I know our throwers have longused conditioning games,sandpit bounds and jumps, butI notice the 'run-through-abrick-wall-brigade'multieventersare using machoversions of the games theInroductory Coaching Groupuse, it's now a race betweencoaches to get to the beanbags first.Phil BuddOur present 'igeneraton' havemanaged to gain promotion towww.portsmouthathletic.co.uk Page 4

ResultsNational road relays squad6 th October Lee ValleyMinithonFor a few years now our youngathletes have been taking partin the Minithon series presentedat Lee Valley. These eventshave been instrumental in thedevelopment of some of ourbetter athletes, providing aunique competitive opportunityin some of the best indoorfacilities in the country. Theworth of these events can bejudged by some of the athleticsworlds ‘glitterati’ introducingtheir own children to athleticsthrough these events, today(Sunday 6th October) saw thelikes of John Regis and DwainChambers with their childrencompeting. Dwain Chambers infact did the honours ofpresenting the medals.The format is based on pointsbeing awarded for performancenot position, aggregated overthree events chosen from amenu of seven events. Ourclubs winners today were;Year 6 & 7 girls; gold medals toMaddie Wilton, Hollie Thurgoodand Serena Vincent, bronzemedals to Amelia Stone andPhoebe March.www.portsmouthathletic.co.uk Page 5

Year 6 & 7 boys, Bronze medalto Ollie Jafkins.Year 4 & 5 girls; gold medal toEllie O’Neill, bronze medals toAlice Collins and LaurenPrentice.Year 4 & 5 boys; gold medal toSam Rutherford, bronze toCameron Walker-Powell.Year 3 boys; gold medals toFreddie Thurgood and BenJenkins.National Road Relaychampionships, SuttonColdfield, 13 th October 2013The headline performance cameonce again from our u13 girlscoming home in the bronzemedal position, with exceptionalruns from Anya Pigden, JosieCzura, and Olivia Wiseman, withJosie clocking the fastest lap ofthe day. Full Results;Under 13 girls.City Of Portsmouth AC ‘A’3 rd 44:46Anya Pigden (6) 15:06Josie Czura (1) 14:03Olivia Wiseman (3) 15:37Josie fastest lap of the day,Anya 16th, Olivia 37th.City Of Portsmouth AC ‘B’22 nd 49:35Cheyanne James (27)16:12Bo Sansom (27) 16:51Maddie Wilton (22) 16:3234 th 53:01Mia Billins (48) 17:22Eleanor Purdue (40) 17:28Lucy Moore (34) 18:11Under 13 boys24 th 46:24Harry Moore (13) 14:21Adam Kimber (16) 15:27Steven Cross (24) 16:36Harry 19th fastest lap of day.Under 15 girls.City Of Portsmouth AC ‘A’28th 46:33Maisie Grice (49) 16:07Elizabeth Hedley (29) 14:47Elizabeth Rose (28) 15:39City Of Portsmouth AC ‘B’62 nd 53:41Racheal Mucklet (69) 18:09Bobbie Davies (59) 15:42Maddie Czura 63) 19:50City Of Portsmouth AC ‘C’64 th 54:46Robyn Lewis (70)18:09Jessica Embling (68) 18:28Harriet Todd (65) 18:02Under 15 boys39th 43:28Ted Yeates (45) 14:23Will Wall (37) 14:03Kieron James (40) 15:02Under 17 WomenGrace Smith 17:50City Of Portsmouth AC ‘C’www.portsmouthathletic.co.uk Page 6

Schools Cross CountryFor the third race in as manyweeks, Alisha Ware (Purbrook)won the junior schools crosscountry with a field of over 100she led from the start and builtan unassailable lead early in therace eventually romping homeat least 100m ahead of clubmate, Ellie O’Neill, (LocksHeath) who had an equallyimpressive lead over the thirdplace runner. In the boys raceRobbie Blake came home inthird place.Hampshire League CrossCountry Reading 19 th OctoberThe headline performance onceagain came from our u13 girlsteam finishing in a clear 1stplace.Josie Czura 2 nd (8:42)Anya Pigden 6 th (9:17)Bo Sansom 16 th (9:50)Cheyenne James 22 nd (9:58)Mia Billins 48th (10:39)Our u15 girls are also proving atough outfit to beat coming in avery strong 3rd, but secondplace is a very realisticproposition.Elizabeth Headley 6 th (10:31)Maisie Grice 19 th (10:57)Seren Hawkes 38 th (11:42)Harriet Todd 48 th (12:12)Robyn Lewis 53 rd (12:20)Jess Embling 67 th (12:59)We had 2 U17 girls running;Eliie Czura 7 th (15:08)Lauren McCarthy 16 th (15:51)Our u13 boys came in 5th placebut once again we canrealistically look at least twoplaces better than this.Lochran Wellington 5 th (10:02)Harry Moore 7 th (10:12)Adam Kimber 40 th (11:07)Tom Haskell 51 st (11:30)Ben Czura 70 th (12:23)Tommy Roe 80 th (14:10)Both our u15 and u17 boysteams came in 6th place morework to do for these teams toclimb the table but again notimpossible.U15Thomas Coleman 18 th (13:25)Harry Blay 24 th (13:32)Keiran James 29 th (13:37)E Saunders 32 nd (13:42)Will Wall 43 rd (14:13)Toby Roe 49 th (14:28)Gregory Coleman 61 st (15:08)Julian Ward 65 th (15:35)U17Matt Smith 10 th (17:35)Ethan Bevis 23 rd (18:33)Ben Roe 51 st (22:15)Our Senior men’s team were in7th place but were withoutsome of our better performers.Alex Teuten 13 th (27:55)Rob Fryer 59 th (30:53)Rory Bevis 65 th (31:22) (21 stU20)www.portsmouthathletic.co.uk Page 7

Chris Scott 81 st (32.23)Zippy Grice 97 th 33:22 (21 stM40)Chris Tollett 105 th (33:43)Ollie White 157 th (37:06) (31 stU20)Mark Smith 179 th (39:15)Sportshall League, Match 1Eastleigh 20th OctoberOur U11 boys ‘P’ team of TomEllis, William Cubbage, SamRutherford, Joe Swift, SamPowell, Ollie Jafkins and TyreeseRobinson finished in a good 3 rd .The ‘D’ team of MatthewHennessey, Adam and ThomasGoldfinch finished in 6 th . TomEllis won both the long andtriple jumps.We had 3 U11 girls teamscompeting; The ‘P’ team of EllieO'Neill, Amelia Stone, PoppyHerbert, Millie Bradbury, PhoebeMarch, Emma Glover KaitlynSeebohm finished in anexcellent second place. The Cteam of Ella May Sprake,Yasmin Knight, Gracie Coleman,Issie Parry, Amber Hennessey,Phoebe Carlile, Sophie Newsom,and Sophie Thomas ended up in6 th , and our third team (‘D’)Jasmin Briggs, IsabelleFerguson, Jenna Barribal, andRosa Sprake, came in 9 th . Againthere were many notableperformances including KaitlynSeebohm who won the speedbounce and Javelin, and MillieBradbury who won the targetthrow.The under 13 boys team isalways decimated by football /rugby matches on Sundays. Theexcellent ‘on paper’ team hasnever materialised. HoweverEwan White (who also playedfootball in the morning), Benand Steven Cross and JoshGoldfinch put in an excellentshift and finished 3rd, thisenables us, with the return ofbad weather and cancelledfootball matches, to mount achallenge.The u13 girls ‘A’ team of SarahHunt, Lorna Dockerill, HollieThurgood, Maddie Wilton, BekahTizzard, Heather Cubbage, BoSansom and Anya Pigdenabsolutely stormed the firstSportshall league event winning95 points out of a possible 100.The second team of CerysThomas, Amelia McMonagle,Zoe Parsons, Hannah Ward,Sarah Collins, Jess Tizzard, andAmelia King were only 5 pointsoff taking second place!The U15 event is run on adifferent format, with individualathletes all doing the same 4events. For the girls BobbieDavies had a convincing win(winning all 4 events), withMaisie Grice in 2 nd , Jess Embling4 th and Anna Wilton in 5 th . Wehad no team in the U15 boyscompetition.www.portsmouthathletic.co.uk Page 8

FixturesHampshire League CrossCountryGoodwood 9 th NovemberPopham 30 th NovemberBournemouth 11 th JanuarySalisbury 8 th FebruaryChichesterChallenge26 th February12 th March26 th MarchSportshall League,CorporateMatch 2 Andover 24thNovember 2013Match 3 Portsmouth 26thJanuary 2014Hampshire Cross CountryChampionshipsJanuary 4 th 2014, Fleming ParkEastleighLakeside 5k SeriesPreviously the Promenade 5kSeries of races. Under UKARules & a Certified Course. Thecourse is not suitable forwheelchairs.Computerised Results, accuratekm markers, free parking, postrace drinks, changing facilities,refreshments.Prizes will be awarded to theindividual winners of each raceand overall and categorywinners of the series based on apoints system with the bestthree performances to score.The next series starts with aPrologue on Sunday 1December 2013. There is also a1 Mile Fun primarily aimed atthe youngsters but all ages arewelcome from 8 years upwards.The Fun Run is at Hilsea Lidoand we are raising funds fortheir restoration project. This isfollowed by 5 evening races (all7:15 start)December 1 st 2013 11amApril 30 thMay 28 thJuly 2 ndJuly 30 thAugust 27thEntry forms are on the clubwebsiteHampshire Multi eventschampionshipsMay 14 th 2014www.portsmouthathletic.co.uk Page 9

NewsLondon MarathonWe have just been notifiedthat the club have beenallocated one place in nextyears’ London Marathon. Isthere any members who wouldlike to apply for thisplace? We usually givepriority to members who havebeen rejected in the LM ballot.If you have been rejectedplease contact me.Ray Lewisray@honeypots.plus.comClub AGMThe club AGM will be heldon 31 st October 2013 at theMountbatten Centre at7:30pmAthletics weeklyFor those of you that read theathletes bible; AthleticsWeekly, will have seen that wehave been awarded club of themonth for September. I musthave the most biased view ofanyone, but I think we deserveit, not necessarily for ourcurrent success competitively,as no club in the land couldhope to match the dominanceour team of the early 1960′shad on the roads and over thecountry, and with severalOlympians to call upon, but forthe way we have become allembracing in providing trainingand competition for all abilitiesand all ages. The single sex,seniors only team of the 60′shas evolved into a verydifferent club, one thatarguably promotes our sport toa wider community than couldever be contemplated back inthe ‘good old days’.Inspiration for parents ofour young athletesJust over a year ago, a parentapproached me at the end ofmy PV Session and asked if wedid indoor training. I saidthat we had no indoor PVfacilities within 50 miles ofPortsmouth, but we trainedoutside when conditionsallowed.I soon got to know ClaudiaCubbage quite well, anddiscovered that she was amulti eventer before havingher children. She trained hardover the winter and had afantastic season, culminatingin becoming Veteran F40British PV Champion. AsClaudia said “Not bad forsomeone who has spent thelast 12 years doing absolutelyno sport what so ever, neverthought I would win thewww.portsmouthathletic.co.uk Page 10

Masters title or be selected forHampshire Seniors”.Event 2013100HW 27.66HJ 1.30PV 2.30LJ 3.53SP4K 8.50HT4K 15.28JT600 19.60Among herseason'sachievements isbeing ranked 4 th inthe UK at Polevault and 15 th inshot put the v40categoryHelen Lockyer also returned tocompetition recently and hasserved the Club well, returningto good form and winningways.Ros Stansbury competed inevery Veteran, SAL andUKWAL, and she has youngtwin girls who obviously takeup her time.Steve Davey and RichardHealey were good pointearners for the men's team inthe SAL, with Steve helping toclinch our survival in the topdivision in the last event of thelast match at Southampton.Steve also become BritishDecathlon Champion thisyear.The moral of this is: 'If you didit once, you can do it again'and help the Club whilstkeeping yourself fit.Our Veteran Athletes havemade an enormouscontribution to our own SCVACLeague (the ladies winning forthe second year running) ANDthe Senior Leagues - ourteams would struggle withoutthem.I am very proud of our olderathletes and hope toencourage more 'returners'next season.Lynne NewtonVeterans' Team Managerwww.portsmouthathletic.co.uk Page 11

City of Portsmouth Athletics2013/14 Events CalendarKeyCCH- Hampshire Cross country League, CPAC- City of Portsmouth events, SAL-Southern Athletics League, SPHL-Hampshire Sportshall league, UKWL- UK womensleague, WXC- Wessex cross country, YDLO/ YDLY- Youth development leagueOctober November DecemberOpenNRRCCH6 Lee Valley8 Go run for fun,Portsmouth13 Sutton Coldfield19 ReadingCCHSPHLWXCCCH9 Goodwood24 Andover24 Yeovil30 PophamL5SWXC1 Lakesideprologue and funrun.15 Canford MagnaSPHL20 EastleighWXC27 Salisbury31 AGMJanuary 2014 February March4 Hants XC CCH 8 Salisbury SPHLchampionshipsChi 26 Chichester ChiCCH 11 BournemouthChiSPHL 26 PortsmouthApril May June4 venue tbc12 Chichester26 ChichesterL5S30 Lakeside14 Hants multieventsL5S 28 LakesideJuly August SeptemberL5S2 LakesideL5S27 LakesideL5S30 Lakesidewww.portsmouthathletic.co.uk Page 12