City of Salisbury’s star runner Simon Plummer produced the goods to win Sunday's Pewsey Vale half marathon by a huge margin of eight minutes with a time of 70min 52sec, running alone throughout on a tough and hilly course in a strength-sapping wind. His lead extended to well over a mile by the time he reached the finish line.
“After the international race the previous weekend, I felt I’d recovered fully and thought it would be a good workout," Simon said. “ So I’m delighted with the win, and with a new course record by 42sec. But the icing on the cake was learning that the record had stood since 1999 when it was set by Dan Robinson, twice a Great Britain contender in the Olympic Games marathon.”
Meanwhile the Salisbury club is gearing up for another testing season in the highly competitive Hampshire Road Race League series. Last season, the men’s team finished top of Division 2 after winning six of the 11 events. Simon Plummer won the final 10k at Netley; Adrian Berlie, Jon Rich, Clive Smith, John Gorham and Rod Smith were the main points winners, and John Gorham had the distinction of being the only club member to complete every league event. The team is now relishing the prospect of competing in Division 1.
In the ladies competition, the club team finished 5th in their first divison thanks to consistent performances from Sarah Kemp and Chrissy Gorham.
League fixtures for the forthcoming season are as follows:
Sat 4 Sept 2010 Overton 5m;
Sun 19 Sept 2010 Victory 5m (Portsmouth);
Sun 10 Oct 2010 Solent Half Marathon (New Forest);
Sun 7 Nov 2010 Lordshill 10m;
Sun 21 Nov 2010 Gosport Half Marathon;
Sun 16 Jan 2011 Stubbington 10k;
Sun 6 Feb 2011 Ryde 10m;
Sun 13 Feb 2011 Bramley 20m;
Sun 6 Mar 2011 Salisbury 10m;
Sun 27 Mar 2011 Eastleigh 10k;
Sun 8 May 2011 Alton 10m;
Sun 15 May 2011 Netley 10k;
Simon takes 4th in Dublin 10mile
(26/08/2010)
Simon Plummer of City of Salisbury Athletics and Running Club took fourth place in the Dublin international 10mile at the weekend. Selected to run for Scotland in the elite section of the 6,500 field, Simon went through the halfway point in 25min 02sec as part of the leading group, then faded slightly towards the end when the blustery wind and undulating course through Phoenix Park took their toll, but he still finished in 52.40 with only three other runners ahead of him.
By his own high standards, fourth place among some of the best athletes in the UK and Ireland was not quite as good as he might have wished, but it was a strong performance which should stand him in good stead for some other top-flight races over the distance in the coming weeks.
John and Chrissie Gorham completed the Iceland marathon at Reykjavik, around half-way up the field in 4h 22min and 4h 27min respectively.
Photo shows Simon Plummer running in Dublin at the weekend
Records galore for track athletes (19/08/2010)
It's been a few days of record breaking by members of the club's
talented track squad.
On Tuesday evening Alex Mundell u15 travelled to Eltham in search of a top quality 800m race and duly delivered her 8th new club record for the season over the distance in an exceptional time of 2-11.72. Alex's form this season has been a revelation and this new PB ranks her currently 4th for her age group in the country.
At the open meeting at Bath on Sunday there was a good turnout of Salisbury athletes. Charlie Patrick u20 (35.91) and Richard Holt u23 (36.00) both set new club marks over 300m. Charlie's time puts him 3rd ranked nationally over the distance for his age group There were also good times posted by Evie Cumming u17 (20.29) and Anna Lever u15 (22.49) over the rarely run 150m. There was also a very encouraging competition debut from Dean Hodgson u13 who ran 13.89 for the 100m and 21.16 for the 150m. Patrick Ba'Tin u17 continued his improvement over the hurdles with 16.39 for the 100mH.
On Thursday evening another long standing club record was broken in the men's 4 x 100m.
Richard Holt, Charlie Patrick, Nathan Cobern and William Couch (a fairly new member of the sprint squad) ran 44.6 in blustery conditions at the Salisbury track to break the old mark of 45.3 which had stood since 1972.
Photo shows Alex Mundell (green vest) running recently at Exeter
Salisbury runners go for fast 5k (17/08/2010)
City of Salisbury athletes tested their speed in the Yeovilton 5k on a flat, one lap road course that often provides super-quick running conditions for the large fields drawn there in the quest for fast times.
Rob Lomas was the club's best on the night, clocking 17min 24sec for 16th place overall to just hold off clubmate Mark Shepherd's 17.26. Then came Simon Wiltshire in 18.00, Graham Lomas 19.32, Alex Mundell - in a rare outing on the road instead of the track - 20.05, Steve Lomas completing a family trio in 22.06 and Bob Jeffery 23.20.
In the Castle Combe race over twice that distance, Rithy Hy was the club's sole representative and finished in 42min 13sec.
Jamie Poulton High Jumps 1-86 for new club record
(10/08/2010)
Several Salisbury athletes were at Exeter on Sunday representing Wiltshire in the South-West Inter Counties championship.
One of the top performances of the day came from Jamie Poulton in coming second in the u17 High Jump event. Having threatened to do it several times recently Jamie finally broke his own PB and also 3 club records with one jump and a best of 1-86. This is the best High Jump recorded by anyone from the club and finally beat Mr A Stockley's record of 1.85 which had stood since 1962!
Jamie's coach Deborah Bray commented "After a slight blip at 1.76m Jamie settled well and produced the best jumps of his life. He set 2 new Personal Bests, 1.83m and then a fantastic 1.86m. He was so close to a hat-trick on 1.88m, just catching the bar with the back of his heels on the way down. He is now 3rd on the Power of 10, SW Region and has greatly improved his UK rankings. This is a really super result for Jamie as this is his first year as an U17M and I am convinced once he is completely at home with the Fosbury Flop, the 2m barrier will easily be cleared."
Not to be outdone Alex Mundell continued on her winning ways with a very mature win in the u15 Girls 800m with 2-15.63. There was also an excellent bronze medal for Anna Lever in the u13 girls 800m with 2-36.54.
Nathan Cobern was 4th in the u20 Mens 100m with 11.46, Charlie Patrick claimed a medal with 3rd in the u20 Mens 200m with 23.01 and Richard Holt doubled up in the 200m and Long Jump with 23.51 and 6.24m.
The previous day saw Salisbury host a Southern Women's League Division 1 West match. With some good all round performances the women finished 7th of the 10 teams.
Evie Cummings u17 finished 5th in the 100m with 13.8 and 3rd in the 200m with 28.4. Amy Jaramazovic u15 was 6th in the 100m with 14.5 and 5th in the 200m with 29.3. Rosie Tabor was 3rd in the 100m with 14.3 Helena Trigg was 3rd in both the 800m and 1500m with 2-31.8 and 5-33.1. Emma Clarke u15 was 4th in the 1500m with 5-33.0.
In the field events Linda New was 4th in the High Jump with 1-25, the Pole Vault 1-70 and the Shot Putt with 7.91 and 2nd in the Javelin with 23.57. Jo Norbury was 7th in the Discus with 20.73 and 5th in the Hammer with 28.58. Laura Allen was 3rd in the Shot Putt (b) 6.23 and Discus 19.71 and 5th in the Javelin with 10.22. Well done to all those who took part.
Photo shows Jamie Poulton with his silver medal at Exeter
Simon Plummer hits top form on road to international 10mile (09/08/2010)
Salisbury athletics and running club's Simon Plummer contends for major honours this weekend when he runs for Scotland in an international 10mile race against a top-class field in Dublin.
The Amesbury athlete with Scottish family connections is clearly in good form having won the Pewsey 5mile in 25min 25sec on a cool and breezy evening, some 90 seconds ahead of his nearest challenger. This was the fourth time he has won the event, and he was only just outside his own course record. Then having travelled up to Edinburgh, he ran the Forth Bridge 10k at the weekend, clocking 31min 16sec on a demanding route that included a crossing of the landmark road bridge. Again he finished in first place, this time by a margin of just over half a minute, again having hit the front from the start and running solo all the way to the tape.
"Despite both these races being on relatively slow courses, I'm happy with the results as there's nothing like racing and winning to help build confidence," Simon said, "so now I'm really looking forward to the international race in Ireland."
Still further north, and over the Forth road bridge, club veteran Rod Smith was the furthest travelled competitor in the 7mile Donkey Brae (hill) race at Aberdour, where he was timed at 51min 57sec to finish well up in the main field.
Closer to home, in the Salisbury 5-4-3-2-1 event from the fire station in Ashley Road, the club had a strong contingent over the different distances.
Robert Witt was the sole representative in the 10k, in which he clocked 60min 33sec. In the 20k, Aaron Wilson was the club's quickest with 1.31.31, followed by Eon Shelly I.38.54, Jane Whiteley 2.09.13, Chrissy Gorham 2.11.28, John Gorham same time, James Crichton 2.27.37, Andrew Walker same time, Charlene Gibson 2.32.35, Keith Gibson same time, Mary Clements 2.37.32, Giles Lewis 2.37.33 and Lesley Shipway2.47.00. Rithy Hy was best of the club in the 30k event, clocking 2.46.53, followed by Ian Lever 2.49.15, Kate Mansfield 3.02.51, Charlotte Reeves 3.03.27 and Hilary Webber 3.29.17. Finally in the marathon distance 42k version, Jon Rich put in a good 3.28.21, just getting the better of Adrian Berlie's 3.28.45, followed by Fiona Ross-Russell in 3.45.46 and Andy Gillespie 4.25.00.
Photo of Simon Plummer
Nathan's flying 200m (03/08/2010)
In the final Southern League Men's match of the season at Abingdon a good turn out of Salisbury A&RC (and Team Bath) athletes contested well to finish in 3rd place and climb up 3 places in the league table to secure their league status for next season.
Pick of some good performances came from Nathan Cobern who ran to a storming win in the 200m with a big new PB of 22.8. Also featuring were Charlie Patrick with a solid 51.4 to win the 400m into an unfavourable wind. Simon Plummer used the match as a sharpener for his upcoming road race programme to secure double wins in the 1500m and 5000m. Darren Clissold continued to perform admirably for the team by completing another 6 events all in good form, coming 2nd the Pole Vault competition with 3.00m and 2nd in the 400m hurdles with 66.2. Jamie Poulton was 2nd in the High Jump with 1.80m, again getting close to breaking his own club record
Mountain highs for Salisbury endurance duo
(02/08/2010)
Tackling a 100mile race is an impossible dream even for most club athletes but not for endurance specialist Phil Smith of the City of Salisbury athletics and running club.
Competing in the Lakeland 100 on a circular route through the whole of the Lake District, Phil withstood everything the race demanded, including over 6,000m of ascent and running through two consecutive nights: truly an epic performance.
“Many of the climbs and descents were rough and rock-strewn, which was very tough on feet and ankles,” said Phil. “In some places the places the paths have all but disappeared into the mire, and elsewhere the route ranged from grassy paths to boggy moorland and even an old railway line,” he added.
His time of 35hours 49min 10sec placed him among the top third of the 120 starters but for him and for the great majority of participants the real challenge was simply to finish, which he did in style.
A shorter race but over similarly mountainous terrain saw Eon Shelley (pictured) give a very good account of himself in the Snowdon International 10mile. Billed by the organisers as one of the toughest races in Europe over this distance, it comprised a brutal climb from Llanberis straight up to the top of the 3,560ft highest peak in Wales, and back down again.
“Rain and gales on the day made the going slippery in places,” said Eon. “I went well enough on the ascent but in the wet unfortunately fell on the fast return, and that cost a few minutes to recover from.” In a field of nearly 600 runners, all with an endurance event pedigree, Eon still finished in 88min 59sec for a creditable 78th place as he continues to add to his running credentials at the club.
Eon Shelley running in Snowdon, photo fellrunningpictures.co.uk
Alex sets another record straight (29/07/2010)
Alex Mundell broke her own club record for 800m for the sixth(!) time this season with 2.14.1 with another fine run at the BMC meeting in Exeter on 27 July, in doing so beating her close rival from Team Bath Loren Bleaken for the very first time over 800m
Coaches wanted
(27/07/2010)
Athletes young and old at the City of Salisbury Athletic and Running Club are encouraged by a team of specialist, qualified coaches to get as near as possible to their potential - to be as good as they can be at their chosen events, whether on the track, in field events, on the road or in cross country running. A good coach can make the difference between average performance and excellence.
Currently there are gaps in the coaching team: we need at least one coach to help guide the club’s growing number of athletes aspiring to success in the throwing events – discus, hammer, javelin and shot. Other aspiring coaches for other disciplines are also very welcome too
So if you’d like to get involved and help our talented athletes, do let us know. You could make a real contribution towards their future success, and the club’s. UK athletics Training courses are also available to gain full coaching qualifications. If interested, as a first step please contact Simon Adlard, Tom Bradley or Martin Phillips for further information. Full contact details are listed on the Club Officers page.
John Gorham tries ice with his half
(26/07/2010)
City of Salisbury athlete John Gorham took to the seaside for the Swanage half-marathon, clocking 1hour 42min 14sec for the 13 hilly miles. That's around 5minutes slower than he would normally record, but included several hundred feet of ascent around the course. Then to aid his recovery, he took a leaf out of marathon star Paula Radcliffe's book and tried the Dorset equivalent of an ice-bath: a short interlude in the sea. Future races, including a marathon appropriately in Iceland next month, will help assess the extent of the benefit.
The club's only other runner at Swanage was Katie Philpotts who produced a steady 1.56.57 which will stand her in good stead for other distance events once the autumn racing season gets underway.
Aaron scores his first win for Salisbury
(20/07/2010)
With some of the City of Salisbury athletics club's runners taking a summer break from competition,
Aaron Wilson took the opportunity to notch his first win in Salisbury colours in the West Tytherley 10k. Producing a notable 36min 44sec on the way to first place over an undulating course along quiet country roads, he confirmed his steadily improving form and now looks set to break 60minutes for 10miles before long.
Star veteran Rod Smith was the club's next finisher, with 45.22 which was only just good enough to hold off Samantha Duff's 45.42. Nicola Clare completed the Salisbury group, with 60.53.
Long distance specialist Phil Smith (no relation) tackled the Fairlands Valley marathon in Hertfordshire, where the attractions included byways, tracks and footpaths, along with well over a thousand feet of ascent during the 26.2miles, and he finished in a creditable 4hours 9min 47sec.
On the track Alex Mundell
continued her excellent season with a new PB for 800m at the final Young Athletes' match at Winchester, clipping another 0.2 seconds from the club record. Master athlete Mike Applegate performed brilliantly at the British masters championships to clain silver medal in the M60 100m with a time of 14.64 into a very strong headwind of minus 3.7 m/s. Mike also came seventh in the 200m in 29.72 again into a strong headwind
Meanwhile the autumn start of the cross country season draws closer with the announcement this week of the dates for the five key events in the Hampshire league series, ending with the Salisbury club's promotion on courses based around the slopes of Hudson's Field off Castle Road:
Sat 9 October 2010 Farley Mount Winchester and District AC
Sat 13 November 2010 Goodwood Chichester Runners and AC
Sat 4 December 2010 Popham Basingstoke and Mid Hants AC
Sat 15 January 2011 Prospect Park Reading AC
Sat 12 February 2011 Hudson’s Field City of Salisbury AC.
Alex runs to 4th in English Schools
(12/07/2010)
Three City of Salisbury club athletes represented Wiltshire in the National Schools’ championships, a big milestone in the athletics careers of many who compete there.
Alex Mundell was in the junior girls’ 800m, finishing second in her heat and then 4th in the final with a new club record of 2min 15.5sec, earning her a national standard certificate presented to her by Dame Kelly Holmes.
Lizzie Clifford was 6th in her heat of the 75m hurdles; Lizzie also ran the first leg of the 4 x 100m relay in which the Wiltshire squad clocked a rapid 50.34sec for a national standard award.
Evie Cummings was 8th in the intermediate girls’ 300m
Simon Plummer runs hot to 10mile win (11/07/2010)
City of Salisbury athletics and running club’s Simon Plummer set such a hot pace in the sultry conditions of the New Forest I0 mile race that not only did he win it in style, he put three and a half minutes’ margin between him and second place – and this while he’s in heavy training for bigger events later in the season.
His time of 53mins 50secs belies the multi-terrain surface and the high temperatures on the day.
“I took it easy over the first few hundred metres through the long grass, then opened up to see if anyone wanted to try and come with me – but nobody did!” he said. “Through half way in 26.15, the short undulations and loose gravel underfoot in places meant the pace dropped a little, but I felt strong and I’m delighted with how I’m going considering the training load at present.”
Earlier in the week he completed a track training session consisting of 8 x 800m in around 2.15 with just 90sec interval between each – there can be few athletes in the country capable of living with that. Simon’s longer term plan to be in real form for a series of high profile 10mile and half marathons between August and October looks to be in good shape.
Recent signing Aaron Wilson was the club’s next to finish, with a very useful 61.32, and he was followed by Clive Smith in 68.08. Then came Rod Smith in 75.04, Kate Mansfield 82.37, Andy Walker 87.02 and Colin Martin 90.35.
Meanwhile the club’s ‘ultra’ running exponent Phil Smith ground out another fine performance in the Tanners ultra 30mile event, on what was mainly a cross country course in more energy-sapping heat, finishing in 5hours 49mins 14secs.
Lizzie 3rd in UK (04/07/2010)
Lizzie Clifford of City of Salisbury athletics and running club produced a super performance recently to go 3rd on the u15 girls UK Pentathlon ranking lists for 2010.
The event was the ESAA South-West Regional Combined Events Championships held at Millfield School on Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 June.
No fewer than 4 out of her 5 events were new personal bests:
75m hurdles 12.0 (pb)
Shot Putt 8.53 (pb)
High Jump 1.51 (pb)
Long Jump 5.02 (pb)
800m 2:32.8
Meanwhile eight City of Salisbury athletes turned out on Saturday 3rd July to take part in The challenging Valley Multi Terrain 10k in very warm conditions.
First in a time of 32.52 was Simon Plummer. Mark Cole finished in 41.03 to take the1st M45 prixze, John Gorham finished in 5.14 for 1st M50. Other finishers were Jim Crichton 50.66, Andrew Walker 51.03, John Turley 51.36m, Katie Clements 55.58 and Diana Charmley1.23.02
Salisbury’s Simon Plummer wins by a mile (22/06/2010)
Simon Plummer of City of Salisbury athletics and running club produced another high class performance to win the
Warminster Forest 10mile race by almost a mile,
breaking the course record even though it was 400yards longer than previously.
His time of 56min 07sec belied the tough, hilly course and may well remain unbeaten for years. He was the only runner to finish inside the hour.
Ian Shelley defied a late start after being delayed and still came through as Salisbury’s second best runner with 72.35.
Jim Crichton was the club’s third team counter with 77.09, just holding off Rithy Hy with 77.29
and Rod Smith in close order with 77.46,
which won him another in his series of age group awards.
John Gorham was next in 78.52,
followed by Steve Lomas 79.48, Chrissy Gorham 89.04, James Peters 95.03 and Ian Cushing 95.09.
Meanwhile on the track in the south west schools’ championships, Salisbury club athletes in the medals included Alex Mundell
who took silver in the junior girls’ 800m with 2min 17sec, Lizzie Clifford bronze with a personal best of 12.2sec in the 75m hurdles
and Charlie Patrick bronze with 22.9sec in the 200m.
Other notable performances came from Nathan Cobern with a pb 11.3sec for 5th place in the senior boys’ 100m,
and Danielle Scott with a pb 2.22sec in the junior girls’ 800m. Millie Clifford of Salisbury took silvers in both the senior girls’
400m hurdles and the 400m,
with 63.6sec and 58.5sec respectively.
Four young athletes from Salisbury have been selected to run for Wiltshire in the English inter-counties championships at Birmingham in three weeks' time. They are Millie Clifford in the senior girls' 400m hurdles; Evie Cummings in the intermediate girls' 300m; Lizzie Clifford in the junior girls' 75m hurdles and Alex Mundell in the junior girls' 800m.
photo shows Alex Mundell competing at the South West schools championships 19/06/10
One race, four records for Alex (15/06/2010)
Salisbury club runner Alex Mundell broke no less than four different records when she won the 800m at the Wiltshire schools athletics championships
on her home track in the city.
One of the stars of the under-15 age group, she clocked an impressive 2min 15.7sec to improve by six seconds the county record she set herself last year,
and for good measure smashed the club’s under-15, 17 and 20 figures at the same time. Alex is ranked in the UK top 10 performers in her age group and continues
to look an outstanding prospect..
Danielle Scott took second place in the same race with a good personal best 2.25, and in the boys’ category Rob Tomkies won in a pb 2.15.
Anna Lever also notched a pb with 2.35 in the minor girls 800m and
Alex van Dyke was second with a pb in the 1500m,
completing an excellent outing for the Salisbury middle distance group. Adam Davidson won both the 100m and 200m intermediate boys events
and Jamie Poulton cleared 1.82m to win the high jump..
All of these athletes have qualified to represent Wiltshire at the south west school championships at Exeter this weekend..
The rolling hills of the South Downs were the scene for more good Salisbury performances in the annual off-road marathon.
Fiona Ross-Russell creditable 3.33.45 was best of the Salisbury club’s men’s runs. Phil Smith, taking a break from even longer races clocked 3.41.56,
followed by Clive Smith in 3.57.10, Andy Gillespie 4.40.01, Chrissy Gorham 5.02.16 and John Gorham same time.
More club records fall (08/06/2010)
City of Salisbury athletics club hosted a men's Southern league match on Saturday at our track in glorious sunshine. The perfect weather produced some terrific performances with Richard Holt braking the u20 men's triple jump record with 12.98 and Charlie Patrick breaking the u20 men's 200m record with 22.6.
Other quality performances came from Nathan Cobern with a season's best 11.3 for the 100m and a very swift 15m 11s for Simon Plummer in the 5,000m a time which saw him win the match race by no less than a minute and a half! and Aiden Holmes with a very encouraging debut 43.78m for 2nd place in the Javelin
The 4 x 100m and 4 x 400m teams produced a grand finale to the day and left the team in 3rd place overall a big improvement on recent matches
A big thank you to all the club's army of volunteers helpers who made the day's events go so smoothly. The friendly welcome certainly drew many compliments from visiting athletes and supporters.
A trio of City of Salisbury athletes took on the challenge of the 10mile Kennet Kanter at Devizes, over a testing mix of road, track, canal towpath and a climb of the Caen Hill series of locks.
Rithy Hy , although with a marathon still in his legs, was the club’s fastest, clocking 75min 25sec. He was followed by Kate Mansfield with 89.59 and Charlotte Reeves with 96.06.
Salisbury’s Clements completes ultramarathon bid (31/05/2010)
City of Salisbury athletics club was represented far and wide over the weekend, with runners in South Africa, on the Isle of Wight and the hills of Derbyshire.
Peter Clements successfully completed the world’s oldest and largest ultramarathon, the Comrades’ event, staged over 56 hot and hilly miles between Pietermaritzburg and Durban. He completed it in 11 hours 22 mins 43 secs. Peter finished this 85th edition of the gruelling annual race, held to ‘celebrate mankind’s spirit over adversity,’ in the top half of the 23,000 starters to achieve a long-held personal goal.
Nearer to home across the Solent in the Needles half marathon, Katie Phillpotts produced a sterling performance on a rolling 13.1miles to finish just 58 seconds outside two hours for the club’s fastest run on the day. Next came Jane Whiteley with an encouraging 2.10.23, and Colin Martin with the same time, then Naomi Flower 2.14.19, Keith Gibson 2.14.56 and Mark Williams 2.59.11.
Hills were a feature of the hot and sunny Chatsworth 10k too, with a big climb in the first half and a rapid downhill in the second. John Gorham clocked 46.07 and Chrissy Gorham 56.27.
The Bar-B-Q and Disco, organised by Clive Smith and Jon Rich on Saturday 22nd May was a great success good food and plenty of it, very well cooked by Ann-Marie Hazzard, our chef.
Over 80 people enjoyed the evening in perfect weather, the Disco that followed was very good and enjoyed by many.
During the evening the three ladies where presented with huge bouquets for all the help they had given in feeding the multitude, also Jon Rich was presented with a cake, complete with candles, for his forthcoming birthday the following week. Photos to follow soon
Marwell Zoo and Edinburgh Marathon results (25/05/2010)
City of Salisbury Athletes produced some good results at the Marwell 10k on a testing course and
in very hot conditions. Simon Plummer finished in first place in 32.25min
over a minute ahead of last years winner James Baker of Chichester.
Next home for Salisbury was Adrian Berlie in 41.15.
Rod Smith finished in 45.09 to win the M60 category for the 4th year in a row.
Lone Salisbury lady Marilyn Hunt clocked 56.53, Jonathan Claydon 1.04.27,
Mark Williams 1.09.29 and Dean Wynsley 1.09.39.
Several Salisbury runners also travelled to Edinburgh on Sunday to compete in the capital's marathon
Results were as follows Anna-marie Watson 3.27.36, Matthew Cross 3.36.12, Hy Rithy 3.49.10
Flying Plummer leads Salisbury road runners to promotion (17/05/2010)
City of Salisbury’s star athlete Simon Plummer scored a resounding win in the Netley 10k to underline the club’s top place in division 2 of the Hampshire road race league and to secure certain promotion to division 1 for next season.
Starting fast on a twisting, three lap course not designed for speed, he built a lead of 100m in the first 2k, and unchallenged at the front had more than doubled his advantage over the rest of the field by the finish, reached in 31min 30sec.
“It was good to get the racing shoes back on after some weeks of heavy training,” he said, “and it’s been great to contribute to the club’s success in the league like this.”
Ian Stott was Salisbury’s next team counter in 36.16, and Mark Shepherd completed the fine A team performance with 36.27.
The Salisbury club’s strength in depth was shown when the B team comprising Aaron Wilson with 36.30, Kevin Tilley 36.46 and Ben Psaila 37.01 took 7th place overall on the day, displacing several other clubs’ A teams in the process.
In the ladies competition, the consistently quick Fiona Ross Russell won her age group and led the Salisbury team with 41.49, supported by Aly Sloane in 44.42 and Sarah Kemp 45.56 for another good team showing. Faye Parker clocked 46.16 and Chrissie Gorham 51.18. The club took 5th place in the ladies league division 1 for the season.
Other men’s results were: Ian Shelley 38.17, Adrian Berlie 39.54, Jon Rich 40.54, Ian Leaver 42.44, Graham Newman 43.01, Andrew Gillespie 44.51, Rod Smith 45.13 and John Gorham 46.22
photo shows the City of Salisbury road running squad at the Netley 10k 16/05/2010
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City of Salisbury Athletics and Running Club's Simon Wiltshire led the club's senior men's cross country team to a fine overall performance to help clinch promotion from Division Three of the Hampshire League. Wiltshire (pictured, below left), put his recent form behind him to deliver a gritty run which made sure of the Salisbury team's return to the second division. Five laps of a tough and hilly circuit on soft turf, tested the strength of many on a cold grey day. But the Salisbury squad stuck to their task and the result was secured with the support of Simon Pill, Mark Cole and Angus Paton. In the under 15 girls' event, Alex Mundell (pictured, below middle) also ran strongly to take third place in her best cross country result of the season. The run placed her fourth overall in her age category for the five league events. Not to be outdone, the club's senior ladies team were led home by another good performance by Jenna McGrevey, Aly Sloane and Sue Hazzard. On Sunday, City of Salisbury fielded a team of ten in the Hampshire Road Race League races at Bramley near Reading. At 20 miles, it is traditionally viewed as preparation for the marathon season that gets fully underway in April. The men's team consolidated their position at the top of the Division Two table. Top Salisbury runner was Adrian Berlie, who continued his current good form with a time of two hours, 14 minutes and 55 seconds, followed by Clive Smith, 2:.22.13, Fiona Ross-Russell (pictured, below right) 2:24.05, Matthew Cross 2:30.15, Andy Budgell 2:38.38, John Gorham 2:43.59, Mark Williams 3:13.58, Colin Martin 3:24.29 and Mary Clements 3:24.30. Aly Sloane showed her resilience by completing the ten-mile event in 1:13.42, seemingly unaffected by her cross country race the day before. |
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More photos of the cross-country race can be found here: www.seemeinaction.com
Club AGM to be held Thursday 18 March (10/02/2010)
The Annual General Meeting for City of Salisbury Athletic and Running Club is to be held at Salisbury City Football Club at 7.30pm on Thursday 18 March.
Details will be sent by post to all current Club members
Star 10 mile debut for Salisbury's Tom Woodhouse (09/02/2010)
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City of Salisbury Running Club discovered a new road running talent at the weekend when 20 year old medical student Tom Woodhouse (photo) made his 10 mile debut in the Hampshire road race league fixture at Ryde on the Isle of Wight. He scorched round the tough, hilly course to beat the hour barrier at his first attempt, finishing in 59min.48sec, to lead the Salisbury contingent to an excellent result. The club men's team tightened their grip on the lead in league division 2 to further improve their prospects of promotion to the top flight at the end of the season. "This was a cracking debut performance at the distance on the road, several minutes ahead of the best of his more experienced clubmates," said road race captain Rod Smith. "We knew Tom had talent from his performances on the track as a junior, but this was outstanding." Adrian Berlie clocked a solid 65.15, Clive Smith 67.12 and Jon Rich 68.02 to give Salisbury’s A team the vital points they needed to draw further ahead of nearest league challengers Victory AC. The ladies’ team, led by Fiona Ross-Russell’s 70.40 which gave her 3rd place in her vet category, also had league success to celebrate. Aly Sloane finished in 75.04 and then Sarah Kemp with a personal best 76.11 completed the trio to achieve their objective for the day and move above league rivals Denmead Harriers into sixth place in the ladies’ first division. Other results included: Sue Hazzard with a PB 77.58; the men’s B team of John Gorham 74.14, Rod Smith 74.27, John Ruskin 75.28 and Mel Holloway 77.26 moving to eighth in their league division; and Paul Woodhouse, father of the flying Tom, 77.58. Then came Katie Philpotts 82.02, Mark Williams 92.44, Laura Allen 92.48 and William Barker-Wyatt 92.50. |  |
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Ryde 10 this Sunday
(02/02/2010)
The Ryde 10 Mile road race is to be this Sunday and City of Salisbury will be well represented in this Hants road race league event
Adrian Berlie and Clive Smith lead the men and Fiona Ross-Russell and Aly Sloan lead the ladies
For any others wishing to travel there's a club minibus leaving the 5 rivers leisure centre at 7.30am with spaces likely to be available
If you would like to travel on the minibus please contact Rod Smith beforehand on rod-smith@ntlworld.com
London Games Indoor track results (01/02/2010)
Four of the club's talanted sprint squad travelled to London last weekend to compete in the London Games at the Lee Valley indoor stadium
Some excellent results were acheived, a just reward for some excellent winter training sessions recently
Dean Casella m40: 800m 2:19.52
Nathan Cobern u20: 60m 7.36 and 7.41
Richard Holt u23: 60m 7.52 and 7.56, 200m 23.53 (pb) and 23.70
Charlie Patrick u20: 60m 7.49 and 7.53, 200m 23.81 and 23.97
Romsey 5 mile race marks restart for Salisbury runners (27/01/2010)
The club's runners sent a team of six athletes to the Romsey 5mile road race, eagerly awaited after an ice-enforced absence from competition in recent weeks
Salisbury’s best performer on the day was the in-form Ian Stott in the M40 category who clocked 28.21. Three minutes down on the road was Keith Champion in 31.20, followed by Simon Wiltshire in 32.05
Then among the senior vets came club stalwart Rod Smith, whose 35.08 was only just outside the 7minute miling standard and placed him second in the category
Andrew Walker clocked 38.57 and Katie Clements – inexplicably the club's only lady representative – came home in 42.45
Club Annual Dance and Awards (22/01/2010)
At the club's annual awards dinner, held at the White Hart Hotel, Salisbury on 16 January
the annual awards for 2009 were presented by club chairman Simon Adlard and were as follows
Most improved lady: Katie West
Katie was a member of the club some years ago and, having returned after raising a young family, is now performing better than ever on the roads
Best lady: Kathy Dudman
Most improved man: Steve Lomas
Best man: Ian Stott
Best Track & Field lady: Laura Allen
Best Track & Field man: Richard Holt
Club volunteer award: Rod Smith
Some photos of the event have been posted in our Facebook group
(City of Salisbury Athletics and Running Club)
www.facebook.com by Laura Allen (thanks Laura)
Romsey 5 Mile race this Sunday (21/01/2010)
There's a resumption to competition for some following the cancellation of a number of events recently, with the Romsey 5 Mile race this Sunday
Simon's Commonwealth Games Dream (07/01/2010)
For City of Salisbury’s newly signed star athlete Simon Plummer, January marks the beginning of a tough new road that he aims will take him all the way to the start-line in the marathon at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in ten months’ time.
“This is a vital stage in my running career,” Simon says. “The Commonwealths are a gateway to the biggest international races and championships. To achieve that level you have to believe you can – after all, you’re the one who’s doing it. So Delhi becomes a real key to the possible future for me as an athlete.”
Though he has still to prove himself over this ultimate test in distance running, the 30 year-old has a racing pedigree and a level of experience that athletics pundits view as an ideal springboard. His age too is generally regarded as perfect for making the transition to the special demands of this most famous of endurance events.
Born in Scotland where his father was in the Royal Navy, he moved with the family at the age of six to Salisbury where he went to school. Simon now lives at Amesbury with his GP wife Alex and their two year-old son Nicholas. Despite the huge commitment of time and energy to his unrelenting training, he holds down a full-time job in Salisbury, the only concession he makes being a four day week which allows some recuperation time before weekend races.
Since graduating with a degree in sports science, Simon has developed his running talent on the track and in cross country racing at the top level, turning out for clubs such as Southampton RC and Woodford Green in order to get the level of competition he needed to help him towards his potential. How well that strategy has worked can be seen from his catalogue of superb performances across a range of distances.
National cross country champion in Scotland over 4k and 12k in the same year, a Scottish senior international from 10k to 10miles on the road, and with many outstanding wins at favourite distances like 5,000metres on the track, Simon’s record commands respect from across the sport. He and his coach for the past 15years, Salisbury-based Pat Griffey, who teaches PE at Bishop Wordsworth’s School, have decided that his best prospects now are on the road and in top-flight races from 10 miles to the marathon.
He makes light of his 100 mile a week training schedule, mainly on the road. That total will increase to 120 a week in the three months leading up to the London marathon, the first big test of the year. Longest run of the week at present is a 20 miler on Sunday mornings. He’ll step that up in the weeks prior to that first marathon in April.
Regarding himself very much as still a local lad he’s keen now to become an integral part of City of Salisbury Athletics and Running Club.
“It is the right time to move as I’ve never had a chance to represent my hometown club,” he said. “It’s nice to pull on a vest and have it mean something rather than colours from elsewhere. When I can I’ll be glad to turn out for the club in events like the Hampshire League races,” he added. His training schedule and motivation will be helped by a programme of forthcoming races to focus on and to provide the stepping stones towards the big marathons.
“I’ll enter a handful of races such as the Salisbury 10mile road race and Reading half-marathon, both in March, simply to gauge how the training is going and whether upping the distances is affecting my speed any,” he said.
“First target is to achieve the qualifying time for the Commonwealth Games – that’s 2hours 19mins, (26.2miles at around 5min 15sec each mile) which I think should be within reach. I hope to do that in the London, so we’ll see. Then it’s up to the selectors to put together the strongest team they can muster – and if all goes to plan, my name will be there for the flight to Delhi. Once on the starting line there anything can happen, especially in the marathon, and I certainly don’t intend to be there just to make up the numbers.”
The Salisbury club’s chairman Simon Adlard added: “We’re delighted to have Simon on board. Having an athlete of such high calibre as part of the team will be a great boost to our league prospects and we’re greatly looking forward to the contribution we know he’ll make. And of course the whole club will be behind him in his bid for the Commonwealth Games.”
Entries for the Salisbury 10 (04/01/2010)
The region’s premier 10 mile road race, organised by the City of Salisbury Athletics and Running Club, will be held on Sunday March 7th 2010
Entries will be limited by the club to 700 – so if you want to run a top event, held on a fast, undulating course over good country roads to the north of Salisbury, make sure your entry is in soon to avoid disappointment.
Don’t delay, do it today! You can download an entry form here ** Race Entry Form **
** Race Details here **
Win for Cross Country team at Popham airfield (06/12/2009)
Cross country runners from the City of Salisbury club notched up their best men’s team score of the season in the Hampshire League fixture at Basingstoke in December to climb above both Haslemere and Hamworthy and regain their place at the top of division three.
On a flat, new course near Popham airfield, the going was good and clearly suited the Salisbury runners.
“After last month’s disappointing performance in the league, we fielded a strong men’s team and our success means we’re now looking good for promotion at the end of the season if we can maintain this kind of form,” said cross country captain Ian Stott.
Steve Herring, just back to competition after a year out with injury, was Salisbury’s best on the day followed by
Ian Stott and Simon Pill, completing his first race for several months.
The men’s vets team who placed second overall were beaten only by an ultra-strong Aldershot AC.
In the ladies’ events, Alex Mundell was again to the fore in the under-15s category and did well to take seventh place among some older competition.
Gosport Half Marathon Success (17/11/2009)
City of Salisbury’s road-runners resumed successful league action in the Gosport half marathon on Sunday, holding on to top spot in the men’s division 2 table, narrowly ahead of Portsmouth’s Victory AC.
Adrian Berlie was first of the Salisbury club to finish the 13.1miles, in 1hour 23min 55sec. He was followed in quick succession by Tim Lampert in 1.28.06 and Jon Rich 1.28.29, with Clive Smith, still recovering from the recent New York marathon, completing the A team in 1.31.49.
In the B team event, Matthew Cross produced a highly promising 1.36.20, with John Gorham on his heels in 1.36.21. Kent Barker recorded 1.37.36 and Colin Martin was fourth counter with 2.00.53.
Salisbury’s results were equally good in the women’s A event, finishing 2nd team on the day behind a very strong Winchester AC.
Competing hard with one another, Kathy Dudman was in the end just a few seconds faster than Katie West, in 1.27.43 and 1.27.56 respectively. Katie’s run earned her second place overall in her age category.
Fiona Russ-Russell, another Salisbury runner getting her speed back after the New York marathon, came home in 1.33.50 to complete the club’s A trio.
The B team women also acquitted themselves well, led by Emma Hird with 1.42.54, Kate Mansfield 1.43.07 and Sue Hazzard 1.46.04 , to secure a good 4th place.
“This was a thoroughly good performance across the board by the Salisbury club,” said road-running leader Rod Smith. “We just have to keep it going at this standard now.”
Goodwood Cross Country Results (10/11/2009)
City of Salisbury cross country men’s team were toppled off top place in their league fixture at Goodwood, slipping to fourth of 24 in the Hampshire third division table, behind new leaders Winchester AC..
Against a high quality field representing clubs across the region, team scorers were Ian Stott in 62nd place,
Dean Casella 140th and Simon Wiltshire 164th.
Among the juniors, once again Salisbury’s leading performer was Alex Mundell who finished 7th to lead the under-15 girls squad to an encouraging fourth position overall. In the under-15 boys race, another Alex – this time Van Dyck – continued his good form to come in 15th.
In the women’s event, Ali Sloane was Salisbury’s top performer in 60th spot, with Maureen Hunt 89th and Lin New 90th completing the team’s score, moving them to 18th of 23 in their league.
The cross country league battle continues in early December with a fixture at Popham Airfield, Basingstoke.
SARC Annual Dinner & Dance (05/11/2009)
The club's annual dinner and dance will be held on Saturday 16th January 2010 at the White Hart Hotel, Salisbury. The event is now a complete sellout with over 100 tickets sold
Auckland Marathon Reports (04/11/2009)
In the hilly Auckland marathon, City of Salisbury runner Tracey Badham clocked a well-earned personal best 4.18.01.
The run, and hundreds of training miles to prepare for it, were the outcome of a ‘pie in the sky’ conversation many months previously with South Wilts grammar school former PE teacher Cath Godber who recently emigrated to New Zealand. Each encouraged the other and for Tracey the result was an improvement on her previous best by over 40minutes. This is thought to be a new ‘distance from Salisbury’ record for the club’s blue racing vest.
New York City Marathon and Lordshill 10 Mile Race Reports (03/11/2009)
Salisbury Athletics and Running Club’s Dr Fiona Ross-Russell, a GP from Upavon, was one of five club runners who put in star performances in the New York City marathon last weekend.
In a mammoth field of 40,000, Fiona finished 4th in her age group in 3hours 15min 26sec, despite having only recently recovered from a persistent foot injury. ‘That’s an outstanding performance,’ said club chairman Simon Adlard, ‘and it underlines how determined she was to meet one of her major targets of the year.’
Similarly Kent Barker, returning from a knee operation in the summer, made the most of the cool, grey conditions – ideal for marathon running – and was delighted to reach the finish in Central Park with a personal best 3.12.49.
Clive Smith recorded a very creditable 3.13.17 to complete Salisbury’s top trio, and was followed by Tom Ross Russell with 4.13.05 and John Peters in 4.18.05.
‘To see five blue Salisbury vests in the Big Apple is a real fillip for the club,’ Simon added.
Meanwhile in monsoon conditions at the Lordshill 10mile league race, against the best clubs in the region, a good Salisbury performance was led by Ian Stott who splashed his way round flooded roads and fallen branches to finish in 1h 00min 31sec. Near 6minute miling in such wild weather was a creditable run.
Kevin Tilley was next in 1.02.13, and then came Jon Rich 1.04.36 and Adrian Berlie 1.5.15 to complete the A team, who remain on top of their league table.
Katie West produced an excellent 1.07.38 to put down a marker for the club’s faster lady runners, and she was supported by Sarah Kemp with 1.19.17. Their sterling efforts were rewarded by a rise of one place in their league table despite being a lady short of a full team.
Other survivors of the rough conditions were Andy Gillespie with 1.13.41, John Gorham 1.14.44, Rod Smith 1.15.59 and John Ruskin 1.16.11.
Club Runners Share Prizes In Half Marathon (27/10/2009)
Salisbury athletics and running club took to the Woodford Valley in strength for the Firemen's half marathon and three came away with prizes.
The award winners in the 13.1mile race were all in the ladies competition. Kathy Dudman produced a good 1h 29min 23sec performance to take second place in the ladies race, followed home a minute later by clubmate Katie West (1.30.25) in third spot. Among the senior vets, Hilary Webber took first place in 1.57.50.
Adrian Berlie was the club's leading finisher (1.24.52), backed up by Carlos Hernandez (1.27.13), Graham Newman (1.31.44) and Ian Leaver (1.33.46). Then came the consistent John Gorham (1.36.53), Paul Woodhouse (1.39.10), Steve Lomas (1.42.06), Miles Horton (1.44.25) and Chrissy Gorham (1.49.49) for second place in the ladies 50+ category.
Salisbury 10mile road race March 7th 2010 (06/10/2009)
The Salisbury 10mile road race is a landmark of the region's running scene.
The next one is on Sunday March 7th. It offers chip timing, a measured and
certificated course, lots of friendly marshalls, quality T-shirts to all
finishers and a scenic route on gently undulating roads up and down the
Woodford Valley.
We welcome fun runners as well as club athletes from all around the region.
But as there is an entry limit of 700, it's a good idea to enter early.
The race enrty form can be downloaded by clicking here.
Gold for Lizzie (29/09/2009)
Salisbury City athlete Lizzie Clifford (13) won U15 Pentahlon Gold at the
combined events open championships held at Exeter Arena in glorious Autumn
sunshine on 27 September.
It was a gruelling five event competition that saw Lizzie jump a PB in the
long jump and put in good solid performances in the Shot Put, High jump and
75m hurdles.
However the competition went right down to the last race and SWGS pupil
Lizzie ran a superb 800m to beat a talented field of 12 athletes from across
the southern counties to claim the first prize.
Salisbury Road Runners Top Of Road League (22/09/2009)
Salisbury runners produced good results in the Victory 5mile road race to consolidate their
position at the top of the fiercely competitive Hants B league. On a fast, flat course at
Portsmouth, the club’s best performance came from on-form Ian Stott in 27min 20sec, a new
personal best and second place in the Vet 40 category.
Other team counters were Kevin Tilley 28.32, Tim Lampert 29.54 and Jon Rich 30.25.
Steve Philp clocked a notable pb 32.35 to lead the B team home and ensure their continuing
rise in their league too. Club road running captain Rod Smith, with 33.50, took another
in his remarkable series of age category wins for Vet 65’s.
In the women’s results, Aly Sloane recorded a tidy 34.00 to take second place in the Vet 45s
and Chrissy Gorham came home in 38.40.
On the track, the club’s rising star Alex Mundell broke the club record for 1000metres. The
13 year old now holds the senior women's record with her time of 3min 9sec. The previous
record had stood since 1993.
Yeovilton 5K Summer Series (15/09/2009)
Third place in a time of 16:38 was enough to secure City of Salisbury's Ian Stott overall
victory in the Yeovilton 5K Summer Series on Wednesday. The final race saw Ian hold off
his main rival Paul Rose of Yeovil Road Runners to ensure first place in the 6 race series.
Strong performances in a field of 161 saw City of Salisbury athlete Kirstie Riggs take first
female V40 in 19:25 in her first race at this distance and a summer of consistent performances
from Aly Sloane saw her take the series prize for first V45 female.
Triumphant Sisters (15/09/2009)
City Of Salisbury athlete Alex Mundell was joined by her younger sister Tasha (8) in medal winning form at the recent Oxford open meeting. Whilst 13 year old Alex was running to victory in the 800m (2 min 25), her sister was competing in the under nine's multi event competition which included throwing, jumping, sprints and middle distance. Alex completed her track season with wins at both the Southampton open meeting and the Southern Women's League at Bournemouth. Both girls are now training with Salisbury athletics club for the forthcoming Cross Country Season.
Salisbury AC Puts In Strong Performances At The Overton 5 Mile (07/09/2009)
The Overton 5 mile race, the first in the Hampshire Road Race League proved very
successful for Salisbury's athletes with some notable performances.
Ian Stott led the men home in 12th place and was 2nd in the Vet 45 category. Rod
Smith took 1st in the Vet 65 and was awarded best overall male in the vet 65 category
for last season and young Ben Stott was 3rd junior boy home in the 2.5 mile race in a
time of 16mins31secs
Salisbury Athlete Leads South West to Silver at the UK School Games (07/09/2009)
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Salisbury AC athlete and South Wilts Girls School pupil Millie Clifford (16)
captained the South West Athletics team to second place at the UK School Games
held at Cardiff International Stadium on 5th and 6th September.
12 teams from each of the nine English regions and from Northern Ireland, Scotland and host nation Wales, battled over two days of intense track and field competition. In an environment designed to simulate international competition at the highest levels the South West, fielding one of the smaller teams but boasting an athlete in every final, were narrowly edged out of first place by one point by Yorkshire and Humberside, 355 points to 354. |
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Ian Stott triumphs at the Shillingstone Hill Race
(01/09/2009)
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Salisbury AC's Ian Stott was triumphant in the Shillingstone Hill Race, part of the Dorset
Hill Race series organised by Dorset Doddlers, on Sunday.
Ian took first place in a field of 95 competitors across a challenging course that includes an off-road ascent of 420 ft to the top of Okeford Hill before descending to the finish at Shillingstone. Ian led from start to finish winning by 22 seconds in a time of 34:22. |
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Inter County Champs Success
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Silver Medal for Jamie
(17/08/2009)
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Salisbury Athletics Clubs athletes Millie Clifford and Jamie Paulton competed against the best of their contempories from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland at the English Athletics Association U15 and U17 Open championships at Bedford on 8th and 9th August.
In perfect conditions at Bedford's International Arena, both athletes reached the finals of their respective events. Bishops Wordsworth pupil Jamie Paulton (14) jumped into second place to gain the Silver Medal in the U15 Boys High Jump. In a closely fought U17 Women's 300M Hurdles final, South Wilts Girls School pupil Millie Clifford (16) ran a personal best of 44:35 placing her 6th in the UK and achieving the coveted status of 'UK Power of 10 Athlete'. |
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Personal Best For Salisbury Athletes at the English Schools Games
(13/07/2009)
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Salisbury Athletics Club Athletes Millie Clifford and Jamie Paulton represented Wiltshire Schools at the English Schools
Athletics Championships held over two days (10/11 July in Sheffield at the Don Valley Stadium).
Both recorded personal best standards with Millie Clifford running the Intermediate girls 300m in a time of 40.22 seconds narrowly missing the final (by 4/100ths of a second) in a thrilling semi-final race. She was 9th overall. Jamie Paulton jumped a personal best height of 1m78 in the Junior Boys High Jump gaining him sixth place in the country. |
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5 Medals At The Avon Valley 10K From Just 3 Runners!
(09/07/2009)
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Three Salisbury AC runners certainly made their mark at the Avon Valley 10k at Durrington on July 4th.
Ian Stott took 2nd place, Mark Cole was 3rd home overall and also secured 1st place in the Vet45 category; and Steve Lomas was 1st in the Vet 55 race. As if that wasn't enough they also won the team prize. |
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Bishops Waltham 5 Mile
(22/06/2009)
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Double Gold For Millie
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Salisbury City Athlete Mille Clifford (16) took double Gold in the U17 Women's 300m and 300m hurdles at the South West Inter Counties Athletics Championships at Exeter on Saturday.
Millie will now represent Wiltshire in the English Schools Games at Sheffield in July. Millie is a GCSE pupil at South Wilts Girls School and a long standing member of Salisbury City Athletic and Running Club. She represented Wiltshire at the UK School games in 2008 coming fourth in the individual 300m and winning a Bronze medal in the 300m relay. |
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Pole Vault Tuition
(17/06/2009)
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Salisbury athletes were treated to an excellent Pole Vault tuition session delivered by Tim Snowdon, a regional specialist pole vault coach, at the track last Sunday.
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The afternoon's competition (The Wiltshire Pole Vault championships) produced some great results in particular from William Bray who was making his pole vault debut and achieved 1st in the Men's competition with a jump of 2.60, a club record. Danielle Scott was first in the Under 15 Girls with a jump of 2.10. Other good performances include Richard Holt (2.10), Steve Mundell (2.00), Alex Mundell (1.85) and Jamie Poulton (1.70). |
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National Performances Recorded at the County Schools Championships
(17/06/2009)
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More than a dozen Salisbury AC athletes competed in the County School Championships on Saturday in Salisbury achieving some remarkable personal bests, club records, numerous championship records and two national standard performances.
Millie Clifford put in 2 huge performances to secure first place in the intermediate girls 300 metres with a time of 40.3. This result is not only a personal best for Millie but is a Salisbury club record, a championship record and a national standard performance. Millie also secured a championship record with first place win in the Intermediate Girls 300m Hurdles in a time of 46.6. Alex Mundell continued her tremendous 2009 season form taking first place in the Junior Girls 800 metres race in a time of 2:21.1, a championship record and new personal best. Meanwhile the boys were turning in equally commendable runs with Jamie Poulton securing first place in the Junior Boys High Jump with a jump of 1-78. This achievement is a personal best for Jamie and also a club record, championship record and a national standard performance. Stuart Scott took second place in the Intermediate Boys 400 metre race. |
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Salisbury AC's track & field manager, Martin Phillips commented, "We were delighted to host the County Schools Championships at the Salisbury AC track in blissful sunshine that attracted a large crowd of supporters. There were some notable performances across track and field disciplines and the day attracted a very high standard throughout as is evidenced by the number of championship records achieved and those all important national standard performances." |
Salisbury AC Runners Triumph in Poole
(10/06/2009)
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Wiltshire Athletics Championships - Tidworth
(10/05/2009)
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The sun shone on Salisbury AC athletes at the County Championships
Salisbury AC turned out a large squad of field and track athletes to compete in the Wiltshire athletics county championships in Tidworth on Sunday. The squad ranging in age from 9 years to 72 came home with 20 medals and a staggering range of personal bests. Millie Clifford running in her 3rd competitive U17 women’s 300 metre hurdle race not only took home gold, but also set a new country championship record with a time of 46.1, a national top 10 ranking time. Jamie Poulton won the U15B high jump with a jump of 1.71metres placing him high in the country’s rankings. Nathan Cobern, U17 men won both the 100 and 200 metres just missing out on the Championship Record and Jake Ness U13B also did the double winning both the Long Jump and the 200 metre titles. |
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Alex Mundell won her third successive 800 metre title (2:29.5)
and with Lizzie Clifford and Danielle Scott taking second and third place respectively, the medals all went to the City Of Salisbury club.
The Quad kids section run for athletes in School Years 4 & 5 also resulted in victory in both the girls and boys competition for Salisbury and finally Sophie Thomas dominated the senior women’s throwing events setting new Championship Records on her way to victory. |
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Havant AC Open Meeting
(20/04/2009)
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Two young Salisbury AC athletes made a promising start to the track and field season on Sunday, with clear victories
in the Havant AC Open Meeting. Twelve year old, Ben Stott easily secured first place in the under thirteen boy’s 800
metres in a time of 2:42 minutes while Alex Mundell (13) built up a 13 second lead to win the Under 15 girls 800 metre
race in a convincing time of 2:29.
Ian Stott’s personal best performance of 2 mins 16 secured him second place in the V40 race. The women’s track and field league starts on Saturday with a trip to Oxford, followed by a Young Athletes League match on the following Sunday. |
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Yeovilton 5 Summer Series
(14/04/2009)
10 Salisbury runners made the trip to Somerset to compete in the first race in the Yeovilton 5 Summer Series last week.
From a field of 167 entrants Salisbury’s Aly Sloane was first in the female veteran 45 category with a time of 20:24,
Ian Stott took 6th overall and 2nd in the veterans 40 race with a personal best time of 16:51 and was closely followed
by team mate Simon Pill who took 9th place with a 17:02 personal best.
Other Salisbury performances included:
- Simon Wiltshire (18:06)
- Richard Holt (9:30)
- Colin Campbell (9:56)
- Martin Phillips (20:06)
- Bob Jeffery Veteran 60, (22:41)
- Gordon Wiltshire Veteran 70, (23:17)
- Laura Allen (23:53)
Christchurch Race Report
(09/04/2009)
Christchurch 20 Mile and 10 Mile Road Race Report
20mile men's
- Kent Barker 2.21 (44th overall position)
- Paul Woodhouse 2.48 (123)
- Colin Martin 3.18 (183)
- Sue Hazzard 2.48 (32)
- Mary Clements 3.15 (79) 3rd V60
- Louise Webber 3.18 (87)
- Jayne Robinson 3.19 (90)
- Victoria Adlard 1.20 (10)
- Siobhan Lewry 1.41 (60)
Salisbury AC runners also participated in two key marathons this weekend
The Malta Marathon
Clive Smith (3.06 PB), Lesley Corbett (4.27) – Clive’s time automatically qualifies him for the Virgin London Marathon 2010
Barcelona Marathon
Carlos Garcia (3.06) Laura Allen (4.18). - Carlos’s time automatically qualified him for the Virgin London Marathon 2010
20 of Salisbury AC’s road runners took part in the Eastleigh 10k road race on Sunday; race number 10 in the Hampshire Road Race League.
Some great performances from both the ladies and mens teams included Fiona Ross-Russell who was placed 2nd in the ladies 45 category with a time of 41:07, Alison Sloane, 4th in the ladies 45 category (42:38) and Judy Flint, 9th home in the ladies 55 category. These combined times have ensured the ladies team 4th please overall in the Hampshire Road Race league’s A-team division 1.
Meanwhile the Salisbury men put in sterling performances with Tim Lampert achieving a time of 37:26, Ian Stott with 35:20 took 6th place in the Male 40 category, closely followed by team mate Kevin Tilley who was 10th with 36:09. Veteran runner Rod Smith was 1st in the male 65 category with a time of 42:18 and Gordon Wiltshire took 3rd place in the male 70 age group achieving a time of 48:24.
ESAA National Cross Country Championships (22/03/2009)
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Three Salisbury schoolgirls (L to R) Alex Mundell, Imogen Wolsey and Elisabeth Clifford competed for Wiltshire Schools
as finalists at the ESAA (English Schools Athletics Association) National Cross Country Championships at Loughborough on 21 Mar 09.
Imogen Wolsey was 1st for Wiltshire in the Intermediate Girls and Alex Mundell and Elisabeth Clifford were 2nd and 3rd respectively for Wiltshire in the Junior Girls. |
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Toby Breaks Course Record at the Salisbury 10 (08/03/2009)
630 runners lined up outside the Fire Station in windy and cold race conditions on Sunday to compete in the Salisbury 10 mile road race. The race which is sponsored by New hall Hospital was won by Toby Lambert from Winchester AC who broke the course record coming in with a tremendous time of 51:10. Toby held onto his title narrowly beating his winning time from last year by 6 seconds (51:16). James Baker, Chichester R&AC took second place (53:24) and third place went to Mark Le Gassick from Stubbington Green R&AC with a time of 53:32. First lady home, also representing Winchester AC, was Emma Patel with a time of 1:02:56. Nicola Blandford representing Southampton running club was second lady home with a time of 1:04:22 and Salisbury AC’s Kathy Harvey, last year’s winner, was third with a very respectable 1:05:04.
In the team races Winchester AC took first place in both the ladies and mens teams and Salisbury AC put in its best performances of the season to take second in the ladies and mens team races, a result that will improve both of their positions in the Hampshire Road Race League table. First man home for Salisbury AC was Simon Pill with a time of 58:24 securing him 14th place overall. Close on his heels, Salisbury’s Ian Stott, took 16th place (59:11).
Rod Smith, race organiser, was delighted with the turnout and comments, "The race doubled in size this year and it was quite a spectacle to see 600+ runners set off in blustery conditions to enjoy what is a wonderful course that weaves through the Wiley Valley. We are delighted to host such a successful, sizeable race on our home ground and we are thrilled with our individual and race performances."
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Salisbury AC order (first 10 runners home)
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The Salisbury 10 Mile Road Race set to Double its size this year (28/02/2009)
The Salisbury 10 Mile Road Race set to Double its size this year
At 11:00 o’clock this Sunday, 600+ runners will congregate opposite the Fire Station to take part in the Salisbury 10.
Now in its third year the Salisbury 10 is a key race in the Hampshire Road Race League and this year will attract close
to double the number of competing runners – over 600 are expected.
The 10 mile road race organised by Salisbury Athletics & Running Club attracts runners from across Wiltshire and neighbouring
counties and is sponsored by New Hall Hospital. Salisbury AC is fielding over 30 runners this year including last year’s
female race winner, Kathy Harvey. Kathy continued her good form in 2008 by taking second place overall in the Hampshire
Road Race League and is showing very positive form this season. Toby Lambert, male winner in 2008 is also competing this
year to defend his title.
The race takes a scenic route to the north of Salisbury following the banks of the river Avon, gently undulating through
the Woodford valley with fine views of the cathedral spire on the return leg. The race ends with a lap of the Salisbury
AC athletics track behind South Wilts School.
Rod Smith, race organiser from Salisbury AC is looking forward to welcoming athletes from counties including Oxfordshire,
Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Somerset, Dorset and Sussex who will all compete for the top prizes. "We look forward to
welcoming such a huge field of athletes to Salisbury on Sunday. We welcome back Toby Lambert, last year’s winner and our
own Kathy Harvey and we extend a welcome to new runners including Mark Le Gassick whose performance will be closely watched."
Rod continues, "We will get many entries on the day and we hope to attract more teams to register and compete for the coveted team prize."
Prizes will be awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd male and female runners; winners in the male over 40, 50, 60 and 70 categories and
females over 35, 45 and 55. All participants will receive a medal.
To register simply contact Rod Smith on 01722 324154 or come along on the day.
Salisbury Runners Fare Well in Bramley 20 mile road race (17/02/2009)
Salisbury AC turned out some of it top lady competitors to compete in Sunday’s 20-mile road race at Bramley, part of the Hampshire Road Race League. Outstanding performances from Cathy Harvey (2:19:15 PB) and Fiona Ross-Russell (2:23:02) secured them 2nd and 4th places respectively whilst Sian Alberry further boosted Salisbury AC’s performance with a personal best of 2:43:34. Meanwhile Rod Smith of Salisbury AC put in a sterling performance in the 10-mile race to take 2nd in the Male Veteran 60 category with a time of 68:56.
Clive Scoops Best Athlete Award (20/01/2009)
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Athlete Clive Smith was awarded ‘Best Male Athlete of the Year’ at the Salisbury AC annual awards dinner at the White Hart
on Saturday.
Clive is a very active member of Salisbury AC whose award recognises both his contribution to the club and some outstanding race achievements during the year. Clive achieved a personal best of 3 hours, 8 minutes and 41 seconds at the Hastings Marathon. |
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Record Breaking Debut
(01/09/2008)
Millie made a significant breakthrough during 2008 when recording a best time of 40.32 in her debut season over 300m. She
reached the final of the English Schools championships and placed 4th at the UK school games over 300m.
Millie has also shown promise over the hurdles and may be ready to move towards 300m hurdles during 2009. She has the ambition to represent
England in the Home International event this season.