Waterside Drive Sports Hub

 Elmbridge Borough Council’s plans for the Waterside Drive Sports Hub will be on display throughout the Borough in coming weeks as part of a road show prior to submission of the formal planning application for the project.

 Concept plans for the project will be on display at Walton Library from Monday, 23 February through to Friday, 20 March. There will also be displays at the Elmbridge Borough Council Civic Centre in Esher, and Xcel Leisure Complex in Walton-on-Thames. The Walton Library display on Monday, 23 February will open at 1pm and will be manned by Council staff until 3pm to assist with enquiries relating to the project. The Xcel Leisure Complex display will be manned on Friday, 27 February from 2pm until 4pm.

 For more information, or to view the current concept plans visit www.elmbridge.gov.uk

Walton athletes had a very successful day at Lee Valley on Sunday in the South of England Masters champs.

In the sprints and jumps Stuart Channon, Helen Channon and Greg Conlon picked up seven titles.  Stu won the M35 60m in 7.25, the 200 in 23.66 and the long jump with 5.84, all three were indoor pb’s. Helen won the W35 60m in 8.12, the 200 in 26.93 and the long jump with 5.25. Greg won the M40 pole vault with 4.40.

In the distance races there were wins for Jon Hamblen in the M40 1500m in 4.29.27 and Jo Locker in the W35 3000m with 10.26.99.

Chris Ness came 3rd in the M40 pentathlon recording performances of 11.64 for 60m hurdles, 4.40 long jump, 1.51 high jump, a 7.34 pb in the shot and a 1000m in 2.58.66.

Nine Walton athletes competed at Carshalton at the weekend and returned with 7 medals.

In the senior age groups there were silver medals for Carla Letheby in the women’s shot with 10.73 and for Craig Timmings in the men’s pole vault, 3.20.

In the under 17 women’s shot Sophie Mace set a new Championship Best Performance in winning with 12.43. In the heats of the under 17 men’s 60m Andrew Hallan ran 7.97s.

In the under 15 girls age group there were medals in the shot for both Tait Jones, 1st with 9.65 and Nicola Bell, 9.05 for 3rd place, both girls threw big personal bests. Dana Frankland jumped 1.35 for 7th in the high jump and Indy Dryburgh was unlucky on the long jump with two no jumps then a 3.79.

Sam Mace had a busy day in the under 15 events. He won the shot with 12.90 and was 3rd in the long jump with 4.84. In the 60m he came 2nd in his heat, 7.95, 3rd in his semi final with 7.90 and then ran 7.87 in the final for 4th place.

A busy week with the last round of Surrey cross country league matches. The ladies were on first at Coulsdon. Jo Locker was first home running 38.13 for 7^th place, closely followed by Fiona De Mauny who was 13^th in 38.36. Next were Lucy Bartlett in 46.24, then Jo Butcher in 46.47 and then Tina Howell in 55.07 and Ruth Tymens in 56.20. There were three juniors running, in the under 15 race Tiggy Tymens was 17^th and in the under 13 race Emma Horsey came 21^st closely followed by Clara Sawicki in 23^rd in a field of 52 finishers.

The boys were racing in Richmond Park. Ollie was a very impressive 2^nd (out of 43) in the under 13 boys race in 16.35, Jack Gemmell came 11^th in 17.48, then Ben Marks 15^th 18.10, Edward Dawson 20^th 18.51, Michael Cottrill 25^th 19.06 and Josh Cowie 38^th 21.40. the team came 2^nd on the day and finished 4^th overall in the league.

In the combined under15/under 17 race Matt Pharaoh was first home in 20^th place 17.01, then Josh Hathaway 25^th in 17.23, Charlie Feinson 29^th 17.54, Jamie West 31^st 17.56, Kieran Allinson 34^th 18.15, Mark Jacoby 40^th 19.02 and Jake Wakeling 42^nd 19.29, good performances considering that all the boys except for Matt are under 15’s. The team came 6^th on the day and 5^th overall in the league.

The senior men were at Lloyd Park and produced their best result of the season. Duncan Woolmer led the way with a best ever place of 4^th in 30.47. The next seven Walton runners finished within 65s of each other, Matt Reed 20^th in 32.15, Jon Hamblen 23^rd in 32.20, Ben Kennard 28^th in 32.37, Hugo Fleming 30^th 32.52, Jon Brine 32^nd in 32.55, James Harvey 35^th in 33.12 and Jon Ladley 38^th in 33.20. The scoring ten were completed by Chris De Mauny 75^th in 35.51 and Chris Ness 83^rd in 36.36. James Bartosik ran 38.10, then Martin Norman 39.26 and Rob Smith 41.20. The team came a very close 3^rd on the day and moved up to 5^th in the league.

Full results can be found on the Surrey League web site http://surreyleague.org/