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Athletics Weekly Readers’ Choice Awards

Congratulations to Virginia Mitchell and Susie McLoughlin who were 1st and 3rd respectively in the Athletics Weekly Readers’ Choice “Female Masters Athlete of the Year” award!!

In the same issue, the annual national merit rankings were published, congratulations to the following athletes on their top 10 age group results:

Hayden Evans (U13 Boys 200m – 10th, U13 Boys 100m – 10th)
Jeslyn Agyei-Kyem (U15 Girls 300m – 1st, U15 Girls 100m – 10th)
George Sudderick (U15 Boys 300m – 2nd, U15 Boys 200m – 4th, U15 Boys 100m – 4th)
Cedelle Agyei-Kyem (U17 Girls 300m – 3rd)
Ben Marks (U17 Boys Steeplechase – 10th)
Philip Kastner (U17 Boys Octathlon – 3rd)
Sam Mace (U20 Men Hammer -4th)
Virginia Mitchell (W55 800m – 1st, Masters Women 400m – 10th)
Susie McLoughlin (Masters Women 400m – 2nd, Masters Women 200m – 1st, Masters Women 100m – 4th)
Lizzie Amos (Masters Women 400m – 6th, Masters Women 200m – 6th, Masters Women 100m – 9th)
Jo Flowers (Masters Women 400m – 7th)
Greg Conlon (Masters Men Pole Vault – 4th)

Congratulations also to Sophie Mace, who made the senior lists, with 14th in the Discus.

Sports Hub Festive Opening Times

Here are the opening hours for the Sports Hub over the next few weeks. Chat to your coach for details of coached and group sessions!

24th Dec: Closed
25th Dec: Closed
26th Dec: 09:00 – 17:00
27th Dec: 09:00 – 17:00
28th Dec: 09:00 – 17:00
29th Dec: 10:00 – 19:00
30th Dec: 09:00 – 17:00
31st Dec: Closed
1st Jan: Closed
2nd Jan: Usual Hours

Happy Training!

Walton AC Junior Club Awards

Walton athletes along with family and friends gathered at the Xcel Sports Hub to celebrate the outstanding athletic achievements of its junior athletes for 2018.

Jeslyn Agyei-Kyem and Ben Marks scooped the top female and male Athlete of year awards for their supreme athletic performances and achievements throughout the season.

Jeslyn won all her 16 races at 300 metres and became the first Walton female athlete to win a English Schools title on the track for over 20 years and Ben won gold at the South of England Championships at 1500 Steeplechase and made the Surrey team for English Schools at both cross country and track and field.

The Junior Cross Country trophy went to Ollie Emment who reigned so convincingly over the country in the under 13 age group with some outstanding performances, and became the Surrey Cross Country League Champion.

Full list of winners:

Cross Country:
Most Improved: Alex Histon Allvey
Overall Winner: Oliver Emment
Runner Up: Ben Fitzpatrick

Youth Development League:
U13 Emma Fisher & Jacob Thomas
U15 Charlotte Maxwell & Jon Awuah
U17 Eva West & Josh Cowie

Best Newcomers:
Emma Queen & Ethan Dray

Club Championships:
U13 Girls:
1st Emma Fisher
2nd Sian Popham
3rd Annalise Agyei-Kyem

U13 Boys:
1st Hayden Evans
2nd Alex Histon Allvey
3rd Harry Tuckman

U15 Girls:
1st Jeslyn Agyei-Kyem
2nd Georgia Russell
3rd Caitlin Paul

U15 Boys:
1st George Sudderick
2nd Jack Gemmell
3rd Ross Hurst

U17 Women:
1st Cedelle Agyei-Kyem
2nd Emma Horsey
3rd Charlotte Vaughan

U17 Men:
1st Ben Marks
2nd Oliver Coppolletti
3rd Rueben Leyland

Special Recognition Award: Philip Kastner

Athletes of the Year:
Jeslyn Agyei-Kyem & Ben Marks

Congratulations to all the athletes who won an award this season and special thanks goes to all the club coaches for their hard work and dedication throughout the season. Also thanks to all the volunteers who gave up their time to support the club throughout 2018.

Surrey League XC

At the half way stage of the Surrey League Cross Country League, Walton continue to dominate the U15/17 age group.

After narrowingly losing out to South London Harriers in the first fixture at Richmond Park by 8 points, Walton were out to regain first position in the second fixture at Wimbledon Common. They certainly did not let themselves down with club captain Ben Fitzpatrick wining the individual race, followed home by Ollie Emment in second, and with another three Walton athletes in the top ten easily secured the team victory. So after two of the four fixtures the U15/17 boys are in first place ahead of South London Harriers.

In the under 13 Boys competition, Walton struggled in the first fixture due to non availability and with only two athletes competing ended up in 9th place. But with a much better turn out in the second fixture the team ran their socks off to take 5th place. At the halfway stage the under 13 Boys are in 5th place out of 15 teams.

Well done to all the boys who have competed in the league so far this season especially newcomers Friso Kolff, Charlie Davidson, Stephen Smith & Lucas Williams and to club captain Ben Fitzpatrick for his amazing pre race speeches.

The third fixture takes place in January at Mitcham Common.

Meanwhile, in spite of the paper team suffering due to absence, injury, or recent marathon runs, superb runs from Hugo Fleming and Andrew Crooks saw the men’s team place 6th on a winding and undulating course at Nork Park, and lying 7th in the division with only a handful of points separating Windmilers ahead and Croydon behind. Hugo came in 10th and Andrew 13th in a field headed by GB international Andy Maud. The rest of the team collectively made up huge points with strong second laps, Duncan Woolmer ultimately placing 29th. A three-way scrap between Chris de Mauny (53), Jon Ladley (56) and Rob Lovegrove (58) saw them all rise up the field in the second lap, with Matt Pharaoh heroically holding position ahead of the three in 49th. Matt Reed and Rob Marcus followed, both recording steady runs for 73rd and 77th, with the ever dependable Chris Ness closing out the team in 85th. Rob Smith and Adam McCarthy provided valuable backup.

In the SLCCL at Nonsuch Park, a handful of girls tackled the flat but technical course, the thin layer of mud created by the previous night’s deluge nicely cut up by the record-breaking division 2 senior race at 11am. Bella Wiles and Eloise Williams were 13th and 29th in the U15 race, while Imogen Burton was 6th in the U17. For once, the seniors outnumbered juniors, and the near-complete team of Lizzie, Mandie, Guillaine and Armanda were clobbered by the 308 penalty points for the incomplete team, to finish 22nd, in spite of strong runs.

The next fixture for the women is in February at Richmond Park, while the men will race with the boys in January at Mitcham Common.

Reigate Priory Relays

Team third for Walton senior men at Priory Relays!

The sun was high and the wind likewise as the WAC men and women donned their vests for this annual piece of fun.

After a couple of drop-outs during the week nine men turned up to race, presenting a minor difficulty in teams of four. However, some internal wrangling and a change to the paperwork gave a solution with some doubling up to complete the C team.

On the women’s side, the legendary Williams sisters were having their first cross-country race together since records began and seemed to enjoy themselves immensely, stepping up from their somewhat more accustomed distances to tackle this 4km course.

The men’s A team was led off by Andrew Crooks, returning to XC running this season after a few years away. Andrew handed over to Jamie Mcloughlin who ran a storming second leg (fastest WAC runner of the day) to hand over to Jon Ladley. Another strong leg from Jon brought us into the final leg in fourth place as Jon handed over to Chris de Mauny. Chris passed the third placed runner on the flat section on the top of the hill and ran in to clinch third place. Both the first and second placed teams (Dorking and Belgrave) contained current or former senior internationals: Walton was very much the “best of the rest” today.

Rob Marcus, Chris Ness, Richard Drew, James Bartosik and Adam McCarthy had a complex race among themselves since between them they managed seven legs of the four-leg relay, Andrew Crooks also running a second time to complete the C team.

Full results are not yet available but will be here soon.