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29/09/07

Gloucester Athletic Clubs older runners triumphed in the County Cross Country 2 mile relay Championships at Plock Court on Saturday 29th September 2007.

Arnie Yeomans running first leg for the Over 50’s team produced the fastest run by any 50 year old to bring the team home second behind Severn AC’s over 50’s in 13:30. This race developed into a battle of contrasting tactics as Severn raced their fastest runners first compared with Gloucester’s approach which gave their slower runners the stimulus of racing the earlier legs before the field spread out. John McLean running his first race since spring and his last relay in the over 50 age group maintained position with an excellent time of 12:59 and handed over to Arthur Daley who had to take back an almost 3 minute deficit on Severn. Daley ran the fastest leg (11:31) by an over 55 to ease the Gloucester team into gold position for the second year on the trot.

The Senior Men’s team depleted by other commitments finished consistently in the mid teen position. Nick Cousins brought the team home on the first leg into 15th with 11:25 and handed over to over 55 Humphrey Phillips who recorded 13:01 to bring the team home in 18th. Veteran 45 Paul Loveridge was disappointed with his 13:44 whilst Paul Nash ran the final leg and his shortest race ever to finish in 11:53.

For the first time in several years Gloucester ladies competed in this Championship; the team was the youngest in the event. Gemma Collier ran 13:23 for first leg. Becky Summers (under 15 lady) ran the fastest leg in the team and also won the prize for the fastest leg by any 15 year old in the event (12:30) Alicia Green produced the second fastest U15 time of 13:25 to bring the team home 6th. This position was maintained by sprinter Marion Loveridge running a very satisfying 19:54 as the 2 mile course was well over her normal racing distance.

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16/09/07                                             Gloucester Half Marathon Results  

The Almost Day

The Gloucester Half-Marathon was postponed from July, due to flooding. Consequently there was a smaller race entry than normal. Nevertheless, running conditions were very good and all went well. Clive Baker (M40) of Tewkesbury AC was overall winner in 01:18:20. The first lady home and 14th overall was Kate Wright (L40) of Stratford AC in 01:31:08. Gloucester AC had some representation in the Senior Men category with Tom Randles 01:22:41 (5th), Mathew Wade 01:37:25 pb (26th) and Kevin Davis 02:30:08 making sure everyone was home safe. This was Kev’s first run of this length and he finished despite injury. Emma Jeffery was 3rd Senior Lady and 35th overall in 01:40:40. 

The most memorable fact was that a total of 18 Almost Athletes participated and they romped away with the team prizes. They were also quickly off to travel for their next big race, the Berlin Marathon.

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08/09/07

Gloucester Athletic Club's two competitors in the Robinswood Hill Fell Race were both produced excellent results. Paul Nash running two days after his slowest for two years Pilot 4 miles showed his strength over the hills by taking a minute off his previous best time to finish second senior man in 39:03. Emma Jeffery produced a storming second lap to be first lady home. Having tracked Chrissie Griffiths of Stroud for the first lap, Emma pulled away on the ascent of the hill to finish nearly a minute ahead in 44:19.

06/09/07 Pilot Inn 4 mile fitness run

Only 2 of Gloucester Athletic Club's 30 strong distance squad chose competing in the Pilot 4 mile road race over coach Lofty Summer's hill repetition session on Thursday 6 September. Both finished in the top 10.

Paul Nash and Arthur Daley both passed the 1 mile mark in under 6 minutes, Nash trying to ensure that his usual slower start did not disadvantage him. They formed a group with Les Davies (Severn AC) who closed on the leading pack of 4 just after the mile marker. Daley remained with the group up the steep hill at 1.5 miles reaching the halfway point some 20 seconds ahead of Nash and involved in a battle with training partner Lucy Woodyatt (Severn AC). Daley tried to pull away from Woodyatt only to be caught at the beginning of the mile uphill drag and for Woodyatt to gain a 7 second lead by the finish. Daley finished 6th in 24:44 his fastest time over that course.

Nash had been involved in a battle with a Stroud runner but gained heart when caught by Gary Barnes - who leads the training group Daley and Woodyatt belong to - and sustained speed to out sprint both Barnes and the Stroud runner finishing 9th in 25:39.

Gloucester AC Club Record.

Dave Gresswell   Vet 40       10,000 metres         36 mins 37.19 secs

Blackbridge Track, Gloucestershire Championships 22-08-2007

21/08/07

Gloucester AC were represented by Alistair Wakefield and Bogdan Jochym in the postponed Frampton 10k road race on Tuesday 21st August 2007. In slightly warm, if not near perfect running conditions Alastair clocked 39:49 finishing in 58th place. Bogdan started cautiously allowing for the incline in the early stages but then ran strongly for a PB time of 46:47 finishing in 178th place. The race ended with 380 runners each with a voucher for a free beer.

GLOUCESTER LADIES TAKE LEAGUE TITLE

Although just pipped into second place on the day, Gloucester Ladies won their first Midland League title on Sunday 19th August 2007 at Telford. A resurgent Stratford team came from fifth place in the table to surprise everyone with their win but the lead that Gloucester had established earlier in the season meant that they would have had to be beaten into sixth place in order to fail in the league promotion stakes. Second place on the day was more than enough and Gloucester ladies emulated their male club counterparts with a comfortable victory of 23 league points over their nearest rivals, Shrewsbury, with 19 points.

The senior throws were dominated by Bev Jones, Kate Ynell and Nikita Morgan and the senior sprints by sisters Sophie and Cleo Lambert who were joined by Amy Whitcher and Alex Purcell to win the 4x100 relay by over thirty metres. Emily Pidgeon won both the 800m and 1500m and her running partner Trudy Wells came 1st and 2nd in the respective B events.

In the junior age groups Harriet Hunter, the youngest member of the team at just 11, won the U15 B 100m with training partner Melissa Baverstock taking third place in the A event. Melissa went on to take first place in the B 200m while Amy Waite was 2nd in the A.  Melissa, Amy and Harriet were joined by Rachel Davies for another comfortable 4x100m win. Beth Wells and Georgi Lowe stole 15 of the 16 points available in the 1500m. Becky Summers won the 800m, a distance she always claims is not long enough for her.

U15 Amy Waite reinforced the U17 athletes for the 100m and 300m events, and  Sarah Williams and Julia Loveridge took valuable points in such diverse events as the Discus, 100m., 80mH and 300m.

But possibly the greatest heroines of the day were Marion Loveridge and Paula Whitcher who stayed behind to represent Gloucester in the Avon League at Yate. This fixture conflict has the chance of denying the senior ladies team their fifth consecutive victory but with one match still to go in the Avon League there is the consolation of knowing that at the very least there is one league title already in the bag.

11th August 2007 CRANHAM BOUNDARY CHASE

1st Tom Randles ~ 00:35:27 ~ Gloucester AC

Full results

Team Results

Cranham Boundary Chase (Junior Race)

The 5th annual Junior Cranham boundary chase was run on Saturday August 11th 2007

First home in the mile race was12 year old Adam Thrall who has continued to progress well this season over both 800m and 1500m and currently ranked in the top 10 in the South West over both distances. Second place went to Becky Summers (13) an established distance runner currently ranked 2nd in the South West over 3000m and senior member of the middle distance squad. Training partner 13 year old Georgi Lowe in her first season with Gloucester finished well in fourth place.

Bethany Wells won the trophy for the shorter half mile race for the second successive year on the back of an extremely successful track season.  Currently ranked 5th in the UK in the under 13 girls 1200m, she has also netted no less than three grade one performances in the 800m, 1200m and 1500m (one of only three under 13 female athletes in the UK to do the hat trick this year).

Following closely behind was 11 year old Sam Evans who looks to be another talented prospect for the future with a great run in second place and first male finisher. The third Gloucester athlete to finish was 10 year old Hannah Jones, in her first year with the club has performed extremely well on the track this season. The next club finisher close on Hannah’s heels was 10 year old Gabriella Lowe who also only joined the club at the start of the year.

Making their debut in Gloucester colours in the shorter race were youngsters Harry Wells, Angharad Evans, Chloe Jones and Joseph Mower all looking to join the ranks of the junior distance squad in the next couple of years.

Any budding young athletes aged 10 to 14 who wish to take up middle distance and cross country running under the guidance of experienced qualified coaches, please contact Rob Peck at Gloucester Athletic Club on 01453 547453 or email rob.peck@gloucesterac.co.uk for more details

Gloucester AC Team Winners Cranham 2007

Ian Summers (6th)    Tom Randles (1st)    Dave Gresswell (3rd)

Pilot Inn 5km Road Race & Gloucestershire County 5km Championship - Thursday 16th August 2007.

Gloucester AC Race Report.

Seven members of Gloucester AC took part in the last of the summer 5km road races. The race venue was changed at the last moment to the Pilot Inn, and hence a different course which most agreed was slightly slower than the normal Sandhurst route. However, the course did not slow Luke Herbert, who was first home for the club in 16 mins 53 secs and 16th place. A great result considering that a long term injury meant that this was his first road 5km for several months. Chasing Herbert for the first mile, but not able to stay with his pace for the entire course was Dave Creswell, who missed going under 17 mins by a single second. Next home was Mark Thrall, who just managed to finish in front of Matt Wade who was having a run at this short distance as part of his speed training for a marathon in October.

Full Glos AC Team Results.
16th Posn: Luke Herbert (SM): 16 mins 53 secs.
18th Posn: Dave Gresswell (V40): 17 mins 00 secs.
53rd Posn: Mark Thrall (V40): 19 mins 38 secs.
58th Posn: Matt Wade (SM): 19 mins 50 secs.
61st Posn: Dave Spackman (V60): 20 mins 06 secs.
64th Posn: Steve Murden (SM): 20 mins 24 secs.
81st Posn: Bogdan Jochym (V55): 22 mins 11 secs.

04/08/07

Men’s Midland League at Worcester

Gloucester AC win Men’s Midland League Division 3

Gloucester AC have been crowned champions of Midland Men's League Division Three. Fourth place in the final fixture on Saturday 4th August was good enough to secure the title from rivals Banbury.

Both teams had 28 league points, but Gloucester had 956 match points to Banbury's 936.

Gloucester got off to a bad start, with 800m runner Andrew De Camps pulling up with hamstring problems at the end of his race.

Richard De Camps took the place of his older brother in the 400m A race, picking up sixth place following his own injury problems.

The only event that went to plan in the first third of the match was the hammer, where Wayne Powell won to make it four out of four and Alec Bilous set a new Vet 45 club record in finishing second in the B string.

Simon Kellie won the 3000m steeplechase by more than 20 seconds in 10:11.04 and his brother Peter was third in the 1500m A race.

Ben Coldray was second in the B 1500m and Ashleigh Naylor was fourth in the 100m.

Powell moved on to the other throws, claiming third in the javelin, third in the shot putt and second in the discus.

Oliver Cooper stepped out of the limelight of the absent Brendan Goss to win the triple jump with a new PB of 12.96m, and managed to run a 110m hurdles in the middle of his set of jumps.

Cooper also had a second place in the B discus and, in all, competed in eight events to amass 42 points.

Even team manager Jeremy Mower strapped up a damaged ankle to compete both hurdles for valuable points.

Andy Knight, 16, had a good debut with second place in the B triple jump and ran a good leg in the 100m relay.

Gloucester's patched up 4x400m relay team made impressive reading, as Great Britain Vet 55 international Keith Short was nine years older than the combined ages of Ben Coldray, Richard De Camps and Jack Knight.

Mower said: "The end of the match was really nerve-wracking as we thought we had won the league but were not completely sure, so we had to wait for what seemed like ages for the final results.

"The team has used 22 athletes this year, of which nine are aged 21 years or younger, so things look bright for the future as they can only improve.

"After three promotions in four years we have shown that the city club are once again a force to be reckoned with."

MIDLAND MEN'S LEAGUE DIV THREE

A STRING: 100m 4 Ashleigh Naylor 12.0, 200m 8 Oliver Cooper 25.8, 400m 5 Andrew De Camps 55.7, 800m 3 Andrew De Camps 1:57.09, 1500m 3 Peter Kellie 4:13.01, 3000m s/c 1 Simon Kellie 10:11.04, 3000m 7 Luke Herbert 9:59.03, 110mH 4 Oliver Cooper 21.3, 400mH 8 Oliver Cooper 72.7, long jump 4 Ashleigh Naylor 5.93, triple jump 1 Oliver Cooper 12.96, high jump 6 Oliver Cooper 1.60, shot putt Wayne Powell 3 11.57m, discus 2 Wayne Powell 36.42m, hammer 1 Wayne Powell 57.37m, javelin 3 Wayne Powell 48.55m, 4x100m 5 Gloucester 48.1, 4x400m 8 Gloucester 3:54.

B String: 100m 7 Andy Knight 13.1, 200m 6 Jack Knight 25.3, 400m 4 Jack Knight 54.6, 800m 6 Richard De Camps 2:06.09, 1500m 2 Ben Coldray 4:31.06, 3000m s/c 3 Ian Summers 11:35.03, 3000m 3 David Gresswell 10:09.01, 110mH 4 Jeremy Mower 25.6, 400mH 6 Jeremy Mower 73.5, long jump 2 Oliver Cooper 5.55m, triple jump 2 Andy Knight 10.77m, shot putt 6 Alex Bilous 7.21m, discus 4 Oliver Cooper 24.12m, hammer 2 Alex Bilous 35.84m, javelin 5 Ian Summers 31.87m

20/07/07

Hammer competition

Conditions: the evening when Gloucestershire was flooded

Name Club Place Best Performance U15 Boys Jimmy Coleman Gloucester AC 1st 46.53   Ross Murray Swansea 2nd 27.98           U17 Boys Michael Tommey Gloucester AC 1st 50.08  pb           U20 Men James Dobler Swansea 1st 32.05           SM Wayne Powell Gloucester AC 1st 55.24           U20 Charlotte Murray Swansea 1st 47.28  pb   Nikita Morgan Gloucester AC 2nd 39.91  pb           SL Bola Ogun Rugby & Nor AC 1st 51.25   Beth Sewell Cardiff AC 2nd 39.58

07/07/07

Men’s Midland League at Banbury

Gloucester AC again proved they are the team to beat as they won the third Division Three fixture of the Midland Men's Track and Field League

Wayne Powell and Alec Bilous won the A and B hammer respectively to give the team the perfect start.

Powell also had a personal best in the shot, breaking the club's Vet 35 record, and was never out of the top three places.

Alec Bilous set a PB and club V45 record for the shot - and the long jump competitors Brendan Goss and Ashleigh Naylor looked to have a clean sweep when, on his final jump of the day, the Banbury athlete just edged Goss into second place.

The pair nonetheless set new PBs, with Naylor particularly delighted to go over six metres for the first time.

Goss did get involved in a clean sweep of the triple jump, winning the A event as Ollie Cooper set a new PB in the B event.

Star performer on the track was Andrew De Camps, who won the 800 metres in one minute 56.07 seconds and claimed second in the 400m.

Having been ill earlier in the week, Ben Coldray ran the 1500m and was further down the field than usual. Richard De Camps picked up valuable points in his two races.

Newcomer Jack Knight had an incredible senior debut for the club, recording two PBs in the 200m and 400m.

Veteran track athletes Jeremy Mower and Ian Summers ran the steeplechase and 5000m, both gaining valuable points.

Gloucester will make the short trip to Worcester on August 4 and hope to secure the league title.

MIDLAND MEN'S TRACK & FIELD, A STRING: 100m 3 Ashleigh Naylor 11.6, 200m 6 Ashleigh Naylor 23.7, 400m 2 Andrew De Camps 50.9, 800m 1 Andrew De Camps 1:56.07, 1500m 8 Ben Coldray 4:30.08, 2000m s/c 4 Jeremy Mower 7.13.08, 5000m 5 Ian Summers 18.21, 110m H 2 Brendan Goss 18.2, 400m H 4 Ashleigh Naylor 64.3, Long Jump 2 Brendan Goss 6.44, Triple Jump 1 Brendan Goss 13.66, High Jump 5 Brendan Goss 1.65, Pole Vault 5 Brendan Goss 2.25, Shot Putt 3 Wayne Powell 11.78 PB, Discus 2 Wayne Powell 36.40, Hammer 1 Wayne Powell 56.28, Javelin 2 Wayne Powell 50.01, 4x100m 3 Gloucester 46.7, 4x400m 8 Gloucester 3.47.04.

B String: 100m 4 Brendan Goss 11.9, 200m 6 Jack Knight 24.5 PB, 400m 3 Jack Knight 54.3 PB, 800m 6 Richard De Camps 2.10.03, 1500m 3 Richard De Camps 4.37.09, 2000m s/c 4 Ian Summers 7.27.07, 5000m 4 Jeremy Mower 18.32, 110mH 3 Oliver Cooper 21.2, 400mH 5 Oliver Cooper 70.8, Long Jump 1 Ashleigh Naylor 6.01PB, Triple Jump 1 Oliver Cooper 12.90PB, High Jump 4 Oliver Cooper 1.60, Shot Putt 2 Alex Bilous 9.38PB, Discus 2 Oliver Cooper 25.31, Hammer 1 Alex Bilous 34.63, Javelin 4 Dale Price 31.42.

Match Score: 1 Gloucester 248, 2 Birmingham Rowheath 220.5, 3 Banbury 218.5, 4 Leamington 215, B/R 215, 6 Daventry 190, 7 C/S 170.5, 8 Worcester 164.5.

02/06/07

Men’s Midland League at Leamington

Gloucester AC remain on course for promotion after cementing their lead at the top of Midland Men's League Division Three. Wayne Powell got the club off to a good start in their latest fixture, winning the A string hammer, while Alex Bilous - returning after a five-year absence - was third in the B string.

Powell showed his value to Gloucester by finishing second in the javelin, second in the discus and third in the shot.

Ryan Preddy turned out for his first race of the season and, despite little training due to an ankle injury, still managed 22.8 second for third in the 200 metres and 11.6 for second in the 100m.

Oliver Cooper had a good day with a personal best in the high jump of 1.70m. It was all the more remarkable as the city still does not have high jump facilities for training and he had only ever jumped four times before.

Curtley Phillips finished third in the B string 100m in 11.8, an event he has not done for a while.

Dale Price, 16, competed in his non preferred events, finishing fourth in the A 400m hurdles, fourth in the B high jump and third in the B javelin.

Richard Farrow showed he has successfully switched from middle distance, finishing third in the B 200m in 23.9 and fourth in the B 400m in 53.7.

Andrew De Camps made his debut in Gloucester colours in the 800m and finished second in a close contest in 1:54 and was also third in the 400m.

Younger brother Richard De Camps was fourth in the 800m B race and showed real determination to finish fourth in the 1500m B race as he sprained his ankle during the race.

Ben Coldray, 14, finished fourth in a classy 1500m A race in 4:14.7, less than three seconds behind the winner. Simon Kellie returned after a two-year absence and finished second in the A 3000m steeplechase.

Jeremy Mower showed no sign of fatigue after racing 100K two weeks ago and was first in the B string 3000m steeplechase.

Dave Gresswell, a veteran athlete who seems to get better with age, finished fourth in the B 3000m.

Gloucester finished the day with an exciting 400m relay win. Price ran 56.2 for the first leg, keeping the team in contention, and Andrew De Camps then ran 51.0 to move them up to second.

Farrow kept them in second, handing over to Preddy, who by 200m had a 20m lead and had time to glance over his shoulder on the bend. He looked relaxed as he strolled over the line in 50.6 for a total time 3:30.05.

Ian Summers missed his first Midland League match for some years as his legs were still sore from his record breaking run of Hadrian's Wall six days earlier.

05/05/07

Men’s Midland League at Birmingham

Gloucester men's team won their first fixture in Division 3 of the Midlands Track and Field League at Birmingham University despite missing four of their track stars in Ryan Preddy, Richard Davenport, Peter and Simon Kellie. Gloucester welcomed the return of Justin Sysum who with Wayne Powell dominated the throwing events. Both threw three personal bests out of the four throwing disciplines. Wayne's club record hammer throw of 58.25m was close the Divisional record and he hopes to have broken this by the end of the season. Wayne also broke the club record for the discus with his throw of 39.18m. Brendan Goss won the "A" long and triple jumps and Curtley Phillips won the "B" long and triple jumps. Ollie Cooper gained valuable points in his non preferred events of the high jump and both hurdles. Ashleigh Naylor faired well in both "A" sprints running close to his personal bests and set a personal best in the 400m hurdles an event he has only learnt recently. Youngest member was Ben Coldray who is in his first year as an Under 17. Ben achieved an amazing personal best of 4 min 14.8 sec for 1500m knocking 7 seconds off his previous time. Not to be out done Richard De-Camps also achieved a PB for 1500m. Richard was competing in his first league match for Gloucester under the higher claim ruling as he is an athlete with the Forest of Dean Athletic Club. Next match he will be joined by his elder brother Andrew who was unavailable as he was competing for his university at the BUSA championships. Dave Gresswell (Vet40) rallied to the call running an 800m and 5000m only two weeks after his London Marathon efforts. The other two veterans had a great battle in the 2000m steeplechase with Jeremy Mower breaking the clubs Vet 40 record by 15 seconds and Ian Summers finishing within 2 seconds of his best time. The club were elated with their finish as they had targeted 3rd place based on having there five fastest track stars out due to various reasons. The result showed that Gloucester now have some depth to the team and great team spirit as an amazing three club records and eleven personal bests were set during the day, which in itself is a club record. The team manager Mower said all we really need now is a specialist pole vaulter and hurdler and I think we could be unbeatable this year. So if anyone feels like coming out of retirement please contact Jeremy Mower on 01452 506174.

Results:

100m A 4th Ashleigh Naylor 11.7, B 2nd Brendan Goss 11.7
200m A 5th Ashleigh Naylor 24.3, B 3rd Curtley Phillips 24.0
400m A 8th Jeremy Mower 66.7, B 7th Oliver Cooper 63.0
800m A 7th Richard De-Camps 2.07.3, B 8th David Gresswell 2.24.4 pb
1500m A 5th Ben Coldray 4.14.8 pb, B 3rd Richard De-Camps 4.22.4 pb
2000m A s/c 3rd Jeremy Mower 7.09.7 pb, B 1st Ian Summers7.16.7
5000m A 6th Ian Summers 17.53.6, B 5th David Gresswell 18.16.9
110mH A 2nd Brendan Goss 18.8, B 3rd Oliver Cooper 21.2
400mH A 5th Ashleigh Naylor 65.0 pb, B 4th Oliver Cooper 71.4
Long Jump A 1st Brendan Goss 6.13, B 1st Curtley Phillips 6.12
Triple Jump A 1st Brendan Goss 12.97, B 1st Curtley Phillips 12.46
High Jump 3rd Brendan Goss 1.70, B 4th Oliver Cooper 1.55
Pole Vault 5th Brendan Goss 2.55, B 3rd Justin Sysum 2.40
Shot Putt A 2nd Wayne Powell 11.74 pb, B 1st Justin Sysum 11.01 pb
Discus A 2nd Wayne Powell 39.18 pb, B 2nd Justin Sysum 30.84
Hammer A 1st Wayne Powell 58.25 pb, B 1st Justin Sysum 52.02 pb
Javelin A 2nd Wayne Powell 51.39, B 1st Justin Sysum 44.74 pb
4x100m 1st Gloucester 46.3
4x400m 7th Gloucester 3.57.9

Final Match score
1 Gloucester 252, 2 Birmingham Rowheath 230, 3 Banbury 219, 4 Bromsgrove & Redditch 215, 5 Worcester 210, 6 Leamington 208, 7 Daventry 157, 8 Cannock & Staffs 147