FIVE members of Ashford AC took part in the Rye Summer Classic series 5k race with Warren Uden proving to be fastest on the night by running 17 minutes 42 seconds to finish in 18th place, just beating Ashford AC road running manager Matthew Hogben who recorded a time of 17:46 to secure 20th place. Kevin Williams, Darrel Rand and Timothy Forsythe all followed in quick succession finishing in 24th, 27th and 29th receptively.
Ashford AC is subsidising the cost of entry into the Rye Summer Classic series for all first claim members, as part of the road running development initiative.
The third race in the series is another 5k on September 19.
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Classic effort
August 16th, 2010 by News Desk
Women on a roll
August 10th, 2010 by News Desk
ASHFORD AC women roared into fourth place in the Southern Women’s League with a resounding victory in their Division 1 match at Guildford.
They finished 13 points clear of Sutton and are now just five adrift of Southampton AC who are one of the competing clubs in the final match at Bromley on September 4.
That promised to be a thrilling finale to the 2010 campaign with Ashford delighted to be in the top four after targeting a mid-table place after promotion last season.
Another big achievement is an invitation for Ashford to compete in the UK League qualifier match at Abingdon on September 18 and a full squad will be needed to be competitive in this top match.
Pole vaulters Kara Gibbs and Emmeline Rendell set the tone for Ashford success at Guildford with a brace of victories vaulting 3m and 2.60m respectively.
Hannah Hogben and Amber Regardsoe were outstanding in the field events both second in the hammer with 39.83m and 22.50m and Hannah was joined by Sarah Snare in the discus for second in the A clash and a B string victory both nearing the 30m mark.
There was another fine win and second in the triple jump by Rachel Hanagan and Lucy Holmes recording 10.97 and 9.09m respectively and they were also part of the victorious 4×100m relay squad with Sam Beckett and Eleanor Campbell.
Kate Austen, Amanda Jukes, Lesley Hall and Helen Wheeler (battling the flu) piled on more valuable match points in the middle distance races. Deborah Martin continued her high jump success along with Katie Hamilton both clearing 1.50m for second in the A string and a B string win.
As the season draws to a close the girls can feel proud of their excellent achievements over the last two years. This is basically a young new team reminiscent of the quality teams the club have boasted in years gone by with excellent team spirit.
Super debut for Lesley
August 1st, 2010 by News Desk
Lesley Hall with her bronze medal
ASHFORD AC’s Lesley Hall secured a superb medal on her debut in the European Veterans championships in Nyiregyhaza in Hungary.
A delighted Lesley claimed the bronze in the 10,000m for the over 50s age group and went on to take seventh in the 5,000m despite being one of the oldest runners in her age class.
She was part of the 274-strong Great Britain squad for the championships which attracted over 3,000 athletes from 41 countries.
It was her first time in a competition of this standard and comes after being selected as a reserve for the England cross country team in the winter.
“It made me think it would be interesting to have a try but I was unsure how it would go as I have only done the 10,000m once before on the track. But it was a great experience and I was thrilled when they told me I had taken the bronze.”
“”They ran our race with the overs 40s age group so I didn’t know where I had finished at the end and it was a surprise when they told me I had got a podium place.”
She ran the race in 41 minutes 54 seconds which was a fine time considering the intense heat. Even though the race was run at 5pm it was still over 36C in the stadium so it was a real test of fitness and endurance.”
Four days later she ran the 5,000m as well take a fine seventh in 20:48 and was very pleased with her finish holding off several other runners ranked higher than her on times.
Lesley, a stalwart at the Ashford club, enjoyed the experience so much she now hopes to bid for a slot on the English team for the cross country this winter and aims for the European Masters event next year on the borders of Luxembourg, Germany and France where the squad run a road 10k, compete in a team cross country event and finish with a half marathon.
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