C. Baker S/M ran 8.71 in the 60H at Eton on 6th Dec. (TBC)
Jack Phipps U17 ran 6.76 in the 60m also at Eton at same meeting
R. Buckley U/15 ran 4.48 in the 60H at Eton on 3rd January
Ellie Lane U/15 jumped 4.21 in the Long Jump And in the Shot Putt 7.37 at Eton on 3rd January
Jack Phipps U/17 Vaulted 4.13 at Carshalton on 24th January.
Previous record of 3.93 held by Jack since 16th January. (A week ago) Nice one Jack.
Oli King ran 7.11 in a senior men’s 60.0m race at Lee Valley during the London Games meeting held on 30th January.

To take over the production and distribution of the Cockcrow from Tom & Graham. After nearly seven years it’s time to step aside and give others a chance to further develop the Cockcrow.
So if you think you have what it takes email us tom@the-cockcrow.co.uk or speak to Tom or Graham at the club or phone Tom 01483 768491 or Graham 01483 722773/07860 338127.

Amy Binnion who is ranked 8th in the UK Girls U/13 Shot Putt with a throw of 9.90 well done Amy. This is also the present U/13 club record.
To Fiona Bishop 0/50 who is ranked 4th in the 3000W UK Walking List with 18.24.03 and 3rd in the 5000W with 31.35.00.
2009 UK Merit Rankings: Nick Stanisavljevic ranked 8th in High Jump with 2.20.
Eleanor Gatrell ranked 4th in the Shot Putt with 15.96.
2009 UK Top 50 Rankings: Gary Bradbury ranked 27th in 1500m with a time of 3.43.15.
Nick Stanisavljevic ranked 9th in the high Jump with 2.17 also ranked 26th in Long Jump with 7.23 and ranked 33rd in the Triple Jump with 14.65.
Eleanor Gatrell is ranked 5th in the Shot Putt with 15.61 also ranked 30th in the Discus with 41.22.
Well done to you all hoping you have an even better 2010. Good Luck.

At last the snow has melted and the track is operational again.  This means that as from Monday 18 January the track will be open as usual.

Updated 17 Jan 2010

During the evening Andy Smith held the draw for the clubs three allotted “London” marathon places. These are available to any member who has had their original entries rejected. With only four envelopes with names on to draw from meaning one was going to be unlucky
The first three that came out was Andy Green, Ian Beston, and Adrian Brooke with Kim Warner being the unlucky one.
If any one of the lucky three has to withdraw before the 26th April (London) their entry MUST be offered to Kim or back to the club. Good luck to all three and to all our other members running London.

When competing in your FIRST Mabac event in 2010 you MUST have a new number and not the one you wore during 2009 or the computer could give birth. Also to assist Jenny who issues all the numbers including enrolling New Members/Juniors/Joggers. It has been suggested that the first member of any team to turn-up for his/her number please take the envelope that contains all the numbers for their team and issue them as other members of the team arrive. Like a small base camp area. This helps keep the registration table clear. Hope I have said that properly?

Ramona Thevenet Smith ran 42.50 in the Horton Park 10k on 20th Dec to break the existing 0/50 record of 43.33 held since 1993 by Mary Todd.
Ramona also ran 22.25 at Bushy Park on the 25th Dec to break the club record of 24.37 held by Barbara Rodriguez since 2006.

To get more involved why not be the club’s secretary.
There are a small number of emails to distribute and the minutes of the club committee meeting to organise just 10 times in the year. For more information speak to Paul Cousins on 01483 600238 or email wokingac@o2.co.uk

I was ear-wigging (I was not supposed to have heard) one evening at the track and a little group was merrily chatting away and it appears Kay Trinder has had 11(Eleven) PBs this year.
Including Road and Track. Could this be a RECORD? It certainly takes some beating.
Well done Kay. That is a great year’s performance and it comes from working hard when training and laughing. Just continue to do both.

THE LAST DAY of TRAINING IN 2009 at the TRACK will be TUESDAY 22nd DEC. The track will be closed DECEMBER on THURSDAY 24th --- TUESDAY 29th and THURSDAY 31st and RE-OPEN TUESDAY 5th JAN. 2010

Saturday 12th December 7.30pm, at the Cricketers Pub in Rowtown. Buffet Included. All are welcome.
For directions please see Jenna or Kim or use google maps with the postcode KT15 1EY.
Please can you let myself (jltarrant@hotmail.com) or Kim know if you are coming by Wednesday 8th December so we can inform the landlady on numbers. Thanks hope to see you there. Jenna

The date for the Christmas run/jog/walk/talk/ caused quite a few head-aches trying to suit the maximum number of members and as there is a Men’s/Ladies Surrey XC league fixture on the 12th Dec. After a serious meeting and a couple of beers (making the final decision easier) the date that seemed acceptable to most was Sat. 19th Dec. This will start from the usual picnic table at Newlands Corner at 8.30am. Everyone is welcome including your pet’s come for a walk/jog/run/chat/mince pie/coffee/plenty of car park spaces so just pop along and relax for a couple of hours and swop cards/pressies also practice eating more than you really need.

I missed a record that was broken during September. Kay Trinder 0/40 lowered her own 5k record of 19.59.95 to 19.31. Well done Kay. Now I have rectified everything can you wait a couple of weeks before you lower it again.

This year we’ve noticed an increase in race organisers requesting competitors; (England Athletics) licence numbers on race application forms. I’ve had a few queries from members regarding this and thought I would just explain a little bit about our club membership. Terribly boring but here we go. When you join a club you pay membership fees. Here at Woking, if you’re a competing athlete, we pay England Athletics, on your behalf, an administration fee and you get, in the post (eventually) a little card with your registration or licence number on it and, amongst other things, your insurance should you ever be unfortunate enough to have an accident during competition. Pretty useful really. Below are the options of membership:
Family
A family constitutes a minimum of 1 adult and 2 children.
Senior
Over 18 years of age.

Student
18 years and under, and anyone in full-time education.
Road Runners
Plus session fee if they use the track (£3.50)
Member
For members who do not compete or use the track (e.g. social members, club officials, committee members)
So what happens if you’re no longer competing but still training? Well, there are various options open to you and much of it depends on your own personal preference and circumstances. But generally, you pay your membership, and if you’re not training every week (and you can do maths) you might find it cheaper to pay the “pay-as-you-go” fee on the gate on each training visit, having already got your basic membership (£25). However, if you think you might be slightly different just please email me with your own particular situation. But not all at once.
What if I’m injured? Sorry. But you still have to pay your subs. Unfair, I hear you cry. Tell me about it!!! We’ve all been there. It is still by far the cheapest option to keep your membership going by keeping your subs up to date. Not only that, if you’ve shelled out subs for the year, it’s a good incentive to get yourself fixed and back on track as soon as possible. And anyway, you’d miss us wouldn’t you?
So what if you no longer wish to be a member? Well and here is the boring bit of paperwork: you have to resign. In writing. And dated. Email is probably the easiest but by post is fine too, either to me or any member of the committee. If you don’t put it in writing, we won’t know (unless you’re really popular then we might notice you’re not there, eventually) and you will get subs reminders churning out for ever and a day. Save our trees? Anyway, this is actually quite important because under EA rules you are unable to compete for another club without being officially resigned from your current club. If you are looking to leave us and join another athletics club, your subs must be up-to-date before the paperwork can be released. (I’ve got the paperwork for this, again just email or call.)
I’m usually grunting and groaning round the track on a Tuesday so don’t normally have any puff for talking. But am more than happy to help with any queries you may have, either by email (running@ntlworld.com) or phone (01932 40 22 32).

If you have been rejected by the London Martathon Ballot don't despair. Woking AC are allocated a number of club places, currently three. You need to let Andy Smith know - running@ntlworld.com or 07825 130390.
There will be a draw at the clubhouse on Thurs. 3rd Dec. at 7.30 p.m. See attached rules for eligibility

Amy Binnion broke her own U/13 SP record at the Woking evening meeting on the 5th Aug. with a Putt of 9.86 her previous best was 9.83 at Kingsmeadow on 26th July. Then at the Woking YA meeting Amy improved yet again with a Putt of 9.90.
Also at this meeting Jonty Mitchell U/11 broke the club LJ record with a jump of 3.97. Previous record of 3.72 was held by Alexander Peel since 2002.
Fiona Bishop is having a busy time since turning 0/50. At the VAC T&F Championship’s held on the 30th Aug. at Kingsmeadow Fiona lowered her 3000w record to 18.24.3 (It was 18.56.89). Also at Oxford Fiona ran a 10,000m race in a time of 49.37.89 this is a new club record (No previous Rec.).
Virginia Mitchell broke the 0/45 800m record at Kingsmeadow in the last SWL fixture on the 5th Sept. with a time of 2.18.0. Previously held since 2000 by Olia Inak Price with 2.25.71.
Daniel Johnson broke U/13 the Pentathlon record at Horsham on 12th Sept. scoring 1110 points the previous record of 980pts. was held by J. Booth since 2002.

What: The course is open to all those who are interested in becoming an official. You do not need to have attended a Level 1 course first, you can start at Level 2. Candidates do however have to decide before hand which discipline they wish to take, ie Field Judging, Track Judging, Timekeeping, or Starter / Marking.
Who can participate: Anyone aged 16+
When: Sunday 18th October approx 10am-4pm
Where: Walton on Thames, Surrey
If you are interested please contact Patricia or Michael Cole; tel: 01372 458 650 or email: coledust@btinternet.com

South-of-England road relays are at Rushmore Arena on September 26/27th if interested please contact team managers quickly as the teams MUST be entered by 10th Sept.

There are now so many athletic events taking place on the 19th that we have decided to postpone this BBQ to Sunday 20 September and make it a post season celebration. 

 

It will start at midday and finish up around 3pm; as well as enjoying the BBQ you will have the opportunity to join us in a game of Rounders and maybe a tug-of-war! The invitation also extends to your families.
WAC will provide sausages and burgers, but please bring anything else you would like to eat and drink with you.
It is really important that you let us know if you can come, and how many people will be in your group; we don’t want to either over or under cater!
Those helping on the gate on Tuesdays and Thursdays will have a list of names. Please let them know your name and how many people you are bringing with you. If we do not know you are coming, we cannot guarantee there will be enough for you.
We look forward to seeing you there

T&F Presentations will be held on Friday 16th October at Woodham Community Centre starting at 7.30pm with a report of the WAC (Company Ltd.) lasting 30 minutes followed by the presentations.
Directions to the venue are: Travelling FROM the 6X roads towards Addlestone along Woodham Lane
continue until passing under the bridge (M25) then 100m on the RIGHT there is a turn up the side of the first shop with a car park at the rear.

Congratulations to Ramona Thevenet Smith on being selected for England ladies team to compete in the Ultra’s 24 hours mountian running Commonwealth Games Championships to be held at Keswick (Cumbria) during September 17/18th. The club committee and all Ramona’s training friends wish her every success against the top Ultra athletes in the Commonwealth. Good Luck Ramona remember your ABC.

Congratulations to Amy Binnion and Kaitin Howard who both represented Surrey at Kingsmeadow on 26th July in the South-of-England U/13 Inter-Counties and helped Surrey to win the competition o/a against 13 other Counties. Kaitin was 2nd in the 800m B string in a time of 2.23.84. Amy came 1st in the B string Shot Putt with a tremendous PB throw of 9.83 beating the winning girl in the Surrey A string. BUT another bonus is that Amy broke the existing U/13 club record of 9.36 that has stood since 1985 (14 years) held by Caroline Manning. Well done Amy and Kaitin.

What a month July has been with so many competitions, new records, personal bests and medals galore. Tom has listed out all the results in the following pages so I will not repeat them here, but I would like to congratulate Eleanor Gatrell on leading the way with her Silver Medal in the Aviva World Trials and UK Championships in Birmingham. The first UK medal by a senior club member for many years. Well done too to all the other members of the club who have done so well this month not only as athletes but also as coaches, officials and helpers. Athletics is normally considered a solo sport, one athlete against other athletes, the clock and tape measures. In reality it is a team effort by coaches, officials, helpers and fellow athletes, training over months and years which result in supreme achievements that may only take a few minutes or seconds to execute. I think all members can and should feel proud of these achievements including those of past members of the club such as Georgia Peel who this month broke the 30 year old English Schools record for Inter Girls 1500 m by an amazing 7 seconds. Well done Team WAC.

Congratulations to Eleanor Gatrell gaining her first senior national medal at the UK Champ’s and World Trials held at Birmingham on 11/12th July. Eleanor was second in the Shot Putt equalling her season best with 15.56.

Fiona Bishop 0/50 created a new record for this age group in the 5mile Road walk at Battersea Park competing in the VAC club championship on 23rd June the new record is 51.39. Fiona also created a new 0/50 track 3000W record of 18.56.89 at the British Masters championships at Birmingham on 4th July.
Fiona also created a 3 mile road record at Newmarket on 12th July with a time of 30.25.
Two records slipped by unnoticed as I did not know that young Anita Cryer recently had a birthday and moved up into the 0/40 group. They were both broken at the SWL held at Woking on the 30th May. In the Hammer Anita threw 26.67 previously was 24.67 held by Olia Inak Price since 1998 (11yrs).
In the Discus Anita threw 17.99 previously was 16.92 held by Sue Burridge since 1995 (14yrs).
Well done to Ellie Lane U/13 who has had a brilliant month breaking two records. At Walton on June 21st Ellie ran the 70H in 12.4. The previous record of 12.5 was held by two different girls T. Collom (1995) and F.Bell (1997) 14 and 12 years respectively. On 12th July at Poole Ellie threw the Javelin 23.65 beating the previous record of 22.51 held by D. Bruce since 2001.
During the Vets League meeting Portsmouth on 13th July, Jimmy Brown broke two 0/60 records. In the 800m with a time of 2.41.8 the previous record of 2.43.9 was held by Dave Nichols since 2004 and in the 200m he ran 32.0 also held by Dave with a time of 33.4 since 2005.
Dave was at the meeting competing and also watching Jimmy and cheering him on in both events.
Saturday 25th July Ramona Thevenet Smith ran 20.44 at 5k Bushey Park event breaking her own 0/45 record also nearly a minute inside the club standard.
At Winchester on Sunday 26th July Thomas Buckland lowered his own U/13 boys 75H club record in a time of 14.0 previously it was 14.1.

You still have time to cancel any previous commitments so you can attend and help at the YA Meeting on Sunday 6th Sept. A lovely little job has been especially saved for you. Just pop along and see Helen Henderson or any member of the committee, before someone gets there before you!
Come along enjoy the atmosphere and a good day watching the YA’s competing.

Safeguarding Courses
In addition to the coaching and officials courses currently available, we are also able to offer all our volunteers the opportunity to participate in an accredited “Safeguarding” (child protection) course. The course would take only an afternoon or a morning and will be run either at the club or the Parkview Community Centre. Dates are to be confirmed but the course would take place any time from mid-July onwards.
If you are interested, please let me know by emailing me @ wacvolunteer@googlemail.com I would need your name, contact details and when you are NOT available/ able to participate in the next couple of months.
Once I have an idea of numbers and availability of those wishing to attend, we can book a date.
This course will be very interesting and, as it is accredited, could be something useful for your CV!

The Flying Coach programme is being delivered across England to benefit clubs, coaches and athletes of a variety of abilities across all disciplines. Under the scheme top coaches visit local clubs to work directly with club coaches and assist with the development of their athletes, to help develop coaching expertise in a particular technical event in a practical coaching environment.
The following courses are available to all coaches and will be held in Winchester:
Events Date Coach
Sprints 23rd June 6.30-7.30pm Mike Smith
Pole vault 23rd June 6.30-7.30pm Peter Sutcliffe
Hurdles 30th June 6.30-7.30pm Judy Vernon
Throws 30th June 6.30-7.30pm Bron Carter
Throws 14th July 6.30-7.30pm Bron Carter
Strength & conditioning Autumn TBC

Please book a place by contacting Christine Benning on 07968 498 708
or email: cbenning@englandathletics.org

Vets T&F Dates & Venues
For all interested athletes the fixtures are all Monday evenings;
April 27th Portsmouth; May 12th Basingstoke; June 15th Winchester; July 13th Portsmouth.
For more info please contact Andy Smith at the track on a Tuesday evening.

Dave Nichols broke the clubs 5 mile (Road) 0/65 at Windsor on the 30th April with a time of 36.26 previous record was held by old Tom since 1996. During the race that I broke the record in 1996 the snow continued to fall during the race and I got knocked over by a snow plough and they could not find me under the 6 foot of snow for 10 minutes. Well done Dave. The only record I hold now is for lying.
Another (Road) record broken after 10 years (April 1997) was the ladies 0/40 5k held by Susan Davies.
Kay Trinder ran 19.59.95 at Bushey Park on 9th May. They all look easy until you have to run them.
Record Breaking Nichols: Most athletes try to peak for a race but Dave Nichols has been training to peak for ALL 2009 and so far succeeding. At the Vet’s T&F league meeting held at Basingstoke on May 18th Dave competed in the 800m and recorded a time of 2.51.00 so breaking the existing record of 2.57.6 held since 1992 by the worn out/shot to bits/shell shocked world war veteran (Army No.19141140) Well done Dave. Again.
Gary Bradbury broke the senior men’s 1500m record at a BMC meeting (Manchester) on 30th May running a time of 3.44.4 beating the existing 3.45.5 that has been held by Stuart Crossman since 1988 (21years). Stuart achieved his time also at a BMC meeting at Crystal Palace.
During the Vet’s league match at Portsmouth on 27th April, Linda Baldwin competed in the 2000W as usual among her other normal events. Checking the results for club records I saw Linda’s time and noticed we had no record. This I had over looked in 2008. Then I remembered Linda was in the 0/60 category last year so her 2000W time (2008) was superior to her time on 28th April 2009. So I corrected the record to read 14.50.2 from 2008. This is now the 0/60 2000W record. Sorry Linda.
I have noticed the U/13 Boys/Girls now compete in a few new events (To me) and as there are no existing records. So as to give the age group target’s to aim for I have taken the following three U/13 athletes times from the three events they have competed in during 2009 as the present club records.
IF any one in this age group has run faster in these events let me know (Boy/Girl) also Event, Time, Venue and Date.
The U/13Boys: now compete in a 75H event. Thomas Buckland ran the event in the Surrey Championships and finished in the Silver medal position with a time of 14.8 (Now Club Rec.).
The U/13 Girls: now run a 70m sprint - also a 150m sprint event(s)
Jasmine Mitchell ran the 70m event in 11.7 and Ellie Lane competed in the 150m in 21.1. Both the girls ran the above events in the NYAL at St. Albans on the 17th May. Well done Thomas/Jasmine/Ellie.

Sally Taylorson (our new Volunteer Coordinator) started this week and has certainly hit the ground running. After a whirlwind round of meetings with club members and local volunteer organisations she has already got her sights on some new sources of volunteers. It is too early to make any formal announcements, but watch this space. Sally is also lining up some training programmes for July, one on safeguarding children (suitable for all volunteers, coaches and officials) and one on food hygiene (suitable for anyone helping with catering and refreshments). Anyone wishing to attend either of these courses or to join her volunteer force should contact Sally directly on WACVolunteer@googlemail.com

What: This Course is an introduction to coaching skills with a major emphasis on the ‘how to coach’ skills rather than the ‘what to coach’ skills. Despite this there is a large practical element with the coaching theory element of the course being taught and then put in to practice alongside technical sprint, endurance, jumping and throwing activities.
Coaches will receive a coaching manual with complete notes from the course and following completion of a CRB check through UK Athletics the coach will receive a coach pass and license (usually within eight weeks). At Level 1 a coach is qualified and insured to coach under the supervision of an athletics coach qualified to Level 2 or above.
Who can participate: Anyone aged 16+.
An assistant coach does not require athletic ability and we will also pay for your training to get a UK Athletics assistant coach qualification
When: Sunday 5th July approx 9am-5pm
Where: Ewell, Surrey
If you are interested please contact Paul Cousins; tel: 01483 772 156 or email: wokingac@o2.co.uk

I am delighted to announce that at last we have completed the selection process for our Volunteer Coordinator. Her name is Sally Taylorson and she formally starts with us on 1 June. She brings lots of experience in the voluntary sector, including recruiting and managing a team of 80 volunteers for Godalming Museum and I am sure that she will be a huge help to all of us at WAC in our efforts to increase the number of coaches, officials and helpers. Even though she does not start till 1 June she will start meeting members at the Committee Meeting on 6 May and the rest of the Club at the home match on 30 May. Please make her feel welcome and make yourself known to her, along with your suggestions as to how she can help the club to develop further, faster and higher than ever before.

If you would like to help the club in some way please let Sally know by sending her an email WACVolunteer@googlemail.com

This year is a special year in the Nicholls family as Dave’s son Peter is getting married. So having a busy time Dave has put the nearest date suitable for most people to get quite a gathering of runners/swimmers/walkers/sun bathers/ and pets. The DAY has changed from a Saturday to A SUNDAY. Not only because Sunday is always warmer but some people have to work on a Saturday. So for your dairy the date is SUNDAY AUGUST 16th: A reminder will be in each issue.

The Road Running section of the club now has a permanent representative on the Woking A.C. Committee. If there are any Ideas, Issues or Comments you wish to raise please feel free to contact Andy Smith either at the club on a Tues. night or by e-mail at - running@ntlworld.com.

Let us know what you would like from your club. What are we doing right for the road runners? What are we doing wrong, or could improve upon? This is your opportunity to be heard. This section of the club has had a very successful 2008 with many athletes achieving Personal Bests. To build on this we need to understand what worked, and what didn't from a club point of view.
Help us to help you.
Thank you Andy

Veterans League
Track & Field for the more mature athlete
Come along and join us, representing Woking A.C. at four different meetings on a Monday night during the summer. You can run, jump, throw and have fun trying out a new event. The emphasis is on enjoyment. If you are interested see Andy Smith or e-mail – running@ntlworld.com
Date Venue
27th April Mountbatten Centre, Alexandra, Park, Portsmouth
18th May Down Grange, Pack Lane, Basingstoke
15th June Bar End, Winchester
13th July Mountbatten Centre, Alexandra Park, Portsmouth
All events start at 7.00 p.m.
For those who cannot wait for the XC to start again and get amongst the mud here are the Men’s Surrey XC League dates and venues for your diary. Oct.10th Cranford Park (BA); Nov. 14th Lloyds Park;
Dec. 12th Epsom and the final fixture is Feb.6th TBC. We are now in Division 3.

2008/9 XC & ROAD PRESENTATIONS WINNERS OF TROPHIES AND MEDALS

Champion
Trophy Champion
Gold medal 2nd place
Silver medal 3rd place
Bronze medal
GIRLS
U9G Tara De Clerk Tara De Clerk Annie Parkins Tallulah McKinley
U11G Jasmine Mitchell Jasmine Mitchell Rachel Woods Robyn Brunskill
U13G N/A N/A N/A N/A
U15G N/A N/A N/A N/A
U17G N/A N/A N/A N/A
BOYS
U9B Jonty Mitchell Jonty Mitchell N/A N/A
U11B Daniel Johnson Daniel Johnson Andrew Lomax Joshua Rainier
U13B Jacob Rainier Jacob Rainier Ashras Ould-Dada Charlie Cosson
U15B N/A N/A N/A N/A
U17B Richard Calder Richard Calder Shane Streeter Jack Cosson
WOMEN
Junior N/A N/A N/A
Women Jo Rodriguez Jo Rodriguez Jenna Tarrant Louise Maltby
Vets Susanna Harrison Kay Trinder Ramona
MEN
Junior Martin Cousins Gilbert Grundy N/A
Men Clayton Payne Jason Harris Justin Mitchell
Vets Paul Cousins Duncan Irvine Jim Brown
Athlete of the season plate for Cross-Country N/A

ROAD
Women Jo Rodriguez Jo Rodriguez Sarah Vaughan Becky Baldwin
Vets Ramona Ramona Kay Trinder Susanna Harrison
Men Jason Harris Jason Harris Andy Green Paul Dennis
Vets Andy Smith Andy Smith Kim Warner Mike Warner
Personal
Achievement Award for 2007 season Eleanor Gatrell

Eleanor has been achieving outstanding performances every year since joining the club in 1991 at the tender age of 15. Outside and indoors and has represented Surrey, London and S.of.E. Has been County SP champion many times and also in the Discus and Hammer events. Eleanor was ranked UK SP No.1 indoors last season for a couple of months. The amount of field points won in the S.W.L over the years must be an individual club record and I am sure through her dedication to her training she will continue to be an “Achiever” because she concentrates on everything she attempts.
And just lately her throwing “Vocal Chords” have even got more sweeter and into a lovely rhythm. Having been coached by Derek Goode since day one (Eleanor threw SP 6 feet) it was a PB too!

Congratulations to Kelly Turner and Gareth on the birth of their first child a little girl born on Sat.7th Feb. at 3.17am and weighed in at 6lb 12oz and her name is Freya Dickinson Turner. And of course “Nanny Linda” is very happy.
Congratulations to Andy Green and wife Theresa on the birth of their first child a little boy by the name of William weighing 8lb 7oz who was born at the Royal Surrey Hospital on Wednesday 25th February.
Well done to all four parents. A Woking A.C. enrolment form is in the post for William and Freya.

Club Records
All these are newly created Indoor records.
Fiona Bishop 0/45 1 mile Walk in 10.22.41 at Lee Valley on 15th Feb.
Fiona Bishop 3000m Walk in 19.29.54 at Lee Valley on 8th Mar.
Jack Page U/15 60m in 8.00 at Carlshalton on 8th March.
Patrick Haddad U/15 1.40 in HJ and 4.16 in LJ Carshalton 8th March.
Tom Buckland U/13 4.34 in LJ Carshalton 8th March.
Dave Nichols broke the 0/65 10k record with 44.51. Previous record was 45.15 set in 1992 by the late Des Yeabsley

Early Bird Full Fee
Senior £93.00 £96.00
Student £65.00 £67.00
Family £153.00 £158.00
Road £51.00 £52.50
Membership only £25.00 (No early bird)
Trackers N/A £15.00 joining (Being 60% of Membership only fee) Then £20.00 per/Term.

Chairman’s Message - Two Great Starts for 2009

After much deliberation and consultation the Committee and Board of the Club have decided that we should employ a part time, paid Volunteer Coordinator. This is a huge step forward for the Club which until now has been operated entirely by unpaid volunteers. As many of you know it takes a team of more than 50 volunteers to run a Club like ours. These volunteers need to be recruited and managed and to do this properly takes a lot of time which no single volunteer can afford to give. So we have decided to pay someone to do it for us part time for about 12 months. We will then review the success of the scheme and decide if and how we can afford to extend it in to the future. See the “Situation Vacant” advert for details of how to apply!

The second piece of good news is truly extraordinary. The Club has received a donation of £25,000 from the friend of a Member. Len Fitzsimmonds, a friend of Ian Deaves (past Chairman of the Club), had no personal contact with the Club, but nonetheless decided to bequeath this money to the Club in his will. What extraordinary generosity. To mark this generosity we would like to ensure that this gift is properly recognised in some way and not just lost in the normal run of the mill expenditure. We are in discussions with Ian as to how he thinks his friend would like this money to be used, but we would also like to hear from you, our Members, as to how you think we should recognise this generosity. If you have any ideas please let me know (stephen.wilder@gpw.co.uk) or pass your comments to any Member of the Committee.

Stephen

Happy birthday to our Tom at 82. Contributed by Ian Todd.

January 28 was a red-letter day for the Wednesday morning running group with a record turnout at the Wyevale Garden Centre, Addlestone. It was a lovely morning for a run, but the real reason for so many happy faces was that everyone was in a party mood to congratulate Cockcrow editor Tom on his 82nd birthday and celebrate with him on the big day. Luckily the chocolate cake was big enough not only for everyone there but also for Tom to take home a piece for his ever-patient and supportive wife, Daphne. There was no inscription simply because no-one could improve upon "Tom, second to none" which was on the cake at his 80th.

As we all know, Tom is such a treasure at Woking AC and in running circles throughout Surrey, so the 28th was special. But the Wednesday and Saturday morning groups are so friendly and sociable that the birthdays of all those who turn out reasonably regularly are invariably an excuse for a celebration. A Christmas highlight was "Woking Home Guard", a brilliantly funny and well produced DVD by Barbara Appledore of Vets on the run (15 Certificate, may frighten young children). And even when there is nothing to celebrate, runs usually end with a cup of tea, hot gossip, rude jokes and lots of laughter. What's more everyone is welcome. So why not YOU!

There are a variety of routes from 4-6 miles in lovely locations within 10-20 minutes of Woking; and though most of the mid-week runners are retired, younger members of the Club who are not competing at the weekend are very welcome if they fancy a gentle jog in good company any Saturday at 8.30. The Wednesday start is 9.45. To find out where the next run is simply contact a regular runner such as Tom (01483 768491) or Dave Nichols (01932 851620). See you there!

Woking AC is a long established members’ Club dedicated to promoting the enjoyment of and participation in competitive athletics (track, field, road and cross country). It is open to all and has a growing membership (300 and rising) ranging in age from 8 to 80. It is currently run entirely by a group of dedicated, enthusiastic volunteers who are finding it increasingly difficult to give enough time to develop the Club and its athletes in the manner they would like. The Club has therefore taken the decision to recruit and pay a part time Volunteer Coordinator, who will work with the Club Chairman over the next 12 months, to enhance the overall management of the Club. At the end of this period the Club will review progress and decide if and how the role will be extended in to the future.
MAIN DUTIES To liaise with the Chairman to ensure that all tasks required to run the Club are suitably allocated and carried out efficiently. To supervise and oversee all volunteers. To coordinate the implementation of the volunteer recruitment, training and support plans. To ensure that all jobs have a job description. To recognise and nominate volunteers for the numerous volunteer awards. To act as the main contact for all volunteers. To ensure all volunteer paperwork is completed satisfactorily. To organise social and recruitment events for volunteers.
SKILLS REQUIRED: Have great organisation skills and be able to delegate duties. An enthusiastic and good motivator. An approachable and good listener. A confident and effective communicator.
RESPONSIBLE TO: Club Committee
Remuneration a Term Contract: Full time equivalent £20,000 pa Time commitment required will be part time – hours and term to be agreed with successful candidate Anyone wishing to apply should send their CV to:
Stephen Wilder, 3 Redcourt, Woking, Surrey, GU22 8RA or email stephen.wilder@gpw.co.uk
Closing date for applications 21 February 2009

Many of you will be pleased to hear that the track is open for Trackers' training again for tonight 9 Feb.

Happy New Year
With all the gloom and doom around in the economy and everyday life it is very easy to go with the flow and join in with the commiserations. But this is the time when true athletes demonstrate their competitive edge and determination to overcome all obstacles whether they be an excess of Christmas puddings or more serious problems. 2009 is undoubtedly going to be a tough year for us all in some way or other, but with a combination of hard work, determination, adaptation and team work we can all emerge stronger and fitter. Keep up the good work, get fit, stay fit, have fun and have a great year’s athletics.
Stephen

Mike Bott has now opened his Physiotherapy surgery full time. So if you are unlucky enough to be injured just ring 01483 714263 and Mike will help you recover quicker. Mention you are a W.A.C. member.

Congratulations: To Gary Bradbury who is Ranked 12th in the 1500m UK U/20 list with a time of 3.51.38. Also to Sam Colgate ranked 9th in the Pole Vault U/20 UK list with a vault of 4.70 and 4.65.
Jack Phipps is ranked equal 5th in the Pole Vault U/15 UK list with a vault of 3.45.
Well Done Lads.
Also in the U/15 Girls UK list Georgia Peel is ranked 4th in the 800m with a time of 2.11.27 and 9th in the 1500m with 4.37.10.

The Christmas Run will be held on Saturday the 20th December at Newland’s Corner at 8.30am. All are welcome to come along and run, walk, talk or sing. Any food left over from the last Christmas run bring back just alter the “sell by date”. Plenty of beverages, tea, coffee, Sue Davies’s famous punch, also plenty of food mince pies, biscuits also Jo and Barbara’s Brownies (Including mystery prizes).
So get there early and have a social run or a proper training run. Walker’s are welcome to bring their children or dog’s. Just come along for a couple of hour’s lovely fresh air. All non members welcome
I have put a deposit on the picnic tables and also given the car park attendant a fiver (A White one).
Just come along leave the ironing and hoovering till 2009.

Not only but also! A Christmas social (Drink) and get together has been arranged on Friday 12th December at the Pyrford Lock pub commencing at 7.30pm. Everyone is welcome. All you need do is turn-up (With Money).

This year's Young Athletes' Open Championship has broken even more records.  The performances were hot even though the weather was cold - on the field 5 new records were set:

Well done to all our record breakers - let's hope the momentum continues well in to 2012 and beyond.

The winners of this year's YA Open Championship Sweatshop Kit Scholarship give substance to the idea that athletics in the UK is very much alive.

 

Best Performance on the Track goes to Kieran Showler-Davis (Winchester and District AC) for his blistering 10.60 sec performance in the Under 17 Men 100m which apart from being a PB ranks him a clear (non wind assisted!) number 2 in the UK this year just 0.02secs behind the number 1.

 

Best Performance on the Field goes to Nicholas Hunt (Bournemouth AC) who cleared an amazing 1.63m in the Under 13 Boys High Jump and in the process broke a 1.60m Championship Record set in 1982.  His performance was 2cm off his PB, but still ranks as the 3rd best performance in the UK this year.

 

Best Performance by a Woking Athlete goes to Georgia Peel for her winning time of 4:42.03 sec in the Under 15 Girls 1500m - a performance ranking 13th best in the UK this year.

 

Congratulations to them all for achieving such high performances despite an unusually cold and wet day and thank you to Sweatshop for supporting these athletes in this way.

Daniel Johnson U/11 broke the 600m club record for his age group at the Woking YA
Meeting with a time of 1.56.21. It was previously held by Alexander Peel since 2002 with a time of 1.56.86. Georgia Peel U/15 created a 3000m record at Twickenham on 14th Sept. This is a new record as no other U/15 girl has ran the event before (To my Knowledge) and looking back over the past records since 1980 I have not found one.

2008 Track & Field Presentations Awards Plus A.G.M Friday October 17th at The Woking Leisure Centre Starting 7.30 pm. Plus £5 Sweatshop Vouchers for the first 100 people to arrive.

Tom was to modest to put this in himself but he was given Life Membership of Runnymede Runners at the last 5 mile event on August 28th. We have been unable to think of the reason for this generous gesture but we all hope that he gets lots of year’s use of it. It couldn’t have been given to a nicer person!

Georgia Peel U/15 broke her existing 800m club record of 1.12.06 at Gateshead on July the 9th with a PB time of 2.11.1.
Virginia Mitchell broke the 0/45 club 400m record at Slovenia on August 1st in a time of 58.57 the previous record held by Olia Inak Price since 2001 was 61.3.
Iris Holder at the same meeting broke her own TJ and LJ records. In the LJ Iris jumped 3.98 (old record 3.78) and in the TJ jumped 8.05 old record 7.70.
Ramona Thevenet Smith ran 20.52 at the Bushey Park 5k on 23rd Aug. breaking her own club record of 21.03.

YA meeting on September 7th we are still short of helpers so if available or you have friends that would like to be involved please give your name to Helen Henderson/Gina Harris/George Honour stating for how long you can stay (AM/PM/All Day). Thank you all very much.

As the Beijing Olympic Games are about to start it seems appropriate to quote an ancient Chinese proverb in modern form – “many hands make light work – so sign up today”. As we approach the Evening Open meeting on 6 August and the Young Athletes on 7 September the plea goes out as always – please lend a hand whether you are young, old, friend or relative, athlete, expert or not. The Club needs your help to make these events happen. Please contact Helen Henderson (helenhenderson@talk21.com or 01932 342799) or George Honour (janethonour@hotmail.com or 01932 347706) or Gina Harris (us@davidandgina.demon.co.uk or 01483 481018) to let them know you can help – they will soon be able to advise what tasks you can help with.
So don’t forget “mNE h&z mAk lite wrk - so sgn ^ 2day

Congratulations to Matilda Rainsborough who was selected to represent Surrey in the U/13 inter-counties at Kingsmeadow on July 27th and came 3rd in the 800m race in 2.32.71

This year's Young Athletes' Open Championship on 7 September promises to be another very exciting event with over 650 competitors from all over the country.

 

Last year 18 Championship Records were set - how many will be set this year?

 

Come along and see if you can spot any home grown record breakers and Olympic medalists for London 2012.  The events will start at 09:30am and entry is free.

Start packing your running gear/swimming cossi/cricket bat and ball and sun tan lotion and have a good day at the sea side. All children welcome any age. Forget your troubles for a day and listen to other peoples problems (They are exactly the same). Picnic on the beach before the big game starts, have your photo taken (Or a drawing). The children are safe in the sea as they are accompanied by an adult all the time. Just turn up and relax. The run starts at 10.00am and usually takes ¾ hour. Those that don’t run can walk/wobble along the beach or just sit and get the real SALT air. There are directions in club house and both dressing rooms or see Dave Nichols.

Last reminder about Dave’s Run/Swim/Nosh that is on Saturday August 16th at Ferring (Worthing) with the run starting at 10.00am ish. Every one welcome come for a walk along the sea front or sun bathe and even if you can’t play cricket you will get in a team as a bowler from the DEEP END. The journey takes about an hour my PB was 1hour 35min.

Athletes from Ipswich to Bath converged on Woking for this year's Young Athletes' Open Championship, jointly sponsored by the News and Mail and Sweatshop Woking.  The meeting produced the highest quality of events in the meeting’s history highlighting the growing reputation that this meeting is one of the top young athletes competitions in the country.  An amazing 19 Championship records were broken, one by a Woking athlete, a couple of which had been held for over twenty years.  There were several other performances that put athletes high up in the UK national rankings.  Over half of these records came in the sprints with the rest being spread around the middle distance and field events. 

 

For full details of all the results plus comments check out the section on Young Athletes.

This meeting again showed the hard work put in by many members of Woking AC before, during and after these championships with many hours given up voluntarily to help make the whole day run so smoothly.  More than 120 people were involved in one way or another in helping out either on the day or in the months leading up to it.  The Club owes a huge debt of gratitude to each and every one of these without which these Championships would never happen.

 

MABAC NEWS - For those that compete in the PAIRS Relay at Downsend School at Leatherhead this fixture has been change from AUGUST 10th and is now on the new date AUGUST 31st For those who have not done this event it is very popular and after the meeting Mabac put on a small picnic Salad & chicken legs (free). The race is 10k but each individual runs alternately 1k a total of 5k each runner safe and traffic free also you can watch the runners the whole race. Plus it is FREE.

Great news. We have just been informed that we have been selected as a Pre-Games Training Camp for the London 2012 Olympics. This means that details of our club will be circulated to all the National teams competing in the London 2012 Olympics offering them a venue for their athletes to train and acclimatise prior to the main games. To get this far is an honour, not all clubs who offer their facilities get this far. It will be some time before we know which country chooses our venue, but we will keep you informed of progress. In the meantime if you have any suggestions as to how we should celebrate this event and/or how we should use this event to promote athletics in the Woking area please let me know.
Stephen Wilder

The Committee and Board of the Club have agreed that we should investigate the feasibility of building our own Clubhouse at the Sheerwater Track. I am sure that we are all aware of the many shortcomings of the current pavilion and would like to have something better suited to our needs! The first stage in this process is to determine what we want from such a Clubhouse and who better to ask than you, the Members of the Club. To that end we are going to hold an Open Meeting (of the sitting down variety) for all Members, officials, team managers, athletes, coaches and helpers of all kinds to hear your views as to what you want from a new Clubhouse. This Open Meeting is scheduled for 8:00pm on Thursday 24 July in the pavilion at the track. So whatever your interest in the Club or whatever your discipline track, field, road or cross country please take a few minutes to come along and tell us what you think should be included in our new Clubhouse and indeed whether you think we should have one.

Congratulations to Eleanor Gatrell winning the South of England Shot Put title at Crystal Palace with a throw of 15.96 breaking her own Club Record of 15.86 by 10cm in the process. Well done Eleanor.
Eleanor is now ranked No2 in the UK and is hoping clear 16.00 at the National Champ’s incorporating the Olympic trails at Birmingham July 11/12/13th.

Best Wishes to Nicky Eglington and Gordon on their wedding day at the end of June. And seems as though it will be a nice romantic ceremony because it is going to take place at a small mountain church in the village called Golzern (Switzerland) where Vreny’s mother was born. Nicky’s parents are taking the wedding dress by car (BA might loose it). Then on the day Nicky will ascend the mountain in a Cable car wearing her wedding dress then when they reach the end of the line Vicky will then walk ½ mile to the church in a pair of PINK Training shoes (Nike). Enjoy your wonderful experience and from all the members our very best wishes to you both.

Tony Mitchell is doing the “Race Across America” to raise money for charity Clic Sargent the UK’s leading children’s charity. The race across America is a cycle of 3,300 miles from West to East coast.
He is in a team called “United 8” and they have to cycle through night and day hoping to do it in 7 days.
If you want to sponsor Tony log on to www.justgiving.com/united8.
Full details are on the email accompanying the Cockcrow.

XC Awards: Champion (Gold) Runner-Up (Silver) Third (Bronze)
Senior Men: Justin Mitchell Jason Harris
Vet. Men: Mike Waine Paul Cousins Duncan Irvine
Junior Men: Stephen Blake
U/17 Boys: Richard Calder Paul Wells = Matthew Calder
= Martin Cousins
U/15 Boys: Shane Streeter Zak Curran Luke Smith
U/13 Boys: Jacob Ranier Michael Cox Robert Harrison
Senior Women: Bel Levene Jo Rodriguez Downs Becky Baldwin
Vet. Women: Susanna Harrison Ramona Thevenet Smith Olia Inak Price
U/20 Women: Anna Marie McGraw
U/15 Girls: Georgia Peel
U/13 girls: Eleanor Harrison Matilda Rainsborough
In the Surrey Ladies XC League Bel Levene won the gold Medal by one point over the four meetings with Jo Rodriguez winning the Silver. In the Vets section Susanna Harrison won the Silver medal; plus the team were Division 2 champions so were promoted.
Road Running: Champion (Gold) Runner-Up (Silver) Third (Bronze)
Senior Men: Justin Mitchell Paul Dennis Jason Harris
Vet. Men Mike Warner Duncan Irvine Mike Waine
Senior Women: Sarah Vaughan Jo Rodriguez Downs Jenna Tarrant
Vet. Women: Ramona Thevenet Smith Ann Sprigings Susanna Harrison

Derek Goode; Dave Middleton; Gina Harris; Eleanor Gatrell; Dave Clarke and Barbara Houran were all made “Life Members” an honour they all thoroughly deserve for their dedication and service to the club over the many years.

This is a new award donated to the club by my Wembley school day friends who were present at my 80th Birthday party and wish it to be called “The Tom Rowley Award.” I thought about it and decided it would be for ALL ages in the women’s section Track/Field/Indoor/XC/Road over a year from April. For the best ACHEIVEMENT not necessarily having to win. Since knowing about this donation I have watched all the results and performances and to choose a winner is tough. It would have been easier to find an apple without a core. But after loosing Sleep/Weight/Hair and the Lottery, I managed to decide on the winner. From the U/13s through to the Vet’s and from a short list of 20 the winner by ½ a point over the other 19 was Natasha Hart, for mastering the run-up with the weight of the Pole and the POLE technique of planting/doing a handstand at the top plus co-ordination of twisting over the bar is a wonderful achievement and Natasha continuing to have few PBs outdoors/indoors, not always winning the event but in there trying. A worthy winner. Well done Natasha.
I shall in the next 12 months continue to watch the other 19 runner-ups plus many others.
My list included: Eleanor Gatrell; Vicky Hewitt; Nicky Eglington; Georgia Peel; Jo Rodriguez Downs; Susanna Harrison; Sarah Vaughan; Claire Nichols; Ann Sprigings; Ramona Thevenet Smith; Iris Holder; Bel Levene; Sarah Holmes; Eleanor Harrison; Helena Corbin; Fiona Bishop; Helena Corbin; Jess Lakin; Lucy Morris. All these and a few others who have had PBs and have also achieved something during the past 12months and hope they continue. So you can see the problem my school mates have let me in for every year until?

Athletes Achieving Road Running Standards 2007/08
Name: Age/Grp: Event: Time: Standard:
Bel Levene S/L 10 Mile 1.04.02 1.05.02
10K 37.22 39.53
5K 19.03 19.11
Jo Rodriguez Downs S/L 10K 39.05 39.53
5 Mile 30.19 31.43
5K 19.04 19.11
Michelle Oldham 0/35 10K 39.45 41.16
½ Mara. 1.28.12 1.30.06
Kay Trinder 0/40 10 Mile 1.10.39 1.10.41 (ouch!)
10K 40.58 43.01
Susanna Harrison 0/40 Mara. 3.08.40 3.16.20
10 Mile 66.55 70.41
0/45 ½ Mara. !.25.00 1.38.06
Ramona Thevenenet Smith 0/45 ½ Mara. 1.35.28 1.38.06
10K 43.05 44.57
5K 21.03. 21.46 (Club Record)
Ann Sprigings 0/60 Mara. 4.04.06 4.14.25 (Club Record)
10 Mile 1.22.04 1.32.52 (Club Record)
10K 47.42 56.00 (Club Record)
5K 24.09 27.09 (Club Record)
Justin Mitchell S/M 20 Mile 2.01.17 2.04.48
½ Mara 1.13.59 1.19.32
10K 35.03 35.57
5K 17.07 17.18
Paul Dennis S/M ½ Mara. 1.18.51 1.19.52
Jason Harris S/M ½ Mara. 1.17.24 1.19.52
10K 35.56 35.57(ouch!)
5K 17.05 17.18
Gerhard Vogel S/M 5K 17.12 17.18
Mark Gillett 0/45 ½ Mara. 1.26.09 1.27.12
Mike Waine 0/50 5 Mile 31.05 32.57
Mike Warner 0/50 10 Mile 1.06.46 1.08.13
10K 40.15 41.23
Duncan Irvine 0/55 ½ Mara 1.31.04 1.34.54
10 Mile 1.08.26 1.11.48
10K 41.09 43.16
Geoff Williams 0/55 10 Mile 1.11.43 1.11.48
10K 42.29 43.16
0/60 ½ Mara 1.33.51 1.45.14
10 Mile 1.11.52 1.19.08
10K 42.53 48.01
Dave Nichols 0/60 10 Mile 1.14.21 1.19.08
10K 44.59 48.01
5K 36.12 38.13
Mike Navin 0/60 10K 45.25 48.01
0/65 ½ Mara 1.46.14 1.48.50
10 Mile 1.20.40 1.25.09

• Joe Eastwood who was ranked 2nd nationally in the 0/55 Javelin for 2007 despite struggling with bad foot injury from April/September.
• Jenna Tarrant who has passed her final tests/exams and is now a Qualified Personal Fitness Trainer
• Daniela Cousins who has passed her first stage in Time Keeping and is now about to commence the remaining test to become a graded officially.
• Eleanor Harrison and Matilda Rainsborough who have both been selected to run for the Surrey Schools U/15 team at Essex on March 29th in a schools inter counties meeting. Well done Eleanor and Matilda we wish you both lots of luck.
• Georgia Peel being selected to run for England in the U/15 XC team in the schools Home International that was run on the 29th March in Edinburgh.

Emma Day; Thomas Wright; and Keith Harrison:
Keith completing the family foursome and has told me his special event is transporting the family to their special event’s.
The one resignation I am sorry to say is from Peter Wilmott who is moving to the Isle-of-Wight. All his friends wish him every success. Plus they will be in touch when looking for a nights FREE lodging. Good luck Peter we will miss you. AND I will personally never forget your BIRTHDAY Pete, maybe the year but not the date.

Happy birthday to all members born under the Zodiac sign TAURUS
FROM APRIL 21st through till MAY 20th:
APRIL: John Roberts 23rd; Nikki Patience 24th; Hamzah Rashid 24th; Jennifer Louis 26th; Adrian Scragg 27th; Chris Mason 27th; Connor Spuzs 29th; Matthew Sinclair 29th; Claire Watson 30th.
MAY: Glenn Chambers 1st; Stephen Beak 1st; Olivia Canitrot 1st; Ken Wright 1st; Vicky Baldwin 2nd; Oliver Jones 2nd; Moses Kuria 3rd; Chloe Mamet 3rd; Hannah Rogers 3rd; David Moore 4th; Anna Krikorian 5th; Zoe Kirk 5th; Katherine Mertens 6th; Stephen Langley 7th; Anne Ridley 7th; Fiodhna Raleigh 8th; Milan Stanisavljevic 9th; James Anderson 11th; Gargini Reece 11th; Stephen Ford 12th; Nav Gill 12th; Matthew Lewis 12th; Graham Hewett 13th; Claire Nichols 14th; Harry Knights 14th; Mary Raleigh 15th; Andrew Gillies 15th; Alan Clevet 16th; Rebecca Baron 16th; Andy Simpson 16th; Nicola Glen 16th; Keith chanter 17th; Andrew Gubbins 17th; Victoria Hewitt 17th; Charlotte Mepham 17th; Lynn Mansfield 17th; Jake Leonard 17th; Adam Porter 19th; Nicola Irvine 20th.
Having just got a new members list I may be in time to wish a happy birthday to Michelle Oldham on the 2ndAPRIL and also to Kirsty Wishart on the 20th APRIL.
Hope every one has a special day when it comes around. Also hope TAURUS is a lucky sign because there could be 48 members winning the Lottery. Good Luck.

Nick Phipps 0/55 broke his own (Indoor) Pole Vault record at Lee Valley on the 24th Feb. with a vault of 3.30 to win a Gold at the British Masters Champ’s (National Champ). Previous record was 3.20.
Nick’s U/15 year old son Jack Phipps Vaulted 2.80 at the Surrey Indoor Championships coming 1st and it was a CBP. (Our first indoor U/15 boys club record).
Also at the same Champ’s Natasha Hart equalled her Pole Vault club record of 2.90 and also winning the competition. Two Surrey Indoor PV Champions.
Ian Tullet who coaches Sam Colgate/Jack Phipps and Natasha must be pleased with their winter indoor performances after their hard pre- Christmas training and that his time was not wasted. Well done Ian.
Jack Dewhurst U/17 competed in the Long Jump and the Triple Jump. As no results have come along I am waiting to see Jack because these are NEW Club records by a U/17 Boy what ever distance he jumped. And a great feeling of satisfaction for Barbara Hourhan who also spends many hours in the cold dark nights coaching her LJ/TJ squad.

Road record: Ann Sprigings 0/60 broke her own 10 mile record by two minutes at the Maidenhead 10 on Good Friday with a time of 1.22.04 (Was 24.04).

A double error in the award list printed in the April issue, Jenna Tarrant was Bronze medal winner in the XC section NOT as printed for Road. Becky Baldwin was Bronze medal winner in the road section NOT as printed for XC. Apologies to Becky and Jenna and although they are not the worrying type it is nice to get things right.
Another mistake I (WE) married Derek Goode and Francis a week earlier it should have been the April 26th April NOT the 19th very sorry to Derek and Fran although again they are not worriers and pleased to say the wedding was a great success. If ever you notice any mistakes in the Cockcrow please tell me as it is no problem to correct them.

Congratulations to Ramona Thevenet Smith who has been selected to run as a member of the English Ultra Distance team on 11th May over 100K (62.5 Mile). This selection is well deserved after a very good year running Ultra events including breaking the Meander 54 mile course record by 30 minutes also beating the top international 100K female runner for the last 11 years. Good Luck Ramona. (Get mum’s cake recipe out Ramona).

Team Managers For 2008 and 2008/9 XC Season.
Senior Men T&F - Craig Holder
Senior/Vet. Men XC - Andy Smith
Men’s Vet’s League - Simon Murrells
NYAL & Wessex League - ON OFFER
Boys U/17 XC - Les Calder
Border League - David Curran
Senior Ladies T&F - R.U. Available (Contact Committee)
Senior/Vets/Girls Surrey XC League - Susanna Harrison
Border League - Ian Rainsborough
NYAL & Wessex Girls - Simon Akers. U/15/17s - Cheryl Williams U/13s

Congratulations to Joan Calder and Vanessa Wright and daughter Melanie who completed the “Moon Walk” of 13.1 miles starting at 11.50PM on Saturday 18th May from Hyde Park. They walked through the night with 30,000 other ladies in The Playtex Cancer Research Charity and as the event is so big now about a 1,000 men go along as chaperone’s (Men Guardian Angels). All three finished at 4.20 AM Sunday morning. Well done girls.

Printed in the last issue of the Cockcrow Natasha Hart broke her own indoor PV record of 2.60 by Vaulting 2.70 at Lee Valley on 20th Jan. But on the 27th Jan. at Brunel Uni Uxbridge Natasha moved up another 10cm. With a Vault of 2.80 this is the senior ladies new indoor PV record. At Eton Indoor arena on the 2 Feb. Natasha did it again with another 10cm. And this is the latest to date the record is now 2.90. Well done BE.
At Birmingham on the 2nd Feb. Sam Colgate broke his own indoor PV record of 4.60 by vaulting 4.65. Nice one Sam.
Nick Phipps vaulted 3.20 at Windsor (Eton) on 2nd Feb. Since only keeping the indoor records from 2007 this is the first record for a vet in this event.
Road Record: Susanna Harrison who moved up to the 0/45 age group at the end of January wasted no time breaking a record. Susanna ran 1.25.00 in the Wokingham ½ Marathon on Feb.10th breaking the record 1.29.28 held by Wendy Davies since 2006.

Congratulations to Jo Rodriguez Downs who has been selected to represent Surrey at Nottingham on March 15th in the National Inter-Counties XC Meeting. A well deserved achievement after all Jo’s dedicated training. This is her first County vest and I am sure there are many more to come. Good Luck Jo.

At Brunel UNI on the 17th Feb. Sam increased his PV record by 5cm. With a vault of 4.70. Now the club record. Nice one Sam.

From all club members with “Best Wishes” to Derek Goode and Francis on April 26th when they will be getting married, good luck to you both and have many happy years together.

If you can spare a couple of minutes from 10am till 12 noon just to tidy up around the club house/Porta Cabin area’s ready for the start of the track season
IF you have no tools please come along as we will find the brooms/shovels etc. Also a FREE cup of tea/coffee. Hoping to see you on the 27th thank you all.

The A.G.M. and XC awards presentations will be held on FRIDAY 28th March at the Sheerwater Community Centre starting at 7.30 pm.

At the presentation evening Georgia Peel was awarded Athlete of the Season Plate for Cross Country. As Georgia was away in Edinburgh competing as a member of the England Schools XC team the award was not presented so I did not know about it until it was to late to put in the last issue.

Every Tuesday evening during training hours; parents waiting for children or injured athletes watching can now sit in the warm club house and have a cup of tea and a (3 Course meal of a Mars/Milky Way and Kit-Kat). Martin Calder has volunteered to organise the canteen which will open at 7.00 and remain open till 8.15. P.S. Bring money too.

For More information see Cross Country section.

Two new indoor club records were broke at the SEAA Championships held at Lee Valley on the 20th Jan. Eleanor Gatrell putt the shot an amazing 15.89 beating her own Indoor record of 15.31. This makes Eleanor currently listed as No.1 indoors. Also this broke her out door record too of 15.86.
The other indoor record was achieved by (B.E.) Natasha Hart in the Pole Vault with 2.70 her previous club record being 2.60. After pre Christmas training for a couple of months this was Natasha’s first meeting indoor this season. Well done to you both and may you continue having a successful 2008.

The three lucky members to receive Club Places in the ballot on 20th Dec drawn by Paul Cousins were Mike Warner; Duncan Irvine and Sarah Vaughan. Good luck to you all on the day.

The Christmas run from Newlands Corner on the 15th saw 40 plus turn out in the bitter cold and very windy at the top of hill so as soon as they started off all headed for the shielded wooded areas. Wimps! There was no shortage of goodies spread out on picnic tables after the run that was bought along plus Tea/Coffee or a nice warm glass of PUNCH courtesy of Susan Davies. All of Jo/Rod’s “Special” Chocolate/Banana cake went in club record time. Jo said it was Spanish Bread Pudding but whatever it is it went too quick so Jo has promised a three tier one next year. Susanna asked me to keep an eye on Robert/Eleanor but I couldn’t find them. I found out after wards they ran the whole way with the big group. Peter Collins dog just beat him to the top of hill but Peter beat his dog to the Sausage rolls. Ian Todd landed from Australia at 1.30am and still got there on time and RAN. Ian paid a visit to Ray Taylor for a couple of days while in OZ visiting friends. Ray wife Margaret and daughter Lynn and family are all keeping well. Also present was our very successful men’s senior squad team members using this as a training run as well as socialising. Well done lads. The walking group survived for 45 minutes unable to keep up with Ralph Henley who is on his “Come back schedule”. When the SUN went down at 9.30 AM it started to get colder so after one or two cuddles we all went home.

The running track will be closed during Christmas week. It will close after training Thursday 20th Dec. and will reopen on Thursday 3rd January 2008. Have a great Christmas and New Year.

This is a 12 mile WALK or RUN to work those extras pounds off gathered over Christmas. Drinks supplied at the half way mark (If you make it). Runners start at 10am and the walkers start at 9.0am this is a free event starting from Englefield Green near the R.A.F memorial.

This time she has won the Adidas Mini Marathon London 2007 for 11-12 year old girls in 15:10 - even if she had been competing in the next age group she would still have been 3rd!  Well done Georgia.

The 2007 Young Athletes' Open Championship produced another great day's athletics.  Several Championship records were broken and there were many fiercely fought competitions.

 

Outstanding performances by Jodie Williams (12.01 in the Under 15 girls 100m) from Herts Phoenix, Adam Moore (1:56.15 in the Under 17 Men 800m) from Bracknell AC and Tim Kuria (49.52 in the Under 20 Men 400m) from Woking AC resulted in each of them winning a Sweatshop Kit Scholarship.

 

We are checking the results from all the events and compiling them for the website along with the hundreds of photographs taken on the day.  It will take a day or two to get them all sorted, but we will let you know as soon as they are all ready.  So watch this space!

 

There were two medals gained in the field events by Woking athletes with Milan Stanisaljevic just Under his personal best in winning the Under 20 high jump with a fine leap of 1.85 metres whilst Moses Kuria, Tim’s brother was second in the Under 20 discus. There were other fine performances from Jack Wilkinson in the Under 15 high jump where he cleared 1.60 for fifth place whilst Georgina Akers occupied the same position in the Under 15 girls Shot Putt.

 

There were also a high number of Under 11 athletes competing for Woking’s young section of the club called Trackers who train on Monday night trying out many different events at the Sheerwater track, many in what was their first ever competition and thus gaining great experience for the future.  Amongst those competing in the 80 metres, 600 metres and long jump were Claire Skinner, Nicole Davis, Jasmine Mitchell, Georgia Wright, Jonty Mitchell, Daniel Johnson, Ryan Saunders and Thomas Buckland who finished 6th in the 80 metres and then 5th out of 25 in the long jump which was a magnificent effort.

 

This year's Young Athletes Open Championship, jointly sponsored by the News and Mail and Sweatshop Woking, produced the highest quality of events in the meeting’s history highlighting the growing reputation that this meeting is one of the top young athletes competitions in the country. It now attracts some of the top ranked youngsters from around the country with athletes from as far away as Ipswich and Bath travelling to take part.  An amazing 19 Championship records were broken, one by a Woking athlete,  a couple of which had been held for over twenty years.  There were several other performances that put people high up in the UK national rankings. Over half of these records came in the sprints with the rest being spread around the middle distance and field events. 

 

With there being so many Championship records broken there was tight competition for the scholarship kit awards on offer from Sweatshop, but the eventual overall winners of these were Jodie Williams from Herts Phoenix who ran an amazingly quick 12.10 in the Under 15 girls 100 metres and Adam Moore in the Under 17 men 800 metres who won in a very classy time of 1 minute 56.15 seconds.  Sweatshop also gave out an award for the best performance by a Woking athlete and this came from Tim Kuria in the penultimate event of the day, the Under 20 400m.  Tim completely dominated the opposition to win in a new personal best time, and Championship record of 49.52 seconds. He also broke the Under 20 club record from current team mate Andy Watson.  Earlier in the day Tim had also picked up a bronze medal in the 200 metres, where the two athletes in front of him broke the previous Championship record.

 

In the female sprints there were more fine performances from Woking athletes. In the Under 20 200m Jess Lakin was a fine second in 27.75 seconds with Vicki Hewitt occupying the same position in the Under 17 200m.  Earlier in the day Vicki was an impressively comfortable winner in the 300m in a time of 41.53 seconds. Whilst in the 400 metres Helena Corbin won the gold medal in 61.41 seconds.  In the shorter 100 metre event, for the Under 17 women, Woking picked up another medal with Georgia Vardy having very good runs in both the heat and the final to finish in third place in a time of 13.23 seconds whilst Helen Parsons also produced two fine runs in making the final and finishing eighth in 13.70 seconds. In the Under 13 girls sprints there were two Woking athletes who made it to the final of the 200 metres. Gemma Williams ran a fine race to finish in third place in a time of 29.02 seconds, whilst Faith Bavington Hall was just outside the medals but still ran a fine race to finish in fifth place in 30.01 seconds. Earlier Gemma had just missed a medal in the 100 metres by finishing fourth in 14.34 seconds whilst Faith had just missed out on reaching the final in recording a time of 14.57 seconds.

 

In the middle distance events Gary Bradbury was the star Woking athlete on show and showed his class in the Under 20 1500 metres where he had a very comfortable win in recording a time of 4 minutes 3.29 seconds.  In the Under 17 equivalent Richard Calder had a good run to finish in third place in 4 minutes 30.23 whilst Paul Wells was just outside his best in the same age group for the 800 metres.  In the Under 15 girls 800 metres there were two Woking athletes in the top five with Lucy Morris a fine 2nd in 2 minutes 31.12 whilst Amelia Rosenberg was 5th in 2 minutes 42.45 seconds. In the Under 15 boys Zak Curran was 8th in 2 minutes 16.16.

A huge well done to all of our finishers of this years London Marathon.  Under warm and sunny conditions, the marathon was set to be the hottest London ever.  This meant that times were expected to be lower but achievements still high.  Three members clocked fantastic sub-3 hour times, ten members under 4 hours and two under 4.15.  Exceptional performances from all members, your medals were well deserved!!  For all results, visit http://www.london-marathon.co.uk/site/results/

Sweatshop Woking have upped their Kit Scholarships for this year's Young Athletes' Open Championship to a fabulous £600.  The Kit Scholarships will be split £250 for the Best Track Performance, £250 for the Best Field Performance and £100 for the Best Performance by a Woking AC Athlete.  Officials from the Club and Sweatshop will judge all the performances throughout the day.

 

As usual a great collection of International Athletes will also be giving thier support on the day including Zara Hyde-Peters (UK Director of Athlete Development) and Nicola Saunders (Team GB 400m hurdler).

 

Entry forms are available now both Onlne and in paper form.  Follow the links on this page and enter today!

Congratulations to Michael Wheeler, Michael Ojo and Helena Corbin for winning Sweatshop's Kit Scholarships for Best Performances on the Day.   Michael Wheeler's put of 19m28 for the Under 15 Boy's Shot was the second best performance ever in the UK.  Michael Ojo's 12.44 of the U13 boys 100m won him the Best Track Performance and Helena's 2:21.82 for the U17 Women's 800m won her the Woking AC Best Performance.

 

Full results and analysis will be put on the site as soon as possible. 

Well done to Eleanor Gatrell who has finished the year as top scorer by one point in the BAL plate!  Eleanor also features twice in the women’s rankings for 2006.  Follow the link for details…

 

 

 

When you're next thinking of getting rid of your old trainers, spikes or studs because you've grown out of them, they're 'last season' or you just don't like them anymore, please don't chuck them out!  We are running low on spares for club events and could do with a few more pairs, just see Vanessa Wright  and she'll tell you where to put them.

The LADIES and MENS CROSS-COUNTRY at LIGHTWATER on
Sat. 11th November is being hosted by Woking A.C.  

Do you have the time to turn out for the club and assist where possible?

 

We need runners and helpers...

Please contact the following people if you can help or run:

Helpers – Tom Rowley

Ladies Cross-Country Team – Kim Warner

Mens Cross-Country Team – Andy Smith

Results of the Surrey Championships held on the 13th and 14th of May at Kingsmeadow can now be viewed in the results section of this site.  For a full list of results, visit: www.surreyathletics.org.uk/trackfield/2006/champs/menu.htm

This year's Young Athletes' Open Championship has a record entry of well over 600 athletes and they will be in excellent company since Nicola Saunders (Team GB 400m hurdler) will also be there to present trophies and medals to some the winners.

 

Behind the scenes our army of helpers and officials are working away to produce the timetable and put the finishing touches to the preparations.  All entrants will receive a personal confirmation including details of when and where they need to report for marshalling.  These confirmations will be sent by email and snail mail to all entrants and should arrive by Wednesday 30 August.

Dan Colgate will be running new 'Sprint Start' training sessions throughout August.  To be held on a Wednesday evening, the sessions will start at 6.30pm and finish at 8.00pm (excluding Wed 16th August when there is an open meeting).  The sessions are aimed for U17 and U20 athletes who wish to gain sprint start training and will consist of a sprint specific warm up, followed by Sprint Start drills and some technical training.

 

Numbers are limited to a maximum of 12 athletes per session, so please book your place.  To join these sessions, please speak to Dan Colgate - he will be at the club on Tuesdays and Thursdays (training with Janet Hnours Sprint Group).

Results are now up of the Brickmakers Marathon Relay, held on Saturday 15th July. 

Entries for this year's Young Athletes' Open Championship on 3 September are coming in thicker and faster than ever!  Entries are running at twice last year's rate and then we had 600 entries.  Aspiring entrants for this year will need to hurry up and submit their forms - online or offline - we may need to close the lists early this year!

Results of the Southern Mens League from the meeting at Yeovil on the 20th May are now available... to view click on the results link left

On Wednesday 21st June, Georgia Peel broke the U13 1500m club record again running a time of 4.51.59.  Not only is this 4 seconds faster than her previous record, it also takes her to number 1 in the UK U13 1500m rankings for 2006.  A fantastic achievement!

Results of the Southern Counties Vets AC track and field league from the Woking match on Monday 12th June, are now up on this site.  To find out how you did, visit the meeting results section of this site.

At the first of this seasons Southern womens track and field fixtures held on 22nd April, Eleanor Gatrell placed first with a fantastic throw of 15.18m.  This distance beating her own club record of 14.99m that she obtained in February.  This throw places Eleanor 7th in the UK this year.  For full results from the first Southern womens league meeting at Reading, go to the 'meeting results' section.

Results are now up from the Walton Open Meeting held on Sunday 7th May.  Congratulations to Georgia Peel who set a new U13girls club record of 4.55.99 at the 1500m.  Knocking 3 seconds off the previous record of 4.58.9 which was set by Lorna Vyse in 1997.  For full results of all athletes visit: http://www.waltonac.co.uk/documents/Full%20Results%202006.doc

on April 24th 2006, Tom Rowley received an email from Stephen Chard, a previous member of Woking AC.  It read "I came across the Woking A.C. website by chance and it brought back many happy memories.  Memories going back to the grass track opposite The Wheatsheaf in Chobham Road and later the cinder track at Sheerwater.  Do you ever see any of the "old" gang any more?  Do you remember the committee meetings at the vinalls flat?  If you have time, let me know how you and anyone else I may know are."  Stephen Chard is the current club record holder for the U20 men at 100 and 200 metres.  He set these records in 1964!  If anyone remembers Stephen and would like to get in contact/find out how he's doing, please see Tom for more info.

Woking athlete Mark Gillett has raised over £17,000 for Woking hospice, by successfully completing the Marathon Des Sables and covering a total of 220K over 8 days (6 days spent running: 28k, 35k, 38k, 72k, 42k and 12k) across the Sahara Desert.  Out of 585 finishers, Mark came in at 178th and 26th Brit (32 countries were represented).  Making this achievement even more remarkable is the fact that 146 people, out of the original 731 competitors, had to pull out due to extreme weather conditions.  For Marks full race report, visit: www.junglemoon.co.uk/mdsaccount.  Pictures that Mark took during Marathon can be viewed at: www.junglemoon.co.uk/mds.

Woking athlete Georgia Peel is currently ranked number 1 in the UK U13 rankings, for her 800m time of 2.20.69 (achieved at the Southern Championships).  She is also ranked 2nd in the UK U13 rankings, for her 1500m time of 4.55.2 (only 0.11 of a second off the leading time of 4.55.31).  WELL DONE GEORGIA!!!

 

To see how you compare to the rest of the UK, visit www.ukathletics.info and click on the UK 2006 rankings link.

A reminder to all that the Woking AC evening open meeting will be held on Wednesday 21st June.  Field events start from 6.30pm and include Hammer (U17, U20, Senior), Pole Vault (U17, U20, Senior), Long Jump and Shot (all ages).  Track events start at 6.45pm and include 100m (all ages), 1500m (all ages), 400m (U17m, U20w, senior), 200m (all ages) and 800m (all ages).  There will be no under 11 age group and six throws/jumps dependant on entry.  Entries on the night only, costing £2.00 per event for juniors and £2.50 per event for seniors.  We look forward to seeing you there!

Results of the Southern Counties Vets AC track and field league are now up on this site.  For full results, visit http://213.228.193.51/fcac/results/SCVETS06_Match2_Results.pdf

Woking senior men won the first of their Southern mens league meetings on Saturday 29th April.  With a new team manager and 8 PB's on the day, this was a great start to the track season!  For results visit the meeting results section of the site.

Awards were given out at this years AGM for the new cross country club champions and results were as follows:

  
            Gold                      Silver                   Bronze

Men
Sen      Jason Harris              -                          -
Vet       Mike Waine            Bob Bradbury       Paul Cousins
U/20     Hrvoje Bozic             -                           -
U/17     Gary Bradbury       Yusuf Chenoh           -
U/15     Richard Calder      Matthew Calder      Jack Allen
U/13     Luke Smith            Jake Leonard        Zak Curran

            Gold                     Silver                    Bronze

Women

Sen       Jo R-Downs          Jenna Tarrant         Becky Baldwin
Vet       Susanna Harrison  Ruth Vlasak            Oli Inak Price
U/17      Katherine Mertens   -                               -
U/15      Helena Corbin      Melanie Wright        Fiodhna Raleigh
U/13      Georgia Peel        Lucy Morris             Katie Morris

 

The 'athlete of the year' award went to GEORGIA PEEL

Rob Watson is now the senior mens team manager.

At this years AGM it was decided that Stephen Wilder would take over from Dave Watson as the chairman of Woking AC.  Dave has stood down as chairman but will still be involved with the club.  Many thanks to Dave for all of his hard work in the role and congratulations to Stephen for taking up the new position.

Visit our new road runners section of the site to read a full report... 

With a great Woking turnout at this event, Fred Bell, middle distance coach, was the first MV60 in the Fleet Half Marathon on Sunday 19th March 2006 running a fantastic time of 1.34.20 (chip time 1.33.57).  Susanna Harrison coming 2nd in the FV40 age group with a time of 1.26.38 (chip time 1.26.29).  Woking ladies also won the first womens team prize.  Congratulations to all finishers!  Look under the 'meeting results' section to see how our Woking athletes did.  Full results available at www.fleethalfmarathon.com

Well done to all Woking athletes who made it to this open event

See our meeting results section for how our Woking athletes did.  For full results visit www.kingstonandpoly.co.uk and click on the results section (under main menu)

Woking had several athletes competing in this event, that offers a choice of two distances (15 and 21 miles).  Results and times can be viewed under the meeting results section.  For full results visit www.mabac.org.uk

Paul Dennis finished 61st out of 5003 runners in this years Silverstone half marathon on 19th March, clocking up a time of 1.22.40.

Just a reminder to all, that the Woking AC AGM is Friday 7th April.  Following the AGM will be the club road and cross country club award ceremony.

We are delighted to announce that for the first time in this year's Young Athletes Open Championship, Sweatshop will be sponsoring a Kit Scholarship (worth up to £500 of kit) to be awarded to the athlete who produces the Best Performance of the Day.  This will be awarded in addition to our usual medals and trophies.

 

The Kit Scholarship includes:

 

Entry Forms are available now both Online and in paper form.  Follow the links on this page and enter today.

Congratulations to Tony Hillier from Bristol & West AC on winning the Sweatshop Kit Scholarship at this year's Young Athletes' Open Championship for the Best Performance of the Day.  His vault of 3.80m as an Under 15 Boy was 20cm higher than any other Under 15 Boy this year, although not a PB by his standards it did impress the judges enormously and it still leaves him ranked as No 1 in the UK this year.

 

In fact Sweatshop management were so impressed by the overall quality of the performances that they extended their scholarship to 2 consolation offerings one for the Best Track Performance and one for the Best Field Performance.  Holly Croxford from Winchester and District AC won the Track Scholarship with a fabulous 39.61 sec in the Under 17 Women 300m.  It was a PB and ranks her 7th in the UK this year.  Daniel Pembridge from WSEH won the Under 15 Javelin with a throw of 52.25m ranking him second in the UK this year.

 

A big "thank you" too to Woking Sweatshop for such generous support to their local club.

 

A full list of all the results is being prepared and will be on this website as soon as possible.

 

For a summary of the performances see the Young Athletes News section - menu on the left.

A record 120 Officials and Helpers were on duty at this year's Young Athletes Open Championship.  Mums, Dads, Grandparents, experienced officials and even some of the young athletes themselves helped to make this such a successful event not only on the day but in the weeks and months beforehand.  Some of the younger members were serving drinks one minute and running "eye balls out" the next.  Another group welcomed visitors to the car park with a disco dance routine to the tune of "Come on, Come on..." before racing off to do the 1500m !

 

A great day was had by all and Woking AC Committee would like say a HUGE "thank you" to everyone for all their much appreciated efforts.  A great demonstration of what volunteers can do in this "The Year of the Volunteer".

Tom Rowley wins hurray!

We have had a bumper entry for this year's Young Athletes Open Championship.  Nearly 600 athletes have signed up.  Indeed the entry is so large that we are having to rework the timetable and extend the hours of competition!  All entrants will receive personalised copies of the timetable, registration process and joining instructions via email and regular mail during this Bank Holiday weekend.  Anyone who thinks that they have entered and has not received their personalised timetable by close of play on 31 August 2005 should send an email to YA2005@gpw.co.uk giving their full contact details and explaining their concerns.

Congratulations to Eleanor Gatrell on coming 7th in the Women's Shot in the GB Olympic Trials and AAA National Championships in Manchester last weekend.  At 13.87m not a PB but still a fine performance.

As a result of his 2.15m high jump (see below) Nick has been selected for the GB team in the IAAF World Junior Championships which start this week in Grosseto, Italy.  Well done Nick, keep on jumping!!

Woking AC athletes storm home in this year's Woking 10.   Suzanna Harrison and Joanne Rodrigez Dow of Woking AC were the first two women home and Mike Waine of Woking AC was second in the men's event behind Andrew Hunt of Cardiff AC.

 

The Team competitions were won by Vale of Aylesbury AC (Richard Taylor, Colin Steptoe and Henry Edwardes-Evans) and Woking AC (Suzanna, Joanne and Janice Warren) in the women's team event.

 

Full results are now on the website - just minutes after the last person crossed the line.

There were some exceptional performances from some of Woking AC's athletes at the English Schools Track and Field Championships in Birmingham 8-9th July.

 

In the Junior boys age group there were sound performances by Martin Cousins and Rob Hunt.  Both did very well in making their respective finals in the 800 and 200m. 

 

After doing the hard bit and making the final, Martin finished 7th in his 800m in 2:04.22. 

Rob, on the other hand ran the race of his life to finish 3rd in the 200m in a lifetime best of 22.55 seconds.

 

There were also some superb feats in the Inter boys age group. Woking was represented by 2 athletes, Tim Kuria and Gary Bradbury. 

After getting through a tricky opening heat and semi final in 50.60 and 50.32, Tim pulled out another amazing performance to finish 5th from lane 8 in a huge personal best and club record of 49.78.

In the 1500, Gary easily negotiated his heat by winning in 4:00.18. Come the final, Gary turned it on and won in a new personal best and club record of 3:56.76.

 

Our sole representative in the Senior boys age group was Nick Webb in the discus.  It was a close competition and he ended up victorious with a throw of 45.76m.

 

Congratulations guys from everyone at Woking AC.

Entries are coming in thick and fast for this year's Woking 10 - one of the premier 10 mile races in the country, known as a fast sharpener for the London Marathon.  If you too want to join in click follow the links on the left.  The race starts at 9:30 on Sunday 3 April.

The lines are now closed for this year's Woking 10 - late entrants - those entering online after 24 March who have not received their joining details should email jonathan.voice@ntlworld.com and/or turn up on the day and ask for John Voice the race organiser.

At the recent Commonwealth Youth Games, held in Melbourne, Australia England sent a squad of athletes aged between 16 and 18 years old to compete for the youth equivalent of the Commonwealth Games.

 

Woking AC's Nick Stanisavljevic was selected to compete in the high jump. This topped off a highly successful season where was also selected to represent Great Britain at the World Junior championships in Grosetto, Italy.

 

After a lengthy competition Nick eventually finished second with a jump of 2.10 to an impressive leap of 2.13 by an Indian called Harishankar Roy. Certainly 2 names to look out for in the future. Well done Nick!

After qualifying for the World Junior Championships at the National Championships in Bedford, Nick was selected for the GB Junior team to go to Grossetto.

 

In his qualifying pool, he equalled his PB of 2.15 to qualify for the final.  Once making the final he had a solid competition, clearing 2.02 first time, then too 3 attempts at 2.10, cleared 2.14 first time and then bowed at what would have been a new personal best height of 2.18.

 

Not a bad effort considering he gets another go at the European Junior Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania next season!

Well done Nick!!!

Today's Young Athletes Open Championship has been hot all round - several Championship records were broken and there was not a cloud in the sky all day.

 

All the results for the day are now on the site - so please please browse around the "Young Athletes" section and compare your results with those of your friends and foes a like!

The full timetable for this year's Young Athletes Open Championship is now online - click on the Entry Forms button on the left for details.

Over 550 aspiring young Kellys are now warming up for some hot competition on the 5th September.  How many will triumph in the Beijing Olympics?  Some of them have already made appearances in the World Junior Championships.  Come along and spot the rising talent for 2008 and 2012.

Competition at this year's YA Open Championship here on Sunday 5 September is certain to be hot.  Nick Stanisavljevic (U20) is leading the way looking to top his PB of 2m15 in the High Jump.  Marimba Odundo-Mendez (U20) wants to better his PBs of 10.8 in the 100m and 21.7 in the 200m.  And that is just for starters.

 

Elsewhere in the meeting old scores will undoubtedly be settled with re-runs of the English Schools finals.  With 1 week still to go before the closing date for entries there are already over 120 athletes with PBs exceeding the Grade 1 standard for their events.

 

Are you up to the challenge?  The meeting is Open to anyone between the ages of 9 and 19 from anywhere in the world whether you are a member of a club or not, so give it a go.  Click on the Entry Forms item on the left for copies of the Entry Form - the closing date for entries is 24 August so don't delay fill one in today.

On Saturday 28th June, Nick competed in the U20 AAA Championships in Bedford.  After major traffic problems on the M1 and the A6 leading to the stadium, he ended up getting to the stadium almost halfway through the competition.

 

He entered the competition at 1.96 and cleared it first time with no warm up, he then had first time clearances at 2.01 and 2.06, two attempts at 2.09, followed by first time clearances at 2.12 and 2.15.  The final jump won him the competition, and guaranteed his selection for the World Junior Championships in Grosetto on 12-18 July.

 

To make matters worse, the weather was not conducive to high jumping with strong winds and heavy rain making life very difficult for all of the competitors.  Looks like Woking AC have a class act of the future!

 

From everybody at Woking Athletic Club, well done Nick!

Marimba Odundo-Mendez from Winchester won the Senior Boys 200m final in 21.65 seconds at the English Schools last week, ahead of Paul Judson from Nottinghamshire. Marimba then travelled to the AAA and Olympic Trials on Sunday, where he finished a respectable fifth in his heat in 21.94, behind Darren Campbell and Marlon Devonish, ten years his senior.

 

Come along and watch Marimba at the Woking AC Young Athletes Open Championship on 5 September, or compete against him if you wish...!  The Entry Forms are only a click away. (See panel on the left)

Welcome to the Internet home of the Woking AC Young Athletes Open Championship.

All Young Athletes under the age of 20 whether they belong to an athletics club or not, are invited to compete in the Woking AC Young Athletes Open Championship on Sunday 5 September 2004 at the Sheerwater Athletics Track. As last year there will be electronic timing, photo finish, medals, trophies and presentation ceremonies just like the Olympic Games.

Please browse around, download an Entry Form and join in the fun.

Jo Fenn and Hayley Tullet (both front runners for membership of GB's Olympic team) have said that they will be coming along again on 5 September to present trophies, sign autographs and offer lots of advice and encouragement to one and all.

 

Whether you come along to watch or compete, or run a lap with the stars to raise money for Charity, everyone of any age is welcome, there is even a Bouncy Castle for the really young athletes (no spikes please!) and face painting for those who want a completely new look!

Well done to Woking AC athlete Nick Stanisavljevic who won the English Schools Inter Boys high jump with a staggering 2.05 a full 6cm ahead of his nearest rival. Other Woking AC athletes at the ESAA Nationals this year include Gary Bradbury 2nd in the Junior Boys 1500m in 4:15.22 only 6 hundredths of a second behind the winner, Nick Webb 5th in the Inter Boys discus with 42.88 and Lorna Vyse 5th in the Senior Girls 3000m - congratulations to one and all.

Jo Fenn (800m) finalist in the Commonwealth Games has agreed to attend on 7 September to present medals and trophies, sign autographs and encourage one and all in their athletic endeavours.

Woking News and Mail are back and have agreed to sponsor this year's event with extensive editorial coverage, mass mailings and advertising.

We are delighted to announce that Cannon's have agreed to be one of this year's major sponsors for the Young Athletes Open Championship.

There has been an encouraging start by all track teams in the first four matches of the new season.

 

There was a solid start by the juniors who competed in the first Wessex League.  This is a new league, which includes all age groups up to under 17 men and women.  In very difficult conditions at Southampton on 18th April, the team managed a very creditable 2nd place overall.  The following week at the home fixture, the woking teams dominated. 

 

The women were expecting a harder day of it at their first track fixture of the season.  There were some very heartening performances from the ladies, most notably in the field.  The performaces by the senior women were backed up by the under 15's, which piled on the points for the team.  They went on to win the match convincingly.  Not bad considering they were only promoted to division 2 this year!!

 

The men's team also had their first fixture recently in the Southern Men's League division 1.  In a competitive match, there were some solid displays in both the track and the field.  The most notable performances were in the distance events-a very unusual feat for the men's team!!  After some sound performances from the whole team, the men went on to finish a promosing 2nd place.

There was an excellent start by the youngsters who were involved at the first National Young Athlete's League at Sutton.

 

There were some very encouraging displays in both the track and the field from some of the younger members of the team.  Due to the excellent team spirit, there were very few gaps throughout the day which meant that the Woking team scored points no matter how many or how few.

 

The U13 boys had a successful day scoring 53 points out of a possible 96.  There weren't many victories, but due to the lack of gaps in the team they picked up points where other teams dropped them.

 

The U15 boys continued the trend by picking up 95points out of a possible 208.  This is an incredible effort considering the size of the team.  There were some very promising performances from this age group, most naotably from Michael Crabtree, who ran a new PB in his first 400 of the seaason.

 

There were also some dominant displays from the U17 men.  They scored 148 out of a possible 240.  The highest points scorer on the day was Nick Webb with some very dominant throwing.

 

The U13 girls also had a solid day by scoring 85 out of a possible 128.  The consistency of perfomance throught the day was promising for the upcoming matches. 

 

The U15 girls also had a good day.  There was some good scoring from the whole team.  There were some promising performances from the athletes on the track and in the field.   

 

The U17 women also scored consistently throghout the day scoring 83 out of a possible 208, another good perfomrance from a very small team. 

 

These age group performances resulted in an impressive 675 overall points score.  This won the match by a massive 148pts.  Very encouraging guys and girls, keep it up!!

Woking AC Young Athletes Open Championship has raised £1,200 for the BBC's Children in Need fund.  A combination of profit sharing, sponsorship (by LA Fitness, James Walker and Woking News and Mail) and raffles of items donated by Jo Fenn, The Ambassors Cinema, Coral Reef, Spectrum, Birdworld, Thorpe Park, John Nike Leisuresport and the London Eye plus all our programme advertisers Harpers Photographic, Trident Garage, Anna Cay, Chalet Genepi, Safeway, Hugo's Bar & Brasserie, Waterfall Durrant & Barclay, Raj Cuisine, Insight, GJ Honour, MBH, Dowlis, The Cavendish Clinic, Naston, Flight Centre, Sheerwater Glass, Helen Henderson Flowers, Curchods and GPW Consultancy.

 

A huge thank you to one and all for making this such a successful event.

We hope you like it and look forward to sharing with you the thrills and spills of athletics in Woking.

The last Trackers evening will be 22 March - there will then be a two week break before the start of the track season.

Just days before the Woking TenTen Surrey County Council and Transco announce that part of the course for the Woking TenTen will be closed to traffic on Sunday 4 April - the date of Woking AC's premier 10 mile and 10k road runs.  Naturally all entry fees will be refunded in full.  Major efforts are now under way to ensure that all entrants are informed.

 

Dave Watson, Chairman of Woking AC said "It is with much regret that we have taken the decision to cancel this year's run.  We felt that the repurcussions of having such a major road closure not only on the course, but also on a major route to and from the start and finish areas would result in major confusion, delays and frustrations for all concerned.  To all those would be TenTen entrants we say please accept our apologies, unfortunately these road works are beyond our control.  In the meantime we look forward to seeing you next year for a Road Works free Road Run."

Please make a note in your diary for the AGM and Cross Country presentation evening on 2 April at 7:00pm in the Sheerwater Community Centre.

Many apologies, but there was an error in the first version of the Ten Ten entry form the start time for the 10k is 09:40 NOT 10:40 as per the original entry form.  The current version of the entry form has the correct start time....

Not surprisingly the Trackers' Session tonight Monday 2 Feb 2009 has been cancelled due to the snow!  The track has disappeared under 15cm of snow.  Watch this space for updates.