CAU INTER-COUNTIES MOUNTAIN RACING CHAMPIONSHIPS, HORTON IN RIBBLESDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE, 14TH JUNE 2025.
Nancy Scott (Aldershot, Farnham & District) was the first Woman and Ellen Weir (Thames H&H) was the first U23 Woman.
In the Women's team competition Yorkshire were 1st with a score of 20; Cumbria were 2nd with 21 and Surrey (Nancy Scott, Ellen Weir & Natalie Beadle) were 3rd with 23.
In the Men's team competition Yorkshire were 1st with a score of 33; Lancashire were 2nd with 38; Derbyshire were 3rd with 38 and Surrey (Oscar Subuh-Symons, Jim Gordon & James Riley) were 12th with 122.
NOTE. INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES ARE NOW INCLUDED IN THE ATHLETE PROFILES.
Nancy Scott has been selected for the England team at the Snowdon International Mountain Race to be held on 19th July.
SURREY SENIOR WOMEN 100M HURDLES RECORD, 12TH JUNE 2025.
Competing in the heats of the NCAA DI Championships held in Eugene OR, USA on 12th June 2025 Marcia Sey (Blackheath & Bromley) set a new Surrey Record for SW 100mH of 12.88/+1.5 The previous Surrey record of 12.96/+1.9 was set by Natasha Danvers (Shaft. Barnet) in 2007.
Competing in the Eastern Young Athletes League fixture held at Watford in 18th May 2025 where she won the A-string event Holly Ryan (Shaftesbury Barnet) set a new Surrey Record for U17W 300m of 38.2 The previous Surrey record of 38.68 was set by Amy Allcock (AFD) in 2009.
COUNTY RECORDS SET IN U15B 100M & U17M 100M & 200M
SURREY SENIOR MEN DISCUS RECORD, 13TH APRIL 2025.
Competing in the Oklahoma Throws Series in Ramona OK, USA on 13th April 2025 where he finished in 5th place Lawrence Okoye (Croydon) with a throw of 70.76m set a new UK Record in what was the highest ever standard Discus event of all time where the winner, Mykolas Alekna from Lithuania set a new World Record of 75.56m. The previous Surrey record was 68.24m which Lawrence set in 2012.
SURREY MARATHON BEST PERFORMANCE, 13TH APRIL 2025.
Competing in the Marathon at the European Running Championships in Leuven, Belgium on 13th April 2025 where he finished in 5th place George James (Dorking & Mole Valley) set the fastest time by a Surrey athlete of 2:10:10. This beat the previous best time of 2:10:51 set by Bernie Ford (AFD) in 1979.
SURREY UNDER-15 BOYS 100M RECORD, 12TH APRIL 2025.
Competing in the Medway & Maidstone Open Meeting at Gillingham on 12th April 2025 Piers Spencer-Simms (Blackheath & Bromley) set a new record for U15B 100m of 10.87/+0.8. The previous Surrey record was 10.9 which was set by Farrell Fabusiwa (Croydon) in 2023.
REQUESTS FOR PAYMENT FROM SURREY ATHLETICS OFFICIALS
If you are asked for an unexpected payment appearing to come from SCAA then please contact the Treasurer email: treasurer@surreyathletics.uk.
NATIONAL UNION OF TRACK STATISICIANS (NUTS)
The NUTS athletics archive/museum has been installed at Coombe Wood School, Melville Avenue, Croydon CR2 7NY. They are on the lookout for donations and or loans of the following:-
(1) Books; (2) Programmes; (3) Photos; (4) Trophies; (5) Medals; (6) Club Badges & Vests (including clubs that no longer exist); (7) Old or Olympic kit; (8) Unwanted stopwatches (Do not have to work); (9) Documents; (10) Old running shoes, any pre-war would be wonderful. especially Laws, Fosters etc; (11) Other relevant items suitable for display or reference. Should you have any of the above that you would like them to consider or if you wish to make an appointment to visit, please contact Mike Fleet 020 8647 1341 or email mike@mafleet.co.uk.
SURREY COUNTY ATHLETICS HISTORICAL INFORMATION - CAN YOU HELP?
Keith Burchell currently holds the archives for the Surrey County AAA and Surrey County WAAA. These are far from being complete. If you have any past information such as programmes, committee minutes, championship results etc that you are thinking of disposing then please contact Keith Burchell. In particular, sets of County Championship results prior to 1980 are sought.
RESPECT TO OUR TEAM MANAGERS
Surrey County Athletic Association does not accept or condone the use of offensive behaviour towards or abuse or bullying of team managers under any circumstances. Team managers are all volunteers and make their decisions on the basis of information available to them. While not everyone is likely to agree with all of their decisions they must respect them and all the hours of work and agonising that go into the difficult task these team managers carry out in the interests of encouraging athletics in the county.
CARDIAC RISK IN THE YOUNG
England Athletics is publicising this charity.
CRY is a charity that was established to raise awareness of conditions that can lead to the sudden cardiac death of young people. They operate a screening programme at a number of clinics around the UK and support this with mobile units that travel to other locations.
Full information about CRY and their services can be found on their website at www.c-r-y.org.uk. Young people between the age of 14 and 35 who would like to have cardiac testing can go to www.testmyheart.org.
You can also see www.uka.org.uk/governance/health-safety/cardiac-screening-for-athletes/ for information on work being done by UKA in this area.
Following the death of a young member of Croydon Harriers, Mike Fleet has been promoting this charity for several years and anyone wishing to have copies of his photographs has been asked to make a donation to CRY. Further, he has been exchanging for donations bookmarks signed by famous athletes to raise funds for this charity. We thank those of you who have shown your support in the past.
Mike Fleet has started an Olympians Charity "Art" project. His request is to Olympic athletes who would be willing to contribute a drawing, sketch or even a "work of art". The target is to obtain 100 items. Currently contributions include matchstick men and women, smiley faces, fine portraits, crayoned landscapes and water colours. Amongst the Surrey contributors are Shirley Cawley, Judy Vernon, Jack Parker and Martyn Rooney with promises from Shireen Bailey and Donna Fraser. Mike has also received pictures from Olympic Gold medallists, David Hemery, Kelly Holmes, Anne Packer and Tessa Sanderson. The plan is for a one-off book of the boldly signed originals to be publicly auctioned, and for the submitted art, to feature in a limited edition book of prints for general sale.
Contributions on A4 duplicating paper should be sent to Mike at 2 Ridge Park, Purley, Surrey, CR8 3PN. Any queries, please call 020 8647 1341.
BOOKING REQUEST
FORMS FOR PHOTO-FINISH, RACE CLOCK, RADIOS & FIELD COUNTDOWN CLOCKS
SCAA has photo finish, race clock, radios and field countdown clocks for hire. You can download forms to request a booking for any of these by clicking on the buttons below. The forms come in either MS
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