Due to committments to organising the Lowestoft Scores Race, Waveney Valley Athletic Club entered just six runners in the senior race. Chris Pimlott finished 14th in a time of 29:27, Jon Comyn was 40th in 33:39, Wayne Freeman 42nd in 33;52, Seamus Wrigley 57th in 35:47, Paul Harrod 63rd in 36:03 and David Mower 76th in 37:18.

The race formed part of this years Suffolk Grand Prix road race series and was event 6 of 7. WVAC runners totalled 943 points and the clubs overall total so far of 1,114 points in the series this year puts them in 14th place from 21 Suffolk clubs.

Four club members competed in the Scores Race junior events. In the boys 10-12 age group Jamie Besford was first in a time of 9:20 and Leon Cousins 5th in 16:32. In the girls 10-12 race, Harriet Lyman was first in a time of 9:52 and Abeni Beckham 3rd in 11:19.

Gorleston Parkrun results Aug 17: 154 David Pimlott 32:19. Aug 24: 10 Jon Comyn 20:31, 135 Alan Richardson 29:07. Aug 31: 14 Jon Comyn 20:51, 26 Alan Fairs 21:23, 183 Vicki Fairs 41:39. Sep 7: 9 Jon Comyn 20:43, 69 Alan Richardson 25:03. Fritton Lake Parkrun Aug 17: 12 Wayne Freeman 22:17(pb).

The Mayor of Lowestoft, June Ford started the 18^th Lowestoft Scores race promptly at 2pm last Sunday. 16 year old Ted Oldman made a fleet-footed transition from the Junior Boys ranks to the Junior Men/Senior Men level by winning this years event. The race was run over a course of approximately 4.75 miles and included 13 stepped hills and 401 steps.

The Bungay Black Dog running Club member, who won the Boys event for the last 2 years, finished just a few paces ahead of his team mate Kieran McMorran. Oldmans winning time was 26.17 with Roger Braybrooks of London Neathside finishing third.

Odette Robson of Bury Pacers was the first lady to finish and set a new course record with her time of 29.29. Karen Kettless was second and Karen Archbold of Lowestoft Road Runners was third.

In the Juniors event, run over approximately 1.4 miles, and including 254 steps, Stanley Collins of Great Yarmouth and District AC won the boys 13-15 event in a time of 7.44. Waveney Valley AC duo Jamie Besford and Harriet Lyman were first in the 10-12 boys and girls events in times of 9.20 and 9.52 respectively.

There were 164 finishers in the Senior race, this year part of the Suffolk Grand Prix series of races. All finishers receiving a commemorative t-shirt.

At the prize presentation, race Director Bill Kingaby thanked Birds Eye for their generous event sponsorship, and also Lowestoft Vision for sponsoring the Junior trophies and bottled water, which was handed to the runners as they crossed the finish line. Thanks were also passed to Claire Henwood of Active Waveney, and her team at Waveney District Council and Waveney Norse, to Christchurch for providing the facilities and refreshments and also to James Gooch, the race organiser, Vicki Fairs, the Chief Marshal and the team of marshals, traffic management officers and helpers who ensured the event was a success.

The prizes were presented by Danny Steel, Chairman of Lowestoft Vision, Peter Aldous, MP for Waveney, June Ford, Mayor of Lowestoft and Nick Copeman representing Birds Eye who also ran the race.

On Sunday, Waveney Valley Athletic Club travelled to West Suffolk Athletics Club’s home at the Abbeycroft Track, Bury St Edmunds for the final match in the East Anglian Athletics League. Waveney Valley, who train at East Point Academy in Lowestoft, took a squad of 26 to compete against West Suffolk, Cambridge & Coleridge, City of Norwich AC, Leighton Buzzard, Hunts AC and Diss AC.

Waveney amassed their highest points total of the league with 271 points over the day, yet another improvement over the previous rounds, to finish the day in 5th place. With only 4 Seniors available to compete, and no U17s, this again a proved a very good result for a fledgling Waveney team competing in the league this year for the first time in many years. The days most successful categories were the under 13 boys who finished the day in 4th place and the under 15 girls, also in 4th place. With the team still in its relative infancy, with some disciplines not represented, the Club aims to have top 3 finishes in all categories next year after a strong winters training.

Abeni Beckham, Maisie Elvin-Andrews, Hazel Fairs, Grace Forster and Shamara Hammonds competed for the under 11’s in the events of 80 metres, 600 metres, shot and long jump. Out of an overall field of 20 in the 80m, Shamara recorded the 6th faster time of 12.8s to record a new PB. With a field of 16 in the 600m, Grace was the Clubs faster athlete finishing 5th in a time of 2:15.6s. From a field of 14 in the long jump, Abeni recorded the U11s longest jump of 2.92m to finish 4th. Hazel’s best event was the shot put where she finished 5th with a throw of 3.55m. The Clubs youngest competitor on the day, Maisie who is just 8, competed very well against athletes much older.

In the girls under 13 category, Harriet Gooch, Harriet Lyman and Hannah Mayne competed in the 100m, 200m and 800m, long jump, and the 3 throws. Hannah, following up her PB in Southend on bank holiday Monday, with another PB in the 100m of 14.2 to finish 3rd, and a 4th place finish in the 200m with a time of 30.4. Harriet Lyman finished 5th in the 800m with a time of 3:03.24.9, with Harriet Gooch throwing well to finish 3rd in the javelin and 5th in both shot and discus.

The under 15 girls were represented by Georgia Fairs, Charlotte Gooch, Shannon Hall, Imogen Lyman and Emily Turner, competing in the 100 metres, high jump, long jump and 3 throws. Both Shannon and Charlotte recorded a PBs in the 100m with times of 14.0s and 14.5s to both finish 3rd in their respective races. Emily and Georgia both also recorded PBs in the high jump of 1.35m and 1.10m respectively, with Emily recording a 2nd place finish. Imogen performed well in the 3 throws, recording 3rd place finishes in both shot and discus where she also recorded a PB with 10.54m. The girls also ran the 4x 100m relay to finish 3rd with a time of 59.7s

The under 13 boys were represented by Jamie Besford, Leon Cousins, Dylan Davies, Tai Elvin-Andrews, Tyler Hunt, and Ethan Lee competing in the 75mh, 100m, 200m and 800m, long jump, high jump and the 3 throws. Ethan recorded a PB in the 100m with a time of 16.4 and Jamie ran a strong 800m with a time of 2;46.5 to finish 4th in the ‘A’ string’ with Tyler finishing 3rd in the ‘B’ string with a time of 3:29.2. Tai finished the 75mh in 2nd place with a time of 16.7s. Leon recorded a jump of 3.12m before retiring injured, with Dylan, nationally ranked at 90 in the discus and 247 in the shot, again throwing very well to finish 1st in both the shot and discus (6.96m and 19.48m) and 3rd in the javelin with a throw of 18.18m and a new PB. The boys also completed the relay in a time of 66.9 and a 5th place finish.

The under 15 boys were represented by just Owen Besford, Jake Block and Kieran Covill competing in the 100m, 300m and 800m, high jump, long jump and javelin. Kieran again improved to record 3 PBs, running 12.4s to a 2nd place finish in the 100m, 42.1s and 3rd in the 300m and a jump of 5.00m and 1st place in the ‘A’ long jump. Jake equalled his 100m PB with a run of 13.5s,and recorded a new PB and a 1st place finish in the ‘B’ long jump with 4.09m. Owen, on his league debut finished 2nd in the high jump with a jump of 1.30m.

With just 4 seniors competing for the club in this fixture, for the ladies, Vicki Fairs and Michaela Gooch competed for the Club in the 3 throws – in the shot Vicki recorded a best of 5.79m and a 5th place finish and the javelin, Michaela recorded a throw on 12.81m and a 5th place finish. Both ladies also competed in the discus with throws in excess of 13m. For the men, Alan Fairs competed in 7 events recording 6 new PBs – 5.84m in the shot, 14.52m discus, 22.16 javelin along with a run of 73.6s in the 400m and 12:36.7 in the 3000m. Joe Mayne ran the 3000m in a time of 13:26.4 and a throw of 9.15m in the discus.

The East Anglian League will commence again in 2014, but in the meantime, the Clubs juniors will be competing in the Norfolk Sportshall League throughout the winter.

On Thursday evening, athletes from Waveney Valley Athletic Club competed at Gt Yarmouth & District ACs performance meeting at the Wellesley Road track.
Michaela Gooch, Alan Fairs and Steve competed for the seniors with Hazel Fairs, Maisie Elvin-Andrews, Brooke Oram, Joel Burgess, Benjamin Cone, Grace Forster and Shamara Hammonds competing in the U11 category, Harriet Gooch, Tai Elvin-Andrews, Mia, Callum and Hannah Mayne competing in the U13 category and Charlotte Gooch, Georgia Fairs, Kieran Covill, Shannon Hall, Owen Besford and Emily Turner competing in the U15 category.
Although there were periods of rain, there were many smiles on the night as lots of PBs were set over the track events of 80m, 100m, 200m, 800m and 1 mile, and the long jump and javelin in the field. Setting PBs and putting into practice the training undertaken at the Club on Monday and Thursday evenings at East Point Academy was what the meeting was all about. A notable PB was from Kieran Covill who took 0.5 seconds from his 100m time to record a new PB of 12.5s.
Hannah Mayne then followed this meeting up on Bank Holiday Monday at the Southend-on-Sea Athletic Club track and field championships and open at Garon Park. On a very hot and sunny afternoon, Hannah came 6th in long jump setting a new PB of 3.77m. The competition in the sprints was really stiff, so Hannah was delighted to finish 3rd in the 100m race with a new PB of 14.24s, then competing in the 200m finishing 4th but recording her 3rd PB of the meeting in a time of 30.34s.

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The Great Yarmouth Half Marathon was held last Sunday and three members of Waveney Valley Athletic Club were among the 187 runners who took part.

Lisa Knights was pleased with her finishing time of 1:46.17 which was not far outside her best. She was placed 79th overall and was the trophy winner for first lady to finish in the Vet Lady 40-44 age category. Around a minute ahead of Lisa at the finish line was Tim Earl in 76th place in a time of 1:45.16. Alan Richardson was placed 127th in 2:00.40.

At the Gorleston 5k parkrun last Saturday, Wayne Freeman recorded a personal best 21:14, Jon Comyn was timed at 21:48 and Angela Mower 31:28.

At the Fritton Lake 5k parkrun on Aug 3, Wayne Freeman recorded 23:18, Paul Harrod 23:22, David Mower 25:11 and Angela Mower 32:47. Last Saturday at Fritton, David Pimlott ran a time of 29:29.

Waveney Valley Athletic Club’s senior members competed at Ditchingham last week at the last of three races in this years Bungay 10k Summer Series.

165 runners took part in very warm and humid conditions with Richard Aukland first to finish for the club in 39th place in a time of 43:15. Steve Gibbs was 60th in 46:27 with Tim Earl just a few seconds behind in 61st in 46:33. Wayne Freeman finished 66th in 47:21, Ailsa MacDonald 70th in 48:35, Paul Harrod 75th in 49:02 and David Pimlott 151st in 1.04:44.

The Saturday 5k parkruns produced a number of personal bests for club members during July. At Gorleston on the 6th Jon Comyn recorded a new best time of 20:18 to finish 9th. Wayne Freeman was 24th in 21:51 and Joe Mayne 46th in a p.b. of 23:25. On the 13th Wayne Freeman recorded 21:36 to finish 17th. On the 27th Jon Comyn finished 15th in 20:57 and Lisa Knights was placed 25th in a p.b. 22:05.

At Fritton Lake on the 6th Warren Hytch finished 14th in 24:46 and on the 20th his time was 24:47 in finishing 20th.

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On Saturday, seven of Waveney Valley AC’s junior athletes took part in the final Quadkids event of the season at the Sportspark, UEA, Norwich. Undeterred by light rain and cooler conditions, with a break from the recent heatwave, Waveney Valley’s athletes competed against around 100 other athletes across four events, with the winner the highest overall points scorer across four events.
Fresh from her 2nd place finish in Waveney Valley’s closed Quadkids event, Hannah Mayne won the girls event for school years 6 to 8. This was a great success for Hannah as a year 6 athlete competing against athletes up to 2 years her senior. On the way to first place, Hannah recorded a PB in the vortex throw with a distance of 15.57m, a PB in the long jump of 3.91m and running her first ever 800m in a time of 3.07. She also ran the 100m in a time of 14.7. Also competing in that age category was Harriet Gooch, another year 6, who recorded PB’s in the vortex throw with a distance of 15.61m finishing 3rd in that event and also the 100m. Charlotte Gooch who competed despite carrying a niggling injury, finished 2nd in both the vortex throw and 100m.
Competing in the event for school years 4 and 5 for the girls were Abeni Beckham and Grace Forster, and for the boys Joel Burgess and Daniel Allen, in the smaller distances of 75m, 600m, the standing long jump and vortex throw. Abeni, competing in these events for the first time recorded times of 13.0 in the 75m and 2.16 in the 600m, a standing long jump of 1.79m (to finish 3rd in a large field) and a throw of 16.73m. Grace recorded times of 12.5 in the 75m and 2.09 in the 600m (knocking 6 seconds off her PB) and a jump of 1.71m and throw of 13.33m – the first time she had competed in this event. Both boys performed well, especially taking into account they are year 3 boys, and competing against boys up to 2 years older, with Joel recording times of 12.0 in the 75m and 2.11 in the 600m, a throw of 20.5m and jump of 1.67m (a PB from 1.53m). Daniel recorded times of 14.3 in the 75m and 2.43 in the 600m with a throw of 9.32m and jump of 1.27m.

On Sunday 14 July 2013, Waveney Valley Athletic Club travelled to Ipswich Harriers home, at the Northgate Sports Centre for the third round match of the East Anglian Athletics League. On a hot and sunny summer day, Waveney, who train at East Point Academy in Lowestoft, took a compact squad of 19 ‘scoring’ athletes, and a further 5 under 11 ‘non-scoring’ athletes, to compete against West Suffolk, Colchester and Tendring, Breckland, Ryston, Southend and Ipswich Harriers.
Waveney amassed a total of 202 points over the day, a slight dip on round 2, to finish the day in a 5th place. With several athletes unavailable on the day, and 3 athletes making their league debut, this proved a very good result for a fledgling Waveney team competing in the league this year for the first time in many years. Waveney’s most successful team on the day in terms of points score, were the under 13 boys who scored 46 points, with the highest scoring junior, Dylan Davies scoring 17 points. Alan Fairs was the highest scoring senior with 21 points after competing in 7 events.
Grace Forster, Hazel Fairs, Abeni Beckham, Maisie Elvin-Andrews and Rio Clements competed for the under 11’s in the events of 80 metres, 600 metres, shot put and long jump. Grace finished 4th in the 600 metres in a time of 2.18. Abeni, making her U11 girls league debut ran the 80m in a time of 14.0 to finish 3rd out of a field of 10 with Rio, another debutant for the U11 boys, running the 80m in 13.2 to finish 5th out of 11. Hazel continued to perform well in her events, as did Maisie, making her league debut, and reaching the minimum age to compete with a birthday just a few days before.
In the girls under 13 category, Hannah Mayne, Mia and Harriet Lyman competed in the 100, 200 and 800m, 75m hurdles and long jump. Hannah ran a PB of 14.5 in the 100m to finish 4th, Harriet ran a PB of 3.00 in the 800m which was notable in very hot conditions, and Mia ran a PB of 14.7 in the 75m hurdles.
The under 15 girls were represented by Emily Turner, Georgia Fairs, Imogen Lyman and Charlotte Gooch competing in the 100 metres, high jump, long jump, shot put, discus, javelin and the relay. Emily Turner equalled her PB of 1.30m in the high jump, narrowly failing to clear 1.35m and Imogen making her league debut, performed well finishing 3rd in the ‘B’ discus. The girls also successfully managed to get the relay baton round in a time of 1.03.
The under 13 boys were represented by Dylan Davies, Jamie Besford, Ethan Lee, Tai Elvin-Andrews and Callum competing in the 100, 200 and 800 metres, long jump and the three throws – shot put, discus and javelin along with the relay. Dylan followed up his previous good performances in the league by winning the discus with a strong throw of 20.28m, coming 2nd in the shot and 4th in the javelin. The 4 boys, without Dylan, successfully finished the relay in a time of 103.6.
The under 15 boys were represented by just Jake Block and Isaac Fickling in the 100 and 800m, long jump and shot put. Jake jumped 4.05 to finish 5th out of 9, and Isaac performed well in the heat to run 3.01 in the 800m.
5 seniors competed for the club in this fixture, an improvement over the previous meetings. Tracy Mayne registered another PB in the 1500 metres and also competed in the shot put. Michaela Gooch recorded 12.70m in the javelin to finish 5th out of 8 also finishing 4th in the hammer with a throw of 14.55m – the first time she has competed in this event. Vicky Fairs, making her league debut entered the 3 throwing events, finishing 5th in the discus out of a field of 10 with a throw of 15.51m and also performed well in the javelin and shot put. Alan Fairs was Waveney’s busiest athlete on the day entering seven events, and finishing a creditable 3rd in the ‘A’ 3000m in a time of 13.09 and Joe Mayne, making his league debut also ran the 3000m in a time of 13.29.
The final round will be at Bury St Edmunds on 1st September 2013. The juniors are next in action on Saturday in the final Quadkids event in Norwich.

The Heveningham Hall multi-terrain race took place last Sunday in extremely hot temperatures. Part of the course went through a forest but even in the shade of the trees there was no escape from the heat.
Three Waveney Valley Athletic Club members competed with Ailsa MacDonald a prize winner as second lady to finish in a time of 48:56. In the veterans mens category Richard Aukland took third prize finishing in 43:38 while Wayne Freeman was 6th in 47:00.