(43) ENGLAND ATHLETICS COMBINED EVENTS, SPORTCITY, MANCHESTER, 4TH/5TH AUGUST 2018
Congratulations to Philip Kastner (Walton AC) who set a new Surrey County Record for U17 Men Decathlon with a total of 6044 points. The previous record of 5637 points was set in 2010 by Jacob Paul.
Competing in the Diamond League meeting held at the Alexander Stadium, Birmingham on 18th August 2018, Adelle Tracey (Guildford & Godalming AC) set a new record of 2:34.59. This was an improvement on the previous record of 2:35.22 set by Shireen Bailey (Bromley Ladies AC) in 1986.
Competing in the IAAF World Challenge meeting held in Berlin on 2nd September 2018, Kristal Awuah (Herne Hill Harriers) set a new record of 11.16/-0.1. This was an improvement on the previous record of 11.17/+1.7 set by Imani Lansiquot (Sutton & District AC) in 2016.
(54) SURREY COUNTY RECORD UNDER-15 GIRLS SHOT, 29TH SEPTEMBER 2018
Competing in the Herne Hill Open meeting held at Tooting Bec on the the 29th September 2018 Je'nae James (Herne Hill Harriers) set a new record for the U15 Girls 3kg Shot with a put of 12.46m. This beat the previous County record of 12.19m for the 3kg shot which was set by Hetty Taylor (Walton AC) in August 201
(55) FRANCES RATCHFORD TAKES OVER AS SURREY CHAIRMAN
The Executive Committee meeting on October 19th saw a changing of the guard for Surrey as Tom Pollak of Hercules Wimbledon AC stepped down as Chairman after almost 10 years and handed over the mantle to Frances Ratchford of Ranelagh Harriers and St Mary's Richmond AC.
Tom took over in 2010 after serving as our President. He joined the Executive Committee following the 1997 AGM when he was the organiser of the road relays at Wimbledon Park and also led the team which manned the gate at our championships which he has done every year since. He also temporarily chaired the Officials Sub-Committee following the death of David Littlewood and was Chairman of the Competitions Sub-Committee for more than a decade.
In his farewell statement to the Association he said what an honour it had been to serve as Chairman and previously as President.
He added: "It has been a great privilege to lead a great team and I can assure you that until you sit in this chair you don't, and indeed can't, appreciate the enormous amount of work which is carried out on this Association's behalf.
I attended last night's Officials Sub-Committee meeting and what has always impressed me is the workmanlike way in which our scores of officials carry out their most important roles. There may be athletes but without these officials volunteering and giving freely of their time there would be no sport. So we owe them a big debt of gratitude as well as all the other people who keep this county association ticking over.
If they and the other volunteers continue to strive then the county is in good hands and has a strong future."
He then introduced the new Chairman. "So I'm delighted to introduce you to your next Chairman who you all know, Frances Ratchford, a widely experienced athletics official. I'm confident the County Association is in good hands and will continue to progress under her enthusiastic leadership."
Anyone wishing to contact Frances in her capacity as Chairman of SCAA should use the e-mail address: chairman@surreyathletics.uk.
(56) SURREY COUNTY MASTERS CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, RICHMOND PARK, 20TH OCTOBER 2018
On 3rd December 2018, Donna attended a ceremony at Croydon Town Hall to receive the award of Freedom of the Borough, the highest civic honour a local authority can give. She remained a member of Croydon Harriers throughout her competitive career which ended with her retirement in 2009. She competed in four Olympic Games and won gold at the 1991 European Junior Championships. Outside of her competitive career Donna has been an ambassador for Breast Cancer Now and is a Trustee for the London Marathon Charitable Trust and the Women's Sport Trust. She is also UK Athletics' Vice President and Equality, Diversity and Engagement Lead. The pictures below were taken at the ceremony which also saw Roy Hodgson, the Crystal Palace FC Team Manager, receive the same award. PROFILE.
