Competing in the Wanda Diamond League meeting held at the Olympic Park, Stratford on 20th July 2024 Jack Rowe (Aldershot, Farnham & District) set a new County record of 7:38.70 for the SM 3000M. This was an improvement on the previous record of 7:41.79 set by Gary Staines (Belgrave) in 2014.
Competing in the same race Will Barnicoat (Aldershot, Farnham & District) ran the fastest time by a Surrey Under-23 Man of 7:48.12. The previous fastest time of 7:59.7 was set by David Clarke (Hercules Wimbledon) in 1980.
Competing in the Be Fit Today TA Outdoor Series 3 meeting held at Lee Valley on 28th July 2024 Farrell Fabusiwa (Croydon H) set a new County record of 10.55/+0.5 for the U17M 100M using electronic timing. This was an improvement on the previous record of 10.59/-0.9 set by Harry Aikines-Aryeetey (Sutton & District) in 2004. Harry still holds the fastest manual time of 10.5 which was also set 2004
The last race for the 2024 season was held on 26th July. Surrey County AA expresses its thanks to the host clubs - Sutton Runners, Ranelagh Harriers, Dorking & Mole Vally AC, South London Harriers, Elmbridge Road Runners and The Stragglers - for their cooperation over the 7 races.
The winning men's team was Woking AC and the winning women's team was Guildford & Godalming AC.
(45) DEREK CROOKES UNDER-13 INTER COUNTY, WALTON, 4TH AUGUST 2024
The Surrey Girls team was first and the Boys were second in the team standings.
A link to the 2024 results can be found on the MEETING WEBSITE
(46) SURREY COUNTY UNDER-17 MEN 100M RECORD
Competing in the SEAA U13/U15/U17 Championships meeting held at Walton on 10th August 2024 Farrell Fabusiwa (Croydon H) set a new County record of 10.54/+1.2 for the U17M 100M using electronic timing. This was an improvement on the previous record of 10.55/+0.5 which he set in July. Harry Aikines-Aryeetey (Sutton & District) holds the fastest manual time of 10.5 which was set in 2004.
It is with sadness that we report that Martin died peacefully at home on 27th August 2024. He was a supporter of Surrey County Athletics for many years. He was the Surrey U13/U15 Boys Cross-Country Team Manager and had led the way for getting these age groups recognised at County level through organising trips to Shrewsbury which was the initial venue for their "national" championships. He was elected President of SCAA in 2004.
He was an active member of Camberley & District AC and was an acomplished Starter for many years at both Track & Field and Sportshall events.
The following tribute was received from Camberley & District AC:-
Camberley & District AC is greatly saddened to announce that our President, Martin Goodway passed away on 27th August at the age of 86. He had been ill for some time and spent his last few days peacefully at home with his family.
Martin has been a driving force within Camberley & District AC for almost 50 years and was extremely knowledgeable in everything to do with grass roots athletics.
He was also a qualified Starter and many of you will recall seeing Martin starting races across Surrey. He was passionate about giving young athletes the chance to compete across all disciplines and was present at Track & Field, Cross Country and Sportshall events, always smartly attired in his red blazer.
There will be a memorial service held in due course - we will share details when available.
Our thoughts at this time are with his wife Irene and the rest of the family.
We have completed the compilation of the rankings for 2024. We express our thanks to the compilers (Jess Wilson, Ashley Burridge, Marcus Hake, Phil Ryan and Keith Burchell) for their efforts throughout the season to keep the lists up to date.
We apologise to the M55 teams as an error in the results procedure led to the wrong teams being presented with medals. The procedure has been corrected for future events and we are working to get medals to the affected teams as soon as possible.
(55) TROFEO VANONI MOUNTAIN RELAY RACE, ITALY, 27TH OCTOBER 2024
For the first time England Athletics sent a team to the prestigious Trofeo Vanoni Mountain Relay Race in Italy on Sunday 27 October 2024. The women's relay is for teams of 2 and the England Team included six U23 Women of whom two were Surrey athletes, Alice Crane (DMVAC) and Ellen Weir (THH). Each runner in the team covered 5km with a climb and descent of 248 metres.
The women's race had 53 teams of U23, Seniors and Vets and the England U23 Women finished 3rd - (Alice Crane paired with Emilia Platt of Salford Harriers), 6th and 8th (Ellen Weir paired with Rosie Woodhams of Kendal).
Alice had the 5th, and Ellen 18th fastest times in the senior race of 108 competitors. And amongst two dozen U23W runners Alice had the quickest time and Ellen 9th.
(56) SURREY U13/U15 SPORTSHALL, SPECTRUM, GUILDFORD, 27TH OCTOBER 2024
(57) SOUTHERN INTER-COUNTY 10K ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP, BRIGHTON, 17TH NOVEMBER 2024
After an absence of six years Surrey successfully returned to the Southern Inter-Counties 10k, held within the Brighton 10k on Sunday, November 17th.
The Women's team finished second, with both Alice Crane (Dorking & Mole Valley) and Lisa Bailey (Stragglers) running 71 second PBs to finish 2nd (3rd overall) and 3rd in times of 34'11" and 34'50" respectively. Late replacement Nicky Hornzee (Stragglers) completed the medal winning team in 21st place with an almost two-minute PB of 38'34".
Peter Robbins (Ranelagh Harriers) led the Surrey Men's team, which placed 7th, with a time of 32'28" (22nd, and a 21 second PB), which was completed by Harry Mullard (Reigate Priory) in 34'04" (26th), Brandan Morrell (South London Harriers) in 34'13" (27th, and a 30 second PB) and Daniel Evans (Dorking & Mole Valley) in 34'20" (28th).
Scoring for the Men's and Women's teams was based on the cumulative time of the first three to finish.
(59) EUROPEAN CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, ANTALYA, TURKEY, 8TH DECEMBER 2024
WILL BARNICOAT RETAINS U23 TITLE
Having won the U20 title in 2022 and the U23 title in 2023 Will Barnicoat (AFD) retained his U23 title and led the Great Britain & Northern Ireland team to team gold. Poppy Craig McFeely (Herne Hill) was placed 58th in the U23 Women event.
