Weekly Update - 22nd July 2026
- Noel Carmody
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SIAB Schools International Track & Field Championships, Belfast (Sat. 18th July)
Obinna Aniebo added a win for England to his CV in the Schools International beating athletes from Scotland, Ireland and Wales with a best throw of 54.79m.
Club Connect Relays, London Stadium (Sat. 18th July)
Held as part of the warm up program for the London Diamond League our Under 18 mixed 4x100m team fought it out against the best sprint teams in the country in the UKA Organised Club Connect Relays. A creditable fifth place was achieved despite a few hiccups in the change overs!
Youth Development League (Lower), Mile End (Sat. 18th July)
Despite the team being much depleted through holidays and last minute dropouts there were still some fine individual performances whilst overall we remain third in the division with one fixture remaining, reports Mick Bond. Individual highlights included another PB of 41.27 for Maxwell Guezodje over the 300 hurdles and wins over 200 and 300m for Jovanni Lyndsey (22.78 & 37.55) plus a second place in the 100m (11.50). Ayotunde Dauda continues to improve with every race lowering his 1500m PB by three seconds to 4:12.98 on this occasion. Nuala English did even better front running the U14 girls 1500m to take 4 seconds off her PB b with 5:08.22.
Southern Athletics League, Kingston (Sun.19th July)
Our bid for promotion to Division One of the Southern Athletics League continued on Sunday at Kingston, writes Mick Bond. As with the YDL team we were missing some key players but never the less came out winters by the smallest of margins beating Southwark into second place 250 points to 249, a result which should see us remain in one of the two promotion spots at the top of the Division.
International Snowdon Race (Cat AM, 15.35 km, 994m ascent) (Sat. 18th July)
Not only are most fell races very different from all other fell races but due to the fickleness of mountain weather the same race one year can be very different from the next, writes Clem Dixon. With the ongoing hot weather this year's Snowdon entrants had been bombarded with apocalyptic emails warning us that we were responsible for our own hydration. But as we assembled in the start field there was a nip in the air and with cloud clinging stubbornly to the lower slopes of the mountain there was no sign of the sun. With the Welsh national anthem still ringing in our ears we were off and up into the refreshingly cool mist. But this was what meteorologists call an inversion, normally you would expect the temperature to drop steadily as you ascend but at about 800m we broke out of the cloud into warmer air and sunshine.
The phenomenon was short lived, we did descend back into the cloud but were able to enjoy the post race festivities in the sunshine. Each fell race also has its unique pre and post race vibe and here there is more razzmatazz than usual with DJs, TV cameras and the local community using it as an excuse for a party. The Diamond League it isn't but it prides itself on being an international race with teams representing countries as well as clubs. This year the Italians took all of the top three places to win the men's team prize with ease. The first and second women were from Scotland and England but with places 3, 5 and 6 the Italians won that team prize too.
For the second Saturday in a row Dan Allinson left London ridiculously early to make the start and be our first finisher. As Oscar Wilde might have said had he been a runner: work is the curse of the running classes. The rest of us took a more leisurely approach; all were pleased with their times and enjoyed the race and the rest of the weekend.
164th Dan Allinson 1:39:56; 188th Christian Poulton 1:44:26; 223rd James Floyd 1:48:58; 318th Clem Dixon 2:02:02.
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