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Chingford League Round-Up Fixtures 1 & 2

Chingford League 2023-24 Roundup - Fixtures 1 & 2

WGEL had a very successful Chingford League campaign last year. WGEL were U11 & U13 Boys and Girls League winners and won 11 individual medals in the U11-U15 competitions. 

The League offers a fantastic entry point to cross country running for many. With participation on the up it provides the more experienced athletes with opportunities to compete with the best locally. The mix of terrains making up the 6 fixtures (Oct–March) are also an attraction with parkland trails at Dagenham, mud in Epping, grass at Wanstead and the tarmac surfaces of Velodrome, Hogg Hill and Victoria Park offering good variety. 

Fixture 1 Wednesday 12th Oct – Olympic VeloPark

60 WGEL athletes including a senior men's veteran team headed to the Olympic Park for this midweek race under floodlights. Velopark is a hilly tarmac course where the U/11's and U/13's ran 2kmwith teh U/15's and seniors covering 5km.

Results: http://chingfordleague.co.uk/this-years-results/

Senior Men

WGEL seniors compete in Division 2. Trackman Pete Caton (M40) in 23rd led WGEL home in 18mins 19s, followed by Scott Kyson (M40) in 38th (20mins 02s), Tony Pamphilon (M60) in 41st (20:07) and Paul Stockings (M60) in 78th (23mins 27s). Our Veteran men almost completed a full team (6 to score) finishing 7th in Division 2. Barnet & District AC won the fixture.

Kyson (462) and Caton (461) out on the course

U17 Boys 

WGEL William Muffett ran well for second behind Samuel Lindsall (Enfield) in 17mins 17s. William may have won the race but entered the finish funnel early on the final lap and had to turn around! Aidan O’Driscoll (6th) was WGEL next home in 18mins 55s. He was pleased with his run comfortably inside the top ten.     

William Muffett leads early on

U17 Girls

WGEL Molly Sherrin (1st) won the race in 19mins 43s. Molly is an exceptional competitor over the country and manages to race well off her football training! Anaand Tratt was an excellent second with teammate Summer Maw third for a clean sweep of the podium for WGEL! Matilda Frith (5th) ran well finishing in 22mins 42s and completed an excellent night for U17 girls who won the fixture ahead of Loughton AC.    

U15 Boys

Sam Hawsley (Ilford AC) won the race in 16mins 51s. Yuvan Kumar (4th) was first home for WGEL in 18mins 50s. Yuvan continues to gain experience in his first full winter. Stephen Ng (4th) was next home with Sid Smith (5th), Lucas Freedman (8th), Callum Clydesdale (9th), Tyler Mundono (10th), Charlie Howes(11th) and Ethan Withfield (18th) packing well behind. 

The boys won the fixture ahead of Orion Harriers.

U15 Girls 

Experienced junior Jorja March (Barnet) won the race in 18mins. Jasmine Hall (2nd) was first home for WGEL in 19mins 03s with a terrific run. Ella Traynor (3rd) was next with Juliet Taylor (4th), Emily Nicholls(5th)Amber Higgs-Smith (6thDarcey Mackenzie (7th)Anna Jaramillo Obcowska (8th) and Freya Barbieri (9th) steaming through the finish for WGEL! 

 The girls won the fixture on the night ahead of Loughton AC.

 U13 Boys

WGEL athlete Eric Frith won this 2km race in 7mins 28s. Eric finished ahead of team-mates Thomas Nicholls (2nd), Emmanuel Olabanji (3rd) and Oskar Prince (4th). Behind these boys were; Tayo Adetona(6th), Zac Freedman (8th), Okkie Lee (9th), Woody Qureshi (10th), Aarav Patel (11th), Daniel Hayden(12th) and new joiner Austin Smith (13th).

Oscar Prince and Emmanuel Olabanji help force the pace

WGEL won the fixture ahead of Loughton AC.   

 U13 Girls

WGEL athlete Sophia Parker opened her winter season in style finishing second behind Midsall (Enfield) in 8mins 7s. She was 30 seconds quicker than her 4th place last year! Eva Prince stepped up from U11s and took third with less than a second separating her and Sophia. Chloe Summers (4th) was just behind running 8mins 44s followed by Isla Barron (6th), Emily Stockill (10th), Aoife Pearce (12thAlice Mackenzie (16th)and Olivia Jonker (18th).

 The girls won the fixture from Orion Harriers.  

 U11 Boys

Henry Richards (2nd) had a great race, finishing just behind race winner Lukas Vernal (Orion) in 8mins 14s. Right being was a stream of talented juniors led by Jax Connor (3rd) with Jack Tong (4th), Jesse Geller (5th), Monty McKenzie-Howard (9thLukas Sendar (11th), Zackary Paktsun (12th), Patrick Langan (13th), Keylan Brian (14th), Kai Patel (15th), Josh Housden (17th), Dylan Williams (18th), Elon Lee (19th), Seth Faynika (20th), Harry McNally (23rd), Jackson Samain (24thJames Tattersall (25th), Idris Bernard(26th), Finley Witchell (28thNoah Parker (31st), Shayan Patel (32nd), Hariv Purohit (33rd) and Harry Judge (34th).  

WGEL won the fixture ahead of Orion.   

U11 Girls 

Rosie Barron won the race for WGEL in 8mins 30s. Rosie was 7th last year and improving all the time. Another athlete quickly improving is Grace Cherry who was second with less than one second separating these two girls! Behind another stream of talented juniors followed; Kehanique Lowe (4th), Rosie Anderson (5th), Isla Hall (6th), Maia Lalani (7th), Phoebe Quorn (8th), Lucy Nixon (9th), and Gracie Fayinka (10th) completed the top ten.  

New joiner Chloe Ward (12th) led the next pack, with Sarah Ramdane (14th), Jessica Dawkes (15th), Sophia Stephenson (16th), Evelyn Marrable (17th), Adriana McNally (19th), Romi Jonker (21st), Caoilainn Wibraham (22nd), Bella Judge (25th) and Aria Sagoo (26th) all packing well. 

The girls won the fixture from Eaton Manor. 

Fixture 2 Saturday Oct 21st – Dagenham County Park 

This race was held at Eastbrookend County Park. The terrain was undulating and mostly on parkland trails. It was dry but wet underfoot. U11-U13s ran 2km. U15-U17 4km and seniors 8km.

Results: http://chingfordleague.co.uk/this-years-results/

Senior Men

Tony Pamphilon (M60) led WGEL home in 57th (30mins 35s), Joe Everitt (M45) was 106th and put on his spikes after team managing the juniors. He was pleased to get round in 33mins 35s. Team mate Paul Stockings (M60) 135th completed WGEL veteran contingent helping the team to 8th on the day. Barnet & District AC retained top spot in Division 2.

U17 Boys 

William Muffett improved on his second place in the previous fixture to take victory ahead of Rory O’Corbaidh (Orion) in 13mins 53s. WGEL debutant Joe Oates was third for WGEL and Aidan O’Driscoll 5thin a strong WGEL team who won on the day ahead of Loughton AC. 

U17 Girls

Anaand Tratt took her first victory for WGEL in 15mins 55s improving on her second place in the previous race. Matilda Frith (3rd) took her first podium finish of the season in 18mins 03s. 

The girls retained their lead at the top of the table ahead of Orion.     

U15 Boys

Josh Stephenson made a great debut winning the race in 14mins 50s ahead of team mates Stephen Ng (2nd) and Callum Clydesdale (3rd) who took a clean sweep of the podium.

Yuvan Kumar (4th) was next home, with Ethan Day (7th) back in the area on school holiday making a welcome return. Lucas Freedman (8th), Tyler Mundono (9th) and Charlie Howes (10th) completed a strong WGEL team who won the fixture ahead of Eaton Manor

Our U15s & U17s

U15 Girls 

Juliet Taylor won her first ever race for WGEL running 18mins 21s and finishing ahead of team mate Amber Higgs-Smith who was a terrific second. Anna Jaramillo Obcowska (5th) and Darcey Mackenzie(6th) completed the team who won the fixture and retained their top spot!

Our U15s & U17s

 U13 Boys

Emmanuel Olabanji won the 2km race in 6mins 51s. Emmanuel led from the start and produced a spectacular kick with 200m to go to secure the victory ahead of second placed Perkins (Ilford). WGEL team mates; Thomas Nicholls (4th), Oskar Prince (6th), Tayo Adetona (7th), Giorgio Francescotti (8thCristian Scozzari (11th), Daniel Hayden (12th) and Woody Qureshi (13th) completed the team. 

Emmanuel Olabanji celebrates victory!

WGEL won the fixture ahead of Loughton AC.

 U13 Girls

Sophia Parker took victory in 7mins 14s ahead of team mates Eva Prince (2nd) and Emily Mathias (3rd) as WGEL made a clean sweep of the podium! Chloe Summers was an excellent 4th ahead of Isla Barron(6th), Simi Adetona (7th), Sofia Sneath (8th), Emily Stockill (9th), Aoife Pearce (11th), Olivia Jonker (12th), Phoebe Whelan (15th) and Alice Mackenzie (16th). 

The girls won the fixture from Orion Harriers.  

 U11 Boys

Henry Richards improved on his second place with victory at Dagenham in 7mins 06s. Jack Tong also improved on his result at Velopark taking second place ahead of previous race winner Lukas Vernal (Orion).  Lukas Sender (4th) had a storming run improving on 11th place in the last race. He finished ahead of a great pack of WGEL boys led by Patrick Langan (6th), Jax Connor (7th), Seth Faynika (8th), Luke Foley(9th), Felix Brown (10th), Finley Witchell (11th), Dylan Williams (12th), Edward Owens Hill (13th), Noah Parker (14th) and Shayan Patel (17th). 

WGEL won the fixture ahead of Orion and retained top spot.   

U11 Girls 

WGEL Grace Cherry took victory in this race in 7mins 41s, reversing the table on Rosie Barron who won the opening fixture with Gracie Fayinka in third place completing a clean sweep of the podium for WGEL! Olivia Pink (4th) with Phoebe Quorn (5th), Kehanique Lowe (6th), Rosie Anderson (7th), Lottie Oates (8th), Maia Lalani (9th), Lydia Sneath (10th), Chloe Ward (11th), Sophia Stephenson (12th), Christina Sneath (13thRomi Jonker (16th) and Sophia Khan (17th). 

The girls won the fixture from Eaton Manor. 

 

Summary

WGEL juniors (and the Vets!) have got off to an excellent start this season. Once again, many of the juniors are WASP graduates, new to cross country running, and or have track and field preferences and finding their endurance feet. The positive can do attitudes continue to impress the whole coaching team and with the teams all sat proudly at the top of the tables and individual medals in some of the athletes sights the remaining 4 fixtures are set to be very exciting for team WGEL!