Ivanhoe Robins-
Club/Community Partnership award winners 2009
Junior Club of the Year 2008
Newsletter: October 2010
Chairman: Paul Cox
Website: www.ivanhoerobins.co.uk
September has been a busy month for our club athletes with Robins competing at many different events. October looks like being equally exciting with the school XC season getting into full swing, our winter Grand Prix beginning and the start of the first ever Leicestershire Sports Hall League. Results and reports below but we have some important events in the next few weeks which we need you to read about first!
SPORTSHALL.
Robins have always excelled at Sports Hall and this competition is an ideal opportunity for both track and field and endurance athletes to compete, without the mud and the rain. This is the first time the Leicestershire and Rutland Athletics Association have run a league competition which will lead to selection for the county at a regional final. As you are all keen athletes we will assume those selected are willing to participate and unless your Team Managers hear otherwise you will be entered as our team.
The league consists of three events which will take place on the following dates.
9TH OCTOBER – LEICESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL, 13TH NOVEMBER – HERMITAGE LEISURE CENTRE and 11TH DECEMBER – LEICESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL
The athletes selected for the first match on 9th October are
Under 11s Boys-Sam Ehlen ‘Michael Harris, Ben Murray, Harry Reading, Reece Redfern, Joseph Ratcliffe
Girls-Bella Kemp, Millie Shaw, Leah Smith, Jessica Male, Faith Dowdy, Kate Riley, Rosie Moore and Natasha Kirk.
Under 13s Boys -Alex Cruickshank, Daniel Edgecombe, Oliver Evans, Levi-Neilson Gatenby, Adam Smith, Nathan Lewis, Zach Meakin, Vincent Stiles, Tom Molotnikoff
Girls -Lucy Fielding, Gemma Holland, Jennie Leedham, Alice Lord, Harriet Mckenzie, Lucy Roberts, Hannah Cox, Harriet Roberts and Amy Shaw.
Under 15s Girls - Paige Brown, Sarah Davies, Holly Drake, Molly Harper, Georgina Illsley and Abby Williamson Boys -Edward Collington, William Jackson, William Lord, Sam Birch, George Roberts and Jamie Bee
Each match starts at 2.30. Please arrive by 1.45 and report to your Team Captain. Ruth Shaw for the under 11s ; Goff Lewis for the under 13s and Ivan Arkinstall for the under 15s.
Please inform your team captain ASAP if you are not available.
Ruthshaw430@btinternet.com. Goff.lewis@nwleicestershire.gov.uk Ivan.arkinstall@ntlworld.com
Leicestershire vision 2020 Invitation XC races. Saturday 23rd October 2010
There will be no Robins at Measham on this date.
This event is to launch the Leicestershire Vision 2020 network which is an exciting collaboration of athletic bodies which will have financial and resource benefits for our club. More information about this initiative is attached to this newsletter. The one mile race for under 14s and the two mile race for our older athletes will start and finish at the visitors car park at Bosworth Battle Field. First race commences at 10.30 (Up to and including year 6). Second race up to and including year 9 starts at 11.am and Year 10 and over 11.15. More information will follow shortly re entry. As this event is on a Saturday morning instead of your usual training session we would like to see all our approx 90 members turn out to represent their club. For more info see -
http://www.ivanhoerobins.co.uk/index_files/Bosworth%20XC%20Application.pdf
Roundup of Robins Results.
Inter Counties
Congratulations to our four Club athletes who were selected
to represent Leicestershire in the Young Athletes Inter Counties Match at
Saffron Lane Stadium on Saturday. All 4 competed in the Under 13s age group
amongst stiff competition from the top athletes from the seven Midlands Counties.
Gemma Holland competing for the A team put in a grade 1 performance achieving
a throw of 9.09 with the shot put and taking 2nd place overall.
Nathan Lewis also competing for the A team cleared 1.40 in the high jump to
take 3rd place. Hannah Cox won her 800m B race comfortably in a time
of 2.33.7 clocking the 3rd fastest time overall while Jake Shaw
took 3rd place in the boys 800
B team race finishing in 2.31.7.
In the Forest
Robins also made their presence felt at the National Forest Fun Run this month. The course was approx one mile in the grounds of Conkers. Hannah Cox, Harriet Roberts and Lucy Roberts finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd well ahead of the fastest boy! Well done to our younger runners Esme, Mia, Anna, Harry, Hannah,Bethan,Natasha who all completed the course in great style!
In the Town.
Twenty two Robins competed in the Hinckley Runners 1 mile fun run on a warm September evening. This race was the Final Grand Prix event for the summer season and most of the Robins seemed to have managed to secure a place on the front line before the off, creating an intimidating sea of blue vests or T shirts! The Robins dominated the top positions in the field of over 200 runners. Hannah Cox was the first girl overall by a considerable margin completing the course in 5.56mins. Harriet Roberts was 3rd girl overall finishing in 6.32 followed quickly over the line by Abby Williamson in 4th who clocked 6.34. Next in for the Robins and first of our under 11s was Amber Stevens in 6.46. Following Amber were Ellie Shaw 6.47, Lucy Roberts 6.54, Gemma Holland 7.16, Isobel Armstrong 7.18. Daisy Tyers 7.27, Millie Shaw 7.34, Esme Freitas 7.44, Jasmine Stevens 7.51, Amy Shaw 7.56, Leah Smith 7.57, Holly Powell 8.00 and Rhiannon Woolerton 8.17.
Zach Meakin ran a very fast race finishing in 2nd place in 5.51 beaten by 1 second by an older competitor. Jake Shaw was 3rd boy home overall just 4 seconds behind clocking 5.55. next for the Robins was George Roberts 6.10, Jordan Meakin 6.59, Tom Potter 7.08, Adam Smith 7.42 and Harry Beck 9.45.
All of the Robins ran a strong race tackling the final hill with speed and determination!
Congratulations too to Matt Cox who completed the 5k race in a time of 19mins 44 finishing 34th in a field of 248 and Abby Williamson who had already raced the one mile who finished the 5k in 25.03.
Presentation for the summer Grand Prix will be held during Robin’s sessions on 16thOctober at aprox 10.50. Could athletes attending the first session be prepared to stay an extra 10 minutes and the second session to arrive by 10.45?
.At the Leisure Centre – Adrian Smith Handicap.
Due to many understandable absentees, due to school cross country races yesterday and road relays today, it was still very sad that of those members that didn’t take part in either of those events, we only had 9 entries for today’s race. It was still however, a very competitive race and close finish. The previous year’s champion Sam Shepherd started at the back of the field and soon started making his way through the field. However, some of the younger competitors took their chance at leading a race and were not willing to give it up easily.
The results were as
follows:-
1 Millie Shaw
2 Mia Rawlins
3 Tom Blewitt-Jenkins
4 Sam Shepherd
5 James Foster
6 Amy Shaw
7 Isobel Armstrong
8 Rosie Tipper
9 Harriet Brown
Many thanks to the helpers, Julian Rawlins, Ian Shaw, Ruth Shaw, Sophie Arkinstall & Lucy Arkinstall, and £9 will be sent via Ivanhoe Runners to the British Heart Foundation.
In the Field!
The first Leicestershire Secondary schools Cross Country Event took place on the 25.09.10 at Groby College. Once again the Robins were well represented. Well done to Daisy Tyers, Amy Shaw, Zoe Harris, Harriet and Lucy Roberts, Zak and Jordan Meakin, Jake and Ellie Shaw,Abby Williamson,Matt Cox , James Collington and Sam Moore.
Top 20 finishers were Abby 15th, Harriet 18th (Yr 8 and 9 girls), Zach 4th, Jake 17th (Year 8 and 9 boys),
Matt 9th, Sam 10th (inter boys). Ellie 10th ( Inter girls.) James 13th (Senior boys).
Next race is on October 9th at Melton Country Park.
Results and fixtures available at www.beaconhillstriders.co.uk.
Diary Dates October
02.10.10 Western Park. Leicestershire County Primary Schools Cross Country League.
03.10.10 Derby Runner South Charnwood. (1st winter GP) See fixture list .
09.10.10 NWL small schools XC league. Thornton.
09.10.10 Secondary Schools XC. Melton
09.10.10 Sports Hall Leicester Grammar.
16.10.10 Summer GP presentation
23.10.10 Leicester 2020 Vision Bosworth Battle Field
30.10.10 Small Schools Congerstone
If anyone has any interesting news, views, results etc they would like to see in the newsletter please email me (Jo Roberts) mike@mroberts70.wanadoo.co.uk