2025/2026 winter season – WSEH 2025 report

Our middle distance squads continue to impress in the 2025 relays & cross country races.

No sooner had the track season ended then we moved onto the road and cross country relays with hardly time for a break.

South of England (SEAA) Road Relays 20^th September 2025

The first event of the season is always the South of England Road Relays at its traditional venue in Aldershot on Saturday 20^th September. Fantastic runs by Kara Gorman, Zoe Allan and Hannah Lucas in the U15 Girls race brought them in 1^st 11 seconds in front of Chelmsford AC. Kara’s 9:59 leg was the second fastest of the race.

U15 Girls winning team: Kara Gorman, Zoe Allan and Hannah Lucas.

Our B team of Kaiya McCrabbe, Olivia Watson and Quinn Bookless also ran well to fnsh 11^th. Megan Bond, Freya Wouters and Sophia Metnaoui were 31^st in the C team and the D team of Roxy Heffer, Betty Kellerman and Ellouise James cam 51^st.

Many of our U13s were competing in their 1^st ever road race so it was great to see 6 teams completing the U13 Boys’ race. The A team of Reuben Webb, Benjamin Welch and Fraser Grehan placing a fine 7^th. The B team of Cameron Blackburne, Harvey Cartledge, and Humphrey Gunn were 32^nd, the C team of Angus Mursal, Harry Howard and Matthias McCrabbe 36^th, The D team of Theodore Mattey, Teddy Park and Henry Ferriman 50^th, the E team of Matthew Winton, Edward Evans and Max Leddington Wright were 53^rd and the F team of Oliver Tarbuck, Albert Romero and Othello Forbes were 62^nd.

U13 Boys Albert Romero, Eddie Evans and Teddy Park

The best U13 Girls team of Jemima Watson, Ela Osbaldeston and Simone Ramos Plewman came in an excellent 6^th. The B team of Georgina Ireland, Freya Wright and Alice Hampson were 37^th, The C team of Betsy Gabb, Imogen Peach and   Lily Murphy were 40^th and Seren Gabb ran the 1^st leg for an incomplete D team.

Our 5 U15 Boys teams found the competition tough, placing between 27^th and 67th. AJ Evans had a good run on the 1^st leg for the A team coming in 11^th. He was backed up by Seth Cooper and Joe Brooker. The B team of Frankie Fraser, Thomas Ling and Jacob Hourd finished 37^th, The C team of Thomas Fay, Zac Guilfoyle and Archie Charles were 57^th, the D team of Mark Bourne, Harry Welch and Austin Coupar came 67^th while Charlie Orywal-Sykes and Hayden Pearce ran legs 1 and 2 in the E team.

We finished 2 complete U17 Men’s teams. Fabien Mormech, Max Bullock and Tymon Zygmuntowicz finished 45^th and Evan McGrail, Aidan Gallagher and Ben Young finished 61^st. Euan Totays ran leg one for an incomplete C team.

Our U17 Women’s A team of Chloe Bullock, Tara Ferguson and Grace Colley all had good runs, finishing in 5^th place with Tara doing the fastest time on the 2^nd leg. Riona Street, Summer Guilfoyle and Chloe Bavazzano finished 23^rd.

With no U20 races, Ella Davey and Rachel Clutterbuck joined Nina Griffith and Katie Clutterbuck to finish an excellent 9^th in the Senior Women’s race where teams are made up of 4 athletes. A full team of U20s, Yasmin Grant, Luhane Smith Marnie Fieldsend and Ana Passos di well to finish 40^th.

Our Senior Men held their own and qualified for the National Road Relays in Sutton Coldfield by finishing 28^th. With 6 runners to a team, they were led off by Sam Hodgson followed by Luke Hynes, Henry Johnston, Ben Reynolds, Sarim Toqeer (U20) and Jack Campbell. Ross Van Heerde and Sam Thuo ran legs 1 and 2 for the B team.

Full results here: MYLAPS Sporthive Event Results

National Road Relays Sutton Park, 4^th October 2025

With a tweaking of team members after the SEAA Road relays, it was good to see everyone improving on their SEAA positions. Benjamin Welch, Humphrey Gunn and Reuben Webb finished a well-deserved 5^th for the A team.

Reuben Webb, Humphrey Gunn and Ben Welch U13 Boys

The C team of Angus Mursal, Harry Howard and Rowan Mash finished just ahead of the B team of Cameron Blackburne, Fraser Grehan and Harvey Cartledge in 23^rd and 25^th places respectively.

Our D team of Matthias Mccrabbe, Teddy Park and Theodore Mattey finished 35^th.

The U13 Girls A team of Jemima Watson, Freya Wright and Simone Ramos Plewman were just outside the top 10 in 11^th place.

The B team of Ela Osbaldeston, Betsy Gabb and Seren Gabb finished 34^th.

Improving on their 27^th at the SEAA Road Relays, our U15 Boys’ A team of AJ Evans, Thomas Fay and Frankie Fraser finished 19^th with the B team of Joe Brooker, Archie Charles and Ted Bainbridge not far behind in 26^th. The C team of Jacob Hourd, Harry Welch and Charlie Orywal Sykes finished 65^th while Mark Bourne ran lap 1 for the D team.

The best result of the day was in the U15 Girls’ race where Zoe Allan, Kaiya Mccrabbe and Kara Gorman finished 3^rd. The B team of Hannah Lucas, Megan Bond and Quinn Bookless finished 17^th.

The C team of Olivia Watson, April Dodson and Mia Lennox Imbastari finished 43^rd.

Our U17 Men’s A team of Fabien Mormech, Evan Mcgrail and Toby Smith finished 49^th with the B team of Tymon Zygmuntowicz, Aidan Gallagher and Ben Young 62^nd.

Tara Ferguson had a brilliant run on the 1^st leg of the U17 Women’s race finishing in 2^nd place, just 3 seconds off the lead setting up Grace Colley and Riona Street to bring the team in a fine 5^th.

After earning qualification at the SEAA Road Relays, our nationals relay team was made up of 4 U20 runners (George Thomas, Sarim Toqeer, Sam Thuo and Sohan Nath) running with Ben Reynolds and Jack Campbell to finish 56^th.

Our Senior Women’s team of 4 also included 3 U20s with Jaq Heller, Luhane Smith and Charlotte Dewar (Making a rare appearance off the track) supported by Katie Clutterbuck to come 19^th.

Full results here: erra autumn road relays 2025 – full results.pdf

Senior photos here: ERRAAutumnRelays2025B

Young athletes’ photos here: ERRAAutumnRelays2025

South of England Cross Country Relays (SEAA), Wormwood Scrubs, 18^th October 2025

The SEAA cross country relays are one of our favourite events of the relay season because they give everyone (apart from our U11 age group) a chance to race in a team event over a fairly flat, spectator friendly course. All races up to senior had 3 runners per team.

One of our best results of the day came in the U15 Girls race where the team of Kara Gorman, Hannah Lucas and Zoe Allan won by nearly a minute from Guildford & Godalming AC. Kara’s time of 06:49 and Zoe’s time of 06:53 were the 2^nd and 3^rd fastest of the day in their age group with only 3 runners breaking the 7 minute barrier.

U15 Girls winning team Zoe Allan, Hannah Lucas and Kara Gorman

Also having good runs our B team of Kaiya McCrabbe, Nia Parry-Spring and Quinn Bookless finished 4^th and the C team of Megan Bond, April Dodson and Betty Kellerman 11^th. The E team of Freya Wouters, Sophia Metnaoui and Lyra Banham were 16^th and the D team of Olivia Watson, Roxy Heffer and Ellouise James 23^rd. Maia Davey ran the 1^st leg for an incomplete team.

Our 2^nd gold medals of the day came in the U20 Women’s race where Jaq Heller, Ana Passos and Yasmin Grant leading from the gun to take a commanding win.

Following on from these successes, our U17 Women’s A team of Tara Ferguson, Riona Street and Grace Colley all ran well to finish a close second to a strong team from Eastbourne Rovers AC.

Chloe Bullock and Chloe Bavazzano ran for an incomplete B team.

Our U13 Boys’ A team of Ben Welch, Cameron Blackburne and Humphrey Gunn finished in 10^th place. The B team of Rowan Mash, Angus Mursal and Matthias McCrabbe and the C team of Harry Howard, Harvey Cartledge and Finnlay Annetts were 20^th and 21^st respectively, finishing just 1 second apart.

The D team of Eddie Evans, Theodore Mattey and Othello Forbes finished 31^st and the E team of Max Leddington Wright, Albert Romero and Oliver Tarbuck 35^th.

In the U13 Girls’ race, our A team of Jemima Watson, Ela Osbaldeston and Eloise Wouters finished in a well-placed 6^th. The B team of Freya Wright, Betsy Gabb and Alice Fay were 20^th and the C team of Seren Gabb, Imogen Peach and Freya Elliott 23^rd. Our D team of Georgina Ireland, Lily Murphy and Ruby Elliott were 26^th.

Running his 1^st race for the club, new joiner Leon Bleach was well placed after leg 1 in the U15 Boys’ race and supported by Ted Bainbridge and AJ Evans the team finished 5^th.  The B team of Thomas Fay, Joe Brooker and Frankie Fraser were not behind in 8^th. The C team of Archie Charles, Thomas Ling and Mark Bourne came 15^th while Harry Welch and Austin Coupar completed 2 legs for the D team.

Our U17 Men’s A team of Evan McGrail, Toby Smith and Tymon Zygmuntowicz finished 14^th and the B team of Max Bullock, Toby Holmes and Ben Young 19^th. Aidan Gallagher and Euan Totays ran for an incomplete C team.

Sam Thuo had a great lead-off leaf for the U20 men, coming in 4^th. With Sohan Nath and Jack Davey running the 2^nd and 3^rd legs the team finished 7^th overall.

Katie Clutterbuck was our sole representative in the Senior Women’s race coming in a brilliant 10^th on the 1^st leg.

Katie Clutterbuck, Senior Woman

Full results here: SEAA Cross Country Relays 2025

National Cross Country Relays, Mansfield 1^st November 2025

Following on from the SEAA Cross Country Relays, the National Cross Country Relays took place in Mansfield, Nottingham on 1^st November.

Due to it being a national event, the number of teams allowed to complete is limited with only 2 teams allowed per club.

Our U15 Girls’ team continued their good form with Kara Gorman, Hannah Lucas and Zoe Allan winning by nearly 30 seconds. In addition our B team was 43^rd.

Another of our best results came in the U20 Women’s race where Ella Davey had a brilliant run to finish 2^nd on leg 1 with Yasmin Grant and Ana Passos keeping the team in contention for a fine 5^th overall and 3^rd place in the club teams competition (for which university teams who have the pick of top athletes from multiple clubs are ineligible.)

Jemima Watson, Eloise Wouters and Simone Ramos Plewman all ran well to finish 8^th in the U13 Girls’ race with B team coming 55^th.

Just outside the top 10 in 11^th were our Junior Men’s (U20) team of Sarim Toqeer, Henry Johnston and   George Thomas.

In what was their 1^st ever national race for many, our U13 Boys teams were 21^st, 44^th and 82^nd. Our U15 Boys teams were 23^rd, 49^th and 76^th. Katie Clutterbuck was the sole member of the Senior Women’s team and Sam Hodgson, Ben Reynolds and Jack Campbell finished 25^th in the Senior Men’s race.

Full results here: MYLAPS Sporthive Event Results

British Athletics Cross Challenge

The 2025/26 UK Athletics Cross Challenge Series brings together Britain’s top endurance athletes, clubs, and aspiring juniors across four events.

Cardiff, 8^th November 2025

U13 Challenge winner last year, Kara Gorman has moved up to the U15 age group this year but stamped her mark on the 1^st race of the series in Cardiff to win by 28 seconds.

Kara Gorman wins the 1st round of the Cross Challenge in Cardiff.

Results here

Sefton Park, Liverpool, 22^nd November 2025

A clear 9 second win in the 2^nd race of the series for Kara Gorman means that she maintains her lead in the Cross Challenge competition. After the Christmas break, the action returns on 7 February 2026 for the London Cross Challenge at Parliament Hill.

The event also included the selection races for the 2025 European Cross Country Championships Portugal on 14^th December (U20, U23 and Senior) where Sam Hodgson finished a fantastic 3^rd in U23 men’s race earning himself a place on the team.

Sam Hodgson places 3rd in the Cross Challenge at Sefton Park to earn selection for the European Cross Country Championships

Results here

The 3rd race is the London Cross Challenge at Parliament Hill on 7th February 2026 and the series concludes on 7 March 2026 at the UK Inter-Counties Championships. Wollaton Park, Nottingham.

Brighton 10K 16^th November 2026

We don’t usually mention the road races that athletes complete in as individuals in our reports but three of our coaches – Sharon Clutterbuck, Marina Stedman and Claire Welch competed in the Brighton 10K on Sunday 16^th November. The race also served as a qualifier for England Masters selections with top 3 in each Masters category eligible to be selected to represent England Masters in the Bideford 10K in May 2026. With Marina finishing 2^nd V65 in a time of 45:48 her 1^st England vest for 30 years was secured. Claire ran an excellent time of 42:14 which was a 10 second pb and Sharon also ran a PB by over X seconds to record 48:30.

In addition, U17 Euan Totays ran his 1^st ever 10K in an excellent time of 38:47.

Berks, Bucks and Oxon (BBO) Cross Country Championships, Englefield House, 23^rd November 2025

Another great event for all age groups from U11 to seniors, the BB&O originated in 1910 and in today’s format all clubs and organisations whose headquarters are located in one of the three counties are eligible to enter teams.

The 2025 championships took place within the scenic grounds of Englefield House and Park owned by Lord and Lady Benyon and family, who opened up their grounds in such a wonderful location.

Racing over a challenging 8km (5 miles course), the Senior and U20 women started the day’s racing which and resulted in a resounding 45 second win for U20 Jaq Heller and with Yasmin Grant in 3^rd and Ana Passos 9^th the club also took the silver team medals.

Our U11 runners enjoyed the opportunity to be part of the races with Hollie Grehan leading the way for the girls in 3^rd. Backed up by Charlotte Vernon 8^th and Lily Bainbridge 9^th they took silver team medals. In addition Daisy Coupar finished 16^th and Lottie Lennon 19^th.

The U11 Boys race was equally as successful with William Fay finishing 4^th, closely followed by Toby Mash and Rex Perry in 7^th and 8^th respectively giving them team silver medals to match those won by the girls. In addition, Arnav Saini finished 15^th  and Aadam Abdeali 22^nd.

U11 Boys L-R 319 Aadam Abdeali, 321 Toby Mash, 322 Rex Perry, 323 Arnav Saini and William Fay.

Alice Fay was our 1^st finisher in the U13 Girls’ race coming 12^th with Betsy Gabb 14^th, Seren Gabb 19^th and Lily Murphy 24^th.

Another team silver was won in the U13 Boys’ race with Reuben Webb taking 3^rd in a thrilling sprint finish, Humphrey Gunn 7^th and Cameron Blackburne 8^th. Our B team of Angus Mursal (11^th), Rowan Mash (13^th) and Eddie Evans  (16^th) was 5^th with Teddy Park finishing 17^th and Albert Romero 28^th.

It was another successful day out for our U15 Girls. Hannah Lucas led the way to win by 6 seconds and backed up by Mia Lennox-Imbastari in 3^rd and Nia Parry-Spring 5^th they also took team gold medals. Unfortunately Zoe Allan had to drop out mid race after sustaining an injury.

Our B team of Roxy Heffer (9^th), Betty Kellerman (12^th) and Sophia Metnaoui (21^st) were 4^th and Maia Davey finished 25^th.

The U15 Boys A team also took team gold medals with Ted Bainbridge (5^th), Thomas Fay (7^th) and AJ Evans (10^th). Our B team of Frankie Fraser (11^th), Leon Bleach (13^th) and Harry Welch (31^st) was 4^th plus Austin Coupar was 34^th and Charlie Orywal-Sykes 35^th.

U15 Boys and U15 Girls medallists. L-R AJ Evans, Thomas Fay, Ted Bainbridge, Hannah Lucas, Mia Lennox-Imbastari and Nia Parry-Spring.

One of the most emphatic wins of the day by U17 Woman Tara Ferguson was slightly overlooked because the U17 Men and Women ran their races together. However, she stuck to her task and finished exactly 1 minute ahead of her next competitor and (and 14^th overall). Riona Street also finished an excellent 3^rd but with only 2 finishers we couldn’t win a team medal.

In the U17 Men’s race our 1^st finishers were Toby Smith and Evan McGrail in 4^th and 5^th respectively. Tymon Zygmuntowicz was 10^th, Aidan Gallagher 11^th, Euan Totays 14^th and Ben Young 17^th giving us 2^nd and 5^th teams.

Full results here: BBO Cross Country Championships

North West London League

Some of our younger athletes took part in the North West London League which is a series of 5 cross country races held between September 2025 and February 2026.

You can see the results of the races held to date here: North West London League

SPAR European Cross Country Championships, Portugal, 14^th December 2025

Sam Hodgson finished 52nd in the U23 Men’s race over 5,790m where the GB U23 team finished 4th.

Sam Hodgson European Cross Country U23

Full results here: 31st SPAR European Cross Country Championships

Berkshire Cross Country Championships, Dinton Pastures, 13^th December 2025

The last race of 2025 for most (apart from Christmas Day Parkruns) was the Berkshire County Cross Country Championships held on a new course at Dinton Pastures Country Park. While the course was fairly flat, it was made challenging by numerous dog legs and u-turns and  a few short-sharp climbs over the multi-lap course.

It was a 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 for our U20 women with Ella Davey leading home Marnie Fieldsend, Jaq Heller, Yasmi Grant and Ana Passos respectively, also leading the club to team gold.

Sarim Toqeer and Sam Thuo started the day well by finishing 2^nd and 3^rd in the U20 Men’s race and with Sohan Nath 8^th they also won team gold. Ben Reynolds finished 5th in the Senior Men’s race.

Another good run by Katie Clutterbuck gave her 2^nd place in the Senior Women’s race.

Katie Clutterbuck (RHS).

In the U15 Boys’ race it came down to a sprint finish for 2^nd and 3^rd places with Ted Bainbridge just being edged out by Bracknell’s Jasper Legg. With Leon Bleach 5^th and Thomas Fay 6^th they took team silver medals.

In addition AJ Evans was 7^th, Frankie Fraser 8^th, Archie Charles 9^th and won the bronze team medal). Seth Cooper 13^th, Mark Bourne 14^th, Austin Coupar 15^th, Harry Welch 18^th and Charlie Orywal-Sykes 19^th.

In the U15 Girls race, Mia Lennox-Imbastari had an excellent run to take 1^st place with Kaiya McCrabbe 2^nd and Megan Bond 5^th giving them team gold as well. With Quinn Bookless 6^th, Roxy Heffer 8^th, April Dodson 9^th Betty Kellerman 10^th, Lyra Banham 11^th and Sophia Metnaoui 14^th we also won team silver and bronze medals taking a clean sweep of all the team medals. In addition, Daisy Cann was 15^th, Alice Parrett 16th and Ellouise James 20^th.

U15 Girls L-R April Dodson, Quinn Bookless, Roxy Heffer, Kaiya McCrabbe, Sophia Metnaoui, Mia Lennox-Imbastari, Betty Kellerman, Lyra Banham, Ellouise James and Megan Bond.

In the U13 Boys race, Ben Welch and Reuben Webb finished 1^st and 2^nd respectively and with Humphrey Gunn 5^th they also won team gold. In addition Cameron Blackburne was 7^th, Eddie Evans 10^th, Rowan Mash 11^th (bronze team medals) Harry Howard 13^th, Matthias McCrabbe 14^th, Finlay Annetts 16^th, Ethan Barry 17^th, Max Leddington Wright 20^th, Oliver Tarbuck 21^stand Henry Ferriman 26^th.

Our 1^st U13 finisher in the girls’ race was Simone Ramos Plewman in 5^th with Betsy Gabb 12^th and Seren Gabb 14^th the team finished with bronze medals.  In addition, Imogen Peach came 15^th, Yashini Bhavani Thirakaluthy 20^th, Alice Hampson 24^th, Ruby Elliott 25^th and Freya Elliott 27^th.

Evan McGrail pushed it all the way to line in the U17 Men’s race just losing the gold by 1 second to Bracknell’s William Humm. Backed up by Teddy Silvey in 5^th and Toby Smith in 7^th the team won the gold medals. Max Bullock finished 11^th, Euan Totays 15^th, Toby Holmes 16^th and Aiden Gallagher 19^th.

Tara Ferguson and Riona Street took another 1,2 in the U17 Women’s race and with Chloe Bullock 4^th, easily won the team competition. Chloe Bavazzano finished 6^th.

Tara Ferguson and Riona Street took 1st and 2nd places in the U17 Women’s race

Running her 1^st ever cross country, Sharon Clutterbuck finished a well-deserved 10^th in the Masters category.

Full results here: Berkshire County Cross Country Championships 2025

Buckinghamshire County Championships

While not quite in 2025, the Buckinghamshire Country Cross Country Championships finished the first half of the season on 3^rd January 2026. The club’s 2 representatives, Kara Gorman and Grace Colley both medalled in their respective U15 Girls and U17 Women’s categories with Kara winning gold in her race and Grace bronze in her race.