Clive Thomas en route to winning Surrey 1500m title at Motspur Park in 1975.
We regret to report the death of Clive Thomas on 22nd September 2014. Clive was a first-claim member of Thames Valley Harriers who he represented in Surrey Championships over 800m/1500m on the track and a second-claim member of Croydon Harriers who he represented in the cross-country championships during the 1970s and 1980s. He represented Surrey at 3000m Steeplechase in the 1975 CAU Inter-Counties and was county 1500m champion in 1974, 1975 & 1976. He won the AAA Indoor 1500m title in 1974. His best performances include 1:51.3 for 800m, 3:43.6 for 1500m, 4:01.0 for the Mile, 13:42.73 for 5000m and 8:37.8 for 3000m steeplechase. He competed in the first London Marathon where his time was 2:29:58.
Clive was born in Wales and won the Welsh 1500m title in 1973. Whilst he was a teacher at Stockwell Manor School he discovered a rare talent in Wayne Tarquini who, as a member of Herne Hill Harriers, won the AAA Youth 800 metres in 1973. Both athletes were coached by Frank Horwill. Clive is remembered by the Hercules Wimbledon middle-distance runners as he used to train from Lauriston on Sunday mornings. Later, Clive and his wife Angela moved to Somerset when he took up a teaching post at Millfield School. He became a well-respected coach at Wells City Harriers. Contributions from Pete Mulholland, David Cocksedge, Mike Fleet, Bob Holt, Steve Smythe & Clive Williams.
We regret to report the death of Dorothy Tyler on 25th September 2014. Dorothy had been unwell for some time and had moved from her home in Sanderstead to live near one of sons.
She reached the highest levels in her athletic career which was also notable for its longevity. Dorothy Odam joined Mitcham AC as a young girl and at the age of sixteen won the silver medal for the High Jump in the Berlin Olympic Games a feat she repeated in 1948 at London by which time she was Dorothy Tyler with a husband, who survives her, and two sons. She also competed in the 1952 & 1956 Olympics - a rare spread of 20 years. She represented England in the British Empire Games (now the Commonwealth Games) in 1938 (Sydney), 1950 (Auckland) and 1954 (Vancouver) where, at various times, she contested the Javelin, 80 metres Hurdles and Long Jump in addition to the High Jump. Her SURREY PERFORMANCES PROFILE lists many of her athletic performances amongst which are her 9 national outdoor titles stretching from 1936 to 1956. (NOTE. If anyone has details of missing preformances prior to 1970 then please contact Webmaster so that we can complete her record.) She regularly contested Surrey Championships over these 20 years and was elected president of Surrey County Womens AAA in 1964. She remained loyal to Mitcham AC and competed for them from the 1930s through to the 1960s and became their president. She was awarded the MBE in 2002.
(63) SCAN - OCTOBER 2014
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(64) SURREY MASTERS CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, RICHMOND PARK, 18 OCTOBER 2014
We regret to report Cecil's sudden death on 11th November 2014. Although his primary affiliation was to Middlesex he had been a regular attender at Surrey County Championships as a Timekeeper and Race Walking Judge.
(70) JOHN LOFTS
We regret to report John's death on 20th November 2014. Through his work on behalf of Aldershot, Farnham & District AC and the South of England Athletic Association John was well known to Surrey officials and he will be a great loss to our sport.
We have been informed of the death of Peter Lindsell in November 2014 whilst he was on holiday in the Canary Islands. As a member of Guildford & Godalming AC, Peter won the Surrey 10,000m championship in 1981 and 1982. He also won the M40 Cross-Country title in 1986. By profession he was a demolition engineer and had considerable expertise in load testing and the demolition of complex structures and was a lecturer at Surrey University. More recently he lived near Southampton and spent a lot of time encouraging and helping young athletes at the Southampton track.
(73) SEAA INTER-COUNTY CROSS-COUNTRY, HORSPATH, OXFORD, 13TH DECEMBER 2014
SURREY TEAMS WERE FIRST IN UNDER-13 GIRLS, UNDER-15 GIRLS, UNDER-17 WOMEN, SENIOR WOMEN and UNDER-13 BOYS.
Oscar Millard (Herne Hill) won the Under-13 Boys race with Luke van Outdshoorn (Aldershot, Farnham & District) finishing 2nd. Niamh Brown (Aldershot, Farnham & District) in the Under-17 Women and Georgie Bruinvels (Aldershot, Farnham & District) in the Senior Women were both second.
(74) EUROPEAN CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, SAMOKOV, BULGARIA, 14TH DECEMBER 2014
RESULTS:-
Senior Men - Luke Caldwell (Dorking & Mole Valley AC) 40th 34:23 (Team: 5th)
Senior Women - Lily Partridge (Aldershot, Farnham & District AC) 11th 29:22 (Team: 1st)
Under-23 Men - Jonny Hay (Aldershot, Farnham & District AC) 4th 25:46 (Team: 2nd)
Under-23 Women - Emelia Gorecka (Aldershot, Farnham & District AC) 12th 23:10 (Team: 2nd)
Under-20 Men - Peter Chambers (Croydon Harriers) 26th 21:07 (Team: 5th)
Under-20 Women - Phoebe Law (Kingston AC & Polytechnic Harriers) 14th 15:03 (Team: 1st)
(75) MAURICE FLACKE 1923 - 2014
We have been informed by Herne Hill Harriers of the death on 17th December 2014 of Maurice Flacke. Maurice was best known as a Discus thrower and competed during the 1950s and 1960s. Further details available on Herne Hill Harriers website.
