SURREY COUNTY TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS PART 2, WAAC, KINGSMEADOW, 9TH/10TH MAY 2026.
The outstanding performance from the weekend was the 7.67m/+0.5 long jump by Michael Maguire (Reigate Priory) for the Under-18 Men. This was better than the Senior Men's CBP of 7.62m and the Under-20 Men's CBP of 7.47m. As with all the leading performances for U14/U16/U18 events this was an Under-17 Championship Best Performance. Piers Spencer-Simms (Blackheath & Bromley) won the U16 Boys 100m with a time of 10.45 which was faster than the existing Surrey County Record of 10.54 but was wind-assisted. Giles Hoogewerf (Momentum TC) set a new Surrey County Record for U16B 600g Javelin with a throw of 55.70m. The previous record of 52.93m was set by Giles in 2025.
In the Under-16 Girls 3kg Hammer Adanna Anah (Crawley) set a new Surrey County Record of 51.52m which was an improvement on the 50.60m thrown by Sophie Mace (Walton) in 2014.
Competing in the A race at the Bannister Miles meeting held at Oxford on 4th May 2026 Ethan Newell (Sutton & District) set a new Surrey Under-20 Mwn Mile record with a time of 4:01.29. The previous record of 4:02.8 was set by John Rix (SLH) in 1967.
BRITISH INTER-COUNTIES MOUNTAIN RACE, SEDBURGH 3RD MAY 2026.
Run over a distance of 14.5km, with 980m of elevation gain, the race also also included the British Athletics trial for the Senior ‘Up-and-Down’ race at the European Off-Road Running Championships, resulting in a strong field.
Representing Surrey, Oscar Subuh-Symons (Dorking & Mole Valley) placed 4th in the Senior Men's race in a time of 1:17'14", while Suzy Whatmough (Ranelagh) placed 45th in the Senior Women's race in a time of 1:38'28".
Subsequently, Oscar has been selected to represent Great Britain & Northern Ireland in the 'Up-and-Down' race at the European Championships, to be held in Kamnik, Slovenia from 5th-7th June 2026.
SURREY UNDER-18 MEN JAVELIN RECORD, 19TH APRIL 2026.
Competing in the UK Youth Development meeting held at Crawley on 19th April 2026 Alexander Crooks (Guildford & Godalming) set a new Surrey Under-18 Men 700g Javelin record with a throw of 49.73m. The previous record of 45.40m was set by Jack Dormer (Woking) in 2025.
Competing in the Oklahoma Throws Series in Ramona OK, USA on 12th April 2026 Lawrence Okoye (Croydon) with a throw of 71.88m set a new UK Record. The previous Surrey & UK records were 70.76m which Lawrence set at the same venue in 2025.
U15 girls 🥇 Gold: National champions
U15 boys 🥇 Gold: National champions
U13 girls 🥈 Silver
U13 boys 🥉 Bronze
Details to follow.
SCAA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 27TH MARCH 2026.
The meeting expressed its thanks to Lesley & Graham Taylor for the way they had carried out their role as Joint Presidents for the past 2 years. Eleanor Gatrell was elected as President for the new year.
Frances Ratchford stood down as Chairman and the Association is seeking a replacement. The other Officers remain in post. Peter Shilling was replaced by Christine Burbage as Chair of the Competitions Sub-Committee.
WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, KUJAWY POMORZE, POLAND, 20TH/22ND MARCH 2026.
Congratulations to Katie Snowden (Herne Hill) who has been confirmed by World Athletics as an entrant in the 3000m. She finished in 8th place with a time of 9:03.79.
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SURREY OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2026
Due to the continued success of our County Championships, and the time pressures this puts on the event, we are again moving some events to other days. These will be the same track events that were moved last year (adjusted for the age group changes), plus all the Triple Jump events. We appreciate that these moves aren't ideal for everyone however in order to run a safe and effective Championships we have chosen events that affect the least number of athletes, whilst freeing up the most time.
The following events will be held on the days below - all other events will be held at the main T&F Champs on 9/10 May.
We have completed the 2025 Surrey Rankings. We thank our volunteers Jess Wilson, Nicola Firth, Ashley Burridge, Marcus Hake & Keith Burchell for keeping the listings up to date throughout the season.
It is interesting to note that for the U13 & U15 Boys the number of athletes are significantly lower than pre-Covid numbers whereas in the other 4 age groups the numbers have recovered.
REQUESTS FOR PAYMENT FROM SURREY ATHLETICS OFFICIALS
If you are asked for an unexpected payment appearing to come from SCAA then please contact the Treasurer email: treasurer@surreyathletics.uk.
SURREY COUNTY ATHLETICS HISTORICAL INFORMATION - CAN YOU HELP?
Keith Burchell currently holds the archives for the Surrey County AAA and Surrey County WAAA. These are far from being complete. If you have any past information such as programmes, committee minutes, championship results etc that you are thinking of disposing then please contact Keith Burchell. In particular, sets of County Championship results prior to 1980 are sought.
RESPECT TO OUR TEAM MANAGERS
Surrey County Athletic Association does not accept or condone the use of offensive behaviour towards or abuse or bullying of team managers under any circumstances. Team managers are all volunteers and make their decisions on the basis of information available to them. While not everyone is likely to agree with all of their decisions they must respect them and all the hours of work and agonising that go into the difficult task these team managers carry out in the interests of encouraging athletics in the county.
CARDIAC RISK IN THE YOUNG
England Athletics is publicising this charity.
CRY is a charity that was established to raise awareness of conditions that can lead to the sudden cardiac death of young people. They operate a screening programme at a number of clinics around the UK and support this with mobile units that travel to other locations.
Full information about CRY and their services can be found on their website at www.c-r-y.org.uk. Young people between the age of 14 and 35 who would like to have cardiac testing can go to www.testmyheart.org.
You can also see www.uka.org.uk/governance/health-safety/cardiac-screening-for-athletes/ for information on work being done by UKA in this area.
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