ERRA 6&4 STAGE, PLUS YOUNG ATHLETES ROAD RELAYS 2025
Sutton Park, October 4th 2025.
Despite Storm Amy hitting the country on Friday night, Sutton Park was fairly peaceful on race day. We even had glimpses of blue sky at times, along with a chill and at times gusty winds.
U13 Boys: 76 teams entered, with 73 on the start line for a smooth getaway promptly at 11:00.
The results were a clean sweep for the Southern teams, with Blackheath and Bromley taking gold, Shaftesbury Barnet silver and Chelmsford bronze.
Fastest leg went to Emery Aldridge, Blackheath and Bromley in 12.56.
First Northern clubs were Warriors Pentathlon 7th, Liverpool Harriers 8th.
U13 Girls: 70 teams entered, with 66 lining up in what proved to be another clean sweep for the South. Brentwood Beagles 1st, AFD 2nd and South London Harriers 3rd.
Fastest leg of the day belonged to Maddison Kindler, Brentwood Beagles, in 13.25.
Lincoln Wellington 5th, Warriors Pentathlon 6th.
U15 Boys: 98 teams entered, 93 lined up at a congested start. Yet again, Southern clubs dominated the podium. Bracknell, Swindon and Hercules Wimbledon in that order were the podium teams.
Fastest leg was Bracknell’s E Langleyaybar in 12.04.
Liverpool Harriers 13th.
U15 Girls: 90 teams entered, 84 on the start line. At long last, there was a Northern club on the podium, with Warriors taking silver behind Brentwood Beagles. WSEH taking bronze. Sale Harriers were in 6th.
Fastest leg was Olivia Lee, Derby AC, in 13.12.
U17 Men: 97 teams entered, with 91 lining up. Yet again a clean sweep for the South. St Mary’s Richmond taking gold by one second, Exeter Harriers silver, Blackheath and Bromley bronze.
First Northern team was Rotherham in 7th place.
Fastest leg Exeter Harriers Rory Barclaywatt, 11.23.
U17 Women: 69 teams entered, 61 lined up.
Lincoln Wellington were the highest placed Northern team, finishing 8 seconds behind winners Chelmsford. AFD were 3rd, with Rotherham 4th.
Fastest leg shared between Kitty Scott, AFD, and Ezrah Harrold, Chelmsford in 13.16.
SW: This event provided the North’s only winning team of the day, with Vale Royal winning by 19 seconds from Bristol and West, with AFD in 3rd place. Leeds City were 5th, Lincoln Wellington 6th.
Fastest SW was Lincoln Wellington’s Abbie Donnelly in 17.42.
Fastest U20 was Isabel Holt, Blackburn in 18.30.
SM: The senior men’s team race reverted to the form of the juniors, with Southern domination. Cambridge and Coleridge winning by almost a minute from Tonbridge, with Highgate Harriers 2 seconds behind in 3rd.
First Northern team Leeds City in 8th.
Fastest SM was Western Tempo’s Jacob Cann in 15.30.
Fastest U20 was Michael Clark, City of Norwich, in 16.07.
