In the Middlesex Senior Championships at Lee Valley on August Bank Holiday Monday, Sam Amdor was in a close battle for a bronze medal in the final of the Under 17 Men’s 800m,. running 2:01.95, not far behind the winner, Shaftesbury's Abdirahim Hamud, who ran 2:00.31. Monte Watson (18) achieved a gold medal in the Under 20 5000m in 16:35.09. His time would have been faster but he ran the first half of the race very hard and was eventually overtaken by two Under 23 athletes.