Lord Mayor's Mile 2010

Michael Bear was sworn in on Saturday 13 November 2010 as the new Lord Mayor of the City of London. As part of the Lord Mayors Show a one mile running race takes place as part of the parade.

All 32 London boroughs and the City of London were invited to attend. A strong squad of eleven athletes aged 11-17 years represented the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames at the event.

The race was a one mile loop around the Lord Mayor of London’s procession route starting and finishing at Mansion House.

The London Borough of Richmond runners did extremely well with Hugo Fleming winning the boys 13-14 age category in a time of 04.28. Hannah Novakovic came fourth in the girls 11-12 years, Eliza Cottington came ninth in the girls 13-14 years and Molly Riglin fifth in the girls 15-17 years category.

Ella Widdop-Gray, Florence Taylor, Jaime Cubitt, Taras Kovalevsky, Jamie Finnigan, Edward Smith and Adam Villard all put in fantastic performances for Richmond.

Runners were selected for the race through their involvement in the Mini Marathon 2009.

Richmond pupil wins charity race

Richmond-upon-Thames’ Hugo Fleming won the boys 13-14 race at the Balfour Beatty London Youth Games Lord Mayor’s Mile on Saturday. The event was a precursor to the annual Lord Mayor’s Parade, one of the world’s oldest and biggest annual processions.

The race covers a mile route in the heart of the city’s financial district in front of the Lord Mayor, various other dignitaries and thousands of spectators. Fleming, who attends St Paul’s School in Barnes was making his first appearance in the annual event. He covered the distance in 4 minutes 28 seconds.

Hugo Fleming said: “It was something that I definitely aimed to do coming here. Coming down the finish I saw I had the opportunity to really put in a kick and I won – brilliant. I did the mini marathon and this was very similar. It’s just brilliant to run in London. It was a brilliant atmosphere, the crowd were really good.

“I run with Walton Athletics Cub and I mostly do middle distance like 800m and 1500m, I also do a bit of modern pentathlon which is running, shooting, swimming, fencing and horse riding. I’m aiming towards a career in sport, so this is one of the steps along the way.”

Hugo Fleming