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UK Young Athletes League - Sun, 20th July 2008 - TVAC, Eton

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In their crucial last match of the series at the Thames Valley Athletics Centre on Sunday, WSEH saw off the challenge of second placed club and last years National Champions, Blackheath & Bromley AC to secure the National Young Athletes League Southern Premier Division title and with it a place in the Finals in Manchester in September. Without doubt this is the strongest team that the local club have been able to field in many years and hopes are high that WSEH can emerge as National Champions in September where they will face the best of the Northern, Midland and Scottish, Welsh and N.Ireland can offer.

Sunday started poorly for WSEH and for a long time they trailed Blackheath, before a string of good field results saw them forge ahead. Despite several disasters, including a dropped baton on the final relay event, the local club held on to win by a margin of some 15 points.

Match score: WSEH 490pts, Blackheath & Bromley AC 475pts, Croydon Harriers 323pts, Hastings AC 192pts

  • Male Team Report

    • Under 17 Men
    The WSEH sprinters were in fine fettle. Tom Evans won the 100m in 11.2 secs, with a revitalised Stuart Challis 2nd in the B race in 11.6secs. Deji Tobias switched to the longer 200m with good effect winning in an excellent pb of 21.7 secs, with Tom Evans securing maximum points in the B string in 22.4 secs. Ainsley Campbell clocked a massive pb of 50.5 secs in the 400m but still found himself in 2nd place. Amir Khan was similarly placed in the B in 53.7 secs. Nick Lingley dominated from the gun to win the 1500m in 4m13.4 secs, a 10 secs improvement, with Jack Philp 2nd in the B string in 4m35.4 secs. It was maximum points in the 3000m, courtesy of Joshua Radvan in 9m35.6 and Lewis Sloan in 9m46.6. Ashley Fry was the best of the hurdlers with his 2nd place in the 400m Hurdles in 57.8 secs. Nathan Ditton again improved his Steeplechase time to take 2nd in 4m51.0 with Luke Porter 2nd in the B in 5m44.2
    In the Field Events Ryan Barrett just missed the 40m barrier again in the Discus, taking 2nd with 39m71. There was a winning double in the Shot event from Blake Crowe with 11m67 and Moritz Holbroek winning the B with 11m20. The same pairing also went on to win both strings of the Javelin, Crowe throwing 51m91 and Holbroek 40m24. Holbroek also contested the Pole Vault with a 3rd place with 3m20 and David Walker set a new best of 2m40 to win the B. Ryan Francis jumped to new heights in the High Jump with 1m75 for 2nd. David Harvey was a winner of the A Long Jump with 6m16 and Andy Winchcombe was 2nd in the B with 5m52.
    The 4x100 relay saw the quartet of Tobais, Evans, Campbell and Challis close to the Club Record with their time of 43.9 secs.

    Under 15 Boys
    Best of the sprints proved to be the 200m with Seamus Burke winning the A in a new pb of 23.1 secs and Sam Maguire taking 2nd in the B with 24.7 secs. A 2nd place resulted in the 400m via Gari Brown 56.4 secs but Callum Marshall went one better in the B race with a win in a new pb of 56.7 secs. Gari Brown was back in action over 800m but this time in 3rd place in 2m13.6 but allowing Jay Fieldmartin to win the B string with 2m15.7. Both WSEH runners in the 1500m were 2nd placed, James Bennington clocking 4m30.0 and Stephen Knuckey 4m38.5. WSEH have some of the top hurdlers in the country and this was reflected with maximum points for Sam Maguire in 11.7 secs and Alex Peden 11.8secs. There were more maximum points in the opening field event, the Hammer, from Iain Botting(33m40) and Dante Wilkinson(19m54). Wilkinson went on to take 2nd in the A Discus with a pb of 28m18 and newcomer Luke Phair won the B with 26m98. In the Javelin Euan Jackson finally transcended the 30m mark with his effort of 30m22 for 3rd. Alex Peden was 2nd in the A Long Jump with 5m93 and Seamus Burke won the B with his 5m53. The busy Peden also won the High Jump with 1m65 with Luke Matthews winning the B with 1m40. More maximum points accrued in the Pole Vault from the efforts of Charlie Smith(2m40) and Dan Ditton (2m30pb) Best of the relays was a 2nd place in the 4x100 from the squad of Burke, Maguire, Peden, Marshall in 48.2 secs.

    Under 13 Boys
    This age group is now beginning to settle and good performances were evident. George Butler ran a big pb to place 2nd in the 100m in 13.9secs, with Robert Hayman similarly placed in the B race in 14.3 secs. There were double wins in the 800m where Gus Cockle(2m31.2) and Harry Reynolds(2m34.8) demolished the opposition with some brave front running It was a similar story in the 1500m where Jack Rowe(5m4.6) and Greg Baynham(5m13.9) did the damage. There were second places in the Hurdles for Michael Chistian(14.2) and Robert Hayman(17.1). The Shot event saw a promising debut from Taylor Campbell with his 6m66.

  • Female Team Report

    • Several Personal Bests were achieved including a club record being equalled.

    U13 Girls
    Olivia Caesar and Madison Paris-Matic set new PBs whilst winning crucial points for the team. Chloe Allen and Hannah Clutton (first ever 800m) won good points, as did Becca Croft and Abbie Schmid (both 1200m winners). Morgan Lake equalled her PB in the 70 Hurdles before equalling the club record in the High Jump (1st 1.50m), she was backed up well by Zoe Toudup in the “B” hurdles and Lucy Campbell in the “B” High Jump. Morgan also dominated the Long Jump, by winning the event with a new PB (4.75m). No other athlete in the competition went over 4 metres.
    Josslyn Stotter and Alejandra Gomez both set new PB`s by finishing 2nd in their respective shot competitions.

    U15 Girls
    Shalisha Patrick. Karimah Muhammad and Emma Croft looked solid in the sprint events (Emma with a PB in the 200m 29.5). Laura Suggitt, Naomi Barbour (both 800m), along with Sophie Reynolds and Ella Pepper (both 1500m) picked up maximum points. Sophie (PB 4.59.5) and Ella (PB 5.07.0).
    Charlotte Banks and Sophie Tudge took 2nd places in the 75 Hurdles. As did Demi Barrance (PB) and Harriet Daniels in the High Jump. Georgie Haynes continues to impress with a winning leap of 4.75m in the Long Jump (PB). Sarah Taplin achieved two first places (Javelin & Shot “B”) and a third (Discus) and was helped by team mates Sophie Mooney winning the “B” Javelin, Tara Barrett (Club debut – winning the “A” Shot 9.74m) and Amy Pearce winning the “B” Discus 17.57m.

    U17 Girls
    Cat Hall-Jones and Leah Barrow (PB) won maximum points in the 100m, Leah and Pascale Waterson won useful points in the 200m. More solid points were won by Chanel Taite (2nd 300m “A”) and Sophie Purkis (1st “B”). Bex Myers and Lois Bond also won good points in the 800m finishing 1st and 2nd respectively. Lauren Wye and Georgia Taylor both ran well taking 3rd and 1st respectively. Hannah Barefield won her 5th consecutive 3000m race, and along with Sarah Spears (PB) won the maximum points on offer. Cat Hall-Jones and Sarah Phelps both won their 80 Hurdles event. Sophie Purkis and Georgia Taylor won good points in the 300m Hurdles. Letisha Richardson and Emma English jumped well in the High Jump as did Pascale and Sarah Phelps (Long Jump) and so did Pascale and Harriet Hillson in the Triple Jump.

    Authors: Dennis Daly (Male Team Report) & Geoff Bayles (Female Team Report)