Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow Athletic Club

In perhaps the most successful weekend ever in the long history of Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow AC, the local club emerged as UK champions in two separate competitions. On Saturday, at Bedford, the WSEH Ladies successfully defended the British League Jubilee Cup that they won last year and also emerged as top club in the combined Womens and Mens competition. On Sunday it was the turn of the WSEH Young Athletes Team and they did not disappoint with a resounding victory in the National Young Athletes League Final at SportCity Manchester.

Match result:

WSEH AC 840pts
Blackheath & Bromley AC 764
Sale Harriers(Manchester) 721
Edinburgh AC 685.5
Birchfield Harriers (Birmingham) 673.5
Liverpool Harriers 628
Tonbridge AC 609.5
Notts AC 484.5

The local club’s triumph over the heavily sponsored big city clubs is a tribute to the management skills and quality coaching expertise within the club. The trip to Manchester, with the overnight stay required for over 100 athletes and officials cost the club some £3000 in transport and accommodation costs. Several donations have eased the financial burden, but the club still has had to dig deep into reserves to
make the trip possible. Fund raising during the winter is now the prerogative to replenish the much depleted coffers.

Of the match itself WSEH went into an early lead and gradually pulled away from the chasing clubs, to win by what may well be a record margin. Two confirmed records were established by WSEH athletes during the day. Sam Maguire , who seems to improve with every outing, sped to a new meeting record in the U15 Boys 80mHurdles in 11.1 secs and Ruth Bourne dominated the U13 Girls 1200m to set a new meeting mark of 3m52.7. Maguire also went on to grab a bronze in the 100m B race in 12.06 secs.

The true quality of the WSEH athletes is clearly demonstrated by the medal count – 37 golds, 39 silvers and 38 bronzes. Several athletes returned home with double golds.

The highly talented Deji Tobais maintained his unbeaten record over the 100m with a time of 11.02 secs and then set a pb of 21.96 secs in winning the U17 200m plus taking silver in the 4x100m relay. Steph Clitheroe and Morgan Lake were also double gold winners, both took part in the U13 4x100m triumph, with individual golds for Clitheroe in the 70m Hurdles A race Lake in the B race. There were many others who grabbed a handful of medals. Alex Peden landed a trio of individual medals, gold in the U15 80m hurdles B, with silvers in both the Long Jump A with 5m82 and in the High Jump A with 1m55. Tom Evans took silvers in the U17 100m B in 11.44 secs, the 200m B in 23.01 secs and the 4x100m Relay. Adam Medcraft was another to haul in three medals, a silver in the U17 4x100m Relay, a bronze in the 4x400m Relay and an individual bronze in the 400m in 51.86 secs. Catherine Hall- Jones was another triple medallist with gold in the U17 80mHurdles B in 12.0 secs, silver in the 4x100m Relay and bronze in the 100m A in 12.76 secs. Fellow hurdler Chanel Taite also thrice stepped onto podium with a gold in the 80m Hurdles A in 11.8 secs, silver in the Long Jump with 5m48 and another silver in the 4x100m. Another medallist to take home three medals was Laura Burke – silver in the U17 300m Hurdles A in 45.94 secs, bronze in the 300m B in 42.43 secs and a silver in the 4x300m Relay. Karimah Muhammad was another with a 3 medal count. She gained gold in the U15 100m in 12.96 secs, bronze in the 200m in 26.86 secs and a silver in the 4x100m relay.
A brace of medals were also accumulated by several multi-eventers and field athletes. James Gray took gold in the U17 400m Hurdles B in a pb of 61.05 secs and a bronze in the short hurdles B in 15.85 secs. Sam Wilkinson was a surprise winner of the U17 Discus with a pb of 37m56 and also took silver in the B Hammer with 36m33. Fellow thrower Ryan Barrett won the B Discus gold with 36m47 and silver in the B Shot with a pb of 10m59. David Harvey won gold in the U17 Long Jump with 12.18 secs and silver in the U17 4x100m Relay. Ethan Welch took silver in the B Triple Jump with 11m98 and a bronze in the B High jump with 1m60. The improving Teo Kubeina was on song with bronze in the U15 Hammer A with 45m86 and a silver in the Shot with a pb of 9m88. More double medallist came from the Girls. Chloe Mays sprinted to a bronze in the U17 B 200m in 27.26 secs and played her part with silver in the 4x100m Relay. Leah Barrow won a silver in the U17 300m A in 42.59 secs and another to add to it in the 4x300m relay. Fellow relay runner Shanice Brown also scored twice with her bronze in the 300m Hurdles B in 50.19 secs. Thrower Laura James was another double medallist with silver in the U17 Discus with 32m41 and a bronze in the Hammer with 28m73. In the U15 Age group Salisha Patrick took bronze in the 100mB in 13.14 secs, and a silver in the 4x100m relay. Laura Suggitt completed a surprise double with 2 silvers, the individual medal coming in the 800m in 2m31.5, with the second in the 4x100m relay. Another of WSEH’s successful throwers was Ellie Norris, taking silver in the A Discus with 25m50 and a gold in the B Shot with 9m23. She was almost matched by Tara Barrett with silver in the A Shot with 10m60 and a bronze in the A javelin with 25m58. Olivia Caesar in the U13 Age group anchored the 4x100m relay team to gold after achieving an individual bronze in the 75mA in 10.44 secs.

There was also a hat trick of family medals for Sophie Reynolds, gold in the U15 Girls 1500mB in 4m59.86 and bronze for younger brother Harry in the U13 Boys 800m B in 2m31.27. and for Laura Suggitt, silver in the U15 800m A in 2m23.13 and a silver from Harry Suggitt in the Under 13 Boys 800m A in 2m32.21 plus Kieron Wye, gold in the Under 13 1500m in 4m52.41 and Lauren Wye with a bronze in the Under 17 Ladies 3000m B in 11m16.7.

Other individual gold winners were:

Under 17 Men – Rikki Letch 1500m A 4m08.9, Elliott Woolmer 1500m B 4m9.1
Ashley Fry 400m Hurdles A 55.83 secs
Blake Crowe Javelin A 49m34, Matt Todd Javelin B 45m76
Under 15 Boys – Alex Matthew U15 Discus B 28m26
Under 17 Ladies – Jenny Yoxall Javelin b 28m97
Under 15 Girls – Ella Pepper 1500m A 4m59.7, Georgie Haynes Long Jump B 4m38
Naomi Barbour 800m B 2m24.51
Under 13 Girls – Abbie Schmid 1000m B 4m.5.75, Chloe Allen 800mB 2m29.94

Other individual silvers:

Under 17 Men – Nick Lingley 800mA 1m58.12, Mark White Hammer A 45m34
Ryan Francis High Jump A 1m75
Under 15 Boys – Daniel Ditton Pole Vault B 2m40
Under 13 Boys – Luke Wallis 75mHurdles B 13.49secs, Michael Christian Long
Jump B 4m15
Under 17 Ladies – Pascale Waterson Long Jump B 4m94
Under 13 Girls – Anna Inverary Long Jump B 4m20 Beccy Croft 800mA 2m28.6

Other individual Bronzes:

Under 17 Men – Stuart Challis 400mB 52.62
Under 15 Boys – Seamus Burke 100mA 11.88secs, Callum Marshall 400mB 57.64
secs, Euan Jackson Javelin B 30m83
Under 13 Boys – Jack Rowe 1500mB 5m7.08, George Butler Long Jump A 4m42
Under 17 Ladies – Chloe Wright Discus B 21m59, Letisha Richardson Shot B 8m23
Helen Farmer Javelin A 32m51
Under 15 Girls – Ana Gomez Long Jump 4m53
Under 13 Girls – Lucy Campbell High Jump B 1m30, Gabriela Zivanovic Shot A
7m95, Josslyn Stotter Shot B 7m43