Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow Athletic Club

The young athletes of Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow Athletic Club travelled to Reading for the season opener of the Alder Valley Girls League. Finishing off the previous season in third place in the Final, the ambition for this season is to return to winning ways, building on the Clubs previous season’s successes. The match was contested on a dry, blustery cool day. The temperature, however, did not dampen the athlete’s enthusiasm for the new season. With some events left vacant and others competed by athletes helping out in unfamiliar disciplines, the WSEH team prevailed to roll out deserved winners by 37 points to second placed home team Reading. The points tally of 505 points, the best in three years for this first match, augers well for the rest of the season.

U13 Girls
The sprinters of Isabelle Charters and Grace Seymour in the 75m both achieved PB’s with 10.7s and 11.6s respectively. The 150m sprinters of Ellie Jackson and Gemma Burgin repeated the same feat with PB’s of 22.1s and 22.3s. The middle distance races saw Gemma Burgin competing over the 600m distance achieving a creditable 3rd with 1m50.9 (PB), Alex Barbour running in 1st in her 600m race with 1m51.0 (PB), Jamie Marshall, with a 2nd in the 1000m in 3m45.5 (PB) and Tilly Compton-Stewart with another 2nd in 3m34.0 (PB). Phoebe Jones achieved valuable points in her first outing over the 70m Hurdles in 14.6s (PB) with team mate Aleksia Zivanovic fairing slightly better with 14.5s in her race. (photo attached). Some good performances were achieved in the jumps with Hope White (3m97) and Phoebe Jones (3m45) in the Long Jump, Hope White was also in the High Jump, equaling her PB of 1m35 along with Ellie Jackson also equaling her PB of 1m30. The throws lacked any Javelin participants, but the Shot and Discus were ably represented with Isabelle Charters and Aleksia Zivanovic, both achieving PB’s in the Shot with 6m23 and 5m78 respectively. The Discus saw Ellie Jackson throw a PB of 14m03 and Hope White, also with a PB, of 14m77. The relay team of Amy Talbot, Jackson, White and Charters finished the day off coming home in second place.

U15 Girls
In this age group the pairing of Harriet Walters and Holly Reed both produce identical times of 14.0s and PB’s as well, securing points to add to the tally. Reed then featured in the 200m running home in 29.0s(SB). Her partner in this distance, Hannah James, substituting for an ill team mate, also gained a seasons best with 32.1s. Middle distance debutants of Laura Knowles and Cherise Iqbal found their 800m races tough, but came home in 2m51.0 and 3m11.1(PB) respectively. The pairing of Becca Croft and Ellie Wallis in the 1500m saw Croft gain a PB with 4m58.0 and Wallis achieving 5m22.8, with both coming home in first place. The sprint hurdles saw Alice Humphries twist her ankle with 3 to go, but she continued and finished gaining more valuable points. Harriet Walters, who filled in on this event, achieved second place and a PB in 13.4s. Walters featured in the Long Jump achieving 4m49 alongside Mikaela Wright, 3m93. Throws specialist, Gabriela Zivanovic, produced a PB in the Discus (25m86), coming first and a second placing in the Shot (8m47). Nkolika Atuanya, a recent signing, achieved a second in the other Shot, with 6m30, and Alice Botting, covering the Discus with 14m68. Botting started the day in the Hammer cage and achieved a PB 15m70 alongside Hannah James, who hit her seasons best and a first place with 8m81. The Javelin saw Katy Hills and Alice Simmonds strike gold, both gaining firsts with 15m70(SB) and 21m12(PB) respectively. The relay team of Hills, James, Reed and Walters were involved in a time trial which saw them coming home in fifth place overall.

U17 Ladies
Shalisha Patrick illustrated the rewards of hard winter training by romping home clear of the chasing pack in both the 100m(12.4 SB) and 200m(26.1s SB), making it a winning sprint double. She was ably supported by Karimah Mohammad in the 100m(13.3s SB) and Charlotte Banks, the 200m (28.9s SB). Banks earlier featured over the sprint hurdles, coming second in 12.6s alongside Eleanor Duck, who, although slightly slower, achieved a PB in 12.9s, coming home in first place. Duck had also featured in an earlier event, the 300m Hurdles. Here she took everyone by surprise and easily beat the opposition in her first outing with a time of 46.3s(PB). The 300m also saw two debutants to the event in the form of Emma Croft and Sarah Hing. Croft, better known for her middle distance exploits, made good progress to come home in second place with 43.8s(PB). Hing achieved a third with her time of 50.6s(PB). Hing also agreed to fill in on the Triple Jump after some late withdrawals from the team. Alongside another one of our volunteers, Miriam Mohamaddi, both athletes acquitted themselves brilliantly, to achieve PB’s of 7m52 and 8m14 respectively. Ellie Norris, throws specialist, was in action in the Hammer, Discus and Shot, gaining a seasons best in the Discus (26m10). Demi Barrance, multi-events specialist, competed in the High Jump (1m50 SB) and Shot (6m28 PB). Naomi Barbour ran a good first, gaining s seasons best in the 1500m with 5m24.2. Other runners in action included, Rosie Adams, 800m (2m42.2 SB) and Alice Wills, 1500m (5m11.3 SB). Pole Vaulter, Lily Guering, rolled out one her customary solid performances gaining 2m10 SB. Laura Murray and Olivia Lawson covered the Javelin, Eleanor Heanue the Discus and Laura English, the Hammer. Hannah Widgington stepped in to cover the High Jump. By no means her natural event, but by doing so, illustrates the team commitment she has and her efforts were rewarded with a second place and naturally a PB. The relay team of Barrance, Banks, Muhammad and Patrick rounded off the day with a well executed race, coming home in first place, with a time of 52.4s.

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