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Week ending July 22
Club throwers hammer home their strengths
Boston and District Athletic Club hammer throwers
produced some fine displays when competing at the third Lincolnshire League
match of the season at the Tommy Clay Track.
The senior men’s section was won by Wayne Clarke with a throw of 52.98m.
Next, at under-20 level, Stuart South achieved a distance of 32.43m for his
victory and Haden Brittain collected maximum points for his under-15
competition effort that measured 30.91m. The girls also found conditions very
much to their liking with Stephanie Hendy producing a huge personal best
throw. She launched the 4kg hammer a distance of 37.53m. The same, with which
had she qualified and competed to the same level at the ESAA championships,
would have placed her in the top six positions. To cap a wonderful day for
the Gold Tops’ hammer throwers, under-15 Jade Mason threw 38.99m for a
decisive victory.
Elsewhere, the pole vault contingent also enjoyed success competing before
the rain set in during the later stages of the programme. Jake Brittain
cleared 3m for the second successive week for victory in the under-17
category. Senior competitors Phil Peatling also achieved a 3m clearance to
win ahead of team-mates Karl Wright (2.70m) and Chris Copy (2.30m).
Despite a strong head wind, the hurdlers produced some respectable times.
Grant Fixter won the under-13 boys’ 75m hurdles race recording 14.9 seconds.
Meanwhile, Peter Spencer with 12.5 seconds just edged out Gold Top colleagues
Alex Pycock (12.6) and Sam Young (13.0) to take first place at under-15
level. In the under-17 men’s 100m hurdles event, Jake Mason (15.3 seconds)
and Michael Robinson (16.2) filled the first two places and Simon Robinson
won the junior men’s 110m version, recording a time of 18.1 seconds. For the
females, Ellis Whyler recorded 12.6 seconds to win the under-15 75m hurdles
with Melanie Bristow taking second with 12.9 ahead of Chelsea Brockett 13.3.
Alice Flint was third over the under-13s’ 70m hurdles with a time of 15.1.
The high jumpers also performed with plenty of credit. Hannah Boyes and Emily
Richardson shared first place in the under-17 women’s contest, jumping 1.45m.
In the under-17 men’s event, Jake Mason came first by leaping 1.95m with
Stephan Brockett second (1.65m) and Michael Robinson third (1.55m). Both the
under-15 events were secured by BADAC representatives with Sam Young
recording 1.70m and Chelsea Brockett 1.40m and Phil Peatling cleared 1.60m
for second position at senior men’s level.
The horizontal jumpers contributed to the list of successes. Isabelle
Whitehead won the under-17 women’s triple jump with 9.64m and Peter Spencer
11.44m and Jeremy Baily 10.78m filled the first two places in the under-15
boys’ event. At under-20 level, Mark Bridges recorded 11.73m for victory. In
the under-13 boys’ long jump competition Sam Johnson won with 4.20m and
Jeremy Baily took the honours at under-15 level with a leap of 5.07m. A best
leap of 6.36m gave Mark Bridges first place at under-20 level. Ellis Whyler’s
4.76m feat earned him a second in the under-15 long jump contest.
In the 100 metres sprints, Alex Pycock recorded 11.8 seconds to win the
under-15 boys’ section. Shamon Aloy Langham (12.1 in the under-17 men’s
section) and Leon Pycock (12.3 in the under-20 men’s section) were also
decisive winners. Over 200m Alex (24.1) and Shamon (24.4), both achieved
comprehensive victories.
In distance races, Jeremy Baily recorded 11 mins 16.5 seconds for second
place in the under-15 boys’ 3,000m and Chelsea Brockett won the under-15
girls’ race by recording 11.57.9. Over 1500m Alice Flint (under-13) was
second in 5:35.1 and Louise Rutt (under-15) third in 5:39.8. Aidan McClure
(under-15) recorded 5:17.0 and at senior men’s level Alex Hodson was second
in 4:15.3 with Chris Cope third, recording 4:15.7.
In the 800m, under-13 boys Matthew Craven (2:45.9) and Harry Baxter (2:45.5),
finished in third and fourth positions. Under-15 competitor Paige Mitchell
was second in the hammer, recording 18.47m and Rochelle Parkes was second in
the under-17 women’s event with 21.09m. Under-17 hurdlers Rachel Holland
(13.9 seconds) and Hannah Boyes (14.7) contributed second and third place
points.
Throwing into the wind Emily Richardson won the under-17 women’s javelin with
an impressive 31.50m with Lucy Brentnall in runners-up position (28.84m).
Melanie Bristow won the under-15 girls’ javelin with a throw of 27.15m with
Sarah Stanhope second (21.66m). In the shot putt Chris Corbett won the
under-13 boys event with a putt of 6.95m. Paige Mitchell was second in the
under-15 girls contest and Wayne Clark claimed the same position in the
senior men’s competition with a putt of 11.99m.
Stuart Smith won the under-20 men’s discus with 38.79m and shot with 11.84m
and under-11 Robbie Fixter threw 37.40m to win the ball throw and also
crossed the 80m finish line in second place in 12.4. Stephan Brockett looked
comfortable finishing third in the under-17 men’s 3,000m in 15:55.4 and
veterans Judy Drury and Trevor Snell made good contributions.
In the throwing events Bob Whyler and Karl Wright added value on a day when
the Gold Tops were prominent. There were notable performances from Elliott
Winslow Thorpe, Mark Tebbs, Grant Fixter and Amy Bristow and in the male age
groups the under-15, under-17 and senior relay teams all finished first.
In the latest UK Hammer Circle ranking lists two Boston and District AC girls
appear in the top eight positions. Jade Mason is in sixth place in the
under-15 girls with 38.99m and under-17 Steph Hendy is in eighth position
after her improved performance in the last Lincs League match with 37.53m. In
the senior men’s ranking list Wayne Clarke’s performance in the last North of
England has lifted him to 28th position.
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Week ending July 1
Bloom and Richardson land top awards
Members of Boston and District Athletic Club made the
long journey to Jarrow for the fourth of this season’s series of National
Young Athletes League matches. Some of the prominent athletes in previous
matches were missing due to their involvement in the ESAA Regional Combined
Events Championships. However, the Gold Tops still managed to produce some
good performances in their North Division One East meet.
Chris Bloom was awarded the man-of-the-match award for his under-17 long jump
performance. His 6.17m leap was a UK A grade two feat. In addition he won the
triple jump with another grade two performance, achieving 12.60m and added
further points with a 24.5 feat via a fourth placed finish in the 200m.
Michael Robinson was clear victor in the 100m hurdles in 15.6 and also won
the B high jump clearing 1.50m and finished second in the B triple jump with
9.65m. The other under-17 male to complete his full quota of three individual
events was Jake Brittain who set a new personal best in the pole vault. Here
he cleared 2.90m for the first time, narrowly missing 2.95m. He also cleared
1.60m for second in high jump and completed 100m hurdles in 17.5 to win the B
event.
In the under-17 women’s section, Emily Richardson achieved a
female-of-the-match award for her high jump victory. Clearing 1.55m for a
personal best, Emily also won shot with another PB of 8.21m and javelin with
a throw of 28.46m - all grade three standard performances. Amy Bristow added
valuable points in the long jump with a leap of 3.89m, javelin with 9.74m and
shot with 5.73m.In the throws, Rochelle Parkes won hammer with 14.10m and
came fourth in the triple jump with 7.55m.
The under-15 boys’ representatives harvested points for the Gold Tops up
against athletes from Jarrow and Hebburn and Morpeth, both clubs from the
north-east with fine traditions for middle and long distance running. Jeremy
Bailey dropped down in distance to win the 400m with an encouraging 59.1 and
also claimed second over 1500m with a time of 4:52.9. In his third event he achieved
a convincing win in the long jump with a leap of 5.16m. Aiden McClure
followed the north-eastern representatives over the finish line in both the
800m, recording 2:33.7 finishing third, and the 1500m with 5.18.8 for second
in B contest and cleared 1.45m for a good second place in high jump. Sprinter
Elliot Winslow Thorpe ran 100m in 12.4 (third grade three) and 200m in 25.7
(second) and Jake Clare won both the B 400m in 62.9 and the B long jump
4.38m. The throwers made a good contribution with Haden Brittain winning
hammer with 30.92m, shot putt with 8.65m and taking second place in the
discus with 20.75m. Ben Clarke had a comfortable win in the javelin with
34.55m and also finished second in the B 100m race recording 12.7.
Four under-15 girls gave a good account of themselves. Here, a vastly
improved Melanie Bristow had an impressive 75m hurdles win recording 12.6
seconds and also took first place in javelin, throwing 25.27m and second in
the 100m with 14.0 seconds. Wednesday Pywowariw crossed the finish line third
in the 800m in 2:41.4 and claimed second in long jump with a leap of 3.94m.
It was the throwers, though, who contributed the most points with Jade Mason
achieving second in discus with 18.41m, third in shot with 7.18m and first in
the B javelin contest with 13.33m. Paige Mitchell won the B shot event with
5.94m and the B discus competition with 13.00m and also claimed third in the
B long jump with a leap of 2.85m.
Four under-13 boys combined for third place in the 4x100m relay. Josh Bell, Nathan
McClure, Alex Goldspink and Harry Baxter recorded 61.2. In addition Alex won
the shot with 5.25m and finished second in the B 1500m in 6:48.9. Josh took
first place in the 75m hurdles with 16.8 and finished second in the B 100m
with 14.7 and won the B 200m with 31.0. Over 1,500m Harry was a good second,
recording 5:35.3 and also finished fourth in the 200m sprint with 19.8. In
the 100m A race Nathan recorded 14.4 in third place and in the field event
claimed second in high jump with 1.20m and third in long jump with 4.37m.
Olivia Hodsackda made her debut with two fourth places in long jump and shot
and claimed a third place in the 75m sprint race for under-13 girls.
The tradition of local success in combined events athletics competition
continued at the East Anglian Regional Championships of the English Schools
AA Championships. Once again a number of Holland youngsters have qualified
for the ESAA National Combined Events Championships at Exeter in September.
In the junior girls’ pentathlon, Ellis Whyler, of Boston High School, and
Charlotte Taylor assisted the Lincolnshire team of four to second place.
Ellis finished fourth individual to progress to her first English Schools AA
Championships. Opening with a 12.3 in the 75m hurdles for 641 points on the
International Combined Events scoring tables, she then added 356 points for
7.83m in shot. In high jump she cleared 1.40m for another 512 points and then
achieved 4.89m in long jump for a further 530 points and with one event to go
Ellis was in third place. In the final event, the 800m, Ellis recorded 2.43.4
for 534 points, giving her a total of 2,605 and fourth position. Charlotte
Taylor, of Spalding High School, produced a 13.4 in 75m hurdles (530), 5.27m
in the shot (225), 1.37m in high jump (481), 4.44m in long jump (413) and
2.29.9secs (694) in 800m for the pentathlon — for an overall points total of
2,343. Chelsea Brockett was in 12th place with 2,250 points: 75m hurdles
13.8secs, shot 5.01m, high jump 1.40m, long jump 4.16m, 800 metres 2mins
30.5secs.
In the junior boys’ pentathlon championship, the Lincolnshire quartet were
the leading team up to the final event, the 800m. The under-15 boys from
Essex ran quicker than the Lincs lads over the two laps of the track to
leapfrog into first team position and deny the local representatives a place
in the national final. Peter Spencer was the highest placed Lincolnshire
representative in third place overall. Opening with an 11.9 effort over 80m
hurdles for 602 points, Peter then produced a 10.83m shot putt for 536 points
and a 5.26m leap in long jump for 433 points. A high jump clearance of 1.69m
(536) put Peter in first place. A really determined 800m run in a personal
best of 2.23.5 for 404 points earned him the bronze medal position and
passage to the ESAA Championships. Alex Pycock (Boston Grammar School)
produced the best time in the first event the 80m hurdles, recording 11.8
(702) but followed up with a difficult shot competition achieving a
disappointing 7.83m (356). After a 5.62m long jump (506) and 1.75m (585) in
high jump, Alex also produced a good 800m run recording 2.22.1 (423) for a
total of 2,572 points just outside the ESAA qualifiers in sixth place. Andrew
Hewitt (Giles) finished in ninth place with five consistent performances, 80m
hurdles 12.7, shot 10.22m, long jump 5.12m, high jump 1.48m, 800m 2.20.0, for
a total of 2,337 points. Sam Young, of Haven High, was in 10th position.
Opening with 80m hurdles of 12.4 and then shot 9.96m, long jump 5.15m and an
excellent 1.78m in high jump, Sam was lying in third position before the
800m. Recording a modest 2:43.8 for the two laps, Sam slipped out of the ESAA
Championships reckoning.
Holland representatives Hannah Boyes (Giles School) and Sophie Hallam
(Spalding High) constituted half of the victorious Lincolnshire under-17 team
that now goes forward to the national finals. Sophie finished fifth with a
3,776 heptathlon points total. In her first event, the 800m hurdles, she
clocked 13.5 for 620 points for ninth place and then high jumped 1.43m (544),
shot putted 8.63m (44) and sprinted 200m in 28.2 (597) to advance to seventh
place at the end of the first day. On the second day a long jump of 4.66m
(469) and a javelin throw of 29.80m (473) preceded a time of 2.34.9 in 800m
(633) for a total of 3,776 points that moved her up two more places. Hannah’s
performances were an improvement on her previous ones. A 12.8 in the 80m
hurdles gave her a remarkable 698 points that was followed by a 1.52m
performance in the high jump (644)
and a shot putt of 8.28m (417) and a swift 27.9 (620) in the 200m for an
outstanding first day for Hannah. On day two, long jump was disappointing
with 4.07m (324), javelin even more so at 15.75m (210) and 800m in 2.42.8secs
(541). Given a better second day Hannah should expect to advance her points
score by at least 250 points in the ESAA finals.
Sean Band (Middlecott, Kirton) was the clear winner of the under-17 boys’
octathlon championship, leading Lincolshire to team victory. He opened his
two day event with a 5.88m (561) long jump for third place. A 38.94m discus
throw (643) and a javelin effort of 50.93m (602) moved Sean to first
position. A 55.5 in 400 metres (573) ended day one and the second day started
with 15.1 in the 100m hurdles (656) and then 1.87m in high jump (687), shot
putt of 13.60m (704) and finally a 1,500m run of 5.15 (476) for an octathlon
total of 4,902 points. Ben Maylor (Spalding Grammar) was second for
Lincolnshire in sixth position on 4,052 points. His performances were long
jump 5.46m (473), discus 32.61m (520), javelin 39.60m (436), 400m 57.1secs
(512), 100m hurdles 15.9 (575), high jump 1.69m (536), shot 11.24m (560) and
1500m 5.21.9 (440). Aidan Smith (George Farmer) was 10th with 3,777 points,
long jump 5.03m, discus 26.81m, javelin 34.37m, 400m 57.2, 100m hurdles 15.8,
high jump 1.72m, shot 9.96m and 1,500m 5.12.5. Stephan Brockett, a late
substitute for Lincs, finished in 13th position.
At under-19 level, two Holland all-rounders competed solo in their respective
senior championships. In the girls' heptathlon, Emily Moss (Spalding High
School) finished in sixth position in her first year at senior level. She
achieved 100m hurdles 18.8, high jump 1.41m, shot 8.86m, 200m 27.4, long jump
4.29m, javelin 21.57m, 800m 2.12.1. In the senior boys’ decathlon championships,
Stuart Smith (Boston High School) finished in fifth position. Despite having
no performances recorded for pole vault or javelin, Stuart achieved 3,251
points. His performances were 100m 13.0, long jump 5.10m, shot 11.04m, high
jump 1.50m, 400m 61.7, 110m hurdles 22.2, discus 35.73m, 1500m, 5:35.9. Both
Stuart and Emily qualify for a place in the 2007 English Schools Combined
Events Championships at Exeter.
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