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Week ending June 24
Good performances despite rainy conditions
A contingent of local-area athletes donned Lincolnshire
Schools colours to compete in the annual Anglian Counties Championships at
Norwich. There were some fine performances, but overall, the competitors were
hampered by heavy downpours amid wholly unsummer-like conditions. The event
was held at the University of East Anglia when Lincolnshire representatives gave
a good account of themselves.
Ten Holland male competitors were included in the county
junior boys team and achieved five first places, two seconds and four third positions.
Jacob Oxtell won the 400 metres in 53.0secs and the 100 metres in 11.9secs. In
the 200 metres, Alex Pycock won in 23.8secs and cleared 1.70m in high jump
for second place. Sam Young achieved a fine personal best by winning the high
jump with a leap of 1.78m. He also claimed third place in the 80m hurdles. Tom
Rodgers was outside his Lincs Schools Championships winning time but achieved
a good victory in the 1500 metres finishing in 4mins 32.1secs. A leap of
11.98m in triple jump gave Jeremy Baily a new pb and first place.
Three Holland District throwers achieved third places in their respective
field events. Ashley Barsey was third in shot with 11.46m, Andrew Hewitt
finished in the same position in javelin with 39.39m and Haden Brittain added
further third place points in hammer with a throw of 29.36m. Elsewhere, Peter
Spencer recorded 12.2secs in second place in the 80m hurdles race on a day
when the Lincs junior boys produced an excellent team performance. And in the
triple jump George Leatherland achieved 10.53m to secure sixth position.
In the junior girls’ age group, Andrea Jackson’s javelin throw was a little
down on her Lincs Schools Championships winning effort. But in more difficult
weather conditions, she threw 21.72m. Ellis Whyler came fourth was in the high
jump discipline with a clearance of 1.45m. In the long jump, a leap of 4.59m
gave Charlotte Taylor fifth position and Chelsea Brockett finished in the
same position at the end of the 1500 metres, recording 5mins 11.6secs. Sarah
Stanhope claimed a fifth in javelin 19.93m and a sixth in discus 21.48m.
In the intermediate boys’ category, Sean Band came third in discus 41.49m and
finished fourth in javelin with a throw of 42.66m. At the hammer circle
Nathan Ironmonger threw 29.31m for third and Chris Battle threw the javelin
42.09m for fifth position. On the track, Mark Tebbs crossed the finish line
fourth at the end of the steeplechase race and Alex Gibb was sixth in the
1500 metres. Shamen Alloy-Langham recorded 23.7secs in second position over
200 metres.
Three Holland intermediate girls achieved a total of four runners-up places
between them. Sophie Hallam claimed second place in the 300m hurdles. Emily
Richardson cleared 1.45m in high jump and threw the javelin 28.61m for a pair
of seconds and Steph Hendy threw the hammer 29.48m for her runners-up place. Two
fourths were Kelly Lawrence's contribution in hammer 21.05m and shot 8.70m
and Leanne Langley ran eighth in the 100 metres in a time of 14.1secs.
In the senior boys’ section, sprinter Chris Craig remains unbeaten in 2007
schools competition. Over 200 metres he ran o.1 seconds faster than in the
Lincs Championships, winning in 22.2secs and recorded 11.3secs in first place
in the 100 metres. Mark Bridges jumped 6.19m in long jump for second place
and added a fourth in triple jump with a clearance of 12.08m. Reducing his
100m hurdles best performance yet again, Matthew Harness finished second in
his first outing for the county. Still struggling with injury, Leon Pycock
was a shade disappointed with his seventh place in 100 metres. In the
distance events James Munn was fourth in the 1500 metres in 4mins 25.4secs.
Stuart Smith’s hammer throw in excess of 31m gave him victory in that event
and in discus a 33.91m effort earned Stuart second position.
Two local senior girl representatives gained second positions. Emily Moss
recorded 71.1secs in runners-up spot in the 400m. Hurdles and hammer thrower
Ellie Jackson added 10cms to her Lincolnshire Championships performance,
recording 35.41m. Natasha Frolich was fourth in the 1500 metres in 5mins
26.6secs and also ran in the 3k race. Natalie Grimer was third in long jump
3.95m and Hayley Pycock ran sixth in the 200 metres 30.4secs and Kathryn
Sperring competed over 800 metres.
In the relay events, Lincolnshire teams achieved a victory, two second places
and a third. A number of young athletes have been selected to represent
Lincolnshire at the 2007 English Schools Track and Field Championships at
Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium on July 13 and 14.
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Week ending June 3
Man-of-match accolade goes to Sam
Youngsters representing Boston and District Athletic
Club travelled north to Middlesbrough for the second of this season’s
National Young Athletes League matches and finished in third place. After
claiming two athlete-of-the-match awards at the first fixture, the Gold Tops
returned with yet another award.
This time, the accolade went to Sam Young who won the
under-15 boys high jump with a personal best 1.75m leap. His performance was
one of only two grade one standards achieved at the Clairville venue and
earned him the man-of-the-meeting field event award. Sam also ran into second
place in the 400m recording 57.2 seconds and finished in the same position in
the long jump with a distance of 5.30m.
Ben Clarke won the javelin with a throw of 36.94m and claimed second place in
the shot with an effort of 10.21m. Peter Spencer continued his good form in
80m hurdles with a 12.3 seconds victory and also claimed third in both discus
with 17.62m and 1,500m with 5:41.0. Alex Pycock won the B-standard 80m
hurdles race in 12.7 seconds and Jeremy Baily won the B 400m in 60.4 seconds
and B long jump with 4.95m. He also cleared 1.40m to earn second place in the
B high jump. Haydan Brittain won the hammer competition with a distance of
30.54m and then won the B javelin with 15.88m. He later came second in the B
shot with a distance of 8.90m.
The under-15 boys 4 x 100m relay team of Alex Pycock, Peter Spencer, Sam
Young and Elliott Winslow-Thorpe finished second in 49.7 seconds. He earned
an impressive double in the sprints, clocking 12.1 seconds for 100m and 24.1
seconds (UK Athletics grade one standard) in the 200m. Elliott won the two B
sprint races in 12.8 seconds for 100m and 26.1 seconds for 200m.
At under-13 level, Nathan McClure achieved three seconds: the 100m in 15.1
seconds, 75m hurdles in 17.2 seconds and long jump with 3.87m.
Five under-15 girls produced a series of encouraging performances. Ellis
Whyler won the 75m hurdles recording 12.8 seconds and confirming BADAC
dominance of the sprint hurdle event, Melanie Bristow won the B race in 13.8
seconds. Ellis finished in second position in both high jump with 1.40m and
long jump with 4.64m. Chelsea Brockett claimed victory in the B high jump
with 1.35m and long jump with 4.19m and crossed the line in second place in
the 800m A race in 2:30.8. In the 200m event, Bristow was timed in at 29.0
seconds for third position and Wednesday Pywowirow finished fourth in the
1,500m with 5 minutes 59.2 seconds, came second in the B 800m with 2:48.1 and
third in the B 200m with 30.6 seconds. In the throwing events, Jade Mason was
runner-up in the discus with a distance of 18.58m and third in the javelin
with 15.18m. A combination of Melanie Bristow, Chelsea Brockett, Ellis Whyler
and Wednesday Pywowirow crossed the line in third position in the 4 x 100m
relay in a time of 56.9 seconds.
In the under-17 men’s section, Chris Bloom was clear winner of the triple
jump with a leap of 12.48m. He added a third in long jump with 5.67m and came
second in the 200m with a time of 25.1 seconds. George Wood achieved a throws
double triumph with winning distances of 18.75m in the hammer and 23.72m in
the discus. Jake Brittain won the pole vault with a 2.10m and claimed a B
victory in hammer with a distance of 13.68m and a third in the B 100m with
13.9 seconds. Michael Robinson was second in the 100m hurdles with 17.8
seconds, third in the 400m hurdles with 66.8 seconds and then went on to
clear 1.50m to win the B high jump. Stephan Brockett added valuable points in
100m A race with fourth in 13.0, 200 metres B race with second in 25.8
seconds and cleared 1.60m to gain second place in the high jump.
Four under-17 women contributed sizably to the overall effort. Steph Hendy
won the hammer with a distance of 21.00m and landed the spoils in the B
discus competition with 15.55m. She also achieved second place points in the
B triple jump with a leap of 7.45m. Hannah Boyes won the high jump with a
leap of 1.48m, finished second in the 300m hurdles with 49.5 seconds and
fourth in the 200m with 28.0 seconds. Rochelle Parkes won the discus event
with a throw of 16.93m and also took first position in the B hammer event
throwing 16.55m. A leap of 8.21m earned Rochelle third place in the triple
jump. A leap of 3.68m gave Amy Bristow first place in the long jump and she
added further value in javelin taking third with 13.37m and shot taking
second with 6.23m.
The four under-17 Gold Tops combined to finish second in the 4 x 100m relay
recording 59.1 seconds.
This Saturday (June 9), selected Holland District teams will contest the
Lincolnshire Schools track and field championship at Grantham when
competitors will be looking to improve on their district championship
performances in a bid to win selection for the county schools team.
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