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BADAC news February 2006

Week ending Sunday February 26:

Ten track and field members of Boston and District Athletic Club are entered in the North East Counties Indoor pentathlon contests at Gateshead’s international stadium on Saturday March 18. Polishing up their fitness and technical expertise in the indoor training area, the combined event competitors will have an early season opportunity to test their performance levels in a good standard of competition.

Six Gold Tops are included in the Lincolnshire team for the URA Inter-Counties Cross-County championships at Nottingham on March 11. Shaun North, James Munn, Emily Moss, Craig Melvin, Aidan McClure and Jeremy Baily are selected while Mark Tebbs, Danielle Ballam, Louise Rutt, Ashleigh Frankish and Chelsea Ironmonger are all named as reserves for the competition that includes the trials for the 2006 world championships.

With only a few days to go to the closing date, more than 160 runners have submitted entries for March 5’s Friskney half-marathon road race. The event is ideally placed in the calendar to allow London Marathon entrants a good workout — with just seven weeks to go to the capital’s 26-mile challenge. Local organiser have received a significant entry from the Sheffield Hallam area and hope that the total entries will ruse further to nearer the 200 mark. The race on Sunday starts at Friskney Village Hall at 11am.

Week ending Sunday February 19:

Boston and District AC representatives returned from the Eastern AA Cross-Country Championships with one team trophy and two individual medals. James Munn took the under-17 men’s title with a confident performance over 6km at RAF Barnham near Thetford and the under-13 boys teams won their team championship.

In cold, breezy conditions, four Gold Tops lined up at the start of the under-13 boys race over 3km.

Craig Melvin led the challenge over the heathland course finishing strongly just outside the individual medals recording 13mins 11secs in fourth place. There was excellent support from Aidan McClure (13.58) sixth and Ben Thomas (14.48) seventh for a team score of 17 points. Winners in 2005 the Gold Tops retained the Tommy Clay salver by taking the Eastern team championship title on Sunday. Team back-up was provided by Robin Perrin who finished in eighth position.

In the under-15 championship Mark Tebbs spearheaded the Boston and District AC challenge. Crossing the finish line in sixth place at the end of a challenging 4k course Mark finished in 15mins 08sec. Second counter was Jake Brittain who finished well but minus one running spike in 10th position (17.23). This followed Jake’s good sixth in last weekends open cross-country event at Grimsby. Completing the counting team scorers was Aston Perrin 11th (19.48) for a points total of 27.

Cambridge and Coleridge were championship winners on 16 points with BADAC claiming runners-up position.

In the under-17 men’s event James Munn ran well from the gun dominating the race throughout. Leading by some 30m at the half-way stage of the 6km contest James went on to extend his lead for an emphatic victory. Behind him Chris Cooper worked hard over the second lap moving up to fill third place and claim an Eastern Championships bronze medal.

Week ending Sunday February 12:

A contingent of Boston and District AC athletes returned from the Eastern Athletic Association Indoor Track and Field Championships on Sunday with a haul of 18 medals.

Five of these awards were gold medals representing five Eastern Indoor Championship titles. Under-15s boy sprinter Shamen Langham on his competitive debut won two gold medals for the Gold Tops. In the 60 metres heats Shamen qualified with a time of 7.8secs and went on to record 7.6secs and a comprehensive victory in the final. He also looked very quick in the 60 metres hurdles event and despite his inexperience over the barriers crossed the line well in the lead recording 9.6secs for his second Eastern Championship title.

In the under-15 girls section Isabelle Whitehead took the 60 metres hurdles title despite crashing to the floor after crossing the last hurdle. She managed to pick herself up to finish the race and claim a gold medal. A leap of 4.16m in long jump gave Isabelle fifth place.

Rapidly adjusting to the under-17 men’s age group this year Jake Mason won the long jump championship with a leap of 5.48m. Lee added a silver medal to his collection when he equalled his high jump personal best of 1.80m for second place. In addition Jake recorded 8.1secs for third place in his heat of the 60 metres sprint.

In the same age group Mark Bridges took the triple jump gold medal with a leap of 11.55m. Mark also qualified for the 60 metres spring semi-final recording 7.8secs. Aston Perrin carried off a pair of silver medals in under-15 high jump 1.25m and triple jump 8.10m and also finished sixth in the long jump championship. Younger brother Robin claimed bronze medals in high jump 1.15m and triple jump 7.28m and was placed eighth in long jump.

Under-13 Krishna Ramana achieved silver in long jump and under-17 Mark Tebbs won his silver medal in triple jump where a leap of 9.92m secured runners-up position. Mark just missed out on a further Eastern award in shot where a putt of 7.59m placed him fourth.

Under-20 sprinter Leon Pycock recorded 7.5secs in his 60m heat to qualify for the final. He went faster in the final claiming a good second place and the silver medal in a time of 7.4secs.

In the under-13 girls section Ellis Whyler made a great breakthrough when winning three bronze medals. First of her three achievements came in long jump where a leap of 3.71m put her in third place. Over 60m Ellis qualified for the final with a time of 9.4secs and then went on to finish third. In the 60m hurdles Ellis produced a swift run recording an excellent 9.0secs for a third bronze medal performance.

Simon Robinson progressed to the under-17 60m sprint semi-final recording 7.8secs after a 1.60m high jump had secured the bronze medal. In his first season in the under-15 age group Jake Clare acquired a bronze award in the shot with a putt of 6.84m. He also finished fifth in the long jump championships with 3.57m.

In the same age group Dylan Baker recorded 9.2secs in the 60m heats and Josh Goodfellow demonstrated his progress to date when he recorded 12.3secs for his 60m sprint. In the high jump Dylan failed to clear his chosen starting height showing a lack of competitive experience by a very promising jumper under-17 James Bexon cleared 1.60m in high jump for seventh and recorded 5.19m in long jump. On February 19 the second of this year’s Eastern AA championships will take place with the cross-country championships at RAF Barnham. The first race for those entered in the championships is at noon.

Week ending Sunday February 5:

A number of local runners were included in the Lincolnshire team for Saturday’s Anglian Schools Cross-Country Championships in Northamptonshire. County teams achieved two tam victories with both under-15 and under-19 girls squads finishing first while the under-17 girls, under-13 and under-19 boys all claimed second places. A promising under-17 boys team, hit by illness, under-performed.

In excellent dry, still conditions over the undulating parkland course, Riki Heaviside was eighth, Alex Gibb 13th, James Munn 28th and Giles Favell 42nd as the Year 10 and 11 boys struggled to make an impact Lincolnshire finished a disappointing fourth in the team results. In the under-15 boys race Tom Rogers was 33rd and Scott Forman 36th with Lincs in third place. Returning after illness Aaron Shepherd was 29th and Andy Dickins 35th in the senior boys challenge.

Lloyd Kempson was well forward in the under-13 boys race and Charlotte Taylor 14th and second finisher for Lincolnshire in the under-13 girls event with Louise Rutt in 29th place in her first inter-county competition.

Under-17 Becky Wycherley entered the finish funnel inside the first 20 positions and Emily Moss was sixth counter in 23rd place. At senior girls level Lucy Nell was third Lincolnshire representative over the line in 12th place with Nicola Barker 23rd. The next outing for Lincolnshire Schools Cross-Country teams is the English Schools AA Championships at Mansfield on Saturday March 25.

Ten Boston boys represented Lincolnshire in the East Midlands Regional Sportshall Championships at Grantham on Sunday. Up against athletes from Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire, five locals won away for finishing in the top three positions.

At under-15 level Jake Mason was second in the shot with a putt of 11.95m achieved on the third of his three trials with the 4k implement. In the standing triple jump he opened with a leap of 7.58m and improved to 7.66m on his second attempt to take second place. A time of 23.7secs for the two lap race put Jake in seventh position and his combined score of 132 points for the three events gave him joint fifth position in the under-15 boys’ all rounder competition.

Mark Tebbs gained a good second in the standing long jump where he cleared 2.30cm in each of his three attempts. His second effort of 2.38m was his best claiming runners-up spot. Mark also finished sixth in speed bounce with a score of 75 and recorded 51.6secs for eighth in the four-lap race. An overall points total of 124 gave Mark ninth place in the all-rounders contest.

The improving Jake Brittain completed four laps in 52.9secs, cleared 1.98m in standing long jump and produced an encouraging 6.23m in the shot event. Aston Perrin recorded 27.0secs for two laps, achieved 58 in the speed bounce and cleared 5.76m in the standing triple jump.

In the under-13 boys section three lads collected individual medals for their performances. In high jump Oliver Phillips secured a good second with a leap of 1.25m. He capped a good day in Lincolnshire colours with a 1min 32.2secs time for the six-lap event to claim sixth position. Dylan Baker gained medals in both of his events.

The best of his three vertical jumps measured 53cms giving him second position and 54.4secs in the final of the four lap race earned him third position.

A leap of 2.02m in the standing long jump gave Ozzy Griffin fifth place and Jake Clare’s best putt of 7.12m gave him sixth place in shot. Robin Perrin recorded 37cms in the vertical jump for seventh position assisting the Lincolnshire team to a promising third place.

On Sunday February 12 a small contingent of Boston and District AC representatives are entered in events at the Eastern AA indoor track and field championships at King’s Lynn.