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BADAC news May 2006

Week ending Sunday May 28

The fourth track and field meeting in five days at the Princess Royal Sports Arena saw Boston and District Athletic Club hosting the first of this season’s National Young Athletes League North Division Two SE matches.

Despite appalling weather the Gold Tops staged a successful event for under-13s, under-15s and under-17s male and female athletes representing Barton and District, Hull Achilles, Scunthorpe, Doncaster and Lincoln Wellington.

In spite of the poor weather conditions there were some impressive performances. The first male field event “man of the match” award of the season went to Boston’s Aidan McClure. Clearing 1.25m in winning the under-13 boys high jump, his performance ranked the best male field achievement on the day. The young Gold Top also won the B 1,500 metres recording 5mins 36.4secs and claimed second place points in the A shot with a putt of 5.82m.

In the final match scores and positions Boston and District AC were in second place on 4-9 points with winners Lincoln Welling AC scoring 472 points. Scunthorpe Harriers and AC, were third with 394 points. Doncaster fourth on 321, Hull Achilles fifth on 287 and Barton sixth with 81 points. The Gold Tops boys’ teams were well out in front scoring 261 points which was over 50 points more than their nearest rivals.

The BADAC girls’ teams were in fourth place and they will be looking for grater support for the second match in the series of the Gold Tops are to challenge for league honours.

The under-13 boys won their section and scored points in every event on the programme. Grant Fixter won the A 800 metres in 2mins 48.4secs and finished second over 100m 14.7secs and Harry Baxter took the honours over 1,500 metres recording 5mins 36.0secs. There were good contributions from Nathan McClure.

Ellis Whyler scored a “double” by winning the under-13 girls 150 metres in 21.6secs and the high jump clearing 1.31m and also claimed second place in shot with a putt of 7.59m.

The under-15 boys team achieved a fine victory. Shaman Langham achieved an excellent “treble” with victories in the 100 metres 12.4secs; 200 metres 25.2secs; long jump 4.99m, before assisting the 4x100 metres team to a good relay win 52. 7secs. Michael Robinson was first in the 80m hurdles 13.5secs; high jump 1.35m; and finished second in the B 100 metres 13.5secs. Alex Pycock won the B 200 metres 25.6secs; and B 80m 13.3secs. Thrower David Sharpe was second in hammer 22.44m and shot 9.91m before running an impressive leg in the 4x400m relay team which finished second in 4mins 24.8secs. A pole vault clearance of 1.70m gave Jake Brittain maximum points and 1.35m in high jump won the B competition. Moving up to 400 metres, Jake Clare impressed with a 65.1secs debut and also won the B long jump with 3.85m and Haden Brittain won the B hammer 12.95m and finished second in the B discus 15.96m with Adam Simeoni and winning the B javelin 20.05m and shot 6.52m. There was good support from Aston Perrin 21.01 javelin and 5mins 51.8secs for 1,500 metres and Jeremy Baily 5mins 36.2secs second in A 1,500 metres and second in discus 17.27m.

Three under-15 girls produced a series of good results. Rachel Holland won the 75m hurdles 13.3secs with Lucy Brentnall also recording 13.3secs to win the B event. In addition Rachel long jumped 4.16m for second place in the A contest and Lucy won the B event with a leap of 4.04m. Looking stronger with each outing this season, Rachel recorded 29.5secs for a good second place over 200 metres and Lucy won the javelin contest throwing 23.55m. At the discus circle Steph Hendy won with a throw of 16.83m and the relay quartet won, crossing the finish line in 57.3secs.

At under-17 level James Munn convincingly won the 3,000 metres recording 9mins 39.7secs and ran 200 metres in 26.5secs. Chris Cooper had a good win in the 1,500m steeplechase, clocking 5mins 21.3secs and added value in the 800mn 2mins 23.1secs. Chris Chester was second in 110m hurdles 16.8secs, third in 400m hurdles 76.1secs and hammer 25.65m and Mark Tebbs recorded 5mins 30.4secs to win the B 1,500 in steeplechase and 2mins 24.9secs to win the B 800 metres. Recovering from his octathlon the previous two days, Jake Mason contributed maximum points in long jump with a leap of 5.59m.

The under-17 girls produced some good performances with Emily Richardson winning javelin with an impressive 29.81m and taking second in high jump clearing 1.33m. Rochelle Parkes won the discus with 18.53m and achieved a second in hammer with 13.21m. A 12.8secs 80m hurdles run gave Emily Moss victory and 20.18m in javelin gave her a new PB and a B competition win. In the 300m hurdles Isabelle Whitehead recorded 54.5secs for third place.

The young Gold Tops will need to turn out in greater numbers this Sunday (June 4) when they go to Scunthorpe for the second young athletes league match if they are to challenge leaders Lincoln Wellington AC. On June 3 the Boston and District AC senior and under-17 squads travel to Yorkshire for the second of this season’s North of England League fixtures with the A team at Barnsley and the B team at Sheffield.

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A trio of Boston teams have progressed to the regional final AA Sainsbury’s Track and Field Schools Cup.

Boston High School junior girls’ team and both Boston Grammar School junior and intermediate boys’ teams have been awarded a place in the regional A final at Mansfield on June 12. The local representatives will be competing against the best school teams in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire with the winning team in each age group progressing to the RSAA final at Bournemouth on July 1.

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Six out of the seven championship titles at the 2006 Lincolnshire Combined Events Championships at Boston’s Princess Royal Sports Arena went to local athletes. Holland District Schools’ representatives won both the junior boys and junior girls pentathlon events. Hannah Boys (Giles School and Sixth Form Centre) produced a sterling performance to clinch the Lincolnshire title with 10 points to spare.

Finishing with a determined 800 metres run in 2mins 45.5secs, Hannah was a worthy champion. She opened with a time of 14.2secs for 75m hurdles and then recorded 6.98m in the 3.25k shot. Her clearance of 1.34m in high jump equalled the best produced by the field of 20 competitors and a leap of 3.80m in long jump gave Hannah a platform for victory. Following the fifth discipline the 800 metres, Hannah had amassed a total of 2,020 points.

With Holland District Schools and Boston and District AC representatives dominating the event and filling five of the first six positions at the end of the pentathlon, it was Lucy Brentnall from Middlecott and BADAC who finished second. In addition Lucy took the Lincolnshire Athletes Association gold award as the highest points scorer from the county clubs entries. A 13.1secs time for 75m hurdles was followed by 7.36m in shot; 1.28m in high jump; 4.13m in long jump and 2mins 59.8secs for the 800 metres. Under age for the junior girls schools competition, Ellis Whyler finished third overall and won the Lincs AA under-15 silver championships award.

The Year 7 Boston High School, Boston and District AC all-rounder recorded 13.9secs 75m hurdles; 7.46m shot; 1.34m high jump; 4.15m long jump; 3mins 01.6secs 800 metres. Fourth to finish was Rachel Holland from Middlecott and BADAC, 75m hurdles 13.2; shot 5.60m; high jump 1.16m; long jump 4.05m; 800m 2m 57.7 with Rachel Upsall fifth 75m hurdles 15.0; shot 7.25; high jump 1.25; long jump 4.05; 800m 3m 11.7secs.

The junior boys pentathlon title went to Holland Schools representative Ben Maylor (Spalding GS) who had more than 240 points in hand over his nearest rival. His performances of 80m hurdles 13.5secs; shot 11.24m; high jump 1.60m; long jump 5.60m and 800 metres 2mins 33.2secs, gave him a total of 1,364 points on the international scoring tables.

Second place overall went to BADAC representative James Cartwright with 80m hurdles 13.2; shot 8.42m; high jump 1.51m; long jump 4.77m and 800 metres 2mins 22.7secs for a total of 2,126 points. Alex Pycock from Boston Grammar School and BADAC, and David Morris from Holland Schools, both scored a total of 1,813 points to claim third and fourth positions. Alex produced 13.3 hurdles; 8.81 shot; 1.48m high jump; 4.58m long jump and 2mins 47.0secs 800 metres. David’s marks were 80m hurdles 14.1; shot 8.28m; high jump 1.39m; long jump 5.02m; 800m 2mins 37.4secs.

Emily Moss of Spalding High School and BADAC was the outstanding winner of the intermediate girls heptathlon championship, closing with a total of 3,742 points which was more than 800 better than the best of the rest.

Despite the cold, wet and windy conditions, Emily produced some sparkling performances. Opening day one with 12.4secs for 80m hurdles, Emma then cleared 1.47m in high jump before producing a personal best 8.25m in shot and then sprinting 200 metres in 28.1secs.

Day two for Emma began with 4.73m for long jump, another PB performance in javelin with 19.39m and a hard run 800 metres in 2mins 34.9secs, despite the windy conditions. Spalding High School’s Sophie Hallam was second 80m hurdles 13.5; high jump 1.38; shot 6.67; 200m 29.1; long jump 4.42; 800m 2m 39.7secs, 2,938 points and Rachel Cook third 80m hurdles 16.3; high jump 1.41 shot 7.25; 200m 30.8; long jump 4.47; javelin 26.69; 800m 3.13.7, 2,745 points. Vicky Odlin from Giles School and BADAC finished in fifth place with 2,147 points.

Holland District competitors filled the first three places in the intermediate boys octathlon championship.

The close competition that emerged between Jake Mason of Boston Grammar School and BADAC, and Sean Band of Middlecott School, Kirton, at the Holland and District event two weeks previously was repeated at the Lincs event.

Sean had the edge in the district contest but it was Jake who took the county title. In the long jump, taking advantage of a strong following wind, Jake produced a personal best 6.33m and Sean recorded 5.70m.

At the discus circle Sean threw the 1.5kg implement 30.31m with Jake recording 27.18m and again in javelin it was Sean who produced the better distance achieving 40.51m against Jake’s 34.85m effort. In the final discipline on day one the 400 metres Jake crossed the finish line in 58.60secs with Sean timed at 59.10secs.

Twelve points separated the two leading contenders at the end of the first day and the second day began as the first ended with Jake recording 15.0secs and Sean 15.1secs for the 100 metres hurdles. A clearance of 1.85m at high jump, one of Jake’s specialist events gave him the edge as Sean under-performed with 1.52m. A 12.47m shot putt pulled Sean back into contention with Jake recording 10.56m before the final 1,500 metres challenge when Jake recorded 5mins 39.2secs and Sean clocked a disappointing 6mins 16.9secs.

In the final analysis Jake accumulated 4,128 points for both Lincs Schools and Lincs AA victory with Sean second with 3,800 points. Keiran Stocks of Giles School and Sixth Form Centre, was a very good third with a total of 3,096 points. His performances were long jump 5.42m; discus 22.21m; javelin 20.63m; 400m 57.30secs; 100m hurdles 17.8; high jump 1.49m; shot 8.67m; 1,500m 5mins 23.5secs. Dale Busby was fifth (2,656 points).

In the senior girls heptathlon Natalie Grimer of Boston High School and BADAC, finished in third place, marking her considerable athletic progress over the last year. Recording 21.5secs for 100m hurdles; 1.38m high jump; 7.36m shot and 32.5secs 200 metres on day one. Natalie followed up with 4.18m for long jump; 13.82m javelin; 3mins 12.4secs 80 metres and a total of 2,115 points at the end of the second day.

Three BADAC representatives embarked on the demanding senior boys decathlon championship. After the withdrawal of Simon Robinson through injury after two events, Mark Bridges and Stuart Smith were in contention. Stuart took the title with 3,920 points ahead of Mark on 3,264 points. Stuart’s marks were, 100m 12.6secs; long jump 5.48m; shot 11.28m; high jump 1.52m; 400m 59.0secs; 110m hurdles 22.0; discus 36.68m; pole vault 1.65m; javelin 25.75m; 1,500m 5mins 21.3secs. Mark achieved 100m 11.8secs; long jump 6.04m; shot 7.38m; high jump 1.46m; 400m 63.0secs; 110m hurdles 18.3secs; discus 16.51m; javelin 13.10m; 1,500 5mins 59.0secs.

Phil Peatling took the Lincs AA senior men’s title with a decathlon points score of 3,909. Starting with 11.9secs for 100 metres, Phil then achieved 5.87m for long jump; 8.03m shot; 1.64m high jump; 59.0secs 400 metres; 20.8secs 110m hurdles; 23.95m discus; 2.30m pole vault; 28.92m javelin and 5mins 47.5secs 1,500 metres.

Following the championships, Lincolnshire schools junior, intermediate and senior boys and girls teams have been selected to contest the ESAA Anglian Regional Combined Events Championships at Bedford on the weekend of June 24 and 25.

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Boston and District AC captain Jodie Favell, unable to get to the start of the Lincolnshire Combined Events Championships on May 19, contested the Woodford Green Open meeting. She had a splendid competition finishing with a heptathlon points total of 4,391 and achieved four personal best performances. Her 100m hurdles PB was 15.23secs and she recorded 26.2secs for 200 metres and 2mins 35secs for 800 metres. One of Jodie’s field event performances harvested a PB with her 4k shot putt measured at 9.71m. With four new PBs under her belt, this event has given Jodie a real lift before the North of England regional championships.

Week ending Sunday May 21

Boston and district area school teams have a fair chance of progressing to the regional round of the 2006 English Schools AA Sainsbury’s Track and Field Schools Cup. This follows their achievements in the first round match at the Princess Royal Sports Arena last week.

Boston Grammar School junior boys teams both finished first in their six school competitions and Boston High School junior girls were winners with the intermediate girls team in runners-up position. In the junior boys’ competition the Giles School and Sixth Form Centre finished in second place.

Junior boys: 1 Boston Grammar 322; 2 Giles School and Sixth Form Centre 238; 3 Haven High Technology College 202; 4 George Farmer Technology College 190; 5 Spalding Grammar 180; 6 Queen Eleanor CS Stamford 107.

Intermediate boys: 1 Boston Grammar 378; 2 George Farmer Technology College 364; 3 Spalding Grammar 284; 4 The Giles School and Sixth Form Centre 276; 5 Haven High Technology College 155; 6 Queen Eleanor CS

Stamford 87.

Junior Girls: 1 Boston High 308; 2 Stamford High 295; 3 Spalding High 270; 4 George Farmer Technology College 175; 5 The Giles School and Sixth Form Centre 163; 6 Haven High Technology College 150; 7 Queen Eleanor

CS Stamford 110. Intermediate girls: 1 Stamford High 267; 2 Boston High 207; 3 Spalding High 197; 4 The Giles School and Sixth Form Centre 165; 5 George Farmer Technology College 153; 6 Haven High 118; 7 Queen Eleanor CS Stamford 86.

Highest points scorer for the Boston GS junior boys team was Alex Pycock who achieved 25 points from 12.5secs for 100 metres and 20 points for a clearance of 1.50m in high jump. For Giles, Andrew Hewitt secured a total of 39 points through 400 metres 66.9secs 14 and javelin 32.29m 25. In the junior girls’ section Boston High’s Ellis Whyler scored 39 points from hurdles 3.8secs 20 and high jump 1.37 19.

Not surprisingly at intermediate boys’ level Jake Mason was the highest points scorer for Boston GS. An 11.9secs time for hurdles earned 25 points with 1.83m in high jump adding a further 28 points. For Boston HS intermediate team, Rachel Upsall produced the highest points score through hurdles 16.2secs 11 and high jump 1.32m 15.

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Combined events athlete Jake Mason of Boston and District Athletic Club has been awarded the Tommy Clay Memorial Trophy for the best junior male all-rounder during the 2005-2006 athletic year. The Lincolnshire Athletic Association awards the trophy annually to the best county-born under-15 boy during the track and field and cross-country seasons.

Now just 15, Jake was ranked seventh in the national pentathlon rankings at the end of the 2005 track season and finished in 16th position in the under-15 boys high jump. In the Sportshall Athletics competition he won the regional high jump contest and finished in third place overall competing in running and throwing events as well as the jumps.

Jake added cross-country running to his achievements during the year competing at school level and in the Lincolnshire Cross-Country League matches. Having moved up to the under-17 men’s age group this season Jake has already set personal best performances in high jump 1.85m and long jump 6.31m and is looking to develop his combined events performances in the octathlon. The last BADAC member to be awarded the Tommy Clay Memorial Trophy was John Haresign who received it in 2004.

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Saturday May 27 sees the third of this season’s Lincolnshire Track and Field League matches to be held at the Finnforest Athletics Arena. There are events for all age groups from under-11 up to veteran men and women.

In addition the Lincolnshire under-13 boys and girls triathlon championships will be held within the league programme. The first event is at 11.30am.

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Boston and District AC members accumulated a total of 92 county championship awards at last weekends 2006 Track and Field championships at Grantham. A total of 41 of the 92 accolades were gold awards presented to championship event winners over the two day event.

Four Gold Tops achieved new championship best performances in winning their events. Julia White recorded 12.2secs in first place in the senior women’s 100 metres to set the first of her two championship records. She went on to add the 200 metres personal best to her list of achievements clocking 25.5secs to equal her own 2004 best time for the metric furlong.

Two BADAC high jumpers set new records. In the under-13 girls competition Ellis Whyler cleared 1.40m to equal the best performance and under-17 Jake Mason achieved a 1.80m clearance to duplicate former local jumper Louis Evling Jones’ county championship record.

In the under-15 girls hammer contest Jade Mason was rewarded for some months of dedicated training throwing an excellent 30.77m for a new record and a place in the UK national top 10 ranking list for the event. In the sprints Ellis Whyler claimed a silver award for second in the under-13 girls 100 metres 14.1secs and Shannon Langham also gained a silver in the under-15 boys championship 11.7secs. Emily Moss 13.0secs and Lauren West 13.3secs

scored a one-two in the under-17 women’s race with Jake Mason finishing in the bronze award position in the under-17 men’s event 12.1secs.

Eberechi Eseonu recorded 11.1secs in taking the senior men’s 100m title and Leon Pycock 11.5secs and Mark Bridges 11.9secs filled the first two places in the under-20 mens event. Over 200 metres, Rachel Holland took the under-15 girls title 19.1secs and Shannon Langham won the boys version recording 24.5secs.

In the under-17 men’s final Jake Mason 25.1secs and Chris Bloom 25.2secs were second and third and Jodie Favell 26.9secs followed Julia White over the finish line in the senior womens championships. Leon Pycock won the under-20 men’s race 24.3secs and in the under-17 women’s 300 metres Emily Moss won a silver award recording 42.7secs.

In the under-13 400 metres Aidan McClure was third 71.1secs and James Cartwright was a clear winner of the under-15 boys final in 58.2secs. The senior womens 400m title went to Julia Moore in a rewarding 61.5secs.

In the 800 metres Harry Baxter 2mins 45.6secs and Aidan McClure 2mins 46.5secs won under-13 silver and bronze awards and James Cartwright added a bronze at under-15 level 2mins 16.6secs. Harry Baxter made it a double silver when he finished second over 1,500 metres recording 5mins 32.8secs.

In the under-17 men’s “metric mile” James Munn took the title in 4mins 26.1secs and then made it a double gold in the 3000 metres crossing the line in 9mins 39.8secs. In the sprint hurdles Lucy Brentnall second 13.7secs and Rachel Holland third 13.9secs were prominent in the under-15 girls final over 75 metres and Michael Robinson won the 80 metres under-15 boys final 13.7secs.

Emily Moss was never headed in the under-17 women’s 80m hurdles 13.0secs and Jodie Favell 15.6secs and Anna Lenton 19.2secs took the senior and under-20 100 metres hurdles titles. In the under-17 mens 100m hurdles Jake Mason got away well from the gun to take the gold award in 15.5secs. In the longer hurdles championships Jodie Favell recorded 64.9secs in winning the senior women’s 400m hurdles and Chris Cooper finished runner-up in the under-17 1500m steeplechase clocking 5mins 17.8secs.

The under-13 girls’ quartet claimed silver awards in the 4x100 metres 58.9secs and the under-15 boys squad were also second 52.6secs. The Gold Tops long jumpers had their share of success with Harry Cartwright 4.32m winning at under-13 boys’ level, Emily Moss taking the under-17 women’s title 4.93m and Jake Mason winning the under-17 mens championship with an excellent personal best 6.31m.

A leap of 5.23m gave Jodie Favell the senior women’s title and Mark Bridges 6.94m and Phil Peatling 5.92m won under-20 and senior men’s championships. There were second places for Bethany Platt 4.25m (under-15 girls), Shaman Langham 5.73m (under-15 boys), and Leon Pycock 5.33m (under-20 men). Ellis Whyler 4.18m (under-13 girls) and James Cartwright 4.70m (under-15 boys) secured bronze awards.

Under-17 triple jumpers Emily Moss 10.16m and Chris Bloom 11.95m won their respective events and Mark Bridges (under-20) 11.56m and Phil Peatling (senior men) 10.97m added further 2006 championships victories for the BADAC team. Bethany Platt cleared 1.28m to win the under-15 girls high jump with Melanie Bristow third and Harry Cartwright 1.43m and Aidan McClure were second and third in the under-13 boys contest. James Cartwright jumped 1.40m in second and Jake Brittain cleared the same height in third at under-15 level.

Under-17 Emily Moss won with 1.45m and Emily Richardson 1.35m was third and veteran Tim Creese took second place with the same height. A vault of 2.50m gave Karl Wright the senior men’s pole vault title. The local throwers also had a successful weekend. David Sharpe produced an excellent 11.17m putt to win the under-15 boys shot and Stuart Smith (10.94m, under-20), Jake Louth (11.93m, senior men) and Tim Creese (10.58m, veteran men) all

claimed gold awards. Ellis Whyler 7.44m was second under-13 girl and Aidan McClure 6.30m was third under-13 boy with Jade Mason clinching a silver award with a putt of 7.60m while brother Jake was third under-17 man with 10.82m.

At the discus circle Jake Louth achieved the second of his three senior mens titles with a best throw of 38.50m and Tim Creese gained yet another county veteran title 31.11m. Stuart Smith won the under-20 title with 33.01m and Stephanie Hendy 18.40m and Jade Mason 17.50m were second and third at under-15 level. A 27.03m effort by Mark Tebbs earned him an under-17 bronze award.

Lucy Brentnall (under-15 25.01m), Jake Louth (senior 53.71m), Tom Creese (veteran 40.02m) and Jodie Favell (senior 33.61m) all won javelin titles. Emily Richardson (24.92m) was second and Sarah Dyche 24.40m third in the under-17 women’s 600g competition and Karl Wright came third at senior level on 32.88m with Jade Mason also third 17.81m in the under-15 championship.

In addition to Jade Mason’s championship best performance Stephanie Hendy (27.44m) added a silver for the Gold Tops in the under-15 girls hammer competition. Tim Creese was second in the veteran men’s hammer and Stuart Smith won the under-20 men’s championship with 26.60m.

Week ending Sunday May 14

Teams from the Boston area achieved success in carrying off the biggest share of the trophies and prizes at this year’s Holland District Schools Track and Field Championships at the Princess Royal Sports Arena. The 2006 district inter-school competition saw action in six age groups across the whole range of track and field events.

Boston High School won the junior girls’ team trophy, Boston Grammar School the intermediate boys trophy and Giles carried off the junior boys team title with Boston College student victories in both senior boys and senior girls’ sections.

Boston High School provided six of the 11 event winners in the junior girls (under-15) age group. Lara Busch out-sprinted the opposition to win the 100 metres in 14.8secs and in middle distance Amelia Siddall recorded 2mins 50.3secs in first place in the 800 metres and Louise Rutt ran a well judged 1,500 metre race to take the honours recording 5mins 57.4secs.

Ellis Whyler cleared 1.37m to win the high jump and Chloe Turner threw 22.38m to take first place in discus.

In the 4x100 metres relay the Boston HS quartet of Lara Busch, Ellis Whyler, Ashleigh Frankish and Jasmin Orrey achieved a clear victory in the final in 57.8secs. Middlecott were runners-up in the relay (58.9secs) and also secured second place in the team championships. Prominent for the Kirton team were Rachel Holland winner of the 200 metres 30.0secs and long jump 4.52m and Lucy Brentnall who also achieved a “double” winning 75m hurdles 13.4secs and javelin 23.41m.

Giles achieved a team victory in the junior boys category with just a single individual winner — J Troncone in hammer 25.69m. It was the Old Leake school’s teamwork which carried the day with double points scored in five events. St Bedes provided the 800 metres champion when R Sharpe crossed the finish line in 2mins 24.9secs. For Boston GS Alex Pycock cleared 1.48m to win the high jump and recorded a very promising time of 26.4secs in second place in the 200 metres. For Thomas Cowley HS Jake Brittain cleared 2m in pole vault for victory.

The BHS under-17 intermediate girls’ squad finished runners-up to Spalding High School. Lauren West won the 100 metres final 14.4secs and finished second over 200 metres 28.7secs with Demi Topliss crossing the line well ahead of the chasing runners in the 1500 metres, 6mins 05.4secs. Haven High Technology College produced two district title winners with Emma Richardson a clear champion in javelin with 28.58m and J Mindham the best in discus with a throw of 23.50m.

Boston GS Year 10 and 11 boys carried off the intermediate boys trophy. James Bexon contributed maximum points in both long jump 5.85m and triple jump 11.87m and James Munn was a clear winner of the 3000 metres, 9mins 46.0secs.Jake Mason cleared 1.80m in high jump for second and Mark Tebbs claimed the 1500m steeplechase title. Middlecott’s Sean Band won 100m hurdles 15.5secs, high jump 1.80m and discus 35.92m and in his non-points counting event threw the hammer 40.98m for another Holland title. Giles School’s R Watts cleared 1.70m to win the pole vault and K Stocks was a clear victor over 400 metres 55.3secs and Giles Favell of Thomas Cowley HS took the 800 metres title, recording 2mins 11.3secs. In the javelin championship Haven’s N Lowther just edged the competition with a throw of 37.64. Boston College packed the senior competitions and ran away with both team championships.

In the girls’ section Boston College won the relay 57.4secs and both sprints — 100 metres by B Bryant (14.7secs) and 200 metres by H Coles in 31.0secs. In the field A Newbold took the shot title 8.06m. H Coles claimed a double with a first in long jump with a leap of 4.11m. Boston High’s Natalie Grimer won both high jump (8.41m). Giles’ C Clifton took the 400 metres title in 74.8secs and team-mate J Rose was first in javelin (13.82m). Also for Boston HS Kathryn Sperring prevailed over 500 metres (3mins 02.8secs) to assist the High School to runners-up spot in the team championship. College won the boys 4x100 metres challenge recording 47.6secs, together with second placed Boston GS and had T Martin out in front in the 400 metres sprint 54.9secs. Aaron Shepherd took both the 1500 metres, 4mins 25.3secs and the 3000 metres, 9mins 38.6secs titles and Jamie Stevens won the 100m hurdles race in 17.8secs.

A clearance of 1.65m gave E Creasey the high jump title. For BGS Mark Bridges achieved a long and triple jump “double” with leaps of 6.07m and 11.71m and Adam Brackenbury took the shot title with 11.46m and J Reynolds just shaded the javelin challenge narrowly winning with 37.69m. In the sprint events Leon Pycock took both the 100 metres 12.2secs and the 200 metres 23.8secs. Representing Boston High, Stuart Smith won the discus event 34.87m and the hammer 29.95m and Sam Duff took the pole vault title.

Teams will now be selected to represent Holland in the Lincolnshire Schools Championships at Grantham on June 10 when there will be a full programme of track and field events for under-15, under-17 and under-20 athletes.

On the weekend of May 20 and 21 the Lincolnshire AA and Lincolnshire combined Events Championships will be held at the Princess Royal Arena. Starting at 5pm on Friday the first day’s events are in the intermediate and senior girls heptathlon, the intermediate boys octathlon and the senior boys decathlon will be held. On Saturday, in addition to day two of the heptathlon, octathlon and decathlon events, the junior boys and girls pentathlon championships will take place.

On the afternoon of Wednesday May 17, the first round of the 2006 English Schools AA Schools Track and Field Cup competition will be held at the Princess Royal Sports Arena. Local school teams from Years 7 and 8 and Years 9 and 10 will compete for a place in the regional competitions next month. With team members restricted to just one track and one field event each, points are awarded for performances according to the ESAA Track and Field Cup scoring tables. The school team with the highest points total in each age group stands a chance of competing in the North Midlands regional events.

Week ending Sunday May 7:

There was a moment of history for Boston and District Athletic Club made history on Saturday May 6 when the club had two club teams involved in the 2006 North of England Track and Field League. In order to give more opportunities to their up and coming athletes the Gold Tops have entered a B team in the league this year. And this side contested Division 4 EC with the A squad continuing their challenge in Division 2 EC.

On a historic day for BADAC both teams finished in an encouraging fourth place on their first outing of the North of England League season. Competing at Rotherham the A team were up against the host club (Rotherham), Barnsley, Chesterfield, Derby, Lincoln Wellington and Grantham and despite some notable absentees they were pushing for third place throughout the five-and-a-half-hour programme.

Captains Jodie Favell and Mark Bowler continued where they left off at the end of last season leading from the front. Mark was second over 400 metres hurdles in 59.3secs and led the field in the 110m sprint hurdles before making a maximum contribution to both 4x100m and 4x400m relays. Jodie won both 100m hurdles (16.5secs) and 400m hurdles (65.6secs) and added a second in javelin with a promising early season throw of 32.96m. She contributed additional points through pole vault (third 1.80m) and shot (sixth 8.82m). Jake Louth achieved an outstanding “triple” winning discus 39.88m, javelin 52.30m and shot 12.51m. He also marked his return to North of England competition with a good debut hammer effort recording 27.83m for a valuable fourth place.

In the B throws competitions Stuart Smith produced some remarkably good performances for a first year junior man. He claimed three B seconds in hammer 25.92m, discus 27.71m and shot 9.74m. In the women’s throws Stacey Worth finished fifth in discus 25.71m and threw an encouraging 19.34m for fourth in the B javelin and added a second in B long jump 4.44m before clearing a personal best 1.50m in high jump (B fourth). The sprinters opened their accounts well. Julia White won the 200 metres in 26.2secs and was just edged out of first place over 100 metres recording 12.6secs. “Ebbs” Eseonu was third in both short sprints, clocking 11.7secs for 100m and 23.8secs for 200m.

Julia Moore finished second in the 400 metres sprint in 62.3secs and added considerable value to the club points total in the B 400 hurdles, B shot and triple jump and recorded 28.4secs for third in the B 200 metres. Emily Moss won the B flat 400m in 61.3secs, finished second in triple jump 10.77m and fourth in long jump 4.87m. Mark Bridges illustrated his considerable progress made at senior level with a fine win in triple jump with 12.06m, a second in the B 100 metres 12.4secs and third in B 200 metres 24.9secs. Simon Robinson was first in the B 400m hurdles, fifth in the A 400 metres 57.8secs and cleared 1.65m for second in B high jump.

Making the transition to senior competition, Jake Mason cleared 1.85m for a high jump second and picked up B competition fourth places in javelin 31.38m and 400 metres 58.5secs. Paul Higham produced sterling performances over 800 metres (2mins 05.6secs), 1500 metres a good second in the A race (4mins 23.1secs) and 5000 metres sixth 17mins 20.0secs and Owen Msimango in 3000m steeplechase and 5000m B competition (20mins 17.9secs). John Haresign was second in the B 100m hurdles (17.4secs), fifth in pole vault (2.10m) and added points in the B 1500 metres. A leap of 11.74m gave Phil Peatling top place in the B triple jump with 5.55m in long jump, earning B second place and a clearance of 2.10m in pole vault a good third.

The men’s 4x100m quartet secured second place in 48.5secs with the women’s four crossing the line third in 52.0secs. At the end of the match with hosts Rotherham well out in front (440), the provisional points totals had Lincoln Wellington second on 399 with Barnsley 376 and Boston and District AC on 368 ahead of Chesterfield 340, Derby 238 and Grantham 237.

The Gold Tops a team will be looking to field a stronger team for the second match in the series at Barnsley on Saturday June 3.

The B team competed against City of Sheffield AC, Hallamshire Harriers, Kingston upon Hull, Grimsby Harriers and Wombwell Sporting AC at the Finnforest Athletics Arena.

Team manager Karl Wright rallied his young troops in their new venture and some enthusiastic teamwork produced a good league debut for the B team. Karl achieved a personal best shot putt of 9.03m for third place and won both the 400 metres hurdles A race in 70.6 and the 110m hurdles in 24.3secs. Although far from fully fit, Steve Ladds threw the 800g javelin 43.70m off a short run up to claim second place and Shaun North recorded 16mins 46.6secs in third place in the 5000 metres. Leon Pycock, recovering from injury, finished second in the 100 metres 11.9secs and fourth over 200 metres 24.3secs.

Returning to competitive athletics Geoff Knight opened with an excellent win in the 3000 metres steeplechase in 10mins 59.3secs, a time that would have placed him in the top four in the A team even in the Division Two match at Rotherham. Anna Lenton was a good second in the 100m hurdles race 18.1secs and achieved a third in shot with a putt of 7.75m and then anchored the 4x100m relay quartet to third place in 58.4secs. Emily Richardson was just shy of 30m in javelin, finishing in third position (29.90m) and added a B fourth in shot with 6.69m.

There was excellent support for the women’s tam from Isabelle Whitehead, Emma Buttery, Jessica Johnson, Sophie Grayson and Rochelle Parkes who all contributed well despite their inexperience. James Munn gained valuable points in 800 metres (fourth, 2mins 14.7secs), 1500 metres (fourth, 4mins 38.4secs) and helped out in high jump (1.40m). Matthew Harness was fourth in triple jump 10.69m and James Bexon won the B competition with 10.14m.

There was good support for the team effort from Peter Flint, Chris Cooper and Chris Chester, resulting in a provisional points total of 289. Kingston upon Hull were winners on 387 points with Hallamshire second 368.5 and City of Sheffield on 339 points. With Grimsby on 225 and Wombwell on 85.8 points, the Gold Tops’ inaugural Division 4 EC outcome was a really promising one. With their second match at Sheffield on June 3 the B squad will be hoping to go at least one place better.

On Saturday and Sunday May 13 and 14, local athletes entered in the county championships will be competing at the South Kesteven Stadium, Grantham. There is a full programme of track and field events for all age groups from under-13 boys and girls up to veteran men and women.

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Local athletes featured in the 2006 Holland District Schools Combined Events Championships held at the Princess Royal Sports Arena. The Tommy Clay track proved an excellent venue for the district’s multi-eventers to test their abilities against stopwatch, tape measure and international scoring tables.

In the under-15 girls’ pentathlon, Boston High School’s Year 7 all-rounder Ellis Whyler was a clear winner despite giving away up to two years to fellow competitions. Opening with 14.51secs for 75 metres hurdles, a distance which required considerable adjustment from her more usual 70m events at under-13 level Ellis went on from strength to strength. A 6.92m shot putt followed by 1.39m in high jump put her in the driving seat. A 4.06m long jump extended her lead and despite a modest 3mins 12secs time for 800m she had more than a 250 point advantage over runner-up Hannah Boyes (Giles). The Giles’ multi-eventer had a good lead over third placed Ashleigh Frankish (Boston High School) who headed Charlotte Taylor (Spalding High School) in fourth place.

The boys under-15 pentathlon event produced another outstanding winner in Ben Maylor (Spalding Grammar School) in his last year in the junior age group. He had in excess of a 400 point lead at the end of the five disciplines. Boston Grammar School’s Alex Pycock was runner-up with 14.80secs for 80m hurdles 7.54m for shot, a 1.45m clearance in high jump, 4.41m in long jump and finally 2mins 34.73secs for 800 metres. Giles School’s D Morris was third.

In the under-17 girls’ heptathlon Emily Moss (Spalding High School) was an outstanding winner finishing with a points total in excess of 4,000 points. In the under-17 boys section the results suggest that the Holland team for the Lincolnshire Combined Events Championships will be serious contenders for the county team title. Middlecott’s Sean Band was first with 3,934 points achieved through a long jump of 5.74m, discus (38.98m), javelin (37.77m), 400 metres (59.54secs), 100m hurdles (16.7secs), high jump (1.75m), shot putt (12.55m) and 1,500 metres (6mins 16secs). Jake Mason (Boston Grammar) was second on 3,788 points: long jump 5.97m; discus 26.77m; javelin 37.10m; 400m 58.47secs; 100m hurdles 15.6secs; high jump 1.65m; shot 10.86m; 1,500m 6mins 15secs.

Holland teams have been selected to represent the district at the Lincolnshire Combined Events Championships at the Princess Royal Sports Arena on Friday May 19 (5pm) and Saturday May 20.