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Boston schools athletics teams won four of the six team awards at the Holland District Athletics Championships, an action schedule that spanned eight hours of competitive track and field events and disciplines.

Boston Grammar School were victorious in the junior boys and intermediate boys age groups. Meanwhile, Boston High School landed the spoils in the junior girls section and Boston College topped the table at senior girls level. Three championship records were also broken and two equalled on a day of changeable conditions that made life testing for athletes to produce their best performance standards.

In terms of record bests, Haven High Technology College pupil Jacob Axtell shattered the record in the junior boys’ 440m event. His new championship best time of 55.3secs knocked almost a second off the previous statistic. And Alex Pycock of Boston Grammar School sprinted his way into the Holland District record book in the junior boys’ 200m final where he recorded a time of 24.3 seconds, knocking 0.2 seconds off the previous record.

Both record breakers were also involved in other events in the junior boys’ section. Alex cleared 1.50m in the high jump to take second place behind Haven’s Sam Young who also jumped 1.50m. Jacob achieved a sprint double by adding 100m glory in 12.3 seconds to his aforementioned 200m success.

Boston Grammar pupil Jeremy Baily also achieved a double by winning the 800m in 2 mins 21.7 secs and the triple jump with a leap of 11.23m. Giles School’s Andrew Hewitt won the district javelin title with 33.90m and Thomas Cowley shot putter A Barnsley comfortably took his discipline’s title with a winning distance of 11.2m. The BGS quartet took the 4 x 100m relay title in 51.0 seconds and finished with a total of 89 points ahead of runners-up Haven High on 44 points with Spalding GS third in 42 points.

In the junior girls’ section, Boston High School provided five district champions. Ellis Whyler won the 75m hurdles final, recording 12.7 seconds and also took the high jump title with a leap of 1.46m. A throw of 22.18m earned Andrea Jackson the javelin title and Louise Rutt achieved a decisive victory in the 1,500m event by registering a time of 5:42.4. Jasmine Orrey’s leap of 4.41m gave her the long jump title. Two Giles students won district titles with L Trevor winning shot with 7.86m and S Stanhope the discus with 21.98m.

In the team championship, Boston High School totalled 82 points with runners-up Spalding High gaining 68. Giles finished in third place with a total of 20 points.

By virtue of their success in winning the intermediate boys championship, Boston Grammar School provided six district champions. Jake Mason secured a treble with wins in 100m hurdles (14.8 seconds), high jump (1.90m) and long jump (5.81m). Mark Tebbs recorded a time of 5:33.5 in winning the 1,500m steeplechase. A Beck won the 100m with 12.1seconds. Giles Farell of Thomas Cowley took the 800m title in 2:12.8 and the relay final was won by the BGS squad in 48.8 seconds.

Behind Boston Grammar School on 96 points were George Farmer with 79 and Spalding Grammar with 45.

Competition in the intermediate girls category was much closer with Spalding High School the winners on 51 points. George Farmer came second with 46 while Haven High were third with 41.

For Giles School, Hannah Boyes took two titles by virtue of winning the 80m hurdles in 13.7 seconds and the 200m in 28.4 seconds. The Old Leake school also had N East emerging victorious the 1,500m while S Newark of Thomas Cowley School won the triple jump title with a leap of 8.62m. Haven High’s Emily Richardson cleared 1.35m in winning the high jump and Rochelle Parkes took the hammer title with a 16.62m throw. In the 100m sprint, L. Lambley, of Thomas Cowley, finished first in a time of 14.2 seconds.

In the senior boys age group, Boston Grammar School runners dominated the middle distance events. James Munn won the 800m in 2:10.9, the 1,500 metres in 4:27.1 and the 3,000m in 9:44.0. Liam Mundt recorded a time of 55.2 seconds to win the 400m and Mark Bridges won the long jump in 6.07m and the triple jump in 12.12m. Giles School had L Beeson winning the 2,000m steeplechase with a time of 7:33.8 and S Dugg of Boston High School won the pole vault. Sheroden Goodhand, of Boston College threw 38.62m to win javelin. The college team also had two other district champions in Jamie Stevens who won the 110m hurdles in 16.7 seconds and L Tenant who won the 400m hurdles in 68.3 seconds. Boston High School's Stuart Smith won discus with 41.30m and the hammer with 32.31m.

Spalding Grammar won the senior boys’ trophy with 122 points ahead of Boston GS with 83 and Boston College with 78.

In the senior girls’ competition Boston College achieved 81 points, Giles came second with 48 and Spalding High third on 42.

The College’s Natasha Frolich won the 800m in 2:48.1 and 1,500m in 5:31.7. The sprint titles went to Lauren West, of Boston High School, who won the 100m in 14.3 seconds and Hayley Pycock, of Giles, who won the 200m in 31.00 seconds. Natalie Grimer, of Boston High, achieved a double winning pole vault with 2.10m and long jump with 4.03m. Vicky Odling, of Giles, cleared 1.40m to win the high jump title and Boston High School won the relay in 57.9.

Teams have been selected to represent Holland District at the Lincolnshire Schools championships at Grantham on June 9. Athletes will be trying to achieve English Schools Athletics Association track and field championships entry standards at the county event, although qualification is not guaranteed because Lincolnshire is limited to the size of the team for the ESAA championships at Birmingham on July 13 and 14.

Week ending May 20

Gold medals galore for Gold Tops

A total of 48 county champion medals now rest with Boston and District Athletic Club. This feat was achieved in the Lincolnshire championships at Grantham. In addition Boston competitors also weighed in with 31 silver awards awards and 19 bronze medals.

It all added up to a tremendous display by the Boston camp. And among the successes were two under-13 Gold Tops winning their first Lincolnshire championship titles — Bradley Wilson in the 75m hurdles (recording 15.5 seconds) and Nathan McClure in the long jump with a 4.25m leap.

There were 10 title winners in the under-15 boys’ age group. Alex Pycock was double sprint champion taking the 100m in 12.1 seconds and the 200m in 24.0 seconds. Peter Spencer also clinched two county titles, winning the 80m hurdles in a championship record time of 12.0 seconds and the shot with a best putt of 10.18m.

Jumper Sam Young added another double in long jump with 5.17m and high jump with 1.72m. A personal best hammer effort of 32.39m earned Haden Brittain his first county championship title. Jeremy Baily won the long jump championship with a leap of 11.52m and both the BADAC 4 x 100m relay squad and the 4 x 400m quartet added gold awards in the under-15 boys’ age group.

In the longest race in the under-15 girls age group, Louise Rutt won the 3,000m title. Ellis Whyler achieved a double, winning the high jump title with a leap of 1.48m and clearing 4.72m in long jump for a second gold award. In the throws, Jade Mason took the hammer title in convincing fashion with 34.15m and also won the discus title with 19.00m. A 23.78m javelin throw by Melanie Bristow earned her a first county championship title.

In the under-17 men’s section, combined event ace Jake Mason achieved a splendid treble. He won the 100m hurdles final in 14.8 seconds and added both the high jump and long jump titles to his 2007 tally. Jake's clearance of 1.90m gave him the high jump championship record.

Sprinter Shamon Aloy Langham secured a great double, winning the 100m in 11.6 and the 200 metres in 24.0 despite the wet and windy conditions on day two of the championships. In the triple jump competition, Chris Bloom took the title with a leap of 12.32m and Jake Brittain made it a clean sweep of under-17 men’s jumps titles for BADAC members when he won the pole vault, clearing 2.10m.

Four under-17 ladies won their events. Isabelle Whitehead won the triple jump title with 9.51m and Emily Richardson cleared 1.40m to take the high jump championship. A 21.93m discus effort earned Rochelle Parkes the discus gold award and Steph Hendy took the hammer title with 24.69m.

In the under-20 men’s category, Leon Pycock won the 100m title recording 11.7 seconds and Simon Robinson claimed the 400m hurdles gold in a time of 60.0 seconds. Elsewhere, Mark Bridges claimed a jumping double with a 6.26m in the long jump and 12.19m in the triple jump. Stuart Smith went one better in the throws achieving an impressive treble. He won discus with 36.36m, shot with 10.36m and hammer with 31.30m.

At senior level, Julia White recorded 12.7 to win the 100m title and Julia Moore won the 400m event. Gold Tops captain Jodie Favell added four more Lincolnshire titles to her medals haul winning 100m hurdles in 16.5 seconds, 400m hurdles in 66.02 seconds, long jump with a leap of 4.81m and javelin with 31.51m. Owen Msimango took the 3,000m senior men’s steeplechase gold award in 12.35.4 and Wayne Clarke exceeded 50m in the hammer to win with 50.84m.

In the veteran men’s championships, Tim Creese achieved a throws treble winning discus with 29.23m, shot with 9.05m and javelin with 40.79m. Tonya Robinson secured the veteran ladies’ hammer title with a throw of 28.93m.

Good performances from Joshua

Boston and District AC disability Cerebral Palsy Class 35 representative Joshua Goodfellow featured in the Cerebral Palsy Grand Prix at Nottingham. In the 60m sprint he recorded 10.9 seconds to finish in a good second place. Josh also competed in the 100m recording 18.2 seconds and 200m recording 35.7secs crossing the finish line in fourth position in both events. His next competition will be in Manchester in the near future.

County trophies for club duo

Boston Athletic Club members Jade Mason and Jeremy Baily have received Lincolnshire trophies marking their all-round athletics achievements at under-15 level during the 2006 track and field season and the 2006-7 indoor and cross-country season. Awarded to the Lincolnshire-born under-15 girl the Pateman Trophy was presented to Jade at last the county championships.

During 2006 Jade was ranked fourth in the UK athletics in her age group for the hammer with a best performance of 41.23m. She also competed over 60m indoors and recorded times in Lincs League 200m and 800m competitions as well as discus, javelin and shot.

In the cross-country season Jade also contested three Lincs League races and competed in Lincolnshire sportshall athletics events. Jeremy Baily was awarded the Tommy Clay Trophy for his all-round performances last year.

Week ending May 13

Top match accolades for Alex and Peter

Junior members of Boston and District Athletic Club scooped two athlete-of-the-match awards at the first of this season’s national young athletes league matches held at Wakefield. The first of the duo who secured the accolades was Alex Pycock who took the under-15s field man-of-the-match award for his high jump performance, leaping a personal best of 1.72m. Meanwhile, Peter Spencer was awarded the track accolade in the same age group for his comprehensive 100m hurdles victory in 12.1 seconds.

Despite some excellent performances the Boston squad contingent (Gold Tops) lacked numbers at under-13 level and finished fourth with 140 points. Host club Wakefield finished first with a match-winning points score of 245, well clear of Harrogate’s total of 191 and Bingley’s score of 190 in third place.

For the Gold Tops at under-17 level, team members turned in an excellent team performance. Supporting each other across the range of track and field events, BADAC were prominent. Jake Brittain cleared 2.50m in the pole vault competition held indoors and also recorded 68.6 in the 400m and 2.42.2 over 800m. Jake Mason won the high jump with 1.90m, cleared 6.32m in the long jump and recorded 14.6 in the 100m hurdles. Chris Bloom in his first outing in 2007 achieved 6.26m in long jump, 12.28m in triple jump and 20.36m in javelin. In the 200m Shamen Aloy Langham recorded 23.7 and Stephan Brockett was timed at 29.5 in the B race. Stephan also recorded 60.06 for 400m and 29.5 for 200m. In the 100m Shamen looked sharp clocking 11.6. Michael Robinson recorded 64.1 for 400m hurdles and performed well in the 100m hurdles and both relays. Hammer, discus and shot performances from George Wood added valuable points to the BADAC total and both 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams ran well at the end of a busy weekend of track and field activities.

In the under-17 ladies section, five representatives made their mark for BADAC. Rachel Holland recorded 54.1 for 300m hurdles and 14.0 for 80m hurdles and ran well in the 200m and relay. Hannah Boyes cleared 1.40m in high jump recorded 13.9 over 100m and added value in shot. Emily Richardson won the javelin with 29.88m, cleared 1.35m in the high jump and contributed well in the 4x100m contest. Rochelle Parkes improved to 19.00m in hammer, 18.62m in discus and 7.34m in triple jump. Stephanie Hendy recorded 27.20m in hammer and added points in discus and relay.

Four under-15 girls covered the range of track and field events to the best of their ability. Ellis Whyler recorded 13.0 for 75m hurdles in blustery conditions and cleared 4.64m in the long jump. Melanie Bristow ran 13.5 in the B 75m hurdles and also added points in long jump with 3.89m and the javelin. Chelsea Brockett ran 200m in 29.6, 800m in 2.35.7 and also competed in the high jump. Jade Mason joined the other three Gold Tops for an encouraging 4x100m relay performance in addition to discus, with a throw of 18.20m, and shot. For the boys, in addition to an outstanding high jump victory, Alex Pycock impressed in the 100m with 11.9, 200m with 24.1secs and in his relay leg. By the same token Peter Spencer performed well in his two, throwing events, javelin and shot, and in the relay. There was good support from Aidan McClure in high jump and 1,500m and Jake Clare in long jump and 400m, with 64.2. Ben Clarke competed in javelin and recorded 13.2 in the B 100m. In the throws, Haden Brittain recorded a new personal best in hammer with 20.70m and also contributed points in discus and shot. In the 400m Jeremy Baily recorded 62.2 and competed well in long jump. A combination of Alex Pycock, Peter Spencer, Ben Clarke and Jake Clare ran well in the 4x100m challenge.

Elsewhere, two under-13 girls both produced valuable points. Alice Flint recorded 26.2 for 150m and 4.41.6 for 1,200m. Karlie Wright clocked 19.9 for 70m hurdles and added value with a shot of 4.77m. For the boys in the same age group, Harry Baxter performed well in his full quota of events competing in 200m, 1,500m and long jump contests.

BADAC officials will be hoping to draw on more team resources, particularly with increased numbers of participants at under-13 level for the second match in the series at Darlington on Sunday May 20.

Week ending May 6

Treble success for Boston youngsters

Boston-area athletes won three of the four categories at the Holland District Schools combined events championships. Boston High School youngster Ellis Whyler won the under-15 girls’ pentathlon and Boston Grammar School representatives Jake Mason (under-17 boys octathlon) and Alex Pycock (under-15 boys pentathlon) secured glory in their respective championships. Meanwhile, Hannah Boyes (Giles School) was runner-up in the under-17 girls heptathlon.

With regard to Ellis’ feat at under-15 level, she opened her pentathlon with a 12.8 seconds victory over 75m hurdles for a score of 588 points on the international scoring tables. A 7.51m shot putt added 368 points ahead of a 1.40m clearance at high jump for another 512 points. A leap of 4.66m (469) in long jump was followed by a time of 3 minutes 01.04 seconds for 800 metres. A total of 2,293 points gave Ellis the district title.

Thomas Cowley School’s Melanie Bristow finished fourth with 1,379 points achieved through a 75m hurdles time of 13.13; shot of 6.82m; high jump of 1.25m; long jump of 4.23m; and 800m time of 3.20.88. Boston High School’s Ashleigh Frankish scored 1,706 points and came fifth, Jasmine Orrey came eighth with 1,555 points and Wednesday Pywowariw was ninth with 1,489 points.

In the under-15 boys pentathlon, Alex Pycock scored a total of 2,302 points finishing some 240 ahead of the second placed athlete when he recorded 12.34 secs for 80m hurdles for a great 639 points start. In the shot putt event he managed 9.59m, adding 461 points, and a high jump of 1.65m contributed another 504 points. His long jump was 4.84m (352 points) and he finished with an 800m time of 2.28 (346).

Haven High Technology College representative S Young claimed third place with 1,861 points gained through an 80m hurdles time of 13.24; shot put of 10.06m; high jump of 1.50m; long jump of 4.80m and 800m time of 2.55. 00. Giles School’s Andrew Hewitt was fourth when recording an 80m hurdles time of 15.00; shot put of 10.34m; high jump of 1.40m; long jump of 4.85m and 800m time of 2.35 for a total of 1,838 points. Jeremy Barley, of Boston Grammar School, was fifth with 1,688 points. D Garcia, of Haven High, sixth with 1,598 points, and Travis Cross, from Thomas Cowley, seventh with 1,546 points.

The first two competitions in the under-17 boys’ octathlon achieved a points total in excess of 4,000 points. Jake Mason, from Boston Grammar, took the district title with 4,329 points ahead of Middlecott’s Sean Band who finished with 4,275 points. In the long jump, the first event on day one, Jake’s best effort was measured at 6.16m (621) and he followed this with a 32.22m (508) discus throw. In the javelin he recorded 34.98m (370) before ending the first day programme with a 400m time of 55.44 (573). Leading by 40 points at the start of day two, Jake completed the 100m hurdles in 14.57 seconds (708) and cleared 1.90m (714) in high jump. His shot putt was 11.79m (595) and he completed the octathlon running the 1,500m in 6.08 (240) to claim the title. In second place, Sean Band opened with a 5.85m long jump (554) went on to throw the discus 29.49m and had a 400m time of 58.88secs (519).

On the second day, Sean recorded 14.98 for the 100m hurdles, 1.80m in the high jump, 13.81m in the shot and finally ran the 1,500m in 6.07 for second place. Thomas Cowley’s Giles Favell finished in fourth position with 2,790 points achieved through a long jump of 4.60m, discus throw of 19.12m, javelin throw of 26.90m; 400m time of 56.80; 100m hurdles time of 21.32 and high jump of 1.40m; shot 7.59m; 1,500m 4.48. Mark Tebbs, from Boston Grammar, was finished in fifth place with a total of 2,761 points. His performances were long jump of 4.79m; discus throw of 23.16m; javelin throw of 32.79m; 400m time of 61.21; 100m hurdles time of 21.58; high jump of 1.45m; shot of 8.70m and 1,500m time of 5.15. Thomas Cowley’s Stephan Brockett claimed seventh place with 2,684 points, Shaun Scott was eighth and Giles School's Danny Morris came ninth.

In the under-17 girls heptathlon, Giles School represntative Hannah Boyes achieved 2,902 points for second place. She opened with a time of 14.45 seconds (521) for 80m hurdles and then cleared 1.40m (512) in high jump before shot putting 7.61m (374). Finishing day one with a 200m time of 28.75 (551) she was lying in runners-up spot. Her long jump of 4.23m (362) and javelin throw measured at 14.06m (179) preceded the final event where she ran the 800m in 2.56 (403). Middlecott School’s Rachel Holland was fourth with 2,829 points through an 80m hurdles time of 13.10; high jump of 1.30m (409); shot of 6.05m (274); 200m time of 29.35 (508); long jump of 4.29m (376); javelin throw of 17.09m (234) and 800m time of 3.00 (365). Kirton School team-mate Lucy Brentnall was fifth with 2,691 points through an 80m hurdles time of 13.90; high jump of 1.25m; shot of 7.63m; 200m time of 30.11; long jump of 4.34m; javelin throw of 25.42m; and 800m time of 3.28.

Holland Schools representatives now go forward to represent the district at the Lincolnshire Combined Championships at the Princess Royal Sports Arena on Friday May 18 and Saturday May 19. The junior girls and boys pentathlons are on the Saturday first event at 10am.