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Index	September 2007
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	Week ending September 30 Gold Tops figure highly in rankings Boston and District Athletic Club members appear a total of 286 times in the latest East Midland Region Power of Ten track and field rankings lists. The East Midlands region comprises the counties of Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Northamptonshire. The Power of Ten scheme lists the best track and field performances achieved during 2007. Even more remarkable is the fact that the Boston club (Gold Tops) have 93 performances occupying top 10 positions. Most impressive are the under-15 boys with 48 individual performances included with 18 placed in the top 10 category. Of the 31 under-17 men’s performances, 12 are in the top 10 bracket with a further 31 under-20 men’s achievements adding another 11 top 10 placements. In the youngest age group, the under-13 boys, the 21 individual performances named included a single top 10 listing. Though less impressive than their male counterparts, the under-15 girls from the Boston and District club still appear 25 times with 11 in the top bracket. The same total number of BADAC athletes are included in the under-17 women’s section with eight of those in the top flight. There are 16 under-20 performers named with seven in the top category and the 14 under-13 girls listed included five top 10 places. The regional lists are completed with a further 48 male “all ages”, including 10 at top 10 level and 27 female achievements including another 10 in the top category. These lists do not include the most recent open meeting performances and may well enhance the already impressive Barton and District Athletic Club regional rankings. Six young Gold Tops completed in the Grimsby Open track and field meeting at the weekend. At under-15 level, Alex Pycock finished his 2007 track season with a fine double. He won the 100m sprint in 11.6 seconds and then went on to record 23.2 for victory in the 200m. Peter Spencer also won two under-15 boys events, recording 11.8 for 80m hurdles and 34.24m in the javelin. A shot of 11.17m added a second place for the England Schools pentathlete. Haden Brittain was third in the shot competition with a putt of 9.82m and added fourth positions in both javelin, 23.42m, and discus, 23.40m. In the under-15 girls category, Chelsea Brockett was second in high jump clearing 1.38m and finished fourth in 7.5m hurdles in 13.3 and 800m in 2:32.6. Two under-17 men completed at Grimsby. Jake Brittain produced a personal best 58.7 seconds when running in the older age group over the 400m . He also cleared 1.70m for third place in high jump and recorded 2.18.9 for fifth place in the 800m. Stephen Brockett finished fifth in his three events clocking 12.5 for 100m and 57.8 for 400m, and clearing 1.55m in high jump. Peter Spencer added the Eastern Athletics Association Pentathlon silver medal to his English Schools bronze medal at Bedford on Sunday. Opening with an 11.7 seconds time in the 80m hurdles, Peter added 12.38m in shot and 15.24m in long jump before clearing 1.59m in high jump. Concluding with 2.23.49 in the 800m, Peter secured the second place and the Eastern silver medal. In the girls pentathlon, Chelsea Brockett finished in 12th place. Her performances included a personal best 5.33m in shot, 3.18m in long jump, 13.52 for 75m hurdles , 1.35m in high jump and 2.33.45 for 800m. Under-17 Stephan Brockett finished an encouraging fifth in his pentathlon. His javelin throw of 28.96m was a new personal best performance. He also recorded 25.69 for 200m, 22.77m for discus, 5.25m for long jump, and 4:54.79 for the final event, the 1,500m. Boston and District AC presentation evening is on Saturday evening (October 6) when the track and field awards for 2007 will be presented by international coach Wilf Parish, who is based in Yorkshire. The 2007/2008 cross country season opens on Sunday with the Louth Open Cross Country races on Sunday where there are competitions for all age groups from under-11 to veterans.
	Week ending September 2 Gold Tops among honours in Games event Representatives from Boston and District Athletic Club secured a number of trophies and medals and produced several personal best performances at the Peterborough Games. In the under-11 events, Danielle Robinson was fifth in the 80m sprint. In the under-15s section hammer thrower Haden Brittain added more than 2m to his previous best distance when recording 36.42m to claim the third place trophy. Haden also putt the shot 9.57m for seventh place and threw the discus 23.99m for eighth place. Alex Pycock entered three events and carried off three winners trophies. His winning 100m time was 11.4 seconds and over 200m he clocked 23.5 seconds. In his third challenge, the 80m hurdles, Alex won in 12.6 seconds. In both the 100m and the 80m hurdles Alex was followed over the finish line by another Gold Top, Jacob Axtell, recording 11.7 seconds in the sprint. Sam Young was runner-up over the hurdles just one-tenth of a second behind his team-mate. Over 400m Jacob produced a storming lap, recording 54.7 seconds and dominated the race to take the winner’s prize. In the high jump, Sam had a clear eight centimetres in hand over his nearest rival, leaping 1.78m for victory. For his part Jacob also claimed a fifth place in long jump with a 5.13m effort. Another under-15s trophy winner was Jeremy Baily who produced an 11.79m triple jump to win the competition. In the 800m, Jeremy recorded 2.20 in fourth place and leapt 4.27m in long jump. In the under-15 girls’ events, Sarah Stanhope improved her discus performance to 25.09m to claim a third place trophy and finished in the same position in the javelin with a throw of 21.27m. Her 6.98m shot putt added a seventh position. Chelsea Brockett improved her pole vault again to clear 2m for second place. She also cleared 1.40m in high jump for fifth place. Another under-15 challenging for trophies was Peter Spencer who was sixth in discus with 24.30m, fourth in javelin with 34.56m and fifth in shot, recording 10.45m. In the under-17 section, Jake Brittain cleared 3.20m for first place in pole vault and rose to a personal best 1.70m to claim third place in the high jump. In the 100m hurdles race Michael Robinson finished fourth in 15.4 and cleared 1.65m for fifth place in the high jump. Stephan Brockett recorded 25.4 for 200m (fourth), 1.55m for high jump (sixth) and 5.39m for third place in long jump. Stef Hendy secured a good hammer victory with 31.49m and threw the discus 19.03m (fifth). A leap of 1.45m gave Hannah Boyes third place in the under-17 high jump and finishing one position higher in the 80m hurdles, recording 13.3. At under-20 level, Leon Pycock, returning to improved fitness, recorded 11.8 for third in the 100m and 23.8 for second over 200m. Simon Robinson was third in the 400m (56.8) and second in high jump (1.70m). Mark Bridges collected two trophies for second place in the long jump (6.12m) and triple jump (12.45m) events.