Saturday 31st October 2009

A stunning debut by Fleckney & Kibworth Panthers & Vixens saw the south Leicestershire club sweep to a narrow victory in a keenly contested Under 11 county Sportshall championship held at Whitwick's Hermitage Leisure Centre.

After a titanic but always enjoyable and sporting battle a mere four points separated the top three teams with Ivanhoe Robins a mere two points down in second place and the same margin seeing Leicester Coritanians secure third spot. The Ivanhoe Robins B team and a mixed squad from Stilton Striders and Wreake Runners made up the field.

Fleckney & Kibworth team manager Dave Wheeler was admittedly surprised with the result, "We are new to this event as a club so much so that we had to arrange a practise session with the trainer from Sportshall Associates prior to the start, the great thing was that the boys and girls then jumped, threw and ran with fire in their bellies it was a pleasure to behold"

There is now a county training session set for Braunstone Leisure Centre next Sunday 8th November from which the selections for the squad to represent Leicestershire at the following weekends Regional Championships at Grantham will be confirmed.

Monday 28th September 2009

CHRISTOPHE Lemaître of France is the winner of the men's European Athletics Rising Star of the Year Award presented by MONDO.

The 19-year-old sprinter is the second fastest European this season, setting a new European junior record of 10.04sec to win the 100m title at the European Athletics Junior Championships in Novi Sad. The Frenchman also set a French junior indoor record of 6.64 in the 60m in Paris.

Lemaître will be presented with his European Athletics Rising Star of the Year Award at the European Athletics Convention in Budapest on Saturday 17th October alongside women's Rising Star winner Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal and the European Athlete of the Year winners.

The men's and women's European Athlete of the Year winners will be announced later this week.

Fans, media and European Athletics Member Federations were invited to vote for the Rising Star of the Year on the European Athletics website. Along with the votes from a panel of experts, each group of voters' results count for one quarter of the athlete's final score.

The shortlist of athletes for the award included stars from this year's European Athletics U23 Championships and European Athletics Junior Championships, as well as other athletes under the age of 23 who performed exceptionally well this year.

No athlete who has previously served a two-year doping ban can be nominated for the European Athletics Rising Star award.
Men's European Athletics Rising Star of the Year presented by MONDO final rankings:
1 Christophe Lemaitre (FRA)
2 Ramil Guliyev (AZB)
3 Marcin Lewandowski (POL)
4 David Storl (GER)
5 Ari Mannio (FIN)
6 Javier Cienfuegos (ESP)
7 Artur Noga (POL)
8 Eelco Sintnicolaas (NED)
9 Mykyta Nesterenko (UKR)
10 Chris Clarke (GBR)
11 Aleksandr Menkov (RUS)
12 Andrea Lalli (ITA)
13 Daniele Greco (ITA)
14 Raul Spank (GER)
15 Lloyd Gumbs (GBR)
16 Miguel Angel Lopez (ESP)
17 Mourad Amdouni (FRA)
18 Hayle Ibrahimov (AZB)
19 Raphael Holzdeppe (GER)
Previous winners:
2008 Raphael Holzdeppe (GER)
2007 Andrew Howe (ITA)

Friday 25th September 2009

KAROLINE Bjerkeli Grøvdal had an outstanding 2009 that included her
winning the 3000m steeplechase and 5000m titles at the European
Athletics Junior Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia, in July.

The 19-year-old middle-distance runner had a stunning year on the track, defending her 3000m steeplechase title and adding the 5000m gold for a brilliant double at the European Athletics Junior Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia, in July. Grøvdal also set two Norwegian junior records in 2009.

Grøvdal will be presented with her European Athletics Rising Star of the Year Award at the European Athletics Convention in Budapest on Saturday 17th October alongside the men's Rising Star winner and the European Athlete of the Year winners.

Fans, media and European Athletics Member Federations were invited to vote for the Rising Star of the Year on the European Athletics website. Along with the votes from a panel of experts, each group of voters' results count for one quarter of the athlete's final score.

The shortlist of athletes for the award included stars from this year's European Athletics U23 Championships and European Athletics Junior Championships, as well as other athletes under the age of 23 who performed exceptionally well this year.

No athlete who has previously served a two-year doping ban can be nominated for the European Athletics Rising Star award.
Final rankings
1. Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal (NOR)
2. Antonina Krivoshapka (RUS)
3. Christina Vukicevic (NOR)
4. Ezinne Okparaebo (NOR)
5. Jodie Williams (GBR)
6. Stephanie Twell (GBR)
7. Sandra Perkovic (CRO)
8. Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS)
9. Denise Hinrichs (GER)
10. Natalya Popkova (RUS)
11. Melanie Bauschke (GER)
12. Aiga Grabuste (LAT)
13. Liane Pintsaar (EST)
14. Yelena Kofanova (RUS)
15. Madara Palameika (LAT)
16. Lisa Ryjikh (GER)
17. Perri Shakes Drayton (GBR)
18. Ancuta Bobocel (ROU)
19. Natalya Mamlina (RUS)
Previous women's Rising Star winners
2008 Stephanie Twell (GBR)
2007 Jessica Ennis (GBR)

Pingles Stadium, Nuneaton

Saturday 12th September 2009

LEICESTERSHIRE & RUTLAND's top young athletes were in action at Nuneaton's Pingles Stadium in the Young Athlete Inter-Counties match on Saturday (12th September) the full results are listed below.

Warwickshire won the team competition with a total of 522pts ahead of South Yorkshire (433.5) and Derbyshire (405.5), the Leicestershire & Rutland team finished in 6th place with 378pts.
Full Results:
U13 Girls 70m Hurdles "A" ws -1.0
1 Holly Barton Leics 3 11.7
2 Gemma Blank Humber 2 12.0
3 Emma Hornsby Lincs 4 12.2
4 Mae Emery Derby 1 12.3
5 Georgina Rogers Warw 7 12.4
6 Leah Troop SYork 6 13.2
7 Eleanor Dean Notts 5 14.2
U13 Girls 100m "A" ws +0.6
1 Amelia Benjamin Warw 7 13.2
2 Kiera Cazley Leics 3 13.5
3 Katherine Molyneaux Derby 1 13.5
4 Ellie Standerline Humber 2 13.6
5 Emma Hornsby Lincs 4 13.8
6 Rachel Norris Notts 5 14.0
7 Emma Broughton SYork 6 14.2
U13 Girls 200m "A" ws 0.0
1 Amelia Benjamin Warw 7 27.7
2 Rachel Norris Notts 5 28.6
3 Chelsea Walker Humber 2 28.7
4 Alice Cunningham Leics 3 28.8
5 Stephanie Allen Lincs 4 29.4
6 Eleanor Rawson Derby 1 29.6
7 Keeley Horbury SYork 6 30.6
U13 Girls 800m "A"
1 Caelidh Ross Notts 5 2.31.1
2 Molly Mee Derby 1 2.33.1
3 Laura Gilbert Warw 7 2.36.1
4 Maisie Elliott SYork 6 2.36.8
5 Emily Hollis Leics 3 2.37.3
6 Catrina Thomas Lincs 4 2.39.4
7 Emma Brown Humber 2 2.40.2
U13 Girls 4 by 100m "A"
1 Coulson, Wodward, Wake, Benjamin Warw 7 54.5
2 Cazely, Cunningham, Barton, Wilson Leics 3 55.5
3 Bell, Standerline, Walker, Paterson Humber 2 55.6
4 Rachel Norris, Abigail D'Aguiar, Beth Mortiboy, Lottie Clark Notts 5 56.7
5 Marshal, Allen, Park, Mouzon Lincs 4 57.2
6 Rawson, Barrett, Cresswell, Mee Derby 1 57.5
7 Broughton, Freeman, Horbury, Macey SYork 6 59.1
U13 Girls High Jump "A"
1= Lucy Chappell SYork 6 1.40
1= Kirsty Dickinson Warw 7 1.40
3 Katherine Molyneaux Derby 1 1.40
4 Claudia Heath Humber 2 1.35
5 Caelidh Ross Notts 5 1.30
6 Alison Mouzon Lincs 4 1.25
7 Kiera Cazley Leics 3 1.25
U13 Girls Long Jump "A"
1 Katherine Molyneaux Derby 1 4.96
2 Emma Hornsby Lincs 4 4.78
3 Ellena Freeman SYork 6 4.38
4 Annabelle Pask Warw 7 4.31
5 Amber Wilson Leics 3 4.16
6 Rosie Purchase Notts 5 4.12
7 Charlotte Paterson Humber 2 4.03
U13 Girls Shot Put "A"
1 Kate Pattison Humber 2 8.98
2 Kamara Hutchinson Derby 1 8.79
3 Toni Buckingham SYork 6 8.00
4 Olivia Woodward Warw 7 7.90
5 Rosie Purchase Notts 5 7.20
6 Tilly Ireland Lincs 4 7.19
7 Charlotte Broad Leics 3 4.96
U13 Girls 70m Hurdles "B" ws -0.3
1 Chelsea Walker Humber 22 12.4
2 Alison Mouzon Lincs 44 12.5
3 Annabelle Pask Warw 77 12.5
4 Lottie Clark Notts 55 12.8
5 Charlotte Broad Leics 33 13.0
6 Melissa Macey SYork 66 13.4
7 Alicia Barrett Derby 11 15.1
U13 Girls 100m "B" ws +2.3
1 Rachel Bell Humber 22 13.7
2 Alice Cunningham Leics 33 14.0
3 Amelia Coulson Warw 77 14.1
4 Ellena Freeman SYork 66 14.2
5 Eleanor Rawson Derby 11 14.4
6 Lottie Clark Notts 55 14.4
7 Abbie Park Lincs 44 14.6
U13 Girls 200m "B" ws 0.0
1 Rachel Bell Humber 22 28.3
2 Amelia Coulson Warw 77 29.6
3 Lauren Ansell SYork 66 29.8
4 Imogen Cresswell Derby 11 29.9
5 Gemma Broomfield Leics 33 30.0
6 Abigail D'Aguiar Notts 55 30.3
7 Tilly Ireland Lincs 44 30.7
U13 Girls 800m "B"
1 Rosie Marshall Lincs 44 2.30.7
2 Claire Norris Notts 55 2.34.4
3 Danielle Booth Derby 11 2.36.5
4 Elli Stothard SYork 66 2.37.1
5 Hannah Cox Leics 33 2.38.5
6 Lauren Bell Humber 22 2.49.5
U13 Girls High Jump "B"
1 Sarah Lee-Ligget SYork 66 1.40
2 Charlotte Robinson Humber 22 1.35
3 Mae Emery Derby 11 1.35
4 Ebony Wake Warw 77 1.30
5 Beth Mortiboy Notts 55 1.20
6 Charlotte Broad Leics 33 1.20
U13 Girls Long Jump "B"
1 Mae Emery Derby 11 4.37
2 Ebony Wake Warw 77 4.25
3 Tilly Ireland Lincs 44 4.11
4 Sarah Lee-Ligget SYork 66 4.10
5 Gemma Blank Humber 22 4.03
6 Beth Mortiboy Notts 55 3.98
7 Charlotte Caines Leics 33 3.93
U13 Girls Shot Put "B"
1 Imogen Cresswell Derby 11 8.29
2 Aimee Piercy Warw 77 7.70
3 Gemma Blank Humber 22 7.35
4 Abigail D'Aguiar Notts 55 6.14
5 Emma Broughton SYork 66 5.87
6 Georgina Gartside Leics 33 4.92
7 Rosie Marshall Lincs 44 4.15
Performance of the match for this age group
Track Holly Barton (Leics) 70m Hurdles 11.7
Field Katherine Molyneaux (Derby) Long Jump 4.96
Points totals for this age group
War 100
Hum 95
Der 93
SYork 77
Leics 73
Notts 73
Linc 69
U15 Girls 75m Hurdles "A" ws 0.0
1 Anna Davies Notts 5 11.2
2 Millie Cooper Lincs 4 11.4
3 Madeline Smith Warw 7 11.6
4 Nicole Bewley SYork 6 12.2
5 Maddie Bolton Humber 2 12.6
6 Katherine Scott Derby 1 12.8
7 Rosie Jones Leics 3 12.9
U15 Girls 100m "A" ws +1.3
1 Remy Barrett Warw 7 13.0
2 Maegan Taylor Humber 2 13.2
3 Rachel Shaw SYork 6 13.3
4 Jenna Raynor Leics 3 13.3
5 Sarah Loveridge Lincs 4 13.5
6 Robyn Foster Notts 5 13.5
7 Emily Heappey Derby 1 14.0
U15 Girls 200m "A" ws 0.0
1 Millie Cooper Lincs 4 26.8
2 Maegan Taylor Humber 2 27.4
3 Jade Piper Warw 7 27.5
4 Robyn Foster Notts 5 28.0
5 Jenna Raynor Leics 3 28.1
6 Indra Davies SYork 6 28.3
7 Jessica Turner Derby 1 28.7
U15 Girls 800m "A"
1 Emily Sales Leics 3 2.23.5
2 Naomi Collier Lincs 4 2.23.8
3 Ellie Wilson Humber 2 2.26.3
4 Annie Ratcliffe Notts 5 2.28.6
5 Annie Leatham Warw 7 2.30.1
6 Jessica Turner Derby 1 2.34.7
7 Abbey Stanley SYork 6 2.38.4
U15 Girls 1500m "A"
1 Amy Griffiths Leics 3 4.48.5
2 Emma Tonner Lincs 4 4.50.0
3 Natalie Hackett SYork 6 4.53.4
4 Jessica Freeman Warw 7 4.59.0
5 Jessica Lonsdale Humber 2 5.02.8
6 Chevelle Baxter Notts 5 5.09.9
7 Emily Wass Derby 1 5.21.5
U15 Girls 4 by 200m "A"
1 Taylor, Storey, Stimpson, O'Connor Humber 2 1.48.3
2 Barrett, Stainton, Mullings, Piper Warw 7 1.49.5
3 Shaw, Davies, Howe, Massey SYork 6 1.50.1
4 Beck, Loveridge, Collier, Cooper Lincs 4 1.53.4
5 Robyn Foster, Isabel Brooks, Samatha Falmer, Anna Davies Notts 5 1.53.7
6 Raynor, Whymant, Barrow, Magee Leics 3 1.54.0
7 Hutchinson, Scott, Turner, Sanders Derby 1 1.55.6
U15 Girls High Jump "A"
1 Nicole Bewley SYork 6 1.55
2 Molly Eales Warw 7 1.55
3 Maddie Bolton Humber 2 1.50
4 Rio Henley Notts 5 1.45
5 Molly Beck Lincs 4 1.40
6 Rosie Jones Leics 3 1.40
7 Aimee Ward Derby 1 1.40
U15 Girls Long Jump "A"
1 Anna Davies Notts 5 4.91
2 Hannah Dunderdale Lincs 4 4.86
3 Jill Lee-Ligget SYork 6 4.70
4 Katie Stainton Warw 7 4.69
5 Lucy Gascoyne Derby 1 4.43
6 Zoe Czelecki Humber 2 4.33
7 Iona Magee Leics 3 4.27
U15 Girls Shot Put "A"
1 Lucy Smith Warw 7 10.93
2 Hannah Dunderdale Lincs 4 10.83
3 Nicole Bewley SYork 6 10.54
4 Kelse Hutchinson Derby 1 9.69
5 Laura Ombler Humber 2 8.94
6 Rebecca Woolley Notts 5 8.74
7 Latoya Francis Leics 3 7.98
U15 Girls Discus "A"
1 Kelse Hutchinson Derby 1 31.66
2 Kerry Murch Warw 7 31.46
3 Emma Nixon SYork 6 23.09
4 Maria Walker Humber 2 20.93
5 Lauren Rowberry Notts 5 19.70
6 Sarah Garner Lincs 4 18.73
7 Jessica Merriman Leics 3 18.49
U15 Girls Javelin "A"
1 Kerry Murch Warw 7 36.74
2 Rebecca Woolley Notts 5 34.35
3 Kelsey Dawes Lincs 4 22.91
4 Shani Stathers Humber 2 21.13
5 Emma Nixon SYork 6 20.60
6 Hazelle Ward Derby 1 19.20
7 Amy Woodford Leics 3 17.30
U15 Girls 75m Hurdles "B" ws -1.2
1 Hannah Dunderdale Lincs 44 11.6
2 Kerry Murch Warw 77 12.1
3 Isabel Brooks Notts 55 12.2
4 Kelly-Jay Payling Derby 11 13.0
5 Zoe Czelecki Humber 22 13.6
6 Lucy Hodgson SYork 66 13.9
7 Jesica Merriman Leics 33 14.0
U15 Girls 100m "B" ws -1.1
1 Adrienne Mullins Warw 77 12.9
2 Mollie Storey Humber 22 13.3
3 Alice Howe SYork 66 13.4
4 Isabel Brooks Notts 55 13.5
5 Sarah Sanders Derby 11 13.5
6 Rebecca Whymant Leics 33 13.6
U15 Girls 200m "B" ws 0.0
1 Mollie Storey Humber 22 26.6
2 Katie Stainton Warw 77 27.6
3 Sarah Sanders Derby 11 27.8
4 Paige Massey SYork 66 27.9
5 Andrea Barrow Leics 33 27.9
6 Sarah Loveridge Lincs 44 28.1
7 Rio Henley Notts 55 28.6
U15 Girls 800m "B"
1 Beth Ansell SYork 66 2.22.2
2 Rhiannon Philps Lincs 44 2.23.2
3 Lindsey Morgan Derby 11 2.28.4
4 Fuschia Clayton Humber 22 2.31.1
5 Emma Jessop Notts 55 2.34.1
6 Megan Lewis Leics 33 2.34.1
7 Katy Warren Warw 77 2.40.5
U15 Girls 1500m "B"
1 Megan McBrien Warw 77 5.08.5
2 Eve Pound SYork 66 5.23.4
3 Hannah Hardy Notts 55 5.23.9
4 Celine Bangay Lincs 44 5.30.7
5 Rebecca Miller Derby 11 5.34.6
6 Ellie Shaw Leics 33 6.23.6
7 Maria Walker Humber 22 6.59.8
U15 Girls High Jump "B"
1= Lucy Hodgson SYork 66 1.45
1= Hannah Scales Warw 77 1.45
3 Jenny Robbins Notts 55 1.40
4 Bryony Heath Derby 11 1.40 33 1.35
U15 Girls Long Jump "B"
1 Molly Beck Lincs 44 4.56
2 Rebecca Scott SYork 66 4.48
3 Katherine Scott Derby 11 4.37
4 Remy Barrett Warw 77 4.34
5 Samantha Farmer Notts 55 4.23
6 Laura Ombler Humber 22 4.11
7 Rheanna Hinds Leics 33 3.69
U15 Girls Shot Put "B"
1 Madeline Smith Warw 77 10.12
2 Emma Nixon SYork 66 9.01
3 Maria Walker Humber 22 8.34
4 Kelly-Jay Payling Derby 11 8.25
5 Katie McMunn Lincs 44 7.87
6 Annabelle Palmer Notts 55 7.66
7 Jessica Merriman Leics 33 7.25
U15 Girls Discus "B"
1 Lucy Smith Warw 77 23.65
2 Jessica Watson Humber 22 19.43
3 Rebecca Wooley Notts 55 19.04
4 Kelly-Jay Payling Derby 11 18.43
5 Kelsey Dawes Lincs 44 16.07
6 Amy Hodgson SYork 66 15.90
7 Rumbi Kasote Leics 33 14.29
U15 Girls Javelin "B"
1 Kate Morely Warw 77 33.97
2 Lucy Banner Notts 55 28.74
3 Kate Ward Humber 22 19.44
4 Sarah Garner Lincs 44 17.45
5 Megan Lewis Leics 33 17.16
6 Amy Hodgson SYork 66 10.82
Performance of the match for this age group
Track Anna Davies (Notts) 75m Hurdles 11.2
Field Kerry Murch (Warw) Jav 36.74
Points totals for this age group
War 157
SYork 126
Lin 123
Hum 122
Notts 115
Der 93
Leics 80
U13 Boys 75m Hurdles "A" ws -2.1
1 Kai Williams Warw 7 12.9 1 11
2 Alex Dalton Humber 2 13.8 3 9
3 Jethro McGraw Derby 1 14.0 3 8
4 Nick Mahoney Leics 3 14.2 3 7
5 Liam Machin Notts 5 15.3 4 6
6 Joel Kirk SYork 6 15.3 4 5
7 Jack McCallum Lincs 4 16.7 4
U13 Boys 100m "A" ws -1.0
1 Owin Sinclair Leics 3 12.4 1 11
2 Amit Patel Warw 7 13.0 1 9
3 Alex Humberstone Lincs 4 13.7 3 8
4 Josiah Fileul SYork 6 13.8 4 7
5 Callum Shelbourn Derby 1 13.8 4 6
6 Nicky Carter Notts 5 14.2 5
7 Joseph Cooper Humber 2 14.9 4
U13 Boys 200m "A" ws 0.0
1 Owin Sinclair Leics 3 25.5 1 11
2 Amit Patel Warw 7 27.9 3 9
3 Alex Humberstone Lincs 4 28.4 4 8
4 Harvey Metcalfe Notts 5 29.0 4 7
5 Jethro McGraw Derby 1 29.0 4 6
6 Michael Adlard Humber 2 29.2 4 5
7 Josiah Fileul SYork 6 29.7 4
U13 Boys 800m "A"
1 James Hatton Leics 3 2.21.3 1 11
2 Jethro McGraw Derby 1 2.21.6 1 9
3 Adam Wright Warw 7 2.23.2 1 8
4 Harvey Metcalfe Notts 5 2.23.3 1 7
5 Kye Stothard SYork 6 2.27.4 2 6
6 Michael Adlard Humber 2 2.33.8 4 5
7 Jake Hornsby Lincs 4 2.44.1 4
U13 Boys 4 by 100m "A"
1 Sinclair, King, Stannard, Wong Leics 3 50.6 8
2 Broome, Sinnott, Williams, Patel Warw 7 51.5 6
3 Evans, Amps, Ezi, McGrath SYork 6 55.8 5
4 Liam Machin, Harvey Metcalfe, Jaikan Wood, Nicky Carter Notts 5 56.5 4
5 Shelbourn, Allen, Murphy, Michell Derby 1 57.7 3
6 Cooper, Medlam, Dalton, Catmull, Longden, Bolton (tbc) Humber 2 58.3 2
7 Hudson, McDowell, McCallum, Humberstone Lincs 4 58.9 1
U13 Boys High Jump "A"
1 Tom Bolton Humber 2 1.48 1 11
2 Rory Sinott Warw 7 1.48 1 9
3 William Amps SYork 6 1.40 2 8
4 Jonathon Heron Leics 3 1.40 2 7
5 Ben Michell Derby 1 1.30 4 6
6 Joe Shuttleworth Lincs 4 1.25 5
7 George King Notts 5 1.20 4
U13 Boys Long Jump "A"
1 Kai Williams Warw 7 5.05 1 11
2 James Southall Leics 3 4.71 1 9
3 Joshua Brown Lincs 4 4.55 2 8
4 Josiah Fileul SYork 6 4.54 2 7
5 Nicky Carter Notts 5 4.54 2 6
6 Jordan Thompson Derby 1 4.47 3 5
7 Wiliam Reid Humber 2 4.02 4
U13 Boys Shot Put "A"
1 Luke Bromley Warw 7 9.18 1 11
2 Oliver Milner Notts 5 8.54 2 9
3 Thomas Evans SYork 6 8.18 3 8
4 Joshua Brown Lincs 4 8.02 3 7
5 Kasey Pearson Derby 1 6.79 4 6
6 Rob Leaney Leics 3 6.54 5
7 Natham Medlam Humber 2 5.10 4
U13 Boys 75m Hurdles "B" ws -0.9
1 Adam Wright Warw 77 13.5
2 Wesley Harding Leics 33 13.6
3 James Murphy Derby 11 14.3
4 James Davison Notts 55 14.8
5 Jordan Small SYork 66 15.1
6 James McCrae Lincs 44 15.4
7 Kyle Catmull Humber 22 16.4
U13 Boys 100m "B" ws +1.2
1 Jordan Broome Warw 77 13.1
2 Keenan King Leics 33 13.3
3 Thomas Evans SYork 66 14.0
4 Jordan Thompson Derby 11 14.1
5 Michael Adlard Humber 22 14.1
6 Jaikan Wood Notts 55 14.2
7 F McDowell Lincs 44 14.6
U13 Boys 200m "B" ws 0.0
1 Stan Stannard Leics 33 27.2
2 Joshua Brown Lincs 44 28.7
3 Jack Allen Derby 11 28.8
4 Joe McGrath SYork 66 29.7
5 Jaikan Wood Notts 55 29.9
6 Matthew Longden Humber 22 30.8
7 Daniel Villette Warw 77 35.6
U13 Boys 800m "B"
1 Bradley Roehrig Leics 33 2.29.2
2 William Amps SYork 66 2.32.1
3 William Reid Humber 22 2.32.8
4 Callum Shelbourn Derby 11 2.33.4
5 George King Notts 55 2.37.2
6 Daniel Villette Warw 77 2.44.4
7 Joe Shuttleworth Lincs 44 2.46.4
U13 Boys High Jump "B"
1 Kye Stothard SYork 66 1.40
2 William Reid Humber 22 1.30
3= Jordan Thompson Derby 11 1.25
3= Adam Wright Warw 77 1.25
5 Joshua Ilyk Notts 55 1.20
U13 Boys Long Jump "B"
1 Rory Sinnott Warw 77 4.69
2 Kye Stothard SYork 66 4.30
3 Oliver Milner Notts 55 4.26
4 Ewan Corley Leics 33 4.12
5 Mattew Hudson Lincs 44 3.85
6 Nathan Medlam Humber 22 3.74
7 Rory McColgan Derby 11 3.66
U13 Boys Shot Put "B"
1 Jordan Small SYork 66 7.98
2 Joseph Creese Lincs 44 7.87
3 Sam Brown Notts 55 7.60
4 Jaack Allen Derby 11 5.20
5 Jordan Broome Warw 77 4.36
Performance of the match for this age group
Track Owin Sinclair (Leics ) 200m 25.5
Field Kai Williams (Warw) LJ 5.05
Points totals for this age group
War 108.5
Leics 101
SYork 90
Der 76.5
Notts 73
Linc 64
Hum 63
U15 Boys 80m Hurdles "A" ws 0.0
1 Tom Wallett Notts 5 12.0
2 Nick Wilson Warw 7 12.3
3 Tom Smeeton SYork 6 12.5
4 David Williams Leics 3 12.8
5 James Morley Derby 1 13.1
6 Josh Holden Lincs 4 14.0
7 Anthony Gillatt Humber 2 18.1
U15 Boys 100m "A" ws +1.4
1 Jake Canning SYork 6 11.8
2 Rory Chambers Derby 1 12.2
3 Ewan Jones Lincs 4 12.2
4 Tom Wallett Notts 5 12.3
5 Jordan Small Warw 7 12.4
6 Shehan Fernando Humber 2 12.6
7 Tom Jordan Leics 3 12.7
U15 Boys 200m "A" ws 0.0
1 Ashley Langton SYork 6 24.4
2 Jay Raradza Derby 1 24.7
3 Ewan Jones Lincs 4 25.2
4 Callum Sinnott Warw 7 25.4
5 Cameron Favell Leics 3 25.6
6 Shehan Fernando Humber 2 25.8
7 Kaylan Francis Stephens Notts 5 26.5
U15 Boys 400m "A"
1 Ashley Langton SYork 6 54.4
2 Jamie Turner Derby 1 54.8
3 Michael McKeown Warw 7 55.2
4 Harry Buttery Leics 3 58.2
5 Stuart Singleton Humber 2 58.2
6 Jake Lacey Notts 5 58.3
7 Sam Chapman Lincs 4 58.7
U15 Boys 800m "A"
1 Jamal Logan Warw 7 2.08.4
2 Thomas Williams Notts 5 2.10.4
3 Ben Hampson Lincs 4 2.16.9
4 Harry Buttery Leics 3 2.17.9
5 Nicholas Myers SYork 6 2.21.5
6 Richard Pearson Humber 2 2.21.9
7 Ed Bilton Derby 1 2.23.2
U15 Boys 1500m "A"
1 Michael McKeown Warw 7 4.19.7
2 Peter McGill Humber 2 4.29.9
3 Tom Bains Derby 1 4.32.9
4 Paddy Clarke Notts 5 4.39.8
5 Bertie Houghton SYork 6 4.40.7
6 Matt Horrocks Leics 3 4.42.7
7 Linton Taylor Lincs 4 4.47.1
U15 Boys Medley Relay "A"
1 Canning, Langton, Myers, Khan SYork 6 2.15.5
2 Chambers, Raradza, Morley, Turner Derby 1 2.15.9
3 Bekoe, Bailey, Favell, Nott Leics 3 2.17.8
4 Ratcliffe, Logan, McKeown, McKeown Warw 7 2.18.2
5 Tom Wallett, Jake Lacey, Thomas Williams, Matt Greg Notts 5 2.19.5
6 Shehan, Bolt, McGill, Williams Humber 2 2.22.1
7 Jones, Taylor, Hampson, Shuttleworth Lincs 4 2.30.8
U15 Boys High Jump "A"
1 Adam Khan SYork 6 1.70
2 Callum Sinnott Warw 7 1.60
3 Josh Harby Humber 2 1.60
4 Kaylan Francis Stephens Notts 5 1.55
5 Josh Holden Lincs 4 1.55
6 Jamie Turner Derby 1 1.55
7 Oliver Nott Leics 3 1.55
U15 Boys Long Jump "A"
1 Rory Chambers Derby 1 5.77
2 Callum Sinnott Warw 7 5.75
3 Spencer Day Humber 2 5.43
4 Cameron Favell Leics 3 5.35
5 Tom Smeeton SYork 6 5.06
6 Sam Chapman Lincs 4 4.79
7 Kaylan Francis Stephens Notts 5 4.76
U15 Boys Shot Put "A"
1 Christopher Clarke Notts 5 14.55
2 Tom Bridge Derby 1 13.66
3 Sonny Murphy Leics 3 12.51
4 Anthony Norfolk Humber 2 12.00
5 Tom Smeeton SYork 6 10.79
6 Jonathan Onyeaka Warw 7 10.64
7 Jake Foster Lincs 4 9.85
U15 Boys Discus "A"
1 Forest Francis Leics 3 40.33
2 Tom Bridge Derby 1 37.65
3 Christopher Clarke Notts 5 36.31
4 Anthony Norfolk Humber 2 36.30
5 Liam Clarke Lincs 4 26.12
6 Ryan Broughton SYork 6 21.83
U15 Boys Javelin "A"
1 Tom Bridge Derby 1 46.53
2 James Knight Warw 7 44.20
3 Daniel Dale SYork 6 43.36
4 Joshus Brown Leics 3 38.92
5 Nathan Barr Humber 2 37.62
6 Christopher Clarke Notts 5 35.36
7 Liam Clarke Lincs 4 33.50
U15 Boys 80m Hurdles "B" ws -1.7
1 Stafan Lloyd Warw 77 13.1
2 Euan James Leics 33 13.3
3 Edward Selvey Derby 11 13.4
4 Jordan Mitchell Notts 55 13.4
5 Aiden Davies SYork 66 13.7
U15 Boys 100m "B" ws -0.9
1 Richard Ratcliffe Warw 77 12.1
2 Matt Greg Notts 55 12.3
3 Mark Matthews Derby 11 12.4
4 Joseph Bailey Leics 33 12.4
5 James Malins Lincs 44 12.4
6 Daniel Dale SYork 66 12.5
7 Chris Bolt Humber 22 13.0
U15 Boys 200m "B" ws 0.0
1 Jake Canning SYork 66 24.7
2 Richard Ratcliffe Warw 77 25.2
3 Matt Greg Notts 55 25.2
4 Mark Matthews Derby 11 25.4
5 Chris Bolt Humber 22 26.6
6 Tom Jordan Leics 33 26.9
U15 Boys 400m "B"
1 Jamal Logan Warw 77 56.5
2 Spencer Day Humber 22 57.3
3 Oliver Nott Leics 33 59.0
4 Nicholas Myers SYork 66 59.6
5 Edward Selvey Derby 11 61.8
U15 Boys 800m "B"
1 Adam Khan SYork 66 2.12.2
2 Eric Bekoe Leics 33 2.13.1
3 Luke Fleming Warw 77 2.14.5
4 Sam Shuttleworth Lincs 44 2.15.8
5 Jake Lacey Notts 55 2.15.9
6 Dominic Chambers Derby 11 2.19.4
U15 Boys 1500m "B"
1 Camron Wood Warw 77 4.29.6
2 Stuart Singleton Humber 22 4.38.8
3 Josh Rae Derby 11 4.41.1
4 James Shaw Notts 55 4.44.3
5 Nick Beastall SYork 66 4.52.4
6 Joshua Asbrey Lincs 44 4.55.9
U15 Boys High Jump "B"
1 Sam Shuttleworth Lincs 44 1.55
2 Daniel Howard Derby 11 1.55
3= Aiden Davies SYork 66 1.50
3= Ben Jennings Warw 77 1.50
5 Jack Cabourn Notts 55 1.45
6 Matthe Jackson Humber 22 1.40
7 James Taylor Leics 33 1.40
U15 Boys Long Jump "B"
1 Mark Logan Warw 77 5.43
2 Joseph Bailey Leics 33 5.26
3 Mark Matthews Derby 11 4.90
4 Jordan Mitchell Notts 55 4.70
5 Daniel Winmill SYork 66 4.20
6 Matthe Jackson Humber 22 4.04
U15 Boys Shot Put "B"
1 Forest Francis Leics 33 12.25
2 Nathan Barr Humber 22 11.03
3 Zecko Brooks Warw 77 10.53
4 Jamie Harby Notts 55 10.42
5 Will Stockton Derby 11 10.02
6 Ryan Broughton SYork 66 9.36
7 Sandy Ireland Lincs 44 8.58
U15 Boys Discus "B"
1 Jamie Harby Notts 55 32.86
2 Nathan Barr Humber 22 32.03
3 Sonny Murphy Leics 33 31.31
4 Dominic Day Derby 11 26.60
5 Sandy Ireland Lincs 44 22.63
6 Nick Beastall SYork 66 12.43
U15 Boys Javelin "B"
1 Nicholas Evangelinos Warw 77 32.45
2 Anthony Norfolk Humber 22 32.41
3 Nathan Pentin Derby 11 30.62
4 Ryan Broughton SYork 66 29.55
5 Forest Francis Leics 33 29.21
6 Jordan Mitchell Notts 55 27.17
Performance of the match for this age group
Track Tom Wallett (Notts) 80m Hurdles 12.0
Field Chris Clarke (Notts) SP 14.55
Points totals for this age group
War 156.5
Der 143
SYork 140.5
Leics 124
Notts 124
Hum 110
Linc 84

Thursday 10th September 2009

EUROPEAN Athletics have announced the nominations for the 2009 European Athletics Rising Star Awards presented by Mondo, recognising the future stars of the sport in Europe of which five of Great Britain’s top junior athletes are listed.

In the men’s section European U23 champions Lloyd Gumbs (400m Hurdles) and Chris Clarke (400m) are nominated, whilst, in the women’s list the 2008 winner Steph Twell (1500m and three-time European Junior cross-country champion) is once again nominated along with European U23 gold medallist Perri Shakes-Drayton (400m hurdles) and double World Youth Games champion Jodie Williams (100m and 200m).

Voting takes place on the European Athletics website until 20th September 2009 from a shortlist including stars from this year's European Athletics U23 Championships and European Athletics Junior Championships, as well as other athletes under the age of 23 who performed exceptionally well this year.

Winners will be decided by votes from the general public, media, European Athletics Member Federations, and a panel of experts, with the results from each group of voters counting for one quarter of the athlete's final score.

The winners of the European Athletics Rising Star Awards along with the winners of the European Athlete of the Year Awards presented by Mondo will be invited to receive their awards at the European Athletics Convention in Budapest on Saturday 17th October.

Each voter must select their five preferred athletes and rank them in order of priority. Members of the public who vote will be automatically entered into a prediction competition. Entrants who have voted for the top three male and female athletes in the correct order in the poll will be entered into a draw to win a three-night trip for two to the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, Spain. There will also be some runners-up prizes.

Speaking about the Rising Star Awards, European Athletics President Hansjörg Wirz said, “European Athletics has always focused resources on the development of the next generation of athletes.

“I think you will find a number of future Olympic and world champions on the nomination form and we look forward to seeing who will win the European Athletics Rising Star Awards for 2009.”

The nominations for the European Athletes of the Year will be released by mid September.

Last years winners of the European Athletics Rising Star awards were Stephanie Twell of Great Britain and Raphael Holzdeppe of Germany.

No athlete who has previously served a two-year doping ban can be nominated for the European Athletics Rising Star award.

To vote click on the following link: www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5561&Itemid=2

Cardiff International Stadium

Sunday 6th September 2009 - Day 2

THE second day of competition in the athletics programme at the 2009 UK School Games has been taking place on the track and infield of the Cardiff International Stadium.
Final Team Standings:
Boys
1 WAL Wales 191
2 EA England - East 189
3 Y&H England - Yorkshire & Humberside 180
4 WM England - Midlands West 177
5 SW England - South West 171
6 NW England - North West 139
7 LON England - London 136
8 SCO Scotland 127
9 SE England - South East 113
10 NI Northern Ireland 105
11 EM England - Midlands East 101
12 NE England - North East 68
Girls
1 SE England - South East 182
2 SCO Scotland 176
3 NW England - North West 165
4 SW England - South West 163
5 Y&H England - Yorkshire & Humberside 155
6 EA England - East 136
7 LON England - London 135
7 WAL Wales 135
9 WM England - Midlands West 132
10 EM England - Midlands East 109
11 NI Northern Ireland 79
12 NE England - North East 51
Full Results:

Boys 200:
1 LIAM CLOWES (C&N, U17) 21.97; 2 BEN STEPHENSON (M'BRO, U17) 22.24; 3 JORDAN KIRBY-POLIDORE (ILF, U17) 22.36; 4 THOMAS CUSWORTH (WREX, U17) 22.63; 5 ADAM HARWOOD (AND, U17) 22.87; 6 JOSEPH HUTCHINSON (BATH, U17) 22.87

Boys 400:
1 GREG LOUDEN (LASS, U17) 48.29; 2 LUKE SOUTH (SHEFF, U17) 48.84; 3 CHRISTIAN BYRON (BIR, U17) 49.09; 4 ZACH KING (NOTTS, U17) 49.14; 5 ALEX BOYCE (LIV H, U17) 50.05; 6 JOEL CLUTTERBUCK (STROUD, U17) 50.10; 7 CAMERON IRWIN (COL H, U17) 50.49; 8 PAUL BENNETT (CARM, U17) 50.57

Boys 800:
1 ADAM INGRAM (LAG V, U17) 1:55.20; 2 BEN AKIN (PREST, U17) 1:56.08; 3 TOM GUY (STOKE, U17) 1:57.03; 4 NIALL MAGUIRE (DER, U17) 1:58.12; 5 LEWIS LLOYD (HERNE H, U17) 1:59.82; 6 NAKOLE IDDIRISU (NEB, U17) 1:59.93

Boys 100HU17M:
(-2.4):
1 THEMBA LUHANA (R&N, U17) 13.48; 2 DANIEL NEEDHAM (WIG D, U17) 13.56; 3 JACK EDGAR-HILL (HAV M, U17) 13.80; 4 ADAM MCBRAIDA (YATE, U17) 13.95; 5 DANIEL SHARREM (CARD, U17) 14.22; 6 LIAM RAMSAY (DONC, U17) 14.30; 7 GODWIN GYEABOHR (E&H, U17) 14.31; 8 CONNOR HENDERSON (KILB, U17) 14.47

Boys 400HU17M:
1 BEN PARKIN (B&B, U17) 54.52; 2 BEN KELK (C&C, U17) 55.19; 3 SIMON DAVIES (YEOV O, U17) 55.83; 4 KEIR LYON-FRASER (WIG D, U17) 58.28; 5 CALLUM ROBSON (GATE, U17) 58.84; 6 ADAM COLLINSON (YORK, U17) 58.92; 7 JACOB BRENNAN (CARD, U17) 59.64

Boys PV:
1 JAX THOIRS (VPCG, U17) 4.35; 2 AARON KAYE (S'END, U17) 4.35; 3 LEWIS NEWTON (CARD, U17) 3.85; 4 SAM BAKER (CORBY, U17) 3.60; 5 JORDAN RATCLIFFE (DEARN H, U17) 3.30; 6 GREG APPLEBY (SALE, U17) 3.15; 7 TIM MCGLINCHEY (NI SCHS, U17) 3.15

Boys LJ:
1 ELLIOT SAFO (CROY, U17) 6.93/2.1; 2 CIARAN DOLAN (MID U, U17) 6.92/1.2; 3 JAMES LELLIOTT (B'MTH, U17) 6.83/3.3; 3 JAMES LELLIOTT (B'MTH, U17) 6.80/1.6; 1 ELLIOT SAFO (CROY, U17) 6.76/0.6; 4 ROMAIN WALCOTT (E&H, U17) 6.72/2.0; 5 JAMES DAVIES (BWF, U17) 6.68/1.3; 6 COREY HASTINGS (EDIN, U17) 6.51/1.9; 7 DALEY GRAHAM (LEIC C, U17) 6.49/1.0; 8 MICHAEL PAYNE (NEWP, U17) 6.29/1.4

Boys SPU17M:
1 MATTHEW HALTON (N&P, U17) 16.56; 2 SCOTT LINCOLN (YORK, U17) 15.51; 3 TIMOTHY BILLINGS (DARTF, U17) 15.36; 4 JOSHUA NEWMAN (BIR, U17) 15.29; 5 ANDREW MCLAUGHLAN (KILB, U17) 15.00; 6 RHEON JAMES (CARM, U17) 14.62; 7 TOM PEACOCK (SB, U17) 14.49; 8 LAURENCE GOODACRE (HAV M, U17) 13.73; 9 ALAN TOWARD (GATE, U17) 12.90; 10 ADAM MOHAN (NENE V, U17) 12.72; 11 STUART CONNOR (MID U, U17) 12.05

Boys JTU17M:
1 SAM TAYLOR-OUTRIDGE (MIL K, U17) 66.93; 2 BRADLEY BURR (HAV M, U17) 61.19; 3 AIDEN REYNOLDS (TEL, U17) 59.63; 4 MATTHEW MARTIN (N DOWN, U17) 56.69; 5 STEVEN TURNOCK (EXE, U17) 56.52; 6 ANDREW MIMMACK (KUH, U17) 55.23; 7 JOE DUNDERDALE (LINC W, U17) 54.82; 8 NICK MILLER (BORD H, U17) 48.87; 9 TOMOS MORGAN (NEWP, U17) 48.35; 10 JORDAN MORRISON (SHET, U17) 48.18

Girls 200:
1 JENNIE BATTEN (STROUD, U17) 24.06; 2 ANNIE TAGOE (TVH, U17) 24.20; 3 CHLOE LAMBERT (VPCG, U17) 25.42; 4 SOPHIE CROFT (SCUN, U17) 25.49; 5 ALICE KAYE (SCUN, U17) 25.66; 6 OLIVIA CALLAGHAN (SALE, U17) 25.72.
300: 1 JOANNA MILLS (B&A, U17) 39.16; 2 BETHANIE FINLAYSON (PIT, U17) 39.46; 3 FREDERICA FOSTER (S LON, U17) 40.04; 4 MILLIE CLIFFORD (SALIS, U17) 40.13; 5 CARYS HALL (SHEFF, U17) 40.14; 6 VICTORIA OHURUOGU (NEB, U17) 40.29; 7 CHLOE BRADLEY (DONC, U17) 40.34; 8 SAMANTHA COGAN (CARD, U17) 40.57

Girls 800:
1 MELISSA COURTNEY (POOLE, U17) 2:10.93; 2 ADELLE TRACEY (G&G, U17) 2:11.34; 3 CALLI THACKERY (HALLAM, U17) 2:12.06; 4 ALEXANDRA BELL (P&B, U17) 2:13.73

Girls 80HU17W:
(-3.3):
1 GEORGIA ATKINS (CHELM, U17) 11.65; 2 JAZMIN SAWYERS (STOKE, U17) 11.72; 3 EMMA BROWN (GIFF N, U17) 11.81; 4 GRACE CHRISTOPHER (LEEDS CARN, U17) 12.08; 5 CATRIN STONE (SWAN, U17) 12.09; 6 REBECCA CHAPMAN (EXE, U17) 12.50

Girls 300HW:
1 LAURA BURKE (WSEH, U17) 44.02; 2 GABRIELLA ADE-ONOJOBI (CAMB H, U17) 44.55; 3 ALISHA CASEMENT (SALE, U17) 44.55; 4 CHARLOTTE BOWLING (CORBY, U17) 45.14; 5 FELICITY CLARKE (S'END, U17) 45.25; 6 SAMANTHA BROOK (WAKE, U17) 46.37; 7 HALINA REES (FIFE, U17) 46.78; 8 PHILIPPA BRETT (N&P, U17) 46.97

Girls LJ:
1 NATASHA LEWIS (BATH, U17) 5.66/1.6; 2 FAYE NICHOLSON (MOORF, U17) 5.55/1.4; 3 EMMA BUCKETT (BMH, U17) 5.36/-0.1; 4 HANNAH LUPTON (PREST, U17) 5.32/1.1; 5 DANIELLE GILCHRIST (CLEE, U17) 5.26/3.2; 5 DANIELLE GILCHRIST (CLEE, U17) 5.22/1.5; 6 SHANARA HIBBERT (LUT, U17) 5.22/1.6; 7 SOPHIE WORRALL (TEL, U17) 5.15/2.2; 7 SOPHIE WORRALL (TEL, U17) 5.13/0.9; 8 FANIIS KEISHA (LON SCH, U17) 5.13/1.4; 9 FFION REES (CARM, U17) 5.11/1.0

Girls DTW:
1 SAMANTHA MILNER (W SUFF, U17) 40.27; 2 ABBI CARTER (HULL A, U17) 38.52; 3 RACHEL TYLER (CORBY, U17) 38.51; 4 GRACE JENKINS (NEB, U17) 33.92; 5 KATHY HETHERINGTON (N DOWN, U17) 31.37; 6 JANE BOURNE (BIR, U17) 30.18; 7 KATHERINE BULMER (J&H, U17) 29.26

Girls HTW:
1 ABBI CARTER (HULL A, U17) 51.62; 2 LOUISA JAMES (HAST, U17) 51.40; 3 AMY CLEMENS (ESM, U17) 49.63; 4 TONI WELLS (SWAN, U17) 47.71; 5 JACQUELINE PLAIN (FALK, U17) 44.24; 6 JENNA CANNELL (NORW, U17) 43.97; 7 SARAH STANHOPE (LINC W, U17) 42.42; 8 KERRY MURRAY (NUN, U17) 37.80; 9 CHARLOTTE SYKES (B'MTH, U17) 35.28; 10 HELEN CORRIGAN (M'BRO, U17) 33.39

Cardiff International Stadium

Saturday 5th September 2009 - Day 1

THE opening day of competition in the athletics programme at the 2009 UK School Games have been taking place on the track and infield of the Cardiff International Stadium.
Full Results:

Discus Boys
Heat:1
1 317 BIDDLECOMBE LIAM SW 53.04; 2 403 DAMADZIC ADAM WM 49.16; 3 242 BARNES CHRISTOPHER SCO 46.45; 4 439 ARMSTRONG JAKE Y&H 46.10; 5 173 IRVINE GARETH NI 45.17; 6 42 ZATAT YOUCEF EA 44.41; 7 279 BARRETT RYAN SE 44.07; 8 59 BRADBURY MARC EM 42.82; 9 128 BOWSER JORDAN NE 40.34; 10 210 CARMONA JONES MICHAEL NW 39.07; 11 108 THOMPSON GREGORY LON 37.53; 12 372 LEONARD RYAN WAL 34.32

Pole Vault Girls
Heat:1
1 340 DAVIES REBECCA WAL 3.60; 2 2 BESFORD ELLIE EA 3.60; 3 275 STICKLAND LUCY SE 3.40; 4 239 WINCHESTER ISLA SCO 3.20; 5 303 GALE LAUREN SW 3.10; 6 46 COLLINGS PAIGE EM 3.10; 7 395 RUBERY HAYLEY WM 3.00; 8 418 ARANDLE BETHANY Y&H 2.90; 9 196 MCCRUDDEN LORYN NW 2.70; 10 150 DUGAN LUCY NI 2.55; 11 117 HALL AMIE NE 2.40

3000m Boys
Heat:1
1 96 GOODMAN RICHARD LON 8:34.97 12Pnts; 2 321 CURR TOM SW 8:37.01 11Pnts; 3 405 GRAY JACK WM 8:44.37 10Pnts; 4 178 MONAGHAN ANDREW NI 8:48.56 9Pnts; 5 61 CONNOR BEN EM 8:51.06 8Pnts; 6 21 CLEMENTS KIERAN EA 8:53.43 7Pnts; 7 283 GRACE JOSHUA SE 8:56.14 6Pnts; 8 206 BIBBY KRISTIAN NW 8:57.89 5Pnts; 9 244 DEARIE ANDREW SCO 9:01.81 4Pnts; 10 363 EDWARDS ALEX WAL 9:03.82 3Pnts; 11 457 TODD ELLIOT Y&H 9:08.90 2Pnts; 142 SHAW MARK NE DNS 0Pnts

100m Hurdles Boys heats
Heat:1 Wind : -1.8
1 68 LUHANA THEMBA EM 13.23 Q; 2 97 GYEABOUR GODWIN LON 13.61 Q; 3 247 HENDERSON CONNOR SCO 14.09 q; 4 452 RAMSAY LIAM Y&H 14.16 q; 5 288 MAGUIRE SAM SE 14.30 3Pnts; 6 145 WOOD NICK NE 14.82 1Pnts

100m Hurdles Boys heats
Heat:2 Wind : -1.8
1 218 NEEDHAM DANNY NW 13.54 Q; 2 23 EDGAR-HILL JACK EA 13.67 Q; 3 329 MCBRAIDA ADAM SW 13.72 q; 4 379 SHARREM DANIEL WAL 13.93 q; 5 168 COLWELL STEVEN NI 14.17 4Pnts; 6 411 PORTER JAKE WM 14.61 2Pnts

High Jump Boys
Heat:1
1 24 FALCONER BILLY EA 1.93 12Pnts; 2 414 ROACH JORDAN WM 1.93 11Pnts; 3 362 DAVIES ADAM WAL 1.90 10Pnts; 4 281 BONIFAS RYAN SE 1.90 9Pnts; 5 222 WILLIAMS BILLY NW 1.85 8Pnts; 5 73 WOODHOUSE BARNEY EM 1.85 8Pnts; 5 320 COX ALEX SW 1.85 8Pnts; 8 134 DALEY BEN NE 1.80 5Pnts; 9 258 WEIR FRASER SCO 1.80 4Pnts; 9 449 MULROY WILL Y&H 1.80 4Pnts; 11 94 ASHBY BLADE LON 1.75 2Pnts; 12 164 ARMSTRONG MATTHEW NI 1.70 1Pnts

1500m Girls
1 8 273 PEEL GEORGIA SE 4:21.99 12Pnts; 2 5 434 PROCTOR LAUREN Y&H 4:29.72 11Pnts; 3 11 241 YOUNG HOLLIE SCO 4:37.52 10Pnts; 4 1 309 SCRAFTON FLOREN SW 4:39.53 9Pnts; 5 6 56 VINCENT FREYA EM 4:41.74 8Pnts; 6 10 198 TAYLOR-BROWN GEORGIA NW 4:43.77 7Pnts; 7 9 75 BELL GEORGIA LON 4:44.72 6Pnts; 8 2 11 LAKE IONA EA 4:46.28 5Pnts; 9 4 152 FITZPATRICK LORNA NI 4:55.82 4Pnts; 10 3 344 PEARSON ELYSIA WAL 5:06.47 3Pnts; 7 390 HOLT KATE WM DNS 0Pnts

Triple Jump Girls
Heat:1
1 10 JACKSON MONTANA EA 11.81 +2.5 11.65m -0.1; 2 423 BROWN SOPHIE Y&H 11.80 +1.8; 3 261 ABRAMS SARAH SE 11.69 +1.7; 4 225 GAFFNEY ANDREA SCO 11.52 +2.6 11.33m 0.2; 5 77 DEAN RACHEL LON 11.41 +1.3; 6 50 REID NAOMI EM 11.27 +1.3; 7 384 BURGESS TANNIKA WM 11.15 +1.9; 8 337 BRADLEY AMY WAL 11.04 +1.9; 9 200 TOWERS BETHANY NW 11.00 +2.5 10.63m 1.8; 10 308 NEWMAN LAMORNA SW 10.79 +4.2 10.33m 1.1; 11 149 DICKSON KATIE NI 10.47 +1.7; 12 123 PRINGLE HANNAH NE 9.88 +0.4;

200m Girls heats
Heat:1 Wind : -3.5
1 89 TAGOE ANNIE LON 24.55 Q; 2 267 FABUNMI-ALADE FUNTO SE 25.36 Q; 3 353 THOMAS HANNAH WAL 25.80 q; 4 228 LAMBERT CHLOE SCO 25.86 q; 5 125 WALKER LAURA NE 26.52 3Pnts; 6 158 MCBURNEY LAURA NI 26.90 2Pnts

200m Girls heats
Heat:2 Wind : -3.1
1 295 BATTEN JENNIE SW 24.92 Q; 2 186 CALLAGHAN OLIVIA NW 25.86 Q; 3 427 CROFT SOPHIE Y&H 26.16 q; 4 48 KAYE ALICE EM 26.17 q; 5 388 HANSON MELISA WM 26.40 4Pnts; 6 9 IVENS GEORGINA EA 27.13 1Pnts

Ambulant Discus Girls
Heat:1
1 419 ARNOLD HOLLIE 46 Y&H 26.44 12Pnts; 2 111 BATEY ABIGAIL 37 NE 16.00 11Pnts; 3 188 CHOONG RACHEL 40 NW 10.72 10Pnts

200m Boys heats T
Heat:1 Wind : 2.4
1 212 CLOWES LIAM NW 22.26 Q; 2 38 KIRBY-POLLIDORE JORDAN EA 22.65 Q; 3 361 CUSWORTH TOM WAL 22.96 q; 4 326 HUTCHINSON JOE SW 23.09 q; 5 131 CARSON CHRISTIAN NE 23.18 4Pnts; 6 180 MONTGOMERY ALAN NI 23.35 3Pnts

200m Boys heats
Heat:2 Wind : -0.7
1 93 ARTHUR JORDAN LON 22.48 Q; 2 456 STEPHENSON BEN Y&H 22.87 Q; 3 260 YOUNG ANTHONY SCO 22.90 q; 4 286 HARWOOD ADAM SE 23.12 q; 5 67 LAGERBERG DAVID EM 23.36 2Pnts; 6 412 PRYCE NICHOLAS WM 23.63 1Pnts

800m Boys heats
Heat:1
1 406 GUY TOM WM 1:59.58 Q; 2 99 LLOYD LEWIS LON 1:59.73 Q; 3 69 MAGUIRE NIALL EM 1:59.75 q; 4 315 ASHWOOD RYAN SW 2:00.28 q; 5 366 HULSON CHARLIE WAL 2:00.33 4Pnts; 6 259 WILSON LEE SCO 2:01.60 2Pnts

800m Boys heats
Heat:2
1 172 INGRAM ADAM NI 1:56.31 Q; 2 204 AKIN BEN NW 1:58.06 Q; 3 31 IDDIRISU NAKOLE EA 1:58.56 q; 4 133 CLIFFORD PAUL NE 2:00.01 q; 5 445 DERHAM JACK Y&H 2:00.58 3Pnts
287 LETCH RIKKIE SE DNS 0Pnts

800m Girls heats
Heat:1
1 195 MCASLAN KIRSTEN NW 2:18.24; 2 421 BELL ALEXANDRA 34 Y&H 2:18.26; 3 157 KIRK KATIE NI 2:18.42; 4 79 EDWARDS HANNAH LON 2:19.08; 5 355 WILLIAMS JADE WAL 2:19.43; 6 3 BOUNDS ELEANOR EA 2:19.56

800m Girls heats
Heat:2
1 302 COURTNEY MELISSA SW 2:12.78; 2 276 TRACEY ADELLE SE 2:12.87; 3 54 THACKEREY CALLI EM 2:13.13; 4 227 KELLY SARAH SCO 2:13.43; 5 385 DOWNING LAUREN WM 2:14.59; 6 120 LORAINE STEPHANIE NE 2:19.66

800m Girls heats
Heat:1
1 195 MCASLAN KIRSTEN NW 2:18.24 Q; 2 421 BELL ALEXANDRA 34 Y&H 2:18.26 Q; 3 157 KIRK KATIE NI 2:18.42 q; 4 79 EDWARDS HANNAH LON 2:19.08 4Pnts;5 355 WILLIAMS JADE WAL 2:19.43 3Pnts; 6 3 BOUNDS ELEANOR EA 2:19.56 2Pnts

800m Girls heats
Heat:2
1 302 COURTNEY MELISSA SW 2:12.78 Q; 2 276 TRACEY ADELLE SE 2:12.87 Q; 3 54 THACKEREY CALLI EM 2:13.13 q; 4 227 KELLY SARAH SCO 2:13.43 q; 5 385 DOWNING LAUREN WM 2:14.59 q 6 120 LORAINE STEPHANIE NE 2:19.66 1Pnts

100m Girls FINAL
Heat:1 Wind : -1.5
1 341 JOHNCOCK RACHEL WAL 12.31; 2 84 LEWIS MAKEDA LON 12.46; 3 391 IKA OQUA ANN WM 12.49; 4 226 GEORGE CAROLINE SCO 12.52; 5 147 BOOMER CHLOE NI 12.75; 6 15 MOORE BETHANIE EA 12.77; 7 116 GOLDSMITH LORNA NE 12.85; 8 437 WATTS REBECCA Y&H 13.06

100m Boys FINAL
Heat:1 Wind : -1.4
1 95 BOLARINWA DAVID LON 10.95 12Pnts; 2 398 ANYANWU OMAS WM 11.15 11Pnts; 3 40 STEPHENS EMMANUEL EA 11.19 10Pnts; 4 380 WHYTE JAMAUL WAL 11.25 9Pnts; 5 169 CONNOR STUART NI 11.26 8Pnts; 6 248 HOLLIGAN TOM SCO 11.51 7Pnts; 7 438 ANTHONY RANSFORD Y&H 11.54 6Pnts; 8 137 LOVATT JAMES NE 11.55 5Pnts

Javelin Girls
Heat:1
1 271 JONES FREYA SE 45.56; 2 45 BURDETT AMBER EM 44.96; 3 4 BURT STEPHANIE EA 44.96; 4 429 ENGLAND LAURA Y&H 39.17; 5 306 KANINI-PARSONS CHARLOTTE SW 33.98; 6 232 MELLISH AERON SCO 33.39; 7 78 DUGGAN SALLY LON 32.72; 8 346 PRIESTLEY ZOE WAL 32.27; 9 162 STEAD LAUREN NI 28.37; 10 122 MCINTYRE RACHAEL NE 25.45

Ambulant Discus Boys
Heat:1
1 19 ADAMS JONATHAN 35 EA 34.97 12Pnts; 2 318 CAMPION TIMOTHY SW 34.87 11Pnts; 3 401 BERNEY DANIEL 37 WM 21.36 10Pnts; 4 451 RAMDEEN JACK 35 Y&H 19.00 9Pnts; 5 209 BURTON THOMAS NW 18.68 8Pnts

3000m Girls
Heat:1
1 269 GORECKA EMELIA SE 9:46.25 12Pnts; 2 18 WALLBANK EMILY EA 9:57.93 11Pnts; 3 338 COCKRAM NATASHA WAL 9:59.52 10Pnts; 4 160 MITCHELL EMMA NI 10:09.81 9Pnts; 5 192 HUXLEY MEGAN NW 10:12.68 8Pnts; 6 386 FARNELL LUCY WM 10:13.24 7Pnts; 7 312 THOROGOOD AOIFE SW 10:13.79 6Pnts; 8 234 PENNEL KATHRYN SCO 10:29.01 5Pnts; 9 47 CROOKES LUCY EM 10:31.04 4Pnts; 10 435 ROBERTSON CARLY Y&H 10:36.44 3Pnts; 11 85 MACGREGOR LAUREN LON 10:39.14 2Pnts; 12 124 RANK HANNAH NE 11:34.86 1Pnts

High Jump Girls
Heat:1
1 274 POOLEY ISOBEL SE 1.75 12Pnts; 2 199 THOMPSON KATARINA NW 1.72 11Pnts; 3 396 SAWYERS JAZMIN WM 1.66 10Pnts; 3 351 SWANSON SIAN WAL 1.66 10Pnts; 5 313 TOON MEGAN SW 1.66 8Pnts; 6 87 NWAWULOR MARILYN LON 1.66 7Pnts; 7 238 WHITTLE RACHEL SCO 1.66 6Pnts; 8 7 FRITH HANNAH EA 1.63 5Pnts; 9 119 KENNEDY LEAH NE 1.60 4Pnts; 10 49 PALMER SUZIE EM 1.55 3Pnts; 11 428 ELSWORTH JESS Y&H 1.55 2Pnts; 12 148 CRAIG KERRIE NI 1.50 1Pnts

1500m steeplechase Boys
Heat:1
1 292 SEDDON ZAK SE 4:16.84 12Pnts; 2 245 GREEN SCOTT SCO 4:18.07 11Pnts; 3 331 PARTRIDGE JACK SW 4:26.50 10Pnts; 4 27 GOODWIN JACK EA 4:34.85 9Pnts; 5 443 BUCK RYAN Y&H 4:35.38 8Pnts; 6 408 MILLS DANNY WM 4:39.50 7Pnts; 7 356 BANWELL-CLODE DAVID WAL 4:40.16 6Pnts; 8 72 PAGE NATHAN EM 4:42.51 5Pnts; 9 107 SHERRY JOE LON 4:42.56 4Pnts; 10 214 CROMPTON JAMIE NW 4:57.11 3Pnts; 11 170 CRANGLE DANIEL NI 5:03.14 2Pnts; 130 BROWN JOSH NE DNS 0Pnts
300m Hurdles Girls FINAL
Heat:1
1 265 BURKE LAURA SE 44.02 12Pnts; 2 74 ADE-ONOJOBI GABRRIELLA LON 44.55 11Pnts; 3 187 CASEMENT ALISHA NW 44.55 10Pnts; 4 43 BOWLING CHARLOTTE EM 45.14 9Pnts; 5 6 CLARKE FELICITY EA 45.25 8Pnts; 6 422 BROOK SAMANTHA Y&H 46.37 7Pnts; 7 237 REES HALINA SCO 46.78 6Pnts; 8 297 BRETT PHILIPPA SW 46.97 5Pnts

Wheelchair 200m Boys FINAL
Heat:1 Wind : -2.4
1 373 LUCKER DANIEL 54 WAL 29.97 12Pnts; 2 446 HICKLING MATTHEW 34 Y&H 36.61 11Pnts

Discus Girls
Heat:1
1 14 MILNER SAM EA 40.27 12Pnts; 2 424 CARTER ABBI Y&H 38.52 11Pnts; 3 55 TYLER RACHEL EM 38.51 10Pnts; 4 82 JENKINS GRACE LON 33.92 9Pnts; 5 154 HETHERINGTON KATHY NI 31.37 8Pnts; 6 383 BOURNE JANE WM 30.18 7Pnts; 7 113 BULMER KATHERINE NE 29.26 6Pnts; 8 231 MCMURTRIE NICKY SCO 27.70 5Pnts; 9 345 PRELLS NINA WAL 27.37 4Pnts; 10 304 GROSJEAN ALICE SW 26.40 3Pnts; 184 BENTLEY DANIELLE NW NM 0Pnts

Wheelchair 200m Girls FINAL
Heat:1 Wind : -1.5
1 229 MARTIN COLETTE 54 SCO 39.07 12Pnts; 2 296 BELL VICKI 34 SW 52.53 11Pnts; 3 201 WEBB LAURA 54 NW 59.42 10Pnts

Seated Shot Put Boys
Heat:1
1 360 COOMBES IEUAN 32 WAL 5.51 12Pnts

Tuesday 1st September 2009

THE 2009 edition of the UK School Games begins in Roald Dahl Plass, in the heart of the picturesque Cardiff Bay, which will play host to the opening ceremony on Thursday 3rd September. The ceremony signifies the start of the multi sport event that is being hosted in six sporting locations across Cardiff, Newport and Swansea. The three cities will witness around 1,600 elite school aged athletes descend upon South Wales as they compete across 10 sport.

The opening ceremony will feature a number of GB Olympic greats and will reflect the unique culture of Wales.

As well as the entertainment element to the ceremony, the viewing public will get the opportunity to see a parade of all the 1,600 athletes a number of which will undoubtedly go on to be future Olympic and Paralympic stars if not in 2012 definitely by 2016. The UK School Games is a multi-sport event for the UK’s elite young athletes of school age.

The sports programme has been increased for 2009 to include a new sport, track cycling, which combined with the existing programme of Athletics, Badminton, Fencing, Gymnastics, Hockey, Judo, Swimming, Table Tennis and Volleyball brings the total to ten sports. The integrated programme of disability events in Athletics, Swimming and Table Tennis increases the athletes competing in 2009 to over 1500.

Each of the ten sports is combined into a four-day Games environment designed to replicate the feel of major event such as the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games and Commonwealth Games.

The UK School Games seeks to create an inspirational and motivational setting which encourages more young people to take part and succeed in sport.
 Responsibility for the development and organisation of the UK School Games lies with the Youth Sport Trust.

There are twelve teams competing, representing nine regions in England as well as Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. This year will see over 450 athletes compete across a multitude of track and field disciplines. Athletics also one of the three sports which has a number of disability events.

The Athletics programme will be hosted at the Cardiff International Sports Stadium and competition will get underway on Saturday 5th September at 9.30am and will finish at 5.30pm, whilst, on Sunday 6th September it will start at 9.15am going through to 2.10pm.

The England – East Midlands team will feature Leicester Coritanians Daley Graham (Long Jump) and Armani James (Triple Jump) who finished in fourth and 15th place in the triple jump final at the Aviva English Schools Championships in Sheffield back in July with marks of 13.36m and 13.29 respectively.

Charnwood’s Amber Burdett, 5th in the English Schools final, will compete in the Javelin and the Leicester Coritanian duo of Freya Vincent (1500m) and Lucy Crookes (3,000m) compete in the middle-distance events having finishing in 8th and 13th places over 1500m and 3,000m with times of 4:45.64 and 10:17.16 respectively at the English Schools.
England – East Midlands Team:
Boys
Sam Baker - Seated Discus
Marc Bradbury - Discus
Tom Collins - 1500m
Ben Connor - 3000m
Joe Dunderdale - Javelin
Sam Foster - Hammer
Daley Graham - Long Jump
Armami James - Triple Jump
Zac King - 4x400m Relay, 400m
David Lagerberg - 200m, 4x400m Relay
Themba Luhana - 4x100m Relay, 100m hurdles
Niall Maguire - 800m
Tom Matthews - 100m
Adam Mohan - Shot Put
Nathan Page - 1500m Steeplechase
Barney Woodhouse - High Jump
Girls
Charlotte Bowling - 300m Hurdles, 4x300m Relay
Chloe Bradley - 300m, 4x300m Relay
Amber Burdett - Javelin
Paige Collings - Pole Vault
Lucy Crookes - 3000m
Alice Kaye - 200m
Suzie Palmer - High Jump
Naomi Reid - Triple Jump
Yasmin Spencer - Shot Put
Sarah Stanhope - Hammer
Hannah Stevenson – 4x300m Relay
Calli Thackerey - 800m
Rachel Tyler - Discus
Freya Vincent - 1500m
Ellis Whyler - Long Jump

Tickets are available on the following link: www.ticketweb.co.uk/INFO/UKSCHOOLGAMES/

www.ukschoolgames.com

Friday 7th August 2009

THE fixture list for 2009/10 Leicestershire Secondary Schools Cross Country season have been announced with the first race taking place on Saturday 26th September at Groby College.

The highlight of the domestic season in the United Kingdom will be the 2010 Aviva English National Schools Cross Country Championships which next year will be staged at Manchester on Saturday 20th March.
Full fixtures for the 2009/10 season:
2009 Races:
League Race 1: September 26th: Longfield High School, Melton Mowbray
League Race 2: October 10th: Groby Community College, Groby
League Race 3: November 7th: The Robert Smyth School, Market Harborough
League Race 4: November 21st: Lutterworth High School / Lutterworth College
League Race 5: December 12th: Melton Country Park (Hosted by John Ferneley College)
(First race normally scheduled for 10.30am)
2010 Races:
LRSAA County Schools Championships: January 23rd: Ratcliffe College
Aviva English Schools Inter-Counties: February 6th: Shepshed High School, Shepshed (Selected athletes only)
LRSAA County Schools Cross Country Relays: March 6th: Shepshed High School, Shepshed
Aviva English National Schools Championships: March 20th: Manchester (Selected athletes only)

For further information click on the following links:

www.beaconhillstriders.co.uk/index.php?section=15

www.esaa.net

Wednesday 5th August 2009

STEVE LEWIS, the United Kingdom number one ranked pole-vaulter is to feature on this Sunday’s edition of the Channel 4 McCain Track & Field programme giving a masterclass in the discipline to presenter Rick Edwards.

Lewis, the 23-year-old British international 2006 Commonwealth bronze medalist coached at Loughborough University by Steve Rippon, set a new outdoor lifetime best in the pole vault ahead of the Berlin IAAF World Championships by winning the men’s competition at the DAK Leichtathletik-Gala Bochum meeting in Wattenscheid, Germany, with a height of 5.72 metres.

Also featured in this week’s programme 800 metre-runner Marilyn Okoro is challenged to sing at Ronnie Scotts jazz club, whilst, Iwan Thomas enters his novice relay team into their first race.

The programme is on Channel 4 Sunday 9th August at 8.30am www.mccaintrackandfield.co.uk

Thursday 23rd July 2009

THE young guns in the green and gold of Charnwood AC secured the UK Athletics McCain National Young Athletes Midlands One East championship title and more importantly promotion to the National Premier League for next season following a comprehensive team victory at Nuneaton’s Pingles Stadium on Sunday (19th July).

The Loughborough-based club completed a clean sweep of five victories in the league campaign over the 2009 outdoor season and gained the championship title and promotion by winning the final meeting by a huge margin of 34 points ahead of Bromsgrove & Redditch and third placed Tipton Harriers.
Leading Results:
U13 boys:
100m 1st Owin Sinclair 12.3, 3rd James Williamson 14.9; 200m 1st Owin Sinclair 25.5, 3rd James Williamson 31.6; 800m 2nd Jake Shaw 2.38.9, 2nd Tarun Chhiber 2.50.6; 1500m 1st James Hatton 4.56.6, 2nd Conor Moreland 5.35.8; 75m hurdles 3rd Theo Zake 16.6, 2nd Jake Shaw 17.0; Shot 2nd Robert Leaney 5.92, 2nd James Williamson 5.62; Long Jump 1st Owin Sinclair 4m94; 3rd Ethan Walsh 3m49; high jump 2nd Ethan Walsh 1m35, 1stB Theo Zake 1m15; 4x100 relay 2nd Charnwood 59.0
U13 girls:
800m 3rd Saskia Sharpe 3.14.6; 1200m 2nd Georgia Gartside 4.20.4; long jump 3rd Georgia Gartside 2m76; Shot 2nd Georgia Gartside 4:93
U15 boys:
100m 4th Isa Cashmore 12.6, 2nd Chike Oforka 12.2; 200m 3rd Isa Cashmore 26.0, 1st Dani Cashmore 28.0; 400m 1st Lewis Mead 54.1, 1st Harry Buttery 64.0; 800m 2nd Harry Buttery 2.26.0; 80m hurdles 3rd James Taylor 17.4; Discus 2nd Sam Leaney 17.16; shot 2nd Sam Leaney 7m74; javelin 2nd Kirk Howells 23m33, 2nd James Taylor 6m30; long jump 4th Dani Cashmore 4m49, 3rd Isa Cashmore 4m29; high jump 3rd James Taylor 1m35; 4x100 relay 2nd Charnwood 51.8
U15 girls:
100m 2nd Jenna Raynor 12.8, 3rd Vicky Reeves 13.9; 200m 2nd Jenna Raynor 27.1, 2nd Vicky Reeves 28.3; 800m 2nd Kim Jalland 2.37.5, 3rd Ellie Shaw 3.10.9; 1500m 1st Sophie Coldwell 4.55.3; 75m hurdles 1st Jessica Merriman 12.8, 1st Vicky Reeves 13.4; long jump 2nd Amelia Coltman 4:02, 1st Veda Jalland 4m02; high jump 1st Amelia Coltman 1m:35, 1st Veda Jalland 1m:29; discus 2nd Jessica Merriman 13m78; javelin 2nd Megan Lewis 17.77; dhot 1st Jessica Merriman 7m79, 2nd Megan Lewis 6m44; 4x100 relay 3rd Charnwood 55.9
U17 men:
100m 2nd Scott Wilson 11.5, 2nd Joe Williamson 12.0; 200m 2nd Scott Wilson 23.0, 2nd Joe Williamson 25.3; 400m hurdles 1st Richard Adiyia 58.8; 100m hurdles 1st Richard Adiyia 14.5, 1st Vivek Lodhia 19.4; hammer 1st Scott Douglas 22m72; discus 1st Scott Douglas 23m90, shot 1st Charlie Stocks 10m74, 1st Joe Williamson 3m19; javelin 1st Scott Douglas 41m32; high jump 2ndA Ciaran George 1m60; long jump 1st Richard Adiyia 6m19, 2nd Vivek Lodhia 5.48; triple jump 1st Vivek Lodhia 12m30; 4x100 Relay 1st Charnwood 47.7
U17 women:
100m 1st Rebecca Baxter 13.7, 1st Charlotte Taylor 13.9; 200m 1st Rebecca Birch-Faulkner 28.5, 1st Isabelle Perry 31.8; 3000m 1st Isabelle Perry 14.01.1; 80m hurdles 1st Rebecca Baxter 13.6; hammer 1st Adrienne Coulter 16m40; discus 1st Amber Burdett 21m07, 1st Adrienne Coulter 9m59; shot 1st Adrienne Coulter 8m90, 1st Uzo Oforka 6m03; javelin 1st Amber Burdett 38m71; long jump 1st Charlotte Taylor 4m48, 1st Isabelle Perry 2m48; triple jump 1st Rebecca Baxter 9m87, 1st Charlotte Taylor 9m62; 4x100 relay 1st Charnwood 56.2
Final Match Scores:
1 Charnwood AC 322pts
2 Bromsgrove & Redditch AC 286pts
3 Tipton Harriers 203pts
4 Nuneaton Harriers 198pts

Full results are available on the following link: www.thepowerof10.info/resultsfiles/2009/25428_6002_20072009100705_M1E-Rd5-PinglesStad-Nuneaton.pdf

2009 European Under-23 Championships

S.Dariaus ir S.Girėno Stadium

Kaunas, Lithuania

Sunday 19th July 2009 – Day 4

GREAT Britain secured double gold in the men's and women's sprint relays to complete their most successful medal tally at a European Under-23 Championships with a collection of 18 medals.

Loughborough Sports Scholar Elaine O’Neill (Woodford Green with Essex Ladies) anchored the women’s 4x100 metres team to victory as the 19-year-old combined with Annabelle Lewis (Kingston Upon Hull), Joey Duck (Marshall Milton Keynes) and Lucy Sargent (Havering Mayesbrook) to complete a perfect set of changeovers and despite coming under intense pressure from Poland, O’Neill just held her nerve to cross the line in a time of 43.89secs.

“I didn’t know where we’d finished,” said O’Neill, “I thought we might be third.”

The men’s GB team of Ryan Scott (Yate), Toby Sandeman (Thames Valley), Rion Pierre (Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow) and Leevan Yearwood (Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets) underlined their position as favourites to take gold in 39.09secs ahead of France and Poland.

UK champion Alex Smith (Sale Harriers Manchester), eleventh ranked going into the Hammer final, finished seventh with a series-best effort of 68.75m in the third round, achieving his top eight target, whilst, fellow Loughborough athlete Robbie Grabarz (Bedford & County) finished 11th in the High Jump competition.

"What a fantastic performance by the team," said GB team leader John Trower. "It's been fantastic from the first day and the team has excelled in all areas - on the track and on field - what a brilliant all round team performance.

"Three years out from London you've got to say there are probably half a dozen athletes who could step up to getting into finals there and that's exceptional - what a fantastic Championships."

Full results are available on the following link: www.sportresult.com/sports/la/framework/eaa2.asp?event_id=10000300000007

2009 European Under-23 Championships

S.Dariaus ir S.Girėno Stadium

Kaunas, Lithuania

Sunday 19th July 2009 – Day 4

EMILY PIDGEON claimed a hard fought bronze medal for Great Britain in the 5,000m on the final day of competition at the 2009 European Under-23 Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, as Russia’s impressive Natalya Popkova secured double gold following her victory over 10,000m on Friday night (17th July).

In a highly competitive race Popkova pulled away from the field with 600m to cross the line in a time of 15mins 54.11secs to take victory as Belarus' Sviatlana Kudzelich dug deep to overtake Loughborough student Pidgeon, the 2005 European junior 5,000m champion, with just 20 metres to go to claim silver.

The field was taken through the opening kilometre by Germany’s Cornelia Schwennen in 3:19.24, this following an 82:56 opening lap as Popkova was already in contention alongside the 10,000m bronze medallist Azra Eminovic of Serbia.


With six laps to go a group of nine had broken away led by Popovic and Eminovic as the group passed 3km in 9:45.30 Pidgeon moved through as Popkova continued to force the pace.



As the race moved into the final two-laps the title chase was down to three athletes as Popkova, Kudzelich and Pidgeon were together before with 600m to go Popkova made her move and immediately opened up a significant gap leaving Pidgeon and Kudzelich to battle for the minor medals. The bell was reached in 14:47 with the Russian in a comfortable 30 metre lead and the race and championships double was won. Kudzelich clocked 16:03.85 with Pidgeon recording a season’s best of 16:04.71.

Full results are available on the following link: www.sportresult.com/sports/la/framework/eaa2.asp?event_id=10000300000007

2009 European Under-23 Championships

S.Dariaus ir S.Girėno Stadium

Kaunas, Lithuania

Saturday 18th July 2009 – Day 3

LLOYD GUMBS sprinted to 400m Hurdles gold for Great Britain on the third day of the 2009 European Under-23 Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, as the 21-year-old Loughborough College student running in the difficult lane eight recorded a lifetime best performance of 49.62secs, his first sub-50 second clocking to take victory ahead of the Ukraine's Stanislav Melnykov (49.88) with Vincent Vanrycheghem of Belgium taking bronze (49.90).

Leicester’s Callum Priestly (Woodford Green with Essex Ladies) claimed bronze in the men’s 110m Hurdles final in a new personal best of 13.63secs with compatriot Gianni Frankis (Newham & Essex Beagles) taking silver also in a PB of 13.57. Poland’s Artur Noga powered through to take gold in 13.47.

Women's team captain and Loughborough student Sarah Holt (Sale Harriers Manchester), a bronze medallist in the UK Championships the previous week in Birmingham with a mark of 59.90m, won European bronze as the 22-year-old made the cut with her final attempt of 60.30m following two no-throws, however, the British U23 record-holder claimed bronze with a throw of 62.55m to take third place behind winner Zalina Marghieva of Moldova.

Marghieva wrapped the title up in the first round with 66.20m before consolidating in the final round with 67.67m. The Czech Republic's Katerina Safrankova clinched silver with 63.01.

Loughborough graduate and men’s Team GB captain Alex Smith (Sale Harriers Manchester), the former Commonwealth Youth Games champion (2004) and World Youth Games bronze medallist, qualified through to the Hammer final with a best effort of 68.53m.

Full results are available on the following link: www.sportresult.com/sports/la/framework/eaa2.asp?event_id=10000300000007

2009 European Under-23 Championships

S.Dariaus ir S.Girėno Stadium

Kaunas, Lithuania

Friday 17th July 2009 – Day 2

HARRY Aikines-Aryeetey added European gold to his world junior title with victory over 100 metres in a British one-two-three at the 2009 European Under-23 Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania.

The Loughborough-based sprinter won in a season's best of 10.15secs ahead of compatriot Leevan Yearwood with Rion Pierre third.

Aikines-Aryeetey is now the only British athlete in history to have won gold medals at youth, junior and under-23 major championship level.

Aikines-Aryeetey commented: "That was the toughest start of my life. I just ran as hard as I could. The start was so poor it was unreal.

"Luckily enough I came through - a one-two-three - that's amazing. It shows the strength and depth we have in sprints at all levels. We're all just happy to be in the mix and all happy to win a medal."

Yearwood clocked 10.26secs, as Pierre set a new personal best of 10.28 to take bronze.

Loughborough Sports Scholar Elaine O'Neill had to settle for fifth in the women's 100m final crossing the line in 11.61secs.

Full results are available on the following link: www.sportresult.com/sports/la/framework/eaa2.asp?event_id=10000300000007

2009 European Under-23 Championships

S.Dariaus ir S.Girėno Stadium

Kaunas, Lithuania

Friday 17th July 2009 – Day 2

LEICESTER’s Eden Francis underlined her position as the top ranked U23 athlete on the continent by winning a superb gold medal in the Discus final of the 2009 European Under-23 Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania.

Francis (Birchfield) won the title with a throw of 57.29m well clear of runner-up Vera Karmishina of Russia (54.48m) as team-mate Jade Nicholls (Shaftesbury Barnet), claimed bronze with her final attempt of 54.44m – a new lifetime best.

In the 110m Hurdles Leicester’s Callum Priestley (Woodford Green with Essex Ladies) qualified for the final in first place with a time of 13.58secs

Loughborough graduate Robbie Grabarz (Bedford & County) made it through to the men’s High Jump final on Sunday with 2.17m.

In the 400m Hurdles Lloyd Gumbs (Shaftesbury Barnet) progressed the finals clocking a new personal best to take third place in his heat with 50.12secs, whilst, Loughborough student Meghan Beesley (Birchfield) clocked 57.32secs, a season’s best performance for the 19-year-old to finish fifth, but missed out on qualification.

Full results are available on the following link: www.sportresult.com/sports/la/framework/eaa2.asp?event_id=10000300000007

2009 European Under-23 Championships

S.Dariaus ir S.Girėno Stadium

Kaunas, Lithuania

Thursday 16th July 2009 – Day 1

SPRINTERS Elaine O'Neill and Harry Aikines-Aryeetey led the way for the Loughborough Students in action on the opening day of competition at the 2009 European Under-23 Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania.

On a rain-affected day at the S.Dariaus ir S.Girėno Stadium 19-year-old Loughborough Sports Scholar Elaine O’Neill (Woodford Green with Essex Ladies) qualified through to the women’s 100 metre final clocking a time of 11.68secs.

In the morning heats O’Neill, just prior to a downpour, kick-started proceedings on the track for Team GB with a second place finish and automatic qualification for the semi-finals in 11.69 (-0.8).

In the men’s 100 metres former world junior champion Harry Aikines-Aryeetey progressed through as the fastest qualifier for the final after clocking 10.32secs (-1.3).

"That was alright," said Aikines-Aryeetey. "It was a bit nerve-wracking being out there for the first time, but it was good to be back, it's a good track, they've re-laid it and it feels fast."

In the hurdles Meghan Beesley (Birchfield Harriers), the 19-year-old World Junior bronze medallist, was first off in heat one to win comfortably in 57.91secs and is confident she has a lot more to give as the championships progress.

England Under-23 400m Hurdles champion Lloyd Gumbs (Shaftesbury Barnet) crossed the line in 51.01secs progressed through to tomorrow’s semi finals by finishing in second place.

“I’m just excited to be here,” said Gumbs, “I knew coming here would be tough but I’ve made it through and I’m pleased with that. I just ran the race - it wasn’t anything special.”

In the field events Leicester’s hugely talented Eden Francis (Birchfield) – currently top ranked European Under-23 and winner of the senior United Kingdom Shot title last weekend in Birmingham – qualified for the Discus final with a best throw of 51.83m.

Full results are available on the following link: www.sportresult.com/sports/la/framework/eaa2.asp?event_id=10000300000007

2009 Aviva ESAA English Schools Track & Field Championships

Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield

10th-11th July 2009

LAURA SAMUEL (Triple Jump), Robert Mohan (Shot) and Laura Haslam (200m) were the major medal winners for Leicestershire & Rutland athletes competing in front of the Sky Sports cameras at the 2009 Aviva ESAA English Schools Championships held at Sheffield’s Don Valley Stadium, the venue for the 1991 World Student Games.

Laura Samuel led the way for Leicestershire & Rutland schools winning gold in the Senior Girls Triple Jump competition as the 18-year-old from the Leicester Coritainian club, winner of the English national Under-20 title last month in Beford, claimed victory with a best of 12.63m (+1.2). This just 24 hours after finishing fourth in the senior Aviva World Trials & National Championships at Birmingham.

Robert Mohan, the 18-year-old Nene Valley Harrier currently coached by Geoff Capes at Loughborough University, competing in the Senior Boys Shot competition won a fine silver medal with a throw of 16.42 metres to finish runner-up to Anthony Oshodi of Essex who claimed the title with a mark of 16.71m.

In the Senior Girls 200 metre final Laura Haslam secured a well-deserved podium place as the 17-year-old from the Charnwood club in Loughborough finished in the bronze medal position clocking a time of 25.26secs as Bristol's impressive Emily Diamond, winner over 100m at the recent McCain Loughborough International, claimed the title for Avon & Somerset in 23.85 with Twinelle Hopeson (Surrey) second in 24.55.

Other highlights for Leicestershire athletes in the finals were as follows:
Junior Boys Finals

Liam Hurst finished 9th in the long jump competition with a leap of 5.69m as Julian Blake recorded a best of 12.09m to take fifth place in the triple jump final. Sonny Murphy finished 10th in the Shot with a mark of 12.25m, whilst, Leicester Coritanian Forrest Francis was fourth in the discus competition with a 36.69m throw. Club mate Harry Panayiotou finished 17th in the javelin with a mark of 33.48.
Inter Boys Finals

Leicester Coritanians Daley Graham and Armani James finished in fourth and 15th place in the triple jump final with marks of 13.36m and 13.29 respectively as Travelle Morris-Reid launched the javelin out to 50.91m to secure 10th place overall.
Senior Boys Finals

The ever-improving Sam Stabler from the Leicester OWLS clocked 3mins 58.36secs to take 12th place in the 1500m final. Charnwood’s Romeo Sithole produced a leap of 1.96m to secure 7th in the high jump competition as Corby’s Harry Hollis matched this with seventh in the javelin final with a throw of 55.11m, whilst, Tom Pearson (Charnwood) was 15th in the discus with a mark of 33.96.
Inter-Girls Finals

Leicester Coritanians Freya Vincent and Lucy Crookes competed in the middle-distance events finishing in 8th and 13th places over 1500m and 3,000m with times of 4:45.64 and 10.17.16 respectively. In the infield club mate Stephanie Hurst claimed 16th place in the shot competition with a throw of 9.49m, whilst, Amber Burdett of Charnwood AC finished 5th in the javelin final with a best of 39.63m as club mate Alice Knight claimed 19th place with 30.52m.
Senior Girls Finals

Defending champion Sarah-Anne de Kremer (Corby), part of the national Lloyds TSB Local Heroes scheme claimed a fine fourth place in the javelin final with a best of 39.00m returning to competition in 2009 having suffered with a stress fracture in her lower back as Charnwood’s Hannah Walsh claimed 5th position in the triple jump final with a best leap of 11.38m.

Full results are available on the following link: www.esaa.net/2009/tf/national/results/nat09-res.html

Friday 10th July 2009

THE fixtures for the 2009 Leicestershire Primary Schools Cross Country League have been announced – the races will be staged at Western Park in Leicester with a 10.00am start.
Full 2009 fixtures:
Saturday 3rd October
Saturday 7th November
Saturday 5th December

Friday 3rd July 2009

THE second annual "Magic Miles" promoted by Fleckney & Kibworth Running Club took place on Wednesday 1st July in hot and sultry conditions at Fleckney recreation ground.

The race evening was again forming the centrepiece of the week long "Fleckneyfest" and thus was highly slanted towards athletes young and not so young within the local communities rather than going down the open invitation basis. This in no way detracted from the quality on display however as the area has long been synominous with a production line of talented runners.

In the primary school age group there was a titantic battle between Elise Tear of Kibworth and Teagan Allen of Fleckney which was finally decided within the last 100 metres as the in form Tear powered home in 6:49 with long time leader Allen in 6:51, third place was filled by debutant and new recruit Grace Grimmett in 7:49.

The corresponding primary school boys race featured a repeat victory for Josh Knight, the Leicester City academy starlet posting 6:12 followed in close order by Bryn Williams in 6:15 before a gap to Oscar Trier in 06:29. Taking an impressive fourth place was Leicestershire Schools cross country champion at Year 3 Harry Allen who returned 6:33 and who was conceding two and even three years to some of his peers

In the following combined boys & girls school year 7 and 8 race there was an impressive 5:50 winning time for rising year 7 prospect Dan Belton who had a margin of eight seconds on Inter Counties cross country representative and recent winner of the Arnesby junior cross country event Luke Mathers in 5:58, stopping the clock on exactly 6:00 was the fast finishing Jack Williams. In the girls section Ella Voss was another repeat winner in 7:10 from Shaskia Sneath in 7:39.

The senior ladies race was captured by triathlete Rachael Campbell in 6:24 followed by defending champion Lorna Waters in 6:32 and Anne Ghillespy in 8:19.

The senior men's mile atracted an interesting and mixed field with defending champion Stefan Ashman ranged against familiar opposition from the 2008 race including Leicester Running Shop proprietor Rob Pullen as well as ex Leicester City hero Muzzy Izzet and Leicester Tigers Guinness Premiership Coach of The Year Richard whose wife Sarah and son Stan are both club members. One athlete who pushed Ashman hard last year Karl Beardall who has risen to 4th in the overall LRRL winter rankings this campaign but was missing this year due to a persistant linjury issue. This left Ashman with the task of cutting out all of his own pace as the sweltering conditions showed little sign of abating.

Keen to better his winning time of 5:16 in the 2008 race Ashman timed it to perfection to stop the clock at 5:15 and will be content after familiarising himself with Fleckney's seasonal track in recent weeks.

The evening's grand finale was yet to come howver as athletes and sporting celebrities were wheeled out again for the traditiional closing event the 4 x 400 metres relay which saw a Fleckney & Kibworth ladies squad augmented by The Leicestershire AAA Ladies 100 and 200 metres champion Hannah Ingram take on a "Young Guns" squad of Ashman, Luke Mathers, Chris Parkes Bowen and Jack Williams as well a Fleckney men's team of Izzet, Cockerill, club captain Stacey Voss and John Redfearn pitched against defending champions Kibworth who included Pullen as well another Leicester City legend in Steve Welsh who was a surprise bonus guest when he arrived with Izzet and then the squad completed by Vince Brown and Ant Grimmett.

The story of the race was a run away revenge victory for Fleckney with Cockerill putting in a powerful opening leg which was more than consolidated by Redfearn and Voss. This left Izzet to round off victory in a total time of 4:32 and show all present that he is more than ready to make his debut for Leicester City Masters in their forthcoming closed season tournaments.
Leading Results:
Primary School Girls 1st Elise Tear (Y5) 6:49, 2nd Teagan Allen (Y6) 6:51, 3rd Grace Grimmett (Y6) 7:49,
Primary School Boys 1st Josh Knight (Y6) 6:12, 2nd Bryn Williams (Y5) 6:15 3rd Oscar Trier (Y5) 6:29, 4th Harry Allen (Y3) 6:33,
School Years 7 & 8 Mixed 1st Boy Dan Belton (Y7) 5:50, 2nd (Y8) Luke Mathers 5:58, 3rd (Y8) Jack Williams (Y8) 6:00 1st Girl Ella Voss (Y8) 7:10 2nd Saskia Sneath (Y8) 7:39
Senior Ladies 1st Rachael Campbell 6:24, 2nd Lorna Waters 6:32, 3rd Ann Ghilespy 8:19
Senior Men 1st Stefan Ashman 5:15, 2nd Rob Pullen 5:49 3rd Muzzy Izzet 5:55

At the following prize giving race director and head coach of Fleckney & Kibworth Dave Wheeler used the occasion to deliver a withering attack on education authorities at national level who he deemed had "turned their back on tried and methods"

Expanding on what he saw as the juxta position of progressive athletics and running clubs as opposed to the UK schools authorities he bemoaned the failure to build on the golden generations that produced names such as Ovett, Coe, Gunnell and Thompson and had seen instead the misguided preoccupation with participation over competition which had left quality marginalised.

He continued "This said of course participation and access to all is vitally important in terms of raising the overall national level of health and fighting the obesity epidemic , likewise it would be folly to overlook the selfless sacrifice of local teachers who willingly give of their own time trying their level best to do the "right thing."

However the overall drift coming down from central government has been to the detriment of nuturing elite talent and by not pushing the boundaries of competiive sport equates to turning one's back to the tried and trusted methods that made us a powehouse in global track & field"