A team of U13 girls took second place in the Tom Pink Relays competition in Derby on 19 August.

The AAAs have been left a substantial bequest by an elderly lady, Mrs Louise Pink, for a children’s programme in memory of her son Tom who was tragically killed in an accident in the early 1950’s. They decided to use this generous gift to fund a series of children’s relays in support of and leading up to the 2012 games in London.

A team of Olivia Noteman, Matilda Moulam, Abbey Stanley, Grace Dennis and Victoria Stasi took part in the Chasing Kelly relay at the Moorways Stadium, Derby on Sunday. This is a 1500 metre continuous relay for teams 5 in the under 13 girls age group. This is a challenge for the girls to beat Kelly Holmes 800 metre and 1500 metre record. Each team member ran 3 times over 100 metres to complete the distance.

The girls did extremely well in coming home in second place having lead the relay until the final 100m when they were pipped by Derby AC.