City of Sheffield Athletic Club -

Congratulations to the teams that turned out in glorious weather in Graves Park, Sheffield
on Sunday 1 October. We had a record number of 14 teams across the various age groups
and we took 8 medals in total - yet another record. Read the match report from
Isabelle Pound...

A very big thank you to all athletes who turned out to represent the club, and their parents and supporters, in what was a glorious day in both weather and competitive terms - in fact a little bit too warm for cross-country running, but a nice change for the spectators.  Many congratulations to all athletes, and particularly those turning out for the first time in this competitive event.  I'd also like to say a big thank you to those competitors who made up a team and gave all athletes a chance to take part.  We had a record number of 14 teams across the various age groups, all of which were able to score thanks to everyone turning up on the day - another record!
 
We took 8 medals in total - yet another record - 3 South Yorkshire Golds, 3 South Yorkshire Silvers, 1 South Yorkshire Bronze and the highlight of the day saw our U17 Women's team, Beth Ansell, Laura Goodwin (returning to fine cross-country form and seeing the light after a year's absence,) and Eve Pound take Bronze in the North of England Relay competition.  Well done girls!!
 
Our U11 and U13 age category teams saw a lot of new club members running competitively for the first time.  We know it is a nerve wracking experience and hope that you all enjoyed yourselves.
 
I'd like to say a very, very big thank you to Julia Beedle for seamlessly sorting out all of our youngest athletes whilst I was having a nervous breakdown following the failure of the electronic athlete declaration system.
 
Although the event was chip-timed, there were some errors with the results, some of which have been corrected, some of which still need to be corrected.
 
Full results and individual split times can be found at www.noeaa-athletics.org.uk in the Results Index.  Results for our club are as follows:
 

 

•     U11 Girls "A" (Marianna Wood-Bonelli, Megan Armswood, Francesca Shields) Team time: 17:58.  Souh Yorkshire Silver Medal,  North of England 4th.
•     U11 Girls "B" (May Moorwood, Erin Styles, Cetherine Kebell) Team time: 20:42.  4th in South Yorkshire, North of England 10th.
•     U11 Boys (Thomas Lee, Dan Brown, Sam Eccles) Team time: 17:59.  North of England 8th.
•     U13 Girls "A" (Emily Simpson, Jess Beedle, Amelia Lancaster) Team time: 20:03.  South Yorkshire Bronze Medal, North of England 14th.
•     U13 Girls "B" (Megan Storey, Mariella De Lara, Lauren Walker) Team time: 21:36.  5th in South Yorkshire, North of England 20th.
•     U13 Girls "C" (Poppy Nolan, Olivia Hogan, Sophie Kebell)  Team time: 22:15.  6th in South Yorkshire, North of England 22nd.
•     U13 Boys (Alfie Manthorpe, Laurie Young, Rhys Brown) Team time: 18:48. South Yorkshire Gold Medal, North of England 10th.
•     U15 Girls (Ellie Curran, Sophie Taylor, Anina Atkinson) Team time: 25:11.  South Yorkshire Gold Medal, North of England 8th.
•     U15 Boys "A" (Evan Webb, Jonathan Shields, Josh Naisbitt) Team time: 21:55.  South Yorkshire Gold Medal, North of England 6th.
•     U15 Boys "B" (Joe Hibbert, Jarrod Beedle, Matt Chaib) Team time: 24:37.  6th in South Yorkshire, North of England 23rd.
•     U17 Women "A" (Beth Ansell, Laura Goodwin, Eve Pound) Team time: 25:11. South Yorkshire Silver Medal, North of England Bronze Medal.
•     U17 Women "B" (Susannah Curran, Amy Hodgson, Olivia Noteman) Team time: 31:57.  4th in South Yorkshire, North of England 16th.
•     Senior Men (Adam Newton, Mick Thompson, Louis Gardner James Gray) Team time: 46:40.  5th in South Yorkshire, North of England 15th.
•     Masters Men 40-50 (Glenn Hardy, Martin Atkinson, Stephen Gisborne) Team time: 39:08.  North of England 7th.

 
I currently have medals for Evan Webb, Johnny Shields, Amelia Lancaster, Rhys Brown and Laurie Young.
 
We also had some very impressive individual split times.  For the girls, Francesca Shields (U11G) ran the 9th fastest leg in the North of England competition, with a time of 5:51.  Amelia Lancaster (U13G) ran the 10th fastest leg with 6:00 and Beth Ansell (U17W) ran the 8th fastest leg with 8:27. For the boys, Alfie Manthorpe (U13B) ran the fastest leg in his age group with a time of 5:24, and Josh Naisbitt (U15B) ran the 10th fastest leg with 7:08.
 
If anybody took any photos which they are prepared to share on the website ( www.sheffieldathletics.co.uk ) and/ or the club cross country team facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/City-of-Sheffield-AC-Cross-Country-Team/151390654948387 - please can they email them to me -  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  Many thanks and hope to see as many of you as possible at the first South Yorkshire League match on the 23rd of October.  Also remember I'm still selling numbers for this league and taking entries from athletes aged 11 or over for the Mansfield ECCA National Relays.
 
Kind regards,     

Isabelle