Inter Counties Track and Field Championships at Bedford.
Some of our athletes were in action for Yorkshire at the Inter Counties Track and Field Championships at Bedford this weekend.
Luke Cutts cleared 5.45m to win the pole vault in a new championship record, a fine effort in very windy conditions. Jamie Williamson had a disappointing discus competition but did well in the shot, finishing fourth with 17.35m. Yorkshire champion Matthew Quine was fourth in the 400 metres in 49.84 and Sam Ellis won the men's 800m final in 1:52:86.
Tesni Ward, competing for Nottinghamshire, set a new PB and club record in finishing 3rd in the women's javelin with a throw of 48.49m.
National Junior League Match 2
The National Junior League team were is action at Woodburn Road on Sunday and finished 5th in their match. Result.
National Young Athletes League Match 2
Our Young Athletes League team continued their winning start to the season at Ashton under Lyne on Sunday with a win against teams from East Cheshire and Rotherham. The winning margin is thanks to the tremendous efforts of our athletes and their willingness to fill in at events that they are not used to. The team now sit in third place in the Northern Premier East League.
Congratulations to the following athletes who achieved Grade 1 performances in their events
Kelly Clarke U17W 80m hurdles
Thomas peters U15B javelin
Amy Hodgson U15G long jump
Sarah Lee-Liggett U13G high jump
Adam Hague U15B pole vault
The final match score was
City of Sheffield 631
East Cheshire 561
Rotherham 467
Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire County Championships 2010
It was both the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire County Track & Field Championships at the weekend and a number of our athletes were in action.
Derbyshire Sarah Lee-Liggett won 4 medals in the championships, winning the U13 girls 70m hurdles, long jump and high jump, and coming third in the shot putt.
Josiah Fillieul won the U15 boys long jump and triple jump, and took silver in the 200m. Vicky Price won the U15 girls pole vault and brother Chris was third in the U17 mens long jump. Jill Lee-Liggett was third in the U17 womens shot putt, while Daniel Brunt won the senior mens shot putt and was second in the discus.
Nottinghamshire Thomas Peters set a new championship record in winning the U15 boys javelin with a throw of 57.96m. Tesni Ward won the junior womens shot putt as well as the senior womens discus and javelin.
Yorkshire Championships 2010
Jessica Ennis won the 100m and long jump at the Yorkshire and Humberside Track and Field Championships at Don Valley at the weekend.
She won the 100 metres in 12.10, but conditions were poor, very cold with a wind gusting at over four metres per second for the sprinters. In the heats earlier, she had run an impressive 11.82, again with a headwind but not as strong as the final. In the long jump she achieved 6.29 metres.
In the men's events there was a double for Matthew Quine. He won the 400 metres on the first day in 48.67 and then took the 200 in a personal best of 21.85 on the second day. In the shorter event he beat team mate Todd Marshall who had earlier won the 100 metres.
Matt Lambley beat his own Yorkshire record in winning the hammer, his winning throw of 69.89 being close to his personal best.
Jamie Williamson won the shot silver medal with 16.77, but won the discus with a throw of 49.05 gaining a narrow verdict over Sale's defending champion Marcus Gouldbourne. In the high jump Wanangwa Mkandawire outclassed the opposition with his 1.96 clearance. Steve Garrett (Sheffield) won the 400 metre hurdles, in 53.26 and also picked up bronze medals in the high hurdles and the 200 metres. Joe Lancaster also won two events in the same age group, the 400m (54.59) and 800m (2:05.58), as did Dannish Khan 100m(11.06) and 200m(21.69).
