SOUTH WEST INDOOR CHAMPS @ CARDIFF – U20 & SENIOR (JANUARY 2016) Both Frankie Allen and Sarah Smith came away with silver medals in the 60m at Cardiff. Sarah beat her pb, with a rapid 8.05. The magic sub-8.00 seconds will be broken shortly, we are sure. This is Sarah’s first year in the u20 category, so plenty of opportunities in the future to add to this.
Frankie, who has been with the club for more than 10 years, is competing in the senior category for the first time. A time of 8.30 seconds a solid start to the year.
The medal count from the Indoor Championships for 2016 stands at;
4 Gold medals
11 Silver medals
6 Bronze medals
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UK COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS @ SHEFFIELD (JANUARY 2016) – ADA’ORA STARTS HER 2016 CAMPAIGN Top athlete Ada’ora Chigbo started her u20 with a solid 6th place in the National Combined Events Championships. She has a great team behind her and improvements are anticipated across all events as she settles into her new regime.
A 60m hurdles time of 9.77 seconds (756 points) saw her in 16th place after the first event. The next two events are her favourites, and after event three Ada’ora was in silver position behind World Junior Champion Morgan Lake (High Jump 1.75m – 916 points and shot 11.82m – 649 points). A long jump of 5.11m (589 points) and 2;43.48 800m (534 points) completed the scoring.
SOUTH WEST INDOORS @ CARDIFF MET (JANUARY 2016)
Another solid turn out from North Somerset. A haul of 16 medals to add to the 8 before Christmas sees a great start to the New Year!
UNDER 13 BOYS
Micky Power 60m Silver 8.88 secs
Long Jump 5th 3.93m
Harrison Garland 60m Bronze 8.94 secs
800m Silver 2;32.48 mins
Long Jump Silver 4.31m
Cameron Baker-Perry 60m 11th 9.45 secs
1500m Bronze 5;47.36 mins
UNDER 13 GIRLS
Tilly Smale 60m Bronze 8.74 secs
Stephanie Brooks 60m 5th 9.27 secs
800m 6th 2;51.99 mins
Shot 5th 4.34m
Grace Ashurst 800m Bronze 2;45.18 mins
Alice Bridger Morales 1500m Gold 5;31.82 mins
Connie Ballentine 1500m Silver 5;48.29 mins
UNDER 15 BOYS
Ollie Lock 1500m Silver 5;12.05 mins
Lucy Edwards 60m 17th 9.35 secs
800m 7th 3;01.91 mins
Rosie Whitehead 1500m Silver 5;01.69 mins
Nelly Bridger Morales 1500m 5th 5;24.69 mins
Nattie Statham 60m hurdles 10th 16.09 secs
Shot Bronze 6.87m
UNDER 17 LADIES
Alice Davies 1500m Silver 5;03.82 mins
Lauren Ashurst 1500m Bronze 5;07.81 mins
UNDER 17 MEN
Charlie Bates 60m Silver 7.70 secs
Jack Priestley 60m Silver 7.70 secs
23 Athletes from North Somerset attended the Team Avon trials at Downend. Excellent performances all round, but special mention for the following track event winners;
Girls 3 lap run – Alice Keyte
Boys 3 lap run – Frank Langford
Boys 1 lap hurdles – Ben Hartigan
Boys 1 lap sprint – Oliver Chillman
Selections will be carried out by Dean and his team, and email notifications of the successful team members will be made toward the end of the week