ENGLISH XC RELAYS

There was an 18th place for our u17 men's A team on Oscar Cousins, Tom Spencer & Finlay Grant in Mansfield on 2nd November with our B team of Sam Allen, Isaac Helps & Joe Currie coming home 57th. Our junior men's team of Alex Ediker, Ewan Spencer & Jacob Buckley were 29th with Lydia Griffin, Macy Helps & Charlotte Staniland teaming up for 45th in the u13 girls race.

NORTHERN XC RELAYS

Oscar Cousins, Tom Spencer and Finlay Grant teamed up to finish an agonising 4th in the u17 men's race at the Northern cross country relays in Sheffield on 19th October, just 2 seconds away from a medal. Fin also ran the 6th fastest leg of the day. In the senior men's race there was a 22nd place for Ewan Spencer, Michael Brown, Jacob Buckley & Steve Gascoyne with our u13 girls team of Lydia Griffin, Macy Helps & Evie Blant coming home 34th.

SCHOOLS FELL CHAMPS

Congratulations to Finlay Grant who just missed out on a medal in finishing 4th at the English Schools Fell Running Championships which were held in Giggleswick, North Yorkshire on 6th October. Fin has had a great season on the fells having already finished 5th overall in the English U17 Fellrunning Championships which takes in your 4 best performances over a series of 6 races.

NATIONAL ROAD RELAYS

Two teams from the club took on the finest teams in the country in Birmingham on 6th November. For our u13 girls Macy Helps, who had a busy weekend having competed the day before, led off for the team followed by Lydia Griffin & Charlotte Staniland. The girls worked their way through the field to eventually finish 38th. There was also a 32nd place, following some technical difficulties which saw their times not recorded, for our u17 men's team of Oscar Cousins, Sam Allen & Tom Spencer.

TIGHE'S ENGLAND APPEARANCE

Competing for England at the British Mountain Running Championships in Llanberis, Wales there was a 10th placed finish for Will Tighe in the U20 men's race. The race was Will's second time in an England vest having finished 8th in the u17's race in 2017.

NORTHERN ROAD RELAYS

Our u17 men's relay team took an excellent 9th place in the Northern Athletics road relays in Manchester on 15th September. Led off by Oscar Cousins followed by Finlay Grant then Sam Allen the lads worked their way through the field and into the top 10. In the u13 girls race Macy Helps, Gracie Pell & Charlotte Staniland combined to finish 30th.

STEEL CUP WIN

The club defended it's title in style at the Steel City Cup in Sheffield on 7th Sept with many medal winning performances & a couple of athletes rising towards the top of the UK rankings. There was a clean sweep of the medals in the U11 hurdles races, the 1-2-3 in the girls were Leah Hailey, Emily Marathalingam & Verity Jones and for the boys it was Tyler Booth, James Sinclair & Alex Fleming. There were also hurdle wins for Charlotte Staniland in the U13 girls & James Foot for the U15 boys.

Izzy Fellows threw a huge PB to win the U13 girls javelin & move to 3rd in the UK rankings. Izzy also won the discus, as did Josh Turkington for the U15 boys with Jacob Peers-Wain taking the U15 hammer. In the 100m races there were wins for Ezra Adetunji in the U11 boys & Ben Fogden in the U15 boys, the same duo also won their 200's & Connor McQuade won the senior 400m.

In the pole vault Lottie Hall moved back to the top of the UK rankings in winning the U13 girls with Nathan Pentin winning the senior men's event, Hannah Moody taking the U15 girls & Will Foot the U17 men. Melissa Humphreys improved her PB to take the U13 girls high jump with Joanne Hall & Lee Jones taking the senior golds. There were a number of other medal winning performances; congratulations to Thomas Marriott, Maria & Lyz Evans, Ellie Oscroft, Mackenzie Crowther, Steve Gascoyne, Robyn Smith, Angie Fellows, Alicia Proctor, Ewan Horsley, Emme Devine, Nathanael Gaskin, Bob Sims, Chris Pell, Matthew Bramley, Reuben Sas & Ella Laban. Thank you to everyone who competed & contributed to an excellent team spirit. Full results can be found at https://www.thepowerof10.info/results/results.aspx?meetingid=314869&pagenum=1

NORTHERN BRONZE FOR GREEN

At the Northern Athletics u15/17 Champs, which were held in Liverpool on 17/18th August, Lois Green secured the Bronze medal in the u17 women's Pole Vault competition with a jump of 3.10m. Izzy Fellows & Lottie Hall stepped up from the u13 age group to compete against the u15's in the Javelin with Izzy finishing 4th, missing out on a medal by an agonising 9cm, with Lottie finishing in 13th. Lottie returned on day 2 to take 5th place in the u15 girls Pole Vault and there was a 12th place for Luke Ambrosioni in the u17 men's Long Jump.

INTERNATIONAL HONOURS FOR WILL

Will Foot made his England debut in Swansea on 20th July against teams from Wales, Scotland & Ireland. Competing in the pole vault Will gained a Bronze medal with a jump of 4.16m and helped England to win the match.

ENGLISH SCHOOLS SILVER FOR WILL

Will Foot took a silver medal at the English Schools track & field Champs in Birmingham on 12/13th July. Competing in the Intermediate boys pole vault Will followed up his silver last year as a Junior boy with 2nd place in his first year in the new age group and in the process sealed selection for the England team at next weekend's International match in Swansea against Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Will's jump of 4.20 equalled his pb which sees him currently ranked =4th in the UK. Also in action in Birmingham was Lois Green who was 6th in the Inter girls pole vault with a new pb, by 14cm, jumping 3.25m. In 13th place in the Junior girls pole vault was Hannah Moody with a best height on the day of 2.70m.