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INDOOR TRAINING CANCELLATIONS
Due to an exam period at Tupton Hall School all training will take place outdoors on the track weeks commencing the 17th and 24 November. Our last indoor training session will be on Thursday 13th Nov & we will resume inside again from Tuesday 2nd December.
MINI LEAGUE MATCHES COMING UP
Saturday 22nd November is the next date of the Derbyshire Mini Cross Country League. The event takes place at the Rutland Sports Park, West End Drive, Ilkeston, DE7 5GH with the first race at 11am, the u11's, followed by u13's then u15's. Please meet Caroline Siderius there who will be your team manager so will need your chips at the end of your race.
Match 3 of the Derbyshire Sportshall league takes place on Sunday 30th November at Queens Park Sports Centre, Chesterfield. The 1st events start at 1pm with a finish of around 4pm. Please respond to team managers emails to confirm availability (or unavailability) and to choose events. On the day please meet team managers in the cafe area by 12.30 to collect your numbers.
There is a £5 competition fee at both matches, please pay your team manager.
SPORTSHALL MATCH 2
Another win was achieved at the second Derbyshire Sportshall match on 2nd November. The highlights were new League Records for Kyrie Turner in the u13 girls shot with a distance of 10.61m, adding 10cm to the record, and for Antoniah Kinsiona in the u15 girls 2 Lap, in a time of 24.8secs which shaved 0.1 off the previous record. Well done to everyone who competed and we look forward to another good turn out at the end of the month. Full results will be published on our Facebook page.
COUNTY CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPS
Entries are open for the Derbyshire Cross Country Championships, which will be at Bulwell Hall Park on Saturday 3rd January. A prospectus & entry details can be found at https://www.race-results.co.uk/results/2026/#0
Entries will remain open until 15th December.
MINI LEAGUE CROSS RESULTS
The first Derbyshire Mini cross country league match took place in Buxton on 25th October and saw 10 club athletes competing. There was a 4th place for Lily Rogers in the u11 girls race with Edith Martin, Annie Ossowska-Wells & Holly Rogers in 7th, 8th & 9th, with the team finishing in 2nd place.
For the u11 boys Charles Rogers & Charlie Shaw were 13th & 15th. Maya Zuccolo was 6th in the u15 girls race and for the u13 boys Jacob Campbell, Lucas Melen & Oscar Siderius were 10th, 12th & 13th. Overall we finished in 5th place.
NORTHERN XC RELAYS
There was some excellent racing from the club's athletes at Graves Park in Sheffield on 18th Oct. In the u13 girls race the trio of Martha Smith, Francesca Mayers and Ruby Thomson were 27th with the boys 37th; Kobi Barraclough, Oscar Siderius & Philip Grzelak. Unfortunately our u11 girls team was incomplete but congratulations to Lily Rogers & Nouelle Foster Applewhite who completed the first 2 legs for us.
INDOOR OPEN MEETINGS
The EIS is Sheffield is the venue for some upcoming meetings which club members are encouraged to give a go. There are the Northern Opens on 22nd Nov & 6th December, details can be found on https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions
There is also the Run Jump Throw series, the first of which is on 13th December. Details of these are on https://www.race-results.co.uk/results/2025 where you can also find some open meetings in Manchester.
NORTHERN ROAD RELAYS
The club fielded u13 teams at the Northern Athletics road relays at a very wet Leigh on 20th Sept. Strong lead off legs from Philip Grzelak & Martha Smith were followed by Oscar Siderius & Kobi Barraclough for the boys and Francesca Mayers & Ellie Madin for the girls. The boys placed 40th of 50 teams & the girls a superb 33rd out of 46.
DERBYSHIRE THIRD AT INTER COUNTIES
Following their selection for the Derbyshire team there were some excellent performances from the club's athletes at the Junior Inter Counties in Nuneaton on 13th September, helping Derbyshire to finish 3rd overall.
Jessica Sanderson took 3rd place in the u13 girls 70m hurdles and over 100m there were 7th places for Ruby Thomson & Martha Smith. Jess was also 6th in the 200m with Martha 7th in the B. On the field there was a win for Kyrie Turner in the B shot with Jess & Ruby winning the high jumps. In the u13 boys hurdles Jacob Campbell was 6th in the B. Over 100m Benjamin Barfoot was 3rd in the B race & 5th over 200m and Tobi Duke was 2nd in the B long jump.
Zac Booth was 4th in the u15 boys hurdles and then took 3rd place in the javelin. For the u15 girls Antoniah Kinsiona took 2nd in the 100m and won the 200m B race. Honora Widdowson placed 4th in the B 75m hurdles and 7th in the 800m, Catrin Hughes was 7th in the 800m B race & Bella Egley was 3rd in the 300m. There was a 5th place for Lottie Mole in the B long jump, Emily Ross & Faith Baines were 3rd & 5th in the discus with Emily also taking 4th in the B javelin and 3rd in the B shot where Faith was 3rd in the A. In the high jump Beth Galletly was 4th in the A with Evie Curtis =3rd in the B.
INDOOR TRAINING
Tuesday 23rd September will see our Academy move inside for training over the winter. Athletes in the Academy should go straight to the Sports Hall at Tupton, training times remain the same. Please continue to come prepared to train outdoors as there are occasions when the sports hall is unavailable at short (or no) notice when we will have to train outdoors.
Unfortunately we are limited for space in the sports hall so may have to ask parents to vacate when it is busy, particularly if other groups come inside.
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
MINI LEAGUE FINALE
A win at the last Derbyshire Mini League wasn't enough to overhaul Amber Valley & Erewash AC who hung on to take the title by a single league point.
There were double wins in the u11 girls events, Leah Hill in the 75m and 150m & for Isla Gilbert in the 600m and long jump. Lily Rogers took 2nd places in the 75m & 600m with Nouelle-Soul Foster Applewhite taking 5th in the longer sprint. In the long jump Leah finished 1cm behind Isla and in the howler Lily & Nouelle were 4th and 5th respectively. Also competing for the u11 girls were Maria Anna Makri, Eve Hanson, Thea Dias & Edith Martin. Harry Smith & Alexander Gray were 4th & 7th in the u11 boys 75m, harry took 3rd over 150m with Rafe Cooper in 6th & Jamie Hazlehurst was 6th in the 600m. In the howler Alexander & Rafe were 5th & 6th.
Jacob Campbell & Benjamin Ruttle were 1-2 in the u13 boys hurdles. Benjamin went on to win the shot, where Alfie Wearing was 3rd, with Alfie going on to win the javelin where Benjamin was 3rd. Benji Barfoot took wins in the 100m and 200m & Tobi Duke took first place in the long jump, where Benji was 3rd. Rupert Haslam was 3rd in the 100m and the 1500m, Tobi was 3rd in the 200m & Oscar Siderius 4th over 1500m.
Gabriella Whelpton & Francesca Mayers were the top 2 in the u13 girls javelin and in the shot Coral Wilson took 3rd with Gabriella 5th. On the track Martha Smith won the 100m & Jessica Sanderson the 200m. Francesca was 5th over 100m with Martha 2nd over 200m, Martha also took 3rd in the 1500m. Jessica was 2nd in the hurdles and high jump, Francesca placed 3rd in the hurdles with Gabriella 7th in the high.
There was a triple win for Emily Ross in the u15 girls shot, discus and javelin. Bella Egley took the sprint double (100 & 300m) with Freya Curtis 5th in both sprints. Evie Curtis was 2nd in the hurdles. Sophie Kelley took 2nd in the shot, Mia Chadbourne did likewise in the discus & in the javelin Sophie was 5th. In the long jump there was a 3rd place for Sophie with Evie 5th. Zac Booth won the u15 boys hurdles, 2nd in the javelin and 4th in the shot. Zach Mayers and Freddie Elsmore were 4th & 5th in the 100m, Zach was also 4th in the high jump & 6th over 300m. Full results are at Results Lookup
YDL LOWER PROMOTION
At Doncaster on 20th July our young athletes sealed promotion back to the Premier Division of the Lower YDL. Oscar Melen won the u15 boys shot. Zac Booth & Oscar won the A & B javelin and Zac was 2nd in both the hurdles & long jump (where he pb'd). Oscar also took a 2nd place in the discus.
Alfie Wearing & Lucas Melen won the u13 boys javelin A & B. Benjamin Barfoot won the high jump, with Edward Thorpe taking 2nd in the B, and Benjamin took 3rd place in the 75m & 2nd over 150m with Tobi Duke placing 2nd in the B race over the shorter distance before winning the B of the longer sprint. Over 800m Oscar Siderius & Nathan Pheonix placed 5th in the A and B & there was a 4th place for Kobi Barraclough over 1200m. Edward was 2nd in the hurdles with Kobi winning the B race. Tobi & Kobi were 2nd in their long jumps, as were Nathan & Alfie Wearing in their shot events with Nathan throwing a pb.
There was a win for Jessica Sanderson in the u13 girls 70mH, Lena Frederick took 2nd in the B. Jessica, with a pb, and Ruby Thomson won the high jumps & there was a 3rd place for Ruby in the 75m where Gabi Whelpton took 4th in the B race. Jessica & Martha Smith were 3rd in the 150m races. Lena ran a pb in the 800m, taking 4th place, and Martha also set a new pb in taking second place over 1200m. Martha took 3rd in the long jump with Lena 2nd in the B & Ruby was 3rd in the shot where Gabi was 2nd in the B before taking 4th in the javelin.
Beth Galletly & Evie Curtis won the u15 girls high jumps, Honora Widdowson & Catrin Hughes did likewise in the hurdles races, as did Faith Baines & Sophie Kelley in the shot and Catrin & Faith in the discus. Faith & Niamh Kilroy won the hammers too. Antoniah Kinsiona won the u15 girls 100m with Lottie Mole taking 2nd in the B. Over 200m Bella Egley took 2nd in the A with Antoniah winning the B. In the 300m Emily Hayter was 4th in the B & Ruby Whelpton ran a pb for 3rd in the B. Honora was 2nd in the 800m with Beth winning the B & in the 1500m both Catrin & Niamh ran pb's, both placing 3rd. Maya Zuccolo was 2nd in the pole vault & Lottie and Freya Curtis were also 2nd in their long jump pools. Niamh & Beth set javelin pb's for 2nd & 1st in the A & B respectively. Full results can now be seen at Results
NORTHERN LEAGUE PROMOTION
The final match of the Northern league took place on 2nd August with the club travelling to Cudworth in an effort to maintain it's position at the top of the table. With a 3rd place finish on the day we were able to clinch the Division 2 East title by a huge 5 points.
Ezra Adetunji made his Northern League debut, jumping over 6m for the first time in winning the long jump with 6.09m. Ezra also took 2nd in the 100m B race, in the A string Nathan Gavaghan took top honours before going on to win the 200m by over 2 seconds. Ollie Dakin won the 400m, also winning the 200m B, and Thomas Marriott won the B 400m.
Steve Gascoyne was 6th over 800m before going on to take 4th places in both the 5000m and 1500m. Steve also won the B triple jump with Dan Burdett taking 2nd in the B having already won the shot and discus. Rebecca Wardle and Kerry Baker won the A & B javelins with Rebecca also taking 2nd places in the shot, discus and hammer. Caroline Siderius won the B discus and took 2nd in the B string shot. Full results will be published at Track and Field League | Northern Athletics
ENGLISH SCHOOLS SCORCHERS
The weather was hot and the performances equally so for those Chesterfield & District athletes selected to compete for Derbyshire at the English Schools in Birmingham on 11/12th July. Antoniah Kinsiona made the Junior girls 100m final, running a pb of 12.45secs for 2nd in her heat before placing 8th in the final.
Lottie Mole jumped 5.01m in the Junior girls long jump for 10th place and in the discus Emily Ross placed 17th. Ellie Oscroft was 4th in the Inter girls 200m heat & Bella Egley was just outside her best time in the Junior girls 300m, finishing 7th in her heat. There was also a 12th place for Lottie Hall in the Senior girls javelin.
MIDLAND MULTIS
Beth Galletly added almost 200 points to her pentathlon pb when finishing 9th at the Midland Schools multi events Championships in Abingdon on 29th June. Competing for Derbyshire Schools Beth ran a 75m hurdles pb of 14.6secs followed by 7.01m in the shot (also a pb), a 1.44m high jump, 4.09m in the long jump & an 800m in 2:40.9 to finish as the second Derbyshire athlete with the team finishing 4th overall.
NORTHERN CHAMPS MEDALS
Chesterfield athletes plundered a number of medals at the Northern Athletics Senior & u20 Championships in Derby on 28/29th June. Beth Falconer won the senior women's pole vault with a jump on 3.10m. Nathan Gavaghan took an excellent bronze in the senior men's 400m running 48.82 secs. There was also a bronze for Josh Turkington in the senior men's javelin, with a throw of 46.26m. In the u20 men's sprints Nathanael Gaskin ran a pb of 11.57secs in his heat of the 100m & a 23.43secs in his 200m heat. Nathan was also in 200m action, with a 22.80secs for 5th in his heat.
MASON TROPHY RESULTS
Following their performances at the County Schools championships the week before a number of the club's athletes were selected to compete for Derbyshire Schools at the Mason's Trophy inter counties in Stoke on 21st June. Lottie Mole took silver in the Junior Girls long jump in a new pb & Bella Egley won a bronze in the 300m and won the B string 200m. There was a 6th place for Antoniah Kinsiona in the 100m, Honora Widdowson was 5th in the B 800m & Evie Curtis was 9th in the high jump. Faith Baines took 6th in the shot & Emily Ross 5th in the discus.
In the Inter Girls events there were bronze medals for Ellie Oscroft in the 200m & Jeanie Cadman in the pole vault. Tyler Booth was 4th in the Inter Boys shot, Ezra Adetunji was 7th in the 200m B race & 5th in the long jump and Zac Booth was 9th in the B of the Junior Boys javelin. A full set of results can be viewed at County Track & Field Results 2025 – English Schools' Athletic Association
COUNTY SCHOOLS CHAMPS
Saturday 14th June saw the Derbyshire Schools Athletics Championships take place in Derby with some strong performances posted by the club's athletes. Antoniah Kinsiona posted an English Schools qualifying time in winning the Junior Girls 100m final with Lottie Mole picking up the bronze medal.
Faith Baines & Freya Curtis placed 2nd in their100m heats & Cora Clark was 6th in her heat. Bella Egley took silver in the 200m. There was silver and bronze for Honora Widdowson and Catrin Hughes in the 800m with Niamh Kilroy & Ruby Whelpton 12th & 13th. Evie Curtis won the high jump & was 4th in the hurdles, Lottie took silver in the long jump where Freya was 7th & Beth Galletly snatched bronze in the high jump. Faith & Emily Ross won the shot and discus respectively, Niamh was 6th in the javelin & Ruby 4th in the hammer.
Zac Booth picked up a silver medal in the Junior Boys javelin with Oscar Melen taking bronze in the dicus. Zachary Mayers took 7th in the 100m final, Freddie Elsmore & Oscar took 4th places in their respective heats. Freddie also took a 4th in his 200m heat. In the Inter Boys events Ezra Adetunji won the long jump & took silver over 200m. Tyler Booth won the discus & Dylan Leong took bronze in the javelin. Philip Craig took 4th in his heat of the 100m & Nathan Lilleker-Pech was 9th in the 1500m. In the high jump Chris Hall was 6th.
Ellie Oscroft won the Inter Girls 200m with Holly Buckley 4th. Over 100m Erin & Loa Forde were 6th and 8th in the final and in the heats Leah Sowemimo was 3rd & Jeanie Cadman 5th. Emily Marathalingam picked up bronze in the 80m hurdles. Jeanie won the pole vault, Mazie Taylor took silver in the shot where Leah was 3rd & Holly picked up a bronze in the discus. Gracie Pell and Lottie Hall won the Senior Girls triple jump & pole vault respectively.
NORTHERN U13/15/17 CHAMPS
A number of the club's athletes competed at the Northern Athletics Championships in Liverpool on 7/8th June with Tobi Duke coming away with the bronze medal in the u13 boys long jump with a leap of 4.43m.
Ellie Oscroft took 6th place in the u17 women's 100m final & was 5th over 200m. In the u15 girls 200m Bella Egley was 8th in the final, having finished 2nd in her heat & 5th in the semi final. Benjamin Barfoot was 7th in the u13 boys 100m final having qualified with a 2nd place in his heat. Tobi took 6th place in his 100m heat. Lottie Mole took 2nd in her heat of the u15 girls 100m before placing 4th in her semi final and Faith Baines was 6th in her heat. Lottie also took 8th in the long jump & Faith was 7th with a pb in the shot, 8th in the hammer and 10th in the discus.
Zachary Mayers was 6th in his heat of the u15 boys 100m, as was Francesca Mayers in the u13 girls event. Zachary was also 5th in his 200m heat & Francesca 14th in the long jump. In the u13 boys 200m Tobi & Benjamin were 4th & 5th respectively in their heats. Honora Widdowson was 7th in her heat of the u15 girls 75m hurdles and was 6th in her 800m heat. Beth Galletly ran a pb for 8th place in her 800m heat & was also 8th in the high jump. Emily Ross took 7th place in the u15 girls discus, was 12th in the shot and 10th in the hammer.
NORTHERN INTER COUNTIES
Selected for Derbyshire following their performances at the County Championships a number of the club's athletes competed at the Northern Inter Counties in York on Monday 26th May. in 100m action Ellie Oscroft took 3rd place in her u17w race, Antoniah Kinsiona was 4th in her u15 race. There was a win for Bella Egley in her u15g 200m race & Honora Widdowson was 5th in her heat of the u15g 75m hurdles. Beth Galletly was 9th in the combined u15/17 high jump and in the combined pole vault Grace Pollard was 5th. Lottie Mole took 6th in the u15g long jump & Tyler Booth placed 6th & 7th respectively in the u17m shot & discus. Faith Baines was 5th in the u15g shot and in the u15g discus there was a 9th place for Kyrie Turner. Full results can be viewed at Results
COUNTY QUADKIDS
Sunday 11th May saw the Derbyshire u11 Quadkids event take place in Mansfield. Lily Rogers was crowned the girls champion, just ahead of Leah Hill who took silver. In the boys competition there was a bronze for Harry Smith. All athletes took part in a 75m sprint, 600m run, the long jump & the howler.
Also competing were Archie Brooks, who was 5th, Olivia Marsh & Evelyn Perryman, who were 4th & 5th, and Edith Martin who took 8th place.
COUNTY CHAMPS
At the Derbyshire County Championships, held in Mansfield on 10/11th May, a plethora of medals were won by the club's athletes as well as some Championship Records set. Liz Duke set a new CBP in the Masters women 100m, as did Mark Beer in the Masters men PV & Caroline Siderius in the Masters women shot.
Gold: Jessica Sanderson (100m), U13 girls 4x100m, Bella Egley (300m), Beth Galletly (HJ), Jeanie Cadman (HJ), Grace Polllard (PV), Lottie Hall (shot & PV), Liz Duke (200m), Rebecca Wardle (javelin), Caroline Siderius (discus), Benjamin Barfoot (200m), U13 boys 4x100m, Tobi Duke (LJ), Tyler Booth (discus), Ben Fogden (100 & 200m), Oliver Dakin (400m), Mark Beer (HJ) and Bob Sims (shot).
Silver: Lena Frederick (200m), Jessica Sanderson (70mH & HJ), Antoniah Kinsiona (100m), Bella Egley & Antoniah Kinsiona (=2nd in the 200m), Honora Widdowson (75mH), Lottie Mole (LJ), Freya Curtis (TJ), Faith Baines (shot), Emily Ross (javelin), Ellie Oscroft (100 & 200m), Jeanie Cadman (PV), Caroline Siderius (javellin), Benjamin Barfoot (100m), Tobi Duke (HJ), Philip Grzelak (shot), Alfie Wearing (javelin), Chris Hall (HJ & PV), Tyler Booth (shot), Oliver Dakin (200m), Thomas Marriott (400m), Josh Turkington (javelin) and Mark Wearing (shot & discus).
Bronze: Jessica Sanderson (200m), Ruby Thomson (HJ), Kyrie Turner (discus, shot & javelin), Bella Egley (100m), Honora Widdowson (800 & 1500m), Jeanie Cadman (LJ), Caroline Siderius (LJ), Tobi Duke (100 & 200m), Oscar Siderius (shot), Lucan Melen (javelin), Zachary Mayers (100m), Oscar Melen (discus), Chris Hall (LJ) and Mark Beer (shot & discus).
At the Yorkshire Championships in Cudworth there was a bronze medal for Maya Zuccolo in the u15 girls pole vault and Atticus Williams was 9th in the u17 men's 1500m.
The full results of both championships will be published on Results Lookup
BRITISH UNI CHAMPS
At the British Universities Championships in Manchester, held on 3rd-5th May, Nathan Gavaghan, competing for Leeds Beckett Uni, was 2nd in his heat of the 100m in 11.07secs before placing 4th in his semi final in 10.97secs. Beth Falconer took 13th in the pole vault for Sheffield Hallam University.
NATIONAL SPORTSHALL FINAL
SPORTSHALL SUCCESS
The final match of this winter's Derbyshire Sportshall League saw us take the overall title having won 5 out of the 6 matches. We took the win in this match ahead of AVEAC, High Peak & Derby. Thre was also a new league record set by Lottie mole & Honora Widdowson in the u13 girls 8 Lap Parlauf.
Lottie Mole & Jessica Sanderson were 1-2 in the u13 girls 2 Lap with Benjamin Barfoot & Tobi Duke 2nd & 3rd for the boys. Benjamin & Tobi then teamed up for the 8 Lap Parlauf win. Lottie took her hat-trick of wins in the SLJ where Emily Hayter was 3rd, Edward Thorpe & Oscar Siderius were 5th & 6th for the boys. Kyrie Turner & Oscar Melen won the Shot events, Emily Ross was 2nd for the girls and Edward 3rd for the boys. Martha Rose Smith won the SB with Tobi Duke =1st for the boys, Emily & Edward took 3rd places in this event. The u13 girls also took a 4x2 Lap relay win.
Ruby Thomson won the u11 girls 1 Lap with Emily Molloy in 4th with the same 2 athletes 2nd & 3rd in the 3 Lap. Jessica Hayter was 3rd in the Hi-Stepper where Isla Gilbert was 5th, Ruby was 5th in the Standing Long Jump (SLJ) & Emily 3rd in the Speed Bounce (SB) where Leah Hill was =4th with Ella Pudil. For the boys Christopher Devine was 2nd in the SLJ with Alfie Wearing 6th, Alex Ganecki was 6th in the SB with Alfie 7th and in the Hi-Stepper Alfie was 4th and Lucas Melen 5th. On the track Jacob Campbell and Alex were =3rd in the 1 Lap with Alex 2nd in the 3 Lap where Christopher was 5th. Both of our u11 teams won their 4x1 Lap relays.
Antoniah Kinsiona won the u15 girls 2 Lap with Jeanie Cadman in 4th, Antoniah was also 2nd over 4 Laps with Holly Buckley in 4th. Jeanie & Antoniah were 1-2 in the SLJ as were Mazie Taylor and Sophie Kelley in the Shot and Niamh Kilroy & Emily Marathalingam in the SB. The u15 girls also won the 4x2 Lap relay. Solomon Birkill was =3rd in the u15 boys 2 Lap with Chris Hall in 5th. Over 4 Laps Chris was 4th & Zachary Mayers 5th. Solomon also took 3rd in the SLJ with Zac Booth 4th and in the Shot Dylan Leong was 3rd & Zac 4th. Zachary took 2nd in the SB where Solomon was 3rd.
SCOTTISH CHAMPS
Beth Falconer made the trip to Glasgow on 9th March for the Scottish Indoor Senior Championships where she took pole vault bronze with a height of 3.19m. Also in indoor action over the weekend was Mark Beer who high jumped 1.76m to win his pool at the Manchester Open.
SPORTSHALL, REGIONAL FINALS
Saturday 1st March saw a very competitive East Midlands Regional Finals in Grantham with the Fun in Athletics for the u11's & a chance for the Derbyshire teams to compete in the National Finals for the u13's & 15's. A number of the clubs athletes were selected and fared as follows;
Derbyshire won the u15 girls section with Mazie Taylor finishing 2nd in the all-rounder category with a win in the Shot, 2nd place in the Vertical Jump (VJ) and 8th over 4 Laps. Antoniah Kinsiona won the 2 Lap where Erin Forde was 2nd and Jeanie Cadman 3rd.
The u13 girls were also winners with Lottie Mole winning the 2 Lap & Standing Long Jump (SLJ). Emily Hayter won the Standing Triple Jump (STJ), Honora Widdowson won the 6 lap, Bella Egley was 5th over 4 laps and Kyrie Turner 3rd in the Shot.
The u15 boys were 2nd with Solomon Birkhill 3rd overall with his 2nd in the Speed Bounce (SB), 3rd over 2 Lap & 5th in the SLJ. Zachary Mayers also competed in 3 events, finishing 6th in the SB. Derbyshire's u13 boys were 3rd. Oscar Melen won the Shot, Tobi Duke took 2nd in the SB, Philip Grzelak took 8th in the 6 lap & Benjamin Barfoot took 6th in both of his events.
The counties u11 girls won their competition with Isla Gilbert winning the Target Throw (TT), with Leah Hill in 7th, Ruby Thompson 3rd in the VJ and Lily Rogers & Emily Molloy 7th and 11th in the Balance Test. Derbyshire's u11 boys finished 3rd with Christopher Device 2nd in the Speed Bounce, Jacob Campbell was also 2nd in the TT, Alex Ganecki 6th in the Chest Push with Christopher 8th and Kobi Barraclough 12th in the VJ.
Full results can be found at https://www.sportshall.org/resultsfixtures/results/results-primary-results and https://www.sportshall.org/resultsfixtures/results/results-secondary-results
Nathan Gavaghan revised his 60m pb twice in Sheffield on the weekend of 14-16th February at the BUCS Indoor Championships. Nathan raced to 7.04secs in is heat to finish 3rd before breaking 7 seconds in the semi final where he finished 5th in 6.98secs. Also in action was Beth Falconer who was 6th in the pole vault with a height of 3.23m.
INDOOR ROUND UP
Lottie Hall competed at the England Athletics u15/17/20 Championships at the EIS in Sheffield on 8/9th Feb. Competing in the u20 women's pole vault Lottie finished 9th, with a seasons equalling best of 2.70m.
At the previous weekend's Run, Jump, Throw Open at the EIS there was a pb for Zachary Mayers in the 60m with a time of 8.35secs, knocking a second off his previous best. Also setting a 60m pb was Ben Fogden with 7.26secs. Liz Duke set a seasons best in the 60m with 8.37secs & Francesca Mayers took part in her 1st pole vault competition, finishing with a best height of 1.50m. Ellie Oscroft was also in 60m action, running 7.99secs before setting a pb in the 200m with 25.98secs. Ben also returned to the track in the 200m, running 22.65secs. In the shot put there was a throw of 6.61m for Caroline Siderius and in the second pool of the vault Lottie Hall jumped 2.70m.
On the 5th Feb the Steel Cup for universities was held at the EIS and saw Nathan Gavaghan set a 60m pb of 7.11secs before a seasons best of 22.30secs in the 200m.
TRIPLE BRONZE AT THE NORTHERNS
Faith Baines, Tobi Duke and Kyrie Turner came away with Bronze medals from the Northern Athletics u13/15 Championships, held at the EIS in Sheffield on 2nd February. Kyrie placed 3rd in the u13 girls shot with Tobi taking 3rd place in the u13 boys long jump. In the u15 girls shot Faith threw a pb of 8.52m for her bronze, in the same competition Emily Ross took 11th place.
Tobi was also 7th in the 60m final, setting a pb of 8.67secs in his heat. Also in 60m action was Antoniah Kinsiona who was 8th in the u15 girls final and in the heats Faith Baines took 8th & Lottie Mole 4th. Lottie was also 8th in the long jump. Jessica Sanderson was 3rd in her heat of the u13 girls 60m before placing 8th in her semi final. Antoniah won her 200m heat before a 3rd place in her semi with Jess finishing 4th in her 200m heat and later in the day took a 7th place in her long jump pool. Honora Widdowson posted a pb in taking 4th place in the u15g 800m heats and then also placed 4th in her heat of the 60m hurdles.
BRITISH TITLE FOR BEER
Mark Beer took the British Masters pentathlon title in the mens over 40 category in Sheffield on 26th January. With a 9.87secs 60m hurdles, 5.77m long jump, 9.56m shot, 1.80m in the high jump & 3:37.27 in the 1000m Mark scored 2936pts to win by over 300pts.
At the previous day's Northern cross country championships Honora Widdowson was 54th in the u13 girls race.
NORTHERN TITLE FOR BETH
The 11/12th January saw the Northern Athletics Championships for u17, u20 & Senior athletes and saw the club’s athletes win a full set of medals. In the senior women's pole vault there was a win for Beth Falconer with a jump of 3.30m.
Tyler Booth smashed his shot put pb with a best throw of 12.43m to take the u17 men's silver medal. Lottie Hall completed the set, her 2.70m taking the bronze in the u20 women's pole vault.
On the track Ellie Oscroft set a 60m pb of 7.95secs to take 2nd in her u17 women's heat. Ellie followed this up with a 7.98 (also better than her previous pb) in her semi final. A 22.68secs 200m saw Nathan Gavaghan qualify for the senior men's semi finals, where he placed 6th with Ben Fogden narrowly missing out with 23.01secs. Ollie Dakin was in 400m action, his 52.41secs placing him 5th in his heat. Over 60m Nathan was 2nd in his heat in 7.16secs with Ben running a 7.30secs pb for 6th in his heat. Nathan was then 6th in his semi final with a seasons best of 7.13secs.
COUNTY CROSS SUCCESSES
Finlay Grant and Lyz Evans picked up silver medals at the Derbyshire Cross Country Championships at Shipley Park, Heanor on 4th January. In the senior men's race Fin took 2nd behind Chesterfield based athlete (now competing for Salford Harriers) Alex Ediker. Competing in the senior women's race Lyz was 2nd in the w65 age category. In the u11 boys race Jamie Hazlehurst finished in 12th place.
HONORA TAKES MINI LEAGUE TITLE
Match 3 of the Derbyshire Mini League cross country saw Honora Widdowson claim the overall u13 girl's title with a 3rd place finish to add to her 1st and 2nd in the first 2 matches. Philip Grzelak took 9th in the u13 boys race with the u11 boys team of Kobi Barraclough (6th), Jamie Hazlehurst (8th) & Bertie Smith (10th) finishing 3rd on the day.
TRIPLE GOLD AT BRITISH MASTERS
Liz Duke dominated the sprints at the British Master Championships in Derby on 26-28th July. Competing in the W45 category Liz took the 100m title in 13.41secs, the 200m in 27.13secs & the 400m in 60.12secs.
NORTHERN CHAMPIONSHIPS
There was a great turn out of club athletes at the Northern Athletics u13/15/17 Championships held in Derby on 10/11th August. Emily Ross took the u13 girls shot put silver with a pb of 8.25m with Kyrie Turner in the bronze medal position, also throwing a pb of 7.52m. Tobi Duke was an agonising 4th in the u13 boys long jump where Philip Grzelak was 15th & Oscar Siderius 16th.
Ellie Oscroft was 5th in the u17 women's 100m final, a position shared by Bella Egley in the u13 girls 100m. Also in action in the u13 girls 100m were Emily Hayter who ran a pb of 14.29secs, Molly White who also set a pb of 14.11secs and Jessica Sanderson who ran 14.64secs. Molly & Emily both qualified for the semi finals. Bella was also 5th in the 200m final having set a pb of 28.47secs for 2nd place in her heat. Molly was 5th in her heat with another pb, 30.36secs, with Jessica & Emily finishing 7th & 6th in their respective heats. Ellie also took 6th in the u17w 200m final having set a pb of 25.77secs in her heat. Also in the u17w 200m heats Emme Devine set a seasons best of 27.99secs. Antoniah was 5th in her heat of the u15g 200m before setting a pb of 27.52secs for 3rd in her semi final.
Zachary Mayers ran a pb in the u15 boys 100m heats, his 13.54secs placing him 6th. In the u17 men's 100m heats there was a pb for Aaron Kurian with 11.97secs placing him 6th. Another with a 100m pb was Antonia Kinsiona with 13.23secs which placed her 2nd in her heat before placing 5th in her semi final. In the u13 girls 800m Honora Widdowson set a pb, 2:40.48, with Philip Grzelak also setting a pb in the u13 boys 800m and finishing one place ahead of Oscar Siderius. Marianna Owen was 6th in the u15 girls 1500m.
In the u13 girls long jump Emily was 10th with a pb of 3.74m, Jessica 12th, Honora 15th & Francesca Mayers 17th. Aaron Kurian equalled his pb of 5.81m for 8th place in the u17 men's LJ. Tyler Booth took 4th place in the u17 men's shot and 7th in the discus. In the u13 boys shot Philip threw a pb of 4.62m & Mazie Taylor took 12th in the u15 girls shot. Emily Ross stepped up to the u15 age group to take 9th in the discus and 8th in the javelin. Ashton Pickering had his first competition in the hammer, finishing in 5th place before setting a pb for 6th in the javelin with 39.29m. Zac Booth was also in javelin action, taking 9th place in the u15 boys event.
ENGLISH SCHOOLS
The English Schools Track & Field Championships were held in Birmingham on 12/13th July and saw 3 of the club's athletes competing for Derbyshire. In the Inter Girls 200m Ellie Oscroft finished 7th in her heat in 26.49secs. Marianna Owen was 10th in her heat of the Junior Girls 1500m in a time of 4:56.29. Lottie Hall competed in the Senior Girls javelin where she finished 13th with a best throw of 34.06m.
NORTHERN TITLE FOR BETH
8/9th June saw the Northern Senior & u20 Championships held in Middlesbrough where Beth Falconer took the senior women's pole vault title with a best height of 3.20m. Also in action was Nathan Gavaghan in the senior men's 100m, running 11.29secs for 3rd in his heat before finishing 6th in his semi final.