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DERBYSHIRE QUADKIDS
Ella Pudil, Lily Rogers & Isla Gilbert scooped all of the girls medals in the u12 Quadkids event at the Derbyshire Championships on 10th May. Leah Hill and Nouelle-Soul Foster-Applewhite were 4th & 5th, Eva Allen 7th, Evelyn Perryman & Eleanor Siderius 9th and 10th & Edith Martin 12th. For the boys Brady Cresswell was 7th, Harry Smith 14th, Elias Jones 15th, Bram Hills 17th, Freddie Powell 18th & Zac Maddison 21st. Full results will be posted at Our Competition Results for 2026
LOWER YDL REPORT
Match 1 on 3 May in Doncaster saw us seal a 4th place finish. There were wins for Antoniah Kinsiona & Lottie Mole in the u16 girls 100m & 200m A and B strings. Bella Egley also won the 300m, with Emily Hayter 6th in the B. Ruby Whelpton & Catrin Hughes were 6th in the 800m & 1500m respectively, as was Honora Widdowson in the 300m hurdles. Evie Curtis took 5th in the high jump & Maya Zucolo was 3rd in the pole vault. Emily Ross & Beth Galletly were 3rd in the javelin and 4th in the shot put A & B.
For the u16 boys Zac Booth & Oscar Melen were 2nd in the A & B javelin. There was also a 2nd place for Jacob Shawcroft in the high jump with Aarin Kunnel winning the B. Zac & Gabriel Styring were 2nd in the 100m hurdles races with Shenan Gnanaraj 5th in the 100m & 200m A and Zachary Mayers 4th in the B of both.
Kyrie Turner won the shot & discus for the u14 girls with Gabriella Whelpton taking 3rd in the B shot & A javelin. Jessica Sandwerson & Ruby Thomson were 2nd in the high and long jumps respectively, Martha Smith was 2nd in the B long jump & Francesca Mayers was 3rd in the pole vault.
Ben Ruttle took 2nd places in the u14 boys shot and hammer, Alfie Wearing placed 2nd in the javelin & Lucas Melen was 3rd in the discus. Edward Thorpe was 3rd in the high jump and 80m hurdles & Tobi Duke 4th in the long jump where Kobi Henry was 2nd in the B. Joseph Bond and Oscar Siderius were 5th in the A and B 1500m & Philip Grzelak 6th over 800m. Benjamin Barfoot occupied 3rd place in both the 100m & 200m. Full results can be seen at powerof10.uk/Home/Results/8ab42b4d-554a-432a-a80d-be76565a436b#EventsRunDiv
MINI LEAGUE WIN
The club's u12, 14 & 16 athletes kicked the season off with a win in the Derbyshire Mini League on 25th April. Well done to everyone who competed, many for the first time. Full results can be seen at TF ML 2026.xlsm
Leah Hill won the u12 girls 75m and was 3rd in the 150m. Nouelle-Soul Foster Applewhite was 4th over the shorter sprint & Ella Pudil 5th in the longer. Over 600m Ella & Isla Gilbert were 4th & 5th with Ella winning the Howler with Isla 5th. Lily Rogers was 2nd in the high jump with Eleanor Siderius, Thea Dias and Eliza Ransome all jumping 1.05m in 5th. For the boys Mofeoluwa Okeowo & Freddie Powell were 3rd & 4th over 75m, in the 150m Michael Amadi & Mofeoluwa were 2nd and 3rd. Michael was 5th in the 600m with Bram Hills 9th & in the long jump Michael was again 5th and Rafe Coope 6th. Rafe was also 4th in the Howler where Elias Jones was 6th.
Jess Sanderson & Francesca Mayers were 1-2 in the u14 girls hurdles, as were Jess & Martha Smith in the 100m. Martha turned the tables in the 200m for another 1-2 and was then 4th in the long jump where Francesca was 5th. Kyrie Turner and Coral Wilson were 2nd and 4th in the shot with Kyrie Taking 3rd in the discus where Gabriella Whelpton was 4th. For the boys Benjamin Barfoot did the sprint double with Tobi Duke 4th in both. Christopher Devine & Philip Grzelak were 5th & 7th over 800m and in the high jump Edward Thorpe and Edward Thorpe were 3rd & 4th with Edward having earlier finished 2nd in the hurdles. In the throws Lucan Melen & Oscar were 3rd and 4th in the discus and in the shot there was a 3rd for Benjamin Ruttle & 7th for Lucas.
For the u16 girls Faith Baines & Emily Ross won the shot and discus respectively, Emily was 2nd in the shot with Faith 4th in the discus. Maya Zuccolo was =2nd in the high ump with Freya Curtis in 4th & Ruby Whelpton took 6th in the 800m. There was a win for Antoniah Kinsiona in the 100m, where Bella Egley was 3rd, with Bella taking 2nd in the 200m with Antoniah 3rd. Zac Booth & Gabriel Styring were 2nd and 4th in the u16 boys hurdles, Shenan Gnanaraj & Zachary Mayers were 6th and 7th in the 100m & over 200m Shenan was 6th with Jacob Shawcroft 7th. Zac & Jacob were 5th and 6th in the long jump with Oscar Melen and Zac 4th & 5th in the shot and Oscar & Leon Parker 4th and 6th in the discus.
YDL UPPER OPENER
Sunday 19th April saw our first match as a joint scoring team with Doncaster in which we finished 6th. Ellie Oscroft took top honours in the u20w 100m B string & also finished 3rd in the 200m A race. On the field Lottie Hall & Gracie Pell won the pole vault A & B, Gracie was 4th in the long jump, & Lottie finished 2nd in the triple jump with Gracie winning the B. Lottie also won the shot put.
Tyler Booth won the u18 men's shot and was 2nd in the discus. Dylan Leong took 2nd in the B shot & 3rd in the hammer with Ezra Adetunji 4th in the 200m and 2nd in the long jump. In the javelin Tyler was 2nd in the A and Dylan won the B. In the u18 women's events Jeanie Cadman took 2nd in the pole vault, was 3rd in the high jump & 5th in the long jump. Full results can be viewed at UKYDL UAG 2026
NATIONAL SPORTSHALL FINAL
There was a 3rd place finish for the Derbyshire u15 girls team in Stoke on 11th April helped by the excellent 1-2 placing in the 2 Lap by Antonia Kinsiona & Lottie Mole. Antonia was also 2nd in the standing long jump, with Lottie 5th, and they were 18th & 21st respectively in the speed bounce.
There was a win for Kyrie Turner in the shot for the u13 girls team which finished in 7th place. Ruby Thomson & Jessica Sanderson were 17th & 18th in the 2 Lap and Martha Smith was 7th in the 4 Lap where Ellie Madin was 18th. Francesca Mayers was 14th in the speed bounce, Ruby was 9th in the vertical jump with Jess 12th and in the standing triple jump Martha was 14th.
EUROPEAN MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Mark Beer took 5th place in the M45 pentathlon at the European masters indoor champs in Torun, Poland on 30th March. Mark's score of 3409 points was a seasons best, bettering his score set when winning the British Masters title in Cardiff on 24th January. Also this winter Mark took the m45 Scottish heptathlon title on 28 Feb/1st March.
SPORTSHALL TITLE
Congratulations to all of our athletes who have competed over the 6 matches at this winter's Sportshall fixtures which has led to us taking the title. We also posted wins in all 6 age groups. At the final match of the season, on Sunday 15th March, there was a league record for Antoniah Kinsiona in the u15 girls 2 Lap. Emily Hayter was 3rd in the 2 Lap & Antoniah also won the Standing Long Jump (SLJ) where Ruby Whelpton was 3rd. Over 4 Laps Ruby & Emily Ross were 2nd & 3rd with Emily winning the shot with Ava Agutter 2nd. There was also a 3rd place for Antoniah in the speed bounce (SB).
Zac Booth won the u15 boys shot & Zachary Mayers took runer up spots in the 2 Lap, SLJ and SB. Zac was 3rd in the 2 Lap & 4th in the SLJ. Edward Thorpe won the u13 boys SB with Christopher Devine 2nd & in the shot Philip Grzelak and Edward were 3rd & 4th. Kobi Barraclough & Oscar Siderius teamed up to win the 8 Lap Parlauf & Edward was 2nd in the SLJ where Isaac Hollamby was 4th. Alexander Ganecki & Kobi Barraclough placed 3rd & 5th in the 2 Lap.
Ellie Madin & Martha Smith teamed up to win the u13 girls Parlauf with Martha also =1st in the 2 lap where Francesca Mayers was 3rd. Kyrie Turner won the shot with Coral Wilson 3rd, Coral won the SB with Francesca 2nd. Francesca also took 2nd in the SLJ where Martha was 4th.
Evelyn Perryman & Leah Hill shared 1st place in the u11g 1 Lap with Ella Pudil taking top spot in the 3 Lap with Isla Gilbert 2nd. Elias Jones was 2nd in the u11b 1 Lap with Rafe Cooper =3rd and in the 3 lap Michael Amadi & Elias were 2nd and 3rd. Michael & Ben Cowley won the SLJ & SB respectively, Rafe was 2nd in the SLJ & Bram Hills 2nd in the SB. Zac Maddison was 2nd in the Hi-Stepper with Brady Cresswell 3rd & for the girls Evelyn and Thea Dias were 3rd & 4th. Ella took 2nd in the SLJ where Eleanor Siderius was 4th & Isla and Leah were 2nd and 3rd in the SB.
Full results can be found at https://derbyshire-athletics.uk/our-competition-results-for-2025/
NORTHERN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Lottie Mole leapt to the u15g long jump title in Sheffield on 1st Feb. Lottie's jump of 5.08m was also a pb. Ruby Thomson equalled her pb of 1.35m in the high jump to take the silver medal in the u13g high jump. There were bronze medals for Maya Zuccolo in the u15g pole vault & Kyrie Turner in the u15g shot with Emily Ross taking 4th in the shot with a pb.
NORTHERN CHAMPIONSHIPS
There were a number of medals for the club's athletes at the Northern Athletics u17/20/senior Champs in Sheffield on 10/11th January. Kicking things off was Antoniah Kinsiona in the u17 women's 60m, re-setting her pb twice on her way to the final where she again set a pb of 7.79secs for the silver medal. Also in 60m action was Zachary Mayers who set a pb of 8.21secs in the u17 men's 60 m heats. Ellie Oscroft made the u20 women's 60m semi finals where she was 8th before returning on day 2 in the 200m where she was 3rd in her heat. Ollie Dakin was 3rd in his heat of the men's 400m.
Beth Falconer took the silver medal in the women's pole vault and Jeanie Cadman took 4th in the u17 women's vault in a new pb of 2.40m. Ezra Adetunji snatched the bronze medal with his final round jump in the u20 men's long jump in which Aaron Kurian was 7th and in the u17 women's triple jump Freya Curtis finished 7th. Faith Baines took 9th place in the u17 women's shot.
COUNTY CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS
There was a flurry of medals in wintery conditions at the Derbyshire Cross Country Championships on 3rd January. In the first race of the day Lily Rogers picked up a silver, finishing just 2 seconds behind the winner, with Edith Martin in 4th.
In the senior women's race Lyz Evans finished 49th overall but won the w65 category. Francesca Mayers took 9th place in the u13 girls race & in the u15 girls event there was a 6th place for Honora Widdowson.
In the u13 boys race there was a team silver medal behind Derby AC; Joseph Bond was 6th, Oscar Siderius 11th, Lucas Melen 13th & Jacob Campbell 14th.
MINI CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE
The final match of the Derbyshire Mini XC League took place at Moorways, Derby on 13th December. In the u11 girls race there was a 7th place for Lily Rogers with Edith Martin in 11th & for the u13 boys Lucas Melen and Oscar Siderius were 9th and 10th.
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.
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.
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
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.
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. Nathan was also in 200m action, with a 22.80secs for 5th in his heat.
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.