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MINI LEAGUE WIN
Saturday 15th August saw the culmination of the Derbyshire Mini League season with us lifting the trophy as champions, having won all 4 matches. Congratulations to everybody who has competed this year and thanks to our team managers for their hard work in contacting athletes & filling places.
There was a triple win for Michael Amadi in the u12 boys 150m, shot & high jump. Freddie Powell took 6th place in the 150m having finished 5th over 75m where Brady Cresswell was 6th. In the hurdles Elias Jones and Ezra Bates were 2nd and 4th & in the 600m George Rooney O'Donnell and Billy Wakefield were 6th & 7th. Alexander Gray placed 3rd in the high jump & was 2nd in the shot with Elias & Brady 3rd and 4th in the howler.
Scarlett Harrison & Eliza Ransome were 2nd & 3rd in the u12 girls hurdles, Leah Hill & Eliza were 3rd and 6th in the 75m and over 150m Leah was again 3rd with Scarlett 5th. Isla Gilbert & Elize were 4th & 7th in 600m with Isla & Scarlett 3rd & 4th in the howler. Eleanor Siderius & Thea Dias were 3rd & 4th in the shot and in the long jump there was another 3rd place for Leah & Isla was 5th.
Jess Sanderson & Edward Thorpe won the u14 hurdles races, Kobi Henry was 4th in the boys race & Brodi Eden 7th for the girls. Benji Barfoot won both the 100m & 200m for the u14 boys, Tobi Duke was 2nd in the longer sprint & Kobi 7th over 100m. Ruby Thomson & Jess won the girls 100m & 200m respectively and Ruby was 2nd over 200m too. 6th place in the girls 1500m went to Charlie Rimmer with Oscar Siderius 5th in the boys race. Tobi won the LJ with Kobi 5th and Jess won the HJ with Ruby 3rd. Lucas Melen & Nathan Phoenix were 2nd & 3rd in the javelin with Lucas & Oscar 3rd and 4th in the shot.
Emily Ross won both the shot and javelin for the u16 girls with Beth Galletly 3rd in the latter. Lottie Mole & Antoniah Kinsiona were 1-2 in the long jump with Antoniah winning the 100m where Lottie was 2nd. Bella Egley & Lottie were 1-2 over 300m & Evie Curtis took 3rd in the hurdles. Zac Booth won the boys hurdles and was 2nd in the javelin in which Oscar Melen was 5th. Zac was 3rd in the shot with Shenan Gnanaraj 4th and in the HJ Jacob Shawcroft and Aaron Kunnel were 3rd & 4th, positions they also occupied in the 300m. Over 100m there was a 4th place for Shenan with Jacob 5th. Full results can be viewed at Our Competition Results for 2026 - Derbyshire Athletics
ACADEMY SESSIONS CANCELLATION
Due to coach unavailability our Academy sessions on 1st, 3rd, 8th & 10th September are cancelled. Sessions will resume outdoors on Tuesday 15th September with us moving indoors to the sports hall w/c 28th September.
NORTHERN LEAGUE MATCH 3
A fourth place finish in Newark on the 8th August guarantees safety and that the club will remain in Division 1 for next season with 1 match to go at Derby on 30th August. There were wins for Rebecca Wardle in the javelin, Thomas Marriott in the 400m, Ezra Adetunji (long jump), Mark Beer in the pole vault, Dan Burdett (shot & javelin). There was also a B string win for Chris Hall in the high jump, as there was for Liz Duke in the 100m & 200m with Ollie Oscroft taking 2nd in the longer A string sprint and 3rd in the 100m. Caroline Siderius took on all 4 throws along with Rebecca, both of whom finished in the top 3 of each. Full results will be available at Track and Field League | Northern Athletics
YDL MATCH 4
The final match of the Lower YDL took place in York on 1st August and saw us finish in 6th place on the day & overall in the division. There were wins for Antoniah Kinsiona, Lottie Mole & Bella Egley in the sprints, Maya Zuccolo in the pole vault and Kyrie Turner in the shot & discus. Full individual results can be seen at powerof10.uk/Home/Results/81da9499-ad71-4984-937e-403877fcf1cd#EventsRunDiv
BEGINNER'S POLE VAULT
The club is offering some pole vault sessions suitable for beginners. The sessions are aimed at athletes in current year 6 and above (those in year 7 in Sept). The dates are Fridays 21st & 28th Aug and Wednesday 26th Aug. All are at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, 6.30 until 8pm. For further details please contact jono69.jb@gmail.com
OPEN MEETINGS
With just a few club matches to go this outdoor season those looking for extra competitions might want to consider entering an open meeting. There are plenty happening throughout August & September, a few suggestions are;
On SportSoft Entries & Results you'll find the DADA open in Derby on 25th Aug and the Staffordshire open at Burton on the 3rd Sept. You can find meetings in Birmingham, Telford and Nuneaton at Entry4Sports and the Charnwood open on 23rd August is on Roster Athletics. Also on Roster is an u10 & u12 Quadkids event in Wakefield on 29th August.
If you fancy giving Combined Events a go there's the Trafford Classic on 12/13th September, Trafford AC, the Eastern combined events on Race-results.co.uk & the North East pentathlon is on Roster.
YDL UPPER FINALE
At the last match of the season in Hull on 12th September our composite team with Doncaster finished in 7th place, a position also occupied in the overall league table. Tyler Booth added almost 5m to his discus pb in winning the u18 men's event, he also finished 2nd in the shot and 4th in the javelin. Chris Hall took 2nd place in the high jump & 4th in the 100m B.
Ellie Oscroft took a commanding win in the u18 women's 200m and placed 2nd over 100m & there was a pb for Grace Pollard who placed 3rd in the pole vault. Lottie Hall took 4th places in the u20 women's long jump, shot and discus. Full results can be seen at UKYDL 2026
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN AT THE ENGLISH SCHOOLS
Lottie Mole impressively won the bronze medal at the English Schools Championships in Birmingham on 10/11th July. Lottie leapt out to a pb of 5.55m to secure 3rd place. In the junior girls shot Kyrie Turner took 5th place with 11.02m and in the discus Emily Ross threw 26.46m for 15th place. Antoniah Kinsiona ran 12.27secs for 5th in her heat of the inter girls 100m and Bella Egley was 6th in her junior girls 300m heat in a time of 42.03secs. In the senior girls 200m Ellie Oscroft was 5th in her heat with 26.01secs & Tyler Booth was 9th in the senior boys discus, throwing 37.27m.
MIDLAND MULTIS
The English Schools midland region combined events championships were held in Derby on 27/28th June with some of the club's athletes competing for Derbyshire. Honora Widdowson was part of the victorious Junior Girls team who won and will now compete at the English Schools finals in September. Honora scored 2241 points in the Pentathlon, finishing 8th overall. In the Inter Girls Heptathlon there was a 14th place for Beth Galletly with 2653 points. There was also a guest spot for Martha Smith who scored 2080 points in the Junior Girls Pentathlon. Full results can be seen at Midland-Combined-Events-Championships-Full-Results.pdf
NORTHERN U14/16 CHAMPS
Lottie Mole secured silver in the u16 girls long jump with a leap of 5.12m at the Northern Championships in Leigh of 27/28th June. There was also a bronze medal for Antoniah Kinsiona in the u16 girls 200m with Lottie finishing in 7th. Antoniah was also 7th in the 100m final with Lottie making the semi final and in the u14 boys 100m final Benji Barfoot was 7th, as he was over 200m too.
Jess Sanderson placed 5th in both the u14 girls 75m Hurdles final and the high jump. Emily Ross threw a pb for 7th place in the u16 girls javelin & Bella Egley was 6th in the 300m final, and made the semi finals of the 200m the following day. Tobi Duke finished in 8th place in the u14 boys long jump. Faith Baines was 11th in the u16 girls hammer and 6th in the shot in which Ava Agutter was 9th & Emily 10th.
NORTHERN U18/20/SENIOR CHAMPS
Beth Falconer picked up the senior women's pole vault silver medal at the Northern Championships, held in Hull on the 6/7th June, with a best jump of 3.10m. There were a number of near misses for the club's athletes with Josh Turkington & Rebecca Wardle finishing in 4th place in the senior javelin competitions. There was another 4th place for Ellie Oscroft in the u18w 200m with Ezra Adetunji also 4th in the u18m long jump, in which Aaron Kurian was 6th.
NORTHERN INTER COUNTIES
Derbyshire finished 4th at the 10 team inter counties match in Shildon on 25th May. There was a 3rd place for Ellie Oscroft who set a pb in the u18w 100m. A pb was also set by Faith Baines in the u16g hammer, Evie Curtis equalled her seasons best in the high jump & Honora Widdowson was 5th in her 80mH race. Faith & Ava Agutter were 8th & 14th in the shot.
Antoniah Kinsiona was 3rd in the u16g 200m and 4th over 100m with Lottie Mole 5th in the long jump. Over 300m Bella Egley was 3rd & Chris Hall was 7th in the men's high jump. A full set of results can be seen at https://www.powerof10.uk/Home/Results/70ee3208-1c69-46f8-9b60-5d61fc4a9c5c#EventsRunDiv and on Roster
SCHOOLS COMBINED EVENTS
At the Derbyshire Schools combined events Championships, on Wednesday 20th May in Derby, Beth Galletly took the inter girls pentathlon title with a score of 2056 points. Honora Widdowson took the silver medal in the Junior girls pentathlon with Martha Smith in 6th place. There was a 7th place finish for Oscar Melen in the Junior boys event.
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS
The club took a large haul of medals at the Derbyshire Track & Field Championships in Derby on 9/10th May. With this being the first year of the u14, 16 & 18 age groups the winners of all titles in those age groups had the honour of setting new championship records. Breaking records were Liz Duke in the Masters 400m & Caroline Siderius in the Masters shot. Full results can be seen at DA-TF-2026.pdf
Our medallists were;
Gold; Ruby Thomson, Beth Galletly & Chris Hall (high jump), Liz Duke & Antoniah Kinsiona (100m), Tobi Duke & Lottie Mole (long jump), Bella Egley (300m), Ava Agutter (shot), Emily Ross (javelin), Gracie Pell, Jeanie Cadman & Beth Falconer (pole vault), Caroline Siderius (discus) and Tyler Booth (javelin & discus).
Silver; Jess Sanderson (high jump, 100m & 75m hurdles), Kyrie Turner (shot & discus), Antoniah Kinsiona (200m), Honora Widdowson (300m hurdles), Evie Curtis (high jump), Freya Curtis (triple jump), Faith Baines & Tyler Booth (shot), Philip Grzelak & Emily Ross (discus), Ellie Oscroft (100m), Grace Pollard (pole vault), Zac Booth & Rebecca Wardle (javelin), Caroline Siderius (hammer & javelin), Benjamin Barfoot (100 & 200m), Alfie Wearing (shot & javelin), Aaron Kurian (long jump), Oliver Dakin (400m) and Mark Beer (high jump & shot).
Bronze; Lottie Mole (200m), Ellie Oscroft (200m), Joseph Bond (800m), Lucas Melen (shot & javelin), Oscar Siderius & Mark Beer (discus), Thomas Marriot (400m) and Josh Turkington (javelin).
There was also a silver medal for Maya Zuccolo in the u16 girls pole vault at the Yorkshire Championships.
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 are at Our Competition Results for 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 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. Results can be viewed 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.