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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.

MINI LEAGUE MATCH 2

The Derbyshire mini league resumed on Saturday 4th July and saw us take a 2nd win of the season. Good points were picked up in the endurance events with Tobias Zacharias just edged out of 1st place in a sprint finish in the u16 boys 1500m. In the u14 boys 1500m Philip Grzelak and Oscar Siderius were 4th & 5th with Billy Wakefield 7th in the u12 boys 600m & Isla Gilbert and Ella Pudil 4th & 5th in the u12 girls event.

U12 hurdles took place for the first time with the first 4 places being occupied by Chesterfield athletes (Lily Rogers, Scarlett Harrison, Eleanor Siderius and Elize Ransome) in the girls race & Elias Jones and Brady Cresswell 2nd and 5th for the boys. Lily & Leah Hill were 3rd and 4th in the 75m with Freddie Powell & Brady 4th & 5th for the boys. Evelyn Perryman was 2nd in the 150m where Leah was 4th & for the boys Freddie & Elias were 4th and 7th. Ella won the howler with Scarlett 4th and in the long jump Isla & Lily were 5th & 6th. Ezra Bates was 4th in the boys high jump and in the howler Elias & Brady were 4th and 5th.

Jessica Sanderson won the u14 girls hurdles with Brodi Eden 7th, Jess was =2nd over 100m with Ruby Thomson 4th. In the 200m Martha Smith was 2nd and Ruby 4th. Jess & Ruby were 1-2 in the HJ with Kyrie Turner and Coral Wilson 2nd and 5th in the shot. Gabi Whelpton & Kyrie were 2nd and 3rd in the javelin. Benji Barfoot took the sprint double for the u14 boys, Tobi Duke was 5th in the 100m & 6th over 200m. Over the hurdles Edward Thorpe & Kobi Henry were 2nd and 4th. Tobi took 3rd in the LJ with Christopher Devine 4th, Ben Ruttle was 3rd in the shot & 4th in the javelin with Lucas Melen 2nd in the javelin & 6th in the shot.

Lottie Mole secured wins in the u16 girls 100m, 300m and long jump. Bella Egley was 2nd in the shorter sprint, Honora Widdowson took 3rd over 300m and earlier in the day placed 2nd in the hurdles where Catrin Hughes was 7th. Ava Agutter won the shot, Faith Baines was 2nd and also took 3rd in the javelin with Beth Galletly was 3rd in the LJ. Zac booth won the u16 boys javelin with Oscar Melen 3rd, Oscar was also 3rd in the shot where Zac was 6th. Jacob Shawcroft was 2nd in the HJ with Tobias 5th and on the track Jacob was =2nd in the 100m, where Shenan Gnanaraj was 7th, and over 300m Tobias & Shenan was 2nd & 4th. There were also relay wins for the u16 boys & u14 girls. Full results can be found at Our Competition Results for 2026 - Derbyshire Athletics

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 LEAGUE MATCH 2

Another 3rd place finish was achieved on 21st June in Doncaster by our senior team. There were wins for  Charlie Yates in the triple and high jump, with Kerry Baker winning the B high jump, and Liz Duke was also 1st in 400m. Beth Falconer & Grace Pollard won the A and B pole vault with Mark Beer winning the men's vault. Josh Turkington won the javelin & Dan Burdett the shot with Jak Smith 2nd in the B. Ezra Adetunji took 2nd place in the long jump & Steve Gascoyne took 5th places in the 1500m and 5000m. Ollie Dakin and Thomas Marriott placed 2nd in the A and B 400m & Nathan Gavaghan was 3rd in the 100m, as was Caroline Siderius in the discus. Full results will be published at Track and Field League | Northern Athletics

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.

Sunday 31st May saw the club compete at a sunny York and saw a number of personal bests set. There were also wins for Antoniah Kinsiona in the u16w 200m & Kyrie Turner in the u14g shot and discus.

In the 100m races Shenan Gnanaraj, Aaron Kunnel, Tobi Duke, Edward Thorpe, Jess Sanderson, Francesca Mayers all set new pb's. Kobi Henry set a pb over 200m as did Lottie Mole and Brodi Eden. Over 300m Zachary Maysers set a new best, as did Tobias Zacharias in the 800m & high jump. Nathan Phoenix & Freya Curtis also set high jump pb's. Zac Booth, Gabriel Styring, Jess & Edward raced to pb's in the hurdles. In the throws there were pb's for Gabi Whelpton, Oscar Melen & Nathan (shot), Beth Galletly (javelin) and for Alfie Wearing, Emily Ross & Faith Baines (hammer). Oscar also set a pb in the discus. Martha Smith & Emily Hayter posted pb's in the long jump along with Kobi & Zach.

Full results can be seen at powerof10.uk/Home/Results/71339d8e-f744-4132-a11d-69c9e229e2f5#EventsRunDiv

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

YDL UPPER MATCH 2

Our u18/20 composed team with Doncaster AC finished 7th in York on 24th May. Ellie Oscroft posted wins in the u20w 100m & u18w 200m and Gracie Pell won the u20w pole vault. There was also a win for Aaron Kurian in the u18m long jump with Chris Hall setting in pb for 2nd in the high jump & Tyler Booth winning the discus. Jeanie Cadman long jumped over 4m for 6th in the u18w event. Full results can be seen at https://www.ukydl.org.uk/page102.html (the Premier East division)

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.

Beth & Honora will now go on to compete for Derbyshire at the Midlands schools combined events Championships at the end of June.

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS

The club took a large haul of medals away from 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/