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MINI LEAGUE CROSS COUNTRY

The first match of this winter's Mini XC League, on Saturday 26th Oct, takes place at Buxton Rugby Club, Burlow Road, Harpur Hill, Buxton, SK17 9PX. The first race, u11's, is at 11am followed by the u13's then u15's. All athletes in those age groups are invited, if you intend to compete please register your interest by emailing us at [email protected] so that we can arrange to meet you there.

NOTICE & AGENDA FOR 2024 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM)

This year's AGM will be held at the Victoria Inn (21 Victoria Street West, Brampton, Chesterfield, S40 3QY) on Monday 25^th November at 7.30pm and will be followed by a small buffet. Members and parents are invited to come and get involved, or just to hear what we’ve been up to.

The meeting will:

1. Receive and adopt (after any necessary amendments) the Minutes of the previous AGM.
2. Receive and adopt (or not) the Annual Report of the Management Committee.
3. Receive and adopt (or not) the audited annual accounts of the Club.
4. Elect a President, Chair, General Secretary and Treasurer and up to 10 members of the Management Committee for the ensuing year.
5. Consider (and change if so agreed) the annual membership subscription.
6. Elect an auditor for the ensuing year, or instruct the new Management Committee to appoint an auditor.
7. Consider any other business, details of which must have been lodged with the Secretary, at [email protected], at least 28 days before the meeting and publicised by him/her on the Club’s official website at www.chesterfieldac.co.uk.
8. Close of formal business. At the Chair’s discretion - an Informal discussion while the buffet is served.

All votes taken at the AGM shall be won on a simple majority. The Chair holds a casting vote. Only fully paid-up members of 18 years and over on the day of the meeting are eligible to vote.

RELAY RECORD

Congratulations to our U15 girls team who broke the Derbyshire Sportshall League Record for the 4x2 Lap relay on Sunday 6th October. An issue with the initial results meant that the correct result wasn't displayed initially. The time of 103.2 seconds broke the previous record of 103.8 which had stood since 2017.

SUCCESSFUL SPORTSHALL OPENER 

The first match of the Derbyshire Sportshall league took place on 6th October and saw us take the win ahead of AVEAC, Derby & High Peak. There was also an equalled league record for Antoniah Kinsiona.

Alexander Ganecki won the u11 boys 2 Lap and was =1st in the 1 Lap. Kobi Barraclough took 6th place in the 1 Lap with Christopher Devine 7th in the 2 Lap. Kobi was =2nd in the Vertical High Jump where Bertie Smith occupied 6th place. Alexander took another =1st in the Chest Push with Jenson Eachus-Coyle 4th. Lucas Melen competed in the Standing Triple Jump and track events & the boys teamed up for 3rd in the relay. For the girls Emily Molloy was 2nd in the 1 Lap with Arya Hadley Swann 7th. There was another 2nd place for Emily in the VHJ with Eleanor Siderius 6th. In the 2 Lap Leah Hill and Jessica Hayter were 6th & 7th. Arya & Leah were 5th & 6th in the STJ with Arya also 3rd in the CP with Eleanor 5th. Chloe Booth was also in action in the 1 Lap & VHJ.

Benjamin Barfoot made his debut for the club with a triple win in the u13 boys 2 & 6 Lap events and the VHJ. Philip Grzelak was 4th in the 1 Lap with Oscar Siderius 4th in the 6 Lap & 3rd in the VHJ. Oscar Melen won the Shot with Philip 3rd & in the STJ Oscar Melen was 2nd with Philip 4th. There was also a relay win for the u13 boys. For the girls Lottie Mole was a winner in the 2 Lap where Emily Hayter was 3rd. Emily then won the STJ with Lottie in 2nd. In the 6 Lap Honora Widdowson and Ellie Madin were 2nd & 3rd with Honora also taking 4th in the VHJ where Coral Wilson was 5th. In the Shot there were 2nd and 3rd places for Kyrie Turner & Emily Ross.

For the u15's Antoniah Kinsiona & Mazie Taylor had double wins; Antoniah in the 2 & 4 Lap and Mazie in the Shot & VHJ. Antoniah also equalled the league record in the 2 Lap. Jeanie Cadman was 4th in the 2 Lap, Freya Curtis 3rd in the 4 Lap, Jeanie 2nd in the VHJ & Faith Baines 2nd in the Shot. For the boys Benjamin Muyunda was 3rd in the 2 Lap with Zachary Mayers 4th. Christopher Hall also took 3rd in the 4 Lap with Zachary 5th and in the STJ Benjamin was 4th with Dylan Leong 5th. Dylan was also 2nd in the Shot.

TRAINING FEES INCREASE

From 1st October training fees will increase to £4/session. This is to cover the rising cost of facilities hire.

Please also note that the Academy will be training in the sports hall at Tupton from Tuesday 1st October.

INTER COUNTIES & MULTI EVENTS

Saturday 14th September saw the annual Young Athletes Inter Counties held in Nuneaton with u13/15's selected to compete for Derbyshire based on their Mini League performances. Those selected helped Derbyshire to finish 2nd in the team standings.

Antoniah Kinsiona posted pb's of 13.0 secs in the 100m and 27.4 over 200m, taking 4th place in both of the u15 girls A races. Bella Egley did likewise in the u13 girls events, taking 4th in the u13 girls 100m A race in 13.5 before going on to win the 200m in 27.8. Atticus Williams took 2nd place in the u15 boys 1500m B race. in the u13 girls hurdles Jessica Sanderson was 4th in the A race with Honora Widdowson finishing 2nd in the B with a pb of 12.5secs. Molly White was also selected for the u13 girls relay & competed in the 100m guest race, finishing 5th.

Jeanie Cadman equalled her pb in the u15 girls HJ in taking 4th place. Solomon Birkhill & Charlie Cottrell were 4th in the u15 boys & u13 boys high jumps respectively.  In the LJ there was a 4th place for Tobi Duke for the u13 boys, Jeanie finished 6th in the u15 girls event & Lotte Mole was 2nd in the u13 girls. Mazie Taylor took 4th place in the u15 girls shot and Emily Ross won the u13 girls B shot. There was a pb for Zac Booth in winning the u15 boys B string javelin.

At the Trafford Combined Events Classic competition, held in Stockport on 28/29th September, there was a silver medal for Lottie Hall in the u20 women's event with Catrin Hughes taking 19th place in the u15 girls event. Lottie set 5 pb's en route to her score of 3263 points in the heptathlon, ironically the only 2 events she didn't pb in (the shot and javelin) she set Championship Best Performances in. Her pb's came in the 100m hurdles, high jump & 200m on day 1 and in the long jump and 800m on day 2. Catrin set pb's in all 5 of her events; the 75m hurdles, shot, long jump and high jump before a 2:42.04 800m raised her 5 places overall in the pentathlon standings.

WINTER COMPETITIONS

All of the club's competitions over the winter months are on the events calendar of our website. We start with Sportshall on Sunday 6th October with Cross Country kicking off on Saturday 26th October.

For anybody wanting to enter some indoor track & field competitions there are the Northern opens at the EIS in Sheffield on the 23rd Nov & 7th Dec as well as their Championships in Jan & Feb 2025. Details can be found on the Roster Athletics website.

There are also the Sale opens at Sportcity, Manchester which you can find on race-results.co.uk.

TRIPLE GOLD AT BRITISH MASTERS & NORTHERN LEAGUE REPORT

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.

The last Northern League fixture on 17th August confirmed the club's relegation to division 2 next year. Aaron Kurian posted a pb in taking 2nd place in the long jump with 5.92m. Nathan Gavaghan also took 2nd, in the 200m following his 3rd place in the 100m. John Scott was 2nd in the 100m B race with Thomas Marriott 5th in the 200m B following his 3rd place in the 800m. Steve Gascoyne had a busy afternoon taking 5th in the 800m B followed by 5th placed over the 5000m then the 1500m. Geoff Lowry and Ian Monaghan were 5th in the B races of the 1500 & 5k respectively.

Ellie Oscroft made her Northern League debut, taking 2nd places in the 100m & 200m with Liz Duke 2nd in the 200m B. Liz was also 2nd in the 400m with Hannah Barnett knocking 5 seconds off her 3000m pb for 4th place. Rebecca Wardle took 2nd place in the javelin with another debutant, Caroline Siderius, taking 3rd in the B. In the discus Rebecca had been 4th with Caroline 3rd in the B and Lottie Hall took 4th in the shot despite a broken foot. Josh Turkington & Dan Burdett took 3rd places in the javelin, Dan & Jak Smith took 2nd places in the hammer as well as 3rd places in both the shot and discus.

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.

YDL REPORT

At the final match of the Lower YDL on 21st July in York we placed 5th meaning that we will return to Division 1 in 2025. There were some great performances and a number of pb's set.

Tobi Duke & Philip Grzelak were 5th in their u13 boys 75m races and for the girls Bella Egley set a pb for 4th in the A and Lottie Mole took 2nd in the B. Zachary Mayers was 5th in the U15 boys 100m with Antoniah Kinsiona 4th for the girls and Sophie Kelley 3rd in the B. Over 150m Tobi took 5th with Oscar Siderius 6th in the B & Bella set another pb for 3rd in the A with Lottie 2nd in the B. Zachary was 6th in the 200m, as was Antoniah in the girls race and Sophie was 4th in the B. Over 300m Marianna Owen was 5th & Beth Galletly 6th in the B, Marianna had earlier won the 800m with Beth 5th in the B. Oscar took 6th in the u13 boys 800m and for the u13 girls there were pb's for Martha Smith & Ellie Madin.

Atticus Williams made his first appearance for the club, finishing 2nd in the u15 boys 1500m. In the u15 girls race there were pb's for Holly Buckley & Niamh Kilroy. There was also a pb in the 1200m for Philip Grzelak. In the u13 girls hurdles there were pb's for Jessica Sanderson & Molly White, Charlie Cottrell ran a seasons best in the boys hurdles and was 2nd in the high jump. Evie Curtis & Beth Galletly both ran pb's in the u15 girls hurdles & for the boys Zac Booth took 6th place. Jeanie Cadman & Evie Curtis equalled their pb's in the u15 girls high jump, as did Lily Timperley in the u13 girls event, taking 3rd place with Molly White 4th in the B. Jeanie also took 3rd in the pole vault with a pb and was 5th in the long jump where Freya Curtis was 2nd in the B. Zac Booth was 6th in the u15 boys long jump before going on to throw a pb in the javelin. Tobi was 2nd in the u13 boys LJ, Charlie was 3rd in the B and for the u13 girls Lottie was 2nd in the A & Jessica won the B.

There was a shot pb for Mazie Taylor, who took 3rd  for the u15 girls, Faith Baines being 2nd in the B. Philip Grzelak was 5th in the u13 boys shot and for the u13g Emily Ross was 3rd in the A with Kyrie Turner winning the B. In the discus Faith was 4th with Holly 3rd in the B. Mazie was 3rd in the hammer with Holly 2nd in the B. Niamh & Faith were 6th in the u15 girls javelin events, as was Oscar Siderius in the u13 boys. Emily Ross won the u13 girls javelin with Kyrie throwing a pb to take 2nd in the B. Full results can be seen at Results (thepowerof10.info) and Results LAG (ukydl.org.uk)

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.

MINI LEAGUE & UPPER YDL

The weekend of 29/30th June saw another busy double header for the club's athletes. Saturday saw the final match of this year's Derbyshire Mini League where we finished in 3rd place, both on the day & overall in the league. Congratulations to AVEAC who took the title. There were some great endurance performances with Marianna Owen & Holly Buckley finishing 1-2 in the u15 girls 1500m. Ruby Thomson took 2nd place in the u11 girls 600m and in the boys even Christopher Devine was 4th. In the u13 girls 1500m there was a 3rd place for Honora Widdowson with Martha Rose Smith in 5th & Philip Grzelak was 4th.

Ruby Thomson also won the u11 girls 75m and howler. Alexander Ganecki won the u11 boys 150m and was 2nd over 75m with Kobi Barraclough 4th in both events. Christopher again won the howler & the boys won their 4x100m relay. Jessica Sanderson and Honora were 1-2 in the u13 girls hurdles and Bella Egley won the 200m with Emily Hayter in 3rd. Bella was also 2nd in the 100m with Jessica 3rd and in the field Emily Ross & Kyrie Turner were 1-2 in the shot with Emily 2nd in the javelin where Gabriella Whelpton was 3rd. Lily Timperley was 4th in the high jump with Molly White taking 7th & the girls won their relay. Oscar Melen won the u13 boys javelin, where Oscar Siderius was 6th, and in the shot Oscar was 2nd with Tayo Kooner-Singhera 3rd. Tayo took 5th in the hurdles and in the 100m Tobi Duke was 4th and Tayo 7th. Tobi was also 4th over 200m with Oscar Melen 6th. Philip & Oscar Siderius were 7th & 8th in the long jump.

There were 2nd places in the u15 girls events for Antoniah Kinsiona over 100m, Marianna in the 300m, Jeanie Cadman in the long jump and Sophie Kelley in the shot. Sophie was also 3rd in both the 100m and long jump, Antoniah was 4th in the 300m and in the shot Mazie Taylor was 3rd. Holly & Faith Baines were 3rd and 4th in the javelin and in the hurdles Evie Curtis took 4th place & Catrin Hughes 5th. Harvey Cawley was 3rd in the u15 boys 100m and the javelin & also took 5th in the high jump. Full results can be seen at Results (thepowerof10.info)

On the Sunday in Hull our u17/20's finished in 4th place in the final match. There were wins for Bradley Kirk in the u20 men's discus, Lottie Hall who jumped 3m for the first time in the pole vault, Aaron Kurian in the u17 men's long jump & Tyler Booth with pb's in the u17 men's discus and shot. Tyler also won the javelin with Ashton Pickering winning the B string. The u17 women's sprints were profitable for the club with Ellie Oscroft winning the 100m & 200m A string and Layla Duke winning the B of both. Attiya Farmer won the u17 women's discus & was 3rd in the shot. Lottie also won the javelin and was 2nd in the discus & Aaron took 3rd in the 100m.

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.

INTER COUNTIES ACTION

Monday 27th May saw the Northern Inter Counties take place in the Bank Holiday sunshine of Blackpool. A number of the club's u15 and u17 athletes were selected for Derbyshire following their performances at the County Championships a couple of weeks earlier. Ellie Oscroft was 3rd in her race of the u17 women's 100m and Marianna Owen took 6th in the u15 girls 800m. Grace Pollard posted in pb in the women's pole vault competition, finishing in 10th place. There were also shot put pb's for Tyler Booth, with 11.12m in the u17 men's event, and for Faith Baines with 8.24m for the u15 girls. Solomon Birkill & Grace also competed in the high jump competitions.

SUPER MEDAL HAUL AT DERBYSHIRE TRACK & FIELD CHAMPS

The 11/12th May saw the County Championships in Derby with a number of superb performances in the sunshine. Liz Duke set 2 new Championship Best Performances in the masters women's 100m & 400m with Beth Falconer also breaking the previous CBP in the senior women's pole vault.

In the u13 girls events there was a double win for Bella Egley in the 100m and 200m. Jessica Sanderson also secured a gold in the hurdles with Honora Widdowson taking the bronze. Jessica also took bronze in the long jump, as did Emily Ross in the shot. Marianna Owen took gold in the u15 girls 800m and silver over 1500m. There was also a silver for Faith Baines in the shot. Grace Pollard took double gold in the u17 women's high jump & pole vault. Ellie Oscroft took silvers in the 100m and 200m & Sky Lamb plundered bronze over 300m. Katie Rylance was another bronze medal winner, in the javelin. Lottie Hall was another double gold winner, in the u20 women's pole vault & shot. In the senior women's events Charlotte Hickin won the high jump, as did Rebecca Wardle in the javelin & Liz Duke was 2nd in the 200m.

In the u13 boys long & high jumps Tobi Duke took the gold medals. Oscar Melen took the top honours in the javelin as well as silver in the shot where Philip Grzelak gained bronze. Solomon Birkill won the u15 boys high jump, Zac Booth took the javelin & there was a silver for Kyzley Williams. There were 2 silvers for Tyler Booth in the u17 men's shot & discus, Josh Dorward was another silver medallist, in the pole vault, and over 200m there was a bronze for Aaron Kurian. Bradley Kirk took golds in both the u20 men's shot & discus. Ben Fogden was another gold medallist, in the senior men's 100m with Thomas Marriott taking the top honours in the 400m. Josh Turkington took javelin silver too. In the masters men's events Mark Beer took high jump gold and shot & discus silvers.