Young Athletes Match – Jarrow 24th June
After a lot of “to-ing and fro-ing” coercing,
begging, arguing, and a few other inter-actions, we finally loaded a very full
coach for the long trip to Monkton Stadium, Jarrow (near
It wasn't a bad day:
quite warm with the sun out now and then. Much better than being in
Lots of “well dones” this time!!!
First - all the lads who
competed in the hammer, after only a few weeks training in my multi event academy
(sorry Claire, you can’t compete yet – league rules - not my fault!).
Next - Richard Spooner,
who won U17M 800m in a new PB and G1 at the same time. He celebrated by promptly sharing his lunch
with everyone. All his friends really
appreciated that one.
Remi
Cockrell, who achieved a G1 winning the 1200m. This earned her the YAL Athlete of the Match.
Adam
Thomas and Matt Jarvis who both won their javelin competition.
It was a tough contest!
The U13 girls 800m
was a nail biting race between Hannah Fletcher and Claire Wilsher,
who chased each other round the track to finish 1st and 2nd. It was a tough fight but Hannah just shaded in
on the line beating Claire's time by 0.02 sec.
Both got a G2.
Special mention to
Alice Stubbs who, thanks to last minute shuffles of
the field events, had to leave the High Jump to run the 3000m and then return
to compete her jumps. That bit of
endeavour added 6 points to the total.
Thanks,
Also
to Hannah Malmgren for gaining 4 points winning the
‘B’ U13G High jump with a G4 at her first attempt - ever, to go with her G2
victory in the U13G 100m. and
her G4 ‘B’ victory points in the 1200m. Another 12 points to the tally.
Sam Barnsley also won
three events: 100m, 200m (both with G2) and the High Jump.
In all the U17 boys won
half of all their events, but that was eclipsed by the U13 girls - the strongest team
on the day - winning over ¾ of their events.
We won half our relay
races and came second in the others - So well done, teams.
There were so many exceptional
performances I haven’t got room to mention them all! Sorry to anyone, I’ve forgotten.
I can proudly say we won
convincingly by 62 points - despite a lack of U13 and U15 boys.
SO it was a tired,
but happy band which returned to the bus, homeward bound .
That was the theory, anyway! It wasn’t
to be, thanks to a dead battery. Not
what anyone wanted at 6pm on a Sunday evening in the middle of North East
England! Fortunately, the one thing that existed around
there was……. a pub!!
It was conveniently
only 3mins up the road, with a handy garden, play area, and even a live band. Don't think the manager was over impressed
when I asked if we could come in with over 50 potential under age drinkers!!!
Still we all had a
drink (appropriate to age that is), some had four!! Some had a dance and a few played on the
slide!! We all had a laugh and a great
time until eventually the coach was fixed and we could finally head back to
My usual round of
sweets went down rather well on the way back, as did the club-sponsored McD burger, which kept
the kids going till we arrived Hillsborough at 10:00 pm: 14 hours after setting
off!. To say it was a long day is an understatement but the team spirit was
brilliant throughout.
Big thanks to
everyone for turning out. All the
athletes and usual helpers, especially Steve Marshall (he knows why), Nigel
Barnsley (cheers for your help), Andy Hogg and Simon Rippon
(who stayed to offer support after the match when most others had gone).
The final match is on
22nd July at
We aren’t out of the relegation zone yet, so every club member has their part
to play in keeping us in Division 1. (including my new
pole vaulters, who I’m hoping will be unveiled for
the first time).
Please make it a memorable Hallamshire day by being part of it.
Rachel
full
match results at - http://www.natyal.co.uk/results/rd4/N1EMonkton240607.pdf