Team Bath AC

Saturday June 4th is the date of Bath Hilly Ten road race. This is an event traditionally well supported by the club, with some drawn to the picturesque scenery and, apparently, some to the lure of the final climb up Pennyquick Hill. I’m sure this year will be no different, so check out the event page and get your entry in. If it’s not an event you’ve done before, then why not give it a go this year – the course map (and elevation profile) are on the website. Entries are taken on the day but are cheaper in advance (and make my life easier) so I’d encourage you to enter before the day. I’ll be more than happy to pick up our entry on a Tuesday or Thursday night at the club, just see me (Malcolm Treby) or leave them on the desk and I’ll pick them up.

Finally, if you can’t run for some reason, there are plenty of opportunities still to help. Just have a word with me or Tim Woodman - you really will be appreciated

The Club had a successful day in the Avon County Championships at Yate on saturday with 11 gold medal winners, 8 silver medallists and 4 bronze medallists.

Despite a bitter wind all day, there were some excellent times on the track, with Rhys Brown winning double gold in the U/17 400m and 400m hurdles in 51.7 and 58.0 respectively.

Other track winners were Laura Smith in the U/20 womens 400m in 59.68, Imogen Wolsey in the U/20 womens 3000m in 10.28.13 and Adam Whittaker in the U/17 mens 100m hurdles in 18.7.

In the field, new boy Sam Boulton was also a double winner with wins in the U/15 boys shot with 10m77 and discus with 38m70, well above a Grade 1 standard.

Other winners were Gemma Young in the U/20 womens shot with 10m56, jess Flower in the U/20 womens discus with 31m55, Conor Farr in the U/20 mens discus with 36m14 and Amelia Hempleman-Adams in the U/17 womens high jump with 1m72, a new PB and club record.

Second places went to Sophie Hay in the U/13 girls 200m in 29.68, Hannah Grubb in the U/17 womens pole vault with 3m25, Rachel Sykes in the U/20 womens 400m in 61.33, Rebecca Pierce in the senior womens 1500m in 5.01.53, R. Tomlinson in the senior womens pole vault with 3m15, Charlie Fraser in the U/15 boys 80m hurdles in 14.59 and DT Charles in the U/17 mens 200m in 25.45.

Bronze medals went to Sophie Hay in the U/13 100m in 14.57, R.Dixon in the U/17 womens pole vault with 2m85, Katherine Turner in the U/20 womens 800m in 2.19.04 and Chris Goulding in the U/17 mens 800m in 2.18.56.

Results via link – http://www.teambathac.org/comps-and-results/results/?event=104

Nutritional advice for Coaches Please note change of day and time

Wednesday 2nd June 8.00pm to 9.30pm (not 8th June) Sports Training Village Cafe (Board Room through the cafe)

Team Bath and Avon Network coaches are invited to attend a talk and open question and answer session with Thomas Barnden from Lucuzade Sports.  Thomas is a qualified sports scientest and through the club support programme of Lucuzade has agreed to talk through key areas of young athletes nutrition and include information on timing of eating around training, balance of food intake, hydration and general healthy eating.  This session is designed for coaches.  The talk is free to coaches of Team Bath athletes.  Please send an email confirmation if you are intending on coming to the evening to mrush@englandathletics.org

Tuesday 14th June 6.45pm to 8.00pm

Sports Training Village Cafe (Board Room through the cafe)

Parents of young athletes are invited to attend a talk and open question and answer session with Thomas Barnden from Lucuzade Sports.  Thomas is a qualified sports scientest and through the club support programme of Lucuzade has agreed to talk through key areas of young athletes nutrition and include information on timing of eating around training, balance of food intake, hydration and general healthy eating.  Coaches are welcome but the emphasis will be on helping parents.

The talk is free to parents of Team Bath athletes.  Please send an email confirmation if you are intending on coming to the evening to mrush@englandathletics.org

Become a coach or Leader…

News of Leader awards and Coaching courses in the Midlands and SW area.  Please see the coaches news and development section under Coaching.   Contact the coaching secretary for more information if interested.

Results: http://www.teambathac.org/comps-and-results/results/?event=88

The Club got off to a cracking start in the National Young Athletes League with a comfortable win at Swansea on Sunday. Despite fielding a depleted team, we beat host club Newport and last year’s runners up Yeovil. The match scores were TeamBath 393 points, Newport 314 and Yeovil 259.

The team was given the best possible score with maximum points in the first event of the day, the hammer with Josh Hay and Ben Fielding taking first and second places in the U/17 mens hammer with 15m33 and 13m71 and Katie Phillips winning the U/17 womens event with 23m14, all personal bests.

The rest of the meeting continued in similar vein with Bath dominating both track and field.

 On the track wins in the 800m for Loren Bleaken in the U/17 race with a Grade 1 performance of 2.12.6 and Alex Jones in the U/17 men in 2.02.4. 100m winners were Katie Geddes, back from a long lay off due to injury, in the U/17 race in 13.1, Shane Windsor the the U/17 men in 12.0 and William Kennedy in the U/15 boys in 12.2.

In the 200m, wins (again) for Loren Bleaken in 26.0, William Kennedy in 24.0, a grade 1 performance, and Billy Thorpe in the U/17 race in 25.0. In the 1500m wins for new girl Camille Stanley in the U/15 girls race in 5.31.9 and Alex Jones in the U/17 mens race in 4.29.8.

In the U/17 womens 300m race Loren Bleaken and Katie Geddes took first and second places in 40.7 (Gde 1) and 42.0 (Gde 2) and Rhys Brown won the U/17 mens 400m in 53.1 to which he added the 400m hurdles in 58.4 (gde 2).

In the relays, winning teams were U/17w 4 x 100m (Sam Cox, Katie Phillips, Loren Bleaken and Katie Geddes) in 55.1, U/17m (Billy Thorpe, Vinne Gilbert, Chris Goulding and Shane Windsor) in 50.5 and the U/17 mens team 4 x 400m (Chris Goulding, Vinne Gilbert, Rhys Brown and Alex Jones) in 3.57.7.

In the field, victories for Shane Windsor in the HJ with 1m64, Katie Philllips in the long jump with 3m90 and discus with 20m84, new girl Claudia Blofeld in the U/13 long jump with 3m88.

Vinne Gilbert in the U/17 mens javelin with 17m01, Jake Burkey in the U/13 boys high jump with 1m32, Sophie Hay in the U/13 girls high jump with 1m26, Elise Gauntlett in the U/17 womens pole vault with 2m80, Katie Geddes in the shot with 4m77.

 Billy Thorpe in the long jump with 5m65 and triple jump with 11m70, new girl Cally Dickenson in the U/15 pole vault with 1m90, Emily Hutchinson in the U/15 shot with 9m32 and discus with 19m92.

William Kennedy in the U/15 long jump with 5m41, Josh Hay in the shot with 6m97 and the field performance of the day, Amelia Hempleman-Adams in the U/17 high jump with 1m70, a new PB and Gde 1 performance.

There were so many PBs on the day I cannot remember them all. It was a great performance from all who attended and thanks to Alison Phillips who had the thankless task of getting the team out.

The main disappointment on the day was the lack of U/13 athletes, of both sexes, who turned out. With the large influx of 11 and 12 year old into the club through 365, I would have expected a better turn out.

What is the point of training if you don’t compete? One of my best memories of the day is the sight of the huge grin on the face of 11 year old Jake Burkey, who is a 365 athlete, when he improved his PB in the high jump 3 times to beat a taller, older, more experienced boy to win. Atta boy, Jake.

Athletes of the match, who receive a t shirt, are William Kennedy and Amelia Hempleman-Adams.

While most of the Club were at Swansea, Emily Dixon and Anna Alexander-Holmes were at Millfield taking part in the Somerset & Dorset combined events championship. Emily won the U/17 womens event with a total of 3,931 points, more than 300 ahead of second place.

Anna was in second place behind her all the way until forced to pull out of the final event, the 800mand still finished in 8th place out of 14 with 3,081 points despite not scoring the final event. Individual events were as follows:

Emily Dixon:                                                                                           

• 80m hurdles  13.21     651 pts                                               
• HJ                      1m60     736 pts                                             
• SP                       8m46     429 pts                                             
• 200m               27.79     647 pts                                            
• LJ                       4.46m   464 pts                                               
• JT                       23.92m  362 pts                                              
• 800m                2.34.16 642 pts      

Anna Alexander-Holmes:   

• 80m hurdles  13.22     650 pts
• HJ                       1.51m    632 pts
• SP                        7.60m   374 pts
• 200m                 27.38    681 pts
• LJ                         4.74m   490 pts
• JT                         18.11m  254 pts
• 800m                  DNF                            

Team Bath AC and the Playground to Podium (P2P) scheme made the headlines on the England Athletics website.

This is great news for both the coaches involved and the club. Hopefully, this will inspire more budding athletes to join our club. 

To see the link, go to – http://www.englandathletics.org/news.asp?itemid=6421&itemTitle=My+Coach+is+Fantastic!&section=48&sectionTitle=News+-+South+West