After a successful day at Yate on Saturday in the Avon Championships, TeamBath AC had an even better day in the Wiltshire Championships on Sunday at Tidworth with 27 wins and numerous 2nd and 3rd places.

The Club dominated the meeting, both on track and in the field.

Leading the pack was William Kennedy with a hat trick of wins in the U/15 boys 100m in 11.7, the 200m in 23.7 and the long jump with 5m44.

Close behind came Abi Davies with wins in the senior womens 100m in 13.0 and 200m in 27.0, while Alex Carter came away with a double in the U/17 mens 800m in 2.00.3 and 1500m in 4.08.8

Katie Geddes came first in the U/17 womens 100m in 13.1 and 300m and Robert Howorth in the U/13 boys 800m in 2.18.6 Robert also competed in the  javelin with 22m01.

Other winners were Caitlin Wosika in the U/13 girls 800m in 2.41.8, Afeni Payne-Bonnick in the U/15 girls 100m in 13.2, and Livia Gauntlett in the u/15 girls 75m hurdles in 12.1

Kirsty Stanley won the U/17 womens 1500m in 5.04.0, Clare Dyer in the u/17 womens pole vault with 3m40, and Emily Hutchinson in the U/17 womens discus with 26m20

Further winners included Elise Gauntlett in the SW pole vault with 3m20, Katherine Turner in the SW 1500m in 4.41.3, Gemma Young in the SW shot with 10m85, and Huw Buckley in the U/15 boys 300m in 41.9

Ed Wilthsire won the U/15 boys hammer with 23m98, Matthew Holt won the U/17 mens shot with 8m02, Ben Darling came first in the U/17 mens high jump with 1m75 and Alex Hill was victorious in the SM 3000m in 9.11.5

There were some great performances from the club’s athletes in the Avon T&F Championships at Yate on Saturday.

Major highlights were Alice Reynolds in the U/15 girls high jump with 1m62, a new county record (not 1m60 as appears on the results), and Ellie J Webb in the U/15 girls hammer (35m12), discus (25m97) and shot (9m60, a new county record). Ellie was a guest competitor in Wiltshire the next day and won there too.

Double winners were Sam Boulton in the U/17 shot and discus with 12m24 and 38m56 respectively and Michael Gardner in the U/17 men’s high jump and 100m hurdles with 1m70 and 16.20 respectively.

Other winners were Stefan Barnett in the U/15 boys 800m in 2.22.8, Nikko Hunt in the U/15 boys pole vault with 3m23, Natalie Nash in the U/17 women’s 1500m in 5.42.16, Josh Hay in the U/17 men’s hammer with 30m94, Natasha Lewis in the senior women’s 100m in 13.15, Rebecca Pierce in the senior women’s 1500m in 4.53.58, and Craig Bridges in the Senior men’s 3,000m in 10.25.3.

Second places went to Laura Smith in the U/20 women’s 400m in 62.1, Hannah Grubb in the U/20 women’s pole vault with 3m53, Conor Farr in the U/20 men’s discus with 36m65 and Joseph Allen in the senior men’s 1500m in 4.26.2.

Third places to Alex Hind in the U/13 boys 800m in 2.41.89, William Singleton in the U/15 boys 800m in 2.55.2, and Adam Smith in the U/15 boy’s high jump with 1m40

Josh Hay finished second in the U/17 men’s discus with 16m28 and shot with 8m01, while Michael Gardner came second in the u/17 men’s long jump with 5m53.

Georgia Pearce came third the U/20 women’s pole vault with 2m93 and Natasha Lewis was third in the senior women’s long jump with 5m57.

Results:

Avon T&F Championships 2012

TeamBath A.C. opened the 2012 NYAL season in superb style at the University of Bath on Sunday with a fine win over the other 4 clubs.

In total the club achieved 9 grade 1 performances, 10 grade 2 s, 12 grade 3s and 13 grade 4s. This is probably the best ever total in one match.

The athletes of the match, who receive a t-shirt each, are Sophie Hay for a Grade 1 performance in the U/17 women’s 80m hurdles and a G3 in 200m, and John Howorth for a Grade 1 in the U/13 boys 800m, a new club record and a G4 in 200m.

Thanks to Alison and Caroline for all their hard work in getting the team together

The points positions were as follows:-
1.TeamBath 776
2.Yeovil 699
3.North Somerset 654.5
4.North Devon 465
5.Cwmbran 438.5

On the track, the hurdlers again gave the club a flying start with G1 performances from Livia Gauntlett in the U/15 girls 75m hurdles in 11.9 and Sophie Hay in the U/17 women’s 80m hurdles in 12.1

They were ably backed up by Emily Dixon B winner in the U/17 80m hurdles in 12.3 (G2), Jake Burkey and George Adams winning the U/13 boys 75m hurdles in 13.8 (G3) and 15.3 (G4) respectively, Nicco Hunt 2nd in U/15 boys 80m hurdles in 12.6 (G3) with Charlie Fraser winning the B event in 13.7 (G4) and Michael Gardner 2nd in the U/17 men’s 100m hurdles in 15.2 (G4).

 In the field at the same time, Ed Wiltshire won the U/15 boys hammer with 32m63 (G3) whilst Josh Hay won the U/17 men’s event with 31m14 (G4) and on the high jump apron new boy Ben Darling won the U/17 men’s high jump with a PB of 1m80 (G3) with Michael Gardner winning the B event with 1m75 (G4).

 Battle of the day came in the U/15 boys sprints with Bath’s Will Kennedy taking on Welsh no 2 sprinter Tom Reynolds with Tom winning the 100m in 11.4 from Will in 11.5 whilst in the 200m Will had his revenge beating Tom in 23.3 to Tom’s 23.4. These performances rank these two boys both in the top 4 in the country in both events.

 The Howorth twins again produced top class performances with John winning the U/13 boys 800m in 2.18.3, a Grade 1 performance and a new club record, whilst brother Robert won the 1,500m in 4.49.1 a Grade 1 performance.

 The other G1 performances came in the field from Nicco Hunt in the U/15 boy’s pole vault with 3m40, Emily Hutchinson in the U/17 women’s shot with 10m23 and Ellie J Webb in the U/15 girl’s discus with 30m 24.

 Other winners were Eliza Reid in the U/17 W 100m B in 12.6 (G2) and 200m A in 25.7 (G2), Katie Geddes in the U/17w 300m A in 41.7 (G2) and 100m B in 12.9 (G3), and Afeni Payne-Bonnick in the U/15 girls 100m in 12.9 (G2).

 Alfie Kilgour (U/17 m) ran a grade A 3000m in 10.51.9, Devante Charles in the U/17m 200m ran 24.7, Laura McNab in the U/13 girls 1200m clocked 4.09.7 (G3).

 Cameron Perkins (U/15 b) in the 1,500m ran 4.41.4 (G4), George Chapman in the U/17 400m ran 53.9 (G4) and 800m in 1.59.8 (G2), Gavin Phillips (U/17 M) long jump with 6m02 (G3), and George Adams (U/13 b) high jump with 1m35 (G3).

 Jake Burkey (U/13 b) long jump with 4m59 (G2), Sam Boulton (U/17 M) shot with 12m89 (G2) and discus with 36m55 (G3), Alice Reynolds (U/15 G high jump with 1m50 G2) and Chloe Merritt (U/17 W) high jump with 1m55 (G3).

Other B winners were Henry Dixon (U/13 b) 800m in 2.27.7 (G3), Freddie Webb (U/13 b) 1500m in 5.21.8, Will Peppercorn (U/15 b) 1500m in 5.07.8, Chris Goulding (U/17 m) 1500m in 4.40.3, and Huw Buckley (U/15 b) 300m in 41.1

Other B performances included Gavin Phillips (U/17 m) ran 400m in 55.2, Joe Blethyn (U/13 b) high jump with 1m25, Ben Darling (U/17 m) long jump with 5m10, Matthew Holt (U/17m) 100m in 12.0, Adam Gordon (U/15 b) 100m in 12.8, and Sophie Hay (U/17 w) 200m in 26.8 (G4).

Ben Fielding (U/17 m discus with 16m93),Sophie E Hay (U/15 girls high jump with 1m30), Emily Dixon (U/17 W high jump with 1m50 G4). Relay team winners were U/13 boys 4 x 100m in 56.6, U/15 boys 4 x 300m in 2.59.9 and U/17 m 4 x 100m in 48.7.

Full results attached.

NYAL Bath: Results

The Club opened the track and field league season in fine style at Yate on Sunday in the first Avon league match of the season.

With record numbers competing from all clubs, the Club finished third of the eight competing clubs behind North Somerset (1,231 points) and Yate (1,207) with 1,085 points. The U/13 boys won their age group.

I have included the number of competitors in each event in the results to show just how well many of our young athletes did.

There was also a fairly strong wind into the faces of the athletes which made the times slower than usual so graded performances were fewer than expected but it was a really good day all round.

The Club was given a tremendous start on the track in the sprint hurdles races with wins for George Adams in the U/13 boys 75m hurdles in 15.0, Livia Gauntlett in the U/15 girls 75 m hurdles in 11.8, a1-2 in the U/15 boys 80m hurdles for Nikko Hunt (13.3) and Charlie Fraser (14.7) and another 1-2 in the U/17 womens hurdles for Emily Dixon (12.4) just edging out Sophie Hay (12.5) in the 80m hurdles.

These performances are a tribute to Colin Barross who has worked extremely hard to make hurdles one of the club’s success stories in recent years.

Jake Burkey had an excellent days competition with wins in the U/13 boys 200m in 29.1, the long jump with 4m68 and a second place in the discus with 13m48.

Likewise Emily Dixon, in addition to her win in the hurdles, won the javelin with 26m68 and was third in the 300m, her first run at the distance, in 43.7.

Double wins for Nikko Hunt in the U/15 boys hurdles and the long jump with 5m10, William Kennedy in the U/15 boys 100m in 12.1 ansd 200m in 24.1, Sam Boulton in the U/17 mens shot with 11m55 and discus with 38m00.

The Howorth twins took the expected 1st and 2nd places in the U/13 boys 800m with Robert winning in 2.22.1 and John close behind in 2.22.9 with John finishing second in the shot with 5m62.

Ellie Webb moved up an age group to compete inthe hammer and promptly broke the Club record for U/17 women, winning with 30m37.

Several new names among the winners were Rhiannon Bowen winning the U/11 600m from a large field in 2.06.7, Jay Painter winning the U/15 boys 800m in 2.28.6, Katie Geddes won the U/17 w 300m in 42.5, Kirsty Stanley won the U/17 w 1,500m in 5.13.3

Alex Carter won the U/17 mens 800m in 2.03.4 with George Chapman finishing second in 2.09.4, Laura Smith won the SW 400m in 62.3 , Katherine Turner won the SW 1500m in 4.53.6 and the SW 4 by 100m relay team won in 51.9.

Second places went to Sam Marszal in the u/11 boys 75m in 12.5, Sam Burkey (U/11 boys long jump with 3m00), Owen Hartnett (U/15 boys 100m in 12.7), Ed Wiltshire (U/15 boys shot with 8m75), Emily Hutchinson (U/17 W javelin with 21m99), Ben Fielding (U/17 m discus with 19m46), Natasha lewis (SW 100m in 13.1).

Other second places went to Rachel Sykes (SW pole vault with 2m15), Margaret Thompson (SW Vets 1,500m in 6.21.4), Conor Farr (SM discus with 32m10), Imam Qazi (SM V 100m in 12.3)and U/13 boys 4 by 100m relay in 58.0.

Third places went to Imogen Hurst (U/13 girls javelin with 12m75), Ed Wiltshire (U/15 b discus with 18m11), Matthew Holt (U/17 m long jump with 5m15), Josh Hay (U/17 m shot with 7m10), Alex Jones (SM 800m in 2.03.0) and the sm 4 by 400m relay team in 3.58.2.

Avon League Meeting 1 Results

Please remember to bring your new access cards to training nights ao that you can gain access to the facility.

Please see the message below for further information:

Please note that we are now in a position to move the reception staff down to the lower reception from first thing on Monday morning (23rd April 2012).

The gate on the Tennis courts and the gate on the Cafe Balcony will therefore be locked.

The gates on the upper reception (where reception is currently located) will be left in the open position.

As the gate on the Cafe Balcony will be locked, no one will be able to access the Astro’s and the Athletics track through the cafe and balcony.

Access to these facilities will be through the back doors on the corridor where changing rooms 11 – 16 are.

 All customers, Staff and Coaches will need a card for access whenever you go through the lower turnstiles so please make sure that you carry your card with you at all times.

Anyone parking in East Car Park will now be able to access the building through the gate at the side of east building, along the cafe balcony and through the cafe.
 
 Swimmers should not use the spectator entrance to the pool. Swimmers should go through the lower turnstile and through the changing rooms, this includes all performance swimmers.

Sports Assistants and Lifeguards will manage and monitor this when working on pool side.
 
 We will have a casual member of staff working at certain times on the upper reception for the first week to explain the new access routes.

For those who are interested, please contact Hilary Nash at hilarygnash@blueyonder.co.uk

There have been some important updates regarding the Avon composite team for the upcoming NJAL series of meetings.

These updates concern officials:

Team Avon are team 7 and will be allocated the following field duties:

http://www.teambathac.org/comps-and-results/national-junior-athletics-league-njal/

External Link: http://www.nationaljuniorathleticleague.co.uk/

The National Junior Athletics League (NJAL) is an inter-club team competition for U20 athletes, though U17 athletes can also take part.

As you probably know five of the clubs within the Avon area (Bristol & West, Mendip, North Somerset, Team Bath, and Yate & District) have joined together to form a composite team called Team Avon.

TEAM SELECTION: Rachael Fisher (women) & Sandra Woodman (men) select the team two weeks in advance of the competition so it is vital that you complete the availability form and return it to us with your current PBs for your preferred events.

The top two ranked athletes are selected to score but there is plenty of opportunity to compete as guests as well.

All key information is avaialble on the NJAL section of the website, and in the downloads below, along with an availabilty form:

NJAL 2012

TEAM AVON Availabiltiy Sheet

Loren is to take part in the Medley Relay Leg (600m).

This is a great achievement for Loren and her coach Adrian Clover, and is a reward for Loren’s consistent displays of outstanding performances in 2011.

Along with a very successful XC season, Loren had a very successful track season, where she ranked 4th for the 300m in the U17W age group (and 9th overall).

Her 800m time was enough to put her 2nd overall in the U17W rankings and 33rd overall which is an incredible achievement.

Team Bath wishes Loren, Adrian and the rest of the England team all the best at the Celtic Cup.

Link: http://www.englandathletics.org/news.asp?itemid=8402&itemTitle=England+Athletics+team+for+Celtic+Cup&section=42&sectionTitle=England+Athletics+News