Victory for AVEAC young athletes at latest Sports Hall match – Chesterfield , 5 February
For the first time in almost two years AVEAC’s Sports Hall team were worthy winners of the latest sports hall match on Sunday scoring a total of 403 points. Chesterfield who have dominated the league competition this season so far finished runners up on 390.5 points with Derby and High Peak filling third and fourth spots. In the individual age groups both the Under 11 and Under 13 Boy’s teams secured impressive victories over their rivals.
Highlights in the Under 11 Girls match included Isobel Weller and Summer Biggs recording wins in the 2 Lap Sprint and Standing Triple Jump. Isobel had half a second to spare over Bella Egley (Chesterfield) recording a good time of 28.4 seconds while Summer improved her Triple Jump personal best with a fine distance of 5.71m; Isobel also took second place in the Standing Triple Jump behind Summer. Third places were filled by Isla Douglas in the 1 Lap sprint and Aimee Brackenbury in the Vertical High Jump. The 4 x 1 Lap Relay Team were also successful winning by over a second from Chesterfield.
As has been customary over the past few matches, Charlie Davies recorded another treble in the Boy’s Under 11 match with victories in the 1 and 2 Lap sprints and Vertical High Jump. Both Charlie and Osniel Segal (Derby) were credited with the same time in the 1 Lap sprint, recording 13.1 seconds which was new Derbyshire Sports Hall record. Jacob Adams placed second behind Charlie in the Vertical Jump and filled the same position in the Standing Triple Jump while Marcus Parsons-Loades was third in the Standing Triple Jump as well. Like the Under 11 Girl’s team, the Boys emerged as winners of the Relay ahead of Derby.
The best AVEAC performance in the Girl’s Under 13 age group was recorded by Madeleine Turner who had three seconds to spare over the rest of the field when winning the 4 Lap Run registering an excellent time of 57.6 seconds. She also placed third in the Standing Triple Jump. Erin Beresford was third as well in the Vertical High Jump.
The Under 13 Boy’s posted four individual wins in their match. Jos Moss scored a brace with victories in the Shot and Standing Triple Jump. He produced personal bests in both, throwing 9.69m in the Shot, a new AVEAC Sports Hall record, and then bounded out to 6.53m in the Triple Jump. Riley Jones took the top spot in the Vertical High Jump. He also placed second in the 4 Lap Run behind AVEAC’s fourth individual winner Corey Fisher. Corey along with Alfie Ray finished second and third in the 2 Lap sprint. The four athletes combined to won the 4 x 2 Lap relay at the end of the afternoon’s proceedings.
Isobelle Protheroe and Seb Banks were our only two Under 15s in action. Isobelle won the Vertical High Jump and produced two second places in the Shot and 2 Lap sprint while Seb placed second in the 2 Lap sprint and third in both the Standing Triple Jump and Shot.
Congratulations to the thirty six AVEAC young athletes who took part and contributed significantly to the overall match victory. Well done all.
North of England Under 13 and 15 Indoor Championships, – Sheffield, 5 February
Betsy Wilton and Isla Hiscocks were the Club’s sole participants at the North of England Under 13 and 15 Championships at the EIS Arena on Sunday.
Young Betsy had a excellent start to her first ever championship event at regional level. She battled her way through to the final of the Under 13 Girl’s 60m by placing second in her round one heat in 9.06 seconds and then going on to finish third and record 8.90 seconds in her semi-final. In the final she finished fifth, out of the eight starters, with a marginally slower time than her semi-final recording 8.97 seconds. She then went on to claim a very creditable sixth place in a close Long Jump contest. Her best effort of 3.94m was just five centimetres off the bronze medal.
Isla Hiscocks reached the semi finals in the Girls Under 15 60m dash. She recorded 8.43 seconds in the round one heats finishing second and was marginally quicker with 8.42 seconds in the semi when placing fourth and just missing out on a final berth.
It was a shame that this meeting clashed with the Sports Hall fixture as several of our younger athletes would have done well and benefited from the experience of competing at a regional level championship. Perhaps this is something that can be avoided next year when the fixture calendar is being set!
Loughborough Indoor Open Meeting – 5 February
Hugo Thomas (Under 17) set a personal best in the 60m dash when winning his graded race at Loughborough on Sunday. His time of 7.64 seconds improved his previous best by a tenth of a second, set last year in Sheffield. This was Hugo’s first outing this indoor season and he will be looking to improve that performance later in the month at the Sale Harriers Open in Manchester.
Nicole Bonser (Under 20) also took part in the meeting finishing seventh in the Women’s Long Jump registering a distance of 4.51m.
Sheffield Run, Jump Throw Indoor Open – 4 February
Grace Young (Under 20) recorded another consistent effort of 4.68m to won the Women’s Pool B Open Long Jump on Saturday at the EIS Arena.
Eden Klugman (Under 17) taking part in his first ever 3000 metres ran 11:04:85 to finish third against more experienced runners.
AVEAC Relay Team to compete at Birmingham World Indoor Tour Meeting
Last year’s Under 13 Boy’s Relay team – Riley Jones, Ryan Ghai, Joe Moss and Corey Fisher – have been invited by U.K. Athletics to take part at the Birmingham World Indoor Tour Final on Saturday 25th February at the Utilita Arena. The invite came through the Club Connect initiative and is based on the team’s high ranking performances from last year’s outdoor season. This will be great opportunity for the four young athletes who will be able to see some of the World’s best performers in action as well as experiencing competition against their peers from across the U.K. in front of a large crowd.
Michelle to compete at British Senior Championships
Under 20 Triple Jumper, Michelle Yalekhue, has received a call up to compete in the U.K. Senior Championships in Birmingham on Saturday 18th February. Michelle who is the current North of England Champion was invited along with three other top Under 20 jumpers in the U.K. This will be great experience for the seventeen year old who will be lining up against last year’s Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Naomi Metzger.
Words – Joe McColgan
Sports Hall Photo – from previous match