Saturday 15th April saw an exciting first outdoor Mini League match of the season at Moorways Sports Village, Derby. Even though some members were still enjoying Easter holidays away, thirty seven of AVEAC’s athletes braved the fresh Spring conditions to represent the club.
For some it was their first outdoor Mini League competition so well done for what can be a daunting experience in a big stadium in front of a large stand of spectators. The experience should stand you all in good stead for the rest of the meetings! For other athletes it was their first outdoor meeting in a new age group. All competitors took to the challenge and turned in performances of which they can be proud.
Overall, AVEAC finished the first match in third place out of six clubs with 463 points, behind first placed Derby (629 points) and second place Chesterfield (522 points). Congratulations to the U13 boys for winning their age category. The U11 girls with 82 points were close runners up to Derby on 83.5.
Under 11 Girls
Despite only 5 athletes in this age group, sterling performances took them to second place in this category. The girls relay team ran a splendid 4x100m to come in first position with the team comprising of Aimee Brackenbury, Ruby Arnold, Katherine Turner and Summer Biggs.
Summer Biggs had a successful match winning the 150m run in a PB of 23.16 sec and second place in the 75m sprint with 11.94 seconds. Ruby Arnold produced a magnificent throw in the howler javelin of 26.80m, a clear 9m ahead of her nearest rival. She also scored second place in the high jump with a great effort of 1.10m. Katherine Turner ran a determined 600m race in her first outdoor Mini League finishing in second place with 2:18.1 minutes.
Other performances included:
75m
Aimee Brackenbury – 12.19 seconds
Ruby Arnold -14.11 seconds
150m
Aimee Brackenbury – 24.51 seconds
Katherine Turner – 26.39 seconds
600m
Florence Protheroe – 2:34.2 minutes
High Jump
Aimee Brackenbury – 1.00m
Summer Biggs – 0.95m
Howler Javelin
Katherine Turner – 10.40m
Florence Protheroe – 9.80m
Under 11 Boys
Only two U11 boys, Kyran McCrellis and Oscar Ashmore turned out to represent AVEAC securing 36 valuable points between them. Kyran produced two 4th places recording a time of 2:16.09 minutes in the 600m and a Long Jump distance of 2.98m; he also ran 13.01 seconds in the 75m. Oscar Ashmore was just behind Kyran in the Long Jump with his best effort of 2.84m and he also produced a throw of 19.15m in the Howler Javelin. He finished a busy afternoon by completing the 600m in 2:16.69 minutes.
Under 13 Girls
AVEAC was well represented in this category, fielding ten athletes. There was a good win and PB for Betsy Wilton in the Shot with an excellent ‘put’ of 6.88m. This gave her a national grade in this event. Ellie Ursell triumphed in the Long Jump with a personal best of 3.59m with the Club fielding seven athletes in the top ten! In the 70m hurdles Mamie Skipper started the season with a PB coming second with a time of 14.04 seconds.
There were two relay teams for the U13 girls: Betsy Wilton, Ellie Ursell, Olivia Irvine and Isobel Weller came in third place while Ruby Shore, Isla Douglas, Maggie Flinders and Gabriel Parr competed as a mixed non-scoring team.
Other performances included:
100m
Betsy Wilton – 15.10 seconds
Erin Beresford – 15.10 seconds (Betsy and Erin shared joint fourth place)
Lily Robshaw – 15.64 seconds
Olivia Irvine – 15.70 seconds
Ellie Ursell – 15.87 seconds
Isobel Weller – 16.15 seconds
Ruby Shore – 18.05 seconds
200m
Isla Douglas – 31.66 seconds
Maggie Flinders – 33.06 seconds
800m
Erin Beresford – 3:03.52 minutes
Isla Douglas – 3:04.43 minutes
Isobel Weller – 3:05.51 minutes
Long jump
Oliva Irvine – 3.44m
Lily Robshaw – 3.41m
Isla Douglas – 3.34m
Betsy Wilton – 3.30m
Maggie Flinders – 3.30m
Isobel Weller – 3.20m
Erin Beresford – 2.92m
Mamie Skipper – 2.85m
Ruby Shore – 2.08m
Shot
Olivia Irvine – 5.72m
Ellie Ursell – 5.13m
Mamie Skipper – 4.99m
Maggie Flinders – 4.19m
Ruby Shore – 3.26m
Under 13 Boys
Amber Valley fielded a strong team of nine athletes in this age group. The team managed to beat Derby AC by just one point.
There were several highlights with club performance of the day going to Joe Moss. His Shot Put of 9.30m beat the previous record by 1.19m and gives him a national grade 1 in this event for his age group. He also achieved a graded ranking in the Discus with a new competition record throw of 20.22m, beating the previous mark of 20.04m. To top his day off he also won the 100m in another PB and national grade 2 time of 13.05 seconds and completed the afternoon helping the relay team to victory.
Alfie Ray recorded track success winning the 200m in a PB time of 30.54 seconds nearly three seconds faster than his previous best performance. He gained second place in the 100m with a time 14.69 seconds and a had good run in the 800m to finish fourth. Sebastian Taylor recorded two third place podium positions in the 75m hurdles with a time of 17.02 seconds and in the Shot with 5.51m.
The relay team, comprising Joe Moss, Alfie Ray, Fraser Jones and Archie Kerton secured maximum points crossing the finish line in first place with a time of 60.55 seconds.
Other performances included:
75m Hurdles
Archie Kerton – 17.54 seconds
Marcus Parsons-Loades – 19.42 seconds
100m
Jacob Adams – 15.43 seconds
Fraser Jones – 15.52 seconds
Lucas Sangster – 16.56 seconds
Gabriel Parr – 17.07 seconds
200m
Fraser Jones – 32.69 seconds
800m
Archie Kerton – 3:04.75 minutes
Lucas Sangster – 3:07.51 minutes
High Jump
Jacob Adams – 1.05m
Lucas Sangster – 1.05m
Shot
Gabriel Parr – 4.98m
Marcus Parsons-Loades – 4.55m
Discus
Sebastian Taylor – 13.80m
Jacob Adams – 12.11m
Marcus Parsons-Loades – 9.49m
Gabriel Parr – 8.93m
Archie Kerton – 7.95m
Under 15s
New U15 age category athlete Jasmine Shore achieved first-place with a PB in the High Jump clearing 1.33m and produced a second best ever performance in the 100m timed at 14.10 seconds. Also new in the age group, Madeleine Turner won her 800m race in a national graded time of 2.29.65, improving on her previous best run by nearly 5 seconds: she also recorded a PB in the 100m of 14.14 seconds.
Isla Hiscocks scored good points for the team in the 100m and also in the Shot. Eleanor Rigby placed third in the 800m with a PB of 2:42.41 minutes, two seconds faster than her previous best. She also came fourth in the Shot with a good throw of 6.26m.
The girls’ relay team comprising of Isla Hiscocks, Jasmine Shore, Madeleine Turner and Ailsa McMillan produced a strong race and finished in third place in a close finish behind Chesterfield. Erin Beresford stepped up from the U13 girls to produce a second team alongside Isobelle Protheroe, Isabella Overy-Jones and Eleanor Rigby.
Other performances included:
100m
Ailsa McMillan – 14.83 seconds
Isabella Overy-Jones – 15.43 seconds
200m
Jasmine Shore – 29.32 seconds
800m
Isobelle Protheroe – 2.59.97
High Jump
Isobelle Protheroe – 1.25m
Shot
Isla Hiscocks – 5.84m
Isobelle Protheroe – 5.61m
Discus
Madeleine Turner – 13.64m
Eleanor Rigby – 10.88m
U15 Boys
There were some encouraging performances for the U15 boys with Riley Jones recording a third and fourth position in the Discus and Shot. Corey Fisher and Jack Moss scored valuable points for the team in the Long Jump, 100m and 200m. Corey achieved a PB in the Long Jump, leaping over 4 metres for the first time.
The boys’ relay team, Corey Fisher, Riley Jones, Jack Moss and Elliot Wood ran a good race finishing in third position behind winners Derby.
Other performances included:
100m
Corey Fisher – 13.44 seconds
Jack Moss – 13.84 seconds
Elliot Wood – 14.99 seconds
200m
Corey Fisher – 27.70 seconds
Jack Moss – 28.12 seconds
Long Jump
Corey Fisher – 4.04m
Jack Moss – 4.01m
Elliot Wood – 3.71m
Shot
Riley Jones – 7.39m
Discus
Riley Jones – 22.60m
Elliot Wood – 14.90m
Well done to the very youngest members of the club. Esme Wainwright, Claudia Sangster, Jasper Sangster and Alissia Robshaw for taking part in an non-scoring Under 9 50m race.
Thank you to Rich Woodward and Danny Humphreys for being Team Managers and organising athletes in their events. Thanks as well to the club volunteers who officiated the Discus event: Bob Boyd, Simon Turner, Becky Moss, Shellie Kerton, and Glyn Gillard. Providing officials is a responsibility of the club and without them the events would not run. In some competitions, the club scores points for the number of officials it provides. AVEAC are always very thankful for any volunteers who can help with this. Officiating is not too difficult, full training is given and each event is run by an experienced official to lead the way. If you would like to get involved contact any of the team managers or committee members via the website / social media, or just speak to a team manager on the day of any meetings.
The next Mini League is on Saturday 29th April at Moorways so please add this date to your calendar and we hope to see even more athletes taking part!
Credits:
Report – Sarah and Simon Turner
Photos – Sarah Turner and Alannah Biggs