Heart of England League Match 3, Daventry – July 16
AVEAC were crowned overall league champions after the final Heart of England Division 3 match held at Daventry. Over the course of the three fixtures, the team amassed a total of 1295.5 points to finish ahead of Witney AC on 1090 with Nuneaton coming third with a score of 1069.
Under 11s
Following her Mini League long jump record the day before, Summer Biggs concentrated on the track this time round, scoring two first place finishes in the 75m and 600m. Her 600m time of 2:06.8 was a new personal best!
Ruby Arnold and Katherine Turner took maximum points in the A and B howler javelin contests. Ruby’s furthest throw was 29.10m while Katherine achieved a distance of 16.04m
In the long jump Aimee Brackenbury did well to place third in the A pool with a best of 3.24m following on from taking the runner up spot in the B 75m.
In the boy’s match Teddy Wilton produced an excellent effort in the long jump of 3.68m when winning the A pool. He also gained two third place finishes in the 75m dash and howler javelin.
Joseph Brackenbury also finished third in the B long jump while debutee Leo Durrant did well in his first competition to pick up fourth places in the 75m and 600m.
The U11s took part in a mixed relay and the team comprising of Aimee, Ruby, Teddy and Summer crossed the finish line in first ahead of Bicester AC; their winning time was 64.9 seconds.
Under 13s
AVEAC had several maximum points scorers in the girl’s match. Erin Beresford set the ball rolling with a fine victory in the A 70m hurdles in a time of 13.2 seconds. Towards the end of the programme she did likewise in the 200m, sprinting through the finish in 29.8 seconds. In between the two shorter races she also ended up in second place in the 800m.
Betsy Wilton scored a brace of firsts as well with triumphs in the A 100m and A discus. She clocked 14 seconds dead in the sprint while her best discus throw was 16.52m. For good measure she completed a busy day with a scond place finish in the long jump.
Not to be outdone by her teammates, Olivia Irvine also produced a double, scoring maximum points in the B 800m and B discus while Ellie Ursell achieved two pleasing performances winning the B 100m and taking second spot in the B long jump.
At the end of the afternoon, the four girls combined to take the honours in the 4 x 100m relay ahead of Nuneaton AC.
In the boy’s match AVEAC scored maximum points in two events. Harvey Glover was way ahead of the opposition in the 1500m. His winning time of 5:16.2 was over forty seconds in front of his nearest rival. Harvey placed third as well in the A discus.
Archie Kerton was our other victor in the B discus with a winning throw of 12.12m. He also scored valuable points when finishing 2nd in the B 200m and third in the A 800m.
Jacob Adams registered a trio of second place finishes in the A high jump, B long jump and B 100m while Fraser Jones also got into the top three finishing second in the A 100m and third in the long jump. The final member of the squad Alfie Ray got on the podium with a fine run in the 200m in which he placed third.
The quartet of Jacob, Harvey, Fraser and Alfie ended their busy schedule finishing second to Bicester in the 4 x 100m relay.
The U11s took part in a mixed relay and the team comprising of Aimee, Ruby, Teddy and Summer crossed the finish line in first ahead of Bicester AC; their winning time was 64.9 seconds.
Under 15s
Our four U15 girls in action placed first in a range of event disciplines througout the day. It all started with Jasmine Shore winning the 75m hurdles in an admirable time of 13.9 seconds. Later in the day Jasmine went on to take maximum points in the A shot as well following a solid third place finish in the A 200m.
Madeleine Turner who has had a super season this year continued on her winning ways. She outpaced her rivals in the 800m with a time of 2:28.6 while in the 300m she had over two seconds to spare on the runner up. Turning her attention to the A discus later in the day she also secured mximum points in that event.
Two further first places were set by Isabella Higgins in the B shot and Ailsa McMillan in the B 200m. Isabella had fine efforts in the A long jump and A 100m finishing third in the former and fourth in the latter. Ailsa added to the AVEAC points tally placing second in the B 100m and third in the high jump.
The four girls then teamed up to take the 4 x 100m relay ahead of Bicester and Daventry.
Joe Moss who has been unbeatable a cross a range of different disciplines in the under 13 age group so far this year, stepped up a level to test his mettle against under 15 athletes. Undaunted by his older peers, he had an outstanding effort in the A long jump of 5.16m, a new personal best, to take maximum points. Another PB followed when winning the A 200m, speeding through the half lap in 26.5 seconds. In the discus Joe was also was in good form placing first in the B pool.
Riley Jones scored a double victory in the A shot and A discus. His best ‘put’ in the shot was 8.92m while in the Discus he got out to 20.27m.
Ryan Ghai also scored a brace with wins in the B long jump and B 100m. He long jumped 4.38m and ran 13 seconds dead in the sprint.
Corey Fisher showed excellent sprint form with second place finishes in both the A 100m and A 300m. He showed marked improvement in both races with times of 12.4 seconds in the shorter sprint and 41.1 seconds in the longer one.
The talented foursome who earlier in the year set a national indoor 4 x 200m record had little trouble in winning the sprint relay. With good baton exchanges throughout the race they recorded a time of 52.1 seconds crossing the line with thirty metres to spare on second placed Witney AC.
Throughout the three match series Team AVEAC have performed well together covering as many events as possible to ensure good points scores. They have thorougly deserved to become champions and will next year step up a division. They will be trying emulate this year’s performances, pushing for further promotion in 2024. As always thanks are due to the team managers and parent officials for their sterling efforts across the the three fixtures. Without their help and support, competitions like this would not happen!
Report – Joe McColgan
Photos – Sarah Turner