Erin Beresford equalled the 2 lap sports hall record in the under 13 girl’s 2 lap sprint at the fifth meeting which took place at Chesterfield on February 4th. Her fine performance was one of many among the 32 athletes competing for the club at this latest fixture. There was an excellent turn out, with a number of newcomers in action, making this the highest total of the series so far despite a number of regulars being unavailable.
Under 11s
The U11 girls fielded a team of eight who combined to place second; namely Summer Biggs, Aimee Brackenbury, Sophie Humphrey, Florence Sibley, Iyla Sanders, Ruby Arnold, Ellise Rogers and Florence Protheroe.
Summer won the one lap in 13.7 seconds, closely supported by Aimee in second in 13.8, then Sophie in 14.8, Florence S in 15.5, Iyla and Ruby both in 15.7. Ellise placed sixth in the two lap in 30.0 seconds dead and Florence P was eighth in 31.9.
Aimee placed second in the vertical jump with 45 centimetres, Ellise seventh with 31, followed by Iyla with 29, Florence P with 28 and Sophie with 27. Summer won the standing triple jump with a pb at 6.08m, supported by Ruby in third with 5.42, Aimee with 5.09, Sophie with 4.24, Florence P with 4.12 and Iyla with 4.06.
Summer with 7.50m and Ruby with 6.25m grabbed a one-two in the chest push in which Florence S achieved 4.00m as well. The team then placed third in their relay.
The U11 boys saw four athletes in action – Joseph Brackenbury, Leo Durrant, Oscar Ashmore and Kyran McCrellis who placed third in their section.
Joseph was fifth in the one lap in 14.4 seconds, with Leo eighth in 14.6 followed by Oscar in 15.9, whilst Kyran placed fifth in the two lap in 29.9 seconds.
Leo achieved 42cm in the vertical jump for third place, closely followed by Joseph with 41 in sixth place and Oscar with 33. Kyran then placed third in the standing triple jump with 5.36m and Joseph sixth with 4.64.
In the chest push Kyran placed first with 5.74m, Leo was fourth with 5.00, with Oscar reaching 4.75. The quartet then combined to place fourth in the relay.
Unders 13s
The U13 girls saw seven girls turn out namely Erin Beresford, Betsy Wilton, Isla Douglas, Bibi Mulholland, Olivia Irvine, Mamie Skipper and Ruby Shore. They performed outstandingly well to place second in their section.
Erin, as mentioned in the opening paragraph, set the standard by winning the two lap sprint in 25.7 seconds to equal the record and was ably supported by Betsy who placed second in 26.7, supported by Isla with 27.00, debutant Bibi with 27.3, Olivia with 28.3 and Mamie with 29.2. Isla then showed good pace judgement to place sixth in the four lap in 63.8 seconds.
Erin and Betsy placed equal fourth with 46cm in the vertical jump, closely followed by Bibi with 45, Mamie with 42, Isla with 40 and Ruby with 32.
Betsy won the standing triple jump with a personal best of 6.36m, with Erin third on 5.95, followed by Bibi with 5.59, Mamie 4.59, Olivia 5.29 and Ruby 3.68.
Olivia achieved a pb of 6.92m to place third in the shot, supported by Ruby in fifth with another pb of 5.57. Unfortunately Betsy had to depart early, but four of the girls combined to place second in the relay.
The U13 boys were represented by Charlie Davies, Alfie Ray, Isaac Smith, Harvey Glover and Gabriel Parr. With top points scorer Joe Moss away winning a medal at the Northern indoor championships, these five lads rose to the challenge and won their section – really well done!
Charlie won the two lap in 26.2 seconds, whilst Alfie placed third in 26.6, followed by Isaac in 31.2, despite a fall at the start. Charlie then won the four lap in 56, just beating Harvey who placed second in 56.4.
Alfie placed second in the vertical jump with 50cm, supported by Harvey in third with 47, Isaac with 41 and Gabriel with 37. Alfie then bounced to 6.24 for third in the standing triple jump, supported by Charlie in fifth with 6.06, Harvey 5.72, Isaac 5.31 and Gabriel with 5.04. Gabriel then produced a pb of 6.63 in the shot for fourth place. Finally the boys combined to win the relay.
U15 girls saw six athletes in attendance; Nellie Hall, Hallie Blancheon, Sasha Fleming, Jessica Dickinson, Jasmine Shore and Madeleine Turner who combined to place second in their section.
Nellie placed fourth in the two lap in 26.8s, whilst Hallie came fifth in 29.4, despite a fall. Sasha and Jessica combined to place second in the 8 lap parlauf, whilst the favourites, Jasmine and Madeleine came fourth after a problem at a changeover.
Jasmine placed second in the vertical jump with 52, supported by Madeleine in fourth with 49, Hallie and Jessica with 47, Sasha with 45 and Nellie with 43. Nellie placed third in the shot with 7.50, with Jasmine fourth on 7.49, supported by with Madeleine 6.63, Jessica 5.54 and Hallie on 4.90. The team then placed fourth in the relay.
U15 boys saw William Stimson and Jacob Hill work hard to place second in their section, despite missing Riley Jones who was competing at the Northern indoor championships, winning a silver medal in the shot. William placed third in the two lap in 25.5s, with Jacob close behind in fourth in 25.7s.
In the standing triple jump William placed second with 7.32m followed by Jacob in fifth with 6.22.
William reached out to 8.37m in the shot, whilst Jacob placed fourth with 5.83; both achieving personal bests. The boys then linked up with two girls to run in the non scoring relay.
Overall AVEAC finished in second place, with our 32 athletes chasing hard on the heels of the 60 athletes representing the home team from Chesterfield!
The final scores:
- Chesterfield – 466
- AVEAC – 411
- Derby – 279
- High Peak – 222
I would like to thank and congratulate the team managers, officials, results team, coaches, spectators and athletes on a really good afternoon of sport and hope that we can have an even larger turnout at the final match on Sunday 10th March.
Report and photo – Bob Boyd