It was six out of six for Joe Moss at last weekend’s joint Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire championships. The multi-talented under 13 all rounder must have set some sort of Derbyshire record achieving an unprecedented haul of six county titles during the two day meeting held at the Harvey Hadden Sports Village.
Joe’s first title came on Saturday morning in the long jump in which he destroyed the previous best performance of 4.89m with a superb distance of 5.11m ranking him second in the U.K. amongst his peers. This was followed by an equally outstanding javelin throw, and second championship best performance of 37.79m, adding over six metres to the meeting record. The throw which caught the attention of @UKJavelin aficionados on Twitter pushed him up to fourth overall nationally. Towards the end of the first day of competition he then went on to take the 200m gold medal in a very respectable time of 26.78 seconds.
Joe continued his winning streak on Sunday with three more titles. There was another championship best performance in the shot put with a throw of 8.89m, victory in the 100m in a good time of 13.01 seconds and a final gold medal in the 75m hurdles where he skipped over the barriers in 13.16.
There were two other championship best performances at the two day meeting recorded by under 20 triple jumper Michelle Yalekhue and under 17 javelin specialist Daisy Kaye. National indoor medalist Michelle hop, stepped and jumped 12.23m to beat her own Nottinghamshire championship record by twenty two centimetres set at last year’s event. Daisy threw her fourth personal best of the season with an impressive effort of 44.01m to lift the title in the Notts event; a performance that consolidates her position as one of the country’s leading throwers in this age group.
Overall AVEAC athletes bagged a total of sixty three championship medals including thirty three gold, nineteen silver and eleven bronze. This improved the clubs overall tally on last year’s total by two while gold medal winning performances were up by six.
Under 13 Girls and Boys
Betsy Wilton almost emulated Joe Moss’s medal haul by winning four events and finishing second in one other. The talented twelve year old recorded a sprint double and personal bests with victories in the 100m and 200m recording times of 13.96 in the shorter sprint and 29.54 in the longer one. She topped the podium as well in the shot put and long jump with efforts of 7.20m and 4.00m. Her silver medal came by way of the high jump with a clearance of 1.10m.
Isla Douglas also had a good championships lifting gold, silver and bronze medals in the 70m hurdles, long jump and 800m. Bronze medals were gained by Maggie Flinders in the long jump and Erin Beresford in the 200m.
The girl’s relay quartet made up of Betsy Wilton, Isla Douglas, Erin Beresford and Olivia Irvine ran 59.32 seconds to gain silver medals behind Chesterfield.
As well as Joe Moss’s medal winning exploits in the Derbyshire under 13 age group, Charlie Davies recorded a jump double in the Nottinghamshire championships. He set a personal best of 4.24m in the long jump to take his first gold and then did the same in the high jump getting over 1.20m. He completed a successful championships gaining a silver medal as well in the 200m recording an excellent time of 28.60 seconds.
Meanwhile in the Derbyshire championships, Alfie Ray took second spot in the 100m behind Joe Moss while Fraser Jones achieved a bronze medal in the 200m. In the shot put Marcus Parsons-Loades also secured a bronze medal and there was a further bronze in the 1500m for Harvey Glover.
Under 15 Girls and Boys
Freya Kirby achieved the English School’s javelin qualification mark with her gold medal winning throw in the javelin with a season’s best effort of 35.45m, a few centimetres short of her personal best. She then focused her attention on the discus and an effort of 17.10m was good enough to earn her a silver medal.
Madeleine Turner taking part in her first ever triple jump competition took the girl’s title with a best of 8.89m. She also ran three determined races over distances of 300m, 800m and 1500m during the two days and picked up silver medals in all of them. Her 300m time of 44.65 and 1500m time of 5:01.43 were personal bests.
In the High Jump, Jasmine Shore took the title with a best ever clearance of 1.38m while team mate Ailsa Mc Millan gained the bronze medal with a height of 1.30m. Ailsa also performed well in the long jump setting a personal best of 4.30m in fourth place.
Isla Hiscocks reached the final of the 100m and was narrowly edged out of the medals by four one-hundredths of a second finishing fifth in a seasons best of 13.44 seconds. Eleanor Rigby filled a similar position in the 800m and knocked almost two seconds off her previous best time recording 2:40.66 minutes.
The Girl’s 4 x 100m relay team comprising of Jasmine Shore, Madeleine Turner, Eleanor Rigby and Freya Kirby finished as bronze medalists in a time of 58.07 seconds behind Chesterfield and Derby.
In the boy’s age group Gino Franco had over two metres to spare over his nearest rival in the javelin with a throw of 33.62m which was good enough to take the title. In the shot put and discus Riley Jones picked up two silver medals while in the 300m Corey Fisher and Ryan Ghai followed each other across the finish line in second and third positions.
In the Nottinghamshire contest, Sam Davies finished with a silver medal in the triple jump and bronze in the high jump.
Under 17 Women and Men
In addition to Daisy Kaye’s gold medal in the javelin there were two other medal winning performances in the under 17 age group. Scarlett Beddoe ran her fastest ever electronic time to date in the Nottinghamshire 100m. A time of 12.88 seconds gained her a well earned silver medal while in the Derbyshire Long Jump, Hugo Thomas acquired a bronze medal with a best distance of 5.55m. In the 800m, Eden Klugman ran a personal best of 2:20.20 to finish fifth in a very competitive field.
Under 20, Senior & Masters Women and Men
As well as Michelle Yalekhue’s championship best in the triple jump there were several other noteworthy performances recorded by our older athletes. Decathlete Scott Ram leapt to a personal best in the senior men’s long jump. His 6.66m distance was five centimetres further than Geoge Reynolds who also jumped magnificently to won the under 20 title with a PB equaling 6.61m.
Nicole Bonser and Ben Pitts achieved three titles each in the under 20 age group. Nicole won the 100m in 13.34, the 200m in 28.04 and the shot put measured at 8.04m. Decathlete Ben, back in action after a hamstring injury, eased his way into competition again by concentrating on the throws. He recorded personal bests in the shot put and discus with efforts of 10.39m and 32.27m and took the javelin title as well.
Grace Young who has been long jumping consistently around the 5 metre mark of late lifted the under 20 title with a best of 4.98m. Nicole Bonser added a silver to her three golds behind Grace jumping 4.69m.
In the Nottinghamshire U20 Men’s 400m Corey Tatum had a good one lap race to take the silver medal and in the process knocked three tenths of a second off his previous best with a 53 seconds dead clocking.
Jessie Brown launched the javelin out to 46.91m to retain the Nottinghamshire senior women’s title. The throw was her second furthest ever and sets her up nicely leading to the Midland Championships in a few weeks time.
Heptathlete Alice Robinson gained two Derbyshire senior gold medals in the javelin with a throw of 32.33m and 100m hurdles recording a time of 19.45 seconds. She also picked up silver medals in the shot put and long jump.
In the Nottinghamshire Masters 35 to 40 age category club coach Nisha Desai representing her home club Morpeth Harriers won the flat 400m in 59.11 seconds while in a very competitive senior women’s 400m hurdles she picked up the bronze medal in 64 seconds dead.
Making their competitive debuts for the club in the Derbyshire Masters 35-40 age group were James Wilton and Dan Humphrey. James who in his younger days was a 400m specialist with a best time of around 49 seconds donned his spikes again and took the 100m and 400m titles while club coach Dan took part in the shot put and ended up in fourth place.
Overall AVEAC athletes bagged a total of sixty three championship medals including thirty three gold, nineteen silver and eleven bronze. This improved the clubs overall tally on last year’s total by two while gold medal winning performances were up by six.
QUADKIDS TITLE FOR SUMMER
Summer Biggs emerged as the winner of the under 11 Derbyshire Quadkids title ahead of team mate Ruby Arnold. In the Boys contest Kyran McCrellis also gained a silver medal behind High Peak athlete Alfred Pritchard. Four girls and two boys from AVEAC contested the event which comprised of a 75m sprint, long jump, howler javelin throw and 600m run.
Last year Summer finished sixth on 184 points and on Sunday she ended up massively improving that score with a total of 266. She won outright the four individual events recording two personal bests in the long jump with a distance of 3.78m and 600m in a time of 2:11.14 minutes. In the 75m she dipped through the finish line in 11.7 seconds while in the howler javelin her best throw was 29.80m.
Ruby Arnold took a well deserved silver medal on 220 points; her best scoring events were the long jump and 600m. AVEAC’s two other competitors were Katherine Turner who finished fifth on 194 points and Aimee Brackenbury who placed seventh on 186 points.
Kyran McCrellis scored 204 in the Boy’s championship missing the gold medal spot by four points. His best individual event was the 600m where he recorded a fine time of 2:10.79 minutes. His other scores were 75m – 12.8, long jump – 3.12m and howler javelin – 15.40m. AVEAC’s final competitor was Jack Ewart who finished eight with a total of 154 points.
Great credit is due to the hard working organisers and officials from both Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire who worked tirelessly before and during the championships ensuring that everything ran to time and results were published quickly. Their work is greatly appreciated and without their dedication events like this would not be possible.
This Sunday AVEAC athletes from U11 to U17 will be in action at the first Heart of England league match in Nuneaton. AVEAC are in division two this year and will be up against clubs from across the midlands. A few of our under 20 and senior athletes will be in action for their higher claim clubs in the Northern and Midland senior league matches in Hull and Burton as well.
Credits
Report – Joe McColgan
Photos – Becky Moss and Alannah Biggs