It was another fine and sunny day for the 31 athletes who attended the 3rd Mini League of the season. The numbers were slightly down on previous meetings with 3 athletes busy competing at the Inter counties competition and others enjoying time away during the half-term school break.
In total, 4 competition records were broken on the day. Both the Under 11 boys and girls 75m records fell to Derby athletes. The under 11 girls high jump record was broken by a Chesterfield athlete. Nevertheless what would a Mini League match be without our very own Joe Moss securing a place in the history books? On this occasion they were re-written as he threw the discus a whopping 4m further than his own previous record, achieved at Mini League 1.
U11 Girls
There were 5 girls in this age group. Summer Biggs had two silver podium positions in the 75m and 150m with times of 11.44 seconds (a personal best) and 23.50 seconds respectively. She also won the howler javelin by over 10 metres with a excellent effort of 30.45m.
Congratulations to Sophie Humphrey who had her mini league debut and achieved encouraging times and distances for the 75m and howler javelin of 13.76 seconds and 8.23m.
Katherine Turner took home three personal bests in the 150m , 600m and the howler javelin, adding over 2m to her previous best in the latter.
Aimee Brackenbury achieved a ‘wind assisted’ personal best in the 75m of 11.54 seconds.
Other performances included:
75m
Florence Protheroe 14.29 seconds
150m
Aimee Brackenbury 24.76 seconds
Katherine Turner 25.79 seconds
600m
Katherine Turner 2.13.94 minutes
Florence Protheroe 2.42.91 minutes
High Jump
Aimee Brackenbury 0.90m
Howler Javelin
Summer Biggs 30.45m
Katherine Turner 17.28m
Florence Protheroe 10.72m
4 x 100m relay
3rd place behind Derby and Chesterfield.
U11 Boys
With 5 athletes competing for the first time this season, Amber Valley were able to rise to joint second place in the age category, alongside High Peak and behind Derby AC.
Congratulations to Eli Metson-Scott, Teddy Wilton and Elliot Wright for competing in their first Mini League competition.
Teddy scored valuable points in all his events: the 150m (24.60 secs), Long Jump (3.21m) and Howler Javelin (29.28m) while Elliot did likewise in the 75m with a time of 12.05 seconds and in the 600m crossing the finish line in 2:19.57 minutes. He also had a good leap in the long jump of 2.82m.
Eli Metson-Scott made an encouraging start in the 75m with a time of 13.67 seconds and also achieved a distance of 2.21m in the Long Jump.
Ever reliable Kyran McCrellis, performed well with a time of 26.01 seconds in the 150m, 2:12.44 minutes in the 600m and a leap of 3.08m in the long jump.
Oscar Ashmore achieved a PB in the long jump of 2.97m and also threw the howler javelin 20.21m.
Aimee Brackenbury achieved a ‘wind assisted’ personal best in the 75m of 11.54 seconds.
U13 Girls
A team of six girls competed in this age group.
Betsy Wilton finished in bronze position in the 100m with a grade 3 time of 13.95 seconds, marginally slower than her personal best.
Mamie Skipper also gained a bronze place in the 70m hurdles with a time of 13.80 seconds. She recorded a personal best as well in the shot put with a throw of 5.13m.
Erin Beresford has continued her good running form this season and in a close finish, secured fourth place with a grade 4, personal best time of 29.87 seconds.
Maggie Flinders made encouraging progress as she knocked a tenth off her 100m time, completing the race in 15.17 seconds. Her 800m time of 3:03.11 minutes slashed her personal best time by over nine seconds.
Ellie Ursell knocked nearly half a second off her previous best in the 100m clocking 15.40 seconds.
Congratulations to Ruby Shore for three personal bests in all her events: 17.69 seconds in the 100m, 2.23m in the long jump and 2.99m in the shot put.
Other results included:
100m
Mamie Skipper 16.12 seconds
800m
Erin Beresford 2.54.47 minutes
Maggie Flinders 3.03.11 minutes
Long Jump
Betsy Wilton 3.64m
Maggie Flinders 3.62m
Ellie Ursell 3.35m
Erin Beresford 3.30m
Shot Put
Betsy Wilton 7.15m
Ellie Ursell 5.72m
Mamie Skipper 5.13m
4 x 100m Relay
5th place behind Chesterfield (1st), Derby (2nd), Chesterfield (3rd), Derby (4th).
Under 13 Boys
Six athletes competed in this age group and once again had success with several victories.
Sebastian Taylor won the 75m hurdles with a personal best time of 16.17 seconds and also improved his PB in the shot put by 8cm.
In the 100m sprint, Jacob Adams gained bronze position with a personal best time of 15.03 seconds.
Meanwhile Joe Moss continued his brilliant form this season with another outstanding discus throw of 24.27m, beating his own previous mini league championship record by 4 metres. Joe expanded his athletics repertoire with his debut in the high jump. He cleared 1.45m and claimed first place! He led the 200m race and won by nearly 5 seconds, in a time of 26.96 seconds, close to his personal best.
In the discus, Marcus Parsons-Loades threw a personal best of 13.14m while Archie Kerton also achieved a personal best of 11.20m.
Other results included:
75m Hurdles
Jacob Adams 17.30 seconds
100m
Marcus Parsons-Loades 16.36 seconds
200m
Archie Kerton 32.89 seconds
800m
Archie Kerton 3.00.71 minutes
High Jump
Sebastian Taylor 1.10m
Shot Put
Sebastian Taylor 6.27m
Gabriel Parr 4.71m
Discus
Gabriel Parr 8.33m
4 x 100m Relay
3rd place behind Derby (1st), Chesterfield (2nd)
Under 15 Girls
There was just a small number of U15 girls present at this match. Isla Hiscocks ran a fast 100m to finish in second place with a time of 13.3 seconds. There were personal bests in this event for Lucy Rowcroft (14.16secs), Ebony Longdon (14.53 secs) and Leona Cresswell (15.84 secs). Lucy continued sprinting personal bests with a 28.98 seconds 200m which brought her home in second place. Ebony debuted in the 200m with a promising time of 31.16 seconds.
Eleanor Rigby continued to build on her throws and middle-distance success so far this season with a personal best by over a metre in the discus (13.56m), a good shot put just short of her previous personal best of 6.19m and completed her day by finishing 3rd in the 800m with a time of 2.43.23 minutes.
The 4 x 100m Relay team finished in third place behind a quick Chesterfield quartet in first, followed by Derby. The team comprised of Ebony, Leona, Eleanor and Betsy (who stepped up from the U13 girls).
Under 15 Boys
Our reliable U15 squad of Jack Moss, Corey Fisher, Elliot Wood and Nicholas Driver were again in action this weekend.
Congratulations to Jack Moss for a first place in the long jump with a great personal best of 4.84m, beating his previous personal best by 69cm. He also secured a personal best in the 100m in 13.51 seconds. Completing a fantastic day of athletics, he ran a good time of 27.61, close to his PB in the 200m.
Nicholas Driver ran a 100m personal best time of 13.87 seconds. Throughout this season he has improved competition on competition with his discus and threw over over 4 metres further than his previous personal best to achieve 20.01m. He also secured team points with his 7.10m shot put throw.
Elliot Wood produced two personal bests in the 100m (14.53 secs) and the discus (15.01m); another young athlete who has also continued to make good progress this season. He also jumped 3.93m in the long jump, slightly behind his personal best.
Corey Fisher continued to produce strong sprints, just behind his personal bests: 100m 13.56 secs, 27.06 secs in the 200m and a distance of 3.99m in the long jump.
Together the team-mates ran in the 4x100m and secured a second place in a close finish with Derby.
U9s
Congratulations to U9 Jack Biggs who came first in the exciting 50m race!
Thank you to Rich Woodward and Danny Humphrey for their team management on the day.
Thank you as well to Lucy Wilton, Becky Moss, Simon Turner, Rich Woodward and Gary Beresford for their support with the long jump officiating. It is great to have so many willing volunteers helping out this season. If anyone would like to take it one step further, the athletic club will pay training fees for you to qualify as an official which then means the club scores more points in certain competitions. As someone who has recently done this myself, I can confirm that the process is not too arduous and is a great way to meet other members of the club. Please contact anyone on the committee to sign up or come and have a chat with me (Simon) or Becky Moss if you just want to find out more about the process.
The final mini league of the season is 15th July so we hope for our largest attendance so far so we can finish the season on a strong note!
Credits
Report and photos – Simon Turner and Sarah Turner