Athletes from Cannock and Stafford Athletic Club were in action last weekend when they competed in the third round of the North Staffs Cross Country league at Stafford Common hosted by Stafford Harriers.

James McCann continued his excellent form with another emphatic victory in the under 15 boys race making it three victories out of three. With a course of two laps he soon moved quickly away from the rest of the pack crossing the line well over a hundred metres in front of his nearest rival. Nathan Sabin of Stafford Harriers was a splendid third place.

Giving James good support were Sam Nicholls in fifth, Aaron Houseman 12^th, James Russell 16^th and Adam White 25^th. The team have a large lead over Crewe & Nantwich and the City of Stoke teams so barring a disaster the gold medals look a certainty in the last meeting in December.

The senior men are in a commanding position in the second Division with another victory that saw them stretch their lead over Telford Harriers. There were good performances from under 20 athlete Chris Perrin in sixth place followed by Craig Pearson in 18^th, Paul Lester 24^th, Philip Pugh 41^st, David O’Farrell 70^th and Jamie Graham 164^th

The most exciting finish of the day was in the under 11 girls with two local athletes, the diminutive Iris Davies from C&S and Hannah Talbot from Stafford Harriers in a battle to the line with Talbot just prevailing by  a couple of metres over Davies. The under 11 team have cut the points deficit held by Macclesfield AC to just seven points with Charlie Peters putting in a tremendous effort to finish fifth followed by Eleanor Cooke 9^th, Alice Richards 21^st, Rachel Wallace 23^rd, Masie Drury 24^th, Georgia Wallace  26^th, Sarah Preston 28th and Millie Peters 36^th. so a thrilling finale is expected in December.

The under 17 ladies were completely dominant in their race as the Hulme triplets again turned in excellent efforts to finish second, third and fourth with Catherine, Teresa and Sarah crossing the line in that order. The team gold now looks a formality.

In the under 20 race Rebecca Bray consolidated her second place behind Sarah Johnson of Trentham  with another outstanding performance. Competing in the senior ladies race, she finished 20^th overall. Beth Clark another junior was 53^rd with over 40 veteran Sue Kneill-Boxley 37^th.

In the under 15 girls Eleanor Mottershead again finished fourth to maintain her quest to be in the medals in the final race next month. Amelia Ridgway  was the other C&S runner finishing in a splendid fifth place.

The under 13 girls remain in sixth place with fine efforts from Chloe Preston in 14^th, Charlotte Mason 32^nd and Katie Dowden 33^rd.

The under 13 boys had Ryan Ashforth bidding for a medal place with a brilliant second to his main county rival James Fradley from Newcastle This run now sees Ashforth in third place overall. The team are in ninth place thanks to good runs from James Purchase 30^th  ,Callum Houseman 37^th  and Harry Peters in 42^nd.

The under 11 boys race had Joe Garner in 27^th place

The senior women’s race saw  Becky Bray strengthen her second position in the  under 20 section with a tremendous effort to finish 23rd in a strong field of seniors with Sue Kneill-Boxley in 29th and another under 20 Beth Clarke in 62nd.

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There was a host of Cannock & Stafford athletes in action at the Telford Games on Saturday.

In the U11 age group, Sarah Preston qualified for the final of the 60m in 10.1. Tori Hamplett just missed out with a time of 10.3. Sarah finished 8^th in the final. Tori, Sarah and Eleanor Cooke also took part in the 600m race and Tori took home a bronze medal from the cricket ball throw. Grace Johnson ran a time of 24.9 in the 150m.

Natalie Mukerji and Emma Hamplett both made the final of the U13 girls 100m with pbs (14.4 and 14.5 respectively). Chloe Preston won bronze in the long jump with a pb of 4.02m and Natalie also jumped a pb (3.99m). Emma Hamplett continued her successful day with a bronze in the discus and then gold in the javelin (32.04).

Ryan Ashforth just missed out on a medal in the U13 boys 800m, finishing 4^th with a new pb of 21.28.9 but won bronze in the javelin with a throw of 23.93. Chris Mayne won bronze in the high jump with a new pb of 1.40m and Steven Thompson long jumped 3.80m and Peter Walker 3.34m for new pbs.

In the U15 girls, Georgia Walker ran a new 100m pb of 15.2. Emily Fowler Parkes finished 4^th in both 100m and 200m but recorded a pb of 27.6 in her 200m heat.

Sam Nicholls and Aaron Houseman won silver and bronze in the U15 boys 800m, Tyler Brown-Jones won silver in the discus and Haydn Marklew bronze in the long jump and gold in the triple jump (9.88m).

Matthew Mayne ran a pb of 11.8 to take silver in his only 100m of the season and then repeated the position in the 200m with Nathan White taking bronze. Adam Johnson also took silver in the 3000m. Richard Stanley won bronze in the javelin.

Olivia Walker won gold in both the U17 80m hurdles (12.2) and 200m (26.6). Ruby Coates won gold in the triple jump with a pb of 10.22m. Lucy Heap massively increased her javelin pb to win the U17 competition with a throw of 38.56m

In the U20, Natalie Ainge won bronze in her only 100m of the season in 13.1 and then won the 200m with a pb of 26.3. Chloe Boulter won the high jump and recorded a pb of 27.1 in the 200m (4^th).

Jonny Anderson ran 11.4 in the 100m final for a pb and 23.4 to win bronze in the 200m. George Tyson won a silver medal in the pole vault in his first ever event and Alex Pinner silver in the javelin. Mathew Paynter won bronze in the discus with a throw of 37.05m

In the main the past track season has gone very well with some outstanding results. In the young athletes league we are still suffering the effects of the closure of the Cannock track but our team managers have been able to stop the downturn in performance by our youngsters and there are signs that improvement is on the way. I must give great credit to the athletes and team managers for turning our fortunes round.

One of our great success stories has been the performances of our National Junior league team who continue to punch well above their weight and they have secured their position in the league for a third term. When you consider the quality of the opposition they have to compete against this is a tremendous achievement and again our congratulations must go to all of the athletes and team management.  We had six of our athletes who compete in this league represent Staffordshire in the English schools championship and again our congratulations go to all.

Our senior men and women’s team also continue to go from strength to strength, just a few short seasons ago we were in division 7 of the Midlands track and field league, but successive promotions in the past 4 seasons will see us competing in division 3 next season, this team is a mixture of senior athletes, national junior athletes and a fair smattering of our veteran athletes.  It is also heartening to see that such established athletes such as Tom Humphries and Stacey Johnson continue to support the club in our climb up the divisions. They are such an inspiration to our younger athletes.  Yet again our team management must take a lot of credit in both team performance and in getting athletes to compete.

I do know that the team management of our disabled athletes are so proud of their achievements over the past season winning medals galore in both the regional championships at the Alexander Stadium and also in Blackpool at the National Championships, both Dave and Geoff put such a lot of effort into both coaching and managing our disabled athletes and it really is good to see their efforts rewarded.

The only group of athletes not highlighted so far are our veteran teams, who compete in the Northern division of the Midlands Veterans League (there are 3 divisions) Our women’s team have a stranglehold on the divisional league winning it for the 7^th successive season whilst our men’s team keep getting pipped by Stoke, and we have finished runners up to them for the past 4 seasons.  The top 2 teams in each division meet in a cup final and for the first time ever our men’s team were victorious, winning the overall men’s team championship from the previously untouchable Rugby Lions team with Stoke in third place.  The final result was so close that every performance counted and every team member played a part, a great success.  Our women’s team was much depleted due to holidays and work commitments with only 5 athletes competing, they did manage to accumulate enough points for the combined teams to finish 3^rd overall, once again the team managers deserve great credit in getting athletes out to compete.

Several of our veteran athletes have secured medals at both Midland and National level on both road and track and continue to compete at a high level.

It will be difficult for our respective team managers to improve on this seasons achievements, but I have a lot of confidence in them all. They all work so hard and contribute so much to our club and we owe a great debt of gratitude to them.

Finally there is one group that I have not mentioned but without them we would struggle to achieve anything. All of our coaches willingly give up their spare time to help our athletes improve, and again judging by results they are all doing an excellent job, with athletes achieving P.Bs all over the place.  All of these people are the backbone of our club so a very big thank you to all of you, I hope that you have all enjoyed the past season and long may the improvements continue.

Derek Fellows

President

The Cannock & Stafford men’s veteran team won the Midland Veterans League Cup Final at Leicester on Sunday when they beat Worcester by just one point.

The day started well on the field with Graham Middleton (38.68m) and Martin Roberts (48.29m) winning their hammer competitions. Andy Weetman came 3^rd in the Pole Vault (2.00m) and Paul Edwards 4^th in the M50 pole vault with a new club record of 2.10m. Andy also came 5^th in the high jump, long jump and javelin, 4^th in the 100m and 2^nd in the 400m (59.8).

Paul Edwards came 2^nd in the long jump, 100m and 200m (26.9) and won the M50 400m in 59.8. Kristian Lundby scored well in his M60 field events finishing 2^nd in the shot (9.19m), 1^st in the triple jump (9.55m), 3^rd in the high jump and 1^st in the discus with a pb and new club record of 34.28m.

In the middle distance events, Malcolm Eustace easily won his 800m and 3000m races in 2.15.4 and 9.44.4 respectively and Brian Peacock came 5^th in the M35 800m and finished the 1500m in 5.32.4.

Les Green, who is 72 years old, finished the 1500m in 9.22.4 and the 3000m in 18.41.8. He also completed the 2k walk in 17.15.4. Shaun Ainge also competed in the walk, finishing in 15.05.2.

Terry Faulkner, who is 70 himself next year, came 6^th in the M60100m in 16.7 and 5^th in the 200m in 31.9. Gary Myles came 6^th in the M35 200m in 27.4 and then broke the club record with an 11.08m triple jump.

Graham Middleton threw the discus 33.00m for 3^rd and came 5^th in the shot with 9.81m. Martin Roberts came 4^th in the M50 javelin (23.42m).

The 4x100m relay team came 4^th in 51.1 but the best race was saved for last when the 4 x 400m team of Weetman, Myles, Eustace and Edwards produced a magnificent effort to win the race and the Cup.

The women’s team were badly affected by injuries, work and holidays so credit must be given to Sue Kneill Boxley, Dot Fellows, Christine Kilkenny and Carol Denning for covering as many events as they did (not forgetting Fiona Russell who took part in the 4 x 400m relay team after time keeping all day). There performances helped C&S to finish 3rd in the joint men's and women's competition.

Many thanks to Angie Smith, Dave Blake, Derek Fellows, Fiona Russell, Carol Denning and Natalie and Alyson Ainge for their officiating on the day.

Natalie Ainge and Chloe Boulter were, once again, the leading female point scorers for both Cannock & Stafford's Senior and Junior teams. Alasdair Rigby finished as top male points scorer in both Senior and Junior competitions.

The results highlight the importance of some of our 'unsung heroes' towards the teams success this season. The top 10 scorers are shown below:

Cannock & Stafford’s U20 team came 6^th in the final National Junior League meeting of the season at Mansfield on Sunday, a position that meant that they finished in 4^th place in the Midland Premier League.

It was the final Junior League meeting for a number of our athletes. Rachel Atherton, Chloe Boulter, Sally Clague, Dan Millerchip, Jamie Graham and Guy Mayer were all making their final bow at this age group.

Our only victory on the day was provided by Olivia Walker who won the 100m ‘A’ race in 13.1 into a strong headwind. Olivia also came 2^nd in the 200m.

Matt Mayne equalled his pb of 52.4 to take 3^rd in the 400m, Dan Millerchip and Dan Timmis took 3^rd places in the hammer ‘A’ and ‘B’ respectively. Dan Millerchip also finished 3^rd in the ‘B’ shot. Allee Rigby came 3^rd in the high jump and 2^nd in the triple jump. Richard Stanley finished 3^rd in the ‘B’ javelin.

Natalie Ainge ran 61.4 to finish 3^rd in the ‘A’ 400m and then came 3^rd in the ‘B’ 200m. Rachel Atherton took 2^nd place in the 800m behind former team mate Cally Reed and Teresa Hulme came 2^nd in the ‘B’ race as well as 2^nd in the ‘A’ steeplechase.

Grace Rossiter came 2^nd in the ‘B’ 1500m on her debut and Beth Clarke 2^nd in the ‘B’ steeplechase. Chloe Boulter came 2^nd in the high jump and Sally Clague threw 30.30 for 3^rd place in the ‘B’ javelin. Lucy Heap threw 33.59m in the ‘A’ event. Jess Leek and Ruby Coates were both 3^rd in the long jump and triple jump respectively.

The other athletes that contributed were James Lake (on his debut), Chris Morris, Jamie Graham, Ashley Wickett, Tom Baldwin, Stuart Davies, Alex Pinner, Megan Jones, Catherine Hulme, Becky Cooke, Beth Denning and Alicia Clarke.

As team manager, I would like to thank all the athletes that have turned out to represent the club this year and, occasionally, take part in events that they wouldn’t normally do in an effort to maximise the points earned for the team. Without these athletes, we would not have finished in the position we have for the past three seasons. Thanks also to Lynne Boulter for her help on meeting days and Bob Hughes, Angie Smith and the other officials who have given up their time to help out at meetings.

There were six C&S athletes that represented Staffordshire in the English Schools Track & Field Championships at Alexander Stadium on the 9th and 10th July.

Jess Leek equalled her pb in the IG long jump with 5.49m and, in a strong competition, this gave her seventh place. Olivia Walker ran 26.09 seconds in her IG 200m heat to finish 4th but, with only the first 3 definitely progressing, she missed out on a semi-final place by four one hundredths of a second.

Rachel Atherton qualified for the SG 800m final as her time of 2:16.24 in her heat gave her a fastest loser spot. In the final, she came 7th in a time of 2:19.25. Chloe Boulter came 5th in the high jump, clearing 1.63m and Gemma Smith came 5th in the triple jump with 11.55m.

Chris Perrin came 7th in his 1500m heat in a time of 4:02.37

The junior members of Cannock & Stafford's Disability Squad took part in the Disability Sports Events Nationwide Junior Athletics Championships in Blackpool over the weekend of the 3/4 July 2010 and came home with six gold, seven silver and two bronze medals between them.

Ellie Upton won four golds in the throwing events (dis club, prec club, prec bean bag and grip ball). Tyrone Williams won gold in his shot event and Jamie Graham ran 57.1 to win the 400m.

Daniel Bishop won three silver medals in the shot, 100m (12.9) and 200m (28.4). Jamie Graham added two silvers in the 200m (25.5) and the 800m (2:21.5) and Sarah Hickman and Richard Britton both won silver in the discus and bronze in the shot.

Cannock & Stafford's Martin Roberts won a silver medal in the M50 hammer competition at the national championships in Cardiff on the 4 July with a throw of 48.13. Martin also came 4th in the weight event.

Paul Edwards warmed up for the European Championships with a bronze medal in the M50 100m hurdles in a time of 16.22. He also came 4th in the 400m hurdles event with 65.58.

Graham Middleton just missed out on a medal in the M45 hammer with a throw of 35.77m. Graham also competed in the discus (5th with 32.49m) and the weight (5th)

At our home track at Rowley Park, the U20’s team managed a 5^th place finish to remain in third position in the National Junior League Midland Premier Division.

Richard Stanley gained maximum points in the ‘B’ high jump (1.70m pb) and javelin, Becky Bray won her second consecutive 3000m Junior League race and Chloe Boulter easily won the 400m hurdles ‘B’ race. Chloe also came 2^nd in the high jump competition and 3^rd in the 200m ‘B’ race.

Natalie Ainge was just pushed into 2^nd place in the 400m although she was given the same time as the winner from Birchfield (61.0). Natalie also came 3^rd in the triple jump with Ruby Coates 2^nd in the ‘B’ event. Allee Rigby once again equalled his pb (1.85m) to come 2^nd in the high jump. Alex Pinner came 3^rd in the javelin and Dan Timmis 3^rd in the shot (pb of 12.41m).

Olivia Walker came 3^rd in the 100m and Rachel Atherton came 2^nd in the 1500m. Charlotte Smith came 3^rd in her first run over 400m in the ‘B’ race (63.3) and also came 3^rd in the 1500m ‘B’. Beth Clarke and Jess Boulter came 3^rd in the steeplechase ‘A’ and ‘B’ races, Alicia Clarke came 2^nd in the ‘B’ discus and threw a pb in the shot and Megan Jones finished 3^rd in the ‘B’ long jump. Chris Morris achieved a pb of 24.2 in the 200m and Jess Leek was just short of her long jump pb with 5.32m.

Much credit must be given to Adam Johnson, Jamie Graham, Talent Gukwe, Stuart Davies and Ashley Wickett who all competed in additional events to gain points for the team. Matthew Mayne, Sam Derry, Max Johnson, Richard Brittain, Beth Denning, Becky Cooke, Lucy Heap and Harriet Thompson were the other athletes who took part.

In hot conditions, the British Masters 5k road racing championships took place at Horwich (near Bolton) on Sunday.

Several of our veteran athletes competed.  Christine Kilkenny contested the W55 age group and put in her usual gutsy run finishing in a time of 20min 21secs, this run secured the silver medal. 

Dot Fellows was in the W65 category and in a time of 22min 32secs won the gold medal, this was Dots 34^th British title. 

Malcolm Eustace was disappointed with his run in the M50 age group claiming he ran the first 1k too quickly and eventually finished 8^th in his age group with a time of 17min 07secs. 

Paul Edwards won four gold medals at the Midland Masters Championships in Leicester in the M50 age group. He triumphed in the 100m hurdles (15.9), 400m hurdles (69.0), 200m (26.4) and 400m (58.4).

Sue Kneil Boxley took gold in the W40 1500m and silver in the 800m (2:46.6) and Chris Kilkenny won gold in the W55 5000m in a time of 20 minutes exactly. Les Green came 1st in the M70 5000m.

On the field, Alison George came 1st in the W45 shot with 8.88m and Martin Roberts won the M50 hammer with 50.78m.

Graham Middleton took home three medals in the M40 age group. He gained bronze medals in the hammer with 37.75m and discus (31.35m) and silver in the shot (9.60m).

Cannock & Stafford athletes won three silver and one bronze medal at the Midland Counties Championships at Alexander Stadium on Sunday.

In the high jump, there was a silver medal for Chloe Boulter who cleared 1.60m and a bronze for Alasdair Rigby who equalled his pb with a jump of 1.85m. Gemma Smith took second place in the triple jump with 11.19m.

On the track, Rachel Atherton also took home a silver medal in the 800m in a time of 2:19.22.

Our other athletes competing were Adam Smith (400mH - 62.67), Chris Perrin (1500m - 4:02.69), James Perrin (1500m - 4:07.97) and Jon Biddle (400m - 51.86)

A back to back promotion is certainly on the cards after victory for our Senior team at Banbury on Sunday.

Veterans Martin Roberts and Graham Middleton usually give the club a good start and this was no exception, Graham finishing 2nd in the 'A' and Graham winning the 'B' string. The women were also given an early boost with Jess Leek finishing 2nd in the long jump with 5.27m and Megan Jones winning the 'B' with a pb of 4.98m. Jess also came runner up in the 'B' 200m and Megan runner up in the 'B' 100m.

On the track, Becky Cooke came 2nd in the 400m hurdles with Chloe Boulter winning the 'B' race. Chloe also cleared 1.60m to finish 2nd in the high jump and came 3rd in the 200m and Becky came 2nd in the 'B' high jump and 3rd in the 100m hurdles 'B'.

Jonny Anderson ran a pb of 11.9 in the 100m and Jon Biddle finished strongly to win the 400m in 51.7. In the women's 400m, Kate Leek came 2nd in the 'A' race in 62.5 whilst Natalie Ainge won the 'B' in 61.9. Kate also came 3rd in the 100m and Nat came 2nd in the 'B' triple jump.

Gary Myles and Adam Smith came runners up in their 110m hurdles races, Adam also finishing runner up in the 400m hurdles. Alasdair Rigby came 3rd in the 'A' triple jump, 'A' high jump and 'B' 400m hurdles.

Tom Humphries won both 1500m and 3000m races and in the 3000m he was closely followed home by Chris Harvey who ran a pb of 8:33.3.

Stuart Davies ran a pb of 4:37.5 in the 1500m 'B' race.

Charlotte Smith continued her impressive season with victory in the 800m 'B' race and Teresa Hulme finished 2nd in the 'A'. Rachel Atherton came 2nd in the 1500m and Catherine Hulme ran a pb of 5:18.2 to win the 'B' race.

Craig Pearson dominated the 3k steeplechase and John Bray stepped in at the last minute to make his track debut at the age of 46 and finished the 800m with a respectable time of 2:31.7. Adam Johnson recorded a pb of 10.87 to finish 3rd in the 'B' triple jump.

The throwers also performed well. Mathew Paynter came 3rd in the shot and threw a pb of 40.17 in the discus. Dan Timmis finished 3rd in the 'B' shot, and won the 'B' discus. Beth Denning threw the discus 25m for the first time and finally won with 26.58m. Beth also came 2nd in the shot. Alicia Clarke had a superb day with pbs in shot, discus and hammer 'B' events finishing 2nd in each. Gemma Smith came runner up in the triple jump.

The women's relay teams again won comfortably in both 4 x 100 and 4 x 400m and the men's 4 x 400m team came 2nd in their race.

Ashley Wickett broke through the two minute barrier for the first time in his 800m race at the BMC meeting at Birmingham University on Wednesday night. After knocking on the door all season, he finally achieved the milestone with a time of 1:59.92.

Chris Perrin achieved a sub 4 minute 1500m for the first time at the same meeting with 3:59.10 and brother James also achieved a pb of 4:02.00.

Olivia Walker and Matthew Mayne both came away with bronze medals from the Midland County Championships on Saturday.

Olivia, taking part in her least favoured event, the 100m, ran 13.13 seconds to earn her bronze. She also qualified for the final of the 80m hurdles by finishing 3rd in her heat. In the final, Olivia just missed out on another medal, coming 4th with a pb of 12.35 seconds.

Matthew Mayne won bronze in the 400m in a time of 52.65 seconds. James Lake came 6th in the same race.

Richard Stanley's pb throw of 45.94m was enough to earn him 5th place in the javelin.

Jess Leek and Megan Jones took part in the long jump, Jess finishing 4th (5.15m) and Megan 11th (4.85m). Jess also came 7th in the 100m final. Sarah Gough was our other competitor taking part on day 1. She finished 5th in her 80m hurdles heat in 13.11 and ran 46.30 in the 300m.

On Sunday, we had three athletes in action. Ashley Wickett made the final of the 800m by finishing 2nd in his heat but, unfortunately, he could not repeat the performance in the final and came 6th. Sian Karleusa came 6th in the javelin and Ruby Coates recorded a pb of 10.08m in the triple jump to finish 6th.

On a scorching Welsh afternoon, the Cannock & Stafford U20 team produced another magnificent team performance to finish 3rd for the second consecutive National Junior League meeting.

It was a great day for the throwers and middle distance runners. Alex Pinner achieved 50m for the first time, finishing 3rd with 51.02 and Dan Timmis threw a pb of 42.19m in the discus and came 3rd in the shot with 11.76m. Dan Millerchip came 3rd in the hammer with a pb of 42.19m as well as winning the 'B' discus and Shot and 2nd in the 'B' javelin. Beth Denning was also on form with a pb of 8.38m in the shot and Alicia Clarke came 3rd in the 'B' discus.

Our women steeplechasers seemed to revel in the heat. Teresa Hulme finishing 2nd in 6:06.2 and Beth Clarke recording a pb of 6:31.7 to win the 'B' race as well as gaining a pb of 66.6 in the 400m. Teresa also reduced her 800m pb by 1.5 seconds (2nd in B) with Rachel Atherton finishing 2nd in the 'A' race. Charlotte Smith knocked an incredible 25 seconds off her 1500m pb to finish 4th in 5:05.3, Catherine Hulme taking 2nd in the 'B'.

Chris Perrin won the 3000m in a pb of 9:06.2 and James Perrin came 3rd in the 1500m. In the women's 3000m, Rebecca Bray lead from early on to win.

Alasdair Rigby equalled his best high jump of 1.85m to finish 3rd and also came 2nd in the triple jump. Gemma Smith ran a rare 100m in the 'B' race and came 3rd before winning the 'B' high jump and the 'A' triple jump (season's best of 11.74m). Natalie Ainge won the 'B' triple jump, came 2nd in the 100mH 'B' and 3rd in the 200m 'B'.

Becky Cooke came 3rd in the 400mH and Chloe Boulter 2nd in the high jump (1.60m) and also 2nd in the 'B' 400mH. Jess Leek came 3rd in the 'B' long jump.

Two athletes were making their debuts in individual events in the Junior League. Megan Jones came 4th in the long jump with 4.81m and Olivia Walker came 6th in the 100m (13.3) and 5th in the 200m (26.7).

Praise must also be given to Jamie Graham who came expecting to run a 400m but ended up competing in the 100, 200, 400 and both relays! The other athletes that contributed towards the high finish were Matthew Mayne, Ashley Wickett, Tom Baldwin, Stuart Davies, Phil Pugh and Adam Johnson.

Thanks to all the athletes that got up ridiculously early to make the trip to Swansea and performed so well.

On a truly memorable day for our disabled athletes who competed in our regional championships, they secured an unprecedented twenty two medals spread among seven athletes even more astonishing twenty one were gold and one silver (even then the gold medal winner came from our club)

Starting with our youngest competitor in these championships Eleanor Upton in the u15 wheelchair, she contested four events : distance club, javelin ball, target bean bag and precision club and came away with four gold medals.

Daniel Bishop contested three events in the u17 category winning gold in the 100m, 200m and shot put.  Richard Britton in the same age group also contested the shot put and came away with the silver medal, he did gain some consolation by later winning gold in the discus.

In the u20 age group on the track Jamie Graham was in a class of his own winning gold in the 100m, 200m and 800m whilst on the field Tyrone Williams was adding another gold medal in the u20 shot put.

Ian Cope dominated his events in the Snr wheelchair winning gold at 200m, 800m and 1500m whilst the old man of the party, Dave Crutchley was looking after business, winning gold in the shot put and distance club field events

Just to round things off our team won gold in the 4x100 relay.

Dave and Geoff Phillips were justifiably proud of the teams achievements and there were a lot of proud parents at the end of the meeting.

Jamie, Daniel, Ellie, Sarah, Richard and Tyrone have all been selected to represent the West Midlands at the D.S.E. National Junior championships to be held at Blackpool on 3/4^th July. Our best wishes go with them.

Venue: Derby AC, Moorways, Moor Lane, Allenton, Derby, DE24 9HY‎