In keeping with the weather recently it was a decidely chilly trip to Gloucester Park in Basildon.
Slightly disappointing was the turnout (well done to all those who turned out) – we only managed two full teams – the U15 Boys and the Senior Men!!
The Under 15 Boys managed an excellent 4th place (missing 1 key runner) missing out on 3rd place by 2 points.
Congratulations to Lewis Jopling whose 6th place earned him an automatic qualifying place to represent Essex at the Inter Counties at Woollaton Hall in Nottingham.
Amongst the medallists was Toby Jones witha silver medal in the U17 Men. He was 2 seconds behind Jacob Parrott of Chelmsford and 3 seconds ahead of Freddy Rowe from Havering. All qualified for Nottingham.
Last but not least was our 19 strong Senior Men’s team all of which helped us to secure team Gold and individual Gold for Adam Hickey. Adam and Sam Norris qualify for Nottingham.
A small but dedicated band of athletes took the journey to Lee Valley for a very long meeting. Pleased to see some PBs
Also good to see the return of Joe Agbodza after a lengthy absence due to studying and a niggling injury
There were field events butthe result are unaavailable at the time of going to press. I hear that Thomas Lay and Emily Archer competed and Emily produced a PB – height awaited.
There was much excitement on the track – a 15 year old – Divine Iheme from Radley produced a World Record (subject to ratification of course) of 6.71 for 60m for his age group.
Report from Athletics Weekly
A series of links about the champs
Results from the Timing Company
Photos from Steve Wilkin from Chelmsford on the Essex Website
I was clicking away as well
Links to U13B
Links to U13G
Links to U15B
Links to U15G
SM Photos
U11 Photos
SW AND U20M
U17M U20W U17W
