Middlesex Champs

U17 Ella Widdop-Gray. H/Jump 1st 1.69m PB

U17 Harriet Conner. Discus 2nd 24.75. Shot 3rd 8.22.

U13 Isolde Goffey. 800m 2nd  2.48.12. 100m 6th s/final 13.85

U13 Isobel Dougan. 100m 6th H3 16.59. 200m 8th 35.20.

U20 Adam Villard. 800m 3rd 2.05.10

U20 Nicholas Shekerdman. 100m 6th F. 11.42; 200m 6th F. 23.39. 4th h 23.38.

U20 Jack Ezzeldin. High Jump 2nd 1.65m.

U17 Chris Hursey. Discus 1st 37.58. Shot 2nd 12.01

U15 Patrick Goffey. 800m 2nd 2.10.31

U13 Samuel Collinridge. Shot 1st 10.61. Discus 1st 26.59.

U13 Nathan Farr. 800m 6th 2.46.43.

Surrey Champs.

SW Jo White. 200m 1st 24.47

SW Estelle Damant. 3000m 2nd 10.15.60.

U15 Anna Marshall. H/Jump 4th 1.45m.

U13 Livvey Ricketts. 1500m 7th 6.52.59.

SM Mark Snaith. 5000m 10th 17.44.66.

SM Neil Jennings. Hammer 4th 37.32, Javelin 3rd 39.25

U15 Jack Madden 300m 6th 40.42.

U17 Alfie Battle. 200m 4th 23.48.

U15 Miles Watson. 1500m 5th 4.48.85.

Southern Athletics League

Harriet Connor: Discus – 21m59, Shot – 8m57 (PB), Javelin – 17m42

Young Athletes League

Sam Collingridge: Discus – 25m19

Chris Hursey: Shot – 11m87 (PB), Discus – 37m60 (PB), Javelin – 38m62

Harriet Connor: Discus – 26m74, Shot – 9m33 (PB), Javelin – 18m62

Middlesex County Championships

Chris:  Shot – 12m01 – Silver (PB), Discus – 37m58 (Gold & PB)

Harriet: Shot – 8m22 – Bronze, Discus – 24m75 (Silver & PB)

Sam: Shot - 10m61 (Gold & PB), Discus 26m59 (Gold & PB) - asked to represent Middlesex in the Inter Counties match

Surrey County Championships

Neil Jennings: Hammer - 37.32m, Javelin 39.25m (Bronze)

Hampshire County Championships

Paul Derrien: Hammer - 43.73 (Silver), Shot - 11.08m, Discus - 37.05m, Javelin - 37.06m

Jo White (Bath) came 2nd with a new PB in the 200m 24.28s, Nigel McCarthy (St Mary's) competed in 100m 12.27s (well of his PB) but tore a hamstring. Harry McCulloch competed for Brighton in the 4x400m.

Full results here:

http://www.bucs.org.uk/page.asp?section=16558&sectionTitle=Results+and+News

Kyle's time was inside the Olympic ‘A’ standard for the T45/46 category .

Kyle also ran in the 100m finishing 3rd in a season’s best of 11.89secs, behind Nascimento who completed a sprint double and Sweden’s Andrej Ekholm.

Saturday 26^th May Leatherhead Leisure Centre KT22 9BL

The 2012 Are You Ready Club Conferences are fast approaching and some of the conferences are filling up fast. To ensure you don't miss out please sign up as soon as possible: www.englandathletics.org/clubconference.

The conference is appropriate for all volunteers, whether you are chair, secretary, welfare officer, health and safety officer, young athlete coordinator or head coach, or you play a role on a club committee or  are a network member,  this event will be an excellent opportunity to share best practice and gain some excellent advice from other clubs and technical experts.

Not only will the conference help clubs to ensure they are ready to provide a lasting legacy but it will help clubs and network to forward plan, looking at the future direction of travel and funding opportunities for 2013-2017.

This event is FREE and not only helps share best practice but showcases the sport to external funding partners such as Sport England, so very important we have a large turnout. More details available here.

Kate Brook

Stand-out performances came from Anthony Jackson who won the A-string 800, 1500 and 5,000m and Kate Brook who competed in 11 events and picked up a massive 22 points for the club!

A steward’s enquiry is currently being held into Adam Richardson’s 110hurdles after he refused the 10^th in order to win the B-string .

Well done to all athletes for surviving particularly tough conditions and congratulations to debutants Piers Currell and Jack Owen on picking up their first points for the club.

The next SAL meeting is on May 19^th in Eltham where the team take on Cambridge Harriers, Eastbourne Rovers and Invicta East Kent. Fingers crossed for better weather!

Final points: 1st Blackheath & Bromley - 191 points; 2nd Epsom & Ewell 183.5 points; 3rd St Mary's Richmond 155 points; 4th Kingston & Polytechnic Harriers 137.5 points.

Full results available here.

Quadkids is a short form of athletics competition where each athlete completes in four events and scores points for each event which are totalled together to provide the overall score for that athlete, performance in each event matters. Events are: 100m, Long Jump, Vortex Howler throw, 800m.

This Quadkids competition was targeted at athletes’ ages 11 – u14 years old, which coincides with the ages athletes are allowed to join the Junior Section of SMRAC.  This competition also supported the England Athletics multi event approach to athletics for this age group which is backed up by the Athletics 365 training programme that the club follows.

Athletes from the local clubs and Richmond Borough Schools were invited to take part.  Kingston and Poly AC, Walton AC, Tiffin Boys, and SMRAC were represented.  30 athletes participated, 15 girls and 15 boys.

The Quadkids completion allowed 30 athletes to:

• experience athletics in a club environment
• sample competition
• show improvement in performance
• compare performances against other athletes across the country

The Quadkids competition allowed 13 parents to:

• experience officiating in a friendly environment
• gain understanding of how competition are officiated
• watch their athlete complete in close proximity

Successes of the competition were:

- All athletes competed in all the events

- The competition finished on time

- Each athlete received their certificate on the day

- Results were posted on the Quadkids website the following day and link emailed to all participants

- Parents would like to help during the summers young athletes’ leagues

- Two athletes have joined the waiting list for SMRAC as a direct result of participating

Ruaridn S. won the boys competition with 248 points which gains him a Silver UKA Award.  He was top scorer in 100m sprint and long jump.  Jessica N. won the girls competition with 217 points and also achieved a Silver UKA Award.  Jessica N. was the top scorer in the 100m Sprint and in the 800m run.  Well Done.

Feedback from parents:

“We came to the excellent QuadKids event today and thank you for your help in organising that.”

“Stephen and I really enjoyed the Quadkids today, thank you for that.”

Full Results are available here

Shot U17 Ladies Harriet O'Connor 8.30 - Personal Best

Discus U17 Ladies Harriet O'Connor 26.78

Javelin U20 Men Jack Owen 44.11 - Personal Best

Shot U15 Men Sam Collingridge 10.41 - Personal Best

Discus U15 Men Sam Collingridge 25.31 - Personal Best

Shot U17 Men Christopher Hursey 11.85 - Personal Best  (Club Record)

Discus U17 Men Christopher Hursey 34.12 - Personal Best

Discus Sen.Men Kieran Hipkins 30.43

Shot Sen.Men Kieran Hipkins 9.94 - Personal Best