February 2007
| New Additions to Photo Gallery |
Tuesday, February 27 2007 |
| Photos are now available for the Schools County X Country at Stoke and more photos have been added to the following sections in the photo gallery: 'Showing the Way' and 'Our Club'.
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| Posted by:chris |
| Here at Last - Star:track Date for 2007 |
Tuesday, February 27 2007 |
| The provisional date for the 2007 Star:track is Monday 6th August to Friday 10th August. Provisional bookings can be made with Chris on training nights. Star:track is open to members and non-members from 8 to 15 years. Coaches and coaching assistants who wish to help during the week should also contact Chris asap at tamworthac@aol.com. This year all new helpers, coaching assistants and Level 1 coaches must attend at a pre-star:track coaching day to be held at the club. There will be no cost for this session. More details soon. Photos from the last 2 years are in the gallery section of the website.
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| Posted by:chris |
| Annual Presentation Evening Coming Up SOON |
Tuesday, February 27 2007 |
| The Annual Presentation Evening will take place in the clubhouse on Friday 23rd March at 7.30pm when awards for performance, achievement and service will be made. Come along and enjoy the presenting of the awards and trophies by the guest presenters, the supper, dance to the disco music, try your luck on the raffle, enjoy the drinks at the bar, chat with friends and have a good night out. Tickets will be on sale from Tuesday 26th February from the tuck shop and bar. Details of the guest presenter will be available soon!!
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| Posted by:chris |
| Warks Primary Schools X Country Championships Coming Up |
Tuesday, February 20 2007 |
| The Warwickshire Primary Schools Cross Country Championships are to be staged for the first time at Twycross House School on Saturday 24th March 2007. Derek Cubison, who is part of the team setting up the course and organising the day, is asking for marshalls to help out on the day. If you have some spare time that day please contact Derek through tamworthac@aol.com or contact Chris or John at the clubhouse on training nights.
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| Tamworth Athletic Club Notice of AGM and EGM |
Tuesday, February 20 2007 |
| TAMWORTH ATHLETIC CLUB 2007 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Notice is given that this years AGM will be held in the Clubhouse on Monday 26th March commencing at 7.30pm. Further details are posted on the club notice board. C Graves (Mrs) Club Secretary Tamworth Athletic Club On behalf of Tamworth Athletic Club Committee TAMWORTH ATHLETIC CLUB Extraordinary General Meeting
Notice is given that an E.G.M will follow directly after the A.G.M details of this meeting are posted on the club notice board.
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| Posted by:chris |
| Woodward Eyes European Glory |
Tuesday, February 20 2007 |
Coleshill hurdles star Nathan Woodward will decide in the next couple of days whether to compete indoors - or focus solely on his outdoor season.
The 400m hurdler has been suffering with a slight hamstring niggle and could, therefore, opt to miss this weekend's Midland Indoor Championships at the NIA.
"I'm not sure about the indoor season yet," said Woodward.
"It might be a case of just solely focusing on training so that I can get ready for the outdoor campaign at the end of April.
"My aim this year is to compete at the European Junior Championships in Holland so I will talk to my coach, Matt Hargreaves, about the best way of preparing for that."
Woodward, meanwhile, admitted he is improving as an athlete all the time since he started working with former Olympic gold medallist David Hemery.
"He has given me a lot of advice but once I master the things he has told me, he finds another area to work on and put into practice," said Woodward.
"At the moment, I am working on how I attack the hurdles and my forward lead into them.
"I can already see my times improving at a quick rate and, hopefully by the time we reach the summer, I will be in tip top shape and ready for the challenges ahead."
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| Posted by:chris |
| Juniors Produce Dominant Display to Secure Victory |
Tuesday, February 20 2007 |
Tamworth AC's youngsters certainly gave team manager Gordon Densley plenty to be pleased about when they practically swept the board to win the Staffordshire Sports Hall League.
In the under-13 girls events, Danielle Norton won the four lap race and the B long jump event.
Francesca Hughes won the two lap race and the vertical jump and took third place in the long jump.
Josie Cassar provided good back-up in the B events, taking first place in the two lap race and triple jump and second in the vertical jump.
Lauren Whitehouse won the triple jump, finished in third place in the speed bounce and won the four lap B race.
Hughes and Norton won the eight lap parlauf and Hughes, Cassar, Norton and Whitehouse won the 4x2 lap relay.
Three of the Tamworth under-11 boys team gained a hat-trick of individual wins.
Kane Densley won the speed bounce, long jump and one lap race.
Sam McDonald won the javelin, triple jump and B two lap race, while Robert Stroud won the triple jump, the two lap race and the B vertical jump event.
Also providing good back-up performances were Elliott Jones, James Baccus and Harrison Mayou.
Jones took first places in the speed bounce and chest push B events.
Baccus won the vertical jump and B one lap race and finished in second place in the chest push event.
Mayou took first place in the B long jump and third in the B javelin.
In the relay events, Mayou and Stroud won the eight lap parlauf.
Jones, Densley, Mayou and Baccus won the obstacle relay and Jones, Densley, Stroud and McDonald were victorious in the 4x1 lap relay.
No less impressive were the under-11 girls, who also won their age group in fine style.
Chloe Williams won the one lap race, the B speed bounce and the B long jump.
Jessica Hirst won the speed bounce, the long jump and the two lap race.
Eloise Redfern won the vertical jump, the triple jump and the B two lap race.
Samantha Lawton won the chest push and the vertical jump B event.
Georgina Steggles won the triple jump B and took third place in the B javelin.
Jasmine Oliver made a welcome return after injury to win the B chest push event and take fourth place in the javelin.
In the relay events, Redfern, Steggles, Hirst and Lawton won the 4x1 lap relay, Williams and Redfern won the eight lap parlauf and Williams, Steggles, Hirst and Lawton finished in second place in the obstacle relay.
Tamworth's only competitor in the under-13 boys age group was Charlie Mayou who completed a fine set of results for the Tamworth team with a double, winning the triple jump and vertical jump events.
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| Town Athletes Star in City Championships |
Tuesday, February 20 2007 |
Tamworth athletes produced some good performances in the Birmingham Games at the NIA last weekend.
There were personal bests from Milly Kellyman, Laura Langowski, Meghan Beesley, Amy Frith and Matty James.
Kellyman won her under-15 girls 200m race in a personal best time of 27.79secs and took second place in the 60m in 8.28secs - just one hundredth of a second off her personal best for this event.
Langowski won her heat of the senior ladies 200m in 25.87secs and then showed her best form for this time of the year to take second place in the final in a personal best 25.47secs.
Beesley won her 400m under-20 women's race in 56.64secs - the best time in Britain this indoor season - and won her race in the senior ladies 60m in 7.78secs.
Frith took third place in her heat of the senior ladies 400m in an indoor personal best of 58.92secs and another third in the semi-final in 59.32secs.
James recorded a personal best time of 55.33secs in his heat of the senior men's 400m for fifth place.
Despite illness during the week, Midland champion Jordan Roach won the under-15s boys high jump event with a clearance of 1.65m.
Adam Smith took third place in the senior men's triple jump final with a leap of 12.88m while newcomer Ethan Jones finished in third place in his heat of the under-17s men's 200m in 25.40secs.
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| Posted by:chris |
| Olympic Champion Backs Woodward |
Tuesday, February 20 2007 |
Olympic great David Hemery believes Tamworth AC star Nathan Woodward has the potential to emulate his own gold medal glory.
Hemery, who won 400m hurdles gold at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico, has been providing Woodward and top young hurdler Toby Ulm with advice in recent months.
And, talking exclusively to Herald Sport, he admitted he had been impressed by what he has seen.
"Nathan is a tremendous talent and a great guy," said Hemery, who also won two Commonwealth Games titles.
"The first thing that pleases me is that he has a great coach in Matt Hargreaves who is willing to collaborate with others such as myself.
"In the past, there have been coaches who have had the attitude that they won't allow anyone else to talk to their athlete.
"Matt has put his athlete first and allowed me to get involved and offer advice.
"Nathan is a rangy and raw talent and what is great to see is that he has the willingness and determination to succeed.
"He has a fantastic attitude and that, integrated with his ability, makes him stand out.
"What an athlete needs is a positive attitude even when tired.
"Runners who can hang on in there even when they are hurting become true champions and I see that in both Nathan and Toby Ulm.
"They train together and that gives it a bit of an edge.
"They have good healthy attitudes and stimulate off each other - it's good to have that competitiveness.
"From Nathan's point of view I think he's a bright lad and has got so many good attributes.
"He is aspiring to be an Olympic star of the future, possibly in 2012, and if he maintains his attitude and stays injury free, he has a good future ahead of him."
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| Posted by:chris |
| Jumping Jordan Clinches Crown |
Tuesday, February 20 2007 |
Tamworth athlete Jordan Roach produced a fine performance to win the under-15s high jump title at the Midlands Indoor Championships at the Birmingham High Performance Centre on Saturday.
With a previous best of 1.73m, Roach had never before taken part in a championship event but he not only cleared 1.75m for a new personal best but he went on to improve it again to 1.78m to win the event comfortably.
The height is the best achieved in Great Britain by any under-15 boy this indoor season.
Roach, who is coached by high jump coach Mike Dolby now needs to try to retain this top form for the Birmingham Games and the National Indoor Championships at the NIA at the end of the month.
Meghan Beesley also added two more Midland titles to her name when she won the 60m under-20 women's event and the 60m hurdles.
In her 60m heat, Beesley won in 7.68secs, a personal best, and improved this to 7.64secs to comfortably win the final.
In the 60m hurdles, Beesley clinched gold in 8.89secs to gain her second title of the day.
Milly Kellyman, in her first ever major championship, also achieved two good 60m performances.
She finished in third place in her under-15s heat in a personal best time of 8.43secs.
She improved this to 8.27secs in the girls 60m final to gain sixth place.
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| Posted by:chris |
| Athletes Put in Extra Time in Bid For Success |
Tuesday, February 20 2007 |
Four Tamworth AC athletes have been busy putting in extra time with specialised high performance training sessions in preparation for future training and competition.
Nathan Woodward, the UK record holder for the under-17 400m hurdles, has been training with David Hemery, the former Olympic champion, with the focus of their latest training day being the approach to the hurdle.
During the previous week, Woodward, as part of his World Class Talent support, attended Loughborough University to meet the UKA strength and conditioning expert for an assessment where he scored 'excellent' in almost everything.
The talented local athlete and his coach Matt Hargreaves both left feeling very pleased with the result - particularly as many of the tests involved exercises that are already incorporated into his training.
Three of Tamworth's talented young athletes were invited to spend the week with the Staffordshire Schools Squads at Lilleshall National Sports Centre in Shropshire where they took part in high performance general and event specific training.
All three athletes worked with top coaches. Hammer thrower Alex Berrow was guided by Jim Kerrigan, javelin thrower Brett Byrd was coached by John Trower and Simon King worked on the steeplechase with top endurance coach Dave Sunderland, who also organised the training.
The main areas covered apart from event specifics, were fitness, co-ordination and mobility.
There was also a talk on Injury Prevention from ex-Staffordshire athlete and UKA physio Mike Garmston.
The purpose of the week was to ascertain the level the athletes were at from a technical and fitness point of view, to see if they required any help and to break down the disparate groups built up in the county.
In this way, the team now know each other and can fuse together at the All England Track and Field Championships as has been proven in Staffordshire winning the Overall Aggregate Championship for ten out of the last 11 years.
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| Posted by:chris |
| Ace Edwards is the Pride of Staffordshire |
Tuesday, February 20 2007 |
Tamworth athletes proved their ability to produce consistent high quality performances at the County Schools Cross-country Championships last weekend.
In the Staffordshire competition, held in Stoke, Rawlett pupil Kristian Edwards (pictured left) continued his improvement with a gutsy run to win the year seven boys' event.
Sam Greenbank has been picking up form all season and he finished in a creditable 30th position.
Luke Roughley took part in the year eight and nine boys' section and he too performed to the top of his form as he took second place.
Elyse Jinks ran in the year ten and 11 girls' race and her 13th position was without doubt her best race for many months and a welcome return to form.
Steve Deeley completed the year ten and 11 boys' competition in third place after a gruelling race over the three mile course where he was eventually beaten on the run-in.
Both Matt Wood and Jacob Hughes, from Wilnecote High, started the race but were withdrawn by their coach as they were suffering with heavy colds and bad chests.
In the Senior Girls' competition, Megan Jacobs ran a solid race to take fourth place, with Tom Adams and Simon King finishing in fifth and seventh respectively in the senior boys' event.
The Parkes brothers were not to be outdone in the Warwickshire Championships.
Anthony Parkes took second spot in the year seven boys event with Stephen also finishing in runner-up in the year eight and nine boys' section. Both boys attend Twycross School.
Roughley, Deeley, Jacobs, Adams and Stephen Parkes have all been pre-selected for the English Schools Championships which are to be held in Leeds on March 24 while Wood and King are awaiting the selectors' deliberations.
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| Posted by:chris |
| Cross Country, Weddington - Urgent Message |
Thursday, February 8 2007 |
| At the Weddington Cross Country, one of the team managers put grass and twigs in one of the ditches before the start of the races. All steps had already been taken by the course managers to make it safe and as a result of the above actions one of the qualified course offcials had to go in the ditch just before the first race to remove the items. It is a dangerous practice to interfere with the course . The following message is from Chris Lockley who is Secretary of the West Midlands Young Athletes Cross Country League. "I am not sure what was being attempted, nor by who, and I am sure it will not be possible to investigate properly now. The Host Club is responsible for all matters relating to the course, provided the League's requirements are met (ie laps, distance, funnels etc) and liasing with the Referee. As such they do the risk assessmemt and take all necessary measures to eliminate or reduce hazards. No-one else should interfere with these arrangements. If you feel there is a problem, it should be discussed with the Referee or the Host Club's organiser". Chris Lockley
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| UKA Course - Half Price Special Offer |
Thursday, February 8 2007 |
| Some subsidised places are available on the UK Athletics Fitness In Running and Walking Course to be held on Saturday 31 March 2007 at Rowley Park Athletics Stadium, Stafford from 9am until 4:30pm.
The cost will be £30 instead of £60 !!!!!
This course will enable individuals to lead a group in fitness, running and walking activities. (insured to assist)
The minimum age for the course is 16 and this will count for 2 credits for coach licences.
Places will be on a first come first served basis.
* Complete a Level 1 application form which can be downloaded from the UKA website
* Please write Catherine Pendlebury's name and that it is a subsidised course on the top of the form. This will help Zena Weeks identify them from other coaching applications.
* Send it to Zena Weeks at the address below.
* If you already have a coach licence you do not need to send a passport photograph
* If you are not a coach you need to send 1 passport size photograph
* Attach a cheque for £30 made payable to England Athletics
Please email Chris at tamworthac@aol.com so she can keep track of how may places are going so Catherine will know whether to keep promoting the course or not!
Zena Weeks
England Athletics West Midlands
c/o Alexander Stadium
Walsall Road
Perry Barr
Birmingham
B42 2LR
Places will be allocated in the order they are received by Zena so please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Catherine Pendlebury, Athletics Development Officer
Sport Across Staffordshire
01785 619 606
cpendlebury@staffordbc.gov.uk
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| Posted by:chris |
| Club Closure Update |
Thursday, February 8 2007 |
| Torc High School and therefore the gym and sportshall will be closed this evening, Thursday 8th February , due to the poor weather conditions.
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| Posted by:chris |
| Club Closure Due to Adverse Weather Conditions |
Thursday, February 8 2007 |
| Due to the adverse weather conditions the club will be closed tonight, Thursday 8th February. Please let as many people know as possible. Check out this website for updated information as it becomes available and let's hope this weather clears up soon!
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| Posted by:chris |
| Runners Battle Through Tough Conditions |
Sunday, February 4 2007 |
This year's Midland Counties Cross-Country Championships were held at Stafford Common in very heavy conditions after the recent rain.
A small number of athletes were representing Tamworth Athletic Club - with the remainder saving themselves for the schools championships and the final fixture of the men's league.
Samantha Lawton and Sophie Oldfield were the club's entrants in the under-13 section and both girls ran well to complete the course in 92nd and 93rd respectively.
For Oliver Wood, it was his first race for the under-13s as he usually races as an under-11. However, he coped well with the extra distance and finished 64th with Aidan Blythe not far behind in 69th.
Elyse Jinks was 77th in the under-15 girls race with Laura Lewis in 87th.
Matthew Wood (pictured) ran his best race for many years when he completed the under-15 boys race in 15th position while Luke Roughley was 33rd and Jacob Hughes finished 56th.
Steve Deeley lost both of his shoes during the under-17 men's race and he did remarkably well to record a position of 36th.
Tom Adams is improving with every race in the under-20 men's competition and he beat many athletes for the first time when he finished 21st over the 8km course.
The final race of the afternoon was the senior men's and Tamworth athletes enjoyed good results in the 12km race with Paul Tasker in 115th and Steve Deegan finishing 201st.
For information on training and competition for cross-country and track and field, call Chris on 01827 287177 or email tamworthac@aol.com .
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| GR-Eight Effort From Town Junior Starlets |
Sunday, February 4 2007 |
Eight Tamworth AC young athletes, an increase on last year, were selected to represent Birmingham's under-11s team in the Sportshall Regional Final in Cannock.
In the under-11 girls section, Jessica Hirst and Eloise Redfern both took second places in their respective events of the standing long jump and the standing triple jump.
Sam Lawton, Corinne Blythe and Chloe Williams performed well in their events and no doubt all the Tamworth girls found their cross-country training and competition had paid off.
The very young girls team did exceptionally well helping Birmingham to first place overall.
The boys' team were second in their competition, just behind Warwickshire.
Talented youngster Robert Stroud competed in two events, taking first place in the standing triple jump.
He was backed up by team-mates James Bacchus, second in the standing throw and fourth in the vertical jump, and Kane Densley who was fourth in the speed bounce and fifth in the standing long jump.
The next regional final to be held in Worcester in February is for the under-13s and under-15s, when three Tamworth AC young athletes. Tom Challis, Sophie Taylor and Matthew Browne, have been selected to compete for the Birmingham team.
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| Challis Bounces Back From Injury |
Sunday, February 4 2007 |
Tamworth Athletics Club kept up with the leaders in the Birmingham Sports Hall League with top performances from Tom Challis, Sophie Taylor, Kane Densley, Robert Stroud, Keir Hatton, Elliott Jones and Eloise Redfern, writes Mick Sanderson.
In the under-15 boys age group, Challis made a welcome return after injury to win the four lap race in 48.9secs, the shot with 11.13m and take third place in the standing long jump with an effort of 2.48m.
Jordan Roach took third place in the two lap race in 26.5secs, fourth in the long jump with 2.42m and sixth in the shot with 8.47m.
Nikita Shelyakin finished in third place in the four lap race in 56.4secs, sixth in the triple jump with 6.04m and eighth in the shot with 7.44m.
Adam McGee took second place in the two lap event in 26secs, ninth in the long jump with 1.95m and the same position in the speed bounce event.
Stefan Wilson took fourth place in the four lap race in 58.4secs, fifth in the triple jump with 6.22m and fifth in the speed bounce.
David Hudson was seventh in the speed bounce and ninth in the triple jump with a leap of 5.50m.
In the relay events, McGee, Roach, Shelyakin and Hudson took third place in the four by two lap race with Challis and Wilson second in the eight lap parlauf.
In the under-15 girls events Sophie Taylor had a busy evening competing in five events.
In the individual events Taylor took second place in the four lap race in 57.2secs, second in the shot with 7.34m and third in the vertical jump.
Beth Scattergood took second place in the two lap event in 27.3secs, eighth in the long jump with 1.77m and another eighth place in the speed bounce.
Hannah Sargeant took second place in her four lap race in 58.9secs, fourth in the speed bounce and seventh in the long jump with 1.87m. Maddie Brown took second place in her four lap race in 59.3secs, eighth in the vertical jump and ninth in the shot with 5.21m. Lauren Whitehouse finished in third place in her two lap race in 28.6secs, ninth in the long jump with 1.65m and another ninth place in the speed bounce.
In the relay events, Taylor and Scattergood took second place in the eight lap parlauf with Whitehouse, Taylor, Sargeant and Brown third in the four by two lap relay.
The under-11 boys produced their usual crop of first places with some excellent performances.
In the individual events Kane Densley won the speed bounce and Robert Stroud won the triple jump with 6.24m.
Keir Hatton took second place in the one lap race in 13.7secs and third place in the triple jump with a leap of 5.36m. Elliott Jones won the chest push event and finished in fourth place in the speed bounce.
James Bacchus won the vertical jump with Ryan Christian seventh in the chest push.
Harrison Mayou took eighth place in the vertical jump. In the relays Stroud, Hatton, Densley and Bacchus won the four by one lap relay in 53.8secs Stroud while and Hatton won the six lap parlauf in 1:25.0mins.
Densley and Jones won the two by two lap in 56.0secs, Jones, Mayou, Christian and Reice Bruton took fourth place in the circuit relay in 1:37.2mins.
Christian and Bruton took third place in the two by two lap relay in 64.2secs.
In the under-11 girls individual events, Redfern took second place in the standing triple jump with 6.28m with Georgina Cresswell in fifth in the same event.
Redfern also took second place in the one lap race in 13.7secs. Jessica Hirst finished in second place in the long jump with 1.95m and third in the vertical jump event.
Samantha Lawton took a good second place in the chest push and fourth in the speed bounce.
Rosanne Childs finished in sixth place in the chest push, with Georgina Steggles eighth in the speed bounce.
In the relay events, Hirst and Redfern took second place in the six lap parlauf in 1:25.8mins. Hirst, Redfern, Cresswell and Steggles finished in second spot in the four by one lap relay in 56.7secs.
In the circuit relay, Cresswell, Childs, Olivia Woodward and Sarah Turner finished in third place in 1:41.0mins. In the two by two lap relay event Williams and Childs took third place in 61.4secs, with Steggles and Woodward fourth in 62.1secs.
Woodward and Turner finished in third place in the two by one lap relay in 29.9secs.
In the under-13 boys individual events Kristian Edwards took second place in the four lap race in 57.2secs. Matthew Brown placed third in the triple jump with 6.50m and fourth in the vertical jump.
Anthony Parkes took fifth place in the two lap race in 27.3secs, with Jack Childs sixth in the speed bounce.
Ricky Hawkes placed seventh in the shot with 5.07m and ninth in the triple jump with a leap of 5.02m. Jake Nottman finished in sixth place in the shot with 5.74m and eighth in the vertical jump.
Charlie Mayou took sixth place in the long jump with 1.74m and seventh in the speed bounce with Richard Mahoney in ninth place in the long jump with 1.65m. In the circuit relay Mayou, Edwards, Nottman and Parkes finished in third place in 1:25.1mins.
In the four by two lap relay, Edwards, Parkes, Childs and Hawkes also took third place.
Edwards and Brown took third place in the eight lap parlauf. In the individual under 13 girls events, Francesca Hughes took second place in the two lap race in 27.2secs with Danielle Norton fourth in the four lap race in 61.3secs. Iona Glenn finished in third place in the six lap race in 1:39.6mins and eighth in the shot with 5.29m, with Josie Cassar third in the vertical jump event.
Megan Dougall took fifth place in the long jump with a jump of 1.78m and eighth in the four lap race in 63.1secs. Lauren Saunders finished in eighth place in the triple jump with 4.74m and the same position in the speed bounce.
Chloe Saunders took sixth place in the triple jump with 5.36m and sixth in the speed bounce.
Charlotte Weston took fourth place in the vertical jump and eighth in the long jump with 1.59m.
In the relays, the Saunders twins teamed up with Josie Cassar and Iona Glenn to take third place in the circuit relay in 1:30.2mins.
Norton and Hughes took second place in the eight lap parlauf in 1:56.6mins, with Norton and Dougall third in the four by two lap relay along with Spencer and Weston.
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| Sportshall Photos Added |
Sunday, February 4 2007 |
| Check out the Photo Gallery for the latest Sportshall photos.
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