May 2006

Shine Awards Presentation Evening

 You have won one, two or maybe three of the following

·           A Tamworth Herald ‘Junior Sports Team of the Year’ certificate

·          Shine Awards Certificate/s

·          Something ‘MORE’

Come along to our special Shine Awards Presentation Evening on Friday 2nd June , pick up your awards and meet some well known athletes .

 Now the club has so many members it’s having a second Annual Presentation Evening dedicated to you,  one of the U11 to U20 club members. The awards will be made for Cross Country (2005/06 season) , Track and Field (2005), Sportshall Athletics (2005/06 season) and Agility Challenge (completed on Sarah’s Training/Coaching Day on  1st April  2006) .

 At least a 100 athletes will be awarded with certificates and a selection of new trophies for each of the 4 sections  mentioned above plus the athletes in the Junior Cross Country ‘Team of the Year’ for 2005/06 will each receive a copy of the official club certificate presented to a representative group at the Herald Sports Awards earlier in the season.

 *7.30pm start         

*Presentation of certificates & trophies by a Commonwealth Games athlete and 2 of Tamworth AC’s Internationals

 *Food, disco, bar, spot prizes and a special prize for the ‘Shiniest Outfit’

*Tickets are £4 each from Registration and the Bar and Tuck Shop  -  Thursday 1st June is your last day to buy!!

 *Parents, family members, club members and coaches are very welcome to attend with their junior athletes.

(The £4 is a subsidised amount and includes the cost of certificates, disco, food etc).

 *Book your tickets online at tamworthac@aol.com.

*All tickets to be paid for before 8 pm Thurs 1st June

Thirty four Tamworth AC athletes were in action in their respective county championships last weekend and they came away with an incredible 22 county titles and 45 medals.
  All 14 of the Tamworth athletes competing in the Staffordshire Championships in Stoke won medals with Alex Berrow (hammer), Alana Smethan (hammer), Simon King (1,500m steeplechase), Tom Adams (2,000m steeplechase), Brett Byrd (javelin), Tom Burton (110m hurdles), Ben Horsley (triple jump) and Charlotte McDonough (triple jump) all gaining county titles.
  Smethan won the senior ladies hammer with a throw of 39.47m to break the championship record, while Berrow produced a personal best throw of 47.79m to win his hammer and he completed a set of medals when he picked up silver in the discus with a throw of 30.28m and bronze in the shot with 11.09m.
  Simon King won the 1,500m steeplechase title in the excellent time of 4:44.7mins, a personal best performance, and Tom Adams picked up the 2,000m title in a personal best 6:26.7mins. Healso finished fourth in the 1,500m in 4:21.5mins.
  Byrd produced a fine throw of 53.40m to win the javelin and Burton won the 110m hurdles in a personal best time of 16.4secs.
  McDonough won her first county title with a personal best jump of 10.12m in the triple jump and Horsley won the under-17's men's triple jump with a leap of 10.88m. He was also third in the 400m in a personal best time of 57.2secs and sixth in the 200m in another personal best time of 25.1secs.
  Daniel Cash picked up silver in the 400m in a personal best time of 51.4secs and bronze in the 200m in 23.5secs.
  Faye Palmer and Danielle Norton both picked up championship medals for the first time.Palmer claimed silver in the 80m hurdles in a personal best time 14secs, while Norton also won a silver medal in the 200m in 30.1secs and a bronze in the 100m in another personal best time of 14.4secs.
  Sophie Cash snatched a silver medal in the 300m hurdles in 51.6secs and finished sixth in the 300m in a personal best 46.8secs.
  Ashley Smethan produced his best ever hammer throw of 35.29m for bronze and Stephen Parkes picked up a couple of bronze medals in the 800m in a personal best time of 2:16.9mins and the long jump with a personal best leap of 4.61m.

Meanwhile, at the Warwickshire and Leicestershire combined Championships at Leamington, 20 Tamworth AC athletes claimed 12 Warwickshire titles and two Leicestershire titles. They also claimed 25 medals after two days of competition.
  Warwickshire title winners were Nathan Woodward (100m hurdles, 400m and 400m hurdles), Meghan Beasley (80m hurdles, long jump and 300m hurdles), Don Smith (long jump and triple jump), Reanne Wood (hammer), Tom Challis (400m), Chris Smith (javelin) and Gordon Chapman (3km walk).
  Gaining Leicestershire titles were Ricky Hallam (pole vault) and Phil Owen (javelin).
  Woodward won the 400m in a personal best time, and championship record, of 49.8secs, the 400m hurdles in another championship record of 54.3secs, the 100m hurdles in 14.2secs and added a silver medal in the high jump with another personal best clearance of 1.95m, which also equalled the championship record.
  Not to be outdone, Beesley won the 300m hurdles in a championship record of 42.7secs, the 80m hurdles in 12.2secs and the long jump with a leap of 5.06m. She also clocked 25.6secs to win her heat of the 200m.
  Challis won the 400m in a personal best time of 54.1secs and claimed silver medals in the 200m with a personal best time of 24.8secs, the long jump with a leap of 5.45m and the triple jump with a leap of 11.13m.
  Wood won the hammer with a personal best throw of 21.85m and Chris Smith took the javelin gold medal with a throw of 33.70m.He also added a silver medal in the discus with a throw of 21.30m.
  Don Smith picked up two veteran's county titles with a leap of 4.48m in the long jump and 8.90m in the triple jump.Also gaining a veteran's title was Gordon Chapman in the 3km walk in a time of 21:52.6mins.
  Sarah Williams produced her best pole vault of the season when she cleared 2.80m for a silver medal and Rebecca Findley cleared 1.50m to take silver in the high jump.
  Sam Day picked up a bronze in the 400m hurdles in 1:06.6mins and finished fifth in the 800m in 2:31.9mins.
  Georgia Lorraine set a personal best time of 45.7secs in her heat of the 300m for and finished sixth in the final in 46.2secs.
  Nick Spargo finished fourth in the senior men's 400m in 53.5secs and Beryl Chapman was second in the veteran ladies 3km walk in 23:50.9mins.
  Francesca Hughes, competing in her first championships, won her heat of the 100m in 14.3secs and finished fifth in the final in the same time.Hughes also finished 13th in the long jump with a leap of 3.38m.
  Mark Williams, competing as a guest in the 3km walk, won the race in a time of 12:49.9mins.
  In the Leicestershire events, Hallam won the pole vault with a clearance of 3.70m and Phil Owen retained his veteran's javelin title.Three youngsters did very well competing in their first ever county championships.
  Eloise Redfern finished second in the 600m in a personal best time of 2:00.7mins and was seventh in the 75m in 12secs.
  Hannah Owen recorded a personal best jump of 3.85m for bronze in the long jump and Kristian Edwards just missed out on the medals when he finished fourth in the 800m in 2:36.4mins.

The Men's A team performance was particularly good as several of the team were from the younger age groups and were making their debut in senior competition.For full results go to the Reports section. Men's B Team results coming soon.

Tamworth AC will be holding a special Shine Awards Presentation Evening on Friday 2nd June 2006 in the clubhouse at the Marlborough Way Stadium.

The Shine Awards will be presented to our younger club members , aged 8 to 16, who have met the schemes awards criteria in Cross Country, Track and Field, Sportshall and Agility Challenge.

The evening will start at 7.30pm and will include the presentation of certificates and trophies, food , disco, bar and a guest presenter . Tickets priced at £4 each will be on sale from the Bar and Tuck Shop from Thursday 11th May.(Please note that the £4 is a subsidised amount and includes the cost of certificates, trophies, engraving, disco and the food).

Junior athletes to be accompanied by a parent or responsible adult.

A list of certificate winners will be posted in the clubhouse asap  but you'll have to wait til the evening to see who wins the trophies!

Twenty five year old Nick Clarke , who has been a Tamworth AC  member since 1988 , recently won gold when he competed in the Canada West Men’s Indoor Pentathlon Senior event and bronze in the 60m Hurdles in the 2006 CWUAA Track and Field Championship hosted by the University of Alberta, Edmonton.

His overall points for the Pentathlon totalled 3503, 203 points ahead of his nearest rival, and the individual results for the five events were- 60 Hurdles , 8.70; Long jump, 6.59m; Shot putt, 12.58m; High jump , 1.84m; 1000m, 2:59.53.

Following on from this success he was chosen to represent the University in the Canadian Interuniversity Indoor Track & Field Championships in which he won the bronze medal in the mens Pentathlon.
  As a result of his performances he is currently participating in an intensive strength training programme, which will hopefully lead to him being invited to train with the British Bobsleigh squad in Calgary during July-August 2006.

Nick is in his second year of a Master of Science programme at the College of Graduate Studies and Research at the Department of Kinesiology,at the University of Saskatchewan .
  
 

Tamworth AC's well known race walker Mark Williams has been selected to represent Wales in the British Grand Prix in June against England, Ireland, Belgium, Denmark and Switzerland, over 20K.And just to show he's on top form Williams won the Welsh 20km Championship in Sheffield last weekend.