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The national cross-country championships returned to the North East this year, with Sedgefield hosting this landmark event. It was fantastic to see three young Blyth superstars challenge themselves against the very best in the country. In the U15 boys race, Mac finished in a fine 257th place, whilst in the U13 boys race Richard placed 169th, with Dylan 219th. Well done to the boys! 
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Last weekend, five of our juniors had been selected to represent Northumberland Schools at the School’s Inter Counties cross country champs held at Sedburgh, Cumbria. On a hilly, wet and muddy course all five performed admirably. Sam Porter and Dylan McAteer finishing 22nd and 42nd respectively in the Minor boys 2.8k race. In the Intermediate boys 4.5k event Dexter Heatley finished a courageous 54th after almost not running due to illness, George Bryce ran a solid race to finish 27th and 7th Northumberland counter. Also in the Intermediate boys Alastair Johnson had a remarkable run, finishing 7th overall and 1st Northumberland runner home. Now we wait to see if either Alastair and George are selected to run for Northumberland at the national championships. 
Gateshead Indoor Meet! Another amazing night, with an early chance to try out the new u14/u16/u18 age groups.
Elijah (8.52) and Harry (8.68)both scored new PBs in the u14 60m, with Harry setting a HJ pb of 1.30m. Faith sets a scorching u18 hurdles benchmark with 9.12s, with Abi recording 9.26, an amazing run after a nasty fall in warmup. Faith also set a 60m PB 8.23s. In the U16 hurdles, Aman opened her season with 9.88, with sarah recording 9.92s, a new PB. Fearne also set a Pb of 10.34s, with Safia just outside her best. Aman, Sarah and Fearne also ran in the 60m, as did Kimi and Didi who produced strong runs just outside of their best. Kandis and Nigel were just outside their PBs, whilst Saveena made her return to the club and scored a PB of 8.84s. Finally, Hollie-Anne produced a stunning 60m, to smash her PB and club record with a time of 7.86s 6 of our young athletes competed at the highest level this weekend in England Athletics events. At the national indoor age group Champs in Sheffield, both Hollie-Anne and Katy were at their absolute best, recording PBs and club records. Meanwhile, 4 of our hammer throwers received invitations to the first ever EA North And Midlands throws invitational, with Fearne, Bella and Ben being amongst the first athletes to compete in the new u16 age group. All three finished on the podium, with Ben setting a massive PB and Fearne taking the win. Kaitlyn competed as a senior for the first time, with a strong performance.  A quick update on what our athletes have been doing all over the country. Didi was our only representative at Northern U15 Champs, and she had an incredible day in Sheffield. An indoor PB in the 200m, was followed by a new PB of 4.48m in the long jump. In the 60m, she progressed through the rounds, achieving a fantastic 4th place in the final with a new PB of 8.21s. Meanwhile in Loughborough, Sadie competed on consecutive weekends. First up was Flight Night, where Sadie was on the pre-programme of this national standard event. Sadie was not quite able to get her run up right, but gained great experience. The following weekend she took part in the Loughborough open, adding indoor Triple jump to her resume for the first time. Alfie Ward was in a top class field at the Scottish Senior champs, finishing well in the senior mens long jump.
The January Gateshead indoor meet yielded some incredible performances: Abi – U20 60mH 2nd 9.45s Ben – U17 Shot 1st 10.14m PB Charlotte – U17 Shot 7.11m PB Didi – U15 60m 1st 8.32s PB Elijah – U15 60m 1st in heat 8.64s PB club debut Faith – U20 60m 8.27s SB Fearne – U17 60mH 10.52s SB, U17 Shot 1st 8.22m Harry – U15 LJ 1st 4.58m PB, 60m 8.70s PB Hollie – U20 60m 7.92 =PB =Club Record India – U15 Triple Jump 1st 8.91m Indy – U17 Long Jump 1st 5.69m Isabella – U15 60m PB 9.38s Kandis – Sen 60m 8.76s Katy – U17 High Jump 1st 1.50m, 60mH 1st 9.20s Kimi – U17 Triple Jump 9.39m PB Lianne – Sen Shot Put 9.41m Nigel – Sen 60m 7.99s =PB Safia – U17 60mH 10.21s PB Sarah – U17 60mH 1st in heat 9.93s PB Senna – U20 High Jump 1st 1.58m Indoor PB Stephen – V60 Shot Put 8.32m Indoor PB The Sun showed up at Temple Park on Saturday, and so did Team Blyth! It was great to see so many Blyth juniors at the cross country today, by far the most we have ever had, well done everyone! Dylan and Richard both finished with only one shoe! Bob and James D are both missing from the results but we are trying to rectify with the league. Full results are available on the timingupnorth website https://www.timingupnorthresults.co.uk/ Summary of our results in race order: U11B Cormac. 9th Alex. 10th Lucas. 17th Harry. 19th Henry. 29th 17M George. 1st Dexter. 3rd 17W Beth. 7th U15B Alastair. 1st Jamie. 2nd Sam Peart. 22nd Mac. 27th 15G Lucy. 22nd Maisie. 32nd 13B Sam. 17th Richard. 25th Tom. 27th Jack. 31st Mikey. 34th Dylan. 35th 13G Lily. 13th Casey. 16th Eliza. 36th (Bob and James D to follow)        |
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