It was a fantastic day of road races for Team Blyth on Sunday, with Elliot taking a brilliant 1st place at the Dalton Park 2k. Meanwhile, Jasmine performed superbly at the Fell 'em Doon 5k race in Ashington. Well done to both!

Whilst it was stormy and wet outside, 10 of our Team Blyth juniors took the opportunity to compete indoors at the Northern Indoor Open at the world-class English Institute for Sport in Sheffield. 

Alexander was our only boy taking part - and showed fantastic composure on his first visit to what can be an intimidating venue. Alex produced a stunning new PB in the high jump of 1.35m, before PB's also in the Long jump and 150m. India was our sole U13 girl - also picking up 3 PB's. Her Hurdles and 150m races were superb, with a real highlight being her 6.33m shot put PB.

Caitlin was in fine form, as she took another tenth of a second off her 60m PB, before a superb 150m run which will give her great confidence heading into 2024. Izabela, Fearne and Aman were all making their Sheffield debuts. All 3 girls had a mixed long jump, whilst out on track Aman produced a brilliant first ever U15 hurdles race, whilst Fearne and Izabela set 60m PB's. All the girls raced in the same 150m heat, with Aman just pipping Fearne in a photo-finish for the win.

Sadie set the bar high in the U17 hurdles, with a club record 9.11s to finihsh fastest. Abi and Senna pushed each other to new PB's in the same race, before Amber won her heat, also in a massive PB. Amber secured a 60m PB and had a strong long jump, whilst Abi set a new LJ PB of 4.65m. Isla set her 2nd 60m PB in the space of 3 days, before both Senna and Isla worked hard in the long jump with a mixed bag of results, before finishing the day with hard-fought 300m's in which they both finished strong.

Results

This years North East Championships took place at Temple Park in true XC conditions, with rain and mud being the order of the day as our juniors did themselves proud.


In the U11 boys race, Ethan Hughes continued his fine form with a 13th place finish on his championship debut. It was a 29th place finish on his club debut for Michael McPherson, with Dylan Oram taking a creditable 43rd place and James Dunning finishing in 48th. In the U11 girls race, Casey McPherson made her debut for the club - taking a brilliant 26th place.

In the U15 girls race, Niamh Adams was in fine form - taking 15th place with a fully committed run. A word also for Josh Fiddaman, now a senior but previously one of our most decorated juniors - as he scored a top 10 finish in the mens race

Results

The latest Gateshead Indoor meet took place at a packed Gateshead college on Wednesday, with Team Blyth juniors out in force and producing some superb early season performances. India had a fantastic evening, with the high jump being her highlight as she cleared a huge personal best of 1.30m before smashing her 60m hurdles PB. Fearne Bell threw the 3kg shot for the first time, achieving a distance nearly matching her best with the lighter implement, which was hugely impressive! She back this up with a strong 60m. Caitlin opened up her winter season with a scorching 60m PB of 8.74s, before showing total determination in the hurdles to maintain her stride pattern for most of the race. Ben Compton had a busy evening, as he took part in 3 events at the same time! A strong 60m sat nicely alongside a massive long jump PB of 4.54m and a new shot put PB in excess of 8m with the 4kg shot. Oscar opened his indoor season with a fantastic shot put PB of 6.36m, a fantastic effort
 
Isla Bell had some great attempts at the high jump PB, before smashing her 60m PB with 8.56s, whilst Amber Wright was all smiles as she opened her season with a 1.50m high jump, comfortably her best ever indoors. Senna Gorvett and Abi Huntly warmed up with very sharp 60m races, before pushing each all the way in the 60m hurdles, with Senna setting a new PB just ahead of Abi who had a superb U17 debut. Luke Pichler no-heighted in the pole vault, but stormed to an electric season opener in the hurdles, 8.43s. Alfie produced one of the fastest 60m times of the day, recording 7.48s as his busy start to the winter continues.

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