It was a huge weekend of top quality action around the UK - read our full round-up below!
At the England Athletics Indoor Age Group Champs, 4 Team Blyth athletes took part over the two days having achieved the tough entry standards. Hollie took 4th in her u17 60m heat, just outside her PB with 8.03s. Sadie was part of an extremely high quality u20 long jump, with her 3rd round jump of 5.66m (SB) securing her an extra 3 attempts, and she eventually finished 7th. Millie opened up in the u20 Triple Jump with her biggest jump for a year - 11.09m, just shy of her PB. She was just 0.02m away from an extra 3 jumps - but a 9th place finish is a great achievement. Abi went in a loaded u17 60m Hurdles field, and gave it 100%. Despite not executing the race she had hoped for, it was still her 2nd fastest time ever. A wonderful opportunity for our juniors to represent Northumberland on Saturday at the Intercounties Crosscountry and Middlesbrough - brilliant performances from all! Junior boys - Jamie 39th, Charlie 68th Inter boys - George 33rd, Dexter 43rd Minor girls - Amelie 23rd, Lily 37th At the Scottish Combined events in Emirates, a small squad took on the Scots, and it was quite a day! India Gorvett went in her first u15 pentathlon - and what a start she had! A massive 10cm PB in the high jump as she won her pool with 1.41m. In the hurdles, India was flying before falling at hurdle 3 - but she bravely continued. A long jump PB followed later in the day, it was truly a day of ofs and downs! India once again showed true spirit. Senna Gorvett went in the U20 pentathlon - and started with a new PB in the hurdles of 9.58. She was close to her PBs in the high jump and shot, but the long jump did not go to plan. In an incredible battle for the medals, Senna gave it her all in the 800m, but was not quite able to do enough by the smallest of margins. It was bronze 🥉 for Senna, just 1pt behind Silver. A new overall pentathlon PB was well earned, and congrats to Hannah and Tilly who took gold and silver in a fantastic contest.
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A small but focused squad took to the track and field at the final Thursday night meet of the winter on the 6th February at Gateshead College.
Ben Compton led the way with the longest shot put of all age groups on the night, before smashing his 60m PB. Senna Gorvett was in similar form, with a small shot put PB and U20 club record, before she went head to head with her Dad (coach Nigel) in the 60m. A massive PB and club record of 8.15s was the reward for Senna, despite losing out to Dad! Kimi Ng juggled the shot put and 60m, and came away with a race win and big new PB in the 60m. Luke Pichler continued his prep for his England U20 debut with a new club record and PB in the pole vault of 3.80m, whilst Alexander Robson-Lamb took victory in the U13 high jump, and also the 60m hurdles where he set a new PB and club record of 10.15s. What a night! Temple Park was the venue for the Sherman Cup XC on Sunday, with 5 Blyth juniors battling the icy ground. George Bryce produced one of his finest XC runs to date, to take a fantastic silver medal in the U15 race. Dexter Heatley was not far behind in 7th. In the U11 boys race, Alex was 12th, whilst Amelie was 21st in the U13 Girls race. Beth finished things off with a strong 15th in the U17 girls race.
Meanwhile, The Nothern Indoor U15 champs were taking place in Sheffield, with India joined by new club member Kimi Ng. India had a busy schedule, and recorded excellent PB's in both the 60m hurdles and 200m, although her shot put was a little below her best. Kimi produced her 2nd best Long jump ever in the 1st round, however 4.25m was not quite enough to secure a top 8 placing and an extra 3 jumps in what was a massive field. Kimi also ran well in the 60m. Photo Credits for Northern Indoors: Mick Hall U20 Women's Pentathlon
This was Senna's first U20 Combined events competition, and she acquitted herself superbly amongst an incredibly strong field in Sheffield. A small PB in the hurdles kicked things off nicely, before Senna really stepped it up. A 2nd time clearance at 1.56m was an indoor PB and equalled her outdoor best, and she followed this with a huge final throw in the shot put of 9.03m, to ensure she was on the bubble of the top 10 heading into the final events. A knee niggle was starting to hamper her progress, but she dug deep to score a solid long jump result to keep her on the cusp of the top 10. By now, the knee was a real issue and a trip to the physio just before the start of the 800m was in order. Senna elected to race the 800m, and took it our hard in her usual style. Although she was unable to maintain her usual pace, she dug deep to make it to the finish and secure a brilliant 10th place finish overall in the field of 24. U20 Men's Heptathlon Luke Pichler's 2 day campaign started in fine style with a big PB of 7.21s in the 60m. Long jump was next, and whilst Luke was unable to find the board, a 6.67m leap in round 2 was the 2nd furthest of all in the competition. Luke made his move in the 3rd event - shot put. On paper, this was a weaker event for Luke but he absolutely nailed a massive 12.80m in the first round, to score massive points and add well over a metre to his PB. Day 1 concluded with the pole vault, with a very solid 3.60m ensuring that Luke finished the day well placed in the bronze medal position. Day 2 began with another supreme performance from Luke. After a slightly sluggish start in the hurdles, he came through strong to record the fastest time of all, moving him up into 2nd place. The high jump was always going to be make-or-break for the competition, and after a 3rd time clearance and a relatively modest 1.84m, Luke then went on the smash his PB with 1.90m, outscoring his medal rivals, and meaning he went into the final event with a shot at gold. In the 1000m, Luke gave it absolutely everything and made it 3 events wins out of 3 for the day - but despite a 24s PB, it wasnt quite enough to win gold. Nonetheless, a total points score of 5105pts is one of the highest ever for a 1st year u20, and secured a fantastic silver for Luke. He will now compete abroad for the first time, and become the clubs first ever U20 England International at next months Swedish CE Champs as he forms part of England's guest team. Icy conditions greeted our team off 11 juniors at Wrekenton on Sunday as the harrier league returned. In the U11 girls race, Eliza put in a fine performance, whilst in the boys race Alex Fielding was the leading boy, followed closely by Tom, Jack and Henry. Oscar Valentine-Beech was our sole U13 boys, and he recorded a top 50 finish. In the girls race, there was a fantastic best ever result for Amelie as she finished a brilliant 7th, just ahead of Liliana who took her best finish of the season in 9th. In the U15 boys race Jamie Floyd finished a fine 8th, with Dexter recording the 11th fastest time running from the fast pack. Beth Munro ran in the U17 race, recording her first top 20 finish.
Saturday
Despite these champs being Indoors, it was still bitterly cold inside the arena for the athletes warming up early in the morning. Senna was first up in the U20 60m hurdles, as she looked to build sharpness ahead of next week's national combined events. Goal was achieved, as she set a new PB of 9.90s, showing real improvement. Luke was involved in a straight final in the U20 men's 60m hurdles, and he took a thrilling silver with a new PB of 8.25s to start his day in style. Talia Green recovered from early run-up issues to leap to a final round 4.17m, before a strong run in the 60m. Alfie Ward also ran in the 60m, and was not far off his PB. Senna Gorvett went into the 400m heats just looking to build experience over the longer sprint, and she produced a strong run that was rewarded with a place in the final as a fastest loser. Before the final, she threw 8.69m on her first attempt with the 4kg shot. In her 400m final, she was drawn in tricky lane 1 thanks to some strange seeding in the heats. Nonetheless, she produced a gritty performance to come from last place and pick off several athletes to finish in a fine 4th with a new personal best. Millie Train was involved in a dramatic triple jump, as she started with 2 no jumps to put the pressure on. She secured her place in the to- 8 thanks to a clutch 3rd round jump, however there was further drama as she nailed her round 5 jump only for the official to put up the red flag in error, with the sand being raked over before the mistake was rectified. The apologetic officials gave Millie and extra jump, but despite improving to 10.75m, she knew that her best jump by far had not counted. Finally Luke was in action in the pole vault, and he made a huge technical breakthrough, resulting in a massive 40m PB as he cleared 3.70m to take bronze. Sunday Sunday was a quieter day, but the medals kept on coming as Long jump took centre stage. First up were Sadie Parker and Amber Wright in the U20 long jump. There was early drama for Sadie Parker as she fouled her first two attempts, before getting a mark on the board in the 3rd round to stay alive. Amber Wright was consistent throughout, and her 5.03m effort in the 2nd round was enough to send her into the final 8, and she eventually finished a fine 7th. Sadie finally found some board accuracy in the final round, sailing out to 5.47m to take silver. Alfie Ward went in the senior mens comp, and his 6.61m effort in the 1st round was enough to secure a fine bronze medal. The Christmas cobwebs were well and truly blown away as numerous PB's and club records were set at the Sheffield RJT indoor meet on the 29th. Luke Pichler produced his best U20 60m hurdles race to date - soaring to a PB and club record of 8.34s. Luke was delighted with 11.58m in his first comp with the 6kg shot, and he finished with a strong 60m, just 0.01s outside of his PB. India Gorvett was breaking new ground, as she attempted U15 hurdles and shot for the first time. She exceeded expectations in both events, setting benchmark PB's to build on. Older sister Senna made her U20 hurdles debut, and adapted well to the new height and spacing to break the club record. She finished with a 400m, recording a solid 61.17s to break the 10 year old indoor 400m club record. Sadie Parker also travelled, but unfortunately was not able to compete after a slight injury niggle during warm-up.
Our junior endurance groups have grown and developed so much over the last year thanks to the efforts of their coaches Steve, Craig, Dave and Kimberley.
On Monday 16th December at the track, joined by some senior endurance athletes, they took part in a fantastic Xmas 4x400 Relay which was great fun and fiercely competitive! Ben Compton travelled to Carlisle to take part in a winter throws comp. He smashed his previous PB in the u15 Hammer on multiple occasions, and set a new club record of 33.62m. Fantastic work! NECAA XC Champs. Fantastic results from our young athletes at Temple Park! Liliana Meikle-Lopez - 34th u13 girl George Bryce - 8th u15 boy Dexter Heatley - 20th u15 boy James Floyd - 30th u15 boy Jack Webster - 18th u11 boy Noah Fairbairn - 31st u11 boy It was a stunning night of athletics at Gateshead, with many of our athletes making their first outings of the indoor season, resulting in a plethora of PB’s and club records.
Abigail Huntly opened her season with massive PB’s in both the 60m and 60m Hurdles, as she showed her genuine class. Alfie Ward blitzed to a swift 7.33s 60m, whilst Ben Compton improved his seasons best in the shot put with 9.81m before shaving a couple of hundredths off his 60m PB. Elliot McLoughlin made his club debut, and stunned with a time of 7.45s in his first ever 60m race. It was a fantastic night for Fearne Bell, who recorded a PB of 1.20m in the high jump, before taking 0.8s off her hurdles PB. Hollie-Anne Sudder had a night to remember, as she broke the outright club record for 60m with her first ever sub-8 clocking, 7.96s. She followed this with a PB in the hurdles. Isla Bell was delighted to start her indoor season with an =PB in the high jump of 1.40m, whilst Luke had a great night in the pole vault, as he equalled his PB and made major technical progress. Later on in the evening Luke made a messy debut in the 60m hurdles, but made It safely across the line. Coach Nigel scored a 60m PB of 8.01s, whilst Senna Gorvett opened her season in the high jump with 1.50m and clear progress with her approach and technique. Talia Green scored PB’s in both the 60m and shot put to continue her fine start to the indoor season. Results On an icy thursday evening, a number of our young track and field starts to sanctuary at the indoor track at Gateshead College to open their indoor seasons.
Alexander Robson-Lamb had a stunning evening, setting club record and taking victories in both the 60m Hurdles and High Jump. Aman Sanghera was also in spectacular form, with big personal bests in both the 60m and 60m hurdles. Luke Pichler recorded a solid 3m in the pole vault, whilst India was not far off her PB in the long jump. Ben scored a new PB in the 60m, and recorded a strong shot put, whilst Talia set an indoor long jump personal best. Martha Lorimer set a huge 60m PB, and also scored in indoor personal best in the long jump. A huge well done to all who competed! |
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