NECAA Indoor Champs - Team Blyth bring the passion to light up Gateshead!

For the first time, the NECAA Indoor Championships are split accross 2 seperate weekends, with the field events taking place on Sunday 16th February at Gateshead College. There was a lively atmosphere, and this helped deliver a stunning day of athletics with plenty of success for Blyth's young athletes. 4 Gold medals were won, 2 silvers, and 5 bronzes, with 12 new PB's set.

High Jump
It was a highly succesful day for our 5 athletes  who took part in the high jump. In the U15 girls event, India took bronze with 1.31m, whilst Fearne was delighted to clear a new PB of 1.21m on the 3rd attempt. In the U17 competition Isla Bell recorded a new PB of 1.41m to take bronze - higher heights are just around the corner for sure. Senna Gorvett was in fine form in the U20 comp, taking gold with a stunning new PB of 1.57m.

Shot Put
The medals kept on coming in the shot put. Ben Compton took our first gold of the day as he threw beyond 10m in the U15 boys comp. In the U15 girls event, India threw well, and Fearne smashed her previous PB no fewer than 5 times to record a best of 6.99m for 4th. In the U17 event, Abi Huntly destroyed her PB to record 10.16m for silver, with Hollie-Anne taking bronze with a PB of 9.33, and there was a well deserved PB for Talia with 5.84m. Senna continued her strong day, with a club record 9.24m to take U20 bronze.

Long Jump
In the U15 girls event, India did superbly to qualify for the final 6 with a PB of 3.92m, whilst there was heartbreak for Kimi as she could not quite put together a strong jump, and she finished just shy of the medals. In the U17 event, there was plenty of drama as athletes battled for the medals. Abigail Huntly's massive PB of 4.91m gave her a well deserved silver medal, however Hollie-Anne just missed out in 4th. Talia and Isla both exceeded 4m, but were unable to make the top 6. The U20 event was absolute fire. Sadie smashed the championship record with 5.49m to take gold. In a competition of the highest standard, Amber produced a superb best of 5.21m to take bronze, and incredibly Senna's massive 5.15m PB was not enough for a medal.

Triple Jump
What a day for Millie Train - nearly 8 years after her first NECAA gold medal, she finally returned to the top of the podium thanks to a stunning display of triple-jumping. Her leap of 11.20m was enough to secure a convincing gold, and extend her outright club record. 

Results
Abi Huntly - LJ SILVER 4.91m PB, Shot Put SILVER 10.16m PB
Amber Wright - LJ BRONZE 5.21m
Ben Compton - Shot Put GOLD 10.07m
Fearne Bell - HJ 6th 1.21m PB, Shot Put 4th 6.99m PB
Hollie-Anne Sudder - LJ 4th 4.80m, Shot Put BRONZE 9.33m PB
India Gorvett - HJ BRONZE 1.31m, Long Jump 6th 3.92m PB, Shot Put 6th 6.27m
Isla Bell - LJ 14th 4.02m, HJ BRONZE 1.41m PB
Kimi Ng - LJ 5th 4.12m
Millie Train - Triple Jump GOLD 11.20m PB, Club Record
Sadie Parker - LJ GOLD 5.49m, Championship Record
Senna Gorvett - LJ 4th 5.15m PB, Shot Put BRONZE 9.24m PB, Club Record, High Jump GOLD 1.57m PB Club record
Talia Green - LJ 11th 4.15m, Shot Put 8th 5.84m PB