News Update - York, NECAA Champs, NEYDL & More!

Its has been a hugely busy month of May so far, with Team Blyth Juniors setting incredible standards in track and field competitions all over the North of England. Here is how things have unfolded!

York Summer Meet, Bank Holiday Monday
5 Team Blyth athletes travelled to York on Bank Holiday Monday to take part in a brand new combined events meet, designed to give athletes great preparation and event practice ahead of a busy championship season. Fine conditions greeted our athletes, with Fearne Bell going in the U15 Pentathlon. She produced a solid series of performacnes in a high quality field, with the undoubted highlight coming in the final event of the day, the 800m, where she knocked well over 10 seconds off her PB to help secure an overall pentathlon PB. Older sister Isla took part in the U17 pentathlon, and started with a heat win and PB in the hurdles. There were plenty of up and downs throughout the rest of the day, and Isla eventually finished in 4th place with a solid points total. Luke Pichler took the opportunity to take part in the unique U17 mens quadrathlon, and he secured PB’s in the hurdles and Javelin, although his breakthrough performance was without doubt his 400m  as he lowered his PB to 52.76s. Luke topped the podium at the end of a fine day. Hollie-Anne Sudder and Hannah Wilson went in the U17 quadrathlon with Hollie-Anne producing big PB’s in the Hurdles, Javelin and Long Jump as she put together a great comp. Hannah had a consistent day, with strong performances across all the event and she finished with a win in the 200m. Hollie took a fine bronze medal in a top quality competition, with Hannah taking 4th.

Results

NECAA Track and Field Championships 11th & 12th May @ Middlesbrough
Day 1 at the NECAA Track and Field Champs - what a sizzling day!
Sadie Parker takes gold in the U17 Long jump with a Championship Record 5.65m
Lianne Slater takes senior discus gold
Millie Train secures u20 long jump silver with a new PB 4.97m
Abigail Huntly takes silver in the 80m Hurdles with a thrilling 12.15s PB.
Amber Wright takes u17 long jump silver with 5.19m, and bronze in the 80m hurdles with a new PB.
India Gorvett takes silver in the u13 Hurdles and makes the 200m final
4th for Ben Compton in the shot put, with a throw equal to the third best finisher. A huge PB in the 100m.
George Bryce sets a massive PB in the 1500m 4m33 for 5th
Adam Swalwell sets a 100m PB 11.35 in a sensational men's final.
Great performances in the javelin, 200m and Hurdles for Aman Sanghera
5th place for Isla in both the 80m Hurdles and long jump
Caitlin sets a new PB on her way to the U15 200m final, with a solid javelin also.
Fearne Bell sets a big new 200m PB.
Hollie-Anne produces a superb controlled run to win her u17 200m heat in a season's best - sadly injury prevented her from taking her place in the final and we wish her all the best.

Day 2 at the NECAA Championships and it was another scorcher – with Team Blyth athletes setting an incredible standard once again.
Senna Gorvett started the day in style as she retained her 300m hurdles title with a big seasons best, before claiming bronze in the shot put. Liane Slater claimed her 2nd gold of the weekend in the senior women's shot put with a new club record 11.06m, whilst Sadie Parker also won her 2nd gold of the weekend in the high jump.
India Gorvett secured a superb gold in the U13 high jump with a PB of 1.31m, also smashing her PB to claim shot put silver. Alfie Ward brought home senior mens long jump gold, whilst Millie Train was pipped for gold in the final round of the U20 triple jump, and had to settle for silver. Ben Compton just missed out on a long jump medal, before taking silver in the hammer on his debut in the event.
Adam Swalwell was 5th in the senior mens high jump, with Caitlin Creaby also 5th in the U15 girls long jump. Fearne Bell ran by far her fastest ever 100m, and also performed admirably in the long jump. Isla Bell suffered heartbreak in the 300m hurdles – after running an incredible race, she fell at the final hurdle whilst lying 2nd – a tough moment for Isla but she will come back fighting.
Despite this being our smallest team for several years, the standard of performance was incredibly high and all athletes should be proud of what they achieved, with 7 gold, 7 silver and 2 bronze medals hard-earned over the weekend.

Results

Senior League 18th May @ Whitley Bay
Hannah, Senna and Millie helped our senior league to another strong finish in the top division at a sunny Whitley Bay. Hannah took another win in the high jump with a 1.55m clearance, also picking up bing points in the long jump. Millie missed out on the win in the triple jump on countback, and pulled out a superb final round long jump to take 2nd , before sneaking in a single valid javelin throw. Senna made her debut in the 400m hurdles, producing a superbly paced race to take 2nd place, smashing the club record with a time of 64.21s.

Results

NEYDL 19th May @ Shildon

NEYDL meet 2 @ Shildon - a superb 3rd place finish for our combined Blyth/Alnwick team!
It was great to see so many league debuts from our endurance squad - Amelie, Lucas, Oscar, Charlie and Arlo - they were all fantastic!
Luke smashed the league record in the 100m hurdles, with Sadie, Amber, Senna, Ben, Jacob, India and Abi all securing impressive wins as we racked up 14 event wins on the day. Fearne, Isla, Oscar P, Izabela, Liliana and Harry all set PBs in at least one event, capping a brilliant day.

Results