NEYDL - Season conclude with sensational match win!

Our NEYDL season has built fantastically over the summer, and the combined Blyth/Alnwick team headed into the final fixture with an outside chance of promotion to division 1. Here is how the day unfolded at a warm and sunny Shildon for our 24 athletes.

U13 Girls
Our intrepid team of girls were in fine form. Martha set PB's in the 100m, 200m and Long jump as she scored fantastic points for the team. India Gorvett took another hurdles win, lowering her PB to 12.7s, with another PB and a strong shot put. Amelie set a big PB in the 800m, also setting a 200m PB and leaping to a strong long jump performance. Liliana scored big points in the 800m, and produced a storming 200m race before a solid shot put. the girls teamed up to run a brilliant 4x100 relay to finish the day.

U13 Boys
Harry concluded his debut NEYDL season in fine style. A massive 3.60m PB in the long jump was baked up with strong runs in the 100m and the 200m. Alexander Robson-Lamb was in sensational form, taking the win in the high jump with a new PB of 1.42m, having earlier on lowered his hurdles PB to take 2nd place. Alex also smashed his 100m PB. Charlie racked up huge points for the team, taking wins in the 800m and shot put, and launching the javelin to a PB of 17m. Oscar Valentine-Beach produced a brilliant run in the 800m, lowering his PB by serval seconds. Joseph Hickey made his NEYDL debut, with a great run for 3rd place in the 1500m.

U15 Girls
Aman gave full commitment to her events despite a slight niggle, and was rewarded with a new long jump PB. She also scored great points in the hurdles and javelin. Caitlin was a fine 2nd in the 300m, whilst Izabela had a great day with big new PB's in the long jump and hurdles, and an equal PB in the high jump. Caitlin and Izabela teamed up with two Alnwick team-mates to finish the day with a strong relay.

U15 Boys
Oscar Pichler was just outside his PB's in both the long jump and shot put as he scored big points for the team. Ben Compton had a busy day of throws. The discus did not go to plan, however he set a new club record to win the hammer, also setting a PB to win the shot put. Jacob smashed his PB to win the high jump with 1.60m, and he also scored great points in the 100m. George took a fine win in the 1500m, also setting a javelin PB for more great points, whilst Dexter Heatley was an excellent 2nd in the 800m and he also scored well in the javelin and long jump.

U17 Women.
Our team of 6 in this age group were in dominant form once again. Beth Munro took a big chunk off her personal best in the 300m, whilst Senna also set a big personal best in the same event. Senna had earlier won the 80m hurdles with a PB of 12.21s, and she added more big points with 1st in the shot put. Abi was focused on the throws, with a new personal best in the shot put backed up with a solid javelin and a discus debut. Sadie took 2nd in the discus on her debut, and followed this with a victory in the 300m. Earlier on, Sadie had produced a stunning performance in the long jump, leaping out to 5.65m which is an all-time league record. Hollie-Anne finally breached the 26s barrier as she took a fantastic win in the 200m, and also performed well in the long jump and shot put. Amber Wright was 2nd in both the 80m hurdles and long jump to score great points, before taking over 6 seconds off her PB to win the 300m hurdles with a fine run. She then joined up with Sadie, Senna and Hollie to form a record-breaking 4x100 relay team that took the win and overall club record with 50.65s.

U17 Men
Luke was our sole representative, and he absolutely smashed his long jump to break the league record with 6.62m. He also took the win in the shot put and discus to secure maximum points on his final NEYDL appearance.

We finished the day as massive match winners, with a huge points advantage. However, promotion would only be ours if the Middlesbrough/Houghton/Derwentside team finished 3rd or lower. They had a huge push at the end of the day and just managed to secure 2nd place and thus the title, with Blyth/Alnwick agonisingly in 2nd place despite scoring more match points over the season.

It was a fantastic effort from all, and a huge thanks to everyone who has participated, officiated and supported this season. We will be back in 2025 ready for another promotion push!

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