The championships took place in Lisbon (Portugal) between Sunday 21st July – Sunday 28th July. The club had Trevor Lynch representing Ireland and he came away with a gold in the 800m by clocking 2mins 40.72secs which was his fastest time since 2020 and a bronze in the 1500m (5mins 45.48secs.) Congratulations Trevor!
BRITISH TRANSPLANT GAMES (1st-4th August)
Trevor followed up his Lisbon exploits by completing the 800m (2mins 45.99secs) and 1500m (5mins 45.62secs) gold double at the British Transplant Games in Nottingham at the start of August!
Alan Roberts is a regular on the European and World Masters stage, representing Great Britain in various races across Europe. This March he participated in the European Masters Indoor Championships in Poland and, in May, the European Masters 10k (winning the over-35 team bronze) and Mountain Trail 33km (winning the over-60 team silver) in Portugal. In August, Alan participated in the World Masters Athletics Championships in Sweden, taking part in the 800m, 1500m, 5000m, 8K XC and the Half Marathon. Definitely not one to sit around on his holidays!
LOWER AGE YDL – MATCH 4 (ETON)
The fourth and final round of the lower age YDL season took place on 21st July at the Thames Valley Athletics Centre in Eton. Well done to all of the athletes who competed and a big thank you to Gill and Bex all of the officials who helped on the day and also throughout the season. The team scores points for officials provided and we have had good officials scores throughout the four matches.
U13 GIRLS
75m A – Svetlana Atkey 12.39secs
Shot Put A – Svetlana Atkey 6.27m
Javelin A – Svetlana Atkey 13.67m
U13 BOYS
75m A – Dexter Kann 11.81secs
75m B – Josiah Yeneralski 13.04secs
150m A – Andrin Jose 21.48secs
150m B – Rohan Martin 25.96secs
800m A – Josiah Yeneralski 2mins 58.32secs
800m B – Rohan Martin 3mins 09.59secs
1200m A – Peter Cheung 4mins 26.46secs
Long Jump A – Dexter Kann 3.01m
Long Jump B – Rohan Martin 2.49m
High Jump A – Theo Rickard 1.40m
Shot Put A – Peter Cheung 4.75m
Shot Put B – Theo Rickard 3.91m
Javelin A – Andrin Jose 17.20m
Javelin B – Theo Rickard 10.68m
4x100m – 63.73secs
U15 GIRLS
100m A – Eleni Brown 14.25secs
100m B – Annabel Smyth 15.77secs
100m NS – Zoe Prescott 14.03secs
100m NS – Mariia Kryvonis 14.90secs
200m A – Angel Samuel 26.16secs
200m B – Demi Kadejo 29.75secs
300m A – Matilda Valind 47.40secs
300m B – Tais DeLouvois 51.10secs
800m A – Zoe Prescott 2mins 45.05secs
800m B – Eleni Brown 2mins 54.75secs
800m NS – Madeleine Richards 3mins 03.09secs
800m NS – Emma Storey 3mins 05.83secs
1500m A – Gabriella Cheung 5mins 01.65secs
1500m B – Sophie Fawcett 5mins 43.72secs
75mH A – Ava Ralls 14.31secs
75mH B – Annabel Smyth 16.14secs
Long Jump A – Ava Ralls 4.15m
Long Jump B – Mariia Kryvonis 3.23m
High Jump A – Milly Denham 1.48m
High Jump B – Madeleine Richards 1.35m
Shot Put A – Isabella Lamborn 7.14m
Shot Put B – Katie Leumfo 5.57m
Discus A – Katie Leumfo 14.88m
Discus B – Isabella Lamborn 13.99m
Javelin A – Isabella Lamborn 21.23m
Javelin B – Demi Kadejo 15.02m
4x100m – 55.63secs
4x300m – 3mins 08.52secs
U15 BOYS
100m A – Dele Alakuro 12.20secs
100m B – James Clifford 13.87secs
200m A – Harry Palmer 26.41secs
200m B – Zachary Honour 27.00secs
300m A – Dele Alakuro 43.16secs
300m B – Joshua Ineson 52.48secs
800m A – Joshua Ineson 2mins 36.15secs
800m B – Rufus Martin 2mins 27.91secs
1500m A – Zachary Honour 4mins 47.56secs
1500m B – James Clifford 5mins 14.44secs
Long Jump A – Dele Alakuro 4.16m
Long Jump B – Lincoln Learner 4.12m
High Jump A – Harry Palmer 1.49m
High Jump B – Lincoln Learner 1.43m
Shot Put A – Lincoln Learner 6.41m
Shot Put B – Jonny Peel 5.93m
Discus A – Jonny Peel 16.33m
Discus B – Rufus Martin 16.27m
Javelin A – Jonny Peel 21.10m
Javelin B – Rufus Martin 21.00m
4x100m – 56.87secs
4x300m – 3mins 05.32secs
SOUTHERN ATHLETICS LEAGUE – MATCH 3 & 4 (OXFORD)
The final two SAL matches of the season took place in Oxford at Horspath Athletics Track. The team had a better overall turnout this season and it would be great to have an even better showing next summer. A big thank you goes to Nicky Ralston for team managing!
Match 3 Results
MEN
100m A – Daijon Byran 11.8secs
200m A – Daijon Byran 24.2secs
400m A – Ewan Maxwell 53.0secs
400m B – Matthew Binks 69.6secs
800m A – Ewan Maxwell 2mins 01.0secs
800m B – Mark Fallaize 2mins 07.8secs
800m N/S – James Davis 2mins 18.6secs
800m N/S – Trevor Lynch 2mins 48.8secs
1500m A – James Davis 4mins 33.9secs
3000m A – James Davis 9mins 45.5secs
3000m B – Trevor Lynch 12mins 52.5secs
3000m Steeplechase A – James Davis 13mins 46.5secs
Shot Putt A – William Smith 8.57m
Discus A – William Smith 24.54m
Javelin A – William Smith 27.93m
WOMEN
1500m A – Iona Esslemont 6mins 21.1secs
1500m B – Holly Dennis 5mins 58.4secs
2000m Steeplechase A – Lucy Cuthbert 8mins 57.6secs
High Jump A – Holly Dennis 1.20m
Match 4 Results
MEN
100m A – George Whincup 11.4secs
400m A – George Whincup 49.8secs
400m B – Ewan Maxwell 51.9secs
800m A – Mark Fallaize 2mins 06.3secs
1500m A – Mark Fallaize 4mins 40.0secs
1500m B – Aaron Ward 4mins 58.8secs
Shot Putt A – William Smith 8.44m
Discus A – William Smith 29.11m
Javlelin A – William Smith 28.29m
WOMEN
100m A – Nicole Giraldo 13.0secs
200m A – Nicole Giraldo 27.2secs
High Jump A – Nicole Giraldo 1.43m
High Jump B – Grace Rowland 1.28m
Long Jump A – Nicole Giraldo 3.94m
WATFORD OPEN MEETINGS
A handful of the clubs athletes have been taking part in the bi-weekly Watford Open Meetings over the past couple of months. Those that did were treated to PB’s or SB’s on the most part.