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YDL UAG Match report, Harrow 5th May 2019

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Monday, 20 May 2019 21:26

Chilly Bank holiday weekend for the first UAG YDL match 2019

The first U17/U20 match this season was quite a cold one, as there was a slight breeze blowing all throughout the day. Unfortunately, mainly due to the upcoming exams and some late injuries, we had only 25 K&P athletes competed at Harrow. This was 10 athletes down on our first YDL UAG last season. In order to be competitive as a team in this league we need a turn out ideally of 40+ athletes. We have more than enough athletes at the club, so we need a big rallying cry from all of us, including the athletes that competed, to get more members involved at the remaining 3 matches. Not unsurprisingly, we struggled to fill lots of the events, notably the longer distance runs and many of the U20M events. Notable events on the day were the AAA Grade 1 performance by William Hobson throwing the Shot 14.51m, the U17W & U20W relays who both smashed the club records with a 50.20s (previous 51.1s U17W) and 52.60s (previous 53.4s U20W), a PB in the Pole Vault for Flora with 2.90m and we had two 1^stplaces, three 2^nd places and one 3^rd place in the 200m races! There were a few other PBs on the day, please look at the full results on the Power of 10 (link provided below). But it was not enough to compensate for the low turnout of athletes and we finished up 6^th. If everyone who is not already up to the maximum number of events would fill one more event and with more of our athletes joining in, we may be able to get the points needed to avoid relegation. The next match at Hillingdon on 26 May will give us every opportunity to get everyone out, fill even more events in track and field, and go for a higher finish.

1	Harrow AC	649
2	Brighton & Hove AC	535
3	Hillingdon AC	531
4	Camberley & District AC + Woking AC	522
5	South Bucks	507
6	Kingston AC & Polytechnic Harriers	381

The bitter cold did not discourage some good performances with AAA graded performances:

Grade 4 for Thomas White (200m), Aaron Marlow (Discus & Javelin), Luca Di Libero (Shot), William Hobson (Discus), Lucy Atkins (200m & 300m), Kira Holt (200m)

Grade 3 for Kira Holt (80m Hurdles), Madison Hutton (Shot), Thomas White (100m), Rhianna Reynolds (Triple Jump)

Grade 1 for William Hobson (Shot).

Full results are on Power of 10 (see link below).

https://www.thepowerof10.info/results/results.aspx?meetingid=285994&pagenum=1

The team was:

U17 women: Tobi Afilaka, Madison Hutton, Caitlin Paul, Freya John, Lucy Atkins, Kira Holt, Camilla MacFarlane. Total=7

U20 women: Rhianna Reynolds, Lucy Tunnacliffe, Imogen Busa, Hannah Lester, Flora Anghileri-Jarman, Phoebe Schofield, Amelia Bell, Isabella Shepherd-Evans. Total=8

U17 men: Olly Wilson, Luca Di Libero, Freddy Crosby, Aaron Marlow, Thomas White, Akash Santosh-Kumar, Benjamin Sopta-Sheldrake, William Hobson. Total=8

U20 men: Jack Stracey, Luke Newell. Total=2

Special thanks go to our team of officials, who endured the cold!

Grade 2 Field official = Frank Schubert

Timekeeper = none, Track judge = none and the field team of Paul Tunnacliffe, Rory MacFarlane, Nina White, Mark Hutton and Kathryn Paul.

Regards,

Beverly, Dorinda & James

SCVAC Report Firt Meeting

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Monday, 13 May 2019 10:16

SCVAC Report by Nicky Atkins

Monday 29^th April 2019 was the first meeting of the SCVAC (Southern Counties Veterans Athletic Club) league. This meeting was held at Wimbledon Park Athletics track, hosted by Wimbledon Hercules. Seven clubs attended this first meeting. Walton AC did not show.

Unfortunately at this first meeting the team was extremely depleted on the night due to other engagements and injury. Even the team manager was unable to compete having completed the London Marathon only the day before.

However, Susanne Dietrich, Nicki Murphy and Jo Richardson were able to compete and worked their socks off raking in the necessary points.

I am pleased to announce that with just three athletes we finished third (80 points) on the night to Epsom and Ewell Harriers (151 points) and Wimbledon Hercules (107 points).

The date of our 2^nd meeting is Monday 20^th May at Ewell Court with Epsom & Ewell Harriers hosting

Lily B Match Report: 22nd April 2019

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Monday, 13 May 2019 10:07
Lily B Match Report: 22nd April 2019 The first Lily B match of the season was at Epsom and Ewell on the beautiful Easter bank holiday Monday. The girls showed a great team spirit throughout the day. One athlete even rushed all the way to the match after a transatlantic flight to make it just in time for her events, what a great effort! We had a few last minute changes due to illness/injury but special thanks to those people that stepped up to fill an event when it was needed. This made a huge difference, as we gained those extra points which meant we enjoyed our 1st win of the season by 13 points. As new team managers, we felt very proud of all the girls and really enjoyed the day.
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Ebbisham Report . Match 1 at David Weir Leisure, Mitcham.

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Monday, 13 May 2019 10:15
Ebbisham Report Match 1 at David Weir Leisure, Mitcham. While a couple of teams suffered, as did Kingston in the U13s, due to the Bank Holiday weekend; the U13 team of only FOUR athletes: Sam Bishop, George Rees, Angus Strachan, Louis Churchill managed to cover 12 out of 18 events and all four managed to stay uninjured so that the relay was ran in style. While the U15 team of: Jack Le Vesconte, Albert Rowland, Eternal Nemiala, Charlie White, Dhruv Simmonite, Sam Nesbitt, Luke Incledon, Alfie Westley, Finnian Chang covered 19 out of 20 events.
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YDL Lower Age Group Match Report from Round 1 – Walton

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Monday, 13 May 2019 09:57
YDL Lower Age Group Match Report from Round 1 – Walton Saturday 27^th April 2019 The Youth Development League (YDL) is a National level competition contested in regions by 302 athletics clubs across the Lower Age Group (U13/15 – School Years 6-9) and the Upper Age Group (U17/U20). Some of those 302 team up with other clubs to form composite teams. The Lower Age Group squad from K&P have to contend against two composite teams in the South – Division 1 West. At the end of this season 1 club (or composite) will be promoted to the Premier 2 Division in the South and 2 clubs will be relegated to Division 2.
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