Full results on the usual national websites.
A good result to finish a great season
The last competitions at the end of the school year are
always difficult, and the NYAL match on 18 July in Watford was no exception.
Holidays and injuries took their toll on our team, but some of the gaps were
ably filled by new squad members. Hosts Chiltern right from the start made it
clear that they were to win, but the fight was on for second place. During the
match we seemed to be neck and neck with TVH, but in the end we were very
comfortably 80 points ahead to finish the season with a good 2nd
place. Final scores:
Chiltern 580 points
Kingston
& Poly 440 points
Thames Valley
Harriers 360 points
Just as in the previous matches, key to the team success was
the willingness of our athletes to fill all possible (and impossible) events to
gain points for the team. We also won 17 events despite missing several of our
most successful athletes, and collected a large number of very good 2nd
and 3rd places. Our athletes could yet again celebrate a massive
number of PB’s and quite a few excellent performances. We had AAA grade 4
results from Natasha Baugh (HJ), Ellé Butcher (150m), Laura Darcey (70H),
Stephanie Mitchell (70H), Lauren Edwards (HJ), Nicole Kendall (PV), Gaby Orlich
(DT, SP), Rahannah Gillette-Vernon (JT), and Kiran Richards (DT, SP). Nicole
Kendall added a grade 3 in the 75H, while William van Klaveren achieved grade 3
in SP and grade 2 in DT. The icing on the cake were our first top-class grade 1
performances for this season by Ellé Butcher (800m) and Willam van Klaveren
(JT).
Our team for the day were:
U13G: Natasha Baugh, Ellé Butcher, Eva Clarke, Laura Darcey,
Issy Eno, Stephanie Mitchell, Fehinti Ogungbesan, Frances Rennie
U15G: Marlie Carter-Edwards, Lauren Edwards, Prerana Kaneri,
Nicole Kendall, Bridget Langford, Jenny Miles, Gaby Orlich, Bryony Ross,
Vanessa Saunders, Ella Shaw
U17W: Olivia Eyles, Rahannah Gillette-Vernon, Charlotte
Merrifield, Gaby Miles
U13B: William Dawson, Gian Hobbs, Oliver Phelps, Michael
Udemba, Rory Vassall
U15B: Matthew Broderick, Tom Dawson, Nick Hart, Matt W
Stevens, William van Klaveren, Sam Vassall
U17M: Marc Arrogah, Stefan Clarke, Adam Curran, Matthew
Elmore, Aidan Fahey, Nicholas Koh, Kiran Richards, Nikolaj Schubert
Big thanks go to everybody who
supported the team, in particular Lyn Edwards for her help with the team
management, Jeannette Akua, Gill Broderick, Susanne Dietrich and Tony Hart who officiated
in the field, and most of all Clare Nelson and David Barrington who drove the
minibuses and worked as track officials all day.
Season review and outlook
All four matches went really well with one 1st
and three 2nd places. Remarkably we have beaten all but three clubs
in our division – including runners up Wycombe – and did not lose
any match. The overall position in the league table is based on the accumulated
match points, which puts us into mid-league position in 6th place
just 3.5 points behind Camberley. Thames Valley Harriers are relegated from our
division, and not surprisingly Bracknell go up into the Premier division.
The results of this season have demonstrated that we have
formed a strong team of highly committed athletes. Altogether more than 80
athletes contributed to the NYAL team during the year, with nearly half
competing in at least 3 matches. Only very few athletes will move up to the
U20’s next year, and some of our best and most consistent athletes were just
first year in their respective age groups – a great prospect for the 2011
season.
Our Athletes of the Match this season, awarded for the best
performance of the day were:
Match 1: Stephanie
Mitchell (70H) and William van Klaveren (DT)
Match 2: Rahannah
Gillette-Vernon (JT) and Tucker Bryant (100m)
Match 3: Nadia
Allan (800m) and James Khan (LJ)
Match 4: Ellé
Butcher (800m) and Kiran Richards (SP)
Results
Natasha Baugh 75m 11.4 3
HJ 1.20 3
Ellé Butcher 150m 22.1 2
800m 2:31.1 1
Eva Clarke 150m 23.7 6
800m 3:04.3 4
Laura Darcey 70H 13.5 3
HJ 1.10 4
Issy Eno LJ 3.01 6
SP 5.16 3
Stephanie
Mitchell 70H 13.5 4
LJ 3.24 5
Fehinti
Ogungbesan 75m 12.1 5
Frances
Rennie 1200m 4:50.2 4
SP 4.74 5
Marlie Carter-Edwards 100m 15.0 6
Lauren Edwards 100m 13.8 2
HJ 1.40 2
Prerana Kaneri DT 11.80 4
SP 5.22 6
JT 10.67 3
Nicole Kendall 75H 12.5 1
200m 28.5 4
PV 2.20 1
Bridget Langford 800m 2:38.5 3
Jenny Miles 1500m 5:37.1 3
Gaby Orlich DT 20.70 1
SP 7.80 2
Bryony Ross 200m 30.2 6
LJ 4.08 4
Vanessa Saunders 75H 14.2 2
LJ 3.96 5
HJ 1.35 3
Ella Shaw 800m 2:49.9 4
JT 7.59 4
Olivia Eyles 300H 60.5 2
LJ 3.61 1
TJ 7.96 2
Rahannah Gillette_V. SP 4.58 2
DT 10.10 2
JT 27.06 2
Charlotte Merrifield 100m 14.6 5
200m 30.7 4
Gaby Miles 1500m 5:11.1 1
300H 57.7 1
William Dawson 200m 29.6 3
Gian Hobbs 100m 15.6 6
LJ 4.08 2
SP 3.90 4
Oliver Phelps 200m 30.8 5
800m 2:48.8 5
LJ 3.66 5
Michael Udemba 100m 15.5 5
SP 4.48 3
Matthew Broderick HJ 1.45 2
SP 6.85 5
LJ 4.54 2
Tom Dawson 100m 13.2 3
200m 26.3 3
400m 59.9 3
Nick Hart 400m 67.4 5
800m 2:42.3 5
JT 13.80 4
Matt W Stevens 200m 28.8 5
800m 2:35.5 4
William van
Klaveren SP 11.05 1
JT 43.46 1
DT 34.69 1
Sam Vassall 1500m 5:02.2 3
Marc Arrogah 100m 12.3 3
200m 24.8 4
Stefan Clarke 100m 13.0 6
LJ 5.03 2
HJ 1.45 1
Adam Curran 400m 62.6 5
1.5kSC 6:26.8 4
JT 13.67 5
Matthew Elmore 100H 17.0 1
400m 56.9 2
LJ 5.15 1
Aidan Fahey 200m 24.2 3
PV 2.10 1
TJ 10.06 1
Nicholas Koh HT 16.50 4
SP 8.06 4
Kiran Richards JT 34.36 2
DT 31.41 1
SP 11.32 1
Nikolaj Schubert 800m 2:22.5 3
DT 16.01 4
1.5kSC 6:45.9 5
