UK SCHOOL GAMES

Submitted by Pat on Mon, 10/05/2009 - 13:27

Sophia McKinna ended her season at the UK School Games at the Cardiff International Stadium representing the East of England team. The set-up mkirrors the Olympics/Commonwealth Games with an opening/closing cermony and accommodation at Cardiff University.

Sophie has had an amazing first season in the U17 shot-putt, winning gold at the SIAB International in Belfast for England, a silver at the England U17 Championships, bronze at English Schools, silver in the Southern Indoor Championships and bronze at the Southern Outdoor Championships.

She also won the Norfolk Championships, along with the Eastern Championships. She broke the county record that stood since 1982 in July with a throw of 12.44m which she then beat again in August with a new PB of 12.56m which places her in third place in the UK rankings.

In Cardiff her first round throw of 12.22m was the biggest throw in the competition until she beat it in the fifth round with a throw of 12.27m. In the very last throw of the competition the girl who is ranked first in the UK threw 12.37m which meant that Sophie won the silver medal.

It was a fantastic achievement considering the ages and experience of the other throwers and this season she has surpassed all her expectations. She has given 100% representing her club, county and country to fully deserve all her success

U17 ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

Submitted by Pat on Sat, 08/08/2009 - 18:14

Sophie McKinna continues her fine season with another superb performance at the U17 England Championships at Bedford on 8^th August. Sophie improved her PB for the shot to 12.57m to gain the 2^nd Place/Silver medal and was only beaten by 5cm by the no.1 ranked Yasmin Spencer taking the Gold.

ANGLIAN LEAGUE - 2nd August, 2009

Submitted by Pat on Sun, 08/02/2009 - 19:37

On Sunday the Great Yarmouth & District Athletic Club travelled to Bury St Edmunds for the last Anglian League fixture of the season. With a good turnout and the possibility of some sections reaching the final, the athletes had plenty to compete for, in this tough fixture against the host team West Suffolk, City of Norwich, Huntingdon, Luton and Waveney. Our under 13 girls team has been getting better as the season goes on and Lauren Peach just returned from holiday had her best run in the 200m to finish 2^nd in 29.4s, with Emily Anderson winning the B race in 31.5s. Katie Canham ran 15.5s in the hurdles for 4^th place and Rhiannon Clark was 2^nd in the B race in 17.2s. In the relay these girls finished 3^rd in 63.8s and the team did really well to finish in 3^rd place.

The under 15 girls did find the competition very tough with no winners at all Frankie Turner produced another good run in the hurdles taking 2^nd place in 12.9s. Kelly Pywell worked hard in her 800m race to finish 3^rd in 2m 45.3s. Amber Burton ran close to her personal best in the 200m finishing 3^nd in 27.9s. Catherine Lee again produced a PB in the 1500m running 5m11.2s for her 3^rd place, Louisa Marshall had her best run in the 200m B race taking 4^th place in 30.3s. The team took 4^th place.

Our inter-senior ladies had some good individual performance Katy Barber won the 100m in 12.8s but her fast 200m in 26.4s was very pleasing for her despite her 2^nd place. Molly Baldwin finished 3^rd in both the 100/200m B races in 13.6s/28.4s. Sophie McKinna had little trouble winning the shot with 11.92m and was 2^nd in the B event discus throwing 20.89m. Emma Barwick in the A discus event has yet to hit her best form and was 5^th throwing 22.42m. This section finishing 4^th.

In the under 13 boys section we had only one winner Josh Clark ran a wonderfully controlled 800m just running away from the opposition in the last 100m to record a fast time of 2m33.5s. Jay Turner found the wind difficult to cope with in the javelin and his throw of 24.99m gave him 3^rd place. Chris Spinks running in the 100m/200m had two fourth places with times of 15.3/32.6s. The team again finished 4^th

In the under 15 boys section we had no winners but in the 200m A race Jordon Godfrey ran a PB of 26.2s for 3^rd place and Mark Phillipson ran a PB of 26.8s for his 2^nd place in the B race. Miguel Reyes competing for the first time made a good debut running 13.1s for his 4^th place in the 100m and later jumped 1.50m for 3^rd place in the high jump. Keelan Pywell could not find his best form in the 1500m and ran 5m 19.1s for 3^rd place. Kyle Ella found himself in a very fast 800m race and he ran a PB of 2m32.7s to finish 4^th. Again the team were in 4^th place.

Our under 17 boys finished 3^rd Richard Taylor in the 100m had a real head to head battle in the 100m just winning in 11.3s. The 200m saw Richard take 3^rd place in the A race in 24.2s and Shane Atherton bounced back from a disqualification in the 100m to record a PB of 25.1s for 2^nd place in the B race. James House jumped 1.50m for 2^nd place in the high jump and 4.62m for 3^rd place in the long jump. Ben Johnson put his holiday behind him and took 2^nd place in the 400m in 56.8s. James Lee in the discus threw 16.26m for 3^rd place.

Our junior/senior men had the best result of the day in 2^nd place. Jahmal Mills set himself a busy schedule doing 6 events his best result was in the long jump winning with 6.36m. However his 2^nd place in the triple jump with 12.81m was a very good performance. Josh Aldred free from injury at last showed some of his old form in the 100m finishing 2^nd in 11.5s and Matthew Millman running the B race won in 12.0s. Kevin Pywell has reached his first target in his come back trail breaking 12min for the 3000m finishing 3^rd in 11m 58.1s whats next 11mins.

The overall team result was 1^st City of Norwich 930, 2^nd West Suffolk 634, 3^rd Luton 589, 4^th great Yarmouth 426, 5^th Great Yarmouth , 5^th Waveney 103, 6^th Huntingdon 94.

The club now waits for other league results to see if any sections have reached the finals in September

ANGLIAN LEAGUE - 19th July, 2009

Submitted by Pat on Tue, 07/21/2009 - 15:54

On Sunday the Great Yarmouth & District Athletic Club played host to the 3^rd fixture in the Anglian league against Waveney, West Suffolk, Breckland, Braintree and Ryston. Yarmouth were hoping for good results in this fixture and were not disappointed. The under 13 girls although missing some key athletes still produced there best result of the season with 3^rd place. Laura Halliday showed some excellent sprinting in dominating the 100 & 200m winning both A races in 14.6 & 30.6 seconds. Rhiannon Clark running the hurdles for the first time took 3^rd place in 16.6s and won the B long jump with 3.33m. Emily Anderson ran a very good 800m to win in 2m50.1s.

In the under 15 girls section Amber Burton again showed top form in taking both the 100m & 200m titles in 13.4s & 27.8s. Frankie Turner in the 75m hurdles had her best run ever just finishing 2^nd in 12.4s Catherine Lee ran away from the field in the 1500m to win in 5m 14.7s. Louisa Marshall ran 30.9 for 2^nd place in the 200m B race and was 2^nd in the discus throwing 17.04m. In the 800m Kelly Pywell ran 2m 49.3s to win the 800m B race. This was the teams best performance so far taking 2^nd place.

Our Junior/Senior ladies finished in 4^th place Katy Barber again produced the 100m/200m double as our girls completely dominated the sprint events with times of 13.0s & 26.5s. Molly Baldwin ran 13.7s to finish 3^rd in the 100m B race and Sophie McKinna just arrived in time from her international duty to do the discus where she finished 3^rd throwing 22.44m.

In the under 13 boys section Jay Turner had a throw of 27 .78m to win the javelin and a first in the 1500m in 5m 29.5s. Chris Spinks competing for the first time won the B long jump jumping 3.19m and was 4^th in both the 100 & 200m in 15.7 & 31.3s. The team finished 3^rd.

The under 15 boys Jordan Godfrey ran 13.2s to finish 3^rd in the 100m A race with Mark Phillipson finishing 2^nd in 13.0s in the B race. Reversed in the 200m Mark Phillipson was 2^nd in the A race 27.0s and Jordan was 1^st in the B race in 26.8s. Kyle Ella running a fast 800m in 2m 32.1s was 4^th and Keelan Pywell despite finishing 4^th in the 1500m was delighted in breaking the 5m barrier at last clocking a time of 4m 58.6s. The team finished 3^rd.

In the under 17 boys section Richard Taylor won both the 100/200m A races in 12.0s & 23.4s whilst Shane Atherton won both B races in 12.6s & 25.2s. James House could not quite hit his best form in the high jump and his 1.60m gave him 2^nd place, his long jump of 5.21m also gave him 2^nd place. The team finished a very good joint 1^st with West Suffolk

The junior /senior men section saw some excellent sprinting Josh Aldred in the 100m ran 11.6s to finish 2^nd and Matt Millman won the B race in 12.0s. Kyle Burton dominated the 400m winning in 56.3s and Kevin Pywell running in the 3000m was 3^rd in 12m 20.2s. Matthew Bloomfield making a welcome return to the team was very busy in the throws winning all four throws but his best performance was his 32.74m in the discus. Jahmal Mills jumped 6.28m in the long jump for 2^nd place. The team finished 2^nd.

Under 11 Matthew Knights had two wins winning the 80m (12.3s), and the 600m (2m 07.3s). Amy Dowsett had a two 2^nd places in the 80m(12.9s) and the 600m(2m 01.8s).

The overall result 1^st West Suffolk 563, 2nd Great Yarmouth 412, 3^rd Braintree 408, 4^th Breckland 217, 5^th Waveney 206, Ryston never turned up

EASTERN A.A. - TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS - 5th July 2009

Submitted by Pat on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 19:18

U15 GIRLS

Louisa Marshall

100m Heat 1 – 6^th 14:20

200m Heat 1 – 3^rd 29:59

Discus 5^th 15:82

U15 BOYS

Mark Phillipson

100m Heat 1/7 13:27

200m Heat 2/5^th 27:92

Shot Putt 5^th 8:54

U17 GIRLS

Katy Barber

100m Final – 4^th 13:14

200m Heat 1 / 3^rd 27:33

Final – 6^th 27:35

Sophie McKinna

Shot Putt Final – 1^st 11:89

Championship Best Performance

U20 BOYS

Christopher Peck

100m Final – 4^th 12:54

200m Final – 2^nd 25:87

ANGLIAN LEAGUE - 21st June 2009

Submitted by Pat on Mon, 06/29/2009 - 21:56

On Sunday the Great Yarmouth & District Athletic Club travelled to Kings Lynn for the 2^nd fixture in the Anglian League. The match was against host club West Norfolk, Ryston, Peterborough, City of Norwich, Ipswich and Diss. This was to be a very tough fixture in the inter /senior ladies section Sophie McKinna having been selected for the county schools team for the England schools championships at Sheffield continued her winning ways in the shot with 11.30m, with Katy Barber taking 2^nd place in the B event with 6.18m. In the 100m Katy Barber ran 13.0s for 2^nd place and new comer Molly Baldwin ran 13.9s for 3^rd place in the B event, to help the team to 4^th place. In the under 15 girls age group we had the rare site of two winners in the 1500m with Catherine Lee winning the A race (5m 21.0s) and Frankie Turner the B race in 5m 28.5s. Louisa Marshall added another victory in the discus with a best ever throw of 19.97m. Amber Burton had two 3^rd places in the 100 & 200m in times of 13.5 & 27.7s with the team finishing 5^th. Our under 13 girls had one winner when Lauren Peach running in the 100m just took first place in 14.1s. with Lucy Brice taking 4^th place in the B race in 15.7s. Emily Anderson had a great race in the 800m to take 2^nd place (2m 52.8s) with Daisy Taylor finishing 3^rd in the B race in 3m 02.4s. Kate Canhan competing in her first ran 32.7s for 3^rd place in the 200m and put in a good run in the 1500m for 4^th place in 6m 11.0s. Another new competitor Rhiannon Clark ran in the 800m and 200m with times of 3m 13.8s and 35.2s. the team finished 5^th. Abbie McKinna competing in the under 11 events had her best run in the 80m finishing in 14.9s

Our junior/senior men section had one winner Jahmal Mills in the long Jump with 6.55m. Chris Peck produced two personal bests in the 100m 11.7s in 2^nd place and 25.5s in the 200m in 5^th place . Wesley Attew is beginning to find some form again and jumped 1.70m in the high jump for 3^rd place. Kevin Pywell could not resist the urge to compete again and after 20 years put on his running vest to compete in the 3000m finishing in 5^th place in a time of 12m 11.3s well done Kevin. The team finished 5^th . In the under 17 boys section James House had our best result with 2^nd place in the javelin with 28.59m and James Lee was also 2^nd in the B event with 15.19m. Shane Atherton had his best run ever in the 200m finishing in 3^rd place in 25.3 to help the team finish 3rd. In the under 15 boys Mark Phillipson had his best result in the shot with 9.26m for 2^nd place and ran 28.1s for 3^rd place in the 200m. Keelan Pywell ran another good 1500m taking 2^nd place in 5m 04.7s and Oliver Brice was 4^th in the 100m in 15.6s. Kyle Ella running in the 800m put in an excellant run finishing 4^th in 2m 34.3s and then had a 3^rd place in the 400m with a time of 70.0s to help the team finish 4^th. Our under 13 boys team best result was Jay Turner who threw 19.42m in the javelin for 2^nd place and ran 2m 47.2s for 5^th place in the 800m the team was 6^th.

The overall result 1^st Peterborough 803, 2nd Ipswich 778, 3^rd West Norfolk 424, 4^th CON 399, 5^th Great Yarmouth 283, 6^th Diss 249, 7^th Ryston 202.

U11/13/15 CHALLENGE - 7th June 2009

Submitted by Pat on Wed, 06/24/2009 - 16:13

On Sunday athletes from the Great Yarmouth & District Athletic Club competed in the the annual under11/13 challenge match at the Wellesley against Waveney Valley, City of Norwich, Thetford & Diss. With some extra events put on for under 15,s the event was very well supported bringing together lots of the best athletes from those clubs. In the under 11 girls section Amy Dowsett produced an outstanding run in the 600m to win in 2m 3.7s with a 7s lead over 2^nd place. This to add to her bronze medal won earlier in the 80m (13.1s). Ellen Brown having just missed out on a medal in the long jump threw 17.09m to win the ball throw. In the under 11 boys section Matthew Night having won his heat in the 80m (12.9s) finished 3^rd in a close run final in (13.1s). Patrick Manning running in the 600m found himself battling for 2^nd place in the home straight but had to settle for 3^rd place in 2m 6.7s. Matthew Knight threw 26.15m for the silver medal and Domonic Beard 24.96 for the bronze medal in the ball throw.

In the under 13 girls group Lauren Peach really ran superb taking both the 100 & 200m golds with times of 13.8 & 31.0s. Lucy Brice in the javelin produced a throw of 16.20 m to take the silver medal and another silver medal was won by Lucy Erin in the long jump with 3.83m. Under 13 boy Josh Clark running the 800m ran a fast time of 2m 34.8s to finish 3^rd . In the under 15,s boys 100m Oliver Brice had the better finish to win in 12.3s. Keelan Pywell found himself in an exceptionally fast race in the 800m which helped him to a new best time of 2m 33.1s for his bronze medal. In the under 15 girls section Frankie Turner and Louisa Marshall both won bronze in the 200m with a time of 30.7s. In the 800m Catherine Lee and Frankie Turner had a last lap battle for the silver which went to Catherine with Frankie taking the bronze in times of 2m 41.5 & 2m 45.9s.

Results

U11G 80m Race 1- 2^nd Amy Dowsett 13.1, 5^th Erin Irwin 14.7, Race 2 - Ellen Brown 2^nd 13.6s, 4^th Alice Woodhouse 14.1s. 600m 2^nd Amy Dowsett 2m 03.7s, 6^th Erin Irwin 2m 23.9s, Long Jump 8^th Erin Irwin 2.41m, 9^th Ellen Brown 2.30m, 11^th Alice Woodhouse 1.97m, Ball Throw Ellen Brown 1^st 17.09m.

U11B 80m Heat 1 4^th Zak Carson 13.5s, Heat 2 2^nd Christopher Bailey 14.3s, 3^rd Andrew Bailey 14.5s, 5^th Harlen Mallet 15.4s Heat 3 1^st Matthew Knight 12.9s, 4^th Domonic Beard 14.3s. 80m Final 3^rd Matthew Knight 13.1s. 600m 3^rd Patrick Manning 2m 06.7s, 6^th Zak Carson 2m 17.9s. Long Jump 5^th Matthew Knights 3.01m, 6^th Patrick Manning 3.00m, 10^th Christopher Bailey 2.64m, 11^th Andrew Bailey 2.54m, 14^th Domonic Beard 2.06m. Ball Throw 2^nd Matthew Knights 26.15m, 3^rd Domonic Beard 24.96m.

U13G 100m Heat1 3^rd Lucy Brice 15.3s, 4^th Kate Cullen 16.6s, Heat 2 1^st Lauren Peach 14.1s, 4^th Rhiannon Clarke 16.2s, Heat 3 2^nd Laura Halliday 14.7s, 6^th Daisy Taylor 17.0s, 100m F 1^st Lauren Peach 13.8s 4^th Laura Halliday 14.5s, 200m Race 1 4^th Rhiannon Clark 37.5s, Race 2 1^st Lauren Peach 31.0s, 3^rd Laura Halliday 32.1s, 200m Race 3 2^nd Kate Canham 33.5s, 5^th Emily Anderson , 800m 7^th Daisy Taylor 3m 02.5s, 8^th Kate Canham 3m 08.8s, 9^th Emily Anderson 3m 09.1s, 10^th Rhiannon Clark 3m 26.9s. Jav 2^nd Lucy Brice 16.20m Long Jump 2^nd Lucy Erin 3.83m, 6^th Lauren Peach 3.59m, 7^th Laura Halliday 3.54m,

BU13 100m Race 2 Luke Bailey 6^th 16.4s, 800m 3^rd Josh Clark 2m 34.8s

GU15 100m 4^th Frankie Turner 14.7s, 5^th Louisa Marshall 15.0s, 6^th Kelly Pywell 15.8s, 200m Race 1 2^nd Frankie Turner 30.7, 3^rd Catherine Lee 31.8s, Race 2 2^nd Louisa Marshall 30.7, 4^th Kelly Pywell 33.5s, 800m 2^nd Catherine Lee 2m 41.5s, 3^rd Frankie Turner 2m 45.9s, 4^th Kelly Pywell 2m 51.4s, 5^th Louisa Marshall 3m 05s.

U15B 100m 1^st Oliver Brice 12.3s, 4^th Mark Phillipson 14.4s, 5^th Keelan Pywell 14.8s, 8^th Kyle Ella 15.4s, 200m 3^rd Keelan Pywell, 4^th Kyle Ella 5^th Domonic Oliver, 800m 3^rd Keelan Pywell 2m 33.1s, 4^th Kyle Ella 2m 35.9s

2009 COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 9th & 11th May

Submitted by Pat on Mon, 05/11/2009 - 05:00

Over Saturday and Monday evening athletes competed at Kings Lynn and Norwich for Norfolk County titles over a range of events. Yarmouth athletes had a good two days winning a good selection of medals. Under 20 mens athlete Josh Aldred just concentrating on the 100m put in an excellent run against a strong wind to take the title in 11.8s, with Matthew Millman taking the 3^rd place in 12.4s. Jahmal Mills in the same age group ran 23.9s for 2^nd placein the 200m and was also 2^nd in the long jump with 6.38m. Wesley Attew is slowly returning to form and a 1.70 meter high jump gave him 2^nd place.

Sophie McKinna had little trouble winning the U17 girls shot with a new PB of 11.21m and then added a bronze to her gold in finishing 3^rd in the 100m in 14.5s. In the boys under 17 age group Ben Johnson put in a confident run in the 400m for a bronze medal with a time of 57.9s. James House put in two good performances in winning the bronze in the high jump and long jump with 1.60m and 5.05m. Shane Atherton was very unlucky to miss out on a medal in the 100m finishing 4^th in 13.2s.

In the under 15 girls age group Catherine Lee running in the 3000 meters for the first time took control of the race after a couple of laps and slowly pulled away from the field although Frankie Turner never gave up chasing her which gave her 2^nd place in times of 11m39.1s & 12m05.1s a very encouraging result for them. Earlier Frankie Turner won silver in the 75m hurdles running a good time of 13.6s. Louisa Marshall threw 15.87m in the discus for 3^rd place and had a good run in the 100m to reach the final finishing 7^th in the final running a best time of 14.5s.

Under 15 boy Keelan Pywell running the 3000m put in a good personal best run to finish 3^rd in 11m08.6s. Mark Phillipson had two good runs in the 100 & 200m taking two silver medals with times of 13.3s & 26.5s.

Emma Barwick competing in the womens discus retained her title from last year throwing 20.91m

In the U11 age group Patrick Manning had a good run in the 600m for his silver medal recording a best time of 2m07.0s Whilst Amy Dowsett running in the girls 600m had to battle hard over the last 50m to secure her 3^rd place in 2m09.6s

On Monday evening in the relays the under 15 girls team of Amber Burton, Louisa Marshall, Frankie Turner, & Kelly Pywell. Finished 2^nd in the 4 x 200m & 3^rd in the 4x 100m. The under 20 team of Jahmal Mills, Matthew Millman, Shane Atherton & Kyle Burton won both the 4 x 100 & 4x 400m relays.

Two Yarmouth athletes competed in the Suffolk County Champs at Ipswich Katy Barber under 17 girl had her best run in the 200m running into a strong head wind she won the silver medal with a time of 27.8s. Chris Peck U20B also had his best run in the 200m taking the bronze medal in a time of 26.5s

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