After finishing 2nd in the first fixture at Bury in bright sunshine, the second fixture of Division West 2 in the YDL (Lower Age Group) at Blackburn’s Witton Park Arena brought with it atrocious weather at the weekend. A very big thank you has to be given to all the Officials who braved the day – it’s a side of athletics that is often taken for granted and we can’t thank them enough.

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The fixture was a very tight affair and at the end of the day the Harriers managed to come through and win which puts them top of the League after the first two rounds. The day was a very close fought contest with at times, just single points separating the the first four clubs. On these days, when events are closely contested it is important that teams have consistency throughout the day and that is exactly what the Harriers provided with 17 wins, 18 second and 17 third places plus 31 new personal best performances.

RESULTS

In the Sprints there were new PB’s for U13’s Kate Cookson in the 75m with a time of 11.5 (7th) and a time of 11.0 for Paige Shannon in her first race over the distance. Kyle Mashiter (U15) took 3rd in the ‘A’ 100m with a new PB of 12.4 as did Jonathan Gough with 12.5 in the ‘B’. U13 Tom Booth 4th in the U13 100m set a new PB of 14.7 (5th), as did U15 Bailey Madden in the ‘A’ 200m with a time of 13.4 (4th).

Sam Hodkinson equaled his PB in the in the ‘A’ 200m (3rd) in 26.0 and then ran a time of 2.12.5 to win the ‘B’ 800m in his first attempt at the distance. U15 Kyle Mashiter had his first run out over the 200m having a pretty good run in the ‘B’ race finishing 2nd in a time of 25.8. Also getting a new PB in the 200m was U13 Joseph Joyce in the ‘B’ race with a time of 31.1. More 200m new PB’s came for Christie Sturgess in the U15 (4th) in 28.9 and for Caiden Hesketh in the ‘B’ which she won in 28.7.

U15 Leon Thomas had a very good day indeed cutting four seconds off his 300m PB to place 3rd in 44.3 and then knocked three seconds off his 800m time to win the ‘A’ race in 2.10.3. U15’s George Whittaker and Queen Tanimowo made their debuts over 300m with George placing 4th in the ‘B’ (47.0) and Queen 5th in the ‘A’ race (46.9).

U13 Lancashire 800m Champion – Hayden Mercer – ran another new Pb of 2.27.5 to take 2nd spot in the 800m ‘A’ race with Joseph Joyce also setting a new personal best in the ‘B’ with a time of 2.35.9. U15 Girls Sophie Stanworth and Eleesha Charnley were on form posting respective new PB’s in the 800m which saw Sophie place 3rd in the ‘A race with 2.25.2 and Eleesha 2nd in the ‘B’ with 2.30.1 as did Molly Nicholls in the U13 800m

Hollie Cubbon set a big new PB in the U13 Girls 1200m when winning the ‘A’ Race in a time of 4.06.2, a whopping 9 seconds faster than her previous best and in the ‘B’ Race Caroline Woodworth made it a double win for the Club posting a time of 4.17.9 in her first ever race over the distance on the track. In the U15 Boys, Lancashire County 3000m Champion – Matt Ramsden – set another new PB in the ‘A’ 1500m with a time of 4.29.5 (4th).

Over the Hurdles U13 Emma Love cut over half a second off her previous best for a new PB of 12.8 in the 70mH (3rd) with Lily Mae-Thomas running 13.7 in the ‘B’ race (2nd) and her first attempt at the event in competition. U15 Myah Booth gets closer to breaking the twelve second barrier winning the ‘A’ Race in a time of 12.0 and she was followed by another new PB for U15 Jamie Teare in the 80m Hurdles with a time of 15.6 and a win in the ‘B’ Race.

In the Jumps Liberty Thompson (U5) set a new height of 1.35m in winning the ‘B’ contest while in the Long Jump there were new personal bests for Luke Ingleson in the U15 Boys (3rd) in the ‘B’ with 3.96m – Isaac Butler in the U13 Boys Long Jump (5th) in the ‘A’ with 3.69m – Saul Sharp set a new PB also in the Long Jump with a distance of 3.38m in the ‘B’ and U15 Eleesha Charnley broke through the 4m barrier with a leap of 4.05m (5th) in the ‘A’.

Reece Simpson made his debut in the U13 Boys Shot Putt achieving a distance of 5.08m to place 4th in the ‘A’ whilst U15 Izzy Thompson set herself a new Hammer PB with a throw of 22.40m (2nd) in the ‘A’ and Danielle Probert finished 3rd in the U13 Javelin ‘A’ posting a new PB distance of 18.50m

Unfortunately not many photo’s from this fixture but thanks to those parents who managed to get a few shots and sent them in.

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(Paige Shannon (U13) Relays)

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(Paige Shannon (U13) Long Jump)

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(Emma Love U13 High Jump)

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(Emma Love U13 Hurdles)

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(Page Shannon U13 Sprints)

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(Saul Sharp U13 Long Jump)

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(Amy Davies U15 1500m)