Kingston upon Hull Athletic Club

‘Tom Pinks’ Relays and Field Events

E.I.S. Indoor Stadium, Sheffield – Saturday 14^th March 2015

Our junior training group, which consists of athletes in the under11 and under 13 age groups, travelled in strength to the magnificent English Institute of Sport indoor stadium in Sheffield, to compete against countless hundreds of other young athletes who had travelled from all corners of the north, to what is probably the biggest junior competition in Northern England. It is definitely the best attended and the most anticipated competition and by far the noisiest event. Our youngsters had been looking forward to Sheffield since before last Christmas.

The track events consist of three team relays. ‘Chasing Mo’ ‘Chasing Kelly’ and ‘Keeping up with Paula’ all of course named after 3 of our greatest ever athletes.

The under 11’s also take part in the ‘over and under’ relay, whilst the under 13’s compete in the 3 x 2.5 lap time trials.

All contestants compete in the field events which are designed to cater for juniors and every event sees some serious competition from the young athletes.

Kingston’s young competitors returned home with a magnificent haul of 12 medals. Between them they won 4 gold medals, 6 silver and 2 bronze.

Relay Results

Our under11 boys team, consisting of Theo Dabbs – Tom Iverson – Daniel Chadwick – Junior Agostinho and Sam Frankish won gold in the ‘Keeping up with Paula’ race and they set a good time of 2:44.4, six tenths of a second ahead of the 2^nd placed team from Chesterfield and District.

Theo, Tom, Junior and Sam also competed in the over/under relay where they won the silver medal in a time of 1:16.8s. This time they were just beaten to the gold medal by the by the Chesterfield team.

The under 11 girl’s, Sophie Reed – Sarah Healey – Sophie McIntyre – Mia Brocklehurst and Lauren McClean fought their way to the final in the ‘Keeping up with Paula’ but just missed out on the medals and had to settle for a 4^th place finish with a run of 2:53.1s.

Lauren McClean, Mia Brocklehurst, Sophie McIntyre and Sophie Reed competed in the over/under relay. They qualified for the final, where they put in a great effort and were very unlucky not to win the bronze medal. Their time of 1:18.9 was the same as the Crewe and Nantwich quartet who were awarded the medal.

The under 13 boy’s team of Henry Cannell – Joe Seed – Harvey Newton – Sam Croney and Matthew Greendale contested the final of the ‘Chasing Mo’ relay where they finished in 2^nd place, picking up well deserved silver medals. The time for their run was 3:42.7s.

Harvey Newton, Joe Seed and Robert Smith were our under 13 boy’s team in the 3 x 2.5 lap time trial. They finished in 6^th place in the final and ran a time of 4:43.7s.

The under13 girl’s team of Ciara Andrews – Becky Chivers – Jodie Martin – Gina Lancey and Alanah Thoresby reached the final of the ‘Chasing Kelly’ race where they finished in 5^th place and recorded a time of 3:56.0s.

Under 13’s Jodie Martin, Evie Watson and Ella Draper ran the 3 x 2.5 lap time trials where they just missed out on the medals, finishing in 4^th place in the final and setting a time of 4:51.6s.

Field Results – Under 11’s

Alex Grant was the silver medallist in the Caber event, where his total of 26 points was just one behind the gold medallist from City of Sheffield AC. Ramon Arroyo amassed a points total of 24, which gave him a 7^th place finish.

In the Highland Steps competition Daniel Chadwick managed 65 steps in his allotted time to finish 4^th, just one step away from the bronze medal. Ramon Arroyo was in 9^th place with a total of 50.

In the Soft javelin throw Junior Agostinho was in 7^th place with a throw of 14.75m. Alex Chivers finished 12^th with his best throw measured at 13.00m.

The Weight for Distance event saw Tom and Harry Iverson (2 of the triplets) take joint 6^th place. Both the boys had a best throw of 9.00m.

The Standing Long Jump event saw Junior Agostinho finish in 9^th position with a leap of 1.96m. James Iverson finished in 12^th place with his best effort of the day, a jump of 1.76m.

In the under 11 girls Charlotte Gray put in one of the days outstanding performances when she won the gold medal in the Weight for Distance event, her club mate Evie Newton took 5^th place in the event.  

The under 11 girls standing Long Jump saw Lauren McClean win the silver medal with an effort measuring 2.00m. Sophie Reed finished in 5^th position with 1.86m.

Lauren McClean just missed out on a bronze medal in the Standing Triple Jump, her best attempt of 5.37m giving her a 4^th place finish. Emilia Russell took 7^th place with a jump of 4.90m.

The Caber competition saw the Bronze medal go to Esther Savage who had compiled a total of 25 points. Eve Anderson finished in 7^th place with 19 points.

Sophie Reed saw competition in the Highland Steps, where she managed a total of 52 steps, which gave her a 5^th place finish. Sarah Healey’s total of 41 saw her finish in 11^th position.

In the Soft Javelin throw Mia Brocklehurst took 5^th place with a throw of 13.00m. Sophie Mcintyre finished in 12^th place with a best effort of 9.75m.