UK Youth Development League – Northern Premier League 2
Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster – Saturday 30th May 2015
This was the second outing of the season for our junior team and we had a good turnout of athletes for the relatively short journey to Doncaster’s Keepmoat Stadium.
Our opposition came from teams representing the following clubs and districts:- Leeds City – Chesterfield – Carlisle(Team Cumbria) – Doncaster and Gateshead.
The bulk of our junior squad have been together now for quite some time and they have bonded and have a strong team ethic and our cause is also helped by the many parents who are an essential support team for the young athletes.
As usual we had a number of outstanding personal performances from athletes in all track and field disciplines, which helped us to a first league victory of the new season.
Track Events
Results and Performances
Under 13 Girls – Sprints
One of our multi-eventers, Ciara Andrews, represented us in the ‘A’ race in the 75 metres sprint. She ran a personal best time 10.6s to take a 3rd place finish. Sophie Reed, who making only her 2nd league appearance for Kingston, put in a personal best effort of 11.3s, to pick up vital points in the ‘B’race.
The runners in the 150 metres event were Katie Smith and Jodie Martin. Both girls took 3rd place finishes in their respective races and both ran new PB’s. Katie’s time was 21.6s and Jodie’s 21.8s.
Under 13 Boys – Sprints
The 100 metres representatives were Harrison Haigh in the ‘A’ and Divaldo Agostinho in the ‘B’. Harrison has only been with us since this March and is still in the learning stage. Divaldo is more experienced, but he has had injury problems during pre season and is still working his way back to his best. Both boys put in good performances, Harrison setting a new PB of 14.8s and Divaldo ran his race in 15.9s.
The 200 metres saw Harrison Haigh running the ‘A’ race and Luke Carr the ‘B’. Harrison took 5th place in the race and ran a new PB of 30.7s and Luke clinched 3rd place in the ‘B’, also running a new PB of 29.6s.
Under 15 Girls – Sprints
14 year old Hannah Kynman is currently ranked number 2 in Yorkshire. She won the 100 metres ‘A’ race and lowered her PB even further to 12.5s. 13 year old Jennifer Hopkinson was hobbling around on crutches during the winter but she is back in business now and ran a new personal best to win a 3rd place finish in the ‘B’.
Hannah Kynman completed the sprint double in the 200 metres with another new PB of 25.8s. Savannah Beal is in her debut season and was making her 2nd league appearance for Kingston. She took 3rd place in the ‘B’ race and set a new PB of 28.8s.
Under 15 Boys – Sprints
Jack Perry made his debut for the club in August of 2014 and he has made rapid strides since then. He won the 100 metres ‘A’ race and set a new PB of 11.7s. Samuel Croney is an experienced league campaigner and he took a 4th place finish in the ‘B’ race to further enhance his teams cause.
The 200 saw Jack Perry complete the sprint double and he won the race with another new PB of 24.1s. Lewis Gilbey ran the 200 ‘B’ where he too was a race winner with a time of 25.1s.
Under 15 boys – Sprints
Joseph Seed made his Youth Development League debut at Doncaster, in the 300 metres race. He ran a new PB of 43.5s to take 4th place in the ‘A’ race, and David Morgan-Harrison also ran a new PB of 44.7s to take 2nd place in the ‘B’.
Under 15 Girls Sprints
Daisy Evans had her first league outing of the season, running a new PB of 48.0s, for a 5th place finish in the 300 metres ‘A’. Abbie Haigh is one of our busiest juniors, on both the track and cross country. She also ran a new PB of 47.9s, to take 2nd place in the ‘B’.
Under 13 Girls – Middle Distance
Jodie Martin ran a superb race to win the 800 metres ‘A’ with 5 seconds to spare over her closest rival. Her time for the race was 2:39.8s. Emilia Russell also put in a magnificent performance to win the ‘B’ in 2:52.0s, 4 seconds ahead of the 2nd placed finisher.
Our representative in the 1200 metres was Niamh Derbyshire, who was making her YDL debut at the Doncaster meeting. She ran a PB of 4:49.7s for a 6th place finish.
Under 13 Boys – Middle Distance
A first league outing of the season by Harvey Newton brought him a new PB of 2:41.8s and a 4th place finish, in the 800 ‘A’ race. Sam Frankish was another of our juniors making his league debut for Kingston, in the ‘B’ race. He finished in 4th place and ran a time of 2:46.s.
Another league debutant was 12 year old Daniel Heald who ran the 1500 ‘A’ race. He finished in4th place in 5:20.9s. Daniel Chadwick ran the ‘B’ race where he took 2nd place with a time of 5:32.4s.
Under 15 Girls – Middle Distance
A return to the track for Abbie Haigh, this time in the 800 metres ‘A’ race, where she took 3rd place with a run of 2:42.3s. In the ‘B’ race Lucy Savery took 2nd place and posted a time of 2:39.9s.
A first league outing of the season for Connie Mounsey, saw her running in the 1500 metres ‘A’ race, where a season’s best effort of 5:28.8s gave her a 4th place finish. Rebecca Chivers ran a new PB of 6:09.1s for 2nd place in the ‘B’.
Under 15 Boys – Middle Distance
Joseph Seed saw further action in the 800 metres ‘A’ race. He ran a new personal best time of 2:20.8s, to take 4th place. A first league outing of 2015 from Sam Westhead saw him run a new PB of 2:33.5s for 3rd place in the ‘B’.
In the 1500 metres we were represented by Matthew Elliott who ran a time of 5:10.5s, for a 5th place finish.
Under 13 Girls – Hurdles
Humberside champion Ciara Andrews ran for the club in the 70 metre hurdles ‘A’ race. She set a new personal best time of 11.9s, to take 2nd place. The Humberside silver medallist Katie Smith was our runner in the ‘B’ race, which she won and her recorded time was one of 12.6s.
Under 13 Boys – Hurdles
Divaldo Agostinho contested the 75 metres hurdles as our ‘A’ runner. He set a new PB of 15.3s, for his 5th place finish. Daniel Chadwick also set a new PB in the ‘B’ race where he took a 3rd place finish.
Under 15 Girls – Hurdles
Multi-eventer Venus Morgan notched up another victory in the 75 metres hurdles, running a time of 11.8s. Training partner Paige Mathers ran the ‘B’ race in 13.3 s, to take a 5th place finish.
Under 15 Boys – Hurdles
The Yorkshire ranked number one Adam Coles took 2nd place in the 80 metre hurdles ‘A’ race and he ran a time of 12.6s. The winner of the ‘B’ race was Sam Westhead with a recorded time of 14.1s.
Field Events
Results and Performances
Under 13 Girls – Javelin
Ciara Andrews and Sophie Reed were our javelin contestants and both of the girls gained maximum points for the team, with two victories. Ciara won the ‘A’ event with a throw of 17.13m, and Sophie won the ‘B’ with a throw of 16.20m.
Under 13 Boys – Javelin
The UK ranked number 4 Ben Copley, dominated the javelin competition. He threw a new personal best of 37.03m, to take maximum points.
Under 15 Girls – Javelin
Paige Mathers contested the ‘A’ javelin event, where she took a 3rd place finish with a new personal best performance of 24.89m.
Under 15 Boys – Javelin
Shaun Kerry took 2nd place in the ‘A’ event with a new personal best effort of 35.01m. Sam Westhead was placed third in the ‘B’ with 18.00m, a new PB.
Under 13 Girls – Shot Putt
Holly Adams and Jessica Townsend represented the club in the shot putt. In the ‘A’ event Holly took 5th place with 5.55m, and in the ‘B’ Jess was also placed 5th with 4.45m.
Under 13 Boys – Shot Putt
Ben Copley was our representative in the ‘A’ competition. He threw a new personal best of 9.15m, to take 2nd place. Connor Pickering was the winner of the ‘B’ and he too threw a new PB of 7.38m.
Under 15 Girls – Shot Putt
Beth Shaw, competing in her second league meeting, took 5th place in the ‘A’ event with a throw of 6.86m. Rebecca Chivers took 4th place in the ‘B’ with 6.64m.
Under 15 Boys – Shot Putt
Shaun Kerry took 2nd place in the ‘A’ event with a new personal best throw of 11.48m. Will Robinson was the winner of the ‘B’ with a throw of 9.13m, a new PB for him.
Under 13 Girls – High Jump
Rosemary Shepherd took 2nd place in the ‘A’ event with a clearance of 1.28m. The ‘B’ event winner was Katie Smith who cleared a new personal best height of 1.28m.
Under 13 Boys – High Jump
Divaldo Agostinho and Finlay Parker were the two Kingston athletes in the high jump. Divaldo was placed 4th in the ‘A’ with a jump of 1.25m, whilst Finlay was placed 3rd in the ‘B’, with a new personal best of 1.10m.
Under 15 Girls – High Jump
Venus Morgan picked up a 4th place finish in the ‘A’ event with a clearance of 1.50m. Paige Mathers took 3rd place in the ‘B’ clearing a height of 1.30m.
Under 15 Boys – High Jump
Matthew Elliott was our representative in the high jump competition. He took 3rd place with a new personal best clearance of 1.45m.
Long Jump – under 13 Girls
Niamh Derbyshire and Sophie Reed were our long jump contestants and both girls had 6th place finishes. In the ‘A’ Niamh put in a new PB of 3.60m and Sophie jumped 3.45m in the ‘B’.
Long Jump – Under 13 Boys
Connor Pickering was placed 4th in the ‘A’ with a new PB of 4.09m. Fabian Vidal was the winner of the ‘B’ with the same distance as Connor, 4.09m.
Long Jump – Under 15 Girls
Venus Morgan was placed 4th in the ‘A’ with a jump of 4.94m and in the ‘B’ Savannah Beal took 3rd place and registered a new PB of 4.32m.
Long Jump – Under 15 Boys
Jack Perry was placed 2nd in the ‘A’ event with a personal best effort of 5.77m, and Matthew Elliott was also placed 2nd in the ‘B’ with a PB of 4.95m.
Under 15 Girls – Hammer
The two youngest girl members of the ‘Hull Hammer Squad’ represented their club at the Doncaster meeting. Beth Shaw appeared in the ‘A’ event, where she was placed 3rd with a throw of 24.51m. Adriana Arroyo was competing in her first league hammer competition and she took 4th place with a new PB of 10.83m.
Under 15 Boys – Hammer
The two youngest male members of the ‘Hammer Squad’, took their place in the throwing circle to represent Kingston. Shaun Kerry won the ‘A’ competition with a throw 30.64m and Will Robinson won the ‘B’ with a throw of 30.25m.
Under 15 Girls – Discus
Leah Calverley made her debut in the blue and gold vest and she earned a 4th place finish in the ‘A’ event with a throw of 17.67m. Beth Shaw took 2nd place in the ‘B’ with her best effort of the day which measured 17.16m.
Under 15 Boys – Discus
Will Robinson was back in action once more in the discus circle, where he picked up a 4th place finish in the ‘A’ with a throw 22.75m.
