Kingston upon Hull Athletic Club

Northern Athletics Track & Field Championships

Robin Park, Wigan – Saturday & Sunday 16/17^th August 2014

The annual Northern Athletics Under 17 & 15 Championships were this year held in Lancashire, at Robin Park in Wigan.

There was a splendid turn-out of athletes from every corner of the North of England. They were encouraged and cheered on by a large and enthusiastic crowd of friends and families, plus many neutral athletics supporters.

The weather on both Saturday and Sunday consisted of sunshine and showers, together with a strong and biting wind. Temperatures hovered around 15 degrees.

Our athletes came home with a haul of 6 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze medals. There were some exceptional performances on both days and we are very proud of the achievements of our young athletes.

The standout Performances over the weekend, were as follows.

Joshua Tranmer

Josh has had a tremendous season in the Youth Development League where he won both the shot and discus competitions at every meeting. He also won the discus at the recent Inter Counties meeting in Derby. Here at the Northern Championships he won the gold medals in both Discus and Shot Putt.

Maggie Okul

Maggie too has had a great competitive season, including a 4^th place at the English Schools Championships. She represented Northern England at the International meeting in Cardiff. She also successfully defended her Northern under 20 Championship in June. She defended her under 17 championship winning her 4^th Northern Athletics gold medal and in the process she set a new championship record in the Hammer with a Throw of 53.18m.

Charlotte Paterson

Charlotte has been an outstanding performer for the club in the league meetings and she won a superb silver medal at the English Schools Championships in Birmingham this July. She won the gold medal in the Under 17’s 100 metres race and took 4^th place in the 200 metres.

Olivia Stevenson

Ollie won a silver medal in the hammer throw at the English Schools Championships and she has won every hammer competition in the league meetings. She also won the Hammer and discus events at the Liverpool Throws earlier this year. At the Northern Championships she won gold medals in both the under 15 ‘s Hammer and Discus throws.

Full details of the performances of all our athletes the Championships are as follows:-

Dominic Singh

Dom is a great competitor and an invaluable member of our youth team sprint squad. He won silver medals at both 100 and 200 metres in the under 17’s.

Harry Stutely

Harry is a member of our junior team. He Won the silver medal in the under 15’s Pole Vault Competition. He also took 5^th place in the Long Jump.

Laura Copley

Won the silver medal in the under 17’s Discus throw and finished in 9^th place in the shot putt competition.

Hannah Kynman

Hannah is a member of our junior team. She won the bronze medal in the under 15’s 200 metres and she also finished 7^th in the 100 metres.

Jonathon Beharrell

Jonny is one of our very promising middle distance runners. He won the bronze medal in the under 17’s 400 metres. He also took 5^th place in the 800 metres final.

Sophie O’Hara

Sophie was in 6^th place in the under 17’s discus throw and also finished 6^th in the under 17’s shot putt.

Venus Morgan

Venus took 5^th place in the under 15’s Long Jump

Libby Wheeler

Libby finished in 7^th place in the under 15’s Long Jump.

Natalie Varga

Natalie took 4^th place in the under 15’s Pole Vault.

Emily Lyons

Emily is a member of our youth sides very impressive relay team. She took 5^th place in the under 17’s 100 metres and she set a new PB of 12.71s. She also finished in 7^th place in the 200 metres final.

Matthew Backhouse

Matthew is one of our fast improving sprinters. He took 6^th place in the 200 metres final.

Shaun Smith

Shaun pounds out the hard yards in one of the most gruelling events. He took 5^th place in the 3000 metres final.

Amelia Benson

Amelia is one of our promising junior sprinters she finished in 5^th place in the under 15’s 100 metres.

Marcel Dalee

Marcel is a middle distance runner of great promise. He took 7^th place in the under 17’s 400 metres final.