2016 Northern Inter Counties Championships

Costello Stadium, Hull – Sunday 7^th August 2016

The 2016 Northern inter Counties Championships for athletes aged under 13 and under 15 were held at the Costello Stadium in Hull on Sunday the 7^th of August. The nine designated athletics regions of Northern England all sent representative teams to the contest.

The regions involved in the competition were Yorkshire, Lancashire and the Isle of Man, North Eastern Counties, Merseyside, Humberside, Derbyshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester and Lincolnshire.

The young athletes from East Yorkshire and North and North East Lincolnshire competed for the Humberside team.

The Yorkshire team were the winners of the competition and the final table and point’s total’s for all the competing teams was:-

1. Yorkshire 543
2. North East Counties 483
3. Merseyside 393
4. Derbyshire 353
5. Humberside 349
6. Greater Manchester 332
7. Lancashire and Isle of Man 327
8. Cumbria 219
9. Lincolnshire 206

Details of the performances of all the Kingston athletes competing at the championships are as follows.

Under 17 Men

The County champion Adam Coles was the team’s representative in the 100 metre hurdles ‘A’ race where he ran a time of 14.92s for 3^rd place, missing out on 2^nd spot by one hundredth of a second.

Middle distance runner Kyle Foster made his County debut at this meeting where he ran in the 800 metres ‘A’ race, he put together a good run to take 4^th place in a time of 2:05.05s.

There was no discus competition at the Inter Counties so Josh Tranmer the 2016 English schools bronze medallist and County champion was competing in the shot putt, which is his secondary discipline, his best effort of the day, one of 13.30m saw him take 2^nd place in the ‘A’ event.

A similar dilemma faced under 15 pole vaulter Ben Stutely, there was no under 15 pole vault competition so he represented the team in the under 17’s ‘A’ event against older stronger and more experienced athletes. 13 year old Ben put in a great effort, equalling his PB of 2.40m to take 6^th place.

Adam Coles is a promising and hard working young athlete, he returned to the action this time out in the field where he was in competition in the long jump, an event where he won the bronze medal at this January’s Northern Indoor Championships. Adam jumped a new PB of 5.75m to take a 4^th place finish for the County team.

Under 17 Women

Amelia Benson the County 100 and 200 metre champion was the team’s representative in the 100 metres race where she took 3^rd place and ran a time of 13.30s.

The 800 metres event saw Natalie Bell running in the ‘A’ race and Lucy Savery in the ‘B’. Natalie took 7^th place in her race where she ran a time of 2:33.41s, whilst Lucy took 3^rd place in the ‘B’ running 2:36.25s.

County silver medallist Paige Mathers went in the 80 metre hurdles ‘A’ race taking 6^th place and running a time of 15.02s.

Natalie Varga has held the County pole vault title for the last three years and she was in competition in the ‘A’ event at this meeting, where she took 6^th place and cleared a height of 2.30m.

Savannah Beal was in action in the long jump ‘A’ where she leapt to a new PB of 4.68m to take 6^th place.

The team’s representative in the hammer competition was the UK no. 2 and English Schools silver medallist Olivia Stevenson who won the event with yet another throw in excess of 60 metres, this time it was 60.84m.

Under 15 Boys

The County 100 and 200 metre champion Brody Hinson was in action in both of the sprint ‘A’ races. The 100 metres saw him take 5^th place and run a time of 12.32s and in the 200 he finished 8^th in 25.43s.

In the 200 metres thrower Shaun Kerry showed that he hadn’t forgotten how to sprint, running a new PB of 25.85s for 5^th place in the ‘B’

The 80 metre hurdles ‘A’ race saw Sam Croney finish in 4^th place where he recorded a time of 12.96s.

UK no.1 Shaun Kerry collected another routine victory in the hammer ‘A’ competition where his throw of 59.04m was well beyond the reach of all of his rivals.

In the shot ‘A’ competition Shaun Kerry was again the dominant force, winning the event with a new PB of 13.86m.

Another athlete who was hit by the lack of a discus competition was Ben Copley, who is the UK ranked no.6 in the event. He was in action in the shot ‘B’ where he took 4^th place with a new PB of 11.24m.

Under 15 Girls

Olivia Bradshaw was selected to run the 100 metre ‘A’ race, this is her first competitive season for Kingston and she won the County title at this Mays championship meeting. She competed well in her race where she took 5^th place and ran a time of 13.46s.

Rose Hewitt is in her first competitive season for Kingston and she was a sprint finalist at this year’s County championships. This meeting saw Rose making her debut appearance for the County. She was in action in the 200 metres ‘B’ race where she finished in 7^th place and ran a time 29.37s.

Another athlete making her first appearance at the Inter Counties was Jess Fields who was selected for the 300 metres ‘B’ race, where her run of 44.43s saw her take a 5^th place finish.

Jodie Martin was in action in the 800 metres ‘B’ race where she claimed 5^th place with her run of 2:29.46s.

In the 75 metre hurdles race Emily Dye was in competition in the ‘B’ race, taking 6^th place and running a time of 14.02s.

On the field Indigo Atkin was making her County debut and she competed in two events. She took 4^th place in the hammer ‘A’ event with her throw of 33.27m and her best effort of 8.89m in the shot putt gave her a 6^th place finish.