Hampshire Sportshall league
The second round of the Hampshire sportshall league takes place this Sunday at Places Leisure in Eastleigh and reminds me that I never reported on the clubs results from the first round that took place at the same venue on the 16th October.This indoor athletics format provides competition for our very youngest age groups and the league is organised by club stalwart Steve Torrance who does such a great job in helping to coach the U11 academy. The U11 and U13 age groups (reflected as cross country age groups rather than track & field) compete as teams with the U15 age group competing as individuals. The club were represented in all age groups with Bethany Mballa coming 4th for the U15 girls and Joel Stanton 2nd for the U15 boys.The U13 girls team were 2nd on the day with Lily Flute (1st), Anais Andrews (4th), Polly Newman (10th) & Elyse Blum (13th) filling the scoring places with Agatha Holt equal 14th, Ingrid Van Zyl Smith equal 16th and Charlotte Austin 19th.The U13 boys team were the winning team on the day with William Griffiths (equal 3rd), Rhys Wye (5th), Jackson Purdie (6th) & Lukas Ford (12th) making up the team.The U11 girls first team were 2nd on the day with Mia Gligorovski (2nd), Lottie Osman (10th), Imogen Allbut (12th) & Amelia Castle (13th). The B team were 5th on the day with the scorers being Lydia Middleton (17th), Astrid Reed (18th), Elsa Ramsey (19th) & Francesca Bertacchini (equal 22nd, although only completed 5 of the 6 events because of illness). The C team were the 8th team to finish on the day and these were made up of Liane Marquis-Onijube (26th), Fleur Robinson (27th), Millie Morgan (28th) & Daisy Robinson in 36th place. An impresive 55 girls competed in this age group.The U11 boys team were winners on the day occupying 4 of the top 6 individual places. This team was made up Declan Dew (1st), Arthur Cooney (3rd), Christopher Wood (4th) & Harry Elliott (6th). The B team were 4th on the day with the scorers being Phoenix Vaughan (equal 8th), Eli Walsh (10th), Mayo Bamodu (21st) & Charlie Griffiths (23rd). Also taking part were Ethan Wilde (24th), Max Wadeson (28th) & Alexander Wood (29th). 46 boys competed in this age group.Good luck to everyone taking part in the second league match on Sunday.