Schools inter-counties success

The South East Schools inter-counties champs is the final leg of the journey towards county schools selection for the English Schools championships this year to be held at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, the track & field home of last years commonwealth games.The competition is for junior (U15) and Inter (U17) girls and boys and took place on Saturday in Basingstoke against other schools counties from the South East namely, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey & Sussex.Generally, the first two or possibly three young athletes in these age groups from the Hampshire Schools Champs are selected to represent their county schools teams and this included lots of young athletes from WADAC. Their performances were as follows.In the junior girls age group, Chloe Poore (coach Andy Fisher) was 3rd in the 300m with training partner Lily Flute (coach Andy Fisher) just behind in 4th. Francesca Joslin (coach James Mann) was 7th in the 800m. Poppy Taylor (coach Nick Anderson) was 3rd in the 1500m. Training partners Esme Buchanan (coach Andy Fisher) and Poppy Crook (coach Andy Fisher) took 1st & 2nd places respectively in the high jump, Izzy Jordan (coach Andy Fisher) was 2nd in the long jump and Beth Mballa (coach Heather Sheffield) was 3rd in the shot putt and took the same position in the discus a competition won by Abi Mcbriar (coach Martin McBriar).For the junior boys, Zac Reynolds (coach Andy Fisher) won the 300m, Seth Noott (coach Nick Anderson) was 7th in the 800m, Ivor Martin (coach Nick Anderson) was 7th in the 1500m with Seb Murray (coach James Mann) just behind him in 8th.Ned Scott (coach Martin McBriar) was 5th in the javelin and Reuben Noott (coach Martin McBriar) was 6th in the hammer.In the inter girls age group, Elsie Brindle (coach Mark Upton) won the 300m with Rebekah Smith (coach Dave McManus) 3rd in the sprint hurdles and Grace Weeks (coach Gary Bettridge) 7th in the same race. Abi Belward (coach Andy Fisher) was 5th in the long hurdles but later won the shot putt event. Carys Jeffries (coach Andy Fisher) was 3rd in the long jump and Erin McBriar (coach Martin McBriar) was 2nd in the discus. Jess Howells (coach Andy Fisher) won the javelin competing for Surrey and Evie Scott (coach Martin McBriar) was 4th in thr hammer.Finally in the inter boys age group, Eddie Chambers (coach James Mann) was 3rd in the 800m, Will Atkins (coach Nick Anderson) won the 1500m, and finally Jeffrey Chan (coach Andy Fisher) was 6th in the long jump After the event, selection emails for English schools for these age groups and the Senior (U20) age groups were sent and I will report on the WADAC young athletes who received these tomorrow.