Bethany leads inter-counties success for the club
Results from South of England inter-counties champs
The current strength in depth of the clubs young athletes was reflected in the number of WADAC athletes selected for the Hampshire athletics team for the age group (U15/U17) inter-counties champs that took place in Oxford on Sunday the 10th September.
For the U17 women Elsie Brindle (coach Mark Upton) smashed her pb to win the 400m in 57.60 going 3rd on the clubs all time U20 list. Rebekah Smith (coach Dave McManus) was 3rd in the sprint hurdles with Lucy Smith (coach Gary Bettridge) 7th in the long hurdles. In the field for the same age group Mia Judd (coach Tony Bateman) repeated her success in the event last year but this time jumped a championship best performance of 1.71m. Mia was also 3rd in the long jump just behind Jess Howells (coach Andy Fisher) in 2nd place who was competing for Surrey. Jess was also 2nd in the javelin. Abi Belward (coach Andy Fisher) was 3rd in the shot putt and 7th in the javelin and Erin McBriar (coach Martin McBriar) was 2nd in the discus.
There were no U17 male competitors but for the U15 boys Ned Scott (coach Martin McBriar) was 3rd in the discus and on the track Zac Reynolds (coach Andy Fisher) won the 300m in a time just outside his pb.
For the U15 girls, Gracie Osman (coach Andy Fisher) won the LJ in a new pb and was 5th in the sprint hurdles. Beth Mballa (coach Heather Sheffield) won the hammer and smashed her pb going over 40m for the first time and breaking the club age group (U15) record in doing so. Abi McBriar (coach Martin McBriar) was 2nd in discus and 3rd in javelin. Lily Flute (coach Andy Fisher) was 6th in the 100m and Chloe Poore (coach Andy Fisher) was 5th in the 200m to complete the large WADAC contingent at the event.
On the same day in Open meeting action in Swindon, Jasmine Gordon (coach Martin McBriar) broke her own club hammer record with a throw of 40.98m, Sam Nicholson (coach Martin McBriar) recorded a pb with the javelin going over 40m for the first time and Vicky Gill (coach David Vosser) ran a seasons best time in the 800m.
Also on the same day at the Bournemouth Open meeting, Charlie Elford-Pond (coach Eric Davison) won the hammer, Sello Mtshweni (coach Elias Mtshweni) was 3rd in the pole vault and Tom Price (coach Elias Mtshweni) equalled his pole vault pb.