Throwers enjoy golden South of England age group champs

Results from Lee Valley at the weekend

Head of throws Martin McBriar has completely transformed the clubs throws squad over the last few years so much so that it provides huge amounts of points in league matches and medals at regional and national champs.

Again it proved at the South of England age group (U13/U15/U17) champs at Lee Valley at the weekend as the club brought home 10 medals of which 5 were in throwing events, two of them gold.

Zoe Jack (coach Martin McBriar) is relatively new to javelin but won the U13 girls title. Elsewehere at this age group Francesca Bertacchini (coach Andy Fisher) was 8th in her 800m heat and 5th in her sprint hurdles heat. Lexie Divers (coach Andy Fisher) was 4th in the sprint hurdles final and 5th in the long jump.

No U13 boys took part but in the U15 girls age group, Isobel Jordan (coach Andy Fisher) was 5th in her 200m heat & 8th in her 300m heat. Training partner Chloe Poore (coach Andy Fisher) was 4th in the 300m final. Gracie Osman (coach Andy Fisher) picked up a brace of silver medals with pb's in both long jump & high jump and was also 6th in the sprint hurdles final. Training partner Esme Buchanan (coach Andy Fisher) was 6th in high jump. Two WADAC throwers took the podium in the discus with Abi McBriar (coach Martin McBriar) taking silver and Beth Mballa (coach Heather Sheffield) taking bronze. Abi also took silver in the javelin and was 5th in hammer whilst Beth was 6th in the shot putt.

Hayden Rogers & Monty Brindle (both coached by Dave Sherry) were 5th and 6th respectively in their U15 boys 300m heats with Zac Reynolds (coach Andy Fisher) taking the silver medal in the final after just being overtaken in the last 5 metres. Rhys Wye (coach Dave Sherry) was 6th in his 200m heat. Seth Noott (coach Nick Anderson) was 8th in the 800m final. Brother Reuben (coach Martin McBriar) was also 8th in the discus final ensuring bragging rights over the dinner table were shared. Ned Scott (coach Martin McBriar) continued his fine form this season with a bronze medal in the javelin just a few cm's short of his pb.

The WADAC performance of the championship came in the U17W age group where Jess Howells (coach Andy Fisher) threw a massive 46.53m with her clutch last round throw to win the South of England javelin title and smash Liv Busher's club record. Mia Judd (coach Tony Bateman) also won gold in the high jump with a jump of 1.65m. Erin McBriar (coach Martin McBriar) can count herself unlucky not to pick up a medal with 4th place finishes in discus and hammer and a 6th place finish in the shot putt. Evie Scott (coach Martin McBriar) was 7th in the hammer. Elsie Brindle (coach Mark Upton) was 4th in the 400m final.

No U17 men took part with the lure of summer festivals to tempt them away and there were also no WADAC competitors in the walks.