Track and Field Catch Up

Quad kids retain Wessex League title

I am now back from holiday so track & field news can continue and there is a lot to catch up on which is going to take me a few days but I'll try to work through the action over the last few weeks chronologically.

The last of the clubs Wessex league matches took place on the Isle of Wight on the 2nd July and the clubs youngest athletes the U11's won both the girls & boys quad kids matches and with it defended the overall quad kids Wessex league title that they won last year finishing nearly 500 points ahead of nearest rivals Swindon. In addition, the leading and third place individual boys throughout the league came from Winchester with Declan Dew (U11 academy) winning the individual boys quad kids title and Samuel Barton (U11 academy) in 3rd place.

The U11's academy continues to be a great foundation for the club and huge congratulations to all the coaches and parent helpers who make it such a success. The Wessex league quadkids table makes great reading and can be found through the link below.

https://www.wessexleaguetandf.co.uk/league_table.htm

On the same day in Oxford the South of England Senior & U20 inter-counties championships took place with Alex Beck (coach Mark Upton) winning the U20 mens 400m title and Laura Clark (coach Mark Upton) coming 2nd in the senior womens 400m. Sam Clifton (coach Jeremey Clifton) won the senior mens hammer and Charlie Elford-Pond (coach Eric Davison) won the U20 mens title and was 6th in javelin. Jasmine Gordon (Martin McBriar) was 6th in the U20 womens javelin. Gus Bowden (coach Andy Fisher) was the other Winchester athlete to wear the green & white Hampshire Athletics vest but unfornately no heighted in the U20 mens HJ.

The next day in Nuneaton (3rd July) the National Prer schools champs took place in Nuneaton where Darcey Thorne-Henderson (coach Martin McBriar) won silver in shot and discus.