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Final Sportshall aggregates are published
The Hampshire sportshall league comprises of 4 matches all held at Places Leisure in Eastleigh.
The final league placings are determined at the end of the last martch and everyone taking part in at least 3 matches are eligible. There are individual and team competitions in the U11 & U13 age groups and an individual competition only in the U15 age groups. There are also individual awards for the best performance in each specific sportshall event over the course of the league matches.
For the U11 girls Ema Gligorovski was 2nd, Ayla Hermitage 3rd, Elsa Ramsay 6th, Evie Churcher 11th, (All U13 Academy) Poppy Manley 14th, Libby Wye 21st & Fleur Ramsay 40th. (All U11 Academy) The U11 girls team also won the overall league team title. Full results below.
U11G individual aggregate scores
For the U11 boys, Hugo Holt (coach James Mann) was 4th, Joey Baxter 10th, Ben Dowling 13th, (both U11 Academy) Alex Wood 16th, (U13 academy) Leo Rogers 18th, Isaac Lewis 35th, George Hardcastle 36th & Alex Rasftery 37th (All U11 Academy). The U11 boys team were 2nd overall. Full results below.
U11B individual aggregate scores
For the U13 girls, Mia Gligorowski was 2nd & Eva Raftery 7th (coach Andy Fisher). Full results below.
U13G individual aggregate scores
Forthe U13 boys nobody participated in at least 3 matches.
For the U15 girls, Erin Adams (Coach Ernie Chambers) won the title, full results below.
For the U15 boys Rhys Wye (Coach Mark Upton) also won the title full results below.
In terms of specific inidivdual events, Ayla Hermitage won the U11G speed bounce and Ema Gligorowski & Esla Ramsay shared the U11G chest push title. Mia Gligorowski won the 2 lap, shot putt & chest push U13G events. Jacob Tyler (coach Andy Fisher) won the U13B shot putt title. Erin Adams won titles in the 2 lap race, the standing long jump, standing triple jump & chest push in the U15G age group. Rhys Wye in the U15B age group won titles in the 2 lap race 4 lap race, standing long jump, standing triple jump, shot putt & chest push. Full details of all the individual event winners below.
Hampshire Sportshall league match 4 results
The Hampshire Sportshall league season concluded on Saturday with the 4th and final league match of the season at its usual venue of Places Leisure Centre in Eastleigh.
The 15 age groups are individual competitions only and on the day these were won by Erin Adams (coach Ernie Chambers) who came joint first for the girls & Rhys Wye (coach Mark Upton) for the boys. Full results below.
Match 4 Results U15G Match 4 Results U15B
The other age groups are both individual & team competitions although we didn’t field teams in the U13 age groups where no boys took part. For the U13 girls Mia Gligorovski won the individual match on the day with Liane Marquis-Onibuje in 3rd and Eva Raftery in 6th (all girls coached by Andy Fisher). Full results below.
For the U11 boys, the A team came 3rd on the day with Hugo Holt (coach James Mann) in 6th, Leo O’Leary 11th, Jacob Canto 12th (both U13 academy) and Ben Dowling 18th (U11 academy) making up the scorers. The B team were 8th with Joey Baxter 21st, Leo Rogers 29th, Alfie Faulkner 39th & Isaac Lewis 51st (All U11 academy) making up the scorers. In addition, George Hardcastle & Freddie King were 52nd & 54th respectively (both U11 academy). Full Team & individual results below.
Match 4 Team Results U11B Match 4 Results U11B
For the U11 girls the A team won the match on the day with the B team in 8th. The A team scorers were Ema Gilorovski in 3rd, Ayla Hermitage in 4th, Elsa Ransay in 5th and Evie Churcher in 12th (All U13 academy). The B team scorers were Poppy Manley in 13th (U11 academy), Libby Wye in 22nd (U11 academy), Eloise Raftery in 34th (U13 academy) & Alexa Gordon in 35th (U11 academy). In addition Hollie Crowther was 44th, Fleur Ramsay was 48th & Dana Lewis was equal 55th (all U11 academy). Full Team & individual results below.
Match 4 Team Results U11G Match 4 Results U11G
Sportshall stars represent Hampshire in Regional finals
Sportshall is the first opportunity that young athletes get to represent their county in athletics and this opportunity presents itself at the Regional (South East England) Sportshall finals which this year took place at the usual venue of the Triangle in Burgess Hill on Sunday the 16th February.
Hampshire Team Manager Steve Torrance selected strong U11 & U13 teams and these included representatives from WADAC. No WADAC athletes took part in the individual U15 events.
The Hampshire U11 girls team were 6th with Ema Gligorowski, Ayla Hermitage & Elsa Ramsay (All U13 academy) part of this team. Full results below.
Regional Sporthall finals results U11G
The Hampshire U1 boys team were 4th with Hugo Holt (coach James Mann), Joey Baxter (U11 academy), Rhys Soutter & Jacob Canto (U13 academy) all part of the team. Full results below.
Regional Sportshall finals results U11B
The Hampshire U13 girls team were 6th on the day with Gen Riches (U13 academy), Mia Gligorovski, Eva Raftery & Liane Marquis-Anijube (all coached by Andy Fisher) all part of the team. Full results below.
Regional Sportshall finals results U13G
The Hampshire U13 boys team were 7th with Jacob Tyler & Toby Gardener (both coached by Andy Fisher) & Harry Moreton (coach Dave Sherry) all part of the team. Full results below.
Regional Sportshall finals results U13B
The sportshall season concluded on Saturday with the 4th and last Hampshire sportshall league match taking place at Places Leisure in Eastleigh with full results to appear on the website shortly.
Hampshire sportshall league results Match 3
The 3rd of this seasons Hampshire sportshall league matches took place at Places Leisure on Sunday.
Full results are available below
Sportshall Match 4 Results & Overall Hampshire Sportshall league results
The last of the Hampshire Sportshall league matches took places at Places Leisure in Eastleigh on Saturday the 2nd March.
Rhys Wye (coach Mark Upton) won the U15 boys event and the day with Mikel Harfield (coach Dave Sherry) in joint 3rd. This was enough to wrap up the overall U15B league title for Rhys.
For the U15 girls, Evie Walker was 3rd on the day with Lordina Sarfo in 4th place. Nobody had completed the prerequisite 3 matches in this age group to contest the overall league title.
In the U13 boys age group, Toby Gardener (coach Andy Fisher) was 1st on the day, followed by William Griffiths (coach Dave Sherry) in 2nd, Jacob Tyler (coach Andy Fisher) in 7th and Christopher Wood (coach Martin McBriar) in 9th with the boys winning the team event on the day. William won the silver medal in the league overall with Fillippos Antoniou (coach Andy Fisher) taking the bronnze and Jacob in 5th place overall.
For the U13 girls, Mia Gligorovski (coach Andy Fisher) was 5th on the day and finished joint 4th in the leaguer overall.
Now to the youngest age groups starting with the U11 boys. Declan Dew (coach Andy Fisher) was 2nd on the day with Jacob Canto (U11 Academy) in 5th, Harry Elliott (U13 academy) 6th and Hugo Holt (U11 academy) in 6th. The A team winning the team event on the day. Rhys Soutter (U13 academy) was 9th, Max Wadeson (U13 academy) 12th, Alex Wood (U11 academy) 16th and Leo O’Leary (U11 academy) 17th meaning the B team took 4th place on the day. Georgew Hardcastle (U11 academy) was 53rd. A number of boys competed in at least 3 matches making them eligible for the overall league and of these, Rhys was 2nd, Jacob was joint 3rd, Harry was 5th, Declan was 7th, Alex was 10th, Leo was 14th and George was 27th.
For the U11 girls, Gen Riches (U13 academy) was joint 4th on the day, Lottie Osman (U13 academy) 7th, Ayla Hermitage (U11 academy) 10th & Ema Gligorovski (U11 academy) 14th and this won the girls the team event on the day. Saskia Motherwell (U11 academy) was 32nd and Evie Churcher (U11 academy) 33rd. Of those competing in at least 3 matches Gen came 4th overall with Lottie 5th, Ayla 11th, Ema 16th and Saskia 33rd.
Congratulations to everyone taking part in a very succesful sportshall season and a huge thanks to WADAC Team Manager and Hampshire league & Hampshire Team organiser and Team Manager Steve Toirrance for all his hard work.
Weekend track & field preview
With no WADAC athletes in action that I can see this weekend as the indoor season draws to a close, it’s great that we can enjoy the World indoor champs on TV for those not lucky enough to be making the trip to Glasgow to watch in person.
WADAC do have some home interest as UK shot putt champion Scott Lincoln who regularly trains at Winchester goes into tonight’s shot putt final at 8.20pm with our best wishes.
More locally, the last of the Hampshire league sportshall matches takes place tomorrow and good luck to everyone taking part.
WADAC youngsters star in Hampshire Sportshall team
The Sportshall format provides the opportunity for a youngest of the clubs athletes to gain a county T shirt with the Regional Sportshall finals taking place for the South East in its usual home of the Triangle Lesiure Centre in Burgess Hill on Sunday the 18th February.
WADAC’s own Steve Torrance is the Hampshire sportshall Team Manager and a numbe of WADAC youngsters competed for the county teams.
Sadly, because of limited availibility it was impossible to pick a team for the U15 boys but for the U15 girls Hampshire were 5th on the day with Aeryn Hurst (coach Elais Mtshwemi) and Anias Andrews (coach Andy Fisher) both recording top ten finishes in the shot putt. Full results below.
The U13 boys were 7th on the day with William Griffiths (coach Dave Sherry), Niko Sledz (U13 academy), AJ Anakwenze, Theo Reeves & Filippos Antoniou (all coached by Andy Fisher) all being part of the team. Full results below
The U13 girls were 5th on the day with Mia Gligorovski (coach Andy Fisher) coming 7th in the shot putt. Full results below.
The U11 boys were 6th on the day with Teo Sledz (U11 academy), Rhys Soutter (U13 academy), Harry Elliott (U13 academy), Declan Dew (coach Andy Fisher), Arthur Cooney (U13 academy) & Jamie Jack (U11 academy) all being part of the team. Full results below.
The U11 girls were 5th on the day. Lottie Osman (U13 academy), Gen Riches (U13 academy), Liane Marquis-Onibuje (JAG), were all part of the team. Full results below.
Weekend track & Field preview
I was delighted to see in the week that the BBC have signed an agreement to show 3 domestic track & field meetings ahead of the Olympics this year. Whilst this is nowhere near enough track & field on terestial TV it does at least mean that those competing at the weekends British indoor champs get the coverage that they deserve.
A record number of 3 WADAC athletes received invitations to the British indoor champs but neither Annie, Alex or Bella is in the shape just now to take their places on the start line. There will however be some tasty domestic matchups for us all to enjoy from Birmingham this weekend.
In terms of WADAC participation, the highlight of the weekend is the British Masters indoor champs at Lee Valley and I can see at least 3 WADAC participants on the start lists in the shape of Kathryn Miles (coach Dave Sherry) who would have been encouraged by her season opener last weekend, Sue Van Vuuren (self coached) & Tim Sorrell (coach Mark Upton).
A number of WADAC youngsters are also in action for Hampshire Athletics at the Regional sportshall finals in Burgess Hill on Sunday.
Sportshall success in Hampshire league match 3
The third of the Hampshire sportshall league matches took place on Sunday at Places Leisure and resulted in great success across the age groups.
The U15 age group are contested as individuals events and we had no girls take part on this occasion. For the boys, training partners Rhys Wye (coach Mark Upton) & Monty Brindle (coach Mark Upton) shared first place on the day. Results below.
In the U13 & U11 age groups there are both individual and team competitions. The U13 girls came 2nd in the team event results below.
This was made up performances by Mia Gligorovwski (3rd), Bo Hatchett (6th), Ava Gibb (11h) & Olivia Millist (15th) with all girls training together in the same group coached by Andy Fisher. Individual results below.
The U13 boys A team came first on the day with the U13 boys B team coming 3rd. Team results below.
This was made up of performances by the A team from Theo Reeves (2nd, coach Andy Fisher), William Griffiths (3rd, coach Dave Sherry), Filippos Antoniou (joint 4th, coach Andy Fisher) & A J Anakwenze (6th coach Andy Fisher). And the B team Jacob Tyler (8th, coach Andy Fisher), Christopher Wood (10th, coach Martin McBriar), Eli Walsh (17th, Junior Athletics Group) & Phoenix Vaughan (19th, Junior Athletics Group). Individual results below.
The U11 girls team was equal 2nd on the day. Team results below.
This was made of performances by Genevieve Riches (3rd, U13 academy), Lottie Osman (8th, U13 academy), Ema Gligorovski (equal 17th, U11 academy) & Elsa Ramsay (equal 17th, junior athletics group). In addition, Bethany Underwood was 30th (coach James Mann), Evie Churcher 31st (U11 academy) & Saskia Motherwell was equal 44th (U11 academy). Individual results below.
The U11 boys A team was first on the day with the U11 boys B team coming 5th. Team results below.
This was made up of performances in the A team from Declan Dew (2nd, coach Andy Fisher), Arthur Cooney (3rd, U13 academy), Rhys Soutter (4th, U13 academy) & Jacob Canto (6th, U11 academy). And in the B team from Harry Elliott (8th, U13 academy), Alexander Wood (16th, U11 academy), Max Wadeson (17th, Junior Athletics Group), & Leo O’Leary (24th, U11 academy). In addition Jamie Jack was 27th (coach James Mann), George Hardcastle was equal 61st (U11 academy) alongside Sean Xie (U11 academy). Individual results below.
WADAC teams dominate Sportshall Match 2
Results of Hampshire Sportshall League Match 2
The 2nd round of the Hampshire Sportshall league took place at Places Leisure in Eastleigh yesterday and resulted in victory for the 3 WADAC teams that took part.
Unfortunately a late withdrawal meant that the U13 girls didn’t field the 4 girls required to make up a team but as individuals they put in fine performances with Amelia Underwood (coach James Mann) equal 14th, Lydia Middleton (U13 Academy) 12th and Mia Gligorovski (coach Andy Fisher) 5th.
No such issues affected the other teams and the U13 boys tam won comfortably. They were represented by Theo Reeves (coach Andy Fisher) who also was the joint top individual in the age group on the day along with William Griffiths (coach Dave Sherry) in 3rd, AJ Anakwenze (coach Andy Fisher) in 4th and Niko Sledz (U13 academy) in 6th. Fillippos Antoniou was the other WADAC representative finishing 7th.
The U11 girls team won their age group comfortably. Top individual position was taken by Lottie Osman (U13 academy) in 4th, closely followed by training partner Gen Riches (U13 academy) in 5th, Liane Marquis Onijube (Junior Athletics Group) was 8th and Ayla Hermitage (U11 academy) completed the scorers in 13th. The B team were 7th on the day and this team was made up of Emo Gligorovski (U11 academy) in 20th, Bethany Underwood (U11 academy) in 25th, India Middleton (U13 academy) in joint 27th & Saskia Motherwell (U11 academy) in joint 39th.
The U11 boys team ensures that every complete WADAC team won their event on the day. This team was headed by Teo Sledz (U11 academy) in 3rd, Jamie Jack (coach James Mann) in joint 5th, Jacob Canto (U11 academy) in 8th and Tom Jepson (coach James Mann) completing the scorers in 14th. The B team were 9th on the day represented by Charlie Griffiths (U13 academy) in joint 21st, Jonathan Lockyer-Mckay (U11 academy) 28th, Samuel Jones (U11 academy) 29th and Ben Smallwood (U11 academy) in 36th. Competing as individuals were George Hardcastle in 44th and Sean Xie in 51st.
The U15 age group compete as individuals and in the girls event, Megan Moat (coach Andy Fisher) was 4th and Darcey Thorne-Hernderson (coach Martin McBriar) was 5th. For the boys training partners Joel Stanton (coach Mark Upton) & Monty Brindle (coach Mark Upton) were joint winners.
Match 3 takes place at the same venue on Sunday the 21st January.
U11 boys win Sportshall match
At first Hampshire Sportshall league match yesterday
The first of 4 Hampshire sportshall league matches took place at Places Leisure in Eastleigh yesterday.
This is where so many of our youngest athletes get their first taste of representing the club and yesterday was no different.
At first Hampshire Sportshall league match yesterday
The first of 4 Hampshire sportshall league matches took place at Places Leisure in Eastleigh yesterday.
This is where so many of our youngest athletes get their first taste of representing the club and yesterday was no different.
No fewer than 13 U11 boys took part from schools years 4 through 6 and the first 4 of these came in the top 6 of a total of 54 competitors to win the U11 boys team event. Rhys Soutter was 2nd, Teo Sledz 4th, Arthur Cooney 5th and Harry Elliott 6th and this saw the A team as comfortable team winners on the day. The B team of Hugo Holt (8th), Lukin Parker (15th), Alex Wood (19th) & Felix Humphries (21st) were the 4th team on the day and the C team of Leo O'Leary (24th), Lex Barker (29th), Jonathan Lockyer-Mackay (30th) & Declan Dew (37th) were the 8th team on the day. Declan had to retire after just 2 events both of which he won. George Hardcastle was 50th.
5 U11 girls took part and the team were 2nd on the day just behind AFD. Lottie Osman was 4th, Genevieve Riches was 7th, Elsa Ramsey 12th and Ayla Hermitage 13th were the girls making up the team. India Middleton was joint 21st on the day.
For the U13 boys, 4 young athletes make up the WADAC team who were 2nd on the day. Filippos Anontiou made a fine debut for the club finishing 3rd, Niko Sledz was joint 5th, Jacob Tyler 10th & Timo Thomas Machleidt was 11th.
The U13 girls had a team of 5 who were 4th on the day. Hallie Eldridge was 6th, Bo Hatchett 9th, Francesca Bertacchini 12th and Holly Crook completed the scorers in 23rd place. Maggie Weatherup was 28th.
The U15's take part as individuals and Joel Stanton and Rhys Wye were 1st & 2nd respectively for the boys with Aeryn Hurst & Voilet James coming 4th & 5th respectively for the girls.
Huge thanks to go Sportshall Team Manager Steve Torance for his organisational skills, to Gracie, Zac & Nyima who officiated the field events for the club and to Simon & Stuart who acted as Timekeepers for the day.
All the results can be seen through the link below and the next league match takes place at the same venue on the 17th December.