2025 WADAC Track & Field rankings

The 2025 WADAC Track & Field rankings make for hugely impressive reading.

The women have set no fewer than 28 new all time top 3 club performances and these include 2 new British Masters indoor records for Moira West (coach Dave Sherry) over 60m & 200m, 2 absolute indoor club records (the best indoor performance ever achieved by a WADAC female) by Arabella Wilson (coach Andy Fisher) over 400m and Lexie Trott (coach Tom Farres) in the pole vault and 2 absolute overall club records either outdoors or indoors by Annie Mann (coach James Mann) over the mile and Jess Howells (coach Andy Fisher) in the javelin.

Every single WADAC female performance so far this year can be found on the rankings list below.

WADAC 2025 female Track & Field rankings

The men have set a mere 16 all time top 3 club performances and these include 3 new absolute indoor club records (the best indoor performance ever achieved by a WADAC male) by Alex Beck (coach Mark Upron) in the 400m, Thomas Evans (coach James Mann) in the 1500m & Oliver Thatcher (coach Andy Fisher) in the shot putt.

Every single WADAC male performance so far this year can be found on the rankings list below.

WADAC 2025 male Track & Field rankings

Interesting to note that the rankings cover 3 continents with performances so far this year taking place in Europe, North America & Africa.

All top 3 performances have been updated in the records section of the website.

Rhys runs pb in Uxbridge

The last of the Brunel Uni Indoor Open series took place at Uxbridge last night and 3 of the clubs sprinters were in action.

Rhys Wye (coach Mark Upton) won the dinner table bragging rights with a 100m pb of 11.87 in his first heat and then improved this further with a run of 11.82 in his 2nd race. Brother Oliver Wye (coach Mark Upton) ran a time of 12.09 to be 3rd in his heat.

Aspen Stobart (coach Martin McBriar) ran a 100m pb of 13.05 to be 4th in her heat.

Esme opens her season

Esme Buchanan (coach Andy Fisher) began her season with a 1.55m HJ at the BFTTA indoor series at Lee Valley on Sunday.

Vets womens Team Manager Amanda Smith (coach Dave Sherry) was also in action recording a time of 36.05 secs in the 200m.

Sam starts his season in Birmingham

Sam Clifton (coach Jeremy Clifton) began his season at the University of Birmingham Winter throws meet on Saturday.

Sam blew the cobways away with a 4th round hammer throw of 52.15m and will have been pleased to get his season underway.

Gracie & Seni both on podium at National indoor age group CE champs

The last of the domestic indoor national champs took place this weekend at Sheffield as the age group (U15 & U17) combined events championships was held at its usual venue of the English Institute of Sport (EIS).

Quite incredible to report that two WADAC young athletes made the podium in the U17W age group on Saturday as training partners Gracie Osman & Seni Purnell (both coached by Andy Fisher) came 2nd and 3rd respectively

Both made great starts to the event with pb’s in the 60m hurdles and then maintained steady progress throughout the day finishing with a 1-2 in their 800m heat to secure their medals. They go 2nd & 3rd in the clubs all time indoor age group pentathlon lists and it made for quite a photo at the end of the day with 2 WADAC vests on a national podium. Read all about how the day unfolded in the report on the England Athletics website through the link below.

EA report on day 1 of indoor age group CE champs

Yesterday Mia Gligorowski (coach Andy Fisher) took part in the U15W age group and recorded pb’s in HJ, LJ, 800m & in her overall points score which was good enough for 17th place and Mia will be back in the same age group next year so it was a great learning experience.

Head of throws Martin McBriar wins 2 golds at British Masters Winter throws champs

The British Masters Winter throws champs took place yesterday & today in Oxford and resulted in some silverware for the club with the 3 WADAC Masters men all in action yesterday.

Martin McBriar (self coached) took gold in both the hammer & discus in the mens V45 category with throws of 26.73m & 28.69m respectively. Martin also pushed the 7.26kg shot out to 8.28m in the open shot putt event.

Mark Stone (coach Martin McBriar) came 2nd in the mens V50 age group in the javelin with a throw of 38.40m and Jeremy Clifton (self coached) was 4th in the same event with a throw of 34.04m. Jeremy was also 5th in the discus with a throw of 34.95m.

Weekend track & field preview

A very busy weekend in store for WADAC athletes as we meet the cross over of the end of the indoor season and the beginning of the outdoor one.

There are two national championships this weekend as three of the clubs young multi-eventers compete at the national age group indoor multi-events champs in Sheffield today & tomorrow. Training partners Gracie Osman & Seni Purnell (both coached by Andy Fisher) will be competing in the U17 age group today with Mia Gligorowski (coach Andy Fisher) in action in the U15 age group tomorrow.

The British Masters Winter throws champs also takes place this weekend in Oxford with Head of throws Martin McBriar (self coached), Jeremy Clifton (self coached) and Mark Stone (coach Martn McBriar) all on the start lists.

In addition Sam Clifton (coach Jeremy Clifton) is in action today at the University of Birmingahm Winter throws meeting and finally the club has 3 athletes on the start lists at the last of the BFTTA winter indoor series open meetings at Lee Valley tomorrow.

Good luck to everyone competing this weekend.

Bournemouth Open meeting cancelled

The Bournemouth Open meeting is one of a series of local early season open meetings and was scheduled for Sunday 30th March.

A number of WADAC athletes were on the start lists but unfortunately the meeting has been cancelled.

A full explanation can be found through the link below.

Bournemouth Open Meeting cancelled

Hampshire Champs open for entries

The Hampshire Athletics track & Field Champs are one of the highlights of the year for many athletes and entries are now open.

The Hampshire Quadkids champs, multi-events, walks, the mile & 3000m races all take place on Bank Holiday Monday the 5th May in Portsmouth and can be entered via the Roster website using the link below or through the Roster App.

Hampshire Quadkids, multi-events, walks, mile & 3000m entries

The Hampshire Track & Field Champs take place on Saturday & Sunday the 10th & 11th May in Portsmouth and can once more be entered through the Roster website usinfg the link below or through the Roster App.

Hampshire Track & Field Champs entries

For the last few years we have been the club in Hampshire with the most entries and we would very much like to continue this trend with lots of opportunities to stand on the podium as a medal winner across all the various events or simply take part in the County Championships.

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.

U15G aggregate scores

For the U15 boys Rhys Wye (Coach Mark Upton) also won the title full results below.

U15B aggregate scores

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.

Individual event winners

Oliver posts an indoor Hept PB stateside.

It was all the various conference finals in the States this weekend as the indoor collegiate season comes to an end. The standard was incredibly high far better than any of Eurpean countries National indoor champs as demonstrated at the South Eastern conference (SEC) where 3 world leading performances were set including a womens indoor 400m run in 49.79 secs.

Oliver Thatcher (coach Andy Fisher) is in North Carolina and the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) finals took place this weekend with Oliver competing in the mens indoor Heptathlon. Oliver put together 7 solid performances to set an overall indoor heptathlon pb of 4938 points improving his own 2nd place mark on the clubs all time indoor lists just behind Dean Showler-Davis.

That’s a wrap on the collegiate indoor season for Oliver now and a very fitting climax as he now embarks on his last collegiate outdoor season.

Lexie competes in Vault Cardiff

Lexie Trott (coach Tom Farres) took part in the Welsh Pole Vault Association event called Vault Cardiff in the Welsh capital yesterday.

Lexie cleared 3.14m just 1cm down on her own indoor club record.

Throwers in record breaking form

The first of this years outdoor National championships saw no fewer than 3 silver medals for WADAC’s young athletes as the UKA/EA Winter throws championships took place in Loughborough this weekend.

First to throw yesterday was Charlie Elford-Pond (Coach Jake Norris) who threw the 6kg hammer 62.65m in the mens U20 competition. This won Charlie a silver medal for 2nd place and Charlie was particularly pleased with the consistentcy of his throwing over the 6 throw series.

Next up was Jess Howells (javelin coach Bronwin Carter) who threw a massive pb with the 600g spear going out to 45.11m to smash her own club record and take another silver medal for the club this time in the U20W age group. 17 year old Jess will be targetting the European U20 champs this year and the 50m qualifying standard will not be beyond her based on the way she is throwing so early in the season.

Today it was the turn of the younger athletes and Aspen Stobart (coach Martin McBriar) started the day with the discus throwing 34.97m to break the clubs age group record and this was good enough for 2nd place to win the club it’s 3rd silver medal of the championships. Aspen then broke her own club record by launching the 3kg hammer out to 48.80m a distance that breaks both the U15G & U17W club record and was good enough for 4th place on the day with the standard of the competition very high as you would expect.

Head of throws Martin McBriar really has built an exceptional throws squad at the club. The squad will be the source of many league points and championship medals this year and sets a great example for the rest of the club.

Weekend Track & Field Preview

The first outdoor championships of the year takes place this weekend as the UKA/EA Winter long throws championships is held at Loughborough University.

It being a National championship of course there are WADAC names amongst the starting lists and this holds particular significance for this event which is through invitation only.

In action today will be Charlie Elford-Pond (coach Jake Norris) who competes in the U20M hammer and Jess Howells (coach Andy Fisher) who competes in the U20W javelin. This year is an important one for the U20’s as the European U20 champs takes place later this year in Tampere, Finland and this presents a good opportunity to impress the GB selectors.

In action tomorrow will be Aspen Stobbart (coach Martin McBriar) in the U15G hammer and U15G discus and Aspen will be looking to extend her pb’s in both.

In indoor action tomorrow will be those taking part in the last of the WSEH Open Meeting series in Eton and I see Lexie Trott (coach Tom Farres) on the starting lists for Vault Cardiff

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.

Match 4 Results U13G

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

Club records updated

Every year I say to myself, the club records can’t keep being broken at such an astonishing rate, sooner or later these amazing performances won’t be surpassed but every year I am proved wrong and the indoor track & field season this year has been no different.

On the mens side, there have been no fewer than 15 all time top 3 indoor performances including 4 new age group indoor club records from Zac Reynolds U17M 400m (Mark Upton), Harry Ryan, U17M 60mH (Andy Fisher), Tim Sorrell V65 200m (Mark Upton) and Declan Dew U13B LJ (Andy Fisher). There have also been 3 all time indoor club records in other words the best performances ever recorded by a WADAC man competing indoors and these have gone to Alex Beck 400m (Mark Upton), Thomas Evans 1500m (James Mann) & Oliver Thatcher SP (Andy Fisher).

The Womens side have been even more impressive with 24 all time top 3 performances most of them indoors but some outdoors. There have been 7 new age group club records from Aspen Stobbart U15G 60m indoors & hammer outdoors, a remarkable double achievment (Martin McBriar), Tracy Bezance-Collins V60 60m & 200m (Dave Sherry), Lexie Divers U15G 300m fastest time by an U15G either indoors or outdoors (Andy Fisher) and Sue Van Vuuren V55 SP both indoors and outdoors (Dave Sherry). There has also been two best performances ever recorded by a WADAC woman. Annie Mann in the mile which is an outdoor club record (James Mann) and Arabella Wilson 400m indoors (Andy Fisher) and finally two new British indoor age group records which obviously also stand as new WADAC age group indoor club records Moira West V75 60m & 200m (Dave Sherry).

All these new performances are now reflected in the club records section of the website.

Record number receive RPMF Grant

The Ron Pickering memorial fund was created in the great man’s memory and along with another great man’s memory in Llloyd Cowan the fund awards grants annually to young athletes with potential. Many of the stars of our sport have received a RPMF grant in previous years.

This year no fewer than 7 WADAC young athletes recieved a grant this year which will help them with training and competition costs throughout 2025.

The WADAC recipients in alphabetical order are and details of all the award winners and how to apply for a grant for next year can be seen on the link at the bottom of this message.

Alex Beck (Mark Upton)

Lucia Bertacchini (Andy Fisher)

Charlie Elford-Pond (Jake Norris)

Jess Howells (Andy Fisher)

Gracie Osman (Andy Fisher)

Mia Judd (James Hind)

Arabella Wilson (Andy Fisher)

RPMF Website

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.

Moira breaks two British indoor records at the British Masters Champs

Moira West (Coach Dave Sherry) was in record breaking form at the British Masters indoor champs at the weekend. On Saturday, Moira ran 35.19 secs to break the British Masters V75 age group indoor record in winning the V75 200m gold. Moira returned yesterday to run 10.22 secs in the 60m again breaking the British indoor record in the V75 age group to take her second gold medal of the championships. The clubs other gold medalist was Sue Van Vuuren (coach Dave Sherry) who broker her own indoor age group club record to push the 3kg shot out to 8.57m and take V55 gold.

Tracy Bezance-Collins (coach Dave Sherry) took silver in the V60 200m final on Saturday and in doing so broke her own indoor age group club record set just 2 weeks earlier. Kathryn Miles (coach Dave Sherry) was 6th in the V50 60m final yesterday.

Tim Sorrell (coach Mark Upton) won bronze in the V65 200m in a new indoor age group club record of 30.47 secs on Saturday.

Bella breaks indoor club record again

Arabella Wilson (coach Andy Fisher) brought her indoor season to an end by breaking her own indoor club 400m record for the 3rd time this season at the UK championships in Birmingham yesterday televised live on the BBC. Bella finished 3rd in her 400m heat in a new pb time of 55.46 secs.

Alex Beck (coach Mark Upton) also brought his indoor season to an end by finishing 3rd in his 400m heat in a time of 48.37 secs.

The day had not been without drama as a fire in a kitchen nearby to the Utility Arena had caused a 90 minute delay to proceedings with many nervous athletes waiting in the warm up area but everything went smoothly once the action eventually did get underway.