South of England Track & Field Championships at Chelmsford (U/17's & U/15's only).
Ilford AC had 2 junior athletes in .South of England T&F championships last weekend competing against some tough opposition .
Both athletes were U/15 Girls with Aimee Jones competing first in the 800m on Saturday day 1. Aimee was drawn in a tough heat of the 3 qualifying heats and despite running a very respectable time of 2m 37.91sec for 7th, just outside her PB by 11 hundredths of a second, it was unfortunately not good enough to reach the final.
Charlotte Deacon took to the field on Sunday (Day 2) to take part in the Shot Putt. In better conditions than Saturday she was up against 8 other girls. Charlotte was first to putt and opened with an impressive putt of 8m 65cm for around 4th on the 1st throw. She consolidated this with the next throw of 8m 27cm but after the 3rd throw she was down to 5th. This however entitled her to 3 extra throws, but couldn't seem to reproduce her form of the 1st throw and ended the competition with a very respectable 5th place.
Both Aimee & Charlotte will be back at Chelmsford on June 10th representing Barking & Dagenham Schools in the Essex Schools Championships.
UKYAL
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Dartford
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young
athletes
competed
for
Ilford
AC last
Saturday'
in
the
first
round
0f
the UKYAL
held
at
Dartford.
The
squad
had
to
endure what
could
only
be
described
as
atrocious
and
diabolical
conditions which
resulted
inh
the
cancellation
of
the Relays, Pole
vault,
Triple
Jump,
Steeplechase and
the
Javelin
for
U/15's
&
U/17's
-
all deemed
to
be
unsafe.
In
the
U/13
Girls
there
were
3
Debutants.
Georgia
Laudat
ran
in
the
75m
and
recorded
a
time
of -
11.9
for
3rd. Katy
Rounce
ran
the
800m
but
due
to
her
inexperience
was
unable
to
complete
the
race
as
she
went
off
too
fast. Un
deterred wnet
on
to
putt
the
shot and
made
a
distance
of -
3m
26.
Last
of
the
trio
was
Alleisha
Joseph.
She
was
not
to
be
diturbed
in
the
800m
and
although
adrift
from
the
other
runners
was
able
to
come
home
with
big
cheers
from
the
crowd
in -
4m
11.0s
and
jumped
2m
50
in
the
long
jump
for
6th.
Sandeep
Johal
helped
out
Katy
in
the
shot
putt
with
- 4m
42
for
2nd
and
did
the
150m
in a
time
of -
27.3s
for
5th.
Nkiru
Anyika
competed
in
the
75m
and
ran
well
for
2nd
with
-
11.6s.
She also
did
the
long
jump
- 3m
48
for
3rd.
Corina
Bryce-Arnold
was
the
last
of
the
girls
u/13
to
compete
and
ran
the
150m
in a
time
of -
21.8s
for
2nd.
The
U/15
Girls
saw
Mishka
Lumsden
run
the
100m
in a
time
of -
15.4s
for
6th.
Aimee
Jones
ran
in
the
800m
an
came
home
1st
with
- 2m
48.7s.
and
in
the
long
jump
she
was
4th
with
- 3m
48cm.
Lydia
Hall
ran
in
the
1500m
and
finished
1st
in -
5m
41.2s.
She
also did
the
high
jump
and
recorded
a
height
of -
1m
29cm
for
2nd.
Simran
Johal
helped
her
out
with
- 1m
20
for
2nd
in
the
B-String.
In
the
throwing
section
Charlotte
Deacon
&
Charlie
Clements
did
the
club proud
again
competing
in 3
events,
shot
putt,
discus
and
javelin.
In
the
Shot
Putt
Charlotte
came
2nd
with
- 8m
00
and
Charlie
was
2nd
in
the
B-String
with
- 5m
88cm.
Tables
were
turned
in
the
Discus
as
Charlie
threw
a PB
of
over
3
metres
with
a
2nd
place
distance
of -
19m
33.
Charlotte
threw
a
below
par
15m
94
but
was
able
to
come
1st
in
the
B-String.
Lastly Charlie
came
2nd
in
the
javelin
with 18m
93
and
Charlotte
also
finished
2nd
with
16m
23.
In
the
U/17
Girls
Sarah
Kigozi
came
3rd
with
- 4m
18
only
1cm
behind
2nd,
and
in
the
100m
was
able
to
record
a
time
of -
13.5s
for
3rd
again.
Julianna
Dougan
was
also
in
action
in
the
100m
and
ran
-
13.8
for
1st
in
B-String.
The
other
event
was
the
Shot
Putt
where
she
came
1st
in
B-String
with
- 5m
77.
Laura
Townsend
was
there
to
support
her
in
the
A-String
and
was
equally
impressive
with
- 6m
22
for
2nd.
The
300m
saw
Laura
and
Shanise
Anderson
run
with
Shanise
powering
home
in a
tight
race
to
come
1st
in
44.4s,
Laura
finished
1st
B-String
with
a
time
of -
49.0s.
Shanise
also
competed
in
the
Long
Jump
with
Sarh
and
was
2nd
B-String
with 3m
66.
Her
last
event
was
the
Javelin where
her
throw
of 15m
28
was
enough
for
1st.
Fionnuala
Crowe
rounded
up
the
ladies
with
2
races
over
hurdles.
In
the
longer
event
of
300m
she
came
2nd
with
-
58.0s
and
then
recorded
a PB
of -
17.1s
in
the
80m
version.
In
the
Boys
U/13 Nethaneel
Mitchell-Blake
ran
a
solid
100m
to
finish
2nd
in a
time
of
14.5s.
In
the
200m
he
recorded
a PB
to
finish
2nd
with 27.4s
and
with
a
leap
of 4m
31cm
in
the
long
jump
earnt
him
both
1st
&
BOY
ATHLETE
OF
THE
MATCH
FOR
FIELD
EVENTS.
Dylan
Broadley
complimented
him
on
all
of
these
events.
His
100m
was
15.1s
for
2nd,
200m
in 29.8
for
1st
in
B-String
and
jumped
4m
16cm.
Alex
Richards
only
competed in
the
1500m
but
ran
a
solid
race
coming
2nd
in a
time
of -
5m
23.9s.
Youcef
Zatat
did
the
Shot
Putt
and
finished
2nd
with
a
distance
of
7m
59cm.
Rohan
Anderson
making
his
Debut
helped
him
out
to
finish
1st
in
B-String
with 5m
47cm.
The
U/15
Boys
saw Jerrell
Alleyne
run the
100m
and
200m.
In
the
100
he
equalled
his
PB
for
2nd
in 12.9s.
The 200m
was
more
impressive
as
he
recorded
a PB
of
26.4s
for
2nd.
Mohammed
Swamad
ran
a
very
good
800m
finishing
2nd
with
2m
21.2s
and
Long
Jump
of
4m
43
saw
him
come
1st
in
the
B-String.
Liam
Leddy
ran
the
B-String
800m
and
continues
to
improve
with
a
time
of
2m
33.7s
just
outside
his
PB.
In
the
throws
Rob
Legon
putt
well
in
the
Shot
to
come
2nd
with
8m
56
and
Andrew
Townsend
recorded
a PB
with
5m
46cm
for
4th.
Chris
Dawe
and
Vivek
Joshi
threw
the
discus
and
both
finished
1st.
Chris
with
23m
61 &
Vivek
with 24m
68.
The
Javelin
was
Cancelled
during
the
event
due
to
the
weather.
Finally
in
the
U/17
Boys
Bakr
Al-Akku
ran
in
both
the
200,
400m.
In
the
200m
he
finished
5th
with 25.2s
and
3rd
in
the
400m
with
57.2s
but
again
due
to
the
weather
there
was
no
Triple
Jump.
Ozi
Nzeako
also
competed
in
the
400m
and
ran
well
for
a PB
in
57.5s
for
1st
in
B-String.
He
also
did
the
Long
Jump
and
covered
a
distance
of 5m
02cm
for
2nd
in
B-String.
He
also
was
unable
to
do
the
Triple
Jump.
Simeon
Stuart
was
in
solid
form
leaping
5m
87cm
for
2nd
in
the
Long
Jump
and
3rd
in
B-String
of
the
100m
with
an
Equalled PB
of 12.7s.
Jack
Forrester
making
his
Debut
ran
the
A-String
in a
time
of 13.0s
for
5th.
He
also
did
the
shot
putt
with
a
distance
of
8m
12cm
for
1st
in
B-String.
Gull
Hassen
Ditta
was
the
final
athlete
in
the
u/17's
and
was
the
A-String
in
the
shot
and
recorded
a
distance
of -
8m
83cm
for
3rd
and
in
the
High
Jump
he
cleared
a
height
of 1m
50cm
for
4th.
The
final
match
score
following
the
abandonment
of
the
meeting
was
as
follows:
1)
Dartford
Harriers
-
548
Points
2)
Highgate
Harriers
-
411
Points
3)
Ilford
AC
-
385
Points
4)
Thurrock
Harriers
-
311
Points
5)
VPTH
-
286
Points
6)
Eton
Manor
AC
-
214
Points
7)
Queens
Park
Harriers
- 32
Points
Orsett 3 mile Run
On Bank Holiday Monday 3 of the club's veteran athletes competed in a new event - 3 miles around the country lanes of Orsett near Grays.
In a small field of about 100 runners Terry Knightley finished 4th in 16 minutes 43 seconds with 3 athletes from local club Thurrock Harriers ahead of him.
Joan De'ath finished in 23 minutes 27 seconds and Owen Phipps pulled a groin muscle and finished albeit injured in 30 minutes and 8 seconds.
