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Southern Athletics League at Walton 21st June

Saturday saw Walton’s senior men and women in action at Stompond Lane in the third  Southern Athletics League match of the season.

In another very exciting match where the lead changed hands a number of times throughout the day between Portsmouth and Walton, we  eventually came out on top by two points.

Walton 217 Portsmouth 215 Bedford 178 Norwich 79

The result moves Walton up to 5th or 6th place in the league, we’re still waiting for some of the other results.

An impressive total of 34 Walton athletes competed with many pb’s and great performances.

Full results and the league tables can be found at:

http://www.southernathletics.org.uk/2014.html

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Walton AC athletes selected for English School Athletics Championships

Surrey Schools Athletics Association has selected seven Walton AC athletes to represent Surrey in the forthcoming English School Athletics Competition to be held in Birmingham 10/11th July 2014.  Selection is very hard fought in Surrey and the selectors are only able to take 60 athletes to the Championships.

Congratulations Curtis Knight, Sawa Yamakawa, Sam Mace, Sophie Mace, Hetty Taylor, Nicola Bell and Tait Jones – the club is really proud of your achievements and wish you every success at English Schools.

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Ebbisham League at Walton Sunday 8th June

 
Another Walton win, well done all!  Walton the host with the most (points).
 
The sun shone as well as the Walton boys.  Some excellent performances and a strong turn out ensured the number 1 spot.
 
A very big thank you to all our officials, Jack and Debbie, Hilary, Ben, Andrew, parents and of course the athletes.
 
Once again our Under  11’s were out competing with PB’s for :
 
Matthew Brosnihan, Jack Gemmell, Finlay Northage, Freddy Pank and Tom Polley.
 
Event wins for the under 13’s and 15’s 
 
Oliver Coppolletti, Zac Goor X 2 , Ben Marks X 2 , Conor Martin X 2 , Mark Pedley
 
Kieran Allinson, Charlie Feinson X 2 , Mark Jacoby, Sam Mace X 3 , Jaime West X 2
 
The relays were the highlight of the match with both our Under 13’s and Under 15’s winning their 4 X 200m 
 
Which leads me onto “Man of the Match”  a joint award this time;  
 
Mark Jacoby who ran an excellent race in the relay having also competed in the Hurdles and Long Jump
 
also Kieran Allinson for his 800m and Discus showing super Team Spirit.
 
I would also like to mention Tor our new Under 13 who ran the 1500m, Javelin and Discus coming second in all three. (well done)
 
Check the ‘Power of 10’ website for all the results and also to update and create Athlete Profiles for yourselves.
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YDL Lower Age Group at Worthing 31st May

Well worth the visit to Worthing!

 Walton 651

Worthing 614

Sutton 552

Woking 520

Complete result and all performances will be on the YDL website http://www.ukydl.org.uk/

Although we were down a number of athletes due to half term holidays the 30 athletes who travelled down to Worthing made the trip very special.

We are currently leading the league with 16 points with 3 teams behind us on 12 points – 2 matches to go – make sure you’re all available for Sunday 22nd June and Saturday 19th July both at Sutton.

The U15 Boys came first, U15 Girls and U13 Girls both came 2nd and the U13 Boys which had suffered the most from half term holiday absences came 3rd. 

Sam Mace won all of his events in A string Hammer, Javelin and Discus.

Tait Jones 2 firsts and a second (Discus A string, Javelin B string and 2nd in A string Pole vault), Nicola Bell 2 firsts and a third (Javelin A string, Discus B string, 3rd in Hammer A string) and Jamie West 2 firsts and a third (Shot A string, 200m B string, 3rd B string 100m). 

U13 Girls firsts:

Charlotte Vaughan 1200m 1A

Rachel Pharaoh 1200m 1B

Isabella Dix Javelin 1B

 

U13 Boys firsts:

Mark Pedley Shot 1B

Sam Needell High Jump 1B

 

U15 Girls firsts:

Hetty Taylor Shot 1A

Tait Jones Discus 1A, Javelin  1B

Nicola Bell Javelin 1A, Discus 1B

Sia Banbury Hammer 1B

Lea Smith Shot 1B

Lucy Withers 800m 1A

 

U15 Boys first places:

Sam Mace Hammer, Discus, Javelin all 1 A’s

Kieran Allinson Hammer 1B

 

Athletes who did not already have a Surrey Ranking (see website to see your name http://www.surreyathletics.org.uk ) and/or an AAA Grade or moved up a grade.

 

Charlotte Vaughan          1,200m 4.12.6 (Grade 4), 75m (Grade 4) Surrey Rankings 75m 11.3

Nicola Bell                           Discus 23.05 (Grade 3), Hammer 27.13 (Grade 4)

Lucy Withers                                                                                      Surrey Rankings 800m 2.34.4

Sia Banbury                        Hammer 27.02 (Grade 4)

Jaime West                                                                                         Surrey Rankings Shot 9.43

Charlie Feinson                                                                                                 Surrey Rankings 300m 43.5

Sam Mace                           Hammer 39.30 (Grade 1)

Mark Jacoby                                                                                       Surrey Rankings Hurdles 14.4

Zac Goor                                                                                              Surrey Rankings 200m 30.1

Jessica McNally                                                                                 Surrey Rankings 800m 2.50.7

Rachel Pharaoh                                                                                 Surrey Rankings 1.200m 4.19.6

Clara Sawicki                                                                                      Surrey Rankings Hurdles 14.5

Isabella Dix                                                                                         Surrey Rankings Javelin 13.64

Izzy Garside                        Javelin 15.59 (Grade 4), High Jump 1.25 (Grade 4)

                                                                                                Surrey Rankings Javelin, High Jump, Shot 5.41

 

Athletes of the Match: Jamie West for his amazing Shot performance having only picked up the Shot 2 days prior to the match and Izzy Garside for her incredible YDL debut – 2 grade 4s and Surrey Rankings in all 3 of her events.

 

Unsung Hero of the Match who went above and beyond the call of duty: Sia Banbury who stepped in again to do events completely out of her comfort zone and achieving great results.

 

Well done to all of our athletes, parents for supporting and our officials it’s a team effort and we couldn’t do it without any of you.