This weekend saw another successful county championship for Walton. The club’s athletes equalled last year’s record haul of 19 Surrey Championship titles with plenty of silver and bronze medalists and lots of finalists.

UNDER 13 GIRLS
Jasmine DeLa Touche in her first Championship claimed two gold medals, winning the discus and the javelin 19.75 & 20.29 and also running 14.03 in the semi final of the 100m, all three were pb’s.

Darcie Weston-Jones won the bronze medal in the discus and was 6^th in the javelin, another couple of pb’s 16.86 & 17.01.

Clara Sawicki ran a 5 second pb to come 5^th in her heat of the 800m (2.42.92), just missing out on a place in the final.

Charlotte Vaughan came 6^th in the 70m hurdles final in 13.25 but ran even faster in her heat, a pb of 13.06. She also ran a 1500m pb of 5.24.20 to finish 8^th .

UNDER 15 GIRLS
There were three title winners in the age group. Nicola Bell set a new championship best in the javelin of 31.45 and came 2^nd in the hammer 26.56 and discus 23.41, all were pb’s.

Tait Jones won the discus 25.05 and equalled her pole vault pb of 2.20 for 2^nd place. Hetty Taylor set a new championship best of 10.97 to win the shot and ran 13.57 and 28.01 in the 100 and 200. Sia Banbury set a new pb of 24.72 to come 3^rd in the hammer. Hollie Heapes improved her long jump best to 4.33 for 5^th place and equalled her high jump pb of 1.35 for 9^th.

UNDER 17 WOMEN.

Sophie Mace claimed two titles. She set a championship best of 49.76 in the hammer and won the discus with 42.73. Sophie was also 2^nd in the shot with a pb of 12.78.

Millie Thorpe also set a shot pb of 10.24 to win the bronze medal. Millie showed her versatility with three more pb’s, throwing the javelin 29.41 for 6^th, long jumping 4.83 6^th, and running 12.01 for 4^th place in the 80m hurdles.

UNDER 20 WOMEN
We only had one entrant in this age group, Lucy Weir came 5^th in the long jump with 4.29..

SENIOR WOMEN
Carla Letheby won two titles and picked up medals in two other events. She won the discus with a new pb of 41.05, won the javelin with 34.87, came 2^nd in the hammer with a pb of 45.45 and set another best in coming 3^rd in the shot, 10.78. Sinead o’Brien also set a hammer pb to come 3^rd with 37.58. Sinead was 4^th in the shot, 8.57 and discus, 25.49.

Susie McLoughlin won the silver in the 400m with 58.99 and was 6^th in the 200m in 25.86. In the 800m Walton runners were 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th. Fiona DeMauny ran 2.17.59 for the bronze medal with Jo Locker 4^th in 2.22.80 and a season’s best of 2.23.29 for Lizzie Amos in 5^th . On Sunday Jo and Fiona were back, Jo won the 3000m in 10.36 and Fiona ran her second fastest ever 1500m 4.48.32 for second place.

UNDER 13 BOYS
Conor Martin was the only under 13 boy to enter and he had a busy weekend with 4 events and 3 pb’s. Conor was 5^th in the 75m hurdles in 14.70 pb, 5th in the 200m final (running a pb 28.27 in his heat) 6^th in the 100m final (a pb of 13.58 in the heat) and 6^th in the long jump with 4.17.

UNDER 15 BOYS
Only two athletes in this age group but a huge medal haul from Sam Mace and Sawa Yamakawa.

Sam won all four throwing events. He set pb’s of 40.71 in the discus, which was a championship best, and 42.82 in the hammer and threw 39.26 in the javelin and 11.55 in the shot.

Sawa came second to Sam in the discus and shot with a pb of 32.56 and 11.40. Sawa won two titles himself, setting another two pb’s. In the 80m hurdles he ran 11.50 and in the long jump he jumped a wind assisted 6.06 and a legal 5.94. Sawa also threw a pb of37.61 to come a very close 4^th in the javelin.

UNDER 17 MEN.

Andy Lomax ran a pb of 58.87 in blustery conditions to win the silver medal in the 400m hurdles.

Conor Beauchamp finished strongly to run a season’s best of 4.33 in his 1500m heat to qualify for the final, and then ran another seasons best of 4.30.86 for 6^th place.

UNDER 20 MEN

Two competitors and three titles.

Curtis Knight was only 1 cm below his best in the hammer, winning the title with 50.11.

He then set a new pb in the discus of 42.28 to finish 3^rd.

Hugo Fleming won the middle distance double. In the 1500m after a slow first two laps he kicked away to win by 5s in 4.00.90. In the 800m final he sat on the leaders shoulder until 150 to go then sprinted away to win in 1.54.68

SENIOR MEN
Only one senior man competed, Bernhard Jongejan came 3^rd in the javelin with 40.48 and was 6^th in the hammer with 30.54.

In total 26 athletes competed and won 19 titles, 9 silver medals and 9 bronze.

A full set of results can
be found on the Surrey County web site.
http://www.surreyathletics.org.uk

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

In a very exciting match where the lead changed hands a number of times throughout the day Walton eventually came second to a strong Brighton team with Nene Valley Harriers 3rd and Chelmsford 4th.

Brighton 198.5, Walton 195, Nene Valley Harriers 178.5, Chelmsford 141.

The result moves Walton up to 8th place in the league.

An impressive total of 35 Walton athletes competed with many pb’s and great performances. Top individual point scorers were the women throwers and distance runners with Carla scoring 15pts and Sophie 12 in the throws and  Jo scoring 15pts and Fiona 12 in the distance races.

Full results and the league tables can be found at:

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

Well done for the first YDL of the season we won the match by 91 points!!! Next match Saturday 31^st May Worthing.

Walton 687.75

Woking 596.75

Sutton 532.5

Worthing 493

Holland sports 419

Fleet & Crookham 255

Reigate Priory 247

Maidenhead 217

The U13 Boys/U15 Boys and U15 Girls all came first and the U13 Girls which had suffered from reshuffles on the day came 3^rd only 7 points behind Sutton in 2^nd and only 13 points behind Woking in first.  The U15 Boys got 187 points in total and the U15 girls 186!!! Game on……..

Sam Mace, Sawa Yamakawa, Jasmine de la Touche, Conor Martin and Tait Jones won all of their events.

Nicola Bell got 2 first and a third and Daniel Horsey 2 firsts.

U13 Girls firsts:

Jasmine de la Touche 75m 10.7, Javelin 17.73, Shot 6.23  all 1A

Charlotte Vaughan 70m Hurdles 13.3 1A

U13 Boys:

Conor Martin 100m 13.6 1A, Hurdles 15.2 1B, LJ 4.45 1A

Ben Marks Javelin 20.05 1A

Daniel Horsey Shot 3.65 1B, 1,500m 5.50.7 1B

Zac Goor Javelin 15.39 1A

Relay: Zac Goor, Ben Marks, Oliver Coppoletti, Conor Martin

U15 Girls first places:

Hetty Taylor Shot 10.62m 1A

India Dryburgh Long Jump 4.79 1A

Tait Jones Discus 27.94 1A, Javelin 24.89 1B, Shot 8.23 1B

Nicola Bell Javelin 29.94 1A, Discus 22.26 1B

Sia Banbury Hammer 17.61 1B

Jasmine Jones Long Jump 3.98 1B

U15 Boys first places:

Sawa Yamakawa Hurdles 11.6 (National Standard), Shot 11.25, High Jump 1.55 all 1 A’s

Sam Mace Hammer 39.30, Discus 38.69 (National Standard), Javelin 37.83 all 1 A’s

Kieran Allinson Hammer 15.72 1B

Mark Jacoby Hurdles 16.0 1B

Relay: 4 x 300m Charlie Feinson, Sam Mace, Mark Jacoby, Jaime West

Athletes who now have a Surrey Ranking (see website to see your name http://www.surreyathletics.org.uk ) and/or an AAA Grade

Jasmine de la Touche     75m 10.7 (Grade 3)                          Surrey Rankings 75m, Shot, Javelin

Charlotte Vaughan          70 Hurdles 13.3 (Grade 4)             Surrey Rankings 1,200m, Hurdles

Conor Martin                     100m 13.6 (Grade 4), Long Jump 4.45m (Grade 3), Hurdles 15.2 (Grade 4)

Surrey Rankings 100m, LJ, Hurdles

Ben Marks                                                                                          Surrey Rankings 800m, Javelin

Oliver Coppoletti              1,500m 5.13.2 (Grade 4),               Surrey Rankings 1,500 and 200m

Nicola Bell Javelin             29.94m (Grade 1), Discus 22.46 (Grade 4)

Surrey Rankings Hammer, Discus, Javelin

India Dryburgh                  LJ 4.77 (Grade 4), 100m 13.2 (Grade 3), 200m 27.1 (Grade 3)

Surrey Rankings 100, 200, LJ

Hetty Taylor Shot             10.62 (Grade 1),                               Surrey Rankings 100m, 200m, Shot

Tait Jones Discus              27.94 (Grade 1), Javelin 24.89 (Grade 3), Shot 8.23 (Grade 4),

Surrey Rankings Discus, Javelin, Shot.

Lucy Withers                                                                                      Surrey Rankings 1,500m 5.24.2

Sia Banbury                                                                                        Surrey Rankings Hammer 17.61

Jaime West                                                                                         Surrey Rankings 100m 12.9, 200m 25.7

Charlie Feinson                                                                                                 Surrey Rankings 800m 2.25.6

Sawa Yamakawa               Hurdles 11.6 National Standard Grade 1, Shot 11.25 (Grade 3), High Jump 1.55 (Grade 4)                                                                                                Surrey Rankings Hurdles, Shot, High Jump

Sam Mace                           Discus 38.69 National Standard Grade 1, Javelin 37.83 (Grade 3), Hammer 39.30 (Grade 3)                                                                             Surry Rankings Discus, Javelin, Hammer

Athletes of the Match: Sawa Yamakawa and Sam Mace for both getting National Standard in their respective events and 3 x 1A for the team.

Unsung Heroes of the Match who went above and beyond the call of duty.

U13 Girls:  Maddie Pattison

U13 Boys: Daniel Horsey

U15 Girls: Tiggy Tymens and Sia Banbury

U15 Boys: Kieron Allinson