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England Age Group Championships

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WALTON ATHLETES SHINE IN SHEFFIELD

Day 1 Report.

George Sudderick stormed to an emphatic victory in the under 15 Boys 300 metres in 36:35, which was not only a Championship Best Performance, well inside the previous mark of 36:56, it was also a UK Indoor Age Record.

Jeslyn Agyei-Kyem came a credible 7th in the under 15 girls 60 metres final in 7:98. Jeslyn set two pbs to reach the final, 7:96 in the heat & 7:90 in the semi-final.

Tyler Panton made the final of the under 17 men’s 60 metres, and came 7th, setting a new pb of 7:15.

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ame 5th in the under 17 women’s 300 metres heats in 42:70, just outside her seasons best and closing the day for Walton Georgia Russell came so agonisingly close to a medal in the under 15 Girls Shot Putt, but ended up just outside the medals in 4th place, but with a new pb of 10:98.

Day 2 Report

Jeslyn Agyei-Kyem made the semi-finals of the Under 15 girls 200 and ran a pb of 26:18.

Caitlin Paul in her first National Championships ran a new pb in the under 15 girls 60 Hurdles 9:82.

George Sudderick

narrowly failed in his attempt to do the 200/300 double but still ran a superb race and came home in second place in the 200 in a new pb 22:58, which moves him to 6th place on the UK All time Indoor rankings.

Tyler Panton also ran a great 200 in the U17 men’s race and took the Silver medal in 22:63. In the semi finals Tyler improved his indoor pb to 22:52.

Congratulations to all the Walton athletes who competed this weekend at the England Champs.

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Surrey Indoor Champs

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Walton AC Throwers dominate the Surrey County Champs

Day one saw 2 Gold Medals and 3 Bronze Medals.

With Philip Kastner winning the U17 men’s Long Jump with a PB of 6.35m and George Sudderick U15 Boys winning the 60m with a PB of 7.17m.

Bronze medal winners were Caitlin Paul U13 Girls in the 60m Hurdles and Hayden Evans U13 Boys in the Long Jump with 4.26m.

Philip Kastner picking up his second medal, a Bronze for joint third in the 60m Hurdles with a PB of 9.15m.

Also running the 60m were Emma Fisher, Hayden Evans, Caitlin Paul, Georgia Russell, Luca Soave, Jasmine De La Touche who all had PB’s.

Jasmine De la Touche Long Jumped 4.34m.

Day two saw a super medal haul with the Whopping Walton throwers achieving 4 Golds, 1 Silver and 3 Bronze Medals.

Sam Mace started the day with a 13.68m PB and won the Gold in the U20 Men. Following this his sister Sophie Mace not wishing to let the side down took the Gold with 11.59m in the Senior Women.

Jasmine De La Touche also gained a Silver medal in the U17 Women’s Shot.

A Gold came again in the U17 Men for Philip Kastner and a 12.64m PB. Josh Cowie also with a PB 9.25m won the Bronze Medal in the U17 Men Shot.

In his first competition Jakob Howe picked up the Bronze Medal in the U15 Boys Shot with 7.20m PB.

Finishing the Shot Put events for the day was our new U15 Girls Surrey Champion Georgia Russell with a super PB of 10.91m.

Meanwhile upstairs, Tyler Panton picked up the Bronze in the U17 Mens 60m with a PB of 7.28 and Sam Bishop ran a 7.64 PB.

Jasmin De La Touche ran a PB 60m Hurdles in 10.50.

Our other Senior Woman Jo Flowers ran 8.97 in the 60m.

That makes 4 Surrey Shot Champions, 1 Surrey Long Jump Champion and 1 Surrey 60m Champion. Well done to everyone who competed.

Go Walton AC!

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Summer Fixtures 2018

We are pleased to present the full Summer Fixture List for 2018! We will be competing in the following leagues:

  • Southern Athletic League (U17 up, Senior competition level)
  • Youth Development League (Lower (U13,U15) and Upper (U17,U20) Age groups
  • Rosenheim League (U17 up, Low key competition, all welcome!)
  • Southern Masters League (V35 up)
  • Lily B League (U13, U15, U17 Girls)
  • Ebbisham League (U13, U15 Boys, Some U17 Boys’ non-scoring events)

We are hosting several home matches, in BOLD on the fixture list- we will need as many volunteers as possible for these matches! We also need volunteers to officiate at all matches, in most cases no qualification needed- however, contact Debbie if you would like to qualify as an official- qualified officials often score points for the team, and help the matches to run more smoothly (more information here – Walton AC will cover the cost of any officials course).

The linked fixture list here contains details of the leagues and contact information for team managers. The fixtures will also be going up on the calendar over the coming days.

 

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Annual General Meeting 2018

The 2018 AGM will be on Thursday 1st March at 8:15pm.

The club is in need of some new committee members, so if you want to have a say in running the club, please consider standing! Chat to one of the existing committee members or your (or your child’s) coach for more information on what’s involved and to volunteer.

Please see the pdf flyer (linked to the right) for more details.

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South of England Cross Country

Eleven junior athletes made the trip down to Brighton for the South of England Cross Country Championships at Stanmer Park.
On a very muddy and hilly course Ollie Emment continued his great season with another outstanding performance in the under 13 Boys race to come home in 13th place.  In the under 15 Boys race Jack Gemmell was the first Walton athlete home in 59th, next was Tom Jones in 75th and Ross Hurst in 100th, all three committed themselves well in very tough conditions.
The under men 17 men’s race over 6km set off at a furious pace but Ollie Coppellotti had one of his best runs this season to come home in 79th place, next home was Joshua Taylor in 115th closely followed by Michael Cottrill in 117th place. Matt Pharaoh was the sole Walton representive in the under 20 men’s race over 8km. Matt gave it his all and was rewarded with 59th place in an extremely highy competitive race.
On the girls side only three made the trip to Brighton but all three did themselves proud. Imogen Burton had a solid run, looking strong throughout to come home in 81st place in the under 15 girls race. In the under 17 women’s race Darby Begley-Jones came 54th followed by Rachel Pharaoh in 66th place.
Congratulations to all the athletes who competed and represented the club admirably.