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Mace Shines in Dublin

16/07/2017 waltonathleticclub

Sam Mace part of triumphant England Team
Sam Mace having come second at English Schools Championships in the Hammer was selected to represent England at the SIAB Schools International in Dublin.

The best young Intermediate (U17) athletes from the schools’ championships of England, Scotland, Wales and a united team from Ireland took part.

The England Team achieved a convincing overall win supported by Sam who equalled his PB in Hammer to win the Silver Medal with 63.08m only 78cm behind the Gold.

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YDL LAG – Match 4 Report

16/07/2017 waltonathleticclub

MATCH REPORT – MATCH 4

It was a slightly smaller but no less determined team who arrived at Woking for the final match of the season.

Sian Popham made her debut for the Club in three events and gained valuable points for the team.

Once again, there were some great performances and PBs throughout the day. Amy Van De Westhuizen started the day for the U13G with a PB in the 75mH and followed that up with two more PB’s in the SP and JT. There were also PB’s in the 800m and 1200m for Evie Hodgen and Bella Wiles respectively.

The U15G matched this on the track with PBs in the 75mH for Jasmine de la Touche, 200m for Emma Horsey and 1500m for Lani Caldwell.

On the field, there were also PBs for Eva West in the HT, Grace Penfold in the JT, Georgia Russell in the SP and Caitlin Paul in the LJ.

Not to be outdone, the U13B saw PBs for Ollie Emment in all three of his events (800m, JT and LJ), matched by Chris Vaughan’s OB in the 800m and Jacob Gelona in the 1500m who managed to take a huge 19 seconds off his PB in the event. Tom Jones also ran a PB in the U15B 1500m as did Tyler Panton in the 300m, Evan Lee in the 200m and Ben Palmer in both the 200m and 1500m. The PBs kept coming in the field events for Luca Soave in the HT and LJ, Josh Cowie in the DT and George Sudderick in the SP.

Performances of the day go to Amy van de Westhuizen and Ollie Emment for their hat trick of PBs!

The relays brought the day to an exciting close with the U13G and U13B’s 4x100m teams coming 3rd and 2nd respectively. The U15G 4×100 came ??? and the U15B going 2 better to win. The 4x300m U15G team won in emphatic style 14 seconds ahead of the next team with the U15B narrowly missing out in a thrilling finale.

Thank you to all the officials for giving up their time again, so that our athletes can compete, and to Josh and Emma, our outgoing team captains. Thank you also to Andrew and Hilary for coaching this season and to the parents for their unwavering support!

The full results will be available on the Power of 10 website later in the week.

Kathryn Paul – YDL LAG Team Manager

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Weekend Results Roundup

10/07/2017 waltonathleticclub

Overall 800m Club Record and 2 English Schools Champions

Walton athletes re-wrote the record books last week with two English champions, multiple age group records and a new overall club record.

At the English Schools championships in Birmingham, we had two overall champions in Sophie Mace (Discus) and George Sudderick. George’s 300m time of 35.98s lowers his U15 club record by another 3/10ths, moving him to 12th on the UK all time lists.

George Sudderick takes the Jr Boys 300 title in 35.97 #NBESChamps pic.twitter.com/N8EoA1TvSo

— England Athletics (@EnglandAthletic) July 8, 2017

Sam Mace took silver in the hammer throw with a huge 63.08m, which is another U17 club record. George also ran in the winning Surrey relay team.

Meanwhile, in Loughborough, Fiona de Mauny took over 1s off the club overall 800m record with 2:09.07 at the British Milers Club Grand Prix.

Fiona de Mauny on her way to a new 800 Club Record

The senior team was in action at Abingdon in the Southern Athletics League. A solid performance placed the team 3rd in an incredibly close match, only 5 points behind 2nd place Yeovil Olympiads. Duncan Woolmer lowered his masters 800 record to 1:58.5. A full report will follow.

At the Rosenheim League on Wednesday there were two new U17 club records: Charlotte Vaughan ran 2:18.6 for 800m, and Kate Raven ran 60.3 for 400m

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Senior Intercounties

03/07/2017 waltonathleticclub

Surrey win the Senior 8 Counties with strong contribution from Walton athletes

Walton athletes provided a good proportion of the winning Surrey team at the Senior 8 Counties Intercounty Championships on Sunday, with a number of athletes recording Season’s Best performances on a warm but blustery afternoon at Kingsmeadow Stadium.

Matt Reed ran 4:18.56 in the 1500 to place 5th in the B string race, and followed that up with legs in the 4x 100 and 4x 400 relays, in both of which the Surrey team came 2nd.

For the women, Lisa O’Brien placed 4th in the B String High Jump (1.30) and 5th in the A String long jump (4.85w), before throwing the javelin 30.81m for 3rd in the B string. Sister Sinead took 3rd in the B string discus with a huge SB (31.47) and 4th in the B string hammer (37.62).

On the track, Susie McLoughlin ran two races within an hour, winning the B string 400 with an SB of 59.77s and placing 4th in the B string 200 (27.21). Walton was strongly represented in the women’s 1500, with Fiona de Mauny (4:37.86) and Jo Locker (4:40.13) running SBs to take wins in both strings, with Jo placing 3rd overall. Fiona ran the lead leg for the winning women’s 4x 400 team.

Surrey won the women’s team event and were 3rd in the men’s team event, winning the overall competition comfortably. Well done to all.

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YDL UAG MATCH 3 Report

27/06/2017 waltonathleticclub

Match report – Upper Age Group YDL Lewes 25th June

A 16 strong Walton team took on the blustery winds on the home stretch at Lewes. Even though we finished 6th out of 7 teams the team performances did not reflect this throughout the day.

Our only women’s team was the Under 17s, consisting of Darby Begley-Jones, Clara Sawicki and Charlotte Vaughan on the track, and Nicola Bell covered the field events.

We had wins for Charlotte Vaughan (800m A), Darby Begley-Jones (800m B) and Nicola Bell (Javelin).

Our U17 Men team of Tom Cursons, Sam Bishop, Oliver Coppellotti, Ben Marks, Michael Cottrill and Sam Mace gained 4 New Personal Bests and 1 New Club Record.

We had wins for Tom Cursons (100m Hurdles), Oliver Coppellotti (400m B) and Sam Mace (Hammer and Discus).

Sam Bishop ran a PB in the 400m (53.2 sec) and Oliver Coppellotti had two PBs; in the 200m (26.4 sec) and 400m (56.6 sec).

Sam Mace had a PB (with a tail wind) in the Discus, his 47.20m is a New U17 Men Club Record.

The 4 X 400m relay team of Sam Bishop, Tom Cursons Ben Marks and Michael Cottrill came home 2nd in 3.53.3 sec.

The Under 20 Men made their mark with: Jamie West, Charlie Feinson, Mark Jacoby, Matt Pharaoh, Cameron Chisholm and Isaac Mammen gaining 7 New PBs.

We had wins for Isaac Mammen (1500m), Charlie Feinson (Discus B) and Jamie West (Discus A and Javelin).

Charlie Feinson gained PBs in the 100m (12.7 sec), Triple Jump (10.33m) and Discus (12.33m), Mark Jacoby ran a PB in the 400m (55.1 sec) and Jamie West threw PBs in the Discus (22.76m) and Javelin (29.47m). Isaac Mammen ran a PB in the 1500m (4.26.2).

The relay team came 4th in 3.52.4.

A super day had by all with a great team atmosphere.

A big thank you to all our officials who managed without a lead: Tracy West, Marie Marks, Pauline Begley-Jones, Elaine Pharaoh, Sarah Sawicki, Sam Mace and Stuart Mace.

An extra thank you to all the parents who cheered and raked the day away.

The next match is at Croydon 23rd July and our last for this season.

Sabrina Mace – YDL UAG Team Manager