Walton’s ‘mature’ athletes put on an impressive display over the weekend at the British Masters Championships at Alexander Stadium, collecting a haul of nine medals.
Chris with his medal haul
Jo Flowers is British Champion for her PB performance in the 400m (62.72), whilst on the field, Bernhard Jongejan won the javelin with 43.26m. Jo also took silver in the 200m.
Chris Taplin was another athlete to shine, winning three medals and producing two SBs and a PB in conditions that were not especially quick. Chris ran 100m in 12.05s (PB), taking silver with a late surge, and also took bronze in the 200m (24.67) and 400m (54.38). Also on the track, Jo Locker took silver in the 1500m.
Meanwhile in the throws, Joe Eastwood and Debbie Singleton took silver medals in the javelin (34.01 SB) and discus respectively, while Jon Ladley took bronze in the discus.
A round up of the action at the Surrey Schools Championships on the 10th June, and the subsequent South-East Schools Intercounties last week, where George Sudderick and Sam Mace set new club records in their age groups.
On the track at Kingsmeadow, there were gold medals for George (36.21PB and new club record) in the 300 and Calum Beauchamp in the 400 hurdles, with Tyler Panton adding silver in the 100 and Ben Marks and Charlotte Vaughan taking silver in the 3000. There were bronze medals for Isaac Mammen in the 1500 and Tom Cursons in the 400 hurdles, for the first time getting the better of Joe Hubbard, though this titanic battle continues with the difference in their times again within 1/2 a second.
Our throwers were in fine form as always. Jasmine de la Touche took gold in the shot put, whilst Sam Mace, Sophie Mace and Tait Jones dominated the discus events, each taking a gold medal. Nicola Bell took silver in the javelin.
There were new PBs for Reuben Leyland (38.11) and Kate Raven (44.95) in the 300, as well as Ben Palmer (2.21.43), Tom Jones (2.22.11) and Imogen Burton (2.28.30) in the 800. In the 1500, Jack Gemmell (4.38.34) and Ross Hurst (4.42.46) ran PBs. In the sprint hurdles, there were PBS for Caitlin Paul (12.97) and Emile Fowler (13.84). Sam Bishop ran a PB of 53.53 in the 400.
Those claiming gold and silver were automatically selected for the intercounties at Basingstoke last Saturday, with a few switching events or adding new ones. Our athletes all performed admirably, with wins for George Sudderick in the A string 300, Tyler Panton in the B string 100 and Sam Mace in the discus. Sam’s throw of 47.16m was a PB and new club record. Charlotte Vaughan was 2nd in the 3000, with Jasmine de la Touche coming 3rd in the shot put. Sam Mace also threw the hammer 57.99m for 2nd.
Fourth places were claimed by Ben Marks in the 1500 steeplechase with a new PB of 4.48.04 and Sia Banbury in the hammer. Jasmine also threw the javelin.
A fantastic set of performances from our talented junior athletes!
A solid performance at Sutton achieved a good second place in round 3 of the SAL. Joint league leaders Reading won the match but Walton beat hosts Herne Hill and North Devon.
In the womens sprints there were seasons bests for Susie in the 100 & 200 with a PB for Jo Flowers in the 100. Jo also ran a PB in the 400 with Jemima winning the B string race.
Jemima in the 400 Hurdles
There were A & B string wins for Fiona and Jo Locker in the 800 and 1500, with Jo also 2nd in the 3000m and Mandy winning the B string. Lucy picked up two 2nd places in the sprint hurdles and 400 hurdles with Jemima winning the B string 400 hurdles.
Mandy in the 3000
Lisa and Susie gained two 2nd places in the high jump with Lisa also 2nd in the long jump. Tina won the triple jump.
Sinead, Lisa and Debbie scored well in the throws. Sinead won the hammer with Debbie 2nd in the B, and Lisa won the javelin with Sinead 2nd in the B.
The sprint relay team of Lisa, Susie, Fiona and Jo F came 2nd and the 4 x 4 relay team of Susie, Fiona Jo and Jo finished the day off with a win.
In the men’s sprints there were seasons best for Stu and Jamie including a 100m PB for Jamie. In the 400 there were 3rd places for Charlie and Tom, with a PB for Tom.
Duncan won the 800m with Matt Pharaoh 2nd in the B race and a PB for Mark Jacoby as a non scorer. In the 1500m Isaac was a few 10ths outside his best and
Duncan stretches out the 800 field
Ollie set a new PB. Michael Cottrill and Ed Dawson (with a new PB) ran as non scorers.
Rob A Smith and Matt Reed (with a new PB) ran the 400 hurdles, then Matt and Duncan ran the 5k.
There were maximum points in the pole vault through Greg and Jon Ladley and Greg also won the B string sprint hurdles. Rob A and Jon Ladley picked up two 2nd places in the high jump.
In the throws there were maximum points in the hammer from Rob C Smith and Bernhard with Bernhard and Joe Eastwood getting two 2nd places in the javelin
Rob in the 400 hurdles
Well done to all and thanks to all those who officiated.
Our next match is at Abingdon on the 8th July – please put it in your diaries! 🙂
On a scorching hot day, the YDL LAG athletes performed brilliantly at Winchester on Sunday. Despite the heat there were a number of impressive performances and many PBs. Jasmine De la Touche performed well during her first time out this season for the team, winning the shot put. Running in the middle of the afternoon in very high temperatures, the distance runners were performing in difficult conditions, however, they rose to the challenge and gained many PBs, notably: Jack Gemmell, Ross Hurst, Sam Davidson, Megan Coffey and Sally Mammen and Poppy Huxtable, Jacob Gelona, Callum Stewart in the 800m; Reuben Leyland (having earlier run a PB in the 200m), Tom Jones, Chris Vaughan, Lani Caldwell and Imogen Burton all defied the temperatures to run scorching 1500m and big PBs. Not to be outdone, the sprinters were also flying with Josh Punton and Tyler Panton in the 200m and Emma Fisher in the 150m gaining PBs and in the field events there were big PBs for Luca Soave in the discus and Amy Van der Westhuizen in the Javelin.
The performance of the day went to Emma Horsey who ran a sizzling 300m to break the Club Record in a time of 42.6 following on from a blistering 200m earlier that day that takes her to the top of the Club Rankings in this event as well! She is also awarded the female athlete of the match alongside Finn Punton for his 800m run in 2:24.8 which takes him to the No.5 spot in the Club Rankings.
The afternoon was completed with a fantastic set of relays – the U13 boys brought the baton home in the 4x100m in 56.4 for 3rd place as did the U13 girls in a time of 59.6. The U15 girls went one better for a second-place finish in 54.3 whilst the U15 boys won in a time of 48.6. The 4x300m squads didn’t disappoint either, both winning their races in a time of 3:02.6 for the girls and 2:58.6 for the boys.
A big thank you to all the athletes who stepped up and covered an event to get the team valuable points. The points difference between the top 3 clubs was very close throughout the day so every point really does count! Thank you to the officials for braving the heat all day and without whom we wouldn’t be able to compete and to Andrew for giving up his weekend to coach! Thank you too, to all the parents who helped the officials, supported and got the athletes to the right place at the right time with the right number on – you were amazing again!
Huge congratulations to all the athletes who competed so well! The official results should be out soon on the YDL and Power of 10 websites. We are now looking forward to the final match of the season on Saturday 15th July in Woking.
Woolmer wins triple crown amongst a shower of Walton medals.
A successful day was had by all at the Surrey Masters Champs at Ewell on Sunday, with Duncan Woolmer sweeping the M35 distance events with three golds, and a Surrey age group record for Jo Flowers.
Starting with the field events, Stu Channon won the men’s long jump overall competition with 5.27m. Susie McLoughlin was 2nd in the W40 High Jump.
Debbie Singleton threw the hammer 26.59m, winning the W55 hammer Surrey championship, and coming 3rd in the open competition, and went one better in the discus, throwing 24.28m to win the overall event. Not to be outdone, Jack Rutherford threw 29.88m for gold in the M60 Surrey hammer, 2nd in the open competition, and 28.34m for gold in the discus.
Joe Eastwood won the M65 javelin with 32.70m, and was 2nd in the M65 shot competition with 9.25m.
Out on the track, there was an early race for Sarah Burke in the 400H, running a great 66.12s in the open race, followed by a win in the 80H in 13.12.
Duncan Woolmer started his day with a win in the 1500, clocking 4:19.75. He followed this up with 2:03.53 to win the 800, and then took the M35 crown in the 5000, running 16:29.95.
In the 100m races, Susie McLoughlin (13.16), Jo Flowers (14.00) and Stu Channon (11.83) all took gold medals, with the same trio also recording wins in the 200 races later in the day (27.29, 29.20 and 24.36 into strong headwinds). Jo then ran 64.40 to take the 400m title in a new Surrey record.
