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YDL UAG MATCH 2 Report

Match Report: UKYDL, Croydon 28th May
 
3 NEW CLUB RECORDS ON THE TRACK AND IN THE FIELD
 
The Walton team made the trek across the tram lines to Croydon where the weather appeared to be deceptively nice.  
Later that same beautifully sunny day the heavens opened just as the U17 Boys Relay team were left standing in the pouring rain to be cruelly disqualified.
 
A trip worth making, however, with 12 New Personal Bests and 3 New Club Records.
 
Our U17 Women’s team had an eventful day with Phoebe Schofield making her first appearance in the league and a return from injury for Nicola Bell.  
 
On the Track we had wins from: Charlotte Vaughan – 800m and Clara Sawicki – 300m Hurdles.  
 
In the Field we had wins from: Tait Jones – Discus, Sia Banbury – Hammer and Nicola Bell – Javelin and Hammer B.
 
Phoebe Schofield set a new PB in the 80m Hurdles.
 
The 4 x 300m Relay team of Rachel Pharaoh, Clara Sawicki, Darby Begley-Jones and Charlotte Vaughan came in 3rd.
 
Sophie Mace was not left alone in the U20 Women with Charlotte Vaughan and Darby Begley-Jones wearing their second set of numbers for the day moving up to both compete in the 400m to both earn New Personal Bests and more.
 
Charlotte Vaughan and Darby Begley-Jones both broke the Club Record for the 400m (U17 Women) with Charlotte now the New Record Holder
 
In the U20 Women Sophie Mace had wins in Hammer, Discus and Shot.
 
Our U17 Men were not going to let the ladies take all the glory or be the only ones with New Club Records.  Making a first appearance in the league was Ben Fitzpatrick and Ben Marks running his first ever Steeplechase race in the pouring rain just to add to the wet feet guaranteed (more to follow).
 
There were wins for: Michael Cottrill – 1500m B, Tom Cursons – 100m Hurdles and 400m Hurdles, Sam Mace – Hammer, Discus and Shot and Ben Marks – 1500m Steeplechase.
 
We had New Personal Bests for our Hurdlers in all of their races so well done Josef Hubbard and Tom Cursons in the 100m and 400m Hurdles.
 
There were New Personal Bests and more for Sam Mace and Ben Marks.
 
Ben Marks broke the U17 Men Club Record for the 1500m Steeplechase and Sam Mace extended his Hammer Record
 
The relay team were left soaking in the rain before being disqualified in disputed circumstances, however, the points lost would not have affected the overall score.
 
In the U20 Men we had wins for: Isaac Mammen – 800m B, Matthew Pharaoh – 1500m A , Cameron Chisholm – 1500m B and Calum Beauchamp – 400m Hurdles.
 
There were New Personal Bests  for: Jamie West – 200m and Discus and Charlie Feinson – 800m.
 
Our 4 x 100m Relay Team of Calum Beauchamp, Charlie Feinson, Mark Jacoby and Jamie West came 5th.
 
The last race of the day featured our U20 Men in the 4 x 400m Cameron Chisholm taking the lead, Isaac Mammen, Matthew Pharaoh and Calum Beauchamp finished 3rd.
 
Overall we finished 4th out of seven teams so a big pat on the back and thank you to all athletes and parents.
 
Our team of Officials were led by our ‘Coach of the Day’ Andrew Kennard on the High Jump and Triple Jump.  Also officiating; Karen Hubbard, Sarah Sawicki, Marie Marks, Elaine Pharaoh and Ian Beauchamp. Thank you to all.
 
 
Athletes of the match: 
 
Charlotte Vaughan for a New Club Record in the 400m
 
Tom Cursons and Josef Hubbard for PB’s in 100m Hurdles and 400m Hurdles
 
 
Our next match is at Lewes on Sunday 25th June
 
Sabrina Mace – YDL UAG Team Manager
Current News

England Team Call for Sam Mace

Congratulations to Sam Mace who has been selected as a reserve for the forthcoming World Schools Cup in Nancy, France.

The event is a team competition, with 6 athletes covering 10 events, with results compared using a scoring table.

Selection is a huge achievement, with only 6 athletes selected for the team across all athletic disciplines, and covering a 4-year age range.

Well done, Sam!

Club Records, Current News, Current Results

YDL UAG Match 1 – Report

Walton’s first match of the season for the U17 and U20 athletes at the blue track of Dartford was a great day of PBs and other super performances.
 
We had a few new athletes to the Upper League who made a very smooth transition indeed.  With 13 New Personal Bests or Equalling Personal Bests throughout the day Walton were there to make a mark (even if it was a small one!)
 
The team of 6 U17/U20 Women held their own against the men with Clara Sawicki achieving 2 new PBs in the 300m Hurdles and moving up to the U20 Women’s 400m and Tait Jones in the 200m.
 
We also had wins from the Women: Sia Banbury in the Hammer, Charlotte Vaughan in the 1500m, Tait Jones in the Discus, Sophie Mace in the Hammer, Shot and Discus.
 
For the first time we had a ladies relay team too! Charlotte Vaughan, Darby Begley-Jones, Clara Sawicki and Tait Jones all ran in the 4 X 100m in 56.30 sec and came a creditable 4th.
 
Then comes the boys – not to be outdone but then there were a lot more of them.  We had 8 New Personal Bests, 2 Equal Personal Bests and an Outdoor Best to be different.
 
 U17 Men new PBs for Josef Hubbard in the 400m Hurdles, Oliver Coppellotti in the 800m, Sam Mace in the Discus, outdoor PB in Shot and Ben Marks with a huge new PB on his 3rd 3000m –  knocking nearly 24 seconds off!
 
There were U17 Mens wins for Michael Cottrill in the 800m B, Ben Marks in the 3000m and Sam Mace in the Hammer, Shot and Discus.
 
Our U20 Men: Calum Beauchamp ran a PB in the 200m, Charlie Feinson ran a PB in the 400m, Jamie West ran two PBs in both the 200m and 400m and Mark Jacoby equalled his PBs in both the 200m and 400m.
 
The U20 Men wins were Calum Beauchamp in the 400m Hurdles and Isaac Mammen in the 1500m B.
 
With superb performances in the relay teams, the U17 Mens 4 X 100m team of Sam Bishop, Sam Mace, Oliver Coppellotti and Josef Hubbard achieved a fantastic time of 48.9 and came 3rd. 
 
The U17 Mens 4 X 400m team of Oliver Coppellotti, Michael Cottrill, Sam Bishop and Ben Marks won in 3.5490. 
 
The U20 Men 4 X 100m team of Calum Beauchamp, Charlie Feinson, Mark Jacoby and Jamie West came 5th in 50.30.
 
The U20 Mens 4 X 400m team of Cameron Chisholm, Charlie Feinson, Matthew Pharaoh and Jamie West came 3rd in 3.44.40.
 
 
 NEW CLUB RECORDS:    U17 Women Charlotte Vaughan 300m in 43.90 and the 1500m in 4.58.8 ,    U17 Men Ben Marks in the 3,000m with a time of 9.17.2  and U17 Men Sam Mace in the Discus with 46.69m
 
 
Athletes of the match : Charlotte Vaughan for a win in the 1500m and two new U17 Women Club Records in the 300m and 1500m.       Sam Mace for three wins in Hammer Shot and Discus and a new PB and U17 Men Club Record in the Discus.
 
 
Also a very big ‘Thank you’ to all our wonderful officials :  Jack Rutherford, Debbie Singleton, Karen Hubbard, Marie Marks, Sarah Sawicki, Elaine Pharaoh, Stuart Mace and parent helpers too (Ian Beauchamp and Chris West).
 
Our coach of the day award goes to Andrew Kennard with a close second to Ben Kennard.
 
 
Thank you and well done also to all our parents and athletes. Also wishing Ben Fitzpatrick a speedy recovery ready for the next match and thank you to Sam Bishop for stepping in to fill the 4 X 400m relay team.
 
 
Our next match is 28th May at Croydon.  We were 6th out of seven on this occasion lets gets those events filled next time and move on up the table.
 
Full results will be up on the Power of 10 website
 
 
Sabrina Mace – YDL UAG Team Manager
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current News, Current Results

YDL LAG Match 1- Report

A group of young and inexperienced junior athletes mixed with more experienced older athletes travelled to Portsmouth on Saturday morning for the first YDL LAG match of the season.

There were several new athletes competing in the YDL league for the first time, including Amy Lee Van der Westhuizen, Emma Fisher, Christopher Vaughan, Luca Soave, Josh and Finn Punton, Tyler Panton, George Sudderick, Lani Caldwell, Ollie Emment, Charlotte Maxwell, Ben Palmer and Sam Davidson, all of whom showed great maturity and determination throughout the day. A special mention goes to another new athlete competing for the first time, William Clarke, who sadly injured himself in the 75m hurdles but showed great team spirit by remaining to support the team to the end. We wish William a speedy recovery and hope to see him back at the track soon.
There were many SBs, numerous PBs and outstanding performances during the match. For example, Jacob Gelona in the U13B 75mH B race; George Sudderick and Tyler Panton in the U15B sprints; Georgia Russell and Eva West in the U15G HT and Luca Soave and Josh Cowie in the U15B HT. Male Athlete of the Match, however, goes to Evan Lee who set new PBs to win both the HJ and 100m B race and the Female Athlete of the Match goes to Emma Fisher for PBs in the 75m and 150m coming 1st and 2nd respectively.

Thank you to the officials, without whom we wouldn’t be able to compete and to Andrew for giving up his weekend to coach and Team Manage! Thank you too, to Lorraine, Linda and Tracy for helping in my absence and to all the parents who supported and got the athletes to the right place at the right time with the right number on!

Congratulations to all the athletes who competed and got the team off to a good start. The official results should be out soon on the YDL and Power of 10 websites. We are now looking forward to improving on this great start at the next match on 20th May in Bournemouth.

Kathryn Paul, YDL LAG Team Manager

Current News, Facilities

Interim Training Facilities

As you know we have to vacate Stompond Lane over the next few days.

Development continues on schedule at Waterside Drive and we expect to start using the new facility in September.

In the meantime, Elmbridge BC have arranged temporary alternative accommodation for us.

Please talk to your coach to determine where and when group sessions will be held for the coming months.

The main site we will use is St George’s College in Weybridge.

We have the use of the track and field at St George’s on Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs from 6.30 until 8.30 and from 9 until 1 on Sunday.

There are limitations to the facility at St Georges and some restrictions on what we can do.
There are no floodlights which should not matter unless Waterside Drive is delayed. We do have use of the high jump and long jump and hurdles as well as the track and throwing facilities. There is no water jump or steeplechase barriers and no pole vault.
There is no changing accommodation and very limited toilet facilities.

We are not allowed to enter the site until 6.30. We will use the Woburn car park, marked on the map here, and follow the one way system show on the map. There is a strict speed limit on site.

We will also have use of Ansell Hall in Oakbank Avenue, Walton for indoor sessions.