EMMA HOLMES has starred for Great Britain in Germany.

The talented West Cheshire Athletic Club teenager teamed up in the women’s 4x400m relay team at the annual Mannheim International Meeting.

Emma combined with Kara Dacosta (Trafford), Jessica Astill (Stevenage & North Herts) and Charlotte Henrich (Invicta East Kent) to clock a time of 3:33.78 which is the third fastest time in the world under 20 rankings and was also a meeting record.

The quartet will be hoping to be part of the World Athletics Under 20 Track and Field Championships scheduled to take place in Lima, Peru, in August.

TEN West Cheshire Athletic Club youngsters will compete at next month’s English Schools Track and Field Championships.

Cosette Wearden will represent Merseyside in the 3,000m, while Emma Holmes, Sebastian Whiteley, Ruby Wisbey, Alba March, Holly Bosworth, Sidney Shorrock, Kara Stoll, Beth Manson and Ruby Billington will represent Cheshire at the prestigious fixture scheduled to be held at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium, on Friday and Saturday, July 12 and 13.

Emma, who represented Great Britain at last month’s Loughborough International Meeting, is currently ranked 11th in the UK under 20 women’s rankings for the 200m and will be aiming to improve on her current personal best of 24.30 seconds when she lines up in the Senior Girls event.

Sebastian, who is currently 19th in the UK under 15 boys shot put rankings, will compete in the Junior Boys competition hoping to improve his personal best of 12.69m.

Ruby Wisbey’s personal best long jump of 5.61m earned her a top-40 place in the UK ranking lists and she will be aiming to match or better that performance in the Senior Girls event.

Alba will taste her first-ever English Schools Championships experience in the Intermediate Girls 100m and will be focusing her sights on improving her personal best of 12.57 seconds.

Holly will be making her second appearance at the event and will be planning to smash her personal best in the Intermediate Girls 200m of 25.8 seconds.

Sidney travels to Birmingham ranked 10th in the UK rankings for the under 17 ladies shot put after hitting a mark of 12.97m earlier this month at Stoke and will be hoping to secure a place in the Intermediate Girls shot put medal rostrum.

Kara is currently sixth in the UK ranking lists for the under 17 ladies hammer after powering her way to a distance of 49.50m earlier this month to strengthen her hopes of a medal in the Intermediate Girls event.

Beth plans to make her mark in the Junior Girls 300m having clocked a personal best of 42.71 seconds to secure 25th spot in the under 15 girls UK ranking list.

And Ruby Billington travels to Birmingham currently listed as third in the UK rankings for the under 15 girls high jump and will be aiming to match or better her personal best of 1-65m achieved earlier this month to secure the Cheshire Schools title at Ellesmere Port Sports Village.

Ruby Phillips, from Whitby High School, will compete for Cheshire in the Intermediate Girls 300m.

WEST CHESHIRE AC celebrated 12 victories at the penultimate round of the Under 13s and Under 15s Youth Development Track and Field League held at Preston.

Ruby Billington (1-45m) and Evie Whattaker (1-35m) teamed up for maximum points in the under 15 girls high jump.

Arwen Thorne (31.98m) and Emma Bradley (21.19m) combined for success in the under 15 girls javelin.

Mollie Garratt (12.0 seconds) and Poppy McKenna (12.5 seconds) grabbed glory in the under 13 girls 70m hurdles.

Violet Thorne (7.22m) and Amelia Owen (6.90m) teamed up for victories in the under 13 girls shot put.

Mia Johnson posted winning times of 12.7 seconds and 26.2 seconds in the under 15 girls 100m and 200m respectively.

Will Rawson won the under 15 boys B javelin with 27.32m, and Maya Jennings powered her way to a winning time of 42.8 seconds in the under 15 girls B 300m.

Other important point scorers for West Cheshire AC at Preston included Nathan Owen, Daniel Hughes-Shaw, Jack Owen, John Velasquez, Dan Hooker, Elliot Quaglierini, George Grimsditch, Dylan Gledhill, Max Henderson, Seb Whiteley, Lydia Walker, Imogen Fives, Beth Manson, Lauren Higgins, Millie Warren, Sophie Mulcaster, Mae Grant, Sophie Spencer, Satine Wearden, Emma Bradley, Artharva Ganesh, Rupert O’Connor, Leon Betteridge, Nia Manson, Amelia Snowden, and Rosie Grimsditch.

The final round will be held at Bebington Oval on Sunday, July 21.

JOSEPH MORRISON improved his 800m personal best and set a West Cheshire AC record at the Loughborough British Milers Club meet with a winning time of 1:48.72.

JON PARK, of West Cheshire AC, won the Estes Park Marathon in Colorado, USA, in a time of 2:59:54.

FIXTURES this weekend include the third round of the Under 17/Under 20 Youth Development League West Premier Division at Wigan on Sunday, and the UK Championships on Saturday and Sunday in Manchester.

WEST CHESHIRE AC will be organising the Guilden Sutton 10K Road Race on Sunday 15th September and the online entry link is here: https://wcac.niftyentries.com/Guilden-Sutton-10k-Sun-15-Sep-2024

WEST CHESHIRE AC has a busy schedule of fixtures lined up for the year ahead.

The Ellesmere Port Sports Village-based outfit will host the Cheshire County Track Relay Championships on Thursdays, July 4 and 11.

West Cheshire AC will compete in the Under 13/Under 15 Youth Development League West Premier Division at Bebington Oval on Sunday, July 21.

And the Club will participate in the Under 17/Under 20 Youth Development Track and Field League North West Division One at Wigan on Sunday, June 30.

The Club’s Northern Track and Field League squad will take part in West Premier Division fixtures at Bury on Sunday, July 14; and at Ellesmere Port on Saturday, August 17.

West Cheshire AC will compete in the Cheshire Track and Field League on Saturday, July 20 (at Ellesmere Port); and Sunday, August 25 (at Oldham).

FURTHER details about West Cheshire Athletic Club can be found at: www.westcheshireac.co.uk

KARA STOLL powered her way to victory on Saturday at Stoke on Trent.

The talented West Cheshire Athletic Club teenager celebrated a new under 17 women’s personal best throw of 49.50m in the hammer while representing Cheshire at the Inter Counties Mason Trophy Schools Championships.

Kara was backed up in the Cheshire squad at the Northwood Stadium by club mates Sidney Shorrock, Ruby Billington, Seb Whiteley, Maya Jennings, Beth Manson, Dun Xue, Evie Smith, Hayley Holland, Alba March, Holly Bosworth, Freya Stamper-Clark, Dylan Gledhill, Imogen Fives, Seb Hulse, Nathan Owen, and Freya Fitton-Lawless.

Sidney hit a new personal best of 12.97m to finish second in the Intermediate Girls shot put event, while Ruby cleared 1-53m for second spot on countback in the Junior Girls high jump.

Seb Whiteley hit 11.88m for second place in the Junior Boys shot put, while Maya clocked 42.85 seconds for second spot in the Junior Girls 300m, and Beth was first B in the Junior Girls 300m with 42.86 seconds.

Dun nailed 40.37m for fourth place in the Intermediate Boys hammer and spun the discus 26.35m for eighth position, while Evie cleared 1-31m for fifth spot in the B Junior Girls high jump.

Hayley rounded the Intermediate Girls 800m in 2:37.73, while Alba clocked 12.72 seconds in her Intermediate Girls 100m, and Holly posted 26.17 seconds in the Intermediate Girls 200m.

Freya Stamper-Clark hit 17.66m in the Intermediate Girls discus, while Dylan hit 29m in the Intermediate Boys javelin, and Imogen clocked 14.24 seconds in her Junior Girls 100m.

Seb Hulse cleared 1-64m in the Intermediate Boys high jump, while Nathan clocked 12.35 seconds in his Junior Boys 100m, and Freya Fitton-Lawless rounded the Junior Girls 1500m in 5:13.69.

Ruby Phillips, of Whitby High School, won her Intermediate Girls 300m in a time of 40.23 seconds.

DAVE McKAY and Will Scott teamed up for maximum points in the men’s javelin at Litherland on Saturday.

The West Cheshire AC duo impressed at the second round of the Northern Track and Field League West Premier Division match.

Dave launched the javelin to 44.46m and Will won the B event with a throw of 40m, and Dave then won the B discus with 29.22m while Will won by B shot with 8.70m.

The pair were joined in the winners’ circle by Emma Holmes, Hannah Cowley, Ruby Wisbey, Alan Littler, and the women’s 4x100m relay team.

Emma posted a winning 200m time of 24.6 seconds, while Hannah rounded the 1500m in 4:51.7, Ruby achieved 4.53m for success in the B long jump, and Alan cleared 1.60m for victory in the B high jump.

The quartet of Emma, Ruby, Macey Jones and Carys Manson then joined forces to clock a winning time of 50.2 seconds in the 4x100m relay.

Other important West Cheshire AC point scorers were Alex Rutherford, Jacob Gardner, Bradley Spurdens, Matthew Jones, Paul Morrison, Henry Robinson, Fraser Campbell, Isaac Pembleton, Christian Holcombe, Victor Oyesola, Joy Hickman, Ellie Robinson, Emma Nutt, Cosette Wearden, Danielle Erskine, and Megan Kettle.

MATCH RESULT: 1 Blackburn Harriers & AC 394 points; 2 Sale Harriers Manchester 367; 3 Southport Waterloo AC 358; 4 West Cheshire AC 353; 5 Wirral AC 336; 6 Bury AC 257.

OVERALL STANDINGS (after 2 rounds): 1 Blackburn Harriers & AC 795 match points (12 league points); 2 Sale Harriers Manchester 765 (10); 3 West Cheshire AC 702 (7); 4 Southport Waterloo AC 670 (6); 5 Wirral AC 683 (5); 6 Bury AC 521 (2).

The next round will be held at Bury, on Sunday, July 14.

MICHAEL YOUNG of West Cheshire AC won the Trail Marathon Wales with a time of three hours seven minutes, and Angela Tegg won the over 50 women’s title.

WULLIE McGARRELL of West Cheshire AC improved his over-55 men’s 10k best with a new over-60 men’s club record of 36:47 at the Colshaw Hall 10k Road Race near Knutsford.

FIXTURES this weekend include the second round of the Under 13/Under 15 Youth Development League West Premier Division at Preston on Sunday.

WEST CHESHIRE AC has a busy schedule of fixtures lined up for the year ahead.

The Ellesmere Port Sports Village-based outfit will host the Cheshire County Track Relay Championships on Thursdays, July 4 and 11.

West Cheshire AC will compete in the Under 13/Under 15 Youth Development League West Premier Division at Preston on Sunday, June 23; and at Bebington Oval on Saturday, July 20.

And the Club will participate in the Under 17/Under 20 Youth Development Track and Field League North West Division One at Wigan on Sunday, June 30.

The Club’s Northern Track and Field League squad will take part in West Premier Division fixtures at Bury on Sunday, July 14; and at Ellesmere Port on Saturday, August 17.

West Cheshire AC will compete in the Cheshire Track and Field League on Sunday, July 21 (at Ellesmere Port); and Sunday, August 25 (at Oldham).

West Cheshire AC will also host the annual Cheshire v Merseyside Year 7 Schools Track and Field fixture in July.

FURTHER details about West Cheshire Athletic Club can be found at: www.westcheshireac.co.uk

Emma Nutt, Clare Angell Mallon and Anest Muller remain 1, 2 and 3 in the women’s endurance league standings at the end of June. David Shearer continues to head the men’s table, followed by Michael Young and Mark Davies. See the Races page for full tables.

As per previous posts, this year’s league will run from January 1st to September 30th, to ensure that the Endurance League champions receive their awards at the WCAC Presentation Evening, which will take place in October this year. In future years, it will run from October 1st to September 30th, in line with other leagues and athletics seasons.

WEST CHESHIRE ATHLETIC CLUB youngsters are aiming to score top marks at Stoke on Trent this weekend.

Sidney Shorrock and Ruby Billington will be planning to build on their impressive form when they represent Cheshire in the Inter Counties Mason Trophy fixture at Northwood Stadium.

Sidney smashed the Cheshire Schools Championships record on Saturday at Ellesmere Port Sports Village with 12.92m for victory in the Intermediate Girls Shot Put.

And Ruby cleared a new personal best and West Cheshire club record clearance of 1.65m for success in the Junior Girls High Jump.

There were 11 other victories for West Cheshire AC members at Saturday’s Cheshire Schools Track and Field Championships.

Kara Stoll powered her way to 49.18m for victory in the Intermediate Girls Hammer, while Reuben Baxter won the Junior Boys Long Jump with 5.18m.

Seb Whiteley hit 13.17m for success in the Junior Boys Shot Put, while Dun Xue nailed 40.99m for victory in the Intermediate Boys Hammer.

Matthew Jones rounded the Senior Boys 1500m in a winning time of 4:19.0, while Imogen Fives posted 13.3 seconds for top spot in the Junior Girls 100m.

Beth Manson clocked 43.6 seconds for victory in the Junior Girls 300m, and Ursula Archer spun the Intermediate Girls discus to a winning mark of 23.11m.

Alba March blasted her way to a 12.9 seconds success in the Intermediate Girls 100m, and Holly Bosworth won the Intermediate Girls 200m title in 27.2 seconds.

Other West Cheshire AC members aiming to make an impact at Stoke on Saturday will be Nathan Owen who clocked a new personal best of 11.9 seconds to win the Junior Boys 100m at the weekend.

Dylan Gledhill in the Junior Boys Javelin, as well as Millie Warren in the Junior Girls 100m, Erin Barnard in the Junior Girls 200m, Maya Jennings (Junior Girls 300m), and Evie Smith (Junior Girls High Jump).

Evan Miller (Intermediate Boys 400m), Seb Hulse (Intermediate Boys High Jump), Hayley Holland (Intermediate Girls 800m), and Freya Stamper-Clark (Intermediate Girls Discus) are other West Cheshire AC members preparing to represent Cheshire at Stoke.

Alex Rutherford pocketed two silver medals with personal bests of 11.4 (100m) and 23.4 (200m) in the Merseyside Schools Championships held at Bebington Oval.

Ruby Phillips, of Whitby High School, clocked a new championship best performance of 39.8 seconds for victory in the Intermediate Girls 300m at Ellesmere Port Sports Village.

FIXTURES this weekend include the second round of the Northern Track and Field League Premier West Division on Saturday at Litherland, and the Inter-Counties Schools Mason Trophy fixture at Northwood Stadium, Stoke on Trent, on Saturday.

WEST CHESHIRE AC has a busy schedule of fixtures lined up for the year ahead.

The Ellesmere Port Sports Village-based outfit will host the Cheshire County Track Relay Championships on Thursdays, July 4 and 11.

West Cheshire AC will compete in the Under 13/Under 15 Youth Development League West Premier Division at Preston on Sunday, June 23; and at Bebington Oval on Saturday, July 20.

And the Club will participate in the Under 17/Under 20 Youth Development Track and Field League North West Division One at Wigan on Sunday, June 30.

The Club’s Northern Track and Field League squad will take part in West Premier Division fixtures at Litherland on Saturday, June 15; at Bury on Sunday, July 14; and at Ellesmere Port on Saturday, August 17.

West Cheshire AC will compete in the Cheshire Track and Field League on Sunday, July 21 (at Ellesmere Port); and Sunday, August 25 (at Oldham).

West Cheshire AC will also host the annual Cheshire v Merseyside Year 7 Schools Track and Field fixture in July.

FURTHER details about West Cheshire Athletic Club can be found at: www.westcheshireac.co.uk

COSETTE WEARDEN is one of several recent record breakers at West Cheshire Athletic Club.

The purple and gold-vested runner broke her club’s outdoor under 17 women’s 3,000m record at Blackburn in a Northern League match with a time of 10:45.6.

And she then broke this record again at Blackpool in the Northern Inter Counties Championships with a time of 10:38.63, alongside club mate Lauren Higgins who clocked a new 800m personal best of 2:25.9.

Other club record breakers at the Blackburn Northern League fixture were Christian Holcombe and Debra Erskine.

Christian broke the over 40 men’s triple jump record with 11.68m, and Debra powered her way to a new over 60 women’s hammer record of 22.04m.

WEST CHESHIRE AC duo Joseph Morrison (1:51.03 for 800m) and Jessica Lark (4:36.70 for 1500m) competed in the British Milers Club Grand Prix – World Athletics Challenger fixture at Sportcity, Manchester.

WEST CHESHIRE ATHLETIC CLUB has delivered taster sessions for Willaston Primary School pupils.

The Ellesmere Port Sports Village-based community sports organisation offered a run-jump-throw training day for 60 pupils as part of Willaston’s week of sporting activities.

Willaston sports teacher, Mary Hughes said: “A massive thank you to all the volunteers at West Cheshire Athletic Club for the amazing taster day for Year four and six. 

“The children absolutely loved going to the athletics club and the staff who accompanied them are made up with how well the event went.”

West Cheshire Athletic Club secretary, Dennis Wall, was delighted to see the youngsters and school staff enjoying their visit.

He said: “It was great to see the pupils and staff enjoying themselves and experiencing the sessions delivered by our volunteer coaches.

“The pupils were organised into manageable groups and were rotated from one session to another during their three-hour visit.

“Great Britain international sprinter and West Cheshire AC member, Emma Holmes, supervised a warm-up routine to prepare the youngsters for the taster sessions which included sprinting, long jump, high jump, javelin and hammer throwing.”

Dennis hopes more locally-based youngsters can come and try athletics at the Ellesmere Port Sports Village Facility.

He added: “The Club would like to see children and families coming down to our club training evenings which are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 6.30-8pm.

“Anyone attending for the first time aged 8.5 years old and above will not be charged a penny, but they will be asked to join the club via the club website if they want to return to another training session.

“All the club training sessions are delivered by fully qualified and enthusiastic voluntary coaches who are keen to see everyone enjoy their visit and improve as well as learn more about running, jumping and throwing.

“The club is a friendly community sports club who continue to work in partnership with many education providers and help deliver competitions for schools within the Ellesmere Port and Chester area.”

West Cheshire AC will be helping to organise the Chester District Primary Schools Athletics Championships on Monday, June 17, and the Ellesmere Port District Athletics Championships on Tuesday, June 18, both at Ellesmere Port Sports Village.

FIXTURES this weekend include the Cheshire Secondary Schools Track and Field Championships at Ellesmere Port Sports Village on Saturday (9.15am start for field events and 10am start for track events).

WEST CHESHIRE AC has a busy schedule of fixtures lined up for the year ahead.

The Ellesmere Port Sports Village-based outfit will host the Cheshire County Track Relay Championships on Thursdays, July 11 and 18.

West Cheshire AC will compete in the Under 13/Under 15 Youth Development League West Premier Division at Preston on Sunday, June 23; and at Bebington Oval on Saturday, July 20.

And the Club will participate in the Under 17/Under 20 Youth Development Track and Field League North West Division One at Wigan on Sunday, June 30.

The Club’s Northern Track and Field League squad will take part in West Premier Division fixtures at Litherland on Saturday, June 15; at Bury on Sunday, July 14; and at Ellesmere Port on Saturday, August 17.

West Cheshire AC will compete in the Cheshire Track and Field League on Sunday, July 21 (at Ellesmere Port); and Sunday, August 25 (at Oldham).

West Cheshire AC will also host the annual Cheshire v Merseyside Year 7 Schools Track and Field fixture in July.

FURTHER details about West Cheshire Athletic Club can be found at: www.westcheshireac.co.uk