Press Report: Championship Medals on Both Sides of the Border

ATHLETICS

by Dennis Wall

HARRIET WHEELER and Mia Johnson grabbed glory at the Welsh Junior Track and Field Championships.

The West Cheshire Athletic Club pair impressed at the weekend fixture held at Deeside Stadium, Connah’s Quay.

Harriet powered her way to a new personal best and club record throw of 50.07m in the under 20 women’s javelin where she competed as a guest and won the event.

Harriet’s gold medal-winning performance edged her closer to the World Championships Great Britain standard of 51.50m.

Mia achieved 24.94 seconds for success in the under 16 girls 200m after winning her heat with a time of 24.67 seconds, and secured a silver medal in the 100m with a time of 12.14 seconds.

Jacob Gardner made it a quartet of medals for his purple and gold-vested club at Deeside by clocking 23.69 seconds for third spot in the under 18 men’s 200m.

WEST CHESHIRE AC pocketed three silver medals and two bronze medals at the Northern Track and Field Championships held at Hull.

Ella Bibby secured two silver medals, clocking 55.70 seconds for second spot in the under 18 women’s 400m final and 25.38 seconds for second position in the 200m final.

Kara Stoll hit 45.37m to register a silver medal performance in the under 20 women’s hammer.

Satine Wearden powered her way to a bronze medal in the under 18 women’s hammer with a new personal best of 48.09m. 

Alba March delivered a bronze medal display of 12.80 seconds in the under 18 women’s 100m final.

Ruby Billington cleared 1-50m for fourth position in the under 18 women’s high jump and achieved a new personal best of 9.71m for sixth position in the triple jump.

Amelie Bodie posted 27.64 seconds for fifth place in the under 20 women’s 200m.

Sidney Shorrock hit 26.99m for sixth spot in the under 18 women’s discus.

Josh Stirling reached his first Northern Championships final, finishing seventh in the 200m with a time of 24.01 seconds.

And Lewis Parsons clocked 51.12 seconds for eighth spot in the senior men’s 400m final.

STEVE FERNYHOUGH (fifth in 25:45) was first home for West Cheshire AC at the first round of the Deestriders Off Road Grand Prix held at Shotton.

He was joined at the fixture by Luke Pearson (eighth in 26:38), Jeff Gifford (13th in 28:17), Andrew Clague (21st in 29:33), Mark Davies (28th in 31:06), Neil Field (33rd in 31:48), Sallyann Harper (42nd in 32:51), Claire Williams (59th in 36:06), Tony Kennedy (74th in 39:57), and Mark Povey (82nd in 42:33).

FIXTURES this weekend include the Cheshire Schools Track and Field Championships at Ellesmere Port Sports Village, on Saturday; a Trafford Open Medal Meeting, on Sunday; and the Colshaw Hall 10k, at Knutsford, on Sunday.