Press Report: Records Broken at Oval
ATHLETICS
by Dennis Wall
SIX West Cheshire club records were broken at the final round of the Youth Development Track and Field League.
Dan Crosby, Jayden Clarke, Dylan Gledhill, Emily Hamilton, and the under 16 boys 4x300m relay team of Kade Harris, Jayden Walls, Louis Grimes and Dylan Gledhill all celebrated success at Bebington Oval.
Dan cleared 1.80m in the under 16 boys high jump to improve the previous best mark by five centimetres, while Jayden improved the under 14 boys high jump (1.55m) and shot put (9.57m) records by 10cms and 4cms respectively.
Dylan powered his way to an under 16 boys 300m club record time of 38.6 seconds, and Emily hit a new under 14 girls discus record mark of 22.87m.
The under 16 boys relay team of Kade, Jayden, Louis and Dylan then combined to clock a club record 4x300m relay time of 3:40.2, improving the previous best performance by seven seconds.
Faith Draisey cleared a winning height of 1.90m in the under 16 girls pole vault.
Amelia Owen grabbed glory in the under 16 girls shot put with a distance of 9.53m, and spun the discus to a winning mark of 18.82m in the B event.
Lucas Sawyer rounded the under 14 boys 1500m in a winning time of 4:31.9.
And Isaac Thompson won the under 14 boys B 80m hurdles in 16.3 seconds.
Other important points scorers included George Grimsditch, Finlay Stewart, Max Henderson, Sid March, Peter Zajac, Harry Deal, Lucy Caldwell, Amber Billington, Nia Manson, Rose Sheppard, Sophie Baker, Violet Thorne, James Wallis, Tristan Lee, Jack Webb, Jack McWilliams, Luke Gardner, Freya Whittaker, Isabelle Wilson, Harriet Oliver, Sakia Keresturova, Beth Jones, Rosie Grimsditch, Merryn Thorne, Darcie Steele, Erin Cheetham, Maisy Roberts-Page, Alice Roberts-Page, and Freya Henderson.
MATCH RESULT: 1 Liverpool Harriers & AC 611 points; 2 Preston Harriers 505; 3 Wirral AC 473; 4 Sale Harriers Manchester 461; 5 Blackburn Harriers & AC 417; 6 West Cheshire AC 398.
OVERALL FINAL STANDINGS: 1 Liverpool Harriers & AC 24 league points (2461 match points); 2 Sale Harriers Manchester 17 (2048.5); 3 Wirral AC 16 (2056.5); 4 Preston Harriers 14 (1949); 5 Blackburn Harriers & AC 9 (1725); 6 West Cheshire 4 (1597).
LEWIS MORRIS clocked a winning time of 15:02 at the Wirral Seaside 5k Race held at Leasowe, just 14 seconds adrift of the course record.
Other West Cheshire finishers included Matthew Douglass (16:19), Sam Oliver (16:32), and Paul Morrison (17:04).
JOY HICKMAN won the over 60 age group award at the Birkenhead Park Five Miles Road Race after posting a time of 35:18.
FIVE West Cheshire officials contributed towards the success of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Sarah Hibbert, Alan Morris, Tim Palmer, Brian Wright and Dave Gough, all performed various roles during the athletics competition held at the Scotstoun Stadium.
FIXTURES this weekend include the British Milers Club Meeting at Bury, on Saturday, and a Trafford AC Track and Field Medal Meeting, at Longford Park Stadium, on Sunday.
