West Cheshire AC finished just one point away from achieving a cleansweep of six age group victories at the third round of the North West Sportshall League.Leon Langmead with a new shot put best of 8.93m, and James McMahon with 7.54m scored a double success story in the under 13 boys shot put at Kingsway Leisure Centre, Widnes.
Daniel Vickers won the standing long jump with 2.03m, claimed victory in the speed bounce with 73 alongside B winner Matthew Pagan with 65, and Jack Simcox (1:35.0) partnered B six lap runner Chris Harrop (1:44.3) to a double victory, whil Neil Pitchford clocked 33.5 seconds in the two lap.
The quartet of Vickers, Simcox, McMahon, and Pagan combined for victory in the sprint relay.
Elijah Montez-Brown, Jack Pickering, Dillon Salvi, and Connor Rowbottom teamed up for victory in the under 11 boys sprint relay.
They were backed up by Jack Johnson, Adam Henry, Toby Hulse, Taylor Rice, Cameron Weaver, Tom Harrop, and Joseph Morrison.
Ryan Jones celebrated success in both the under 15 boys six lap and speed bounce (65), alongside B speed bounce winner, Yousef Khalifa (64), and Joel Langmead who earned the club an age group team win.
Georgia Barlow secured victories in the under 11 girls two lap (26.9) and four lap, alongside speed bounce winner, Sophie Baker (50), and important back-up from Samilld McGonigle, Olivia Williams, Toni Lammond, Sophie Carter, and Molly Sharples.
Amy Williams clocked a winning time of 26.6 seconds in the under 13 girls two lap, and Chloe Hunt won the speed bounce alongside B winner, Ellen McMahon, while Sophie Percival won the B shot put, and Charlotte Williamson won the B standing long jump (1.83m), while Tess Corr won the B six lap, and other important point scorers were Hannah Wood, Emily Wood, and India Cotgreave.
Alice McMahon, Olivia Montez-Brown, Kelly Baker, Jenna Sheehy, Laura Rigby, Jenni Potter, Emma Johnson, and Alice Jennings secured top spot in the under 15 girls event.
Alice McMahon won the two lap (25.4) alongside B winner Olivia (26.1), who added victories from the six lap and standing triple jump (6.97m).
Kelly (10.59m) and Alice Jennings (8.80m) won in the shot, while Laura scored 73 for success in the speed bounce alongside Jenna with 69, alongside vital support from Jenni and Emma.
U11 BOYS – 1 West Cheshire 139; 2 Halton and Frodsham 132; 3 Liverpool 102; 4 Southport Waterloo 77.5.
U13 BOYS – 1 West Cheshire 143 points; 2 Liverpool 131; 3 Halton and Frodsham 63.
U15 BOYS – 1 West Cheshire 118; 2 Halton and Frodsham 84; 3 Warrington 63.
U11 GIRLS – 1 Halton & Frodsham 136; 2 West Cheshire 135; 3 Liverpool 122; 4 Southport Waterloo 90; 5 Warrington 46.
U13 GIRLS – 1 West Cheshire 141; 2 Liverpool 125; 3 Halton & Frodsham 122; 4 Warrington 109; 5 Southport Waterloo 72.
U15 GIRLS – 1 West Cheshire 145; 2 Halton & Frodsham 134; 3 Warrington 95.

The Girls U11, U13 and U15 teams and Boys U13 and U15 teams all won at Deeside with the U11 boys finishing second by 4.5 points. Report at https://www.westcheshireac.co.uk/docs/get.php?id=1225

Three West Cheshire AC girls have helped steer their county to success.Georgia Barlow, Olivia Williams, and Sophie Baker represented Cheshire in the Under 11s Fun In Sportshall Athletics Meeting held at Sport City, Manchester.
Georgia won the six-lap parlaaf partnering Kelly Chadwick, and scored 45cms in the vertical jump, as well as making appearances in the 4×1 lap relay, and speed bounce.
Olivia competed in the hurdle relay, the grand prix, balance beam test, and javelin.
And Sophie participated in the over and under race, speed bounce, and balance beam test.
Cheshire Girls won the competition with 406 points, ahead of runners-up, Liverpool, on 400, and St Helens in third position on 391.
West Cheshire AC trio Dylan Salvi, Elijah Montez-Brown, and Cameron Weaver combined for the Cheshire boys team who finished fifth.
Dylan competed in the over and under relay, hurdles, balance beam test, and javelin, while Elijah scored points in the speed bounce, long jump, grand prix, and over and under relay.

The West Cheshire AC trio of Rob Tudor, Neil Atkinson, and Russell Kirk have all returned home with medals from the Northern Veterans Track and Field Championships, at Hyndburn, near Accrington.Rob Tudor grabbed gold medal performances in both the over-40 men’s 800m (2:14) and 1500m (4:36), clocking the fastest times on the day by any veteran in both events.
Neil Atkinson posted a winning time of two minutes 15 seconds in the over-45 men’s 800m, and Russell Kirk finished just one second adrift to return home with the silver medal.
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Dave Alexander has represented England at the 9th World Masters Mountain Running Championships.The West Cheshire AC international distance-running ace was the first over-40 man home for England at the Uphill Race staged at Zagreb, in Croatia.
Dave, who finished sixth in his age group category, posted a time of 44 minutes 12 seconds for the 8.5km course which started 250m above sea level on the border between the city of Zagreb and neighbouring mountain Slijeme, and finished just above the peak of the mountain.
The runners started the race on an asphalted road and after half a kilometre they left the road and followed an undulating trail that eventually took them to the finish 850m higher.
Dave finished just over four minutes behind eventual age group winner, Davide Milesi, from Italy, but he finished clear of other British competitors Paul Dugdale (eighth in 45:30), Roger Taylor (18th in 49:37), William Garner (26th in 52:20), and Mark Birbeck (39th in 61:08).

John Driscoll has been appointed Northern Athletics’ new president.The highly-respected Little Sutton-based West Cheshire AC official has taken over the role at Northern Athletics from Malcolm Fletcher.
John, who is a vice-president at West Cheshire AC, played an instrumental role in securing lottery funding for the athletics facilities now based at Stanney Oaks, Ellesmere Port.
He was part of the Northern Counties Athletics Association from 1985 and became chairman of the Northern England Road Running Committee in 1987, which changed it’s name to North of England Athletics Association in 1992, and then to Northern Athletics in 2006.
John, who has established a road running handicap scoring system for Cheshire, is a qualified road, cross country and track and field official, and he played a leading role in the formation of the popular Borders Road Running League Series of races.
West Cheshire AC chairman, Dennis Wall, admitted he was delighted to hear of John’s appointment.
He said: “Everyone at West Cheshire AC conveys their best wishes and congratulations to John who richly deserves the recognition from Northern Athletics.
“John has played a major role in the success of all spheres of athletics and he is a valued member and official at various events the club stages throughout the year.”
John was installed as the president of Northern Athletics at a ceremony which took place at Longford Park Stadium, Trafford.
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The Cheshire Multi-Event Championships took place at Macclesfield on 13 September. Amy Williams, finishing in first place in both the Cheshire Championships and in the Open competition set a new Cheshire Record for U13 girls Triathlon. She missed out on a new Open Record by just three points. She ran the 70mH in 12.4s, Long jumped 4.62m and threw the Javelin 23.94m. Read report at https://westcheshireac.co.uk/docs/get.php?id=1196

Chris Goodwin was recently invited to spend a day training with Great Britain 800m runner Michael Rimmer.The West Cheshire AC distance-running ace took part in an Aviva UKA Academy training session at Edge Hill University in Ormskirk.
The Aviva UKA Academy initiative is a fresh new approach to grassroots sport, designed to give every child in the UK the opportunity to get involved in athletics by 2012.
Chris learned a lot from the session and took the extra motivation with him to a recent British Milers Club event at Longford Park, Trafford, in Manchester.
Chris was aiming to beat the West Cheshire AC under 17 boys 1500m record of four minutes 9.40 seconds.
In a thrilling race that saw him knock nearly three seconds off his personal best time, he was agonisingly close in a time of 4:09.64.
But with renewed determination and a few weeks of the season remaining, he is hoping next time he can find the extra quarter of a second to beat the existing record.

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Tom Booth and Alice Jennings have clinched North West Open titles.The West Cheshire AC duo won in their respective age group categories at the North West Combined Events Open held at Sport City, Manchester.
Tom scored a AAA grade four points total of 4,008 in the under 17 men’s octathlon, which consisted of a new best time of 14.83 seconds in the 100m hurdles, a new long jump best of 5.74m, a put of 8.81m in the shot, and a 400m time of 53.36 seconds.
He claimed a throw of 19.05m in the discus, a new high jump best of 1-67m, a throw of 24.61m in the javelin, and a new 1500m best time of four minutes 38.46 seconds.
Alice landed the under 15 girls pentathlon title with a AAA grade two score of 2,580 points.
She long jumped 4.15m, clocked 12.51 seconds in the 75m hurdles, hit 7.69m in the shot, high jumped 1-52m, and posted 2:38.01 in the 800m.
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Chester youngster Matthew Pagan enjoyed a dream athletics masterclass with British Olympian and fourtime UK Champion Michael Rimmer after winning a place on the Aviva UKA Academy regional training session programme.Matthew, 11, from Overleigh St Mary’s Primary School, was one of a handful of youngsters in attendance as Rimmer passed on tips, advice and ran a live session at Edge Hill University.
The Aviva UKA Academy is a fresh new approach to grassroots sports, designed to give every child in the country the opportunity to get involved in athletics by London 2012.
And Rimmer, who spent individual tuition-time with Matthew and each of the other children in attendance, is convinced the Aviva-funded scheme could help to uncover a future British Olympian.
“I want to try and just get kids like Matthew excited about the sport and getting them fit and healthy and basically introducing them to athletics,” said Rimmer. “When I was their age I didn’t have a clue what athletics was about – I didn’t know what to do and it wasn’t until I had a few sessions that I did.
“But once I did I really enjoyed it. Other sports take up so much of the talent that from an athletics point of view you have to go out and find it. And you don’t know who you are going to find until you go out and look for it.”
The training sessions are designed to allow children of all ages and abilities the chance to try athletics and find something that they enjoy.
And Matthew, who turned his hand to sprinting, long jump and a variety of other activities, is adamant he’d like to follow in the footsteps of Rimmer and represent his country at an Olympic Games.
“Michael was a real inspiration and he was telling us how to breathe properly when we are running and how to train,” said Matthew – who runs for West Cheshire AC.
“It was a really enjoyable day – I really enjoyed the sprinting and long jump and I hope I can make the most of it when I get back competing.
The Aviva UKA Academy is a fresh new approach to grassroots sport, designed to give every child in the country the opportunity to get involved in athletics by 2012. For more information go to www.aviva.co.uk/athletics

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