West Cheshire AC is celebrating a quartet of relay title victories.The Chester and Ellesmere Port club secured four gold medal performances at the Cheshire County AA Track Relay Championships, held at Crewe.
James McMahon, Matthew Pagan, Daniel Vickers, and Chris Harrop combined for a winning time of 53.5 seconds in the under 13 boys 4x100m relay final.
Amy Williams, Olivia Williams, Georgia Barlow, and Charlotte Williamson teamed up for gold medals in the under 13 girls 4x100m final with a time of 54.8 seconds.
Olivia Montez-Brown, Kelly Baker, Lucy Earl, and Laura Rigby secured top spot in the under 15 girls 4x100m relay final with a time of 51.9 seconds, and the same quartet teamed up to win the medley relay title in 2:38.7.
Matt Simpson, Max Himbury, Yousef Khalifa, and Alex Kirk claimed bronze medals from the under 15 boys 4x100m relay.
Steve Jones, Sam Rimmer, Tom Gresty and Alex Hailes combined for second spot in the under 17 mens 4x100m, while Ryan Jones joined Steve Jones, Rimmer, and Hailes for second place in the medley.
Danielle Erskine, Ali Burkett, Alice Jennings, and Leah Ferrie were second in the under 17 ladies 4x100m relay.
Josh Hinchly, Joseph Morrison, Tom Harrop, Matthew Bate, Taylor Kearns, Bradney Lloyd Watson, Mason Flavell Anderson, and Harry Ford represented the clubs under 11 boys.
And other West Cheshire members in action included Jenni Potter, Jenna Sheehy, Emma Johnson, Sophie Baker, Bethany Lewis, Toni Lammond, Hattie Williams, Core Finlay, Amy Hinchly, Sophie Davis, Sophie Carter, Sophie Percival, Emily Wood, Chloe Hunt, and Laura Jones.

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Multi-Talented Olivia Montez-Brown will round off a busy season with a National Championship appearance. The West Cheshire AC all-rounder has been crowned Cheshire Schools Combined Events champion after winning the junior girls pentathlon title at Telford in the regional round event. She scored 2993 points which featured a time of 11.4 seconds in the 75m hurdles, 8.40m in the shot, a 1-50m clearance in the high jump, a leap of 5.05m in the long jump, and an 800m time of two minutes 35 seconds, and contributed towards Cheshire winning the overall combined events schools trophy for the fourth year in a row. Montez-Brown won the North of England under 15 girls 75m hurdles title with a winning time of 11.66 seconds at Leigh last month, and added a bronze medal from her long jump appearance with a leap of 4.93m. The Ellesmere Port Catholic High School pupil kicked-off her season when she produced a sensational new county and West Cheshire AC under 15 girls triple jump record of 10.44m to claim the gold medal from the triple jump at the Cheshire Championships in May, and she added a gold from the 75m hurdles (12.4), and secured top spot in the long jump with 4.99m. Montez-Brown, who won this years Cheshire Schools junior girls 75m hurdles title with 11.8 seconds, will now look forward to representing Cheshire at the English Schools Combined Events Finals to be held at Stokes Northwood Stadium, in September.

Four West Cheshire AC members have been crowned North of England champions.Olivia Montez-Brown, Tom Kellett, Kelly Baker, and Amy Williams all secured victories at the Northern Athletics Track and Field Championships staged at Leigh Sports Village.
Olivia, from Ellesmere Port, negotiated the under 15 girls 75m hurdles in a winning time of 11.66 seconds after qualifying with a winning heat time of 12.14 seconds.
And the multi-talented youngster added a bronze medal from her long jump appearance with a leap of 4.93m.
Tom Kellett, from Malpas, powered his way to victory in the under 15 boys hammer competition with a winning throw of 35.22m. which is also a new club record.
Kelly Baker, from Ellesmere Port, nailed a winning put of 11.70m to claim the under 15 girls shot title, after finishing fourth in the discus with a throw of 25.79m.
And Amy Williams, from Chester, continued her memorable season by grabbing success from the under 15 girls long jump with a winning leap of 5.14m.
Amy had broken the 20-year long jump record at the Cheshire Championships earlier in the month on her way to pocketing five gold medals at the two-day county event.
Victoria Anderson cleared 1-65m for a bronze medal in the under 17 womens high jump, just five centimetres ahead of West Cheshire ACs Alice Jennings in fourth spot.
And Victoria finished fourth in the long jump event with 4.91m.
Alice Jennings claimed fourth position in the under 17 womens 300m hurdles final with a time of 46.85 seconds, just two positions ahead of club mate, Gemma Hale, who posted 49.16 seconds.
And Alice also finished sixth with a time of 12.66 seconds in the under 17 womens 80m hurdles final.
Stephen Jones clocked 23.48 seconds for sixth position in the under 17 mens 200m final.
And Leah Ferrie qualified for the under 17 womens 300m final with a time of 42.67 seconds, but did not start in the final.

West Cheshire ACs ladies squad of Lisa Ayling, Leslie Billingsley, Angela Cook, Ruth Hetherington, Sacha Kendall-Woods, Kath Osborne, Mary Radford, Rebecca Williams and Julie Wood have won promotion to the Borders Road Running League Division One for next season.

Amy Williams secured a memorable medal haul in West Cheshire ACs record-breaking appearance at the two-day Cheshire County AA Track and Field Championships.The multi-talented Chester and Ellesmere Port club member claimed both the Best Female Track and Field Performance Awards during the event held at Macclesfield.
Amy clocked a new West Cheshire AC under 13 girls club record of 11.8 seconds to pocket a gold medal in the 70m hurdles, and she achieved 5.10m to win the long jump to smash a county record of 4.61m that had stood for 10 years, and equal her own club record performance.
Amy returned home with a collection of five gold medals after also winning the 80m in 11.1 seconds, the 150m in 20.5 seconds, and the high jump with a grade one clearance of 1-38m.
Kelly Baker, Olivia Montez-Brown, and James McMahon also achieved Championship Best Performances at Macclesfield in a weekend that featured seven new West Cheshire AC club records being smashed.
Kelly nailed success in the under 15 girls hammer with a new championship best of 29.04m, and added a new county best of 10.97m in the shot.
Olivia produced a sensational new county and West Cheshire AC under 15 girls record of 10.44m to claim the gold medal from the triple jump, added a gold from the 75m hurdles (12.4), and secured top spot in the long jump with 4.99m.
And James McMahon launched the javelin to a new county best of 28.31m to claim victory from the under 13 boys javelin, after claiming a winning 1-35m high jump clearance, and a winning put of 7.38m in the shot.
Other newly-crowned county champions from West Cheshire AC included Bryony Potter who posted 13.0 seconds in the junior ladies 100m and 26.6 seconds in the 200m.
Stephen Jones grabbed glory in the under 17 mens 100m with 11.7 seconds; while Laura Rigby claimed the under 15 girls 100m crown with a time of 27.5 seconds; and Chris Goodwin clocked a time of nine minutes 37.8 seconds for victory in the under 17 mens 3,000m.
Victoria Anderson posted 12.6 seconds for victory in the under 17 ladies 80m hurdles, cleared a winning height of 1-63m in the high jump, a triple jumped her way to victory with 10.20m.
Leah Ferrie delivered a gold medal performance of 44.2 seconds from the under 17 ladies 300m; and Robbie Dagnall rounded the junior mens 400m in a club record winning time of 50.7 seconds.
Matthew Pagan claimed gold from the under 13 boys 100m with a time of 14.0 seconds; while Alice Jennings clocked 46.9 seconds for top spot in the under 17 ladies 300m hurdles.
Tom Kellet powered his way to victory with a new club record throw of 33.90m in the under 15 boys hammer.
Nicola Gore delivered 28.34m for success in the ladies hammer and spun the discus to a winning mark of 31.78m, before hitting 10.55m for victory in the shot.
Michael Lyness catapulted himself to a gold medal with a 2-80m clearance in the junior mens pole vault, and cleared a winning height of 1-75m in the high jump; and Michael Bailiff won the under 17 mens high jump with 1-75m.
Niamh Reilly launched the ladies javelin to a winning mark of 32.80m, and David McKay secured the mens javelin title with 60.57m.
Amy Williams receives one of her two Female Best Performance Awards from Cheshire County AA Track and Field Championship Secretary, John Ashton, whose daughter Gemma saw her 10 year long jump record broken by Amy. https://www.westcheshireac.co.uk/docs/load.php?id=1108

Race Pack Distribution update: The distribution of race packs have been delayed by the late delivery of race numbers caused by a production problem at the printer. All race packs will be posted out on Monday 10th May and will be with you before the evenIf you are on the entry list and your number does not arrive before race day please report to the re-registration tent at Chester Racecourse. This will open at 7.00 am on the morning of the race where you will be issued with a replacement number and timing chip on production of proof of your identity. This will close at 9:00 am to allow you to get to the race start by 9.15 am.

West Cheshire AC celebrated a memorable double success story in the opening round of two track and field league campaigns.The Chester and Ellesmere Port-based clubs seniors won their Northern League Division Two West first round match at Stanney Oaks by a winning margin of more than 100 points.
And West Cheshire ACs youngsters then grabbed glory 24 hours later in their National Young Athletes League Northern Premier Division match at Wigans Robin Park Stadium.

Amy Williams has leaped into first spot in her age group for the UK after registering a long jump of 5.10m at the Birchfield Harriers Open.
The West Cheshire AC all-rounder is now 32cms clear of her nearest rival in the ranking lists, and she also won the 100m at the fixture in a time of 13.56 seconds.

Victoria Anderson pocketed a silver medal at the England Athletics U17 Indoor Pentathlon Championship held at Sheffield.
The mult-talented West Cheshire AC member compiled 3,166 points for second position overall and first position in the Northern Championship which was incorporated into the
Victoria clocked 9.67 seconds in the 60m hurdles, cleared 1-69m in the high jump, hit 8.30m in the shot, achieved 4.95m in the long jump, and clocked 2:39.02 in the 800m.

West Cheshire AC team mate, Alice Jennings, finished sixth overall and fifth in the Northern event with 3,013 points.
Her performances included a 9.45 seconds run in the 60m hurdles, a 1-60m clearance in the high jump, 8m in the shot, 4.31m in the long jump, and 2:31.08 in her 800m.

Dave Alexander won the Mens over-40 mens title at Nantwich after finishing second veteran overall and ninth position in the senior mens race overall and the U11 Boys team won the silver medal.Mark Lathom spearheaded West Cheshire ACs charge to team silver medals at the Cheshire County AA Cross Country Championships.
He finished fourth in the under 11 boys race at Reaseheath, Nantwich, with a time of seven minutes 12 seconds, and was backed-up by Elijah Montez-Brown (eighth in 7:37), and by Joseph Morrison (10th in 7:46) to earn second team position.
Other West Cheshire AC under 11 boys in action included Josh Hinchly (14th in 8:03), Cameron Weaver (17th in 8:19), Jack Johnson (18th in 8:24), Matthew Bate (20th in 8:31), and Thomas Harrop (22nd in 8:54).

Six West Cheshire AC members will represent their county in Birmingham next month after securing top-12 finishes at Reaseheath.
Dave Alexander, Amy Hinchly, Charlotte Frazer-Cox, Chris Goodwin, Ryan Friett, and Grace ORourke are all preparing to compete for Cheshire at the Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships, to be held at Cofton Park, Birmingham, on March 13.

Dave Alexander, who won the West Cheshire AC Mens Cup at his clubs annual presentation evening earlier this month, won the over-40 mens title at Nantwich after finishing second veteran overall and ninth position in the senior mens race overall.

Dave covered the Reaseheath course in a time of 38 minutes 29 seconds, backed up by Jeff Kettle (26th in 41:02), Andrew Clague (29th in 41:27), Russell Kirk (50th in 43:41), Chris Rhodes running his first cross country event (88th and sixth over-50 veteran in 49:02), and Dave Hough (91st and third over-60 finisher in 49:44).

Amy Hinchly continued her impressive form by securing seventh spot in the under 13 girls race with a time of 12 minutes 32 seconds, ahead of Ellen McMahon (26th in 14:11), and Sally Pickering (29th in 14:27).

Charlotte Frazer-Cox booked her place in Birmingham by finishing seventh in the under 17 ladies race in a time of 20 minutes 25 seconds.

Chris Goodwin (seventh in 21:59) and Ryan Friett (11th in 22:59) completed the under 17 mens race.

And Grace ORourke negotiated the senior ladies race to post seventh position in 32 minutes one second.

West Cheshires under 11 girls were lead home by Emily Titlow (14th in 8:58), who finished ahead of Molly Sharples (16th in 9:04), and Sophie Davis (19th in 9:29).

Jonathan Frazer-Cox finished 18th in 18:45 in the under 15 boys race, while Mark Hearn (19th in 12:23), Chris Harrop (24th in 12:58), and Joshua Bate (31st in 14:20) completed the under 13 boys race.