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*** WINTER TRAINING CANCELLED – THURSDAY 7 JAN 2010 ***

 

ATTENTION ALL U13’s, U15’s, U17’s, U20’s:        WINTER TRAINING

 

Winter endurance/fitness training starts this Thursday, 1 October.

Please meet in Marlborough Rugby Club car park at 6.30pm.

 

The session lasts about an hour and is primarily targeted at 400m-1500m runners. We will do a variety of intervals, including some speed work and hill reps. Please bring trainers & spikes for road and grass training.

 

The sessions will be run by Richard and/or Miles, but other coaches also welcome. Any queries, please email Karen on karen@ukontime.

 

 

CROSS COUNTRY EVENTS THIS WINTER

 

We are taking part in some cross-country events. If you are interested, please let Lucy Lassiter and/or Kev Garraway know and we can get a team together. (Sorry there are no under 9 events.)

 

 

Oxford Mail Cross Country

01/11/09    Ascott under Wychwood

06/12/09    Culham park

03/01/10    TBA

07/02/10    Cirencester

07/03/09    Oxford

Wiltshire AA

29/11/09 Corsham Championships

British Milers Club

22/11/09    Clifton Park

SW Intercounties (Qualifiers only)

10/01/10    Bicton

 

Athletes remain in the year group for the summer season, so if your birthday is Sept 98 you compete as an U11 even though you have had your 11th birthday!

 

Any adults who feel enthusiastic can also take part!

 

 

RECENT EVENTS INCLUDED:

 

MADJA Committee Meeting – Monday 7 December

We had a very productive committee meeting – please read the minutes here and let us know your thoughts.

 

St. John’s Clubs Fair - Monday 28th September

Thanks to all who came along to find out what MADJA is all about – we look forward to seeing you next season. We start the season on 21 March 2010.

 

RESULTS UPDATE

 

National Pentathlon Success for Marlborough Athletes

 

Marlborough Juniors athletes have registered some great successes at recent major Pentathlon and Heptathlon events.

 

Just as our gold medallist, Jess Ennis at the World championships must, these athletes compete in five or seven events and accumulate points for each performance. The faster the time, or the longer/higher the jump, the more points scored. Pentathletes and Heptathletes thus need to be good at sprinting, hurdling, middle distance running, high jumping, long jumping and in throws such as Shotput and Javelin.

 

Over the weekend of 19/20 Sept, Ben Davies (Under 15), Lucy Averill (U20), Chris Claydon (U20), Hannah Claydon (U17), and Hannah Thompson (U20) all represented Wiltshire in the English Schools Multi-events championships at the Exeter Arena. To qualify for this final, athletes first had to succeed at county level, and then be in the top 6 in a South West competition. Over 6000 athletes across 50+ counties dream of qualifying for the national final but only about 36 per age group make it through.

 

The best MADJA performers were Lucy Averill who came 12th with 3735 points and Ben Davies who came 17th with 2443 pts. Ben’s performance was outstanding as this was his first major pentathlon competition and the U15 Boys category is highly competitive. To get 2443 points Ben needed to:  run 13.3s for his sprint hurdles, Shotput 11.31m, High Jump 1.65m, Long Jump 5.04m and run 2.22 min for 800m. Chris Claydon finished a creditable 22nd in his decathlon, Hannah Thompson 25th and Hannah Claydon 29th.

 

The following weekend at Exeter, three of MADJA’s U13 athletes had their first major Pentathlon experience at the Exeter Harriers open Pentathlon meeting. Joe Williamson won the U13 Boys category with a score of 1510 points and Alex Painting was 2nd. In the U13 Girls, Amy Cooper came 4th with a score of 2191 points. The girls winner, Morgan Lake from Slough, also broke the national record for U13G Pentathlon previously held by our Olympic medallist Katherine Merry.

 

MADJA now has four athletes ranked in the UK top 30 (see www.thepowerof10.info). Ben Davies is ranked #28, Lucy Averill #20, Joe Williamson #8, and Amy Cooper #10.

 

See the article at http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk.

 

 

SEASON UPDATE

 

We have had a very successful season (possibly our best ever) with a 3rd place finish in Wessex League and 4th in NATYAL. Great credit due to all team managers. Our U15B team were virtually unbeatable, and U13B ended the season with a very strong team, but we got the above league positions because we filled slots with willing athletes across all age groups. Well done all.

 

A HUGE thank you to everyone who was able to come down to the track on the 6 September to join us for our end of season Club Championship, lunch and awards. It was fabulous to see so many people, and to enjoy the unexpected sunshine.  The atmosphere was amazing, and everyone enjoyed themselves.

 

Log on to http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk and read the article reporting the day – if you saw the paper version we had some great photos printed as well!

 

U15 Boys Win Wessex League!!!!!!

Wessex League Table – http://www.wessexleaguetandf.co.uk/league_table.htm

2009 AGM Minutes

March 2009 Newsletter

Code of Conduct for:- Athletes      Parents      Officials

 

How to find MADJA

 

Mailing address:
Milford
Manningford Abbots
Pewsey
Wiltshire
, SN9 6HY

Tel: 0779 617 4745

email: info@madja.co.uk

 

 

 

 

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Last reviewed (30 September 2009).

© 2003, Paul Steen.

 

 

 

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