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Marlborough and District Junior Athletics Club – MADJA
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Welcome to the 2010 season of athletics! LATEST NEWS...Thanks to all who have attended competitions this
season – well done! MADJA’s ESAA Hall of Fame A new section
coming to the web site in 2011... detailing MADJA’s success in the English
Schools competitions, your Hall
of Fame can be viewed here. 2010 Season Stats Your chairman,
Richard Cooper reports the season
stats for 2010... Club Championships – Sunday 5 September
– All welcome & bring a friend The Wessex and
NATYAL leagues may be over for 2010 but at MADJA we have one more big
competition yet to come. We are holding our own club championships on the
last day of our summer athletics season at the track. It’s a chance to beat
your PB this year and to introduce your friends to the club. Please let karen@ukontime
know if you are attending this year so that we can build teams ahead of time
and organise refreshments. Team lists are
available here for U9
& U11, and for U13,
U15, U17 & U20, it is not too late to enter – just let us know by
emailing Karen on karen@ukontime. A timetable
for the morning is available here. First time MADJA has an athlete ranked
#1 in UK – BRAD HILL in 80mH Brad Hill delivered
a thrilling and spectacular performance on Sunday 25th July with
his amazing 11.3s win in the 80mH. A club record, a league record and this
win catapulted Brad from being ranked 20th in the UK to #1. |
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Recent MADJA
Committee Meeting We had a very productive AGM/committee meeting –
please read the minutes
and let us know your thoughts. |
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Training began on Sunday 21st March
at the Marlborough College Track. We are enjoying a great start to the new
season and in addition to seeing many familiar faces returning for another
great summer we are also welcoming many new members. If you haven’t
given tried athletics before, then please do come along and see what it is
all about. Membership forms can be printed off here and the codes of conduct
are also available for all to read and agree to: Athletes / Parents / Officials. Once we
have received your membership form and your subs then you will be given a
members handbook telling you all about the club and providing you with
information you will need this season. A
list of fixtures can be printed off for
easy reference – this lists the main competitions that MADJA takes part in.
Other competitions will be advertised here and at the track throughout the
season. For
directions to MADJA, please use the map provided. Parking is
restricted at the track and is for coach use only. Please note that we have
been asked not to use the church car park as services take place during the
morning. If
you have any queries, please email Karen on karen@ukontime. |
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RESULTS
UPDATE The
results of the first few matches of the season are now loaded under the Results page. More to follow soon... |
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MATCH REPORTS 25 July 2010 We ended our season in a blaze of glory as records
tumbled and the team triumphed in their Wessex league match in Bournemouth on
Sunday. Taking pride of place was Brad Hill, 14, who
became the fastest in the country in his age group when he ran his 80m
hurdles race in 11.3secs, breaking the club and league record. The feat was
all the more remarkable in that he has hurdled competitively only a handful
of times. Hill’s club record was one of seven to fall during
the event, which saw MADJA come first out of the seven teams, with 598
points, ahead of Basingstoke and Mid Hants (543.5 points) and Camberley
(405.5). The win put MADJA seventh out of 19 in final Wessex league table,
ahead of clubs from much bigger towns such as Basingstoke, Slough and
Portsmouth. The other athletes who broke club records were
Luke Callaghan (U15 400m and 1500m), Josh Eades (U20 100m and 200m), Chris
Claydon (U20 discus) and the U15 4x100m team of Matthew Williams, Callaghan,
Joe Williamson and Hill. MADJA’s main successes came in the U13 and U15
boys teams, who both finished second overall in the league. In Sunday’s
match, U13 Peter Booten came first in the javelin with a throw of 33.03m and
second in both the 200m (28.6secs) and long jump (4.54m). Teammate Henry Williams came first in both the
shot put and the discus, with throws of 8.26m and 25.05m respectively.
Williams and Booten combined with Alex Davies and Jamie Cooper to win the
4x100m relay. Williams’ brother Matthew was second in the U15
high jump, clearing 1.65m. In the U13 girls competition, Eve Tarring was
first in the 70m hurdles in a time of 12.9secs, helping MADJA to a tally of
seven wins out of the day’s 12 hurdles races. Gemma Shepherd was narrowly
beaten into second in the U13 800m in a time of 2:32.0. In the U15 girls, Amy Cooper emerged with a trio
of seconds: in the 300m (46.2secs), 1500m (5:07.5) and 75m hurdles
(12.9secs). Georgina Cooper came second in the shot put (8.29m) and Lydia
Borwell second in the javelin (21.08m). Morgan Gascoigne picked up a double first in the
U17 competition, in the 200m (27.2secs) and the long jump (5.01m), while
Emily Humphries won in the 80m hurdles (13.7secs) and Rachel Sykes won the
shot put with a throw of 7.03m. In the parallel QuadKids event for athletes under
11, seven boys and four girls from MADJA competed, with Jacob Smith and
Harriet Hanscomb-Davies the pick. Of the overall team performance, MADJA chairman
Richard Cooper said: “The standard has been very high this season. As a small
town club, we punch well above our weight, and have some of the best athletes
in the league.” While the club’s league season is over, we have
one final fixture – a club competition on Sunday September 5 – all welcome at
the Marlborough College Track. English Schools
Athletics Championships - 9th & 10th July The Wiltshire Schools team (25 strong) travelled
to Birmingham on Thursday, 8th July. The championship is huge event with
around 1700 athletes competing over the weekend. The standard of competition
was extremely high. Events began with Brad Hill competing in one of the very
first events - Junior Boys Long Jump. Brad finished 9th in a field
of 21 with a longest jump of 5.69m. Josh Eades competed in the Senior Boys
400m, not making the final, but with a good heat time of 50.90secs. Will
Seward competed in the Junior Boys Discus, finishing 11th out of a
field of 17 with a throw of 34.41m. Competition was tough but an enjoyable
weekend. 28 June 2010 Some brilliant results from SW Pentathlons this
weekend (now up on PO10). Brad & Hannah both 2nd at SW and
currently ranked 2nd & 4th in UK, although more
regional schools results to be posted....so both go through to National
Finals. Hannah definitely had one of her best days ever with loads of PB’s.
Luke unluckily came 6th and 1st place outside selection
for final but ran a 2.11.6 800m (a new club record). Joe Williamson (1st
year U15) was 9th again with several PB’s. Ben Davies set a new
club record with 4010 pts in the Octathlon to finish 7th and
Callum Rea was 9th. MADJA had 6 athletes present all of whom
finished in top 10. 10 June 2010 MADJA runner Gemma Shepherd knocked two seconds
off her 1200m club record at the Wessex league match at Woking on Sunday,
helping the club to a creditable fourth place against very strong opposition.
Gemma finished her U13 girls’ race in a time of 03:58.3, shaving two seconds
off her record, set three weeks ago at Tilsley Park, Abingdon. But even that
was not enough to win the race: Southampton athlete Abbie Fisher beat her by
a second. Both times put the pair in the top bracket for their age in the
country. MADJA finished behind Southampton, Woking and Oxford, and ahead of
Slough and Newbury. Marlborough’s U13 and U15 boys both won their age groups.
Notable performances in the U13 came from Peter Booten in the javelin, with a
throw of 32.98m, and Henry Williams in the shot, with a throw of 7.96m. In
the U15, Brad Hill was a comfortable winner in the long jump, with a leap of
5.59m, Matthew Williams won the high jump with 1.65m and William Seward’s
throw of 34.82m in the javelin was two metres further than his nearest rival.
In the U17 men’s 800m, Ben Davies finished 20 seconds ahead of the
second-placed runner, in a time of 02:13.8. And in the men’s U20 javelin,
MADJA’S Dan Churnside threw himself into the club’s record books, with a
distance of 45.58m. 30 May 2010 MADJA youngsters were in good form at the Sandra
Luke Memorial 5 step and 10 step competitions at Oxford City AC on Sunday.
Lucas Arkwright won a silver medal in the boys U10 category, running a gutsy
800m race to come second in windy conditions and performing well in his
jumping and throwing events. U9 Harriet Eyles had five events to complete –
sprinting, object pick-up, jumping, throwing and 800m – and picked up a gold
medal with 69 points, the highest scored by an U9 girl in the 10 step event
for the past four years. Poppy Davies (U8) did very well coming second for
her age group. 13 May 2010 MADJA took a team of over 20 junior athletes to
the Wiltshire County Championships in Swindon where the athletes enjoyed an
exciting day of competition. Everyone
performed well and there were some outstanding achievements and a number of
great wins. Hannah Thompson (U20) claimed gold in the senior women’s high
jump, with a height of 1.51 metres and was runner up in the triple jump and
long jump. Peter Booton recorded a new
championship best of 29.15m in the U13 boys’ javelin and also won both the
100m and the long jump. Morgan Gascoigne (U17) claimed a fifth successive
county age group long jump title with a personal best of 5.19m. 25 April 2010 Marlborough’s young athletes got their season off
to a flying start at Andover on Sunday, coming second in the year’s first
Wessex League match. Competing against six teams in age groups of U13
to U20, MADJA notched up 423 points, behind Team Kennet (495) and ahead of
Andover (349) in third. If MADJA can keep up the good form, the club is on
course to beat last season’s final position of third in a league of 18, which
includes big city clubs such as Oxford and Southampton. MADJA also finished
second in the parallel QuadKids U11 competition, only yielding the top spot
to the much bigger club of Slough. With every performance gaining points for the club,
MADJA fielded athletes in all disciplines and at all levels. Peter Booten was
the pick in the U13B, winning the javelin with a throw that puts him among
the best in the country in his age group and coming joint first in the 100m.
In the high jump, Annabel Nichols performed well for the girls in the U15G
and Matty Williams won the U15B, with a jump of 1.55m. Rachel Sykes won the
U17W 1500m in 5m 12.7 secs. Both the U13 boys and the U17 women won their
groups. Several MADJA athletes excelled in the four
Quadkids events of 75m sprint, 600m, long jump and vortex throw: for the
boys, Jacob Smith finished third, Gregory Rogan Rea fourth and James
Richardson sixth, while Harriet Hanscomb Davies was fifth in the girls’
event. MADJA’s strength at Quadkids level puts the club in great shape for
the future. 11
March 2010 Marlborough
and District Junior Athletics club (MADJA) members are preparing for the new
season, having recently performed well in the Oxford Mail Cross Country
League series. Notable cross country performers for the club were Elliot
Lassiter (11) and Amy Cooper (U13) who missed out on a maiden win in the
first of the five winter fixtures by just half a yard. The cross country
success came hot on the heels of some great performances at major pentathlon
and heptathlon events at the end of last season. Ben Davies (U15), Hannah
Claydon (U17) and Lucy Averill, Chris Claydon and Hannah Thompson (all U20)
represented Wiltshire in the English Schools multi-events championships at
the Exeter Arena. The best performers were Averill, who came 12th
with 3735 points, and Davies, who came 17th with 2443 points in
his first major pentathlon competition. Three U13 athletes had their first
major pentathlon experience, also in Exeter, where Joe Williamson won the U13
boys category, with Alex Painting second. Cooper came fourth in the U13 girls
event. |
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In 2009 MADJA received club accreditation from
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