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MATCH REPORTS - SUMMER 2011

4 September 2011

More than 80 athletes aged seven to 17 flocked to the Marlborough College track on Sunday for Marlborough and District Junior Athletics club’s end-of-season event.

The U11s divided into six teams for the QuadKids event, featuring long jump, 75m sprint, vortex throw and 600m, followed by a relay.

The winning team, with 908 points, was captained by Jessica Lamb and featured Oliver Allen, Matthew Stevenson, Lily Jackson, Mae Allen, Evie Williams and Daniel Saunders. Lamb was the top-ranked girl, finishing with 166 points.

In second, with 871 points, was the team captained by Emma Sykes, which included Lucas Arkwright, the top-ranked athlete with 225 points. In third place was the team captained by Katie McQue with 846 points.

Competition was fierce in the senior event (U13 and above), with just 18 points separating the top three teams.

After all the athletes had completed four events – 100m, long jump, 800m and vortex – it all came down to the relay. James’ Giants, named after captain James Green, emerged victorious, winning the event with 1621 points. The team comprised Green, Amy Cooper, Oscar Bruce, Eve Tarring, Callum Short, Elliot Lassiter and Olivia Halpin.

In second place were Rachel’s Rambos (1605 points) and third were Callum’s Crusaders (1603), who included the number one male and female athletes, Callum Rea (383) and Hattie Collquhoun (270).

The event was the last one in MADJA’s summer season, in which the club won the Super8 league and came 10th out of 18 in the Wessex league.

 

4 July 2011

The U17 men were on sparkling form for Marlborough and District Junior Athletics club in their Wessex league match at Camberley on Sunday, but it was not enough to stop the home team cantering to victory.

Camberley, fielding a small army of athletes, amassed 489 points, followed by Slough (351), MADJA (321), Portsmouth (246) and New Forest (91).

Leading the way for MADJA's U17 boys, who won their age group, were Will Seward, whose javelin throw of 47.74m - a grade 2 performance - was more than eight metres further than his nearest rival, and Rory Davis in the 100m: his time of 11.7secs was a new club record.

James Green won the 800m with a PB of 2:11.5, while Ben Davies won the high jump with a leap of 1.80m.

MADJA's U15 boys were also on fine form, finishing second in their age group behind Camberley. Ben Holland won the long jump with a distance of 4.79m and Henry Williams tied for first place in the shot with a putt of 9.32m.

For the U15 girls, Maddie Perrins cruised to victory in the 1500m in 5:07.7, Amy Cooper won the 300m in 45.0secs and Georgina Cooper's winning shot putt of 8.91m was a grade 3 performance.

In the U13s, Eve Tarring recorded a grade 2 time of 12.3secs in the 70m hurdles, while Jamie Cooper recorded a grade 3 performance and Elliot Lassiter a grade 4, both with throws: Cooper threw 28.56m in the javelin and Lassiter 18.09m in the discus.

In the parallel QuadKids U11 event, MADJA came fourth, with Camberley again winning the event. The club's top-ranked boy was Lucas Arkwright, who was fourth in a field of nearly 30, coming first in his 600m race in a blistering time of 1:56.0.

The top-ranked girl was Jessica Lamb, who came 13th.

 

27 June 2011

Three Marlborough and District Junior athletes finished on the podium at the South West Multi-Event championships in Exeter on Saturday, the club's best-ever result at this highly competitive and prestigious event.

Amy Cooper was second in the junior girls pentathlon, Callum Rea was third in the senior boys decathlon and Ben Davies was third in the inter boys octathlon. All three scored big personal bests in the process.

Their success means that each of the trio will go to the national finals at Exeter in September.

Amy Cooper said after the event that she was both very satisfied and frustrated, as she missed out on first place by just 22 points, eventually losing to Shannon Robertson from Devon by 2730 points to 2708.

Callum Rea could barely walk after a heroic final event, the 1500m, in which he overtook the points tally of Devon's Ben Thompson to claim third place overall.

Also competing for MADJA were: Joe Williamson, in the junior boys pentathlon, who finished fifth; Brad Hill and Luke Callaghan in the inter boys pentathlon, who finished seventh and 10th respectively; and Hannah Claydon, in the senior girls heptathlon, who finished seventh.

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First, first and third was how MADJA girls lined up at the QuadKids under 11 section of the Wiltshire county athletics championships at Tidworth on Sunday.

Joanne Henry and Jessica Lamb, with 167 points each, both won gold medals, while Emma Sykes won bronze, with 147 points.

MADJA'S Lucas Arkwright won silver in the boys' event, with 228 points. George Stephens came fourth, just missing out on a medal.

Among the older athletes, U13 Ashlen Sowerby won the 70m hurdles, in 12.9secs, and the shot putt, a distance of 6.1m, and came second in the 100m (14.8secs). Gaby Painting came first in the discus (16.9m) and in the hugh jump (1.2m). Euan Falconer-Cunningham came first in the 75m hurdles in 13.4secs.

In the 200m, Callum Short and Reuben Arkwright both came second in their heats, in times of 28.8secs and 29.5secs respectively, while in the javelin, Noah Cannon threw 18.81m to claim  second spot.

Gemma Shepherd ran a great race to win the U15 800m, finishing in 02:25.10. And at U17, Matt Williams won the discus with a throw of 24.38 and Abby Easter came first in the javelin, with 15.02m.

20 June 2011

Marlborough and District Junior Athletics Club won the Super8 competition at the Marlborough College athletics track last week - the club's third win out of three.

MADJA athletes swept the board in all three age groups, amassing a total of 4782 points, ahead of Salisbury (3145), Bath (1508) and Swindon (1141). This being a home fixture, MADJA athletes - all 48 of them - easily outnumbered their rivals.

In U17/U20, MADJA's Callum Rea and Hannah Claydon topped the rankings: Rea ran his 100m race in 11.60secs and jumped 1.60m in the high jump, while Claydon finished her 100m in 14.10secs and jumped 1.45m in the high jump.

For the U15s, a 300m time of 44.60secs and a javelin throw of 29.03 won MADJA's Peter Booten second spot; while for the girls, Georgina Cooper came third with a shot putt of 7.92m and a 300m of 52.80secs.

Jamie Cooper was the top-ranked U13 boy, thanks to a javelin throw of 29.9m and an 800m run of 2.36, while Eve Tarring's 70m hurdles time of 12.9secs and long jump of 3.64m also saw her claim first place.

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A trio of athletes starred for Marlborough and District Junior Athletics club at the South West championships in Exeter on Saturday.

Two of them, Brad Hill and Amy Cooper, are certain to progress to the English Schools finals - the "schools Olympics" - in Gateshead on 1 July, with Joe Williamson also a contender.

Hill won gold in the U17 100m hurdles in a personal best of 14.25 seconds, and silver in the long jump with a PB of 6.34m. Cooper won silver in the U15 800m, finishing just inches behind the winner in a desperate three-athlete sprint for the line. Williamson came a close second for silver in his U15 80m hurdles final with a PB of 11.84s.

Another six MADJA athletes won bronze medals and are also in contention for a place at the English Schools finals: Ben Davies jumped a PB of 1.79m in the U17 high jump; Callum Rea had a PB of 13.12m in the U20 triple jump; Gemma Shepherd had a PB of 4.54.02 in the 1500m; and Josh Eades, Hannah Claydon and Rachel Sykes won bronze in the U20 400m, U20 100m hurdles and U20 400m respectively.

 

14 June 2011

Marlborough and District Junior Athletics club claimed a narrow win in their Wessex League match at Salisbury on Sunday, beating New Forest by just 11 points.

Rain brought the event to a premature close, but not before MADJA had wracked up 187 points, ahead of New Forest (178), Andover (169), Newbury (167) and Isle of Wight (119).

The U17 men were MADJA's top point scorers, comfortably winning their group. In conditions that made competing tricky-going-on-treacherous, James Green (200m in 26.6 secs and 800m in 02:21.8), William Seward (30.6m discus, 33.68m javelin) and Luke Callaghan (200m in 26.5secs and 33.56m javelin) all performed well.

For the U15 girls, Georgina Cooper recorded 8.9 in the shot - a grade 3 performance - while Gemma Shepherd ran her 1500m race in 5:17.0, not far off a minute ahead of her nearest rival. The U15 boys were equally successful, with Henry Williams reaching 24.87m in the discus and Peter Booten 26.41m in the javelin.

In the U13s, Ashlen Sowerby and Eve Tarring reached grades 3 and 4 respectively in the 70m hurdles, thanks to times of 12.8secs and 13.5secs, while Elliot Lassiter was the standout performer for the boys, winning a grade 4 for 16.97m in the discus and romping home first in the 1500m in 5:31.8.

In the parallel QuadKids event for U11s, MADJA came third in both the boys and girls. The top-performing boy was Lucas Arkwright, who finished eighth overall, while Tess Mayer starred for the girls, finishing seventh.

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MADJA athletes were competing in all disciplines and across all age groups in the Wiltshire Schools championships in Salisbury on Saturday.

Ten athletes reached the required level to take part in the South West championships in Exeter on Saturday. They are Joe Williamson, Amy Cooper, Gemma Shepherd, Ben Davies, Luke Callaghan, Brad Hill, Callum Rea, Rachel Sykes, Josh Eades, and Hannah Claydon.

All 10 will be striving for selection for the English Schools National championships at Gateshead in July.

 

1 June 2011

Marlborough and District Junior Athletics Club surged to a win in the second Wiltshire Super8 competition, increasing their lead at the top of the table.

Despite facing a strong home side at Swindon [subs - last Wednesday May 25], MADJA finished the night with 4561 points, ahead of Swindon on 3866, Salisbury (3094) and Bath (2302).

While MADJA athletes performed well at all ages, it was at U17/20 level that they really crushed the opposition: the points tally of 2118 was way ahead of nearest rivals Swindon (1491).

All MADJA's U17/20 athletes performed well. Among the boys, William Seward threw the javelin a massive 47.17m, James Green ran the 300m in 40.70secs, Dan Callaghan threw the javelin 40.29m, Josh Eades ran the 100m in 11.70secs and Brad Hill and Matty Williams jumped 1.65m and 1.50m respectively in the high jump.

In the U17/20 girls, a thrilling 100m race saw Rachel Sykes cross the line just ahead of Swindon's Morgan Gascoigne, formerly of MADJA, in a time of 13.50secs. Hannah Claydon was MADJA's top-performing girl, with a hurdles time of 13.30secs and a high jump of 1.45m.

In the U15s, Peter Booten and Alex Painting were MADJA's highest-scoring boys, with Henry Williams and Ben Holland also performing well. For the girls, Annabel Nichols jumped 1.35m in the high jump, while Georgina Cooper recorded 7.91m in the shot putt.

Elliot Lassiter was MADJA's top-performing boy in the U13, largely thanks to a javelin throw of 22.17m, with Kieran Short and Matthew Snell also doing well.

Eve Tarring's 70m hurdles time of 13.0secs was the best single performance in the U13 girls, although Ashlen Sowerby ended with a higher overall points tally thanks to a shot putt of 6.38m.

With two of the four Super8 meetings now over, MADJA are top with 8116 points, followed by Salisbury on 6514. The club's next fixture is at Winchester in the Wessex League on Sunday 12 June.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following summary details just some of the successes and stories that were noted during the matches that MADJA took part in during 2011.