RECORD TURN-OUT FOR YOUNG ATHLETES CHAMPS

The Club Championships for Young Athletes saw a record turn out by some 63 runners in total over the traditional one lap course of Lancaster Park (approximately 2.25 kilometres).
 
The first race incorporated the U/11 and U/13 Boys and Girls races, with 29 athletes in total taking part.
 
First home was U/13 Evan Line in a fine time of 8 minutes 15 seconds with fellow U/13 Emma Tomlinson next in in 8m 48s.
 
Following them, U/13s Euan Laude (8m 56s) and Daniel Vermaas (9m 00s) had an excellent tussle for 2nd and 3rd in their categories, with Laude just winning out.
 
Faye Heatley ((9m 10s) and Sophie Pledger (9m 49s) were 2nd and 3rd U/13 Girls.
 
Confusing the scorers mightily were Thompsons Jack and Jacob (no relations) 1st and 2nd in the U/11 with the same times (9m 06s) as well as the same surnames! Lochlan Dungait was 3rd in 9m 23s.
 
Lucy Heatley (9m 43s), Lucy Raper (10m 08s) and Zoe Tomlinson (10m 10s) were 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the U/11 Girls.
 
Although there were slightly fewer runners in Race 2, the competition was, if anything, even more intense with U/17s Will De Vere Owen and Bertie Marr battling it out all the way to the line, with Will winning by a margin of only one second (6m 29s).
 
Fellow U/17 Ryan Davies was 3rd home in 6m 35s, with U/15 Oliver Calvert only one second behind him. Oli Tomlinson was 2nd U/15 (7m 20s) and Ben Moll 3rd (8m 23s).
 
For the Girls, U/17 Tabby Robson ran the fastest time of the night (8m 24s) with Caitlin Flanagan 2nd (8m 50s) and Kate Kennedy 3rd (9m 22s).
 
In the U/15s, Molly Roche was 1st home in 8m 57s, with Iris Dungait 2nd (9m 02s) and Megan Potrac 3rd (9m 04s).
 
Well done to all who took part and made it such a competitive and successful evening. Special thanks to Hemant Desai, who once again provided use of his drive (and lawn), to Julie Roche who recorded the times, and to Mickey Groves and George Patterson who recorded times and started.

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