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Good show by KYAL athletes

News Desk — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:34:59 +0000

ASHFORD boys took third to maintain their third overall in the Kent Young Athletes League at Canterbury while the girls are fourth.
There were a tremendous number of personal bests from this inexperienced squad so it was an excellent day for the Ashford teams.
Two of them came in a terrific double for Ashford in the U15 75m hurdles with Ellie Gooding winning the A race with 12.0 and Charlotte Tappenden taking the B race with 13.3. The duo also had thirds in the 100m sprint with two bests of 13.0 and 13.9 and both had bests again in the high jump with 1.40m and 1.30m respectively.
Ben Isaac has been in super form this year and had a personal double winning the the 80m hurdles in a best of 12.4 and the long jump with 5.15m while George Hoben almost made in a club double in the long jump second in the B event with 4.13m.
The clubs only other U15 win came in the B high jump with Elliot Rudd a personal best 1,25m with teammate Alexander Hardy a fine third in the A leap with another best 1.30m.
The other B win came in the U13 75m hurdles with Cameron Amadee clocking a superb personal best 12.7 and Alexandra Prickett notched a terrific personal best 14.8 for second in the girls B hurdles. Cameron and Ed Miller also both notched personal bests 14.0 in the 100m.
Jack Goss worked hard rewarded with pbs in the U15 400m and 800m of 59.1 and 2:15.3 well supported by Daniel Steadman and Zak Shaikh with bests in the B races.
Emily Hamlyn and Ciara Ewart both had thirds in the U15 200m as did Dan Steadman and Owen Morgan in the 1500m.
Hannah Owen had a fine pb of 1.30m for third in the A U15 high jump with Eve Graham also having a best of 1.10m in the B event.
Giles Manning and Felicity Endacott both had seconds in the 1200m walk with best times of 8:44.3 and 8:21.1 respectively while Zak Shaikh did the same in the U15 walk with a pb of 8:19.7.

Walking tall

News Desk — Tue, 17 May 2011 09:01:48 +0000

ASHFORD AC’s walkers were the star performers in the Kent Championships second day at the Julie Rose Stadium at the weekend bringing home three of the club’s seven gold medals.

Kate Funnell secured the U17 3k walk title in 15:32.1 with Jonathan Hobbs taking the U20 gold in 14:15.9 which was also good enough to give him the senior silver medal.

Veteran Gary Macdonald took the M50 gold over 3k with 18:17.8 and on a weekend where blustery conditions restricted performances the only two championship bests to fall came from the walkers.

Individual star was the consistent Rachel Hanagan who claimed gold in the U20 triple jump with 11,13m in an Ashford clean sweep with sister Laura taking silver with 10.76m and Joanna Norman the bronze with 9.36m.

Rachel also landed silver in the 200m in 26.1 just .3 of a second off the gold prize. Laura took her second silver medal in the 400m hurdles clocking 67.0.

Lucy Homes took the gold in the U20 javelin with a throw of 23.50m and rising star Caitlin Dock was the champion in the U17 pole vault with 2.39m holding off teammate Sam Lynch who notched a 2m clearance.

Aaron Meakin was the winner of the U15 hammer mastering the technically difficult implement with a fine 30m throw.

Silvers went to Warren Uden in the men’s steeplechase with 11:34.2 and Peter Wickens in the men’s javelin with 51.12m.

Blake Robinson has a consistent series in the U20 discus to take silver with 32.85m and veteran Candy Hawkins scored again with silver in the women’s 5000m with 20:08.1.

Ashford secured 10 bronze medals with Matt Morsia pressing hard in the triple jump ending with 14.76m and three came for the U17 lads with Tom Williams narrowly edged into bronze in the 200m with 23.5; Max Reeves was third in the 100m hurdles in 15.80 and Nathanial Fatola third in the long jump with 5.30m.

Ashford’s pole vaulters again performed with Kara Gibbs holding off teammate Emmeline Rendell to take the bronze with 3.20m while Ellie Gooding was third in the U15 event with 2.45m. Jack Huxley just missed a medal with fourth in the U17 boys with 2.30m.

In the U17s Amelia Jones was third in the 800m with 3:24.2 and Lauren Bamford took bronze in the 300m hurdles with 49.80.

Lauren just missed another medal with fourth in the long jump with3.85m on a countback with Kayleigh Miller-Leslie sixth.

Matt Hogben, seventh in the 800m (2:05.5), just missed a medal in the high jump fourth with 1.75m while veteran Chris Kingsland was third best of the M35s in the hammer but was fourth male overall with 33.69m.

Tom Snare, fourth in the U17 discus (35.35m) was also seventh in the shot while in the U15 80m hurdles Ben Isaac was fourth and teammate Aaron Meakin fifth. Jack Goss was sixth in the 800m final and Dan Steadman fourth in the U15 javelin with 27.19m.

Sam Beckett was sixth in the U20 women’s 200m with Lucy Holmes eighth while Hester Hill and Caitlin Dock were fifth and sixth in the U17 200m final.

Sprinter Emem Umoh came through a tough heats to secure a fine fifth in the U15 100m final while Jade Goss was narrowly edged into fourth in the javelin with Charlotte Tappenden 11th in the high jump.

Several former Ashford athletes also shone Nick Leavey winning the men’s 200m in 21.6; Romney Marsh’s Max Nicholls winning the U17 steeplechase for Tonbridge with sister Grace second in the senior 1500m while Matt Blandford took double gold in the U17 shot and discus for Tonbridge.

Hythe’s Kelsey Howard, also now at Tonbridge, won the U20 3k walk.

Correction

Ashford’s Candy Hawkins added another gold to the club tally winning the W40 5000m event with 20:08.1 and is now looking to add to her success in the the Southern Vets championships being held at the Julie Rose Stadium next month.

She has also been selected for the European Deaf Athletics Championships to be held in Kayseri, Turkey in July this year.

Race walkers step up

News Desk — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:04:20 +0000

ASHFORD’S young race walkers have shone in the Younger Age Group Walking Grand Prix which is based on the results of the eight key races over the year.
Ashford’s tiny squad came a brilliant fourth out of 24 teams with a hat-trick of third places for Rebecca Roddy in the Under 15s, Kate Funnell in the Under 17s and Jonathan Hobbs in the Under 20s.
Tonbridge, with a very large squad, won from Birchfield Harriers and Nuneaton Harriers.
The gallant contribution of Felicity Endacott in the Inter Area match made the difference to earn promotion from fifth to fourth enabling Ashford to beat big clubs like Leicester Walking Club, Sheffield, Wolverhampton and Bilston, Coventry and local rivals Cambridge Harriers and Medway & Maidstone.
These events are held all over England from Sussex to Sheffield and include the National Track championships, Road championships, Inter Counties and Inter Area matches with individuals scoring in a maximum of their best five of these.

Best spurs Kate to victory

News Desk — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:24:21 +0000

ASHFORD AC’s trio of race walkers featured strongly in the South of England’s win over the Midlands and the North in their match at Dartford.
Kate Funnell carved 27 seconds off her personal best over 5km to win the Under 17s race in 26:32.
Jonathan Hobbs also won the U20 one hour walk recording just over 12km while in the U13/U15s event over 3km Rebecca Roddy secured a fine third place.

Rachel sets new mark

News Desk — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 23:57:46 +0000

ASHFORD AC’s Rachel Hanagan broke a 23 year old club record in a fine weekend in the U20 heptathlon at Stoke.
Rachel finished a splendid sixth with a personal best points tally of 4,205 after a victory in the 800m in a personal best 2:24.78 and second in the 200m in 26.17. She set another best in the high jump with 1.49m and a season’s best 5.24m in the long jump.
Her points tally broke Karen Hambrook’s club record in the heptathlon set in 1987.
Caroline Hatley also competed well finishing 17th in the U17 heptathlon with season bests in the long jump and high jump.
Ashford multi eventer Chris Blandford was 17th in the U20 men’s decathlon with a personal best javelin of 51.09m and more bests in the 110m hurdles (20.40) and 100m (12.48) with a seaon’s best 400m of 56.10 and high jump of 1.54m.

Matt cleans up

News Desk — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:53:56 +0000

ASHFORD athletes enjoyed success in Sunday’s Southern Inter Counties match at the Julie Rose Stadium.
Matt Morsia led the way with victory in the A triple jump with a personal best leap of 15.17m but there was also a fine effort in the women’s event where Rachel Hanagan took third with a season’s best 11.26m.
Race walker Kelsey Howard also shone winning the B 3000m walk with 16:00.56.
Sarah Snare had a good day second in the B shot with 9.34m and fifth in the A javelin with a season best 31.81m.
Gareth Morris was also busy second in the B 110m hurdles in a personal best 16.52 and was also third in the A 400m hurdles in 56.09.
Sam Beckett took third in the women’s 400mH in 68.66 while veteran Pete Davey was fifth in the A men’s 110m hurdles in 16.33.
Romney Marsh rising star Grace Nicholls recorded a fine second in the women’s A 1500m clocking 4:40.80.

Janine cops gold

News Desk — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:10:45 +0000

Kelsey Howard and Kate Funnell at Glasgow

ASHFORD AC’s Janine Brown stunned even herself in taking a superb gold at the National Police UK Championships held in Scotland.
Despite awful conditions with rain and wind she claimed victory in the 800m with a season’s best 2:29.3 and also took bronze in the 1500m race in another season’s best of 5:06.3.
The event was also trials for the European track and field championships being held in the Ukraine over September 22-25 but Janine said she was not seeking selection as she needs a break after a long and demanding season with injury and marathon training.
But she aims to be back with road and cross country events for Ashford and Kent Police after her break.
Another Shepway athlete enjoying success is Vicky Silk who was back on form with two golds in Dublin strengthening her claim for selection for selection in the world championships in New Zealand in January.
She threw consistently in the discus to win with a personal best 18.88m improving her best by 84cm and she went close to setting another best in the shot with a winning throw of 6.13m in another impressive series.
She now has two meetings left with the Diamond League meeting at Crystal Palace on August 15 and then in Slovakia in late August for the IWAS world championships.
Kate Funnell and Kelsey Howard represented the Folkestone School for Girls at the Four Nations U17 International Athletics meeting at Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow with Kate coming fourth and Kelsey fifth.

With race walking an emerging discipline within athletics at the moment, it is quite a coup for the school to have two athletes competing at this level, in the same age group and at the same time being good friends.

Kate also recently competed in the Aviva UK Championships at Birmingham joining Lisa Dobrisky in featuring the club’s colours at the highest level in the BBC televised event.

U13s show the way

News Desk — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:00:18 +0000

A SUPERB display by Ashford U13 boys helped keep the club in the title race in the Kent Young Athletes League meeting at Erith.
They finished a fine second spurred by three double successes and victory in the relay.
Alex Lynch led the way winning the 75m hurdles with Ben Isaac taking the B string honours and they were joined by George Hogben and Luke Busumbru to take the 4×100m relay. Lynch also also took second in the long jump and third in the 200m.
Another winning double came in the discus where Luke dominated the A event winning with 19.25m while Lewis Hagger took B honours with a fine 13.17m.
Isaac had a convincing win in the A javelin with 25.64m with Edward Miller the B winner with an equally impressive 22.48m. Ben also won the B 200m while Miller secured victory in the B 100m.
Hagger also capped a busy day with second in the B high jump wher Hogben finished third in the A event and Lewis was also second in the B shot with George third in the A throws.
Also in action were Jacob Sivyer and Sam Marsh.
The U15 boys were lifted by a a double second in the 100m from Nathan Fatola and George McClennan.
Nathan was also third in the long jump, fifth in the discus and anchored the 4×100m squad that took a fine second along with Temi Banwo, Max Reeves and Wesley Potter.
McClennan notched a very close second on the line in the 400m and was fourth in the 800m where Declan O’Driscoll was third in the B race.
Other thirds came from Reeves in the A 80m hurdles and B discus and Potter in the B long jump.
The U13 girls also had a good day just edged into third while the U15s emulated the boys by also taking fifth.
Young Emem Umoh was the U13 star winning the 150m on the line with Eleanor Potter third in the B race and Emem also won the B javelin, where Annamarie Gould was second in the A event, and was also second in the A long jump.
Eleanor won the B 1200m walk with Amber Guyatt in second in the A walk and there wasa double second for Amber and Annamarie in the 600m.
Emem was joined by Mary Coleman, Georgia Bamford and Emily Hamlyn for second in the 4×100m relay. There was another two A & B second places in the discus for Coleman and Rebecca Cock while in the shot Coleman was third in the A competition and Bamford second in the B contest.
There were three victories for the U15 squad with Lauren Bamford winning the A 75m hurdles convincingly and Rebecca Roddy claimed A success and Charlotte Roberts the B honours in the 1200m walk.
Lauren also claimed thirds in the A 300m and shot and a second in the 4×100m relay along with Hamlyn, Amber Currie and Hester Hill.
Hester was third in A high jump and B discus while there were A and B thirds for Hamlyn and Currie in the long jump and Polly Abbott and Erin Maxwell in the javelin.
The girls’ teams finished third overall on the day.

Golden day in championships

News Desk — Tue, 11 May 2010 11:32:10 +0000

Ashford U15s who did a clean sweep of the medals in the 3000m walk

ASHFORD Athletic Club had another excellent weekend at the Kent track and field championships at the Julie Rose Stadium claiming 14 county titles and 39 medals in total.
Gareth Morris got them off a fine start taking the 400m hurdles crown in 56.16 and Matt Morsia had a good weekend winning the senior long jump with 6.70m and adding the bronze in the triple jump.
James Phillips continued his progress through the ranks securing gold in the men’s 800m in fine style with 1:59.22.
Young Oliver Williams is a rising star at the club taking the U15 high jump gold and adding a bronze in the 80m hurdles just behind teammate Max Reeves while Callum Shaw added another gold in taking the U15 triple jump.
The club’s new walkers section also shone with three golds, Jonathan Hobbs winning the U17 men’s 3k walk and Kate Funnell repeating the feat with victory in the girls event.
Ashford took the top three places in the U15 girls 3000m walk led by Rebecca Roddy from teammates Katherine Buckley and Megan Lillington. Veteran Gary Macdonald won silver in the M50 walk.
There was gold and silver for Ashford in the U17 women’s high jump won by Deborah Martin with 1.60m from multi-eventer Caroline Hatley and Caroline added bronze in the 80m hurdles.
Rachel Hanagan was the high flyer in the U20 women’s triple jump with 11.05 and added bronze in the 400m.
In the U15 girls Kayleigh Miller-Leslie outpaced the pack to win the 75m hurdles in 12.11 while Sophie Hamlyn held off a big field to win the long jump with a fine 4.44m.
In the senior women Isabel Dickinson took gold in the 5000m and Candy Hawkins won the vets O35 5000m title.
Young Kirsten Hooten shone with a silver in the U15 javelin and bronze in the shot while Nathan Fatola took a fine second in the boy’s long jump. Tom Snare won silver in the U17 men’s shot and added a silver in the discus behind teammate Blake Robinson.
The difficult conditions meant just one championship best fell over the weekend with Amir Williamson (NEB) powering the men’s hammer to 66.62m.

Walkers shine for Kent

News Desk — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:34:22 +0000

TWO Ashford AC race walkers were in the medals representing Kent in 5K Inter Counties/Molly Barnett races that took place at the weekend at the University of Warwick.
Hythe’s Kate Funnell has moved up to the U17 age group since the end of the track season and has been doing very well in what is a competitive age group.
She has still been winning races and is rapidly improving at the top level in her age group. She was the second Kent girl home just outside her personal best in a time of 29:07 behind New Romney athlete Kelsey Howard (Tonbridge) but only by eight seconds. Jonathon Hobbs raced really well and was the first Kent athlete home in what was for him a personal best.