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Double time for athletics club youngsters

ATHLETICS by Peter Impett

Matches on successive weekends stretched the resources of Wimborne’s junior athletics squad particularly as match two was on the Isle of Wight.

The team were second in both matches and it brought a fitting end to the Wessex Young Athletes League season for the club. At the Poole track in match 1 Ava Elliott Smith cruised to a 13.2 for the 100 and 27.4 in the 200 metres under 13s.

Kayla Robbins won the B string 200 in 28.8 and the long jump in a personal best 4m34. Aspen Stobart won the discus with 23m17 with Bethany Cassidy winning the B string with 17m55.

Bethany then took the B string javelin with 26.76 partnering A string winner Mila Desborough on 27m55. Iris Jones won the under 15 200 metres in 27.90 and the 300 in 45.6.

Olivia Jones (no relation) won the discus with 19m02 and the Javelin with 21m57. Isla O’Connor’s 1500 metres win was the only under 17 podium place.

For the boys, Euan Eadie ran a controlled win in the under 13 1500 with a time of 4.55.6 and Elliott Trickey was second in the long jump 4m46. Sam Johns won the under 15s 300 with 39.5 and Felix Summers won a three way split on countback with a 1m60 high jump.

Alex Warren won the shot with 10m37 and the discus with 25m85. At under 17 Will Langridge won with a 5m68 and Harry Jones won the javelin with 42m08.

Result 1) Poole Runners 440 2) Wimborne

430 3) Poole AC 317 4) Radley 271 5) Isle of Wight 192 6) Salisbury 148.

The Under 11 Quadkids team won their event. George Morton won the boys event with Ren Turner in fourth place. For the girls Lani Moore had the best long jump 3m32 and took fourth place behind Maddie Buchan in third. Result 1) Wimborne 1534 2) Isle of Wight 1520 3) Poole Runners 1269 4) Poole AC 1246 5) Salisbury 1181 6) Dorchester 1019 7) Radley 879.

Getting a team to the Isle of Wight always poses a problem but the club’s volunteer helpers did a magnificent job. Their efforts were rewarded by a double win in the under 13 girls javelin where Mila Desborough 31m92 and Bethany Cassidy 27m46 both increased their personal best performances by over a metre propelling Mila to the top of the UK rankings and putting Bethany only three places behind in fourth. Bethany again backed up Aspen Stobart in winning the discus 17m20 and 19m24. For a thrower, Aspen showed a remarkable turn of speed to win the 100 metres in 13.9. Kayla Robbins won the high jump 1m30 and Nancy Smith the 1500 in 5.44.3. In the under 15s Iris Jones was second in the 200 metres in a time of 27.80 and Esther Brooks was second with a 4m33 long jump.

The under 17 boys scored well. Tom Williams won the 800 with 2.07.8 and the 1500 in 4.25.1. Twin Jack jumped a new personal best 1m80 to win the high jump. Harry Jones won shot 11m39, discus 31m87 and javelin 44.51 with a personal best in each. Sam Johns won the under 15 300 in 39.3 and was second in a 24.9 200 metres. At under 13 level Elliott Trickey was second in the 100 13.1 and the long jump 4m44 with Harley Stanley backing up with a win in the B string 100 of 13.5.

Result 1) New Forest 535.5 2) Wimborne 343.5 3) Isle of Wight 304 4) Poole Runners 236 5) Winchester 63

The Quad kids was a much more subdued affair on the Isle of Wight. Winchester were the winners with 1719 points. 2) Isle of Wight 1600 3) Wimborne 1298 4) New Forest 1212 and 5) Poole Runners 856.

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