Sportshall Athletics North West League - Round 3

On Sunday 27^th January, the Sportshall athletics teams travelled to Crewe.  All 6 teams met tough competition from a strong West Cheshire team.

Under 11 Girls finished in equal 1^st place with Crewe & Nantwich both only 2 points ahead of West Cheshire.  Samantha Mallon scored maximum points in 4lap A string and in Standing Long Jump B.  Abbie Bennett gained 2 second places in the A string Chest Push and S.L.J and a first in the A string 4lap.

Under 13 Girls finished in 2^nd place only 3 points behind West Cheshire.  Anna Walsh & Faye Rodger once again came out best in the jump events, they both continually dominate Vertical Jump & S.L.J taking turns as to who wins what, this time around Anna got 1^st in A V.J & 1^st B S.L.J with Faye doing the opposite, 1^st A S.L.J & 1^st B V.J.  New addition to the under 13 girls team was Ruth Kelly, taking 2^nd in A Shot with a throw of 6m82

Under 15 Girls finished in 3^rd place, 2 wins in the Shot from Sara Devoy in the A with 10m04 and Lucy Foster in B with 8m71.  Leanne Fairhurst got a 1^st B Standing Triple Jump with 6m28.

Under 11 Boys  finished in 2^nd place and once again Tony Corrigan swept the field (& track) aside with 3 wins, 2lap, S.L.J 2m32, S.Tr.J 6m44.

Under 13 Boys finished in 3^rd place.  Wins came from Ross Hayhurst in Shot with 10m46,  Matthew Owens in S.L.J 2m20, Kieron Rowan in S.Tr.J 2m20 in B.

Under 15 Boys finished in 3^rd place, 2 wins from Michael Bomba & Joe Connor in Shot A & B respectively with Michael 13m14 and Joe 11m88.

Round 4

Sunday 10^th February was the final round of the Sportshall league, which took us once again to Kingsway L.C. Widnes, we arrived with a dilapidated team, through many illnesses and children at other events.

Under 11 Girls finished in 1^st place.  A string wins came from Chelsea McCourt in 2lap, Abbie Bennett in S.L.J and Samantha Mallon in Chest Push.  B string wins came from Sophie Bell-Morgan in 2lap and Abbie Bennett in 4lap.  The relay team also took 1^st place, in an excellent show of teamwork.

Under 13 Girls finished in 2^nd place.  Anna Walsh once again showed she couldn’t be beaten at V.J (58cm) and S.L.J (2.02m). Ruth Kelly got 2^nd in A with a Shot Putt of 7m27.

Under 15 Girls finished in2nd place. Katy Thompson won the V.J (55cm), Eleanor Davey won 6lap A string, along with Sara Devoy taking 2^nd in Shot with 9m82.

Under 11 Boys finished in 2^nd place.  A win from Tony Corrigan in S.L.J A string and two 2^nd places for Ashleigh Johnson in 2lap A and St.Tr.J. A.  Robbie Pierce earned a 2^nd place in Chest Push A.  The relay team, well if your were there you too won’t believe what you saw, with the last runner to go, the team were behind and it seemed it was too much to do, but not for Tony Corrigan, this for me, was the performance of the season, Tony ran an amazing last leg to take the win for the team.Well done Tony.

Under 13 Boys finished in 4^th place, with every member of the team picking up valuable points and Ross Hayhurst winning Shot with 11m53.

Under 15 Boys finished in 4^th place, there were only 2 athletes in the team.  Joe Connor took 2^nd place in Shot, 12m18 and John Dillon made up the rest of the points doing all other 4 events, plus managed to find members of other teams to make up a relay team.  Together these two boys have made it possible for the Under 15 Boys to go to the final. 

 The Finals

All 6 teams have successfully made it to the finals, to be held on Sunday 14^th April in Kingsway Leisure Centre, Widnes.

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