After coming in last place at our first match at Harrow, we were hoping to rally up a larger team this time around but unfortunately, we had only 28 K&P athletes, up 3 from Harrow.  Again, we struggled to fill lots of the events, notably the longer distance runs and many of the U20M events. Notable events on the day were the AAA Grade 1 performances by William Hobson with another PB throwing the Shot 15.39m and Michael Anderson with a 6.41m long Jump.  The U20W relay team who narrowly broke the club record again with a 52.40s (previous 52.60s U20W at Harrow). There were a few other PBs on the day, please look at the full results on the Power of 10 (link provided below).  But it was not enough to compensate for the low turnout of athletes and we finished up 6^th again. If everyone who is not already up to the maximum number of events would fill one more event and with more of our athletes joining in, we may still be able to get the points needed to avoid relegation. The next match is our home match at Kingsmeadow on 30^th June. We need a big push to get everyone out, fill even more events in track and field, and go for a higher finish.

There were many good performances with AAA graded performances:

Grade 4 for Aaron Marlow (Shot, Discus & Javelin), Max Dickson (400m), Freddy Crosby (High Jump), Lucy Atkins (200m & 300m), Kira Holt (100m), Madison Hutton (High Jump & Javelin), Lara Quickfall (High Jump) and Natalie Miller (Hammer)

Grade 3 for Kira Holt (200m), Louisa Stoney (200m), Thomas White (200m) and Rhianna Reynolds (Triple Jump)

Grade 2 For Madison Hutton (80mH), Thomas White (100m) and Kira Holt (80mH)

Grade 1 for William Hobson (Shot) and Michael Anderson (Long Jump)

Full results are on Power of 10 (see link below).

https://www.thepowerof10.info/results/results.aspx?meetingid=285995

The team was:

U17 women: Madison Hutton, Caitlin Paul, Lucy Atkins, Kira Holt, Lara Quickfall, Natalie Miller. Total=6

U20 women: Rhianna Reynolds, Lucy Tunnacliffe, Hannah Lester, Amelia Bell, Isabella Shepherd-Evans, Louisa Stoney. Total=6

U17 men: Olly Wilson, Freddy Crosby, Aaron Marlow, Thomas White, William Hobson, Max Dickson, Marius Ball, Michael Webb-Bourne, Michael Anderson, Eric Hermanson, Sebastian Chang, Ellis Down, George Rees. Total=13

U20 men: Jack Stracey, Eric Williams, Indy Barnes. Total=3

Special thanks go to our team of officials, we had a full set this time which helps with points.

Graded officials:

Field official = Frank Schubert

Timekeeper = Stewart Dickson

Track judge = Richard White

and the field team of Paul Tunnacliffe, Julie Reynolds, Mark Reynolds and John Lester.

Regards,

Beverly, Dorinda & James

YDL (UAG) Team Managers
Kingston Athletic Club & Polytechnic Harriers
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Chilly Bank holiday weekend for the first UAG YDL match 2019

The first U17/U20 match this season was quite a cold one, as there was a slight breeze blowing all throughout the day.  Unfortunately, mainly due to the upcoming exams and some late injuries, we had only 25 K&P athletes competed at Harrow.  This was 10 athletes down on our first YDL UAG last season.  In order to be competitive as a team in this league we need a turn out ideally of 40+ athletes. We have more than enough athletes at the club, so we need a big rallying cry from all of us, including the athletes that competed, to get more members involved at the remaining 3 matches. Not unsurprisingly, we struggled to fill lots of the events, notably the longer distance runs and many of the U20M events. Notable events on the day were the AAA Grade 1 performance by William Hobson throwing the Shot 14.51m, the U17W & U20W relays who both smashed the club records with a 50.20s (previous 51.1s U17W) and 52.60s (previous 53.4s U20W), a PB in the Pole Vault for Flora with 2.90m and we had two 1^st places, three 2^nd places and one 3^rd place in the 200m races! There were a few other PBs on the day, please look at the full results on the Power of 10 (link provided below).  But it was not enough to compensate for the low turnout of athletes and we finished up 6^th. If everyone who is not already up to the maximum number of events would fill one more event and with more of our athletes joining in, we may be able to get the points needed to avoid relegation. The next match at Hillingdon on 26 May will give us every opportunity to get everyone out, fill even more events in track and field, and go for a higher finish.

The bitter cold did not discourage some good performances with AAA graded performances:

Grade 4 for Thomas White (200m), Aaron Marlow (Discus & Javelin), Luca Di Libero (Shot), William Hobson (Discus), Lucy Atkins (200m & 300m), Kira Holt (200m)

Grade 3 for Kira Holt (80m Hurdles), Madison Hutton (Shot), Thomas White (100m), Rhianna Reynolds (Triple Jump)

Grade 1 for William Hobson (Shot).

Full results are on Power of 10 (see link below).

https://www.thepowerof10.info/results/results.aspx?meetingid=285994&pagenum=1

The team was:

U17 women: Tobi Afilaka, Madison Hutton, Caitlin Paul, Freya John, Lucy Atkins, Kira Holt, Camilla MacFarlane. Total=7

U20 women: Rhianna Reynolds, Lucy Tunnacliffe, Imogen Busa, Hannah Lester, Flora Anghileri-Jarman, Phoebe Schofield, Amelia Bell, Isabella Shepherd-Evans. Total=8

U17 men: Olly Wilson, Luca Di Libero, Freddy Crosby, Aaron Marlow, Thomas White, Akash Santosh-Kumar, Benjamin Sopta-Sheldrake, William Hobson. Total=8

U20 men: Jack Stracey, Luke Newell. Total=2

Special thanks go to our team of officials, who endured the cold!

Grade 2 Field official = Frank Schubert

Timekeeper = none, Track judge = none and the field team of Paul Tunnacliffe, Rory MacFarlane, Nina White, Mark Hutton and Kathryn Paul.

Regards,

Beverly, Dorinda & James