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Harriet Court from Paddock Wood AC became English Schools U17 javelin Champion on Saturday she threw 50. 19m to clinch the win. She is due to throw at the in Carmarthen next weekend at the international track and field champs held in Wales this year. The U17 champs at Birmingham is the following weekend.  A busy time

The week starting 29th July Paddock Wood AC are holding their Startrack week of athletics. Children will get the chance to try practically all athletic events, culminating on Thursday with a competition. Visit www.paddockwoodac.co.uk. For more information.

On Friday evening it was another Southern Counties veterans League, this time it was at Sutcliffe Park. Just two ladies were competing for Paddock Wood AC W40 Elizabeth Bignell won the W35 javelin 20.16m,she also won the pole-vault 1.70m, she was 3^rd in the 2K walk with a PB 16m 20.3s and 3^rd in the shot 6.05m. W60 Teresa Hinton covered the W50 javelin coming 4^th she came 2^nd in the W60 shot 7.15m. In the men’s competition M60 Mark Woods in the M60 javelin came 2^nd with 23.71m. He did the M50 high jump 1.30 and the shot 8.19m. M55 Trevor Simms finished 3^rd in the M50 200m 28.7s and covered the M35 shot 6.74m. M60 David Sampson came 2^nd in the 1500m 5m 20.3s.

The previous weekend saw the younger members of the club competing in the Kent Young Athletes league at Medway Park Gillingham. The club had a few more completing on Saturday with some good results. In the U 13 girl Ellen Simmons continued to earn personal bests in most of her events in her first event 70m hurdles she ran 13.76s In her 75m she finished a strong 3^rd 11.28s and the final event the 150m she won the B string race in 22.25s a PB Kelsie Alcorn came 2^nd in the same race in 21.16 a PB. Kelsey won the shot put with 6.53 m and was 2^nd in the long jump with 3.59 m. The third member of the U13 team was Jola Fasakin who won the B string 75 m in 11.20s equalling her PB Jola also won the B shot with 6.12m a PB  and came 2^nd in her javelin with 10.78 m.

In the U 13 boys team Jonah Fernandes run his 100m in 14.56 a PB and then went on to do the 200 m in 30.43s a second PB and the long jump 3.64m, he was joined in the long jump by Harrison Roberts, who came 2^nd the A string with 3.69 m. Harrison came 2^nd in his javelin with 19.86m and third in the B 100 metres 15.04s.

U15 Kathleen Knight Misson won the long jump 4.79m she came 2^nd in the 100m 13.43s and claimed another 2^nd in the shot 7.79m. She was joined in the shot by Lucy Burrows-Cloude 6.44m. Lucy ran a PB in her 100m 14.20s and earned another PB in her hammer finishing 2^nd with 22.06m.

In the under 15 boys Max Rein in his first competition of the season ran a PB in his 100m 15.27s, he gained another PB in his 200m 31.72s, in his long jump he jumped a SB 3.60m. Thomas Mellor in his first competition with the club ran a 800m in 2m 34.05s and jumped 4.32m in his long jump.  The third boy competing was Ciaran Laws who competed in the shot with a PB and the javelin 11.63m

On Sunday Melisa Ferns competed in the North Downs 30K in a time of 3hr 40m 45s. The same day in the northern part of England Becky Morrish ran in the Derby Ramathon finishing 2^nd lady in a time of 1hr 24.m59s.

Six Paddock Wood AC athletes competed in the South East Regional Sportshall Final at Burgess Hill on Sunday. Three U13 girls were in the team. Kelsie Allcorn won a silver medal coming 2^nd in the St triple Jump with a jump of 6.56m. Kelsie also competed in the Obstacle relay race team who won the race.  Kathleen Knight Misson finished 5^th in the shot 8.03m she also was part of the 4×1 lap relay team which came 2^nd and the 4 x2 which the county won. Alathaea Jenkins just missed out on a medal in the speed bounce finishing 4^th with 81 bounces, she was also in the wining Obstacle relay race team. The team came 1^st and goes to the National final in Stoke on the 6^th April.  In the U13 boys team Jonah Fernandes was part of the obstacle relay team and ran a non-scoring 1 lap race. The team came equal 1^st and also goes to Stoke for the National final. U 15 boy William Hirst finished in 25^th place out of 40 competitors. He did 81 bounces in the speed bounce, jumped 7.14m in the St Triple jump and ran the 4 lap race 51.2s. In the U11 Fun in athletics in the morning Elsie Jenner was in the Kent team that finished 3^rd.  Elsie came 5^th in the chest push with 6.75m and 5^th in the St Long jump 2.05m.

At the Tunbridge Wells half marathon on Sunday male vet 40 Ian Sutherland was the clubs first athlete home in 01:28:33. Mat Botten was close behind in 01:29:17. Nicholas Denbow Vet 55 1:32:46. Paul Roberts male vet 40 01:36:02, John Tolhurst was first male Vet 70 across the line 01:42:43. Kim Stanley 5^th male vet 65 01:47:17 and Richard Outten male vet 45 01:56.06.

Paddock Wood ACs Harriet Court won the U17 Kent County Championship heptathlon at the weekend at Medway Park Gillingham. She won with a points total of 4178 a new club record and 5 personal bests. It started with the 80mH 13.71sa PB followed by the high jump 1.48m a PB, the shot 10m.61m, the 200m 28.85s a PB. Harriet jumped another PB in the long jump 4.78m. Due to an elbow injury it was a below par javelin 35.40m but it meant 186 extra points than her nearest rival. She ran a 12s PB in her 800m 2m 23.9s.to clinch the Championship.

In the Masters Championships W60 Teresa Hinton became a triple Kent Champion claiming the title in her hammer 22.02m a PB, the shot 7.52m a SB and the 100m 18.44s.M70 Les Percival won a silver in the 100m 16.08s, a bronze in the 200m 31.89s and another Bronze in the 400m 76.06s. W40 Elizabeth Bignell won the javelin 22.27m and came 2^nd in the hammer 24.46m.

In the U13s Kent championship Lucy Burrows –Cloude won a silver medal in the shot 6.82m and ran 11.20s in the 75m. Kathleen Knight Misson ran her 75m in 10.78s a PB. She jumped a PB in the long jump 4.40m coming 5^thand ran the 150m 21.60s.Ellen Simmons ran a PB in her 60mH 14.36s. Jola Fasakin jumped 3.27 a PB in the long jump, and ran the 75m 11.43s. Jonah Fernandes was the club’s only boy competing he jumped a PB in the long jump 4.00m and ran the 100m 14.91s.

The Kent Relay Championships were held on Sunday at the Julie Rose Stadium Ashford as well as the Masters Championship jumps. Paddock Wood AC had two teams entered. The U13 girls’ team made up of Ellen Simmons, Jola Fasakin, Lucy Burrows-Cloude and Kathleen Knight Misson came 2^nd in their heat to qualify for the final 57.1s. In the final they came 5^th   57.4s a great achievement against the bigger Kent clubs. Our senior men’s team with U17 Benji Folley, U20 Alex Stone, Ale Gray and U23 Jason Davis qualified for the final in their heat, with a fastest looser time 46.5s. They came 5^th in the final 47.1s but moved up to collect the bronze medals, as two teams ahead of them got disqualified. Also on Sunday M60 Teresa Hinton competed in the long and triple jump claiming a silver medal in the triple jump 6.82m and a bronze in the long jump 2.89m. M55 Trevor Crysell got a silver medal for his 4.47m in the long jump, a bronze medal in the triple jump 8.76m and came 2^nd in the pole vault 1.60m. M40 Elizabeth Bignell equalled her PB in the pole-vault 1.80m coming 2^nd.

The previous weekend Ian Sutherland ran the Big Half in London 1hr 34m.09s. Ellie Parks completed the course in 3hr 02m13s.Steve Wright was further afield running the Isles of Stockholm Half Marathon 1hr 22m 17s. Last weekend Matt Botten and Daren Hendley travelled north to take part in the Great North run Matt finished in 1hr 32m35s and Darren 1hr 59m 29s avoiding the heavy rain which started about 4pm. Finally last weekend Chris Bosworth took part in the Rye Ancient trails 30K. This multi terrain run takes the runners through the High Weald area of outstanding natural beauty in East Sussex he completed the event in 3hr 42m 26s.

Paddock Wood AC Athletes across several age groups were competing at the weekend. W40 Elizabeth Bignell was competing in the British Masters Championships at the Moorways Stadium Derby coming away with three Bronze medals. Her first in the hammer 25.34m, her second in the pole-vault 1.70m and her third medal in the javelin 22.06m. She also competed in the 80mH but a poor start let her down and she finished 4^th. M55 Trevor Crysell was also competing, in the long jump jumping 4.322m finishing in 5^th place and the triple jump again finishing 5^th 8.06m.

Also on Saturday some U11s were competing in the run jump and throw at the Medway and Maidstone open meeting at Gillingham. U11 Nicholas Humphreys ran 12.50s in his 75m jumped 3.45m in the long jump and ran the 600m 2m.17.11s. Stanley Thomas ran a PB in his 75m 12.6s, he jumped 2.89m a PB in the long jump and ran another PB in the 600m 2m22.30s. Joshua Allen also claimed three PBs in the 75m 12.83s, the long jump 3.53m and the 600m 2m.28.07s. The youngest member to compete was 8 year old Hudson Caldwell in her first competition on the track running the 75m in 13.71s the long jump 3.06m and running the 600m 2m 33.43s. The previous Saturday U17 Harriet Court was competing in the England Athletics U15/U17 open championships in Birmingham after her first throw she was in 2^nd place but her shoulder unfortunately started to hurt so this meant it ended up her best throw and put her into 4^th place with 45.08m. Two of the girls ahead of her were both second year U17s.

The previous Monday Paddock Wood AC athletes were at the Mike Rowbottom Memorial Open Meeting at Tonbridge. Two U13 girls were competing in the Kent U13 pentathlon championships. Ellen Simmons ran the 75m hurdles 15.11s she jumped a PB in the high jump 1.18m, jumped 3.13m in the long jump  she putt the shot 3.43m and ran the 800m 3m 09.71s. Jessica Patterson ran a PB in her hurdles race 16.18s, jumped 1.06m in her high jump, in the shot she did 3.69m, scored 3.38m in the long jump a PB and ran the 800m 3m 26.97s. Both girls are first year U13s. In the U11 age group Nicholas Humphreys ran the 600m in a PB time 2m 11.64s he jumped 3.67m a PB  in the long jump coming 2^nd  and ran 12.44s a PB in his 75m. Joshua Allen ran his 75m race in 13.04s jumped 2.99m in the long jump. Stanley Thomas ran 12.91s in the 75m jumped 2.68m in the long jump and ran 2m 26.53s in his 600m.in the U11 girls Isla Fossey ran the 75m 12.48s.Maya Trice jumped the long jump 2.70m   In the U13 boys Max Rein ran the 100m 16.02s, he jumped 3.60m in the long jump. U15 sister Megan Rein jumped 4m in the long jump and won her heat of the 100m 14.67s. She beat fellow team mate U17 Harriet Court in to 2^nd place 14.71s.Harriet also ran the 300m in a PB time 44.34s.U17 Molly Rein ran the 100m 14.69s she jumped 3.92m in the long jump. U20 Alex Gray won the triple jump 12.79m. M70 David Perman threw a seasons best in the hammer 18.52m. W40 Elizabeth Bignell jumped a PB in the pole-vault 1.80m she threw 24.29m in the hammer and 19.93 in the javelin.

Paddock Wood AC athletes travelled to the K2 stadium at Crawley on Saturday for the last in the Southern Athletics league matches. In a combined team with Folkestone RC the club finished 3^rd on the day but second overall for the season. U20 Alex Gray won the A string  long jump 6.86m and the triple jump 12.59m and Alex Stone won both of the B strings with  12.11m in the triple jump and 5.43m in the long jump. Alex went on to win his javelin 36.02m. U23 Jason Davis rana PB in his 100m 11.7s coming 2^nd, he was 3^rd in the 200m 24.4s. M60 Mark Woods ran the B 200m 28.2s. SM Harry Young ran a PB in the 5000m 17m23.0s. M50 Steve Wright joined Harry in this race running it in 18m 23.1s.Steve also ran the 400m 69.8s the 1500m 5m15.8s and the 800m 2m 37.1s PB. First time competing this season U17 Aaron Miller jumped a PB in the high jump 1.55m coming 2^nd and U20 Harry Trimmer wining the B string 1.45m. Both did a non-scoring long jump Harry jumped 4.77m and Aaron 4.40m. M70 David Perman again gained valuable points for the club competing with a much heavier weight in the hammer 11.72m a PB with the 7.26k hammer and was 3^rd in the shot. The 4 x 100m men’s relay team of Woods, Gray, Stone and Davis   claimed a new club record 47.7s.Steve Wright joined three Folkestone athletes in the mixed 4 x 400m relay 4.50.4s.

W40 Elizabeth Bignell did her usual multi events. Competing in the pole vault first, equalling her PB 1.75m, from there straight to the hammer 21.57m, as this finished over to the shot 6.02m. From there to the javelin 29.82m, then the triple jump 6.34m the final field event the discus 15.91m. She then ran a leg of the 4 x100m relay with three girls from Folkestone. W60 Teresa Hinton won the B hammer 17.69m and did the shot 6.36m. The previous Wednesday David Perman competed in the Cambridge Harriers open meeting at Sutcliffe Park throwing his correct weight hammer 17.29m. On the same day Steve Wright ran the Clapham Common 10K race finishing 8^th overall and 2nd in the M50 category 38.42m.

The last match in the Kent Young Athletes league took place at Central Park Dartford on Saturday. With the sun was shining but blustery wind for this last meeting for a change no rain. There were some good results for Paddock Wood AC. In the U13 girls there was a double win in the shot with Lucy Burrows –Cloude wining the A string 6.57m and Abi Seal taking the B string 6.19m her first time in this event. Lucy threw a PB in her javelin 14.65m and ran the 100m 11.4s. Abi Seal ran the A 100m 11.1s and jumped a PB in the long jump 3.67m. Ellen Simmons joined Abi in the long jump also jumping a PB 3.21m, she claimed a second PB in the 70m hurdles 14.8s and she completed a hat trick with another PB in the 150m 24.0s. In the U15 girls Abigail Palmer was another athlete to score PBs. She ran the 100m 15.7s and threw the javelin 16.59m both PBs, she jumped 3.56m in the long jump. Megan Rein joined Abi in these events she equalled her PB in the 75mH 16.5s, ran the 100m 15.0s and jumped 3.64m in the long jump. U15 boy Thiago Marinez won his 100m 12.9s and came 2^nd in the shot with a PB 8.07m but had to pull out of the long jump due to injury. Nathan Palmer won his hammer 15.21m his first time in this event he won the B shot 6.42m a PB and ran 100m 15.6s. William Hirst out for the first time this season  jumped a PB in his high jump 1.45m jumped a another PB in the long jump 4.45m and ran the 800m  2m 33.4s. In the U13 boys Jonah Fernandes jumped a PB in the long jump 3.70m ran the 200m 32.3s and ran the non-scoring 100m 15.0s. Max Rein won the B long jump 3.66m, ran the 100m 16.3s and competed in the 1K walk for the first time finishing 3^rd in 7m 12.7s. Lucas Whittle ran the 100m 15.6s he jumped 3,31m in the long jump and ran an 800m 2m 52.7s his first ever 800m. The team finished 4^th on the day and 5^th overall for the season.

Paddock Wood AC hosted their Startrack Athletics week, held at their track at Puntland’s leisure centre. They have been holding the event for over 32 years. Over 45 children with ages ranging from 6 to 15 years took part. Each day they had to chance to try all of the athletics events including high jump, hammer and javelin. On Thursday the children were divided into 3 teams named this year from cities which have hosted or are going to host the Olympic Games Tokyo, Los Angeles and Paris. Each child then competed in a run, jump and throw to earn points for their team. On Friday afternoon teams went head to head in an obstacle relay to add to the scores. Individual winners were Oliver Denton who scored 69 points wining the boys 6/7 category and Tamsin Baker the girls with 67pts. In the 8/9 ages Stanley Thomas took it for the boys 120pts and Jemima Baker won the girls 128pts. 10/11s was won by Austin Day with 135pts and Jola Fasakin for the girls 143pts. It was a close thing in the 12 plus group with Harry Lenham wining for the 2^nd year running with 148pts. Abi Seal taking the girls trophy 167pts.

It was a disappointing turn out for the last in the Southern Counties Masters league held at Central Park Dartford the previous week. Just two ladies took part. These two ladies have competed in all of the matches in the league this season. Trying to cover as many events as possible W40 Elizabeth Bignell came 2^nd in the in the long jump with a seasons best 3.23m, 2^nd in the discus and cleared a height in the high jump to get a point 1.05m. W60 Teresa Hinton ran the 100m 18.5s, she won the high jump 1.10m jumped 2.81m in the long jump and came 3^rd in the discus. Also the previous week M70 David Perman competed in the Blackheath and Bromley Open Summer meeting at Norman Park throwing a seasons best with the 4K hammer 17.56m.