PWAC Sportshall Round Up

The last Sportshall meeting of the year at the beginning of February saw 2 U15 Paddock Wood AC athletes take the top 2 league trophies. Harriet Court in her last year as an U15 claimed top spot to win the U15 girls league trophy. Wining the shot and Standing long jump. William Hirst took the boys trophy with wins in the speed bounce and standing long jump. Also competing in the U15 girls Megan Rein and Abigail Palmer. In the U13 girls the team finished 6^th a good result as Paddock Wood did not have a complete team for the last meeting. Those in the team for the season Alathaea Jenkins, Kathleen Knights Misson, Maddy Sinclair and Seraphina Yates. Just one U13 boy competed for the season Nathan Palmer. In the U11s league the girls team finished 4^th and the boys 7^th. Competing for the girls we had Kelsie Allcorn, Ellen Simmonds, Amelia Chapman, Jola Faskin and Jessica Patterson.in the boy’s team Jonah Fenandes, James Henry, Noah Holden, Lucas Whittle, Otto Hemming and Nicholas Humphreys. A big thank you to all the parents who stepped in to help team manage and officiate.

Kent County Sportshall Championships -11th December 2022

In the U 11 girls there were some good team results with Kelsie Allcorn Ellen Simmons and Amelia Chapman moving up to 3^rd place in the league table. In the boy’s team with 2 first timers to Sportshall competition Noah Holden and Otto Hemming plus Jonah Fernandes and James Henry came 12^th overall.

In the U13 girls Alathaea Jenkins came equal 2^nd in the Speed Bounce with 77 bounces to win a silver medal. She came 5^th in the St Long jump and equal 4^th in the Vertical jump. Kathleen Knight Mission came 6^th in the 2 lap race she jumped 1.98m in the St Long Jump and putt the shot 6.64m well below her PB. In the U15 girls Harriet Court became the Kent Champion in the Shot 9.41m.She also won the St Long Jump 2.32m and came 2^nd in the 4 lap race. Megan Rein won a silver medal in the St Triple Jump 5.74m, she claimed a bronze in the 2 lap race and was 5^th in the Speed Bounce with 71 bounces. U15 William Hirst won the Speed Bounce with 81 bounces, he also claimed victory in the Vertical jump and came 2^nd in the St Long Jump with 2.26m. William, Harriet and Alathaea have all been picked to represent Kent in the Regional Sportshall Final in Burgess Hill at the end of February.

4Medal winners Sportshall Champs 2022

U 11 boys team Dec2022

U11 girls team Dec 2022

Kent County Sportshall Championships – Ashford – 8th December 2019

Paddock Wood Athletics Club took part in the Kent County Sportshall Championships at the Stour Centre Ashford.

Harvey Fordham, Alex Grey and Alex Stone competed in the Under 15 boy’s, Harvey won 4 gold medals with an outstanding jump in the standing triple jump 8.07m in the standing long jump it was 2.59m, he jumped 67cm in the vertical jump and ran 21.7s for his 2 lap. Alex Grey finished the 2 lap just 100 th of a second behind Harvey to claim the silver medal he was 3 rd in the standing triple jump 7.55m and 2 nd in the standing long jump 2.55m. Alex Stone won his 4 lap race 51.8s, came 2 nd in the shot 9.86m and 3 rd in the speed bounce with 79 bounces. All 3 are in the Kent team for the Sportshall regional final at Burgess Hill in March.

Joe Stone was the clubs only U13 boy competing. Joe won the standing triple jump by nearly a metre jumping 7.23m to win gold. Joe also won the shot 10.02m he was 2 nd in the standing long jump and won another gold in the 2lap race 22.00s. Joe is also selected for the Kent team.

Adam Garside had a clean streak in the under 17 boy’s coming home with 4 Gold Medals after winning the 2 lap 22.8s ,standing triple jump 7.03m, standing long jump 2.35m and the 4lap 50.8s.

Amillia Beaumaster, Philip Dagostin, William Hirst, Tilly Ryan and Nico Walters competed in the under 11 category. William managed to come in the top 12 for most of his events with his standing long jump being his best performance 1.72m Phillip jumped 1.64m. Nico and Tilly both did the ball push with the same score of 5.25m and Amillia did well in the speed bounce with 50 bounces. The team finished 10 th on the day.

Kent Sportshall Championship - 8th December 2019

Sportshall Match Report, Tunbridge Wells – 6 October 2019

The number of athletes competed in the first Sportshall match this season and we were in a position field an under 11 team, 1 under 13 boy, 2 under 13 girl, an under 15 girls and under 15 boys team.

With this being the first match along with new faces taking part, our athletes competed well and enjoyed this noisy fun environment.

Competing for the first time Amillia Beaumaster, Daniel Ositelu (under 11), Rebecca Ositelu (under 13) and Elizabeth Ositelu (under 15)

The under 15 boys competed well. Alex Gray – 2^nd  in Triple Jump (7.84m), Joint 2^nd in the 2 lap race (21.5s), 3^rd in Vertical Jump (59cm) finishing 4^th overall.  Alex Stone – 1^st in Speed Bounce (78), 2^nd in Shot Put (9.99m) finishing 3^rd overall. Harvey Fordham – 1^st in Vertical Jump (71cm), 1^st in Triple Jump (8.66m), 1^st in the 2 lap race (21.2s), 3^rd in Shot Put (9.65m), 3^rd in Speed Bounce (75) finishing 1^st overall.  Team – 1^st with 3 to score (2513 points).

In the under 15 girls Abigail Exall – Triple Jump (6.49m), Speed Bounce (72), 2 lap race (23.9s) finishing 10^th overall.  Elizabeth Ositelu – Shot Put (7.40m), Triple Jump (5.77m), 2 lap race (23.7s) finishing 11^th overall. Molly Brown – 3^rd in Triple Jump (6.56m), Speed Bounce (74), 2 lap race (23.5s) finishing 4^th overall. Team – 3^rd with 3 to score (2073 points).

We were unable to get enough athletes competing to make up a team in the under 13 age group.  Competing in her first Sportshall, Rebecca Ositelu finished 8^th overall with some strong performances – Vertical Jump (50cm), Shot Put (5.68m) and speed bounce (65), 2 lap race (24s).  Kiera Conrad-Pickles – Speed Bounce (59), 2 lap race (24.2s) finishing 12^th overall.   Joe Stone competed as our only under 13 boy winning the age group. His best performances were 1^st in Shot Put (9.46m), 1^st in Triple Jump (7.29m), 2^nd in Speed Bounce (77), 2^nd in the 2 lap race (21.7s) and 3^rd in Vertical Jump (55cm).

For the under 11s the top performances are Daniel Ositelu – Long Jump (1.78m), 2^nd in Vertical Jump (51cm). Nico Walters – Long Jump (1.73m), Joint 5^th in Speed Bounce (52). Tilly Ryan – Long Jump (1.62m), Foam Javelin (10.75m). Amillia Beaumaster – Balance Beam (36s), Speed Bounce (48).

Our Under 11 team came 4^th in Long Jump, 5^th in the 2 lap race finishing 8^th overall.

I would like to thank all our athletes for taking part and look forward to watching them continue to develop throughout the season. Our next match will be on Sunday 17^th November at the Stour Centre Ashford.

Leslie Stone

Sportshall - 6th October 2019

Sportshall - 6th October 2019

Sportshall - 6th October 2019

Sportshall - 6th October 2019

Sportshall Match, Tunbridge Wells – 3rd February 2019

Sunday was our last league match in the Sportshall season at the Tunbridge Wells Sports centre.

Managing to field 14 athletes with 2 under 11 teams, 2 under 11 Girls and Boys along with 3 under 15 boys, I am pleased with the performances of all the athletes who took part and managed to bring home the Silverware for the older age groups.

Under 11

Another solid performance from Paddock wood 1 (Aaron Brown, Maurice Roberts, Nico Walters, William Hirst) placed the team 4^th overall, with Aaron, Maurice and William coming in the top 10 for some of the events. Best performances Aaron (Javelin – 14.75m), Maurice (Javelin – 16.25m), Nico (Speed Bounce – 51) and William (Javelin – 14m).
Paddock Wood 2 (Freddy Tapp, Lily Hughes, Tilly Ryan) along with Alfie Valach from Swale performed well and placed 9^th overall. This was the first club competition for Freddy and Lily who put in a great performance. Best performances on the day were Freddie (Speed Bounce 13^th – 53), Lily (Vertical Jump 7^th – 46cm) and Tilly (Javelin 25^th – 10.75m)

Under 13

Being unable to make up a girls team and only being 5 points behind 1^st place after match 2, we missed out on a chance of taking the Under 13 Girls team trophy.  Abigail Exall and Molly Brown, putting in a solid performance on the day, with Molly finishing 1^st with 718 match points and 2^nd in the league with 10 points, winning performances in Vertical Jump (56cm) and Shot Put (6.93m).  Adigail finished 6^th with 665 match points and 6^th in the league with 22 points. Best performance 3^rd Vertical Jump (49cm).
Against strong opposition Benjamin Gillard and Joe Stone competed for the Boys. Joe finishing 4^th with 700 match points, winning the league with 8 points, best performances on the day were Vertical Jump 3^rd (52cm) and Shot Put 3^rd (7.17m).  A good performance from Benjamin’s in this 1^st Sportshall competition, Benjamin finished 12^th with 499 match points. Best performance 8^th Speed Bounce (64).

Under 15

Alex Stone, Harvey Fordham and Liam Simms made up the boys team for Paddock Wood performing well against strong opposition, winning the Team trophy for Paddock Wood.  Harvey finished 1^st with 799 match points and 3^rd in the league with 2 points after 2 matches. Best performances Vertical Jump 1^st (60cm), Shot Put 3^rd (7.56m), Long Jump 1^st (2.48m), Speed Bounce 3^rd (75) and 6 Lap 1^st (77.8 sec).  Alex Stone finished 3^rd with 754 match points, winning the league with 8 points after 3 matches. Best performances Shot Put 2^nd (8.63m), Long Jump 3^rd (2.16m) and Speed Bounce 2^nd (78). Liam finished 5^th with 714 match points and 6^th in the league with 11 points after 2 matches. Best performance 6 Lap 2^nd (78.5 sec).

Well done to all athletes for taking part.

Leslie Stone