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24 Athletics Report
Under 13 Girls Track Season 2014
This was a very good season a good position for getting to Lily Tappenden
for all the young athletes which the final. athletes through injury but still
the Under 13 girls contributed Back to Kent again this time managed to put in a brilliant
to greatly. on home soil at Norman Park performance coming Second
once more good performances overall and missing out on
The season kicked off with by all and we finished 1st in first place by only 8 points.
the Kent League at a cold and division 1 and 3rd in division 2. I would like to thank all the
windy Ashford. We have two The next YDL was also on Under 13 girls who competed
teams in Kent and we came home soil and we managed last season. For some of them
first in division 1 and third in with a lot of effort from all this was their first season of
division 2, a good start to the athletes to finish in first place competition and others tried
season. 14 points ahead of Reading. new events. It was great to see
Next we were off to This meant unless there was a all athletes encouraging each
Southampton for the YDL major disaster in the last match other. Looking forward to
Lower Age Group, again a we would be going to the final next season when hopefully
good performance was put in in Birmingham. we can have another brilliant
by all athletes and the team The last Kent League Match summer of athletics.
came second with 3 more was held in Gillingham and Under 13 Girls Team
fixtures to come. again there were a number Tajera Baldie (joint Club
The next Kent fixture was at of good performances. We Record for 75m 9.8 and club
Erith and again the girls did finished first in division 1 and record shot 10.49), Abigail
well in both divisions coming third in division 2. These results Nelson, Grace Fullerton, Lily
first in division 1 and fourth in meant that Blackheath and Tappenden, Alice Prentice,
division 2. Bromley won the Kent League Isobelle Bridge, Kareena
Our next YDL match was for the Girls and the Boys, a Galley, Daisy Dowling, Emily
at Reading and again good really great performance by all. Penlington, Phillipa Widdows,
performances were put in by Back to the YDL again for Gracie Horton, Zoe Austridge,
all athletes with Blackheath the last fixtures of this league. Greta Elliott, Lauren Goddard,
finishing first which put us in We were at Tooting Bec Katia Cienciala, Emily Purser,
and this was another great Niamh Milmo Imogen Meers
Andi Desborough performance by all athletes, and Hannah O’Flynn
we finished first in this fixture
and this meant we were the Karen Desborough
Southern Premium league
champions. We were going
to Birmingham for the final
which we failed to make last
year.
The final in Birmingham
was a really great event and
all athletes competed to the
best of their ability and more
with a number of personal
bests. We were missing a few
