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Athletics Report
U13 boys Kent League
Ashford
The new track season kicked
off in style at the Julie Rose day having first played for
stadium in Ashford with
the first track and field
match of the Kent league
2015. Blackheath and
Bromley HAC had eight
boys competing in the U13
boys age group, 6 of whom
were making their club track
debuts.
Tareq Bannour dominated the
sprints, comfortably winning
both the 100m and 200m and
also brought the relay team
home to victory. Tareq’s 200m
performance was a grade 1
standard run and currently
places him 2nd fastest boy in
the country. A fantastic early
season achievement and a great
debut. Rowan Fuss also ran a
grade 1 performance, winning
a very controlled and evenly
paced 1500 m in 4:39.6. Earlier
in the day Rowan had clocked
15.1 in the 75m hurdles
showing his range of talents.
Leo McCallum was having
a great morning, running
close to his best in the 100m
and jumping a personal
best in the long jump, but a
swollen ankle forced Leo to
reluctantly pull out of the
200m and relay. Leo wasn’t
concerned for himself but
he didn’t want to let the
team down. Hopefully Leo
will recover quickly and we
look forward to seeing him
competing again very soon.
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Sam Reardon had a busy debut
his local football team in the
morning. Sam, a first year U13
ran a strong 1500 m winning
the B string in 5:01.7, broke
30 seconds for 200 m coming
2nd in the B string, managed
to squeeze in one jump in
the long jump and finished
his day with a great leg in the
victorious relay team.
Jacob Byfield, another first
year U13 making his debut
showed great promise, (as did
his dad Paul 30 years ago!).
Jacob began with a strong
run over the hurdles coming
2nd in the B string, jumped
an impressive 3.82 in the long
jump and ran the third leg in
the winning relay team.
The U13 boys team is full of
talented, enthusiastic athletes, never lifting a shot before, but
all willing to give events a
go, if required and Barnaby
Corry was a fine example of
this doing everything asked
of him and more. Barnaby,
first year U13 started with his
debut run over the hurdles,
stepped up to throw a javelin
to gain extra valuable points
for the team before being
involved in an exciting high
jump competition that had
been delayed for an hour
and half, due to an athlete
needing medical assistance
on the high jump fan. Unlike
most events the high jump
finishes on a failure so
athletes are often dejected
but Barnaby should be very
pleased with his performance
and his great team spirit.
Ethan Kitteridge, on his
debut was also involved
in the delayed high jump
competition and with good
numbers watching enjoyed
success up to 1.15 just
clipping the bar at 1.20.
Ethan did well to get off
the ground at all having
run the 75m hurdles in the
morning and the 1500m in
5:29.0 shortly before the high
jump. Ethan finished his
day with a great second leg
in the winning relay team.
Sean Lancaster in his first
year made a great start to
his athletics career coming
second in the A string discus
and showed great team spirit
having a go at the shot despite
gained more valuable points
for the club. Blackheath
and Bromley U13 boys were
second on the day just 6
points behind Tonbridge AC
but when combined with the
U15 boys and girls teams we
came out on top winning the
first fixture by over 24 points.
Paul Austridge