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01 April 2020
County T&F Championships 2016
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18 September 2016
- Kent County Relay Championships - Medway Park
19-09-16 |
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10/11 September 2016
- Kent County Combined Events - Masters & U13 - Erith |
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29 August 2016
- Kent County U13 Pentathlons - Tonbridge
31-08-16 |
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22 June 2016
- Kent County M 10k & F 3k Championships - Dartford |
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14/15 May 2016
- Kent County Championships - Ashford
16-05-16 |
18 September 2016
- Kent County Relay Championships - Medway Park
Photos from Karen Desborough
- The Under 13 Girls came 2nd and 3rd in
the 4 x 100 m final and 1st and 5th in the 3 x 800m final.
- The Under 15 Girls came 3rd and 5th in
the 4 x 100m final, 1st and 6th in the 4 x 300m final and 1st and 5th in
the 3 x 800m final.
- The Under 17 Girls came 3rd in the 4 X
100m.
A fantastic afternoon of athletics at Gillingham as no
fewer than four new club records were set by the U13 and U15 boys yesterday
in a fitting end of season finale!
On the day the club won 11 gold, four silver and six
bronze medals which was a reflection on the high standard that many of the
athletes have been setting all season.
The U13 boys were outstanding on the day. In the 4 x
100 a team of Connor Sutton, Sam Reardon, Jacob Byfield and Robert Murray
won convincingly from Medway & Maidstone with a team of Oliver Robertson,
Nick Paddington, Tom Brash and Matthew Smith finishing seventh.
Three teams contested the 3 x 800m with a team of Tom
Brash, Sam and Alex Sibley leading from gun to tape to record a new club
record of 7:20.7, three seconds off the previous one. An outstanding
achievement and 18 seconds ahead of second placed Medway. The team of Oliver
Robertson, Brandon Back and Nick Paddington ran well to claim the bronze
medal ahead of Barnaby Corry, Matthew Smith and Eddie Sellar to highlight
the strength in depth of the group.
The final event for the U13 boys was the 4 x 300, an
event which was new to the championships. The team of Robert Murray, Connor
Sutton, Jacob Byfield and Sam Reardon ran an amazing time of 3:06.2 (which
would have qualified them for the U15B final) to set a new club record.
Not to be outdone, the U15 boys had a great day on the
track. The 4 x 100 was a straight final and a team of Myles Xavier, Tom
Mills, Caelan Raju and Rico Cottell ran a blistering time of 45.4 seconds
(the 7th quickest in the UK this year) for a well-deserved gold medal. They
were just ahead of Nana Okwesa, Kyron Morgan, Henry Whichello and Ollie
Briars (three of next years’ team) who ran 47.9 for silver. Unfortunately
the team of LJ Wright, Ben Gardiner, Leo McCallum and Jonathan Abbott had a
“dodgy” handover and were disqualified.
The next event on the track was the 3 x 800 where we
had two teams. All of the boys competing were fired up to have a go at the
club record set last year. The team of Keir Lundy, Robert Suckling and Peter
Guy ran “eyeballs out” to see how close they could get to the existing
record of 6:24,53. Three of had them timed at or around this time and waited
anxiously to see the official time to find they had equalled the club
record. An outstanding performance.
The team of Cameron Swatton, Joseph Georgiadis and Ben
Gardiner ran well for bronze medals.
The final event of the day was (my favourite) the 4 x
300. Two teams qualified in the heats for the event and we had parents and
athletes eagerly anticipating what would be a great race between two
extremely strong BBHAC teams. At the gun Peter Guy set off in what can only
be described as a determined manner running an amazing 38.0 seconds before
handing over to Joshua Gbagbo. Back from a broken leg which destroyed his
season, Josh produced a great run in just over 39.0 handing over to Robert
Suckling who has been in great form all summer. Sensing the record was there
to be taken, Robert chased round in the quickest split of 37.9 before
passing the baton to Tom Mills to bring the team home. Tom pounded round the
final lap and stopped the clock at an incredible 2:33.5, almost 4 seconds
off the previous record.
Further congratulations to Tom Mills, Peter
Guy, Josh Gbabgo and Robert Suckling whose time in the Kent Relay
championship 4 x 300 U 15 has been confirmed as a U.K. Age record. An
outstanding achievement.
Before we could pause for breath the second BBHAC team
swept passed the team from Judd School (basically the Tonbridge AC team) to
win a well-deserved silver medal with great runs from Myles Xavier, Kyron
Morgan (running sub 40), Caelan Raju and Henry Whichello.
Much praise has to be given to all of the athletes who
competed on the day who, through a combination of talent, tenacity and
determination produced a fantastic return of performances.
Well done to all who competed – it really was a great
day!
Nick Swatton
29 August 2016 - Kent
County U13 Pentathlons - Tonbridge
Three of the clubs young multi event athletes took
part in the Kent Pentathlon Championships on Monday.
In the u13 Girls competition Akeiyla Robinson-Pascal
took a brilliant silver medal in a very competitive event that was only
decided in the last discipline, the 800. Akeiyla broke the club's 10 year
old High Jump record of 1.50, clearing 1.51 to go 13 points into the lead.
In the 800 the eventual winner from Bexley had to beat Akeiyla by over 1
second to win the title and despite Akeiyla's best efforts she managed to do
this. Akeiyla's score of 2302 is a new club record and puts her 10th in the UK rankings.
In the Boys competition the club was represented by
Barnaby Corry and Jacob Byfield.
Barnaby finished 5th overall and after 3 events he
managed to close the gap on 4th with a new PB of 4.14 in the Long Jump, and
then in the 800 he produced a fantastic display of front running to win the
race by almost 6.5 seconds and run a superb PB of 2.32.58, all at the end of
a long day of competition. Despite his efforts those ahead of him in the
standings did enough to hang on to their positions, a fantastic performance
nevertheless. On the day Barnaby set 3 PBs and his score of 1304 points puts
him in 19th place in the UK rankings. Jacob set 2 PBs and went into the last
event, the 800m with a 99 point cushion over second place. His score of 1642
puts him 6th in the rankings.
All 3 athletes came away from the day having achieved
several PBs, and will feature in the YDL finals up in Bedford at the
weekend.
Full results here
Paul B
14/15 May 2016
- Kent County Championships - Ashford
Full results
here...
