EYAL WARE 18TH MAY

Dear all

Thank you to everyone who competed on Sunday. We had our biggest turn out ever with 49 boys competing including 11 athletes competing for the first time for the club. Particular thanks to Charlie Durr, George Coomes, Joe Slater, Thomas Storey and Daniel Rexha who all took time out of their revision for their GCSEs to compete.

 
We knew it would be a close match as we faced most of the teams who competed at the Plate Final last year, but we are delighted that we came 2nd so congratulations to everyone.  The new combination of Enfield & Haringey combined with SS Athletics won but we finished ahead of Stevenage & HAWCS, Bedford, Cambridge, Thurrock & Harlow.
 
I am really proud of this team and excited for the rest of the season and for future years. The Under 13s and Under 15s both came second and the Under 17s won their category. There were a total of 67 personal bests recorded by the boys team.  We now have four Under 13 boys with a national ranking in the 100m (Nathan, Emmanuel, Harry and Louis) and  four Under 13 boys with a national ranking in the 200m (Abe, Max, Louis and Emmanuel).
 
Male athlete of the match goes to U17 Freddie Hollings-Yates who put in a sterling effort for the club and was rewarded with three PBs.  He came 2nd in the A string 800m in a personal best time of 2 minutes and 3 seconds.  He also came 2nd in the B string 1500m in a time of 4:22.8, breaking his previous personal best time by over 9 seconds.  To round off a busy day, he competed in the triple jump, finishing 4th in the A string with a new PB of 11.06m (a PB by 82cm).  As a Team Captain, Freddie leads by example, he is always positive and is happy to help others.
 
The outstanding performance of the day came from Under 15 Jake Summers.  He competed in the Under 17 race and won it convincingly in a personal best time of 4:10.6 seconds.  This time ranks him as the second fastest Under 15 in the country (as of 20.05.25).
There were several highlights including
  • U13 Nathan Adeleye winning the A string 100m with a time of 13.0s
  • U13s Abe Martin winning the B string 200m in a very quick time of 28.0s and Emmanuel Nelson coming second in the A string in a new PB of 28.8s
  • U13 Douglas Lofty winning the B string hurdles in a new PB time 
  • U13s Harry Shambrook winning B string in 800m with a new PB and Zephyr MacAlister with a new PB and third in the A string
  • U13s Henry Wakefield and Thomas Summers picking up 6 points each by finishing 2nd in the A and B strings in the 1500m
  • U13 relay team of Emmanuel Nelson, Max Rogers, Thomas Smits and Abe Martin finished in second place in a time of 56.3 seconds
  • U15 Nathanael Bullen came second in both of the A string short sprint events, securing a PB of 24.5 seconds in the 200m
  • U15s Miles Boston and Frank Rozanek took maximum points in the javelin, winning the A and B strings  
  • U15s Frank Rozanek and Alex Rhind had a great day in the long jump, both jumping over 5 metres for the first time.  Frank jumped 5.10m to come 3rd in the A string and Alex jumped 5.01m to win the B string.
  • U17 Oscar Edmondson winning the Under 17 400m in a PB time
  • U17 Newcomer George Coomes winning the A high jump with 1.75m
  • U17 Freddie Edwards wining the B string high jump
  • U17 Newcomer Byron Scott came second in the B string triple jump with 10.91m
  • U17 Joseph Slater winning the B string 800m 
  • U17s Thomas Storey and Charlie Durr picking up 6 points each by finishing 2nd in the 200m races
Apologies if I have missed anyone out!!
 
 
All results will be on the power of 10 later this week Club (thepowerof10.info)
 
Thank you to all the club officials and committee members who helped run the day, the coaches who were there supporting the athletes and helping on the track and all the parents who volunteered their time to help on the refreshment stall.
 
Our next match is on Sunday 15th June in Colchester – There will be a coach provided and I will send out the details and invitation next weekend.