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only nine U13 boys covering all Every athlete did their bit and performances that saw us just
events they did superbly well their best and each securing miss winning on the day by
and were a credit to the club valuable, valuable points. Well two and half points but left
as they supported all events done all a superb team effort. us firmly on top of the league
throughout their long day. Blackheath and Bromley for the season.
This extremely tight result HAC are lucky enough to
emphases the importance of have some of the best track We can now rightly
every single point and this and field officials around but call ourselves Southern
was highlighted at Reading they always need additional Champions. Our reward for
in many ways, from our top help, either raking a sand this is a trip to Birmingham
class U15 shot put and javelin pit or collecting a discus or to contest the National final
thrower Eloise Locke taking measuring the javelins. So on September 5th 2015.
on the gruelling 800m, when it was great to have Archie’s
asked to, as no one else was dad Adam and Jake’s dad Tareq Bannour and Kyron
available, Shakanya Osahon Paul jumping in to help out Morgan dominated the
also doing the 800m at short in the field (I think they even sprints winning both A and B
notice, Eleanor Barrett enjoyed it!) string 100m and 200m. Tareq
pushing herself over great ran a fabulous PB in the
heights in the pole vault but Final fixture Croydon 200m dipping under 26 for
ending the day with a cast 18th July 2015 the first time, clocking 25.90
on her foot, sprinter Katie The final UKYDL fixture and wasn’t far off his best in
Woolcott dipping hard at was a local match at our the 100m despite straining
the line to secure second but neighbours, Croydon Harriers a muscle in the 100m. As a
pulling a ham string ‘Adam track but looked more precaution Tareq stepped
Gemilli style’ in the process, reminiscent of a building down from the relay but with
Zoe Austridge dipping at site than a running track! our current talent, filling the
the finish to secure 5th place However, this didn’t stop space was no problem. Kyron
given the same time as 6th our U13 and U15 athletes also ran a fabulous new best
but gaining the extra point. from producing some terrific in the 200m clocking 26.40,
was only 0.1sec off his best in
the 100m, put the shot a big
9.70cm just a few cms off his
best and ran a strong leg in
the relay.
Alex Sibley made his National
league debut running a great
personal best and coming 2nd
in the B string 800m. Jake
Leng also posted a new PB in
the A string 800m, albeit only
0.01 sec. Thomas Penlington
continues to impress placing
a fantastic 2nd in a tough
1500m A string and slicing a
massive 8 sec off his best time.
