Last updated 14 August 2008
Jack Petchey Foundation
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Blackheath & Bromley Harriers AC's work with
youngsters has been recognised by the Jack Petchey Foundation who have
added the Club to its Achievement Award Scheme (April 2007). The Club
has been awarded Gold Status, the highest level at which the Scheme
operates.
Each month the clubs selects one young person, in the 11 to 25 age group to receive an Achievement Award. The month's winner receives a framed certificate and a cheque (payable to the club) for £200 to be spent on a club project of the recipient's choice. In addition more Senior Club Members can be recognised through the parallel Leader Awards Scheme. This has been a huge boost to the Club who are the current National Champions in the Junior Age group and who have twice won and finished second in the Young Athletes in the last three years. Senior Internationals such as Montell Douglas, Michael Skinner, Dwayne Grant, Julian Golding and Mark Steinle have all progressed through the Club's younger age group teams. Further detail of the Jack Petchey Foundation can be found at http://www.jackpetcheyfoundation.org.uk/ |
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Montell Douglas is the Jack Petchey Foundation Award
winner for July 2008. Montell broke the
British Womens 100 metre record with a time of 11.05, five hundredths of
a second quicker than the previous record of Kathy Cook which had stood
since 1981. As a result of her performance Montell was selected to
represent Great Britain at the Beijing Olympics where she competes in
the 100 and 4x100. |
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Jack Petchey Foundation Award winner for
June 2008 is Dina Asher Smith. Dina has
been in outstanding form all Summer and broke both the Club 75 metres
and 150 metres on the same day at the Kent Young Athletes League match
at Canterbury. She is currently ranked third and fifth in the country in
these events with bests of 9.9 and 19.6 seconds. Dina has developed her
talent in the Bees Academy, a Blackheath & Bromley coaching scheme
designed specifically for children in school years 4, 5, 6 and 7, to
encourage their participation in sport and to develop their athletic
potential to the best of their ability. |
Jack Petchey Foundation Award winner for May 2008 is Dan Putnam. Dan had an exciting month winning three gold medals at Kent County Championships in the Under 17s 100,200 and 400 metres. He also won silver and bronze medals in the 100 and 200 metres at the South Of England Championships. Dan is the Young Athletes team captain and has led the squad to three consecutive wins in the Southern Premier Division this year. |
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The Jack Petchey Foundation award for April 2008 has gone to Scott Overall. Scott's just falls within the Jack Petchey radar and he receives his award in recognition of his performance in the 5000 metres when he broke the Senior Mens Club Record with a time 13.28.33 just outside the Great Britain B standard qualifying time for the Beijing Olympics. Although he is based in the United States Scott is a keen follower of Club affairs and is looking forward to representing the Club in matches when he returns in July. |
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Sam Jackson was the Jack Petchey Foundation
Achievement Award Winner for March 2008.
Sam was a near ever present for the Club's teams over the Winter months
and one of the most improved athletes. He is now looking to put his good
endurance base to good use and revise his personal best on the track. Sam Jackson used his Jack Petchey money to take his training group out to Nandos in Bromley - June 2008
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Anike Shand Whittingham was the Club's Jack Petchey
Foundation Achievement Award Winner for January
and February 2008. Anike set a new Championship Best Performance
at South Of England Indoor Championships winning the 60 metres. She then
won the 60 metres at the England Athletics Indoor Championships.
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Rebecca Smith receives the Jack Petchey Foundation
Award for December 2007. Rebecca has been
an ever present for the club in cross country events and mostly been the
only Under 17 competing. She finished 4th overall in the Kent League for
the season. |
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Lauren Blackie received the Jack Petchey Foundation
Award for November 2007. As well as being a
talented, Nationally ranked athlete, Lauren also puts her time back into
the Sport as one of the regular coaches with the Bees Academy, the
Club's coaching scheme for school years 4 to 7. |
Latest winner of an Award, for October 2007, is Alex Bruce Littlewood. Despite only being a first year junior he has made a big contribution to the Club’s Senior teams, running in both the Area and National Road Relay teams. |
Jack Petchey Foundation medallion was presented to Aston Stockdale for September 2007. Aston was the Young Athletes captain in 2007 and has also been a great supporter of the Junior team. He produced a motivational video prior to the National Young Athletes Final and has produced a motivational DVD for distribution to local schools. |
.jpg) The Jack Petchey Foundation Award for
August 2007 went to Tom Bensted.Tom Bensted is the latest athlete to receive a Jack Petchey Foundation Achievement Award for the month of August. Each month the club selects one young person, in the 11 to 25 age group to receive an Achievement Award. The month's winner receives a framed certificate and a cheque (payable to the club) for £200 to be spent on a club project of the recipient's choice. Tom has had an outstanding Summer, under his coach John Powell, winning both the English Schools and the English Athletics 400 metre titles. He has been an invaluable addition to the Club's Under 15 boys team competing with distinction as well over the 100 and 200 metres. |
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Sarah McLellan The Jack Petchey Foundation Award for July 2007 has gone to Sarah McLellen for her contributions to the Club's teams and for also for organising a fund raising ticket disco with the proceeds going to help with the European Champion Clubs Cup match in Brno, in the Czech Republic. |
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Scott Huggins is the latest athlete to receive a Jack Petchey Foundation Achievement Award for the month of June 2007. Each month the club selects one young person, in the 11 to 25 age group to receive an Achievement Award. The month's winner receives a framed certificate and a cheque (payable to the club) for £200 to be spent on a club project of the recipient's choice. Scott has not only broken the Scottish Junior pole vault record four times this year but also helps the Club by coaching in the Bees Academy. A virtual ever present in the Club’s teams he is also happy to help in other events when the team is short and competed in the shot and javelin in the first British League match of the season. |
 Shaunagh
Brown is the Club's first recipient of a Jack Petchey Foundation
Achievement Award for the month of May 2007.
The award will not necessarily go to outstanding athletes, it could
equally go to members who are making a valued contribution to Club Life.
Shaungh's award is, therefore, made, not just for her breaking the Club
Junior and Senior discus records; achieving a European Junior Qualifying
distance; and gaining her first Great Britain Junior International vest;
but also for the consistent support which she gives the Club's teams.
Her award was presented by her coach John Hilliar in front of her training group at Sutcliffe Park track. Visit www.myspace.com/discuschampbrown for more on Shaunagh.
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