Report and photos by Allen Cook

Tamworth AC stars took part in the 2016 Staffordshire Schools Championships at Northwood Stadium, Stoke on Trent. Fortunately the weather held off and the event took place in bright warm conditions.  Finishing in 1st or 2nd place qualified these athletes to compete for their county at the Mason Trophy next weekend at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. There are 3 age groups in County Schools – Junior (U15), Intermediate (U17) and Senior (U20).

In the 100m Junior Boys Final Daniel Cartwright came 2^nd in a time of 11.8secs

Max Kent ran in the Junior Boys 1500m finishing in 6^th place with a personal best of 4:39.8mins

Andrew Woods in the Intermediate Boys Final took 3^rd place in a personal best time of 56.6secs

Tom Randolph took Gold in the 800m Senior race with a time of 2:00.9mins

Eve Clawley also won Gold in the 1500m Junior Girls race in an unchallenged time of 5:03.1mins

Alice Jones came 8^th in the Junior Girls Shot Putt with a putt of 7.41m and in the Discus she threw 14.34m to win 13^th place.

Rachel West ran in the 100m Intermediate Girls Final coming 5^th in 13.5secs and in the 300m final she also came 5^th in 45.9secs.

Finally Isabelle Neville took Gold in the 300m Intermediate Girls Final in 42.3secs and Silver in the 300m Hurdles Final in the English Schools qualifying time of 46.2secs.