Report and photos by Allen Cook

Remembering that Tamworth were newly promoted into the Division above after their brilliant success last season when they won the Championship, they now faced stiff competition from their new rivals.

After the three previous round of the YDL Upper Div 1A league competition Tamworth stood in 5^th place below Wolverhampton and Bilston (1^st), Charnwood AC (2^nd), Coventry Godiva Harriers (3^rd) and Solihull and Small Heath (4^th). All the teams were suffering a serious shortage of athletes on Sunday and the Tamworth athletes battled hard to finish 4^th on the Day.

However their nearest rival in the table managed to increase their lead slightly and Tamworth finished the series in 5^th place cementing their position firmly in League Div 1A.

Under 20 men

Myles Richardson displaying his usual speed came 1^st in the 100m A race in 11.1secs and in the 200m A race he came 2^nd with a time of 22.8secs.Myles also ran in the 110m Hurdles A race finished 1^st in 18.8secs

Thomas Randolph came 3^rd in the 400m A race in 52.7secs and in the Shot Putt B event he came 2^nd with a putt of 6.42m.  In the Hammer Throw Thomas threw 10.16 to finish 1st

In the 200m B race Jake Allman came 1^st with a time of 23.7secs. He also ran in the 400m B race coming 2^nd in 53.7secs

In the 800m A race Owen Kent came 6^th in a seasons best time of 2:17.6mins and in the 1500m A race he came 6^th in a seasons best time of 4:45.9mins

In the Discus A event Luke James came 2^nd with a throw of 21.55m and in the Javelin A event he came 3^rd with a throw of 33.23m In the Hammer throw Luke had a personal best throw of 14.35m putting him in 3^rd place

James Woolley came 3^rd in the Shot Putt A event with a putt of 8.94m and in the Long Jump A event he came 3^rd with a jump of 5.88m.  He was also in the High Jump A event finishing 3^rd with a jump of 1.50m

In the 4×100 Relay the Tamworth Team of Thomas Randolph, Daniel James, Jake Allman and Myles Richardson came an exciting 1^st with a time of 46.0secs

In the 4×400 Relay the Tamworth Team of James Oakley (U17) Owen Kent, Jake Allman and Myles Richardson came 2^nd in a time of 3:42.8mins

Under 17 Men

Daniel James in the 100m A race came 6^th with a time of 12.6secs and in the 200m A race he came 5^th with a time of 25.1secs. In the Long Jump A event Daniel came 5^th with a jump of 5.34m

In the 400m A race Andrew Woods came 6^th with a time of 57.5secs and in the 800m A race he came 3^rd with a personal best time of 2:12.7mins

Bradley Hammond ran in the 400m B race coming 2^nd with a time of 60.6secs and in the 800m B race he came 2^nd with a time of 2:15.7mins

James Oakley ran in the 1500m A race finishing 5^th with a seasons best time of 4:40.3mins and he also ran in the 3000m coming 4^th with a personal best time of 10:09.3mins.  In the Long Jump B event James came 3^rd with a personal best jump of 5.06m

Tom Holloway ran in the 3000m B race finishing 3^rd in 11:47.1mins

In the Javelin A event Lewis Johnson was 5^th with a personal best throw of 25.38m and in the Shot Putt A event he was 5^th with a putt of 7.05m.  Lewis came equal 4^th in the High Jump A event with a personal best jump of 1.60m

Daniel Cartwright (U15) ran in the 200m NS event and finished in 24.0secs

Under 20 Women

Omolola Ogunnowo (U17) running in the older women’s 200m A race came 1^st with a seasons best time of 25.5secs and in the 400m B race she came 1^st in a personal best time of 61.5secs

Olivia Woodward in the 200m B race came 1^st with a seasons best time of 26.1secs and in the 400m A race she came 2^nd with a time of 60.5secs.  In the Javelin A event Olivia came 3^rd with a throw of 23.03m she was also in the Shot Putt A event coming 3^rd with a putt of 8.91m.

Emily Findlater (U17) ran in the U20 400m Hurdles A race coming 2^nd in 69.9secs

In the 4×400 Women’s Under 20 Relay the Tamworth Team of Omolola Ogunnowo (U17), Emily Findlate (U17) Isabelle Neville (U17) and Olivia Woodward stormed home to take 1^st place in 4:10.8mins

Under 17 Women

In the 100m A race Rachel West came 5^th with a run of 13.7secs and in the 200m B race she came 4^th with a time of 28.2secs.  Rachel came 1^st i9n the High Jump B event with a jump of 1.35m

Tiffany Whelan in the 100m B race came 4^th with a time of 14.3secs and in the Shot Putt A event she threw 6.41m finishing 6th

Isabelle Neville in the 200m A race came 3^rd with a seasons best time of 26.6secs and in the 300m A race she came 3^rd with a seasons best time of 42.0secs

Emily Findlater came 1^st in the 300m B race with a time of 44.0 secs

Charlotte Cornbill ran in the 800m A race finishing 6^th with a seasons best time of 2:50.1mins shwe also ran in the 1500m A race finishing 6^th in 6:11.5mins

Emily Rumbold in the 800m B race finished 4^th in a personal best time of 2:56.2mins and in the Javelin A event she threw 11.91m finishing 7^th.  She was also in the Shot Putt B event finishing 5^th with a putt of 5.34m

Bethany Devonshire ran in the 80m Hurdles A race finishing 5^th in 15.1secs and in the 300m Hurdles A race she finished 2^nd in a personal best time of 53.5secs

Olivia Woolley in the 80m Hurdles B finished 4^th in 16.2secs and in the 300m Hurdles B race she finished 3^rd in a personal best time of 64.4secs

Charlotte Vincent came 7^th in the Long Jump A event with a jump of 4.09m and in the High Jump A event she came 2^nd with a jump of 1.52m

Lucy Wheeler (U15) in the 100m NS race had a time of 13.0secs and in the 200m NS race her time was 27.2secs

In the 4×100 Relay the Tamworth Team of Charlotte Vincent, Isabelle Neville Bethany Devonshire and Emily Findlater came 2^nd with a time of 53.9secs

In the 4×300 Relay the Tamworth Team of Emily Rumbold, Charlotte Cornbill, Rachel West and Bethany Devonshire gave a spirited challenge coming 5^th with a time of 3:23.6mins