Tamworth AC athletes took part in the 2^nd YDL Match for the U17 and U20 age group on Sunday 28^th MAY against teams from the City of Stoke, Sutton Coldfield, Telford, Tipton Nuneaton and Saffron athletic clubs….Conditions were good a little bit windy but a sunny day.. The day started with Hurdles where Tamworth had some good wins

In the u17 men Owen Sherriff won his 400m hurdles race with a time of 58.7 secs later on in the day he went onto win the 100m hurdles with a time of 15.1 secs and 100m with a time of 11.8secs

In the u17 girls Emily Findlater won her 300m hurdles race with a PB time of 48.1secs and later on in the day came 2^nd in the 80m hurdles race with a time of 14.9. She also helped out the u20 ladies in the 400m and took 2^nd place with a PB time of 61.2 secs

Isabelle Neville in the u20 ladies 400m hurdles took 1^st place with a personal best of 64.2 secs and later on took 1^st place in her 200m a race with a time of 26.5 secs

Beth Devonshire came 1^st   in the B race  400m hurdles with a time of 80.5secs she then went onto compete in the 100m hurdles coming 2^nd with a time of 20 secs and then gained a PB in her 400m B race with a time of 69.0 secs.

In the u17 men’s team Andrew Woods in his 400m a race came 2^nd with a PB of 55 secs and 3^rd in his 800m a race with a time of 2:17.5

Oliver Barnard came 3^rd in long jump with 4.52 metres

Owen Willams gained valuable experience in his 1^st track meeting representing Tamworth AC entering the B races for the 400m and 800m getting 3^rd place in both with times of 60.2secs and 2.32.3 secs

Lewis Johnson was placed 1^st in high jump with a PB of 1.65m….threw  the Hammer for a PB of 23.83m and then 2^nd in the Javelin with another PB of 25.59m

James Oakley ran the 1500m steeple chase to come 1^st with a time and a PB of 5.16.8 mins

In the u20men Harry Everitt came 2^nd in his 100m a race with a time of 11.4

Luke James made a welcome return to athletics coming 1^st in the Javelin A event with a throw of 35.61m

Harry Cox another new recruit to the team came 2^nd in his race of the 100m with a time of 12.5 secs

Tom Randolph came 1^st in his B event of the shot with a throw of 7.95m in the discus A event he took 3^RD place with 15.34m and in the Hammer A event took 2^nd with a throw of 14.36m

Jake Allman in the A race 200m got a PB with 23.2secs

Dan James in the B race 200m came 3^rd with a PB of 24.7 secs and then jumped to come 2^nd in the long jump 4.98m

James Woolley took 2^nd in the long jump 5.87m and a PB  in the shot of 9.43m, 1^st in Javelin with a PB of 27.08m and 1^st in the discus with 13.27m

In the u17 girls  Rachel West in the A race 100m  came 5^th with a time of 13.9 secs and 4^th in the 200m a race with a time 28.7 secs

Hope Spooner another new recruit to the Tamworth team took 3^rd in the B race 100m with a PB of 15.2 secs

 

Eve Clawley took 1^st place in the 300m race with a PB of 42.9secs and took 2^nd in the long jump 3.65m. In the 1500m Eve came 1^st with a time of 5:10.2

Lauren Swindell in the 300m B race took 1^st place with 47secs, she took 2^nd place in the long jump with 3.71m and she came 3^rd in Javelin with a throw of 22m

In the u20 ladies Alice Mellor took 2^nd place in 100m A race with a time of 13.2secs and then she took 1^st in the B race 200m with a time of 27.2secs

Hannah Tisdale took 1^st place in B race 800m with a time of 2:58.9 secs which was a PB and then went onto run the 1500m with a time 6.05.4 mins

Charlotte Barnard came 3^rd in the B race 100m with a time 13.8secs and 5^th in the triple jump with a jump of 8.09m

Charlotte Cornbill  took to the track in the 800m coming 3^rd with a time of 2:49.6secs and then the 1500m with a time of 6:13.2mins…in  the shot she came 4^th throwing 4.07m

The Relays then ended the day with some hard fought battles for 1^st place starting with 4 x 100m u20 ladies of Charlotte Barnard, Isabelle Neville, Beth Devonshire and Alice Mellor taking 1^st with a time of 51.4secs

Then Isabelle Neville, Emily Findlater, Hannah Tisdale and Alice Mellor went onto win the 4 x 400m relay with a time of 4.22.4mins

The u20 men in the 4 x 100m relay team of Harry Cox, Jake Allman, Daniel James and James Woolley took 2^nd place in 47.4 secs and then the 4 x 400m relay team of Harry Cox, Andrew Woods, Daniel James and Tom Randolph took 2^nd in 3.41.5 mins

The u17 men’s team of Oliver Barnard, Owen Williams, Andrew Woods and Owen Sherriff in the 4 x  100m came in 2^nd place with a time of 49.4 secs

Tamworth AC came 3^rd overall on the day just behind City of Stoke AC and Royal Sutton Coldfield AC …the next match is on the 25^th June hosted by Tipton Harriers