After the first match of this year’s Heart of England League was cancelled, the Division 4 season finally got underway at the Edmondscote Athletics Track in Leamington Spa.

Tamworth AC’s Under-11 Boys were out in force. Farren Key took 3^rd place in the 75m A-race with a time of 11.5secs and Oliver Dolan won the B-race with 11.4secs. Corin Bradley and Ellis Jones also ran as non-scorers with times of 12.7 and 13.2secs respectively. In the 600m race, Dominic Harper came 2^nd in the A-race with 1:50.8 and Jack Dolan followed his brother’s lead by winning the B-race with a time of 2:00.8. Corin and Ellis again ran as non-scorers with times of 2:18.1 and 2:19.9 respectively.

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In the Long Jump Farren Kee jumped 3.72m for 2^nd place in the A-event and Jack Dolan notched up another maximum points score with 3.64m in the B-event. More wins followed in the Howler Throw with Dominic Harper throwing 36.75m in the A-event and Oliver Dolan throwing 30.93m in the B-event.

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For the Under-11 Girls, Lottie O’Donoghue and Sophie Godber both clocked 12.8secs; giving Lottie 3^rd place in the A-race and Sophie 1^st place in the B-event. Hannah Beales took 2^nd place in the 600m A-race with a time of 2:09.8 and Lottie O’Donoghue also finished 2^nd with 2:20.1 in the B-race.

Lottie continued her good form in the field with a jump of 3.14m for 2^nd place in the Long Jump. Sophie Godber won the B-event with a jump of 2.81m and took 2^nd place in the Howler with a throw of 8.85m.

Joseph Gorst was in action for the Under-13 Boys, running a personal best of 36.1secs for 5^th place in the 200m and taking 2^nd place in the 800m with a time of 2:53.4. Jesse Bradley also clocked a personal best coming 3^rd in the 1,500m with 5:11.1. More personal bests for Ben Godber; firstly, winning the 75m Hurdles with 15.9secs and then coming 4^th in the Long Jump with 3.50m. Joseph Gorst took 4^th place in the Long Jump B-event with a jump of 2.13m.

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For the Under-13 Girls, Aliya Bibi ran a 100m personal best of 16.1secs for 5^th place and Layla Burgess clocked 16.2secs for 2^nd in the B-race. In the 200m, Kirsten McLaren finished 3^rd with 30.5secs and Layla Burgess took 2^nd place in the B-race with a time of 34.0secs. Kirsten then went on to win the 800m with a personal best of 2:32.2 and Annie Boonham was first over the line in the B-race, clocking her personal best of 2:37.5. Yet another personal best for Jessica Salt in the 1,500m; claiming 2^nd place with a time of 5:31.9. Charlotte Evans finished the B-race in 7:02.3.

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Aliya Bibi did well in the 70m Hurdles to finish in 2^nd place with 15.4secs on clock. Aliya then went on to win the High Jump, clearing 1.23m. In the Long Jump Annie Boonham jumped a personal best of 4.05 to take 2^nd place. Charlotte Evans extended her own personal best with 3.16m and 3^rd place in the B-event. Annie Boonham came 2^nd in the Shot Put with a throw of 4.85m; her third personal best performance of the day. Kirsten McLaren threw 4.54m to take 2^nd place in the B-event. Layla Burgess threw 11.28m for 2^nd place with the Discus, and Charlotte Evans threw 9.82m; also taking 2^nd place in the B-event.

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Charlie Lassetter took 2^nd place and ran personal bests for the Under-15 Boys in both the 100 and 200m; clocking 12.8secs and 26.2secs respectively. Toby Wooton also claimed a new personal best in the 800m with 2:31.9, finishing in 3^rd place. Luca Bradley had a fine run in the 1,500m to win the race in 4:54.0. In the Shot Put, Toby Wooton took 3^rd place with a throw of 5.41m

For the Under-15 Girls, a delighted Arantxa Middleton won the 100m by a very narrow margin with 13.8secs and then went on to win the 200m with a personal best of 27.1secs. In the B-races, Lizzie Felton did well; winning the 100m with 14.8secs and coming 2^nd in the 200m with 31.3secs. More wins followed in the 300m for Francesca Wattis with a PB of 46.4secs and Libbie Price in the B-race with 50.6secs. Libbie went on to win the 800m with 2:36.9 and Tegan Vickery was victorious in the 1,500m with a time 5:41.2. In the 75m Hurdles, Lizzie Felton claimed 2^nd place with a time of 13.8secs.

Away from the track Arantxa Middleton took 3^rd place in the Long Jump with 3.92m and Francesca Wattis was 2^nd in the B-event with a jump of 3.75m. Libbie Price came 3^rd in the Shot Put with a throw of 3.68m.

Jack Walklate set a couple of new personal bests in the Under-17 Men’s competition with 13.1secs for 2^nd place in the 100m and a jump of 4.10m for 3^rd in the Long Jump.

For the Under-17 Women, Charlotte Perry took 2^nd place in the 200m with a time of 29.1secs and Isobel Wattis won the B-event with 31.9secs. Isobel also claimed 2^nd place in the 300m with 46.4secs. Sophie Perry crossed the line on 48.9secs to win the 300m B-race and won the 800m with 2:49.4. Charlotte Perry was back out for the 1,500m, winning the race with a time of 5:35.3.

In the field events Isobel Wattis jumped 1.30 for 2^nd place in the High Jump. Sisters Sophie and Charlotte did well in the Shot Put, with Sophie throwing 4.80m for 2^nd in the A-event and Charlotte making 4.38m to win the B-event. Katie Stretton threw 10.48m to take 3^rd place with the Discus.

In the relays, a mixed Under-11s team of Sophie Godber, Lottie O’Donoghue, Jack and Oliver Dolan stormed to victory in the 4 x 100m with an excellent time of 66.9secs. For the Under-13 Girls, Aliya Bibi, Layla Burgess, Annie Boonham and Kirsten Mclaren clocked a time of 59.9secs and were just edged into 2^nd place by Witney AC. The Under-15 Girls team of Lizzie Felton, Libbie Price, Francesca Wattis and Arantxa Middleton won their relay with a time of 57.5secs. Finally, Charlotte and Sophie Perry, Katie Stretton and Isobel Wattis were beaten in a close finish in the Under-17 Women’s relay; with Witney AC again taking the win.

The match results put Tamworth AC into an excellent second place in the division overall behind Witney AC, who will co-host the next match with Droitwich at Banbury on Sunday 7^th July.