You always expect it to be wet and windy in Stoke, and it didn’t disappoint. An 8-strong team of Tamworth athletes did put in some excellent performances to help the club to 6^th place in the match out of 8 teams and a good start to the season.

Mens

Reduced numbers in the mens category, but both contributed to the overall effort. Will Flemming jumped 4.94m for 4^th place in the Long Jump and then had tough runs in the 100m and 400m for team points. Ben Godber jumped 3.57m in the Long Jump for 4^th Place U17, and then went onto smash his PB for 2^nd place in the High Jump with 1.44m. Ben finished off his day with 4^th place in the 800m in a time of 2:21 in a good race.

Ladies

Niamh Kilgallen had her usual day full of events, starting with 8.83m for 2^nd in the shot, jumping 5.10m to win the Long Jump, reaching 1.55m to win the High Jump, and then 28.2s for a hard fought 2^nd place in 200m. Competing alongside in the High Jump her was younger sister Jess Kilgallen who jumped 1.30m for 2^nd place in the U17 High Jump, and then finished 5^th in the 800m and 2^nd in the B 300m with a time of 52.9s.

First up for the U17 Women had been Jess Salt and Stefi Honkowicz in the Shot Put finishing 7^th and 2^nd in the A&B competitions with 6.08m and 4.88m respectively. Jess went onto jump 3.56m for 5^th place in a rainy long jump with Evie Caffrey jumping 3.25m for 3^rd place in the B. Evie had earlier run an excellent 1500m finishing in 4^th place with a time of 5:28.7. On the track Stefi and Jess K went in a very delayed 300m and recorded times of 52.5s and 52.9s with Stefi 5^th in the A and Jess 2^nd in the B. Stefi went onto run the 3000m finishing 2^nd in a very strong display with a massive PB of 10:51.2 which is a Level 7 performance.

Chloe Purkiss made her season debut in the 200m finishing 6^th in a time of 30.4s, and then went onto run the 4×100 relay with Jess S, Jess K and Evie for 6^th place in a time of 59.5s. Our last event of the day was the 4x400m U20 relay with Niamh, Jess S, Evie and Stefi running an excellent 4:33.8 for 2^nd place.

Many thanks to all athletes and families for coming along, thanks to Rob James, Deb Cash, Fiona Meldrum, Alastair Flemming and Lorraine Godber for the help with officiating.