A Great Effort by CAC in the NAL Match 2

Round two of this league was hosted by Shaftesbury and as winners at our home fixture we where aware that on their home soil they would in all probability be in an even stronger position.

This proved to be so as they again came out on top, scoring 602 points with Havering on 464 reversing the placing of Chelmsford (442) in the previous encounter. Other clubs involved saw Herts. Phoenix 410, Herne Hill 401 and Newham & Essex Beagles 223.

The throwing events again proved to bring our best scores, In the men's hammer Oliver Graham with 61.30m was again a winner whilst Yasha Bobash (50.63m) placed second in the `B` string. Kevin Wilson took second in the shot putt, paving the way for Nathan Bushnell to take the second string result. Kevin also placed second in the discus with the same placing by Oliver Graham in the `B`. Kevin also contested the javelin for third and the high jump in which second was taken from the `B` string. Highlight of the high jump was the second overall by Sam Wright for his clearance of 2.01m was a pb. Sam also placed second in the long jump with 7.10m. Another athlete achieving a pb was Jack Hughes clearing 4.40m in the pole vault and in second place, team manager Paul Owen - a convert from 800m racing placed second in the `B` category.

The women's throws found the Hopkins sisters gaining many points- maximum from the shot putt with Jess on 14.18m and Maegan 11.86m. The discus found Jess (41.55m) second but Maegan winning the `B` result with 37.62m. Maegan also competed in the javelin with Charlotte Graham - both placing fourth with like placings in the hammer.

On the track the men's steeplechase was very rewarding with full points coming from William Nuttall and Jacob Alexander. William also took second in the `B` 1500m - Gregory Martin second in the `A`. Jacob won the second string 400 hurdles, with Archie Sims fourth in the `A`. Luke Oliver (51.95s) and Jacob (52.70s) both set pb`s in the 400 flat event whilst in the 800m Luke just missed out on that distinction with 1m 56.09s but in the `B`race Paul Grange took pole position with 1m 55.35s. The 5000m event brought two pb`s with Joseph Grange on 15m 36.48s (5th) and Paul 15m54.66 (3rd `B`) our veteran running the distance for first time since 2016. Surprisingly we missed out on the 110m hurdles - indeed of the 12 possible athletes only two -from different clubs - feature in the results.

From the women's track Jodie Judd won the 1500m whilst also contesting the 800 and the 200m. Daisy Stollery and Lucy Nuttall performed well over the 3000m, Lucy another filling in a 200m spot. Newcomer Etty Sisson with 56.35s placed second in the 400m - a position also gained by Hannah Bolton in the steeplechase in which she was our sole competitor. Unfortunately in too many events we failed to find competitors in women's events - the high, long and triple jumps and the two hurdles events. Of course in these we rely on our under 17`s and they at this time are quite rightly looking at championships.

A note from Tracy An incredibly depleted ladies’ team (no sprinters, jumpers or hurdlers) was saved by the distance runners who filled events besides their own. A special mention therefore to: Hannah Bolton-400m, 800m, 1500m S/C & 4x400m

Jodie Judd-100m, 200m, 800m, 1500m & 4x400m

Lucy Nuttall-200m, 3k & 4x400m

Teegan Rayner – 100m, 800m,1500m & 4x400m

Our throwers were also there, earning good points for the club. Well done to Jess Hopkins on her new pb of 41.55m in the discus.

Man of the Match-Hannah Bolton

Report written by Roy Meadowcroft

Gongs Galore at the Essex Schools Champs.

Eleven `GOLDS`. Nine `SILVER and Six `BRONZE' Certainly a good haul won by CAC athletes.

Taking performances in age groups James Becker in the under 17 boys placed third in the 200 metres in 22.43s - in this final Harry Marshall placed 8th in 23.48s after a heat in 23.11. Skipping to the 1500m Jacob Hurrell took the pole position clocking just under the four minutes with 3m 59.85s. Over the hurdles Harry Lee took silver with 13.92s. Clearly most impressive event was the high jump which saw the top three all Chelmsford. Charlie Pyner took the  title with 1.85m from Jack Hignall and Arsenii Handzi both on 1.80m. The later a pb.  Stephen Adesini placed third in the long jump with 6.47m then we turn out attention to the throws with Harry Fisher taking the shot putt with a pb of 12.93m whilst Oscar Dove placed second in the hammer with 44.11m.

To the under 17 girls and in the 800m Siena Shipton recording 2m 14.82s for third place setting a pb. Moving up to the 1500m and there was a second place for Lottie Wilkin with 4m 54.38s  - a position also taken by Daisy Stollery in the 3000m with 10m34.14s. Over the high hurdles Milana Thorpe with 12.32s took silver but it was to be gold for Sophie Catchpole in the 300m hurdles with a time 0f 45.01s. Now to the field events and it was the runner up berth for Amelie Scott in the triple jump with her leap of 11.32m. Two personal bests from the throws with Matilda Hewitt`s 13.71m in the shot putt and Lily Frost`s 29.45m in the discus. In this later event Jessica Gardner finished fourth with her 21.52m.

In the under 15 boys we start with another win over 300m from Sam Steadman in 36.96s, whilst in the 1500m it was third spot for Jacob Parrott in 4m 32.32s with Fred Ferman 7th in 4m 42.76s. Whilst in the field Joshua Babalola came 1st in the hammer with a throw of 53.40m..

From the under 15 girls we saw Alicia Yalaju taking second spot in the 200m in 26.15s but it was to be number one placing for Ezra Harrold in the 800m winning in 2m 15.07s. Moving up to the 1500m and Ava King had a win in 4m 48.36s whilst Erin Kelly`s 5m 02.74s gave her a third placing. In the hurdles Chelsea Clarke  took the title in 11.35s with Josephine Walsh second on 11.54s and Amy Pugsley just missing out on making it a clean sweep for CAC as she placed fourth in 12.17s. - after a heat time of 12.08s. Again the throws saw a win from the shot putt as Monica Malagala took the title with her 13.23m. From the discus Olivia Mullineaux placed second with a pb of 23.20m and in the hammer it was a third placing  for Maya Tseaye with 34.17m with Madison Poulter fifth spot with 32.47m.

Earlier in the season two titles were won by CAC members in the schools multi events championship stage at Grays. Amelie Scott won the under 17 title with 2955 points from 200m (27.6s), hurdles (12.5s), long jump (4.99m), shot putt (10.74m) and javelin (27.15m).  In the under  15 group it was a first and second with Amy Pugsley taking the title by a mere two points from Chelsea Clarke. Amy`s 2635 points came from  hurdles (12.3s), 800m (2m 48.8s), shot putt (8.95m), long jump (4.66m), high jump (1.47m) whilst Chelsea recorded as her performances as 11.8,  2m 51.6s,  7.85m,  4.60m and 1.52m for 2633 points.       

In the boys under 17 Arsenii Handzi placed third with 2446 points from hurdles (15.9s), 400m (57.8s), long jump (5.68), discus (30.38) and javelin (35.28m).  Harry Lee finished fourth with 2436 points with his efforts of  14.6s, 58.2s,  5.92m,  30.53m  and 20.96m. Thus another close contested with placings changing throughout the competition.       

Report written by Roy Meadowcroft            

A Fine Home win in the SAL

At the end of the day a comfortable victory was gained in our Southern League fixture at Melbourne Park although throughout the day points were much closer  - with fortunes changing between clubs behind us'

The meeting got started well for CAC with Sophie Catchpole running the 400m hurdles for the first time and winning in 65.5s. One of the under 17 year age athletes included in this senior competition Sophie also took the `B` string high jump result.  In the men's 400hurdles Archie Sims had another fine run winning in 57.2s.

Two track events brought maximum points on the women`s side. In the 400m most noticeable for here Georgia Tombs (57.7s) and Sienna Shipton (59.8) set personal best times. In the 1500m Kiera Atkinson also had this distinction with her 4m 39.6s win - whilst sister Kayleigh followed her home to take the `B` string result. Full points were taken in the high jump by Zion Ateba who won the event with 1.63m whilst also winning the 100m hurdles (15.9s) with Rosie Townley taking the `B` string (16.2s). Another of the under 17 taking the honours was Matilda Hewitt in the shot putt - also placing second in the javelin.

There was another impressive performance from under 17 James Becker as he won both the 100m (11.0s) and 200m (22.5s) whilst over 800m full points came as Joseph Perry (1m 55.7s) and Jacob Alexander (1.59.5s)    the former achieving a pb.  Joseph also won the `B` string 1500m but praise must go to Paul Grange (3m 59.0s) placing second in the `A` result - Paul classes in the over 45 age group but continues to match the younger opponents. Bradley Reed won over the 110m hurdles whilst in the field events maximum points came in the hammer throw via Oliver Graham (62.18m) and Yasha Bobash (44.53m). Oliver also finished second in the `B` shot with Kevin Wilson second in the main result but gaining a win in the discus. Jack Hughes with a clearance of 4.30m in the pole vault won the pole vault with Roger Skedd an over 40 athlete second in the `B` and also collecting valuable points as he contested the triple jump, discus and javelin.                                                                                                          

With the relays closing the meeting the men won the 4 x 400 event whilst the women took the 4 x 100 race.   

Yes  -  all in all an excellent result for both Norwich (who had beaten us on their home soil) and Brighton were ahead of us in the league standings and that  now reversed. No doubt Windsor Slough and Eton will top the table for they were involved in a home fixture and would surely take another win.   Our next match on 14th July takes us to Gillingham were our opponents will be Medway & Maidstone (hosts), Woking,         Basingstoke , Norwich (yet again) and WINDSOR. A top of the table clash.

Report Written by Roy Meadowcroft

Picture galleries Part 1 & Part 2