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

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Three wins from Three for our Juniors

What another outstanding team performance by our youngsters in the Eastern Young Athletes League at Bury St Edmunds. Racking up another score exceeding the 700 mark is coming a habit, we were the only club to achieve this distinction last season and it`s the same this time round. And importantly it is the whole team under 13, 15 and 17`s girls and boys for all took the honours by topping their groups when the final scores were reckoned up.

It is difficult to know as to where to start with so many winners, maximum points in many events via both `A` & `B` strings. The under 13 girls achieved this in four events, 800, 1500, high jump and long jump. Shindra Adeyemo involved in the later. 

So dominant were we in the under 15 girls only seven points failed to come our way (six in the pole vault where we fail to find competitors).  Three girls each took three wins -  Josephine Walsh, Chelsea Clarke and Monica Malagala whilst Alicja Yalaju, Amy Pugsley each had two wins. Of course with maximum in the sprints no surprise of the relay win. 

The field events were to be our strong point in the under 17 women's category although Amelia Scott and Milana Thorpe won hurdles races before their jumping and throwing events. The jumping event saw Amelia and Olivia Hall in the triple jump take maximum points - this an event the senior team failed to find competitors in the previous days home match. Matilda Hewitt won both shot and hammer and only bettered by our own Lily Frost in the discus.                                                                   

Although fewer wins from the under 13 boys consistent seconds put them ahead of rival clubs on the points chart consolidated by the relay in their last event.           

For the under 15 boys the was another double for  Sam Steadman in the 200 and 300 metres, George Dixon and Jake Read paired up in the hurdles before also heading the high jump result. Jeremy Anderson took wins from the shot putt and discus. James Becker was again in fine form in winning the under 17`men 100 and 200.

Arsenii Handzil found success in the high and long jumps whilst it was good to see Daniel Brown in the pole vault and picking up full points. Brothers Harry and Oscar Dove paired up in the hammer with good results. 

So as you can see from the league table above we go into our final match of the season with four clubs unbeaten having been seeded from last years final table as to not meet each other - can you imagine Manchester City not playing Arsenal, Liverpool or Aston Villa.  Our points scored puts us in a strong position and a home fixture on 21st July against  St Albans, Stevenage, Colchester Harriers, Colchester and Tendring and Braintree should with another 700 plus score see us finish as champions again.

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Report written by Roy Meadowcroft