Two wins out of two in the EYAL for our Juniors

On Sunday our Junior squad travelled to Stevenage for Match 2 of this years EYAL.

The conditions were almost perfect for an athletics meet, we had a full team and they were all raring to go after what was for some the first time they'd been on a team coach..

Up against some tough opponents including one of our strongest rivals Havering who sat second in the league, and only just behind us on points before the match.

Our quality and depth of squad shone through with Chelmsford winning five out of the six age group categories and winning the overall match by over 100 points.

A very successful day at the office!

The overall scores were..

Chelmsford AC 696.5

Havering AC 572.5

City of Norwich AC 506

Stevenage AC 485

Peterborough NV AC 158

West Suffolk AC 130

A & B string winners.

Senior team start SAL season with victory at Colchester

Chelmsford AC’s Senior team got their season off to the perfect start at Colchester on Saturday, with a hard fought win in their opening match in the 2023 Southern Athletics League.

The final match score was:

1. Chelmsford AC - 302

2. Ipswich & CATs - 295

3. Brighton & Hove AC - 281

4. Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow AC – 265.5

5. City of Norwich AC – 243.5

6. Peterborough & Nene Valley AC – 181

A and B string winners were:

Chelmsford Bring Home 80 Medals from the County Champs

27 Golds, 30 Silvers & 23 Bronzes.....

In other words a very successful weekend for our athletes.

This years competition was held at Thurrock Harriers home track due to the track at Melbourne Stadium still not ready for use.

There was a huge turn out of Chelmsford athletes with over 100+ challenging for County glory over the two days.

The weather wasn't overly kind to us particularly on Saturday where there was a persistent chilly headwind on the back straight, this however didn't deter anyone from giving it their all.

There were several notable races one of which was the U15G 1500m Final with any one of five girls in with a very good chance of taking the title, it came down to a sprint finish with only 1 second between 1st, 2nd & 3rd and Ezrah Harrold claiming the title and Lottie Wilkin coming in 3rd.

There were so many incredible individual performances too, with Sam Wrights (U17M) name being at the top of the list. Sam won four straight Golds (100mH, long jump, high jump & shotput) and if that wasn't enough he picked up a Junior Commonwealth games qualifying distance in the Long jump and the County Championships overall achievement Award in the process. We had Tilly Hewitt (U15G) putting in superb medal winning performances across the two days earning herself three Golds and one Silver (hammer, shotput, discus & Javelin). And a special mention for Danny Berney who came 3rd in the Senior Men's Javelin, Danny suffering from Cerebral Palsy usually competes in ambulant events but this time round battled it out against able bodied competitors and bagged an amazing Bronze with an incredible performance.

Below is the full list of finishing positions in the individual event Finals.

Very well done to everyone who took part.