Sportshall 18/19

Kent County Sportshall Athletics 2018/19

Last amended at 19-09-19

Sunday 7th October St Johns Tunbridge Wells - Results 8-10-18

Sunday 18th November Stour Centre Ashford - Results 19-11-18

Sunday 9th December Stour Centre Ashford (County Champs) - Results 13-12-18

TBC January 2019 U/11 Decathlon Stour Centre Ashford

Sunday 3rd February St Johns Tunbridge Wells - Results 4-02-19

Sunday 3rd March Triangle Burgess Hill, Regional Finals U11s and U13/ U15s 1-07-19

13th/14th April UK Final Sport City Manchester.19-09-19

13th/14th April UK Final Sport City Manchester.

Manchester UK final 14th April. 2019
Only 4 girls and 2 boys made it to Manchester Sport City for the UK final. With one athlete sadly injuring herself the day before at a league meeting and it was impossible to get a replacement at the last minute, the unfortunately Imogen Davis’s car broke down on the way so was unable to get there. Freya Jury’s car got a puncture on the way up but still made it, as did Nathanial Ryan’s Dad who also had car problems but managed to get there, but it did not bode well for the day!

It was decided that the 4 girls would still compete as a team. Freya Jury, Libby Turbutt, Georgia Baker and Jessie Sargeant. The girls did themselves proud coming 6th with 1008 points 274 points behind the winner Surrey. Last year Kent scored 1150 points to come 3rd (935 individual points and 95 for the paarlauf). This year just 4 girls scored 908 individual points plus 100 for the 4x100m relay. A fantastic score and one can only think what we could have done if we had been able to field a full team. Freya Jury came 4th in the individual all-rounder with 271pts she came 3rd in the speed bounce with 86. Georgia Baker came next with 234pts finishing 3rd in the vertical jump. Libby Turbutt scored 210 and Jessie Sargeant the youngest in the group scored 193.

Nathanial Ryan was invited as an individual to Manchester as his speed bounce was the best for the season around the UK, he bounced a great 89 to claim the bronze medal. William Jury was also invited as the top U13 boy in the speed bounce finishing 4th with 86. The first 3 places being tied with 88, William currently holds the U13 boy’s English Sportshall record with his 93 result from the regionals.

Well done to all those who made the National final and we look forward to the 2020 regionals.

Elizabeth & Janet Duffin Team Managers.

Regional Final Burgess Hill 3rd March 2019- U13/U15 match

In the U15 girls Freya Jury (Swale Combined) claimed a Silver medal in the Speed bounce, a Bronze in the 2 lap race and was = 7th in the vertical Jump. Freya came 3rd in the All- rounder competition. Sarris Teale (Ashford AC) won a Bronze medal in the 4 lap race and another Bronze in the Standing Long Jump. She came 7th in the Shot and was 4th in the All-rounder. Imogen Davis (Ashford AC) ran the same time as Sarris in the 4 lap race to also claim a Bronze medal. She was 6th in the Shot, and 13th in the All-rounder. Libby Turbutt (Ashford AC) still has another year in this age group she came 14th in the Standing long jump 2.21m but only 2cm separated the 8th and 14thplaces. Libby was 27th overall. Georgia Baker (Tonbridge AC) came close to a medal in the Standing Long Jump 5th with 2.35m again 2cm from 4th and was 7th in the 2 lap race, she was 16th overall. Jessie Sargeant (Bexley AC) in her first year as an U15 finished 9th in the Speed Bounce with 76 and 26th overall out of 45 athletes. Catrina MacArthur ran the Paarlauf with Jess but unfortunately aggravated a back injury, but she still managed to finish the race. As a result of coming second Kent won the paper match and have been invited to Manchester for the UK final.

In the U15 boys Nathaniel Ryan (Folkestone RC) has been invited to Manchester as an individual winner as his Speed Bounce of 90 at Burgess Hill was the best in the UK for this year. Harvey Fordham (Paddock Wood AC) claimed a Silver medal in the Standing triple Jump of 7.98m Ian Farrow (Medway and Maidstone AC) won the Silver medal in the 4 lap race and was 5th in the Standing Long Jump 2.47m. Ian finished 7th in the All-rounder competition. Keenan Simmons (Folkestone RC) put the Shot 9.95m to come 7th. Kai Prendergast (Medway & Maidstone AC) was 7th in the 4 lap race. Alex Gray (Paddock Wood AC) jumped 7.28m in the Standing Triple Jump and Alex Stone joined in the 4x2 lap relay. The team finished 4th overall.

In the U13 girls Masie Riddell (Folkestone RC) won gold in the Speed Bounce with 86 bounces and was 5th in the 6 lap race. Eve Seery (Thanet AC) also claimed a silver medal in the Speed Bounce with 84. Molly Brown (Paddock Wood AC) came 5th in the Vertical Jump with 52cm. Lucy Tallon (Tonbridge AC) made the 2 lap final coming 5th (25.2s). Megan Currier (Medway & Maidstone AC) finished 8th in the Standing Triple Jump 6.18m. Emma Powell (Bexley AC) jumped 5.96 in the same event. Princess Asemota (Medway & Maidstone AC) ran (86.6s) in the 6 lap race. Catlin Taylor (Folkestone RC) came 7th in the 4 lap race and Millie Vas (Thanet AC) was 14th in the Shot. Poppy Rowland-Hill (Thanet AC) came 8th in her shot 8.60m. Whilst Nadia Sadler–Reeves (Ashford AC) ran the 4x1 relay and Obstacle relay and Emily Moyle (Medway & Maidstone AC) also did the 4x1lap relay and the 4x2 lap relay. The team finished 5th.

U13 boys finished 4th in their competition with William Jury (Swale Combined) winning the Speed Bounce with 90 bounces and because of this result has also been invited to the Sportshall UK Final in Manchester. Joe Stone (Paddock Wood AC) won Bronze in the Standing Triple Jump 7.03m. Kobey Permaul (Folkestone RC) was 3rd in the 4 lap race (52.2s) Luke Prior (Ashford AC) just missed out on a medal in the Shot 9.29m finishing 4th, as did Kian Redsell (Medway & Maidstone AC) with 4th in the Standing Long Jump 2.45m. Emmanuel Virginie (Folkestone RC) jumped 53cm in the vertical Jump. Jake Foster (Medway & Maidstone) jumped 50cm in the same event. Tom Daley (Tonbridge AC) came 4th just missing out on 3rd place by 2 100th's of a second. Gus Minster (Tonbridge AC) jumped 5.86m in the Standing Triple Jump. Oliver Zubko (Folkestone RC) came in to compete at the last minute when someone dropped out and jumped 72 in the Speed Bounce. Zac Dixon (Tonbridge AC) had an injury problem and had to retire after competing in the Obstacle course. Charlie Wallis (Folkestone RC) did the Shot and the 6 lap time trial.

Regional Final Burgess Hill 3^rd March 2019- U11 match

For the first time in many years the weather on the regional final day was sunny and not snowy. This meant that everyone managed to get to The Triangle Leisure Centre at Burgess Hill without too much trouble. For the first time the U11s and older age groups competed on the same day with the younger athletes in the morning and the older ones in the afternoon, it all seemed to work okay, but it meant a long day for those with children in two age groups taking part.

It was a fantastic day for the U11s with both the boys' and girls' teams winning team gold.

A few stumbles in the first relays got us off to a slow start but things improved through the morning. In the girls' team Elicia Lacey came 3^rd in the foam javelin with 15m and 2^nd in the standing triple jump with 6.38m although a possible mistake in the results means this might be upgraded to 1^st. Elicia was also part of the winning grand prix team with Deborah Sujadje, Tilly Cunliff and Olivia Campbell who also finished 3^rd in the soft javelin with 15m, Violet Maxted won the vertical jump with 56cm and Humairaa Rabbani took 2^nd with 55cm. Evie Dixon claimed 1^st place in the speed bounce with 60 bounces and was 3^rd in the Standing triple jump with 6.20m. Isabelle Amarty and Hannah Areeson were equal 1^st in the balance test both managed the full time of 60 seconds. Tallulah Jago won the chest push with 7m, whilst Demi Wrangle came 5^th in both the standing triple jump 5.98m and scored 10 points in the target throw, and Ella Thomas jumped 54 in the speed bounce to come 7^th. Kitti Holroyd, Violet Maxted, Isabelle Amarty and Zaina Orenuga were part of the over and under relay team which came 2^nd.

In the boys Callum James won the soft javelin (21m) and was 2^nd in the vertical jump (50cm) with Maurice Roberts equal on the same score. Oscar Heselton and Aaron Brown both came equal 1^st in the balance test with 60 seconds. Ben Dewar came 2^nd in the standing long jump 2.17m. Quentin Webb jumped into 2^nd in the speed bounce with 58. Jacob Smith came 3^rd with 57 bounces and George Walker 5^th with 56 bounces, whilst Jan Lousberg was 3^rd in the standing triple 6.24m. Henry Wenn, Callum James, George Vincent and Ben Dewar came 2^nd in the hurdle relay. Aaron Brown, George Walker, Jireh George and Joseph Parkin ran the 4x1 relay. William Hirst joined Jireh and Joseph Parkin in the High Stepper finishing in joint 1^st place. Paul Hobley was part of the Obstacle relay team and competed in the High stepper.