Cheshire League, Deeside : Sunday 19th May

Pentathlon Challenge, Sutton Sports Centre : Sunday 12th May

Cheshire County Championships

On Sunday 12th May, the Cheshire County Championships were held at Trafford. The conditions were very dull, wet and windy. There were three athletes competing in the competition from St Helens Sutton including Gemma Connolly, Rachel McGoldrick and Maria McGoldrick. Both Gemma and Rachel competed in the 3000m race; Gemma finished 1st with a time of 10:51- a superb time after recently running the marathon! Rachel finished  2nd in the Under 17 category in 12:07 and Maria raced in the 800m and finished strongly in 8th in a time of 2:41:61. Well Done!

Mayors Visit

On Tuesday 14th May the Mayor and Mayoress, Councillor Geoff Almond and Mrs Jean Almond will be visiting the club at around 7.15pm to congratulate athletes that represented their counties or country and won medals over the winter season.

 Please can all athletes wear club colours (Vests / T-Shirts / Hoodies etc) in case there is a photo opportunity. Athletes who did win medals please bring them along.

 The committee see this as a great opportunity to demonstrate to the council and town how athletics is flourishing in St Helens and should be given as much support as possible so let's put on a great show and turn out in force please.

Northern League, Match 1 : Douglas, Isle of Man

The club provisionally finished fourth in the Northern League match at the Isle of Man.  The team order was 1 West Cheshire  377; 2 Isle of Man A 374.5; 3 Trafford 340.5; 4 St Helens-Sutton 268; 5 Manchester 266; 6 LPS 205. Many thanks to everyone who turned up and competed, especially, though not exclusively, those doing events purely for the points.

On Sunday 5^th May, 28 athletes from St Helens Sutton AC competed in the first Northern Senior League match which was held in the Isle of Man.  They produced some excellent results in extremely blustery conditions.  The team spirit and the support from the parents, coaches and officials who also travelled over created a great atmosphere and sense of purpose within the team. The only downside to the day was when Steve Clague, unfortunately had to leave the competition prematurely in an ambulance due to a nasty fall during the men’s steeplechase.  He did manage to re-join the team later on back at the hotel although he was on crutches! Hopefully his injury won’t keep him from competing for too long.

It was a great first time appearance from three of our U17 girls, Lauren Wilcock, Lucy Griffiths and Maddie Wiliams. Lauren produced a very strong run in the 4 x 4oo metre relay which allowed us to finish in third place, Lucy ran extremely well in the 800 metres (2.39.2) to come home in second place for the B Team, and Maddie ran her 1500m against older and stronger women, but held her own and knocked 4 seconds off her personal best time (5.51.7).  Well done girls.

Beth Baxter ran the 400m (71.3) and covered the B string shot putt (7.41) Shelby Jack covered the 100m and 200m (14.2 and 29.1) Chloe Rigby jumped 1.40 in the high jump and ran 13.8 in the 100m while sister Sophie long jumped 4.66.  Katie Bowers-Folan ran a very strong 800m (2.32.0) as did Maria McGoldrick in the 1500m the 3000m (11.37.9) and Louise Hogg returned to competition also competing in the 3000m (14.01.08). Louise Hayes was our second runner in the 400m (71.0) and Rachel Wilcock our second runner in the 200m (31.4)  Karen Marsh had a great day with 2 personal best in the 100m hurdles and the 400m hurdles (18.7 and 83.2).  Amy Hughes had a busy day covering the 100m hurdles (19.7) the 400m hurdles (1.41.4) and also threw the hammer (15.26)  and the discus (18.88) then moved onto the triple jump (9.18) Emma McClatchy also covered the triple jump (8.29) Pole Vault (2.40) and then the javelin (21.46)  Sisters, Trish and Catherine Spark finished off the throws with Trish throwing the discus (21.79) the shot (8.25) and the hammer (39.65) and Catherine, in only her second time of competing, threw the javelin (17.83)  The 4x100m relay team of Shelby, Chloe, Beth and Sophie ran a good race in a time of 54.4  and the 4 x 400m team of Maria, Katie, Lauren and Rachel also ran a great race in 4.42.6

The mens throwers had a good day, starting off with Mike Hughes throwing a good hammer (31.40), Michael Jackson also threw the hammer (24.53) managing to damage his knee in the process then went on to contest the shot putt (9.54)  Stephen Winn had a javelin throw of 15.54 and the discus 23.57.  Nathan Orr was our other discus thrower (27.05). Phil Robinson only managed to clear the opening height in the Pole vault before picking up a slight hamstring injury but carried on to throw the javelin 38.50 and the shot putt 9.78.

Michael Causer ran the 100m (11.0) stood in last minute in the 200m (22.7) and long jumped 7.26.  Taylor Caton Hand competed in the triple jump (12.90) and the long jump (6.26)  Peter Seddon ran the 100m (12.8) and the 200m (27.6) and also returning to competition was Craig Knight, triple jump (11.33) high jump (1.60) and 400m (63.8)  Another one of our younger team members was Simon Anim-Somuah who ran a good 1500m against a strong field (5.03.2) and the 800m (2.23.7).  Maurice Collins was our second runner in the 800m (2.34.2) and then ran the 5000m (19.57.1)  Steve Clague managed to complete the 400m hurdles before his hospital trip (69.8)

Star of the mens team was Peter Johnson who seemed to be permanently on the track. He started with a very stylish 400m hurdle race (1.56) then onto the 400m (78.2). the 1500m came next (5.55.9) before finishing off with the 5000m (21.35.2) 

The 4x100m relay team, Taylor, Peter Seddon, Craig and Michael who have never run together before ran a good race in a time of 47.1

Special thanks to Peter and Phil for transporting the athletes, equipment and luggage.  

Thanks to all the athletes, officials and parents who made this trip such a success and hopefully we will have the same team spirit and support at the next match. (Report by Chris Causer).

Results 

The next match is on Sunday 9 June at Trafford when we will have even more athletes available.

Liverpool Spring 5 – 5 May.

North West Regional Athletic Disability Championships. Sportscity. 27 April.

Josh Neal collected three gold medals at the above championships winning the 100 (13.1), 200 (26.7) and 400m (64.0). He also collected a silver medal in the long jump with 3.85. Josh has qualified for the National Finals on 13/14 July at UCLAN. Congratulations to Josh for such a superb achievement and all the best in the Nationals.

YDL Match 2, Oldham : Saturday, 4h May