Jim Crehan

Jim was an integral part of the club during his time as an athlete and the courage he has shown in the face of his illness has been immense. Our thoughts are with Sue, Matt and the rest of Jim’s family.

 
Northern Championships, Sportcity, Manchester : 22/23 June

Gemma Connolly took a massive forty seconds off her personal best recording 17.49.77 on Sunday when finishing fourth in the Northern Track and Field 5000m championship at Sport City, also setting a new club record.

Thaddeus Anim-Somuah recorded a season’s best 11.13 in his heat of the 100m.

YDL Match 3, Bury : Saturday 22nd June

Saturday 22^nd June 2013, 31 athletes competed in the third Youth Development league meeting at Bury. In dull conditions, 30 personal bests were achieved!

In the Under 13 Boys : Peter Davies ran a superb 100m to finish in 15:7 (PB) and also achieved a PB in his 200m, 31.9. He threw 5.39m in the shot to finish in 4^th. Adam Fairclough achieved a PB in his long jump, jumping 4.11m and finishing in 1^st, running a strong 200m finishing in 30:2. Thomas Standish ran an excellent 800m race; 3:00:3 and putt the shot 4.81m.

The Under 13 girls fielded a strong team; Natalie Tate achieved a PB in the 70mHurdles, 17:8 and jumped 3.31m in the long jump (another PB). Also, Charlotte Cherry ran brilliantly in the 75m getting a PB- 11:0 and ran 22:0 for the 150m. Jorden Pilkington competed in the 75m finishing in 11:4, came 2^nd in the high jump 1.30m and threw 5.58m in the shot putt. Lauren Marshall covered the 150m in 21:6 and got a PB in the long jump, 3.70m. Chloe Orrick ran superb in the 800m to get a PB, 3:03:4 and also threw 13.62m in the javelin (a second PB). Lucy Price finished strongly in the 800m in 3:03:6 (PB) in 5^th position. Sian Glynn ran great in the 1200m and got a PB- 5:10:6, also racing well in the 1200m was Kanyarat Avison who also achieved a PB of 5:25:6. The relay team consisted of Charlotte Cherry, Jorden Pilkington, Lauren Marshall and Sian Glynn finishing in 2^nd in 58:8!

The Under 15 boys covered the majority of their events. Joshua Rawlinson finished 3^rd in the 100m in 13:1, also competing in the 200m he finished strongly in 27:2. He jumped well in the long jump- 4.86m. Christopher Lamb finished in 13:4 for his 100m and got a PB in his long jump, jumping 4.72m. Sam Thompson competed in the 200m and 1500m. In his 200m he got a PB of 27:1 and also ran a fantastic 1500m race to finish in 4:59:8 (PB). Adam Woosey competed in the 300m to finish in 2^nd with a PB of 43:9. Also competing in the 800m he won in a time of 2:14:6 and threw the javelin 11.15m. Joseph Woods represented the club in the 300m and finished in 58:3 (PB) and threw the shot 4.63m. He also threw the discus 11.44m (PB). Connor Whalley finished the 800m in 2:50:1 (PB) and threw the shot putt 4.67m. The 4x100m relay team included: Christopher Lamb, Joseph Woods, Connor Whalley and Joshua Rawlinson. They finished in 1^st in 54:2. The 4x300m relay team was: Adam Woosey, Sam Thompson, Connor Whalley and Christopher Lamb, the team finished 1^st in 3:12:9.

In the Under 15 girls: Emily Smith competed in the 75mHurdles to finish in 12:9, jumped 1.45m in the high jump and threw the Javelin 18.73m to finish 3^rd. Megan Lang competed in the 75mHurdles too and finished in 13:3, jumped 4.25m in the long jump to secure 2^nd place. Jessica Leonard covered the 100m in 13:5 and also ran a superb 200m to finish 1^st in 27:2. Zoe Pye finished 1^st in the ‘B’ race in 14:1. Erin Makin ran well in the 200m winning her heat and finishing in 29.1 (PB) and got a PB in her long jump, jumping 4.11m. Emma Fairclough got 2 PB’s- one in the 800m (2:48:6) and another in the discus throwing a worthy 15.63m. Ellie Mawdsley came 4^th in her 800m race and finished strongly in 2:58:7. Alex Glynn represented the club in the 1500m and finished in 6:35:2 achieving a PB. Hannah Seabrook jumped brilliantly in the high jump, gaining a PB of 1.50m- resulting in a win for the club! Laura Fairclough putt the shot 7.60m and won her event. Laura Rigby, who also participated in the shot putt threw 5.91m and got a PB. Louise Fairclough competed in the discus throw and got a PB (14.97m). Alex Bottomley competed in the javelin and threw 17.08m, winning the ‘B’ counters throw. The relay team was made up of Megan Lang, Erin Makin, Zoe Pye and Hannah Seabrook finishing in 2^nd in 56:6!

Well Done to everyone who competed! Hope to have a good turnout (especially the under 13 boys!) for the last YDL meeting at Sportcity on Saturday 13^th July.

Results    Team manager: Helena McGoldrick    

Long Jump Improvements

The Club continues to strive for improved maintenance of facilities and recently recruited members to dig out the Long Jump pit after various lumps of concrete and a paving flag surfaced in the sand. Huge thanks to Causer Family (Chris, Ray, Michael, Jonathon), Helena McGoldrick, Roberts Family (Ian, Charlie, Jacob), Colin Spark, Rawlinson Family (Paul, Nathan, Josh), Ford Family (Jonny, Jo, Jamie, Theo), Tony Whalley and Simon Neal who all brought their buckets and spades on Friday 7^th June. The gang worked hard and after about 1 ½ hours the sand was removed exposing damaged paving flags and crumbling concrete to the base and sides of the pit. The area needs to be inspected and an estimate obtained for the required repairs, however, this will be done in conjunction with the Sport Centre and Council. We hope to have a much improved Long Jump back in action as soon as possible, after all, we have one of the best long jumpers – Michael Causer (currently ranked 3^rd in U20’s) and a superb long and triple jumper – Taylor Caton-Hand (ranked 4^th LJ in U17’s and 12^th TJ in U17’s) to look after and provide suitable facilities for.

Apologies to anyone who may have been missed from the roll call and thanks again to all who helped.

Northern League, Match 2 : Longford Park, Stretford

Five club records fell as a weakened side pulled together to grab a hard earned fourth place at Trafford. Taylor Caton-Hand set clubs records in the senior, junior and U17 age groups with 13.10m, winning the event with Craig Knight winning the B string.

The ladies 4 x100m relay team knocked one-tenth of a second off the previous senior record with 52.8 secs thanks to Rachel Woosey, Chloe Rigby, Bethany Baxter and Sophie Rigby. The ladies 4x400m recorded 4.36.7 which is a new under 20 record for Rachel McGoldrick, Louise Hayes, Maria McGoldrick and Rachel Woosey.

Luke Towers and Ray Vose decided to steeplechase earning second places in the A & B events, Gemma Connolly ran three splendid middle races, while Thaddeus Anim-Somuah produced two outstanding second places. Karen Marsh and Amy Hughes were excellent in the hurdles, Karen produced a personal best in the 400H and Amy winning the B 100H and the B high jump.

Patricia Spark won the hammer and earned good points in the discus and shot putt. Emma McClatchey produced her best throw of the season with 25.02 for second place in the javelin to add to her second in the pole vault and third in the triple jump. Lucy Croft was second in the B hammer and discus. Catherine Spark grabbed third spot in the B javelin.

The men's throwers competed well, Ethan Bell taking third in the A javelin and Tom McKeever second B. Phil Robinson was third in the pole vault and shot putt and will be available for more events at the next meeting. Nathan Orr continues to improve in the Discus while Steve Winn took fourth B. Michael Hughes and Phil Robinson were less than a metre apart in the hammer.

Lucy Griffiths ran another splendid 800 while Maria McGoldrick gave a good account of herself in the 400 as Rachel stepped up to 3000m. Chloe Rigby was third in the high jump while sister Sophie won the B pole vault.

Dave Forrester was second in the 800m while Callum Lockett won a fiercely contested 800m in a personal best time. Callum also took on the 1500m in conjunction with Jake Healy, who ran the 400 and 200 (the latter with Simon Anim-Somuah in support and the former with Sam Miley taking on the burden of the A string for a second successive sub-60 performance). Ian Costello and Barry (are you sure there's no-one else?) Graney coped well with the heat.

   

It was a splendid club performance with support from our officials Dave Morley (track), Pam Appleton (Timekeeper), Roger McCall, Colin Spark, John Irwin, Christine Dempsey and Phil Thomas who covered the long and high jumps between them.

Results

Next match Litherland Sun 7 July 2013.

Henderson's End fell race, Rivington Pike : Thursday 6th June 

Thursday evening saw four of the Vets take on the Henderson's End fell race up and around Rivington Pike.  
The race was a scenic, but challenging 7 miler, with over 800 feet of ascent. Fell veteran Mark Liptrot led the team with Sonya Monaghan running her second fell race, 
Jonny Ford running his first and Gary Oldham getting a baptism of fire having only just decided to join the club the day before! 
Beautiful weather and great, friendly race organisation all came together to make for a brilliant run.  
Thanks also to Greg Carns for marshalling and being club photographer for the night.

Updated Fixture List 

A few new Open Fixtures have been announced so we have updated the fixture list.

We would like to remind all parents and athletes that we are a competitive club and expect all members to attend competitions. Team Managers will
select athletes for League Fixtures based on performance in Open Competitions and previous League Fixtures so the Open's are important to
register your claim for scoring places in the Leagues.

Youth Development League (Upper)  Match 2, Eccles : Sunday 2nd June