This was the first outside “warm-up” track & field competition of 2007 for which 15 of our athletes braved the windy conditions of Pendle Athletic Club.  There were some great debuts by our athletes and a very early promise of things to come from one of our top sprinters, Matthew Storey, competing in the Under 17 boys, who ran a magnificent 24.1s (Grade 4 Standard) against the strong winds in an exciting 200m race, just finishing 0.1s behind Jonathan Harker of Preston Harriers.

Matthew’s sister, Hannah Storey, in the under 13 girls, produced a welcome return with a fine run in the 100m with a time of 15.2s (Grade 4 Standard) and was 2nd overall in this event.

Brother and Sister, Christopher and Jessica Tomlinson both won their High Jump competitions with 1.25m and 1.30m respectively.

Other performances included a personal best for Natassia Dacre, Under 11’s, who jumped 2.73m in the Long Jump against that strong wind! Noah Saunders came 1st in the 150m and 2nd in the 75m sprints.

All rounder of the day goes to Martha Gill in her debut for the under 10 girls, she won the 75m sprint in a time of 13.0s and also won the long jump with a tremendous leap of 2.95m.  Martha also came 2nd in the 600m!

There were brave debut performances from Tim Raines, Jake Raines, Matthew Lynskey, Ellen Warburton and Sophie Williams.

Full results below:-

Under 10’s
Jake Raines     Long Jump  1.91m        150m   27.4s (2nd)     75m  13.2s
Martha Gill     Long Jump  2.95m (1st)  600m 2m26.2s (2nd)     75m  13.0s (1st)
Sophie Williams Long Jump  2.16m        600m 2m33.2s (3rd)     150m 29.1s
Eleanor Dacre   Long Jump  1.97m         75m 15.9s             150m 36.4s

Under 11’s
Noah Saunders   75m 12.5s (2nd)         150m (1st)
Natassia Dacre  Long Jump 2.73m         150m 29.5s              75m 14.8s

Under 13’s
Hannah Storey   Long Jump 3.31m         100m 15.2s (2nd)       200m 32.7s(3rd)
Ellen Warburton 100m 15.6s              200m 32.8s
Matthew Lynskey 800m 3m23.9s (3rd)      200m 39.5s
Tim Raines      Long Jump 3.53s (3rd)   100m 15.6s (2nd)       200m 33.0s (2nd)

Under 15’s
Tiffany Dacre   100m 14.8s              200m 31.0 s
Rachel Pearson  100m 14.8s              200m 30.1s
Chris Tomlinson 200m 34.5s (3rd)        High Jump 1.25m (1st)

Under 17’s
Matthew Storey    100m 12.3s (2nd)      200m 24.1s (2nd)
Jessica Tomlinson 300m 50.3s (2nd)      High Jump 1.30m (1st)  300m H 55.4s (2nd)


M B Dacre
03 April 2007