A Must win Match at a Sweltering Hornchurch Stadium.

Our 3rd fixture of the season took place at a scorching Hornchurch Athletics Stadium on 5^th July.

Given our opposition, this was a must-win shoot-out against 2 clubs who like us, had taken maximum scores in their opening two matches. The pre-match table stood at CAC, SS/E&H and Havering all on 14 league points with us ahead only on total-points-scored difference.

As EYAL Champions 3 years in a row, we were determined to preserve our streak and not fall at this difficult hurdle. Our opponents on the day were Havering, SS/Enfield & Haringey, C&C/Ely & Newmarket, Brentwood, Harlow and West Suffolk.

The Chelmsford AC team scored a spectacular 863.5pts and ended up 26.5pts in front of our nearest rivals of the combined SS and E&H team, and 77pts in front of the traditionally strong Havering home squad.

2 out of 6 of our teams won their age/gender category outright – the U16G and U18W, but no group came worse than 3^rd or scored <115pts. As such every team thoroughly contributed to the holistic win, and it’s a tribute to our strength in depth that we came out victors against our nearest rivals.

All we have to do now is either win away at Norwich in match #4 on 16^th August , or do better than SS/E&H or Havering in their final fixture and we will become Champions again. We also sit handsomely on top of the Leaderboard for entry into the Top-6 Cup Final in September.

Thanks as always to our all of our graded officials and parent-helpers who ensured that our rota of events ran very smoothly.

I’d also like to give a big shout-out to the dedicated team managers who ensured we filled as many slots as possible, despite this being an away fixture at the peak point of the summer season with multiple demands on athlete attendance.

Lastly, huge congratulations to the green and gold horde that performed so tenaciously in sweltering conditions. Every single person scored valuable points in what proved to be a narrow win.

Highlights by Group:-

U14G – 115.5pts, 3^rd Place

Win for Felicity C in ‘A’ Pole Vault

Win for Breanna D in ‘A’ Long Jump

Wins for Obianuju N in ‘A’ Shot Put & ‘A’ Discus

U16G – 156pts, 1^st Place, Winners of 4*100m Relay

Wins for Abi M in ‘A’ 100m & ‘A’ Triple Jump

Win for Chloe A in ‘B’ 100m

Wins for Abi N in ‘A’ 200m & ‘A’ 300m

Win for Orla M in ‘B’ 300m

Win for Hattie B in ‘B’ 800m

Win for Isla K in ‘B’1500m

Wins for Shindara A-A in ‘B’ 80mH & ‘B’ Shot Put

Win for Lucy A in ‘B’ Long Jump

Wins for Olivia M in ‘A’ Shot Put, ‘A’ Hammer & ‘B’ Discus

Win for Timmy O in ‘A’ Discus

U18W – 161pts, 1^st Place, Winners of 4*100m Relay

Wins for Jasmin R-L in ‘A’ 100m & ‘A’ 200m

Wins for Lucy B in ‘B’ 100m, ‘B’ 200m & ‘A’ 400m

Win for Alicja Y in ‘B’ 400m

Win for Jessica W in ‘A’ 800m

Win for Niamh R in ‘B’ 800m

Wins for Chelsea C in ‘A’ 100mH & ‘B’ Long Jump

Win for Milana T in ‘B’ 100mH

Win for Katie L in ‘A’ Triple Jump

Wins for Monica M in ‘A’ Shot Put & ‘B’ Discus

Wins for Matilda H in ‘B’ Shot Put & ‘A’ Discus

U14B – 115pts, 3^rd Place

Win for Jacob A in ‘A’ 80mH

Win for Noah H in ‘A’ High Jump

Win for Luca W in ‘B’ Long Jump

U16B – 141pts, 2^nd Place

Win for Harry H in ‘A’ Pole Vault

Win for Jake R in ‘A’ High Jump

Wins for Hector J in ‘A’ Discus & ‘A’ Hammer

U18M – 121pts, 3^rd Place

Wins for Tom O in ‘B’ 200m & ‘A’ Pole Vault

Win for Ben S in ‘B’ 400m

Full gallery here

Report written and compiled by Richard Lee

A Huge Effort & Huge EYAL Win for CAC.

Our second fixture of the season took place at home and thankfully we dodged the weather that had been so awful in the run up to Sunday.

This on paper could have been quite a challenging fixture, with some tricky opponents in the line-up. We hosted Harlow, Basildon, Bedford, Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers, St. Albans and West Suffolk.

Overall we scored a quite incredible 895pts and ended up 226pts in front of our nearest rivals SBH.

This was definitely a record combined score for us as a club, but we believe it’s also a League record.

More amazingly, all 6 of our teams won their respective age/gender category outright –so success for the U14G, U16G, U18W, U14B, U16B and U18M. It’s incredible the strength in depth we are now creating in our Junior squad, backed up by the statistic that we even allocated all 50 of our Non-Scorer entitlement too.

In the other sister fixtures that day the 2 teams who bested their groups scored 860pts & 814pts respectively, so although we are top of the League Leaderboard , we clearly won’t have it all our own way come the Top-6 Cup Final in September. 

Thanks once again to our all of our graded Track & Field officials who ensured CAC scored a maximum of 70pts relating to their contribution and to those parents that filled-in to assist them on our events rota.

Whilst we praise help, thank you also to the Tea-Hut volunteers as Michelle tells me your hard work raised ~£1,200 which all goes back into the club coffers.

Lastly I’d like to give a big shout-out to Steve Wilkin, who didn’t sit down once in capturing 2,000+ photos from the day to give us such great memories of this fixture. I particularly like the one gracing this report that really epitomises the phrase ‘Leaving it all out there on the track’.

Highlights by Group:-

U14G – 123pts, 1^st Place

Win for Sadie D in ‘B’ 800m

Win for Laila R in ‘A’ 1500m

3 outstanding Wins for Obianuju N in Shot Put, Discus & Hammer

U16G – 154pts, 1^st Place

Win for Chloe A in ‘A’ 100m

Win for Isla K in ‘A’ 1500m

Win for Georgia M in ‘B’15800m

Win for Amy H ‘B’ 300mH

Win for Everly M in ‘A’ Long Jump

Win for Olivia M in ‘B’ Shot Put

Wins for Adanna U in ‘A’ Shot Put, ‘B’ Discus

Win for Saya S in ‘B’ Javelin

U18W – 158pts, 1^st Place, Winners of 4*100m Relay

Wins for Evelyn S in ‘B’ 100m & 200m

Wins for Alicja Y in ‘B’ 400m & ‘A’ High Jump

Win for Lily H in ‘A’ 400mH

Win for Jasmin R-L  in ‘A’ 200m

Win for Katie C in ‘A’ 800m

Win for Maddie P in ‘A’ Javelin

Win for Jessica W in ‘A’ 1500m

Win for Amelia G in ‘B’ 1500m

Wins for Chelsea C in ‘B’ High Jump, ‘A’ Long Jump

Wins for Milana T in ‘B’ Long Jump, ‘B’ Javelin

A trio of Wins for Monica M in ‘A’ Shot Put , ‘B’ Discus, ‘A’ Hammer

Wins for Matilda H in ‘B’ Shot Put & ‘A’ Discus

U14B – 133pts, 1^st Place, Winners of 4*100m Relay – pipping SBH on the line

Win for James P in ‘B’ 1500m

Win for Mason P in ‘B’ High Jump

Win for Micah U in ‘B’ Discus

Wins for Zach F in ‘B’ Shot Put & Javelin

U16B – 126pts, 1^st Place

Win for Jaydan A in ‘A’ TJ

Wins for Felix CB in ‘A’ 300mH, ‘B’ Long Jump

Win for Jake R in ‘A’ High Jump

Win for Oliver J in ‘B’ High Jump

Win for Hector J in ‘A’ Hammer

U18M – 131pts, 1^st Place, Winners of 4*100m Relay – also just holding off SBH on the line !

Win for Clark-Jr V in ‘A’ 100m

Win for Daniel P in ‘A’ 800m

Win for Luke W in ‘B’ 1500m

Wins for Jakub S in ‘A’ Long Jump & ‘B’ Shot Put

Win for Rafael A-L in ‘B’ Long Jump

Win for Oscar D in ‘A’ Hammer

Win for Zak W in ‘A’ Javelin

Thank you to all the athletes that participated, every single point scored is valuable and by filling as many events as we did is what contributed to that record total.

Our next fixture is Away in Hornchurch on 5/7 at Havering and I’m throwing down a 900pt challenge!

For all the images of the day click here.

Report written by Richard Lee.

A Perfect Start to our EYAL Campaign.

First of all I’d like to acknowledge the immense work of Roy Meadowcroft, who after many dedicated years of writing-up our Chelmsford AC junior results has decided it’s finally time to pass on the baton (pun definitely intended). I’ve some very big shoes to fill, so hopefully this commentary meets with his approval.

Our initial fixture of the season took place at The Ridlins Stadium in Stevenage on 26^th April and was the first time out for the newly revised League format of U14/U16/U18 teams.

As EYAL Champions 3 years in a row we had a lot to live up to but didn’t fail to disappoint. Our opponents were Stevenage, Watford, Hertford Phoenix, Thurrock, Harlow and Bedfordshire Lions.

The team scored an immense 850.5pts and ended up 218.5pts in front of our nearest rivals Herts.

4 out of 6 of our teams won their age/gender category outright – the U14G, U16G, U18W and U18M. It was also lovely to see a decent number of aspiring new athletes wearing the Green & Gold for the first time at a competition and very much bolstering the roster in our youngest groups.

In the other sister fixtures that day the 2 teams who won their groups scored 792pts & 745pts respectively, so we also went top of the early Leaderboard for the Top-6 Cup Final in September. 

Thanks to our all of our graded officials and parent-helpers who ensured that the day ran smoothly in almost perfect weather for competing.

Highlights by Group:-

U14G – 109.5pts, 1^st Place

Win for Jessica H in ‘B’ 1500m

Win for Felicity C in ‘B’ Long Jump

3 excellent second ‘A’ String places for Breanna D in 100m, Long Jump & High Jump

U16G – 155pts, 1^st Place, Winners of 4*100m Relay

Wins for Abi M in ‘A’ 100m & ‘A’ Triple Jump

Wins for & Chloe A in ‘B’ 100m & ‘A’ 80mH

Wins for Erin K ‘B’ 300m & ‘A’ 800m

Win for Ava K ‘B’ 800m

Win for Georgia M ‘B’ 1500m

Wins for Olivia M in ‘A’ Shot Put & ‘A’ Discus

Win for Shindara A in ‘B’ Shot Put

Win for Timmy O in ‘B’ Discus

Win for Saya A S in ‘A’ Javelin

Win for Zenobia W in ‘B’ Javelin

U18W – 167pts, 1^st Place, Winners of 4*100m Relay

Wins for Alicja Y in ‘B’ 100m & ‘B’ 400m

Win for Lily H in ‘A’ 200m

Wins for Jasmin R in ‘B’ 200m

Win for Orla M in ‘B’ 800m

Win for Maddie P in ‘B’ 1500m, ‘A’ Javelin

Win for Amelie S in ‘A’ 100mH

Wins for Chelsea in ‘B’ 100mH, ‘A’ High Jump, ‘B’ Long Jump

Wins for Amy P in ‘B’ High Jump, ‘B’ Javelin

Wins for Monica M in ‘A’ Shot Putt, ‘A’ Discus, ‘A’ Hammer

Wins for Matilda H in ‘B’ Shot Putt & ‘B’ Discus

U14B – 109pts, 3^rd Place

Win for Noah H in ‘A’ 1500m

Wins for Toby S in ‘B’ 80mH and ‘A’ Long Jump

Win for Mason P in ‘A’ High Jump

Win for Daniel S in ‘B’ High Jump

Wins for Zach F in ‘A’ Discus & ‘B’ Javelin

U16B – 120pts, 2^nd Place, Winners of 4*100m Relay

Win for Archie S in ‘B’ 300m

Win for Jamie G in ‘A’ 800m

Wins for Felix CB in ‘A’ 100mH, ‘B’ Long Jump

Win for Jake R in ‘A’ High Jump

Win for Ed D in ‘B’ High Jump

Win for Hector J in ‘A’ Discus

U18M – 132pts, 1^st Place, Winners of 4*100m Relay

Wins for Tom C in ‘A’ 400m & ‘A’ 1500m

Win for Joe D in ‘A’ 800m

Win for Ben S in ‘B’ 800m & ‘B’ High Jump

Win for Harry H in ‘A’ Pole Vault

Win for Charlie P in ‘A’ High Jump

Wins for Zak W in ‘A’ Javelin & ‘A’ Shot Putt

Thank you to all the athletes that participated, every point scored is valuable and filling as many events as possible is what contributes to such a high total for the club.

 Report written by Richard Lee.