Our Juniors top the Medal Table at the County Relay Champs.

The Essex Relay Championships staged at Southend saw eight of our teams triumph. The under 17`s gave us four of these via the men`s 4 x 100m (44.5s) with the women lifting the titles of 4 x 100 (49.3s), 4 x 300 (2m 54.4s) and the 3 x 800 (7m 08.5s).

In the under 15`s category the boys won 4 x 300 in 2m 53.4s and the 3 x 800 (6m57.9s) and the girls found their success in the 4 x 100 (50.4s) and the 3 x 800 (7m16.5s) At under 13`s level the boys just missed out on pole position being second in the 4 x 100 in 56.7s.

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Report Written by Roy Meadowcroft

National Success for our U15 & 17's

The England open championships for under 15 and 17 year athletes staged at Birmingham Alexandra Stadium found some 20 youngsters wearing the colours of Chelmsford AC competing for honours with two right on top of the podium come the presentations.

Both were to come from the shot putt with Jeremy Andersen taking the under 15 boys title as he recorded a personal best of 15.84m. In the discus event Jeremy placed 5th with 37.03m. In the same age group Monica Malagala took the girls title with a putt of 13.30m, in the discus a throw of 32.41m brought her a silver medal whilst in the hammer throw a distance of 43,22m was the reward of a pb and 5th place. After his success in all the championships this season it was a rare defeat for Joshua Babalola in the under 15 boys hammer. A throw of 52.98m, whilst below his best of 58.30m earlier in the month at Stoke, this time put into second place as William Stander of Woodford Green came up with a pb of 53.32. There was a second place gained by Amy Pugsley in the triple jump recording 10.74m to show her versatility after her performance in the pentathlon earlier in the month. Amy also just missed out on a medal in the high jump a 1.57m putting into 4th place.  After her second place in the English Schools 800m it was another second place for Ezrah Harrold this time in the under 15 girls 1500m with a time of 4m 38.15s. For Daniel Brown a pb of 55.08s in the 400m hurdles for under 17`s earnt him the bronze medal. Out of the awards but performing with distinction with pb`s were Sophie Catchpole 300m hurdles 5th in 43.66s, Amelie Scott 11.75s over the 80m whist also contesting the triple jump, 4th, and long jump, 5th, in the under 15 year hurdles Chelsea Clarke ran 11.27s for a pb to win her heat before placing 6th in the final. In the under 15 boys 3000m Jacob Parrott finished 8th and the girls race for under 15`s saw Ava King 9th and Erin Kelly 10th. Under 17`s Daisy Stollery ran a pb for her 7th place.

Included in the programme were the multi events for under 20`s and here Zion Atebe with a pb of 4551 points placed 5th - other pb`s on route came from the long jump and 800 metres. Rosie Townley also set a pb with a total of 3776 points.  In the men`s Senior decathlon event Kristian Brown placed 15th scoring 6035 points.

Report Written by Roy Meadowcroft

Our Juniors are Crowned EYAL Champions for the Second Year in a Row.

Another huge win from the home EYAL fixture made it impossible for the three clubs chasing CAC to make headway, despite notching up their fourth victory - as mentioned previously the fixture list was to avoid last season’s top four clubs meeting.

Our success came through solid team work as each age group, girls and boys, took the pole position. It is this that has brought about us retaining the league title (Havering have a fixture left but require 868 points to overhaul us), now we should look to retain the end of season `CUP FINAL` on 8th September at Shaftesbury Barnet. 

Where should one start. Not only many individual wins but a glut of personal bests throughout the day.

The under 13 boys saw Motiejus Norkus (4.47m) and Max Good (4.42) up their previous best in the long jump whilst Bevan Dove with 21.86m did likewise in the discus after a win in the shot putt. Mat Vickers as the `B` string ensured that these two events brought maximum points.  The 800 metres also gave us double success via Mason Sanford and Thomas Burgoyne. It was to be the field events that the under 15 boys took most satisfaction. Jeremy Andersen with a pb in the high jump(1.60m) and shot putt (16.15m) and taking second spot in the discus. George Dixon (12.2s) and Jake Read (12.6s) won over the hurdles with pb`s George also improved on his javelin best. Back to the track and it was a good win for Jacob Parrott over the 1500 metres. From the under 17`s there came many full points. James Becker and Harry Marshall dominated the sprints, Dylan Robins(800m) and Thomas Carter (1500m) led the way home with support from Ben Smith and Austin Kelly. Stephen Adesina won the pole vault, long jump and shot putt, Harry Lee first over the hurdles and `B` string long jump. And then to Oscar Dove setting pb`s at both triple jump (11.35m) and hammer (46.51m).

And so to the girls and here it`s difficult to keep up with the pb`s. In the under 13`s Shindra Adeyemo came up with three – hurdles (12.0s), long jump (4.30m) and the shot putt (8.58m). Hannah Bello `B`string shot, Maddie Moss -javelin- Orla Martin and Georgia Matthews both achieved pb`s in picking up full points over the 800m as did Isla Kehoe in the 1500m. No different as we move to the under 15`s. Alicja Yalaju won with her best times over the 100m and 300m supported in the later by Erin Kelly also setting her best time - as indeed she had indeed done over the 800m earlier in the day. Lily Sanford in the 800m came up with her best as did Ava King in the 1500m. Chelsea Clarke had an outstanding day with three wins - hurdles, high jump and long jump and all improvement`s on her best. Maximum points from the throws with Monica Malagala winning the shot, discus and hammer. There was also trebles for Matilda Hewitt in the under 17`s throws with her best coming from the shot putt - a pb of 13.10m. Lily Frost, discus, and Sophie Gardner, shot, won the `B` strings. Sophie Catchpole and Milana Thorpe took full points from the hurdles, Sophie also won over the 300m with Sienna Shipton taking the `B` race. Sienna also ensured that full points came from the 800m together with Lottie Wilkin, and the triple jump with Olivia Hall. Daisy Stollery provided a win in the 1500 and to wrap things up the 4 x 100 relay brought about another first.

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