Three Wins From Three puts CAC in the Box Seat for This Years EYAL Title.

At last the individual results from our home EYAL fixture are available, from the Power of 10, rather than the result sheets produced on the day and forwarded to all clubs. Pity that these have not been available to me for these would have shown how each age group aided our huge points tally of 882. Seeing the performances now all three age groups of girls and boys played their part in this huge win putting CAC in the driving seat to take the league title for a third successive year.

The under 17`s led the way with the girls only appearing in the top two of these events.  Amelie Scott and Chelsea Clarke took maximum points in the hurdles with Amelie winning the triple jump and taking second over the 100 metres. Chelsea won the high jump and was second in the long jump, The throws were dominated by Matilda Hewitt and Monica Malagala with maximum points from the shot putt and discus with Monica also first in the hammer event and Matilda winning the javelin. Of course there was solid support from others the only blot being no competitors in the middle distance races in which maximum points are generally normal. One can appreciate that in these events those featuring in the previous day’s Essex Schools which involved heats and finals should opt out. Pity that it seems that there is no back up for them as reserves.

The boys also excelled in the throws with Jeremy Anderson and Zak Williams scoring heavily. Austin Kelly and Max Chivers took full points from the 1500m whilst over 800m Joe Delaney and Daniel Pollard let only a solitary point being missed before pairing up in the triple jump and coming away with a similar result. Marcus Fazackerley and Dan Brown took full honours in the hurdles whilst the sprint pairing of Nathan Moses and Clarke Vernon in both 100 and 200 proved to go well. Harry Hughes took first place in the pole vault. For the under15 boys Bevan Dove recorded three firsts via the hammer, shot and discus - the later in the `B`string for Hector Johnson had taken the `A` result. Jake Read followed up his Essex Schools title with another win in the high jump and maximum points were gained in the 1500m via Jake Boarer and Josh Humphries.

For the under 15 girls Abigail McElroy won both 100 and 200m with the `B`strings also showing first placings. Having placed one and two in the previous day’s schools 800m Ava King and Erin Kelly moved down to the 300m and here claimed full points. Erin had doubled up having earlier won the 800 whilst the 1500 saw a win for Isla Kehoe. Maximum points from the hurdles via Cherrie Moss and Shindra Adeyemo with Shindra also covering other events with success. Zenobia Williams won the javelin whilst Olivia Mullineaux was perhaps one of the busiest athletes contesting shot, discus and hammer and placing second in each.

From the under 13`s Leila Robinson came up with a win in a personal best. Bella Kehoe over 800 also clocked a pb. In the 100m there was a win for Brenna Dosumu who also placed second in the high jump which saw LauraChandler winning the `B` string. For the boys Toby Stothard and Jack Armbruster took full points from the long jump. Mason Sanford and Dylan Law saw only one point slip away from the 800 metres but it was the consistency throughout the day which brought team success.

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Report written by Roy Meadowcroft