Clee AC See County Team Through to Birmingham
In the Regional Sportshall Finals at Halifax last Sunday the Under 15 Girls team took first place to qualify for the National Finals, usually held in the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham. This is a great result which is the result of many years hard work and enthusiasm by the Humberside team managers over the years and a special word of acknowledgement is due to the unceasing commitment of Margaret Saville. The team of 6 plays in an all-rounder competition with each athlete taking part in 3 events plus relays. Three of the team were from Cleethorpes namely Rachel Bell, Casey Barber and Amelia Walton and all three won individual medals. Rachel was 2nd in the 4 Lap race and the Speed Bounce and 3rd in the Standing Long Jump. Amelia came 3rd. in the Vertical Jump and Casey 2nd. in the 2 lap race. By also winning both the 4 x 2 relay and the 8 Lap Paarlauf success was assured along with First Place overall confining the strong West Yorkshire team to Second place. The Under 15 Boys which included Kyle Catmull, Harry Stewart, Matthew Blake and Jo Boyd from our Club came 3rd overall with a good team effort with Kyle Catmull gaining the 3rd place medal in the Speed Bounce. The Second strongest performance of the day came from the U13 Boys team.Thomas Pullan (High Jump 2nd. and 3rd in the 6 Lap race ) and Bradley Mortlock ( 2nd in the Vertical Jump and also 2nd in the 6 Lap Race ) led the way. Tyreece Walrond gained 2nd. place in the 2 Lap race. Good results in the Relays and Paarlauf and hard efforts from Jonathan Smith and Matthew Church all helped to gain a fine overall 2nd.place in the competition. Only the winning team proceeds to Birmingham. Three Under 13 Girls from Our Club represented Humberside in their team. Darby Fytche and Lucy Togher earned good results in the 4 Lap race, the Vertical Jump and the Shot Putt and Olivia Evans achieved the 3rd. place medal in the Standing Long Jump. Well done to Cleethorpes AC's athletes for their consistent support of Sportshall Athletics over many years. Stavro Dibder who is well versed in the History of Sportshall has no hesitation in awarding his accolade to Margaret Saville
Date News Created: 20/02/12
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