Eastern Young Athletes League Final – Bedford - Sunday 12 September 2004

TOTAL u13g u15g u17w u13b u15b u17m
1st  Bedford  528 pts 83 92.5 71 89 99.5 93
2nd Herts Phoenix 503 pts 76 94 106 58 83 86
3rd  Basildon 481 pts 54 76 94 75 94 88
4th  Havering Mayesbrook 415 pts 45 80 81 52 82.5 74.5
5th Chelmsford 395.5 pts 91 45 35 75 54 95.5
6th Cambridge & Coleridge 370.5 pts 47 49.5 76 46 65 87

A lack-lustre performance by the young athletes team saw them finish fourth in the Eastern Young Athletes League Final at Bedford on Sunday. Despite some good individual results the team were never in the frame to defend their trophy and finished way off the pace

The under 17 women and under 15 girls were best placed, each in third.

The under 17 women achieved their placing despite the absence of eight key athletes in action at the Derby junior final. Christina Kalejaiye returned to the young athletes team after a 15 month break and showed that she has lost none of her speed as she sped to a sprint double.  Lisa Schofield was in winning form dipping under 12 seconds for the first time in the 80m hurdles, while Robyn Delivett won the B 300m event.  Lauren McVicar capped a busy day with a javelin PB for second and Carla Schofield stepped up from the u15 ranks to claim second in the B discus.

Frankie Calder's double set up a third place finish for the under 15 girls. She claimed maximum points in winning the 200m and threw the shot further than before for victory. The improving Nicola Hill emerged victorious in the 200m B, and set a legal PB in placing second in the 75m hurdles. Bethan Siddons confirmed her recent good form with a confident high jump win and Charlotte Humphreys defied the blustery conditions to take the 800m B.

The usually dominant under 15 boys could place no better than fourth. Powerful sprint ace Eugene Ayanful was well clear of the opposition in both 100 and 200m, while national champion Bonne Buwembo had almost a ten metre margin in wining the javelin. B string success was earned by Ben Warden in the discus and Paul Adair's 800m run.

But the remaining age groups struggled to make an impact against top class fields. The under 13 boys had no winning hands and wound up fifth as star turn Harrison Ellis found a shot PB only good enough for second, a position he matched in the high jump.

Both the under 17 men and under 13 girls were sixth out of six. 

The under 17 men's match was the most closely fought contest but the HMAC lads were still ten points adrift of the closely contested top five. Rookie hurdler Richard Demko was the sole victor as he set new 100m hurdles landmarks, while his A string partner Anthony Williams took five-tenths off his PB but was still last. The highlights for the under 13 girls was a discus double from Jessica Humphreys and Rebecca Luck.

It was a disappointing end to a successful season for the combined boys and girls squad, whose performances in the National YAL had promised a better result in this end of season swansong, but on the day their below-par performance saw them well beaten by teams they would normally see off with comfort. 

Under 17 Girls

 Event

 “A” STRING

 RESULT

 POS

 “B” STRING

RESULT

POS

 100m

Christina Kalejaiye

12.80w

1

Lisa Schofield

13.38w

3

 200m

Christina Kalejaiye

27.23w

1

Rachel Gildea

30.11w

5

 300m

Lauren McVicar

44.92

3

Robyn Delivett

45.85

1

 800m

Vicki Smith

2:39.44

5

Rachel Gildea

2:38.68

3

 1500m

Vicki Smith

5:24.63

4

Jade Edwards

5:36.11

4

 80m H

Lisa Schofield

11.98w PB

1

Lauren McVicar

15.70

3

 Long J

Lisa Schofield

4.90

2

Robyn Delivett

3.35

6

 High J

 Shot

Christina Kalejaiye

8.39

4

Carla Schofield

3.91

5

 Discus

Vicki Smith

27.26

4

Carla Schofield

13.96

2

 Javelin

Lauren McVicar

28.85 PB  

2

Carla Schofield

8.65

4

4x100mR

 

53.16

3

Under 15 Girls

 Event

 “A” STRING

 RESULT

 POS

 “B” STRING

RESULT

POS

 100m

Frankie Calder

13.26w

4

Louisa Wood

14.54w

5

 200m

Frankie Calder

27.70

1

Nicola Hill

28.66w

1

 800m

Ingrid Deane

2:32.53

4

Charlotte Humphreys

2:38.10

1

 1500m

Hayley Thomas

5:17.88

3

Michaela Roberts

6:03.43

5

 75m H

Nicola Hill

12.07

2

Catrina McAuliffe

13.14w

4

 Long J

Bethan Siddons

4.28

5

Nicola Hill

4.27

3

 High J

Bethan Siddons

1.55

1

Michaela Roberts

1.10

5

 Shot

Frankie Calder

9.15

1

Catrina McAuliffe

7.31

4

 Discus

Lauren Newton

20.65

4

Catrina McAuliffe

19.29

3

 Javelin

Georgie Lou Sales

20.49

5

Lauren Newton

9.44

3

4x100mR

 

56.62

3

Under 13 Girls 

 Event

 “A” STRING

 RESULT

 POS

 “B” STRING

RESULT

POS

 100m

Lilla Jacks

14.3w

4

Rebecca Clements

14.93

5

 200m

Lilla Jacks

31.46

4

Alex Edwards

32.63w

6

 800m

Rebecca Luck

2:57.2

5

Lois Smith

2:59.68

6

 1500m

Georgia Davies

5:36.36

3

Laura Bunton

6:06.54

3

 70m H

Jessica Humphreys

14.4w

6

Samantha Hill

16.03w

6

 Long J

Lois Smith

3.57

6

Rebecca Clements

3.27

6

 High J

Rebecca Luck

3.49

4

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 Shot

Jessica Humphreys

6.09

6

Georgia Davies

5.85

5

 Discus

Jessica Humphreys  

20.45

1

Rebecca Luck

20.62

1

 4x100m R

 

59.76

4

Under 17 Boys

Event

‘A’ String

Result

Pos

‘B’ String

Result

Pos

100m

Chris Clements

12.11w

6

Danny Nunn

12.24

5

200m

Michael Waller

23.97w

4

Chris Clements

25.18

5

400m

Michael Waller

52.57

2

David Nefs

53.39

2

800m

Ashley Reece

2:03.88

2

Andrew Luck

2:17.86

6

1500m

Ashley Reece

4:17.84

2  

Lewis Huckfield

4:53.52

4  

100m H

Anthony Williams

15.18w PB

6

Richard Demko

15.83w PB

1

High Jump

Michael Jenkins

1.60

4=

Anthony Williams

1.60

3

Long Jump

Anthony Williams

5.64

3

Danny Nunn

5.33

3

Triple Jump

Andrew Luck

11.51 ?PB

4

Richard Demko

10.72

3

Shot

Chris Newton

9.57

5

Ashley Reece

7.83

6

Discus

Chris Newton

29.25

3

Jay Ryan

21.60

4 

Javelin

Jay Ryan

27.81

6

Chris Newton

27.55

5

4x100m R

 

50.3

6

Under 15 Boys

100m

Eugene Ayanful

11.48w

1

Gary Tonks

12.49w

4

200m

Eugene Ayanful

24.36w

1

Gary Tonks

26.61

5

400m

Grant Twist

63.27

6

Daniel Winters

66.61

5

800m

Matt Bloy

2:13.22

2

Paul Adair

2:13.67

1

1500m

Matthew Watkins

4:48.20

2

Joe Webster

5:10.54

5

80m H

Craig Moore

15.34

6

Vincent Lazaro

24.25

6

High Jump

Nat Senior

1.55

3=

Craig Moore

1.20

6

Long Jump

Nat Senior

5.42

4

Vincent Lazaro

5.29

4

Shot

Ben Warden

10.07

5

Gary Tonks

9.35

3

Discus

Bradley Reece

28.64

2

Ben Warden

26.53

1

Javelin

Bonne Buwembo

53.50

1 

Cafer Gunay

34.84

2

4x100m R