There was an indoor gold rush at Chelmsford on Sunday as club athletes struck gold six times at the Essex Indoor Championships.

After missing a medal at the South of England Champs last week Bethan Siddons bounced back to win the U17 high jump with 1.65m to equal Chloe Van Wulven's championship record from 2003.

Lucy Sargent returned to action with victory in the U20 Women's 60m. Her heat time of 7.7secs, equivalent to her electronically timed club record of 7.67s, was a championship record but in the final she was a tenth slower but still was undisputed champion.

Just one week after her South of England silver-double Nicola Hill claimed double gold in the county event. She took the U17 Women's long jump title in 5.01m before winning the 60m hurdles with 9.0s, fractionally outside her best.

Vincent Lazaro was another long jump winner, taking the U20 Men's event with 6.33m and the sixth and final gold went to Chris Warden who claimed his first county title when winning the U17 Men's 60m hurdles with 9.0s.

Two further medals came by way of Joseph Ramie who added silver & bronze with his U17 long jump and triple jump efforts. Lisa Schofield (U20 hurdles – 4^th) and Sophie Baggs (U15 high jump 5^th – also claimed top 6 final spots.

Results

U20 Men: Long Jump – 1^st – Vincent Lazaro – 6.33m; 60m heat – Lazaro 7.8s (PB) 

U17 Men: 60m Hurdles – 1^st – Chris Warden – 9.0secs; Long Jump – 2^nd – Joseph Ramie 5.40m; Triple Jump – Ramie 3^rd – 11.75m

U15 Boys 60m heat Adam Samuel 9.3s

U20 Women: 60m – 1^st – Lucy Sargent 7.8s (heat 7.7s – CBP); 60m Hurdles – 4^th – Lisa Schofield 9.8s (2^nd heat 9.8s)

U17 Women: 60m Hurdles – 1^st – Nicola Hill 9.0s (1^st heat – 9.2s); Long Jump – 1^st – Hill 5.01s; High Jump – 1^st – Bethan Siddons 1.65m (=CBP)

U15 Girls ; 60m Hurdles – 2^nd heat – Sam Hill 10.3s; 4^th heat – Nicola Peachey 10.8s; 4^th heat – Sophie Baggs 11.1s; 60m – Peachey 9.4s; High Jump – 5^th - Baggs 1.30m (=PB); Long Jump – 14^th – Peachey 3.98m; 21^st – Nicole Dalton 3.70m; Shot – 6^th – Baggs 6.32m