Crewe & Nantwich’s U11 & U13 athletes once again competed with great success at the annual Tom Pink Relays & Highland Games, at Birmingham’s NIA in front of some 1500 spectators. Despite the strong opposition from eleven other athletics clubs, Crewe & Nantwich came away with 7 gold medals, 5 silvers and 4 bronzes; they were also 4th in seven times and 5th in a further ten events.
Crewe & Nantwich’s U11 & U13 athletes once again competed with great success at the annual Tom Pink Relays & Highland Games, at Birmingham’s NIA in front of some 1500 spectators. Despite the strong opposition from eleven other athletics clubs, Crewe & Nantwich came away with 7 gold medals, 5 silvers and 4 bronzes; they were also 4th in seven times and 5th in a further ten events.
GOLD medals went to: Ewan Ashman and Eve Nickisson in Weight for Distance, Rebecca Males in Caber, Shaunnah Murphy in Shot, U11 Girls’ 1000m Relay Team (Katie Hughes, Liberty Hughes, Rebecca Males, Ella Nicholls & Eve Nickisson), U11 Girls’ Over & Under Relay Team (Liberty Hughes, Ella Nicholls, Eve Nickisson & Amber Parry) and U13 Girls’ 3x500m Relay Team (Annie Huntbach, Shaunnah Murphy & Freya Taylor-Hatswell).
SILVER medals went to: Lewis Palin and Liberty Hughes in Long Jump, Jacob Farleigh and Ella Barker in Highland Steps, and Shaunnah Murphy in Weight for Height.
BRONZE medals went to: Ewan Ashman in Soft Javelin, Sophie Hughes in Caber, Monique Latham in Triple Jump, and U13 Boys’ 3x500m Relay Team (Fred Dobberson, Bailey Taylor & Sam West).
The other members of the successful team, many who just missed out on medals, and who should all be proud of their achievements, were Emily Ashman, Sam Baldwin, Katie Chesters, Ellis Creighton, Jess Croft, Harry Dobberson, John Draper, Hannah Gillespie, Eve Heaward, Sophie Hodson, Hepi Jolliffe, Sophie Murray, Ben Jones, Kian Nolan, Jordan Sides, Jack Shenton, Tommy Taylor, Dean Valentine, Harry Valentine, Sian Walker & Harry Ward. Full results can be found at www.englandathletics.org/news and additional photos can be viewed and purchased fromwww.mysportspix.net (although photos are under Tom Pink Relays 2010 instead of 2011). View some of the event on EA TV. Click here
Many thanks to all the athletes & supporters who came to the NIA, along with those who supported Wendy Valentine with team management & officiating roles – Fraser Ashman, Jonathan Ashman, David Dobberson, Nicola Godley, Rob Huntbach, Ruth Males, Rachel Taylor-Hatswell & Gemma Valentine.
Thanks to David for thr write up and Wwendy for the photos.