Bury AC Young Athletes Mini League - 14 August 2013

The 5 young athletes who represented our Training group and Stockport Harriers on Wednesday night performed extremely well. I am very pleased with the fact that our athletes are totally comfortable in competing in a very wide range of events, through the training that they do. This will ensure correct and appropriate athletic development for them. There were 12 medals won on the evening (5 Gold, 2 Silvers and 5 Bronzes) but what pleased me the most was: the numerous examples of improvement in technique; the evidence that our focus on Speed training is producing results in running, jumping and throwing and the fabulous attitude and commitment the children have towards all the events. With consistent training and keeping to the model that we use, the progress will continue. Congratulations to: William, Ben and Sophia for their excellent PBs in the Long Jump. I would also like to highlight; yet another Sprinting Win for Sophia; a great 3rd in the Javelin for William; an excellent debut 3rd in the 600m for our youngest athlete Davey (Yr 2 running against Yr 3s) and an excellent 2nd place for Ben in the Javelin (Yr 4 competing against Yr 5s). The Group has a lot of good, very young, athletes coming through, who are demonstrating so well how to deal with competition.

Finally, a special mention for Sam. He gained a good PB in the 600m and pulled off the stand out performance of the evening in the U11 Long Jump with an enormous 4m 10cm jump. To put this result into perspective, it is 1 cm off the Stockport Harrier U11 record and even though he is not an U13, as yet, he is ranked 466th, within this age group, in the whole of the UK!! Sam is focusing more and more on his technique across all events and as our senior athlete, on this occasion, also represented our multi-event training group really well by doing: Sprinting & Middle distance running, the Long Jump and the Javelin. Well Done Sam !

Once again I'd like to thank all the parents for the excellent support they give to their children, the training group as a whole and to myself. Thank you !

Bury AC Young Athletes Mini League results - 14th August 2013