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Thursday 3rd
January 2008 saw the annual indoor county championships held at St Austell
Rugby Club. Dave Varney writes:
With the
prospect of there being no Sportshall Championships since the County League
started in 1993, Newquay & Par Athletic Club took on the responsibility with
the help of the County Development Officer, Mo Pearson, to host the event at
Tregorrick Park, St Austell for the first time.
The club
approached their indoor training facility provider, The Cornwall Table
Tennis Centre who agreed to extend their usual Thursday booking at no extra
cost & gained support from the adjacent St Austell Rugby Club who
re-arranged bookings to enable the use of both halls.
The High
Jump, Shot & foam Javelin competitions were fitted into a two hour slot in
the Rugby Club Sports Hall, with the running events, long / triple jump,
vertical jump, balance beam, overhead throw & speed bounce over a four hour
period in the Table Tennis Centre.
The main
priority was to select teams to represent Cornwall in the South West
Championships, firstly for the under 11's, two weeks later & then the Under
13 & Under 15 age groups, leading to the National Championships in March.
There was
uncertainty about the numbers that would make the Championships given the
Christmas period & school break but a terrific response from athletes,
schools & parents throughout the County saw 102 young athletes competing for
the Championship medals & certificates, as well as the team selection
places.
Although
'track' records are held, these vary given the length of the halls
concerned, previously Penair School & Truro College, given the times
recorded & class of some of the athletes involved, it is clear that this
venue would have been longer than the College hall, however, there is no
disputing the Record broken by under 15 Shot Putter, Matthew Halton (N&P),
who launched the 4kg shot out to a massive 15.95m with his opening throw,
smashing the 1996 Record of Adrian Rawling at 14.69m. The remainder of the
four Under 15 events, 2 lap. 4 lap, Standing Long Jump & Vertical jump were
all won by Robert Newcombe (CAC)
The under 15
numbers were small but still provided quality performances from track star
Lamorna Newman (CAC) in the 2 Lap & 4 Lap races against under 15 Boys &
2.20m in the standing long jump with Philippa Brett (N&P) on form for the
Vertical Jump & Speed Bounce wins.
In the under
13 Boys Liam Littlejohns from (CAC) was a triple winner in the 2 lap, 4 lap
& high jump. Will Harvey produced a double win in the 1 lap hurdles &
standing long jump. In the under 13 Girls Lowena Jones (CAC) won a hat trick
of events in the 2 Laps, 4 Laps & standing long jump. Maria Brett won the
vertical jump & triple jump. Karis Harrington (N&P) was almost three metres
clear in the Shot put with a new best of 8.52m.
Under 11,
Charlotte Cayton-Smith (N&P) not only won her own age group 1 Lap, 2 Lap &
Standing Triple Jump but also moved up to Under 13 to take the High Jump
victory with 1.30m. Libby Cock (CAC) came close to 2 metres in the standing
Long Jump at 1.99m & added the Vertical Jump.
Plymouth's
Alastair Tamblyn was also a classy speed specialist winning the Under 11
Boys 1 lap & 2 lap in style. Shay Drew (N&P) was a double winner in the
Standing Triple Jump & Speed Bounce, Corey Cross won both the 1 lap hurdles
& foam javelin, Todd Mitchell won the standing long jump & balance test and
Brandon Keast won the vertical jump & overhead ball throw.
To give the
younger children a taster for future competion, for the first time in it's
history an Under 9 competition was added. In the U9 boys competition Thomas
Wills (CAC) left with an outstanding 4 gold medals in the 1 lap, 2 lap,
standing long jump & speed bounce. In the girls competition Katie Jones won
the 1 lap & standing long jump & Kerenza Hurr won both the vertical jump &
speed bounce.
 
Other
Champions:
Under 9 Girls
- Bethany Trevail (N&P) l lap hurdles; Shannon Cleverley foam javelin
Under 9 Boys
- Arlo Brideland (Fowey) vertical jump; Nathan Cock (CAC) foam javelin
Under 11
Girls - Maylor Chapman (N&P) 1 lap hurdles; Dashiell Murray (N&P) Balance
Test; Jodie Flynn (CAC) Speed Bounce; Claudia Dominguez (CAC) Overhead Ball
& Sophia Bishop (N&P) Foam Javelin
Under 11 Boys
- Todd Mitchell (MBH) Standing Long Jump; Jack Durston (N&P) Vertical Jump;
Tom Morcombe (Roche School) Balance Test & Brandon Keast (N&P) Overhead Ball
throw
U13 Girls -
Evie Parish-Roberts (N&P) 1 lap hurdles; Rebeca Hocking (CAC) Speed Bounce ;
Under 13 Boys
- James Housman (N&P) Speed Bounce; Callum Jones (CAC) Shot Putt
U15 Girls -
Caroline Harvey (N&P) Shot Putt
CAC =
Cornwall AC; N&P = Newquay & Par AC & MBH = Mounts Bay Harriers |
