Team Blyth Juniors were in fine form at the Charles Stuart Open on Sunday, as they battled changeable conditions and some tricky situations. The day started with a scary moment for Hannah Wilson. As she lined up as the sole athlete in the 80m hurdles, she had total trust in her speed and stride pattern to navigate the 8 barriers. However, the 4th flight of hurdles had been placed on the incorrect marks by the officials, and as Hannah charged off hurdle 3, she was unable to make the gap to hurdle 4, clattering the hurdle with her trail leg and crashing to the floor. It was a nasty fall, but fortunately Hannah only suffered cuts and grazes. Luke Pichler was up next, recording a solid first ever 100m Hurdles race in a club record time, before he said a big personal best in the javelin, with Hannah returning from the first aid tent to also open her javelin campaign for the season. In the field, Oscar Pichler put in a strong series of performances in the field events, ahead of NECAA Champs in two weeks.
Elliot and Liliana both did themselves proud in the 600m, showing good pace judgement over the lap and a half race and fnishing with great times. Well done to both on fantastic running! Later in the afternoon, it was Caitlin’s opportunity to run in the 200m, however things didnt go to plan. From lane 8, she made a great start but thought she heard a false start called so stopped - whilst the race continued. Fortunately she was given the chance for a re-run - where she smashed her PB. Meanwhile, Milly Gosling was making her club debut in the 200m, in her first race for over 4 years. She ran a superb bend, but sadly took a fall in the home straight after suffering cramp. Luke Pichler was next up in the 300m and scorched to a huge victory with a well paced run, whilst the day finished in fine style in the 400m with Lauren Creaby showing superb flat speed and pace judgement. She became the first ever Blyth female to run under 60’s, a hugely impressive performance as she continues her fine start to the season.
Further afield, Alfie Ward was competing at the BUCS Championships in Manchester, going up against the best University students from all over the UK. He recorded a distance of 6.56m, which was a seasons best but not quite enough to qualify for the final.
Elsewhere, at our local Parkruns Frankie was 2nd at Whitley Bay, with Alex Fielding in 12th in 9:10. At South Beach, Libby Barber set a new PB of 10 minutes exactly, with Grace Thompson putting in a another great run.
Charles Stuart Open Results (Will be on this link when published)
South Beach Results
Whitley Bay Results
Blyth Links Parkrun Results
NEYDL - Next Fixture
Our next fixture is at SHILDON in on the 21st May. We would love to have another great turn-out! We appreciate this is a little further afield - we can look to car-share if needed. Contact Dan for more details, or check out www.teamblyth.com/neydl
CROP TOPS & CLUB VESTS
Diane Creaby has very kindly taken on the role of managing club vests and crop tops. If you wish to order/purchase one, please get in touch with her!
Diane’s contact number is 0772 8983541
Remember, we also have our very own range of Team Blyth Nike training kit, available via our Kitlocker store (details further down newsletter)
This weeks reporters:
Charles Stuart & Other news - Dan
A reminder that membership fees for 2023 are now due, details further down the newsletter.
We would love to have new contributors to the newsletter - this can be things like sourcing event info, more detailed race/event reports, and any other content that may be great to go in the newsletter. As it stands the newsletter rarely goes out on time, and is in danger of finishing entirely without new contributors. Contact Dan if you can help!
