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THE AAA FIELD EVENTS
TEAM CHALLENGE |
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The purpose of the AAA Field Events Team Challenge is to stimulate children to take part and enjoy field event competition and its introduction at Lee Valley certainly met this target. The events including some specially adapted Highland activities crated lots of enthusiasm and some good results. Of particular note was the excellent achievement of 12 year old Ben Grey of Enfield & Haringey Harriers who threw a 5kg ‘D’ ball over a bar set at 5 metres high. This is no mean feat and according to the instructor, Highland Champion Graeme Allan who had travelled down to London to oversee the Highland activities, this was well in access of any known previous performance. Graeme’s wife, Vicci introduced and judged the Highland Steps, a very difficult test based on highland dancing, requiring good coordination at high speed but the youngsters rose to the Challenge and demonstrated that they had the dancing skills to match the Scottish dancers. BEST PERFORMANCES Under 11 Girls Soft Javelin Nicole Davies Woking AC 16 mtrs, Nicole Claytor Herts Phoenix 16 mtrs Caber Lizzie Parry Herts Phoenix 27 pts Weight for Distance (1kg) Nermeen Hilton Tower Hamlets 14.5 mtrs St Long Jump Daisy Lee Herts Phoenix 1.98 mtrs Highland Steps Daisy Lee Herts Phoenix 47 steps, Isabelle Lewis - Dodson Lee Valley 47 steps Under 11 Boys Soft Javelin Liam Andrews Lee Valley 15 mtrs Caber Vincent Stacey Lee Valley 28 pts Weight for Distance (1.5kg) Nathan Parker Brighton & Hove 10.75 mtrs St. Long Jump Daniel Betts Herts Phoenix 2.04 mtrs Highland Steps Daniel Betts Herts Phoenix 52 steps Under 13 Girls Weight for Distance (1.5kg) Ella Spurgeon Brighton & Hove 11 mtrs, Emily Simon Enfield & Haringey 11 mtrs Weight for Height Iyabo Adekunde Enfield & Haringey 5kg at 4 mtrs St. Long Jump Kaeshelle Cooke Lee Valley 2.27 mtrs Highland Steps Megan Smart Enfield & Haringey 46 steps Shot (2.72kg) Iyabo Adekunde Enfield & Haringey 8.71 mtrs Under 13 Boys Weight for Distance (2kg) Ben Grey Enfield & Haringey 13.75 mtrs Weight for Height Ben Grey Enfield & Haringey 5kg at 5 mtrs St Long Jump Joseph Dewar Woodford Green 2.44 mtrs Highland Steps George Bazire Brighton & Hove 47 steps Shot (3.25kg) Josh Foulkes Woking 6.87 mtrs RESULT OF FIELD EVENT TEAM COMPETITION 1. HERTS PHOENIX 124pts 2. LEE VALLEY 114pts 3. BRIGHTON & HOVE 107pts 4. WOKING AC 98pts 5. ENFIELD & HARINGEY 72pts 6. TOWER HAMLETS 60pts 7. WOODFORD GREEN 55pts Visit of Bernadino Lombao Bernardino, a TV Promote from Madrid came with his son Nacho to see this programme in action. He has already introduced the Sportshall Athletics concept into Spain with some ‘Spanish’ variations and it has been broadcast as a very successful childrens TV programme. Bernardino and George Bunner have plans to streamline the presentation and there is a suggestion that the concept could be used in connection with the World Indoor Championship when they are held in Valencia. Also, there is a possibility of a future international competition in the form of a pursuit (as in cycling) using the split screen technique and a single starting pistol for the races in two separate venues. |
