Sport, Wimborne | Posted on November 25th, 2024 | return to news
Good year for Wimborne Athletics Club
A celebration evening was held at Wimborne Town Football Clubhouse marking a very good year for the club.
Wimborne Athletic Club celebrated a very good year at the Wimborne Town Football Clubhouse on Friday 16 November. Club chairman Jason Hall picked up on a comment from regional support officer Richard Ayling after his visit the previous week that it wasn’t just about the quality training but that everyone was enjoying themselves.
Competition for trophies was often fierce and in a number of cases the trophies had to be shared. The club has some of the top performers in their age group in the country, including top under-13 javelin thrower Mila Desborough who won her age group trophy and the Best Performance Award. Will Langridge gained International Honours in the under-17 triple jump, and Harry Ryan was unbeaten in the under-15 hurdles and shared the Male Best Performance award. Harry also won the Hurdles Award.
Other age group trophies were won by Abigail Hartley and Joseph Mears in the under-11s and Ethan Bodman in the under-13s. Olivia Jones and Elliott Trickey won the under-15 trophies with Elliott also taking home the Jonathan Edwards Triple Jump trophy. Winter Stobart and James Froud were under-17 winners as were Isla Dalton and Jakob Roberts in the under-20s and Millie Gollings and Dave Pearson in the Senior category. Lottie Parks won the best Female Newcomer and Arthur Cox and new coach Jeff Richards shared the male version of the trophy.
Kayla Robbins retained the High Jump trophy and the Carol Hollins Long Jump trophy was shared by Tilly Pretty, Lila Richards and Laila Baines in recognition of their progress in this very active group. Bethany Cassidy, who was second to Mila nationally in the javelin but also featured strongly in the discus and hurdles, won the Throws trophy. Ava Elliott-Smith and Samual John won the sprint trophies with Tom Williams and Rosie Gollings triumphant in the Middle Distance Awards. Fraser Baird and Olivia Eves gained the Cross Country awards, and there were Fidelity Awards for Cross Country runners Louis Verdi and Millie Haynes. The steeplechase award was taken home by Jack Williams and the Multi Events award by Cameron Hartley.
The Hill Ford award went to the under-13 girls squad who won their age group in the South West League. The Robin Blackburn Trophy went to the events team of Bethen Hartley, Rachel Trickey and Lynn Waller for their very active support role. The Clare Bailey trophy for effort and commitment was shared by Maisie Robbins and the Manning Family, and Molly Dicker won the Catherine Rawles Memorial Cup for her performance as an under-11 over 600 metres.
Ashley Long was nominated as Coach of the Year for his work with the Javelin Group. Anita Hayward and Paula Hine shared the prestigious Les Phillips award for their all round contribution to the life of the club covering work with the hurdles group, the under-11s group, team management and officiating.
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