Track & Field

2011 TRACK & FIELD SEASON – A RECORD YEAR?

It doesn’t seem that long ago when we were looking forward to the first open meeting at the beginning of April, but now its time for a brief round up of the 2011 Track & Field season.

There was a large variety of competitions which Wimborne AC athletes took part in, ranging from league matches and open meetings, through to the national schools and UK age group championships. To plagiarise a popular TV show title … Wimborne’s Got Talent!

Our league commitments included the South West League, Southern Women’s League, Southern Men’s League, and the UK Young Athletes League. This year also saw a very successful inaugural Quadkids League for Dorset athletic clubs, providing outdoor competition for our under-11 athletes through the summer.

Our team performance in the South West League was the best for many years, attaining third place in our division. We had a great turnout of athletes for all four fixtures in this league and fabulous team spirit, matched by some fabulous individual performances.

For the UK Young Athletes League, we join together with three other Dorset Clubs to field a composite team (Team Dorset) in the Premier Division. In a high quality competition, our athletes again performed really well enabling the team to defend their position in that division finishing in sixth place.

There were also some good team performances in both the Southern Men’s and Southern Women’s leagues - both entered as Team Dorset also. Our athletes helped Team Dorset to second place in Division 1 West in the women's league, and sixth place in Division 2 West in the men's league.

We had a number of county champions and schools county champions this year and many were given the opportunity to compete for Dorset at the South West Counties competitions, both in individual events and also the multi-events.

The competition for places in the Dorset team for the English Schools Championships at Gateshead was high this year – we had 4 athletes in the club who all achieved the entry standards for their events. It was great to see Hannah Winton selected for, and competing in, these championships. She came a creditable 12th in the triple jump which was a great achievement. It was a pity that none of the other three athletes were selected – next year maybe?

We also had Jack Snook competing in the UK Under-17 age group championship at Bedford. He finished tenth equal in the pole vault, another great performance in Wimborne colours.

We also need to congratulate Annabelle Brown on being selected to represent Dorset at the English Schools Multi-Events Championships being held over the weekend of 17/18 September. Well done Annabelle on finishing 13th in the UK.

As you can see, it has been an extremely busy, and very successful, season for the club, but has it been a record year? Absolutely! We had so many great individual performances – there seemed to be personal bests (PBs) for someone at every fixture we went to – too numerous to mention. However, those PBs that were also club records should be highlighted:

U13    800                   Piers Copeland            2:20.4
U13    1500                 Piers Copeland            4:39.9
U15    1500                 Ryan Walbridge           4:27.3
U17    1500                 Callum Kennedy           4:35.6
U17    3000                 Callum Kennedy           9:58.8
U17    Pole Vault        Jack Snook                   3.90m

It has certainly been a while since so many club records were set in one season.

Well done to all of our athletes for their performances, and a massive ‘thank you’ to all of our volunteers and parents for supporting and helping out at our competitions this year. You should all be proud of your achievements this year.

Steve Snook

TRACK & FIELD COMPETITIONS AND EVENTS

Wimborne AC provides athletes over the age of 11 with competition opportunities
in the following Track & Field Leagues throughout the summer season:

Southern Men - click Here for results and tables

Southern Women - click Here for results and tables

UK Young Athletes League - click Here for results and tables

South West League - click Here for results and tables

There are also many other championship and open events throughout the year,
including a new Under 11's league

Wimborne AC-Dorchester AC-Poole AC-Weymouth SPH

One of the purposes for forming the Team Dorset Athletics Network is to provide a range of competition
to satisfy the needs of all athletes in the Team Dorset member clubs. This is an ongoing development.
Teams will be selected on a performance basis.

Keep team managers aware of your best performances.

MANAGERS

YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE
Under 13 - Under 15 - Under 17

Robin Curtis – Rupert Jones

SOUTHERN MEN’S LEAGUE

Tim Harris 07709 838463

SOUTHERN WOMEN’S LEAGUE

Sen / U17W Peter Impett 01202 880767

U15G Lorraine Winton 01258 456178
 

WIMBORNE AC DATES - 2011 TRACK & FIELD SEASON

Date              Event                                                   Venue (age groups)                                   

APRIL

Sun 3           Bournemouth Spring Open                  All Bournemouth                   Click Here for report
Sat 9           Team Dorset Invitation Meet                 U15-13 Bournemouth
Sun 17        Southwest League                                 All Braunton                          Click Here for report
Sat 30         Southern Women’s League                  SW-U15 Oxford                   Click Here for results

MAY

Sat 7           Southern Men’s League                        SM Portsmouth                    Click Here for results
SaSu 7/8    Dorset Combined Events                     All Millfield
Sun 8          Young Athletes League                         U17-15-13 Reading             Click Here for results
SaSu 14/15 County T&F Champs                           All Bournemouth                   Click Here for report
Sat 21        Southern Women’s League                   SW-U15 Eton                       Click Here for results
Sat 21         Under 11's League                                Lockyers, Corfe Mullen        Click Here for report
Sun 22        Young Athletes League                         U17-15-13 Walton                Click Here for results
Sun 29        Southwest League                                 All Millfield                             Click Here for results

JUNE

Sat 4           Southern Men’s League                        SM Abingdon                          Click Here for results
Sun 5           Young Athletes League                         U17-15-13 New Forest          Click Here for results
Sat 11         County Schools T&F Champs              U20-17-15-13 Bournemouth
Sat 18         Southwest Schools Champs                 U20-17-15-13 Exeter             Click Here for report
SaSu 18/19 SEAA Champs                                      SM-SW-U20 Ashford
Sun 19         Young Athletes League                         U17-15-13 Harrow                  Click Here for results
Sat 25          Under 11's League                                QE Wimborne
SaSu 25/26 Southwest Schools Combined Events U20-17-15-13 Millfield
Sun 26         Dorchester Mini Games                        Dorchester

JULY

FrSa 1/2       English Schools Champs                     U20/17/15 Gateshead
Sun 3            Southwest League                                 All Plymouth                            Click Here for report
Sat 9             Southern Men’s League                       SM Poole                                Click Here for results
Sat 9             Southern Women’s League                 SW-U15 Newquay                  Click Here for results
Sat 16           Under 11's League                               Ashdown Track, Canford Heath
Sat 23           Wayfarers’ Relays                                 Seniors  Ferndown
Sat 30           Southern Men’s League                       SM Woking                             Click Here for results
SaSu 30/31  SEAA Combined Events Champs     All Abingdon
Sun 31           Inter Counties                                        U13 Kingston

AUGUST

SaSu 6/7     SEAA Champs                                      U17-U15 Ashford
Sat 13          Southern Men’s League                       SM Aldershot                           Click Here for results
Sat 27          SEAA Inter Counties                             U20-U15 Abingdon

SEPTEMBER

Sat 3            Southern Women’s League                  SW-U15 Bournemouth/Poole  Click Here for results
Sun 4           Southwest League                                 All Exeter                              Click Here for report
Sun 11         Bournemouth Open Meeting                All Bournemouth
Sun 11         Under 11's League                                Kings Park, Bournemouth
Sun 11         Yeovil Games                                         All Yeovil

Indoor Athletics 2008/2009 – click here for report from Bath Open and South of England Champs

Records are held in the following categories for track and field:

Senior Men, Junior Men, Men Under 17, Boys Under 15, Boys Under 13

Senior Ladies, Junior Ladies, Ladies Under 17, Girls Under 15, Girls Under 13

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