Report by Peter Impett
Wimborne Athletic Club’s youngest athletes finished a highly successful Quadkids season, taking first and second place in both the boy’s and girl’s events at the Yeovil Games on Saturday. The girl’s event was won by Adriana Travers with Savanna Hastings in second place. Toby Smith won the boy’s event with Ezra Haydon in second place.
All four have featured strongly in the success of the team in the Wessex Young Athletics League. Teams of ten with four to score, with twenty-six teams in the league, potentially produce over two hundred male and female participants. Wimborne came fourth overall out of 26 clubs, with the boys third and the girls fourth. Quadkids comprises four events: the 75 metres, the 600 metres, the long jump and the Vortex throw. All competitors have to complete all four events and are scored accordingly.
The star performer in the league has been Jasmine Foster, who accumulated 253 points to rank second overall in the Wessex Young Athletes League. Jasmine has equalled the clubs 600 metres record and set a new long jump record of 4metres 02. Toby Smith now holds the club under-11 Vortex record at 46m08.
Lead coach Paula Hine is highly delighted with the squad’s performance and with the help the squad has received from fellow coaches and the parents who have taken on the role of team managers.
