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Important Notice
Open Meeting 18th April 2010
We are sorry to advise you that the Warrington Athletic Club open meeting scheduled for 18th April 2010 has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
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Notice from 2010 AGM
The Club Committee Members during 2010 have now been elected. Please follow this link to the list of current serving members.
Main issues from the AGM:
- Evening training fees will be increased to £1 per session with effect from 1st April 2010. This is the first increase in fees since the 1990's.
- Warrington Athletic Club will be working towards the Club Mark accreditation during 2010 with the lead being undertaken by Joannie Smythe, Club Secretary.
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Forthcoming Fixtures:
Warrington Athletic Club 2010 Open Meetings
These meetings are for all athletes and will take place at
Victoria Park Stadium.
Entry Forms will be available shortly.
Sunday 18th April 2010 (Cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances)
Monday 31st May 2010
Sunday 15th August 2010
For the season's full fixture list see the Track & Field Fixtures link on the Club banner:
Under 20 men - English National Cross Country Champions 2010
2010 National Champions - (L to R): Dan Cliffe; Steve Broadhurst; Harry Ellis; Matt Jackson:
The outstanding result from today's National Championship was the under 20 men winning the National team title by more than 40 points. Matt Jackson had his best race of the season to date in 6th place and he was supported by Harry Ellis in 10th, Dan Cliffe in 14th and Steve Broadhurst in 33rd position. This is the first win in this age-group for Warrington Athletic Club. Having coached the group since they were 13 years old, Phil Hicken said that today was a very proud moment for him. Although the team have won several national relay titles through the age-groups, today the win was special. Photo and report to follow.
Early season trip to Malta
Three of our North of England indoor medallists, Matt Jackson, Sam Dykes & James Gladman have received a call up to represent the North of England at the Malta International during April 2010. This is an early season competition and the three lads will have just completed a heavy winter workload. The event will give an early indication of how their winter training has gone.
March 2010:
21st March - Alex at British Schools Biathlon: Northern indoor heptathlon champion Alex Wort takes on the run & swim disciplines as he competes in the British championships.
20th March - English Schools Cross Country Championships: Once again Warrington AC will have strong representation in the Cheshire Schools team that will be competing in the National Schools Championships at Heaton Park, Manchester. For details on the event see ESAA. Follow the link and 'select a year - 2010', followed by 'national cross country - information' . All the information will be held on that page to include links to the team members, course map and start times.
13th March - UK Inter-County Championships: Warrington AC will be well represented in all the age-groups as the Cheshire AA team take part in the UK Championships at the new venue of Cofton Park, Birmingham.
6 & 7th March:
Alex wins North of England Indoor Heptathlon Title: Alex Wort became North of England heptathlon champion this weekend in the combined Regional and National championships held at the EIS, Sheffield. Alex, who placed 5th with 3615 points in the UK under 17 age-group championship, produced two solid days of competition and in the process set 5 new personal bests over 60m, shot, long jump, high jump and finally at 1000m where Alex took more than 5 seconds from his previous best whilst front running his way to victory in this, the last event of the competition.
Day
1: The first days events saw Alex record 8.03 secs in the 60m
sprint, a long jump of 5.57m, a 9.03m shot and the first day was brought to
its conclusion with 1.56m in the high
jump and overall 8th place at the midway point of competition.
Day 2: A great start with a strong performance over the 60m hurdles in 9.4 secs. Alex followed the hurdles event with a clearance of 3.01m in the pole vault, and his championship was brought to a close with the only sub 3 minute timing in the competition as Alex recorded a time of 2 mins 57.74 secs1000m.
Alex will now move onto the invitational British Schools Biathlon Championships which will take place on Sunday 21st March at Crystal Palace, the true home of British Athletics and the scene of numerous athletic world records and memorable races during the 1970's and 1980'. Results.
Closing Down Sale: Sale Harriers hosted their final indoor meeting of the season at Sportcity Manchester. Ashley Kirsopp was a winner in the U15 boys hurdles race but only after Nev Jones had to advise the officials that they were about to run the race with the hurdles at the wrong height and in the wrong places! The only other club athletes to compete were under 20 lady Beth Hicken who stepped up into the senior ladies 300m where she was just outside her personal best with a time of 42.9 secs. Vicky Hamilton also competed over 300m in the under 17 girls race where she ran a good time of 45.19 secs.
27th February:
National Cross Country
Championships - Under 20 men 'Simply The Best':
The outstanding result from today's National Championship was the under
20 men winning the National team title by more than 40 points. Matt
Jackson had his best race of the season to date in 6th place and he was
supported by Harry Ellis in 10th, Dan Cliffe in 14th and Steve
Broadhurst in 32nd position. This is the first win in this age-group for
Warrington Athletic Club. Having coached the group since they were 13
years old, Phil Hicken said that today was a very proud moment for him.
Although the team have won several national relay titles through the
age-groups, today the win was very special. Hicken stated that this was
a very popular victory and it was very pleasing to receive a large
volume of e-mails from other coaches, including the England Team coach,
congratulating the lads on their win. Matt and Dan have now moved to
Birmingham University and run with National Coach Bud Buldaro's group
during term time so they bring back their experiences and these will
help the younger athletes development in the training group. Harry's
selections at international level have increased his confidence and
Steve has produced a solid winter as he looks towards his speciality
event on the track this summer. In the rest of the age-group races, the
under 13 girls team finished in 6th position and all of the team can
compete in the same age-group next season. Both the under 13 and under
17 boys teams finished in 9th place in their respective events, and once
again the majority of the team members can compete in the same
age-grouping next season. Results are at Power
of 10.
L-R: Cliffe; Broadhurst; Hicken; Ellis; Jackson:
Ashley takes bronze, Abi & James in finals at the National Indoor Championships - Birmingham: A small group of athletes competed at this meeting and in the process gained a great deal of experience that will help them during the 2010 summer track season. Top result from Saturday's programme was Abi Fitzpatrick's new personal best of 57.06 secs in the heats of the under 20 ladies 400m. Abi went on to record 57.64 secs as she claimed 6th place in the final at her first national championships. North of England under 20 silver medallist James Gladman also showed he is on course for a decent summer campaign as he also made the final of the under 20 mens 60m hurdles event where he finished in 7th place with a time of 8.3 secs. Two of the younger members of the club also made their debut at this national championship as Ashley Kirsopp finished in 4th place in his heat of the under 15 boys 60m hurdles before taking a brilliant bronze medal from the long jump event at the age of 12 years - fantastic performance. Esme Littlefair finished in 7th place in her heat of the under 17 ladies 60m hurdles event.
Note:
News & photographs from the previous months reports can be reviewed by clicking on the monthly links (see below) in the Warrington Athletic Club News Archive.
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