The Cheshire Athletics Championships took place at Stanney Oaks, Ellesmere Port over the weekend of 10/11th May with Warrington Athletic Club picking up a stack of medals with some of the winners setting new championship best performances.
        On the first day Danny Cliffe(Junior men's 3000 metres) and new club member Harry Ellis(under 17 1500 metres)with new championship best perrformances led the list of club winners who were double winner Alex Wort(u/15 triple jump and 80 metres hurdles),Ryan O'Neill(u/15 Javelin),Luke Miller-Briggs(Jun 200 metres),Tom Jervis(u/17 3000 metres),Liam Burthem(u/13 800 metres),Peter Morgan(Jun 400 metres),Matt Kindon(Senior 400 metres)and Sam Dykes(u/15 800 metres) who led home the largest entry from the club in a single event with 5 runners making the final from 8 entries in the heats with Jack Gleave(3rd),Luke Johnston(4th),Ryan O'Neill(5th) and Steven Darbyshire(7th).In the Women's events Jess Deakin was the only winner taking the u/15 girls Hammer title.    
 
Day One Results
 
Women
u/13 Mollie Crewe,4th Heat/6th,80m/LJ,12.1secs/3.72m:
       Lucy Deakin,5th Heat/8th80m/LJ,12.2 secs/3.68m:
       Yasmin McClellan,5th Heat/12th,80m/LJ,12.7 secs/3.43m:
       Sarah Jervis,3rd,800m,2min 45.2 secs:
u/15 Jess Deakin,1st/2nd,Hammer/Triple Jump,21.58m/9.67m:
       Abbi Nicholson,4th,High Jump,1.35m:
       Vicky Hamilton,1st Heat/4th Final,800m,2min 33.3secs/2 min 34.1 secs:
       Lizzie Heaven,1st Heat/3rd Final,2 min 29.7 secs/2min 29.7 secs:
u/17 Samantha Wilkinson,3rd,Discus,18.49 m    
       Sarah Lewis,4th,Long Jump,4.67m:
       Sarah Griffiths,4th,1500m,5 min 19.1 secs:
       Rosie Froggatt,80mH,4th,16.6 secs:
Jun  Hayley Darbyshire,4th,100m,13.1 secs:
Sen Claire Irons,2nd,Hammer22.93m:
Men
u/13 Liam Burthem,1st,800m,2 min 28.7 secs:
       Cameron Field,3rd,800m,2 min 34.3 secs:
       Tom Deprez,10th,/9th,Long Jump/800m,2.74m/800m,
u/15 Ryan O'Neill,1st/2nd Heat/5th Final,28.12m/2 min22.3 secs/2 min 19.2 secs:
       Steven Darbyshire,3rd/3rdHeat/7th Final/5th,High Jump/800m H/800mF/200m,1.45m/2 min 23.6 secs/2 min 25.5 secs/27.3 secs:
       Alex Wort,1st/1st/80mH/Triple Jump,13.3 secs/10.59m:
       Sam Dykes,1stHeat/1st Final,2 min 21.8 secs/2 min 11.5 secs:
       Jack Gleave,2nd Heat/3rd Final,800m,2 min 12.9 secs/2 min 12.6 secs:
       Luke Johnston,3rd Heat/4th Final,2 min 16.7 secs/2 min 15.6 secs:
       Chris Smith,5th Heat,800m,2 min 25.4 secs:
       Luke Kinch,8th Heat,800m,2 min29.3 secs:
       Mike Hilton,7th Heat,800m,2 min 32.5 secs:
u/17 Adam Nicholls,5th/3rd,100m/Long Jump,11.6 secs/5.71m:
       Harry Ellis,1st,1500m,4 min 03.9 secs(Championship Best Performance):
       Paul Beesley,7th,1500m,4 min 50.9 secs:
       Martyn Corcoran,2nd,100m,11.3 secs:
       Tom Jervis,1st,3000m,9 min 35.7 secs:
       Josh Kinch,2ndHeat/4th Final,55.7 secs/55.6 secs:
       Danny Jackson,3rd Heat/5th Final,56.9 secs/57.3 secs:
Jun  Scott McEwan,2nd,Triple Jump,12.77m:
       Chris Wort,3rd,Triple Jump,11.52m:
       Luke Miller-Briggs,1st,200m,22.4 secs:
       Peter Morgan,1st/2nd,400m/200m,49.9 secs/22.6 secs:
       Danny Cliffe,1st,3000m,8 min 39.8 secs(Championship Best Performance):
Sen Matt Kindon,1st,400m,50.0 secs:
 
 On the second day of the championships the club collected another 11 titles.In the women's events Amy Talbot took the Junior 3000 metres and Claire Irons the 800 metres.In the men's events at under 15 James Sutton collected a treble in the100 metres,Long Jump and Discus,Alex Wort added the Shot to his double from Saturday and Jack Gleave took the 400 metres.In the Junior events Luke Miller-Briggs added the 100 metres to his 200 metres title and Lawrence Walker took the 2000 metres Steeplechase in a new Championship best performance which was also the fastest time in the event so far this season.Inn the under 13 boys Liam Burthem finished the day off by adding the 1500 metres to his 800 metres title.
     To top off the day new recruit Harry Ellis was voted the Track Athlete of the Championship for his performance in the under 17 1500 metres where he set a new Championship Best Performance.

RESULTS

Women
u/13  Mollie Crewe,4th,150mHeat,22.9secs:
         Lucy Deakin,5th,150mHeat,23.1secs:
         Charlotte Hadfield,2nd/4th,150mHeat/150mFinal,22.0secs/21.6secs:
u/15   Jess Deakin,2nd/6th,100mHeat/100mFinal,13.6secs/13.6secs:
          Vicky Hamilton,5th,1500m,5 min 25.6secs:
u/17   Sarah Griffiths,5th/5th,800m/Javelin,2 min26.4secs/18.96m:
          Sarah Lewis,4th,Triple Jump,9.41m:
          Sammi Wilkinson,3rd,Javelin,30.75m:
Jun     Amy Talbot,1st,3000m,10min 40.4 secs:
          Hayley Darbyshire,2nd,200m,27.1 secs:
          Rhiannon Rainford,3rd,800m,2 min 24.4 secs:
          Megan Tyler,3rd,Triple Jump,10.01m:
Sen    Claire Irons,1st,800m,3 min 20.3 secs:

Men
u/13   Liam Burthem,1st,1500m,5 min04.6 secs:
u/15    James Sutton,1st/1st/1st,100m/Discus/Long Jump,12.3 secs/30.39m/5.35m:
           Jack Gleave,1st,400m,56.2secs:
           Alex Wort,2nd/1st/6th,400m/Shot/Long Jump,59.1secs/8.80m/4.47m:
           Steven Darbyshire,4th/10th,400m/1500m,60.7sec/5 min 21.7 secs:
           Luke Johnston,2nd,1500m,4 min 29.5 secs:
           Matt Pontifex,3rd,1500m,4 min 39.4 secs:
           Luke Kinch,6th,1500m,4 min 55.5 secs:
           Chris Smith,7th,1500m,4 min 56.5 secs:
u/17    Martyn Corcoran,2nd,200m,23.1 secs:
           Josh Kinch,2nd,800m,2 min 04.4 secs:
           Danny Jackson,5th,800m,2 min08.8 secs:
           Tom Jervis,6th,800m,2 min 09.7 secs:
           Paul Beesley,10th,800m,2 min 19.3 secs:
Jun      Luke Miller-Briggs,1st,100m,11.2 secs:
           Lawrence Walker,1st,2000m S/C,6 min01.2 secs:
           Danny Cliffe2nd/4th,2000mS/C,6 min 26.7 secs/1 min59.1 secs:
Sen     Matt Kindon,1st,400mH,55.6 secs