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Summer Changes
All athletes and parents should note that registration and payment will now be done trackside during July, August and early September.
All athletes (including Recreation Group ) will be training on the track during this period. Training times and fees remain unchanged.
Michael Follows in Brother's Footsteps
History repeated itself as Michael Feeney won the Senior Boys Decathlon at the Midlands Schools Combined Events Championships, just as older brother David did in 2006. Competing for Derbyshire Schools at the annual fixture, this year at Oxford,
Michael has now secured his place in the English Schools Combined Events Final in September at Bedford, one of only two Derbyshire athletes going through this year.
The 10-event marathon was contested in the gruelling heat and humidity of last weekend. On day 1 he was in the lead after the first 3 events, with solid performances in the 100m and long jump, and a pb in the shot putt. He had to retire from the high jump well below his capability to rest a slight ankle injury and finished in 2nd place by the end of the day, despite running a pb in the 400m.
An interesting and close battle was developing between Michael and Nottinghamshire's Matt Madden, a Nott's AC athlete. After hurdles, discus and a pb in pole vault only 3 points separated the pair. When it mattered most, Michael produced a big pb throw of 41.50m in the javelin and gained a 250 point lead over Matt, who at this point was struggling with an elbow injury.
A steady run in the 1500m in sweltering temperatures saw Michael win by over 200 points with 5236 points.
Michael Bosworth can be pleased with his 7th place Octathlon finish in his first year as an Intermediate (U17). His points total of 3635 was an overall pb, as were his long jump, javelin, high jump and shot putt.
Jessica Turner and Emily Heappey competed in the Junior girls pentathlon for the first time in these championships. Against a quality field Emily finished 13th and Jessica 8th in a close match, with less than 90 points separating Emily from the finisher in 6th place.
Both girls recorded PB's in the first event, 75m hurdles, Jessica surprised herself by jumping 1.42m in high jump, a significant pb, and Emily threw a pb in shot putt and took a good slice off her 800m best.
Mini League Reminder
The next Mini League is on Saturday 4th July at Mount St Marys College, Spinkhill (just off J 30 M1, directions on this website http://www.msmcollege.co.uk/msmcollege/Welcome/findus.php
There is NO TRAINING for Recreation Group or ANY U13 or U15's at Rutland Sports Park on these days.
All athletes should be taking the chance to compete for the club, the track and field season is already half way through! All abilities and levels of experience welcome, especially first-timers.
Details can be found
to download
here and also
here.
Make your choices and email
feeney@mailbox60.freeserve.co.uk to enter.
Heart of England League
Directions to Tudor Grange Leisure Centre (formerly Norman Green LC)
for Sundays match.
Exit M42 at J4 and take the roundabout exit signpost A34 Birmingham.
Continue Forward until the 5th Roundabout - Porcelanosa showroom is on
your left. Turn right signpost B4102 Solihull. Continue forward to a
railway bridge spanning the road. The entrance to the leisure centre is
approximately 10m before the railway bridge, on the right.
Fab Four for English Schools
Tamara Armoush, Tom Bridge, Michael Feeney and Alexandra Turner have all
been selected to compete in this years English Schools Finals. They are
part of a 35 strong Derbyshire team drawn from the county's secondary
schools.
All athletes have to have achieved a tough qualifying standard in order to be in with a chance of being selected for the team, and the Finals, this year in Sheffield on 10th and 11th July, bring together to very top young athletes in the country in their age groups.
Tamara will compete in the senior girls 3000m, Tom in the junior boys shot, Michael in the senior boys 110m hurdles, and Alexandra in the senior girls 400m hurdles. Good luck to all.
Scotland Call-up for Feeney
David Feeney has been selected to compete for Scotland in his first
overseas selection. He will contest the 110m hurdles at the Flanders Cup
as part of the Scotland squad in Belgium on 4th July.
Silver at the Double
Brothers Michael and David Feeney both added silver medals to their collections, after competing in the Northern Track and Field Championships on 20th June at Sport City, Manchester.
Both contested the same event, the 110m hurdles. David took silver in the senior Mens race, followed by silver for Michael in the U20 Mens race.
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