The under 13 berkshire championships took place on wednesday night at bracknell. The only gold in this age group came from Christian Randall in the Javelin with a 23.64 m throw claiming his first county title. The girls saw some 8 club athletes take part and it was the discus that gave the best results for the club as Sarah Saunders took 2nd place with 21.12 and Yasmin Ryder took the bronze with 18.58, Georgina Bradford took 4th with 14.65m. Saunders then went on to just miss out on the Gold in the Javelin to take silver with 22.54m throw in windy conditions.
The middle distance races favoured the club and medals came from these. The best race of the evening came from the 1000m where only 0.1s seperated the first three athletes, and it was Yasmin Ryder that had to settle for the Silver as equal 2nd with 3.09.9 with all three athletes breaking the county record. The 600m saw anther battle and all of the first 3 athletes going into the top 10 of the uk national rankings. Team Kennet’s Georgina Bradford came home in 3rd place with 1.45.9, with fellow club athletes Charlie Estcourt 1.53.7, Chloe Scaplehorn 1.54.7, Carys Cox 2.00.6 and Jordan Donavon 2.03.8. Carys Cox won her first county medal in the 70m hurdles by finishing second in 14.7, Cox was the best of the TK girls in the long jump 3.60 for 4th place. The sprints saw Sarah Saunders just being edged out of a bronze in the 75m with a time of 10.9 (10.8 in the heats) for 4th place, which was matched by Millie Calkin in the 150 21.8 (21.3 in the heats). The 4 x 100m relay brought anther silver medal for the girls Ryder, Bradford, Saunders and Estcourt.
The 1500m steeplechase for the u17s was later on and Micheal Randall defended his county title in style by breaking the county record with 4.41.9 which also ranks Randall in the top UK 20.
Saturday's weather is forecast to be light rain.
