Summer season but not summer weather
The first round of the Notts AAA summer league took place around the Hexgreave Hall estate over a 5mile course. Newark AC had 13 athletes involved raging in age from from 17 to 70. The men finished in 12th and the ladies 6th. Outstanding performance was by Cloe Hubbard who won the ladies race by 41 secs and was the first Newark athlete to finish.
Club President Gareth Bagguley tells us he managed to get round on Wednesday night thus maintaining having competed for Newark AC at least once every year since 1971, and in that time he has never been beaten by a 6th month pregnant lady, until he came up against Becky!
The mini leaguers u11/u13/u15 open their campaign on Saturday at Bingham and the u17/u20 will be at Tipton on Sunday in a joint team with Worksop and Retford.
Individual results;
Men
Tim Bagguley 25th 30min 43 secs
Thomas Hubbard 30th 30.51
Oliver Crampton 95th 33.43
Andy Welshman 105th 34.06
John Combie 320th 43.44
Paul Reed 358th 47.29
Gareth Bagguley 367th 49.00
Women;
Cloe Hubbard 1st 30.35
Rebecca Gallop 15th 36.23
Ella Hancock 106th 42.57
Tilly Owens 118th 43.55
Lauren Owens 119th 43.56
Jackie Duers 120th 43.56
At a cold drizzly Moorways stadium Derby 9 young Newark athletes competed in a combined team with Grantham AC (Notts/Lincs Alliance) in the first round of the Youth development League (YDL) finishing in 6thplace
Under 13 boys
Hayden Williams, Connor Williams, Ethan Lincoln, and Joshua Clee
The under 13 boys team came 6th in the 4x 100m
Under 13 girls
Elsa Broadberry, Zoe Smith (70m hurdles - 12.73 1st place)
Under 13 girls 4x100m came 4th 1.05
Under 15 girls
Lucy Gill, Jorga Thomas, Ruby Crane
4x 100 under 25 girls 6th place .