There were two new records set in the hammer throw event on Wednesday 28th October. Ken Stubbs threw 30.64m for a 70+ record whilst Kadance Naylor recorded 30.57m, smashing her previous record of 21.39m in the 16-17 years category. Congratulations to both these amazing athletes!
In the triple jump, there was some very close competition, and another new record! Anne Boatswain bettered her previous jump of 7.01m with a leap of 7.14m in the 50-59 years group. Tristan Corbridge and Heidi Saviane both jumped 7.02m. Andrew Heffill jumped 6.34m and Lauren Naylor 6.18m. Tyler Dixon also put in a great effort of 4.11m.
In the junior boys discus the biggest throw came from Braxton Naylor with 21.46m. Matthew Sproule achieved 19.79m just edging out Declan Bennett with 19.74m. Jenson Lord had a good throw of 18.62m whilst our youngest athletes did well with Huxley Tunks throwing 3.13m and Max Saviane 1.81m. In the junior girls division, Chelsea Corbridge threw 10.75m followed closely by Piper Browne with 10.71m. The young athletes showed great determination including Alana Galea 3.77m, Yasmin Schnoor 3.11m, Koda Oliver 2.91m, Kayleigh Kingdom 2.67m and Edith Kundrat 2.54m.
In the senior discus Hamish sent the discus soaring 30.22m. Geoff Crook had a great throw of 25.70m followed by Andrew Heffill with 23.83m and Ken Stubbs with 21.48m. In the women’s event, Anne Boatswain had the biggest throw of 24.87m followed by Sam Keogh with 21.71m. Not far behind was Kadance Naylor with 21.45m, then Lauren Naylor with 20.53m and Heidi Saviane with 18.57m.
The 2000m was taken out by Hamish McLaren in 6.40.25 followed by Declan Bennett in 7.58.63 then Wayne Schnoor in 8.18.49. The masters were represented well by Tristan Corbridge
Gavin Dyball, Paige Connolly-Davies and Holly Giumelli.
Junior runners Remi Oliver and Benjamin Emmerton both clocked under 5 minutes in the junior 1000m with 4:44.39m and 4:53.22 respectively.
The 800m saw a good contest between William Heffill and Wayne Schnoor with Will sneaking through for the win in 2.44.10 in front of Wayne in 2.44.62. Junior runners Declan Bennett, and Piper Browne both ran home in under 3 minutes.
Tyler Dixon sprinted well in the 200m, clocking 26.54.