Shropshire Young Athletes League Cross Country Fixtures 2009

Please note the change of date for the opening fixture in the season - 27th September, NOT the 20th!!

Provisional dates have been released for this seasons SYAL X Country competition.

27th September - Newport

18th October - Oswestry

15th November - Wenlock

6th December - Bridgnorth

It's usually 1.30pm start with Under 11 Girls and then Boys, full timetable will be published when available.

The club made massive improvements last season in numbers of runners fielded, and with some very competitve performances throughout the meetings. It would be great to build on our numbers again this season and give the other teams real challenge for end of season honours.
We need to field teams of 4 for U11 & U13 age groups, and teams of 3 in the U15 & U17's.

If you are interested in competing this season, please let your coaches know as soon as possible : Kathy Wray, Dom Kirby, Grace Hough and Judith Hickman.

League Champions

Shrewsbury athletes produced an excellent team performance to win the Division 6 of the Midland Athletic Track and Field League.
Needing to finish ahead of Kidderminster and Stourport, Shrewsbury finished in 1st place, 57 points ahead of 2nd place.
Selected results:-
1st places in the 100m for Andy Jones, Jo Brooke and Emma Pullen. Victories in the 400m for Cindy Parry and Becky Houston and 1st places in the Sprint Hurdles for Claire Burgoyne, Anna Kelly and Andrew Beeston.
Naomi Cooke and Simon Thompson (on his debut) ran in the distance races, 2nd 3000m and 2nd 800m with Pat Higgins 4th in the women's hammer.
Matthew Brown ran a Personal Best in the 400m Hurdles, finishing 3rd and Dave Hickman was 4th 100m. Sam Edwards and Richard Groom (also on his senior debut ) both finished first in the triple jump, again both Personal Bests with 14.18 and 11.20 respectively.
Simon Brown and Jason Green won both discus events and Tom Noakes was 1st in the Javelin. Veteran Peter Duckers was 3rd in both the Pole Vault and Hammer.
Shrewsbury finished the day winning 3 of the relays with Nick Morgan and Tom Rowlands running well to bring the baton home in second place in a close 400m relay.
Shrewsbury are promoted as champions to division 5.