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Brough sprints tovictory at Leicester
ROYAL Sutton Coldfield Ath-letics Club performed well inthe first Young Athletes Com-petition of the year atL e i c e s t e r.
There were first-place fin-ishes for Ethan Brough in theunder-15s 200m (23.9secs) andLewis Duvall in the under-131,500m (4.57.0mins).
Also triumphing were Geor-gia Platt in the under-13 800mB race (2.40.0mins) and Han-nah Smith in the under-15 Bhammer throw (19.81m).
Lucy Wood claimed secondin the A hammer event(20.03m), while Brough also se-cured second in the 100m(12.0secs), as did PatienceClarke in the under-13 75m(10.8secs).
Rachel White was second inthe under-13 girls 1,200m(4.26.9mins) and her sisterCaitlin was fourth in the Aevent (4.16.6mins).
For the under-13 boys,James Ward was third in theshot and 200m B race. KieronHiggins got PBs in the 100mand 200m, as did David Iliffe inthe 100m B race. Iliffe alsoreached the coveted 3m markin the long jump.
In the under-15 boys’ sec-tion, Cameron Harris got PBsin his B 100m and 200m races,as did Joe Higgins and ChrisSissons in their 300m races,while Jack Griffiths threw20.42m in the javelin.
In the non-scoring 800mevents, there were wins forLucy Ollerenshaw and EmilySandbrook and a second-placefinish for Lucy Corker.
Athletics
Colron Boys under-11s 3Cannock Town 1TWO goals from star man CharlieSwann and a Jack Allen strikesecured three points for Colron.
JUNIORFOOTBALL
FOOTBALL: Sutton ColdfieldTown’s Football Foundation isseeking new players to add totheir ranks for the 2014/15season, writes Matt Hall.The foundation, in partnershipwith Birmingham MetropolitanCollege, offers opportunities for16-18 year olds to pursue acareer in football, while ensuringthey gain academicqualifications.These opportunities includeFurther Education, SportsCoaching, Fitness Instructing andSports Development/Management.Successful trialists will representSutton Coldfield in the BritishColleges Football League and theMidland Floodlit Youth League,as well as the FA Youth Cup.Players will train four times aweek, around their academicstudies.Open training sessions will takeplace next Wednesday (May 21),and June 18, from 4-6pm.Both trials will take place atSutton Coldfield’s CentralGround.There will also be a chance forplayers and parents to discussthe academic side with stafffrom Birmingham Met Collegeabout the sports courses theyprovide.For more information, or to booka place [email protected] call Chris Keogh at SuttonColdfield on 079705 50757.
JUNIOR FOOTBALL: BoldmereFalcons are looking for newplayers, as they prepare to startup a new under-9s team.The Boldmere Spitfires will playtheir first games in the 2014/15season.The club already has 30 teamsand is looking for youngsterswho enjoy playing football.The trials take place tomorrow(May 17) from 11.30am atBoldmere Road (B73 5HQ).For more information call Ralphon 07971 043 726 or Neil on07989 455 498.
BOWLS: Sutton Park beat WestBromwich Supporters Club by 46shots in the Warwick League withGraham Ord (21-3), AlanMiddleton (21-10), Rick Green(21-11) and Chris Sheehan (21-12) in superb form. They thenbeat Streetly Sports by 46 shotsthanks to exceptional bowlingfrom Steve Yarrington (21-7),Green (21-10), Alan Middleton(21-10) and Ron Handsaker (21-14).
BOWLS: In the ErdingtonWednesday League, Wylde GreenBowls Club narrowly lost at homeagainst a strong Streetly Sportsteam by 15 points (133-148).Eddie Slattery (21-11), ValHomer (21-15), Frank Bartlett(21-19) and Joan Hargreaves(21-19) all starred for WyldeGreen. In the Sutton BenevolentThursday league, Wylde Green’sB team had an excellent 168-102 win. Frank Bartlett (21-10),Barrie Jones (21-12), RogerGreen (21-13) and Tony Brown(21-15) were all in excellentform.
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SWIMMING: BoldmereSwimming Club produced 21personal bests and three newclub records in the 45thNational Arena League CupFinal at Cardiff.The Orcas finished last of theten finalists but simplyqualifying for the final – as WestMidlands Premier Divisionchampions – confirmed their topten status in England.The other clubs taking partwere Plymouth Leander,Stockport Metro, City of Leeds,
Guilford, Hatfield, City ofPeterborough, City of Salford,Preston and also City ofLiverpool.Between them they boastedseveral Great Britaininternationals and, inPlymouth’s case, even thereigning Olympic women’s100m breaststroke championRuta Meilutyte.Bradley Lynch was the highestpoint scorer for Boldmere with asecond-place finish in the open100m freestyle behind Ben
Proud, recently picked torepresent England in theCommonwealth Games.Jake Dixon set a new clubrecord and personal best in the15/u 100m backstroke in atime of 1.00.94mins to takethird spot, followed by touchingin fifth place in the 100m fly.In the 15/u 100m free, BenStanford placed fourth, as didLily Wood who set a newpersonal best in the 50m freewith a cracking 30.33secsswim.
Alice Dearing took fifth place inthe open 100m fly and ArchieLangston was only just outsidehis personal best in the 13/u100m backstroke to also finishfifth.Setting new individual personalbests on the day were LydiaBarnsley (15/u) 100mbackstroke, Alice Oliver (11/u)50m fly, Rachel Wilson (15/u)100m Fly, Megan Holder (13/u)100m backstroke and BenCampbell (15/u) 100mbreaststroke.
Piovesana aims to raise baras she prepares for Nanjing
medal in the under-63kg cat-egory at the Cadet WorldChampionships in Miami lastye a r.
Now she is aiming to raisethe bar by fighting her wayonto the podium at the secondedition of the Youth Olympicsin Nanjing in August.
And buoyed by her 2013 suc-cess, the Sutton ColdfieldGrammar School for Girls pu-pil is adamant she can stillperform when the going getstougher at under-19 level.
“Getting a bronze medal atthe Cadet World Champion-ships in Miami last year is thebiggest thing I’ve done,” said
P i ove s a n a .“We had to qualify but I
d o n’t even know how I man-aged to do it and there was nopressure on anyone from theBritish team as no-one reallyexpected us to do it.
“It might be a bit too earlyfor the Commonwealth Gamesthis year but I’m hopefully go-ing to the Youth Olympics inChina in August, so that’s mymain event of the year.
“I would like to do better butto even get a bronze in thatwould be a big achievement,it’s almost as big as theOlympics but for my age groupwhich is under-19s, so to evenbe there would be great.”
Piovesana can look to fellowBrit Jade Jones for inspirationshould she fight in Nanjing –the taekwondo player winninggold at the inaugural YouthOlympics in 2010 and thenLondon 2012.
Closer to home Gemma Gib-bons and Karina Bryant wonsilver and bronze respectivelyat the Olympics in 2012 and –almost two years on – P i ove s -ana is still feeling the effect oftheir success.
“Since 2012 British judo hasreally improved, especially ju-niors now. We’ve never hadgold in the Olympics so hope-fully it can be me one day,” sheadded.■ SSE are partnering withSportsAid to support thesporting stars of the future aspart of their commitment toGlasgow 2014 and beyond withtheir SSE Next Generationambassador programme. Keepup to date with the latest @Yo u r S S E
By CHRIS BAILEYSports reporter
THIS summer’s YouthOlympic Games could be a pre-view for the future – andSutton Coldfield judoka LuluPiovesana intends to make amark on her peers.
The 17-year-old (pictured)is a rising star in her chosensport after picking up a bronze
Judo
NETBALL: Little SuttonPrimary School havenetted some fantasticsuccesses on thenetball court recently.The Year 6 purple teamwon the Arthur Terrycluster tournament,while the yellow teamcame third, having beenknocked out in thesemi-final by the purpleteam.
The following day, theyear 5 team won theSutton Schoolstournament and theyear 6 side did thesame the followingweek. Lots of the girlsattend training sessionsrun by Little SuttonNetball Club, acommunity netball clubthat is run at ArthurTerry. It runs on a
Saturday morning from9.30am-12.30pm and isopen to key stage 2girls regardless of whichschool they attend.Anyone with a daughterin years 7-11 who wouldlike to get involved cancall Rachael on 07758365324 or [email protected] formore details.
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