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Technical Officials for Track & Field Courses : The County Officials Secretary (Joe Shellhorn) is organising a day for prospective new officials for Track and Field to learn about “the job”. A date and venue has now been fixed : MACCLESFIELD, SATURDAY 2ND APRIL commencing at 10am. Interested persons are asked to contact Joe (14 Cranford Court, Lache Lane, Chester CH4 7LN; Tel : 01244 679196 or e-mail : joseph.shellhorn@tesco.net) to register their interest. Track Judging. Field Event Judging and Time Keeping will be covered and other disciplines if required. There will also be a course for Health & Safety (UKA Code of Practice) as well. |
At the time of writing I understand that response for the above courses has been poor. If you/members of your club are intending to go, please as a matter of urgency inform Joe Shellhorn or Bob Lynch (Tel : 01625 829229) ASAP!
Outstanding Performances Indoor :
Congratulations to Hayley Jones (Vale Royal) on winning the AAA National Under 17 Womens 200m title in Birmigham.
Outstanding Performances Outdoor :
Three major cross country events saw Cheshire athletes performing well, although in reality the events are too close together for the younger athletes.
At the English National championships held at Cofton Park on the SW edge of Birmingham, the Under 15 Boys team from Warrington just missed out on medals finishing 4th, with Daniel Cliffe and Lawrence Walker in the first 20 finishers. In the U15 Girls race, Heather Timmins (Warrington) also finished inside the first 20 finishers.
Two weeks later the Inter-county championships were held at Nottingham. Cheshire teams finished 10th or better in four age groups, in competition with over 40 county teams. The U13 girls were 5th, only 8 points away from second team place and providing the best individual performance of the day through Rebecca Craigie (Macclesfield) who was 7th. The U17 men finished 6th, U15 Girls 8th and U15 Boys 10th. The ‘young’ Cheshire senior ladies team finished a pleasing 13th. Many thanks to our team managers : Julie Hicken, Chris Griffiths (standing in for Richard Mitchell on the day), Shaun McGrath, Adrian Thiemicke, and Marcus Walker who additionally kept order well on the coach.
A week later many of the young athletes were in action again representing Cheshire Schools in the English Schools championships at Norwich. Running in age groups one year different from the “clubs” age groups the Junior and Intermediate Cheshire teams had excellent results with 2nd in the Inter boys, 4th in the junior boys , 9th in Inter girls and 6th in Junior girls. These excellent team results gave Cheshire girls victory in the Group B aggregated totals, while the boys were second. The best individual performace was by Daniel Cliffe in the junior boys event in 3rd place. Congratulations to the Cheshire Schools.
County Championships :
Track & Field Championships 2005 :
Track & Field : Macclesfield on 14 & 15 May - entry forms have been produced and are available from the cheshireaa.com web site.
Track relays : Stanney, Ellesmere Port on 3 July
Multi-events : Macclesfield on 11 Sept
Cheshire Schools Championships :
Track & Field : Macclesfield, 11th June
T& F (Minors) :Stanney, Ellesmere Port, 28 June
Combined Events NW : Macclesfield 25/26 June
CHESHIRE YOUTH GAMES : Ellesmere Port 25 June
We invite offers to host the 2006 Cheshire cross country championships (provisionally 7 or 8 January).
Cheshire Road Running Grand Prix.
Three races have now been held and the 4th race takes place very soon (April 5th - Chester Spring 5 mile).
Adrain Thiemicke has published the situation after the Wilmslow ½ marathon, which shows a clear lead for the Wilmslow men, but a close fight in the ladies section between Wilmslow and Macclesfield. In addition Adrian has produced an individual positions table - possibly the County AA will provide individual trophies at the end of the season. Following feedback from clubs there will be 7 races this season with 5 to count for teams - this means that the Congleton ½ marathon, hosting the County championships will not be part of the GP series. It was felt that having two ½ marathons in the GP is sufficient.
Contact details for the co-ordinator, Adrian Thiemicke (e-mail : roadracegp@cheshireaa.com Tel : 01270 569012)
Road Race Fixtures (in Cheshire).
Forthcoming road races in Cheshire which have been notified to Adrian Thiemicke and Permits will be applied for are : (next page)
5 Apr Chester 5M (R Batterham 01244 300107) Ches GP4
24 Apr Whitley 10K
8 May South Cheshire ‘pre-Potts’ 20 mile, Crewe (R Brown, 01270 569656)
13 May Christleton 5K (R Bailey 01244 300571) Ches GP5
22 May Chester ½ marathon (01244 402273 Chester City Council Sports Development).
29 May “Warrington 10K” (S Eckford 01925 723043)
4 Jun P Lowe/Hollins Green 5K (Dr J Spencer 01925 818807)
24 Jun Tattenhall Tough Team Race (L Woodley 01829 770770)
25 Jun Lymm 5K (Dr J Spencer 01925 818807)
?? Jun Warrington RR 10K
6 Jul Forest Pk Ladies 5K (A Garnett 01606 888319)
(Jul Chester 5K not being held)
27 Jul Forest Five MT, Macclesfield
?? Aug Pie & Peas 5M, nr Winsford
21 Aug Birchwood 10K (A Garnett 01606 888319) Ches GP6 and Cheshire 10K Champs.
24 Aug Capenhurst 5K (S Blaylock 0151 356 4299)
25 Sep Antrobus 10K (R Harris 01565 733487)
25 Sep Sutton 6 10K, nr Chester (M Lamb 0151 255 2520) Ches GP 7
2 Oct Macclesfield ½ marathon (T Stock 01625 500402)
9 Oct Congleton ½ marathon (M Thomas 01260 280152) Ches Champs.
(Oct Chester Zoo 10K not being held)
5 Nov Langley 7 mile, nr Macclesield (T Stock 01625 500402)
26 Dec Chester Round the Walls (B Hastings)
UKA Coaching Courses :
Below are local ones to Cheshire.
Level 1
02/07/05 SportCity, Manchester (NW063)
Children in Athletics
03/07/05 SportCity, Manchester (NWCIA18)
Level 2 (Core)
Level 2 (Event Specific) :
23/24 April 05 at SportsCity Manchester
Please book your place with Tony Airnes (Tel : 01253 358168 or e-mail : tairnes@ukathletics.org.uk) well before the date of the course.
Eddie Gore (Tel : 0151 513 5606), the Cheshire County AA Coaching Co-ordinator, reminds all UKA qualified coaches that their passes are due for renewal in April 2005.
Coaching Clinics :
Coaching clinics are being held at the Macclesfield track on the following dates :
2nd, 16th and 30th April and 7th May from 10am to 12 noon. These are for Year 7 and above, with in addition on 7th May, Year 5 and 6 taster sessions. Different events will be covered at each of the clinics. Please book your place before the day with Judy Brown, 17 Tytherington Park Road, Macclesfield SK10 2EL, £2 per session.
News Items :
The social evening on 25th February was a very enjoyable and successful occasion. Many thanks to our President for organising the event.
Halton BC have announced a £1.5M investment in an athletics track in Widnes.
Two Cheshire clubs were successful in the newly introduced UK Athletics Clubs:Future annual awards. In the North West Regional awards Vale Royal AC won the “Off-road” club of the year, while West Cheshire were awarded the “Junior Club” award. They now go forward with the other Regional winners in England and those from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland for the National award. Peter & Marion Allen (for Officiating) and John Driscoll (Volunteer) also gained individual awards.
Athletics was also successful in the recent Vale Royal Sports Council awards. George Bunner, Sean McGrath, Bill and Linda Smith received awards.
Archives
Hamish Thomson has collected together some significant information relating to the post second world war activities (1947 to circa. 1985) of the Cheshire County AA Athletic Association (essentially the men’s body). The committee feel that this material should be deposited in a suitable archive, such as the salt mines of Cheshire! (seriously, the Cheshire County Record office store documents in the salt-mines under or near Northwich). Further information on the material is available from Hamish or the Newsletter editor.
Contacts
Please note contact details for :
Michael Hunt, Regional Development Co-ordinator for NW England. He is based at Sports City, Gate 13, Rowsley Street, Manchester M11 3FF. Tel : 0161 223 6161; Mobile : 07968 498710; e-mail : mhunt@englandathletics.org
Leonie Lightfoot, Athletics Development Officer for Sport Cheshire (Active Sport) : contact details are Tel : 01606 871812 Ext 242 and e-mail : leoniel@sportcheshire.org
Address changes
To ensure your club continues to get information from varoious athletic bodies please ensure the County Secretary, Brian Warren is informed of any changes of Secretary for your club (Contact details : Brian Warren, 51 Fairways, Frodsham WA6 7RY, Tel No : 01928 732529, e-mail : brian@brianwarren.fsnet.co.uk). Also please inform the NoEAA Office in Dewsbury.
Communications
Please ensure your club members see this Newsletter.
The next County committee meeting is on 20 April at the Knights Grange Sports Complex, Winsford (Cricket Club pavilion) at 7:30pm. Hopefully we will see your club represented at this meeting. Be aware of clamping!!
Subsequent meetings are : 18 May, 15 June at the Cricket Pavilion, Knights Grange, Winsford, then 27 July, 7 Sept, 12 Oct, 16 Nov (note change) and 14 December at Frodsham Community centre, Fluin Lane. All meetings start at 7:30pm.
ALL clubs are entitled to a representative at these meetings.
Editor - John Driscoll (0151 339 5341 or, preferably, jld@sunnyfield.co.uk).
Any views expressed in this Newsletter are not necessarily those of the Cheshire County AA. Contributions are welcome.
Remember to look at the Cheshire County AA web-site for latest news and information :
www.cheshireaa.com
Ójohndriscoll (26/03/05)