Reports From KUHAC (Kingston Upon Hull Athletics Club) Saturday 26th - Sunday 27th May 07 U17/U15 Northern Athletics Championships 26th - 27th May 07 By Jon Mattos

Emma Jackson sits proudly at the top of the UK rankings over 200m after a fabulous eight days for the Kingston upon Hull AC athlete. The 14-year-old sprinter produced two masterful performances in the Young Athletes Northern Premier League before swooping for gold at the Northern Championships a week later. On home soil at the Costello Stadium in Hull, Jackson recorded a superb time of 11.9 seconds to put her second in the UK under-15 rankings before racing into a head wind to clock 24.7 seconds over 200m, which puts her top of the pile at her age group.

Those two winning performances helped Kingston to a third place finish in the match and set the young starlet up for her podium success in Leeds. Jackson, who was the Hotshot of the year for her age group last year, was leaps and bounds above her nearest rival in the North of England meeting as she reached the final in a time of 24.93 seconds before racing to the gold medal in 24.83 seconds on a very cold and rainy day.

Kingston took four Golds from the Championships at the South Leeds Stadium, although Jackson's was the only on the track. Andrew Mimmack's 30.11m best throw scooped him top honours in the under-15 discus, while 57.08m was Mike Jennings' winning distance in the Hammer and Matt Hunt also shone in the javelin to win in 53.72m. Nicky Bates was her ever-busy self in the throws and she came away with a Silver for her efforts. The under-17 athlete, who finished fourth in the hammer and seventh in the discus, came second in the javelin with her best of 29.46m. Mimmack also left with a bronze from his efforts in the javelin, while Clare McPhee also took a third-place finish after clocking 41.40sec in the 300m - having won her heat earlier on. Elsewhere on the track, Tom Smith failed to reach the final of the under-17 800m but did leave with a superb personal best. Lydia Parker qualified for the final of the 75m hurdles on her first outing at a major championship and came seventh, while McPhee just missed out on a second medal at the end of day two as she came home fifth in the 200m.

Northern Junior League Match Two - Rotherham By Sean Harkin and Jon Mattos

Kingston made sure they will be top of their Northern Junior League table after mastering the terrible conditions in Rotherham with maturity. The rain barely stopped all day in South Yorkshire as an injury-hit Kingston squad, badly affected by the loss of athletes to the Northern U17 Championships, came home in first to sit top of the table going into the match at the Costello Stadium on July 1st. Megan Hoult produced one of the performances of the day in the 100m to back up her good display in the North of England Championships at Leeds.

Hoult won the A string 100m in 12.6 seconds to gain the qualifying time needed to reach the English Schools Championships, and she was helped to full points by Reiss Holmes who won the B string in 12.7 seconds. James Bedford and Pete Smith again dominated the hammer, with Bedford throwing 68.71m and Pete earning himself a new personal best and Athlete of the Match with 63.07m. The pair, not content with their days work, also scored strongly in the other throws to provide a good strong platform for the team's victory.

The usual female throwers were all otherwise engaged, and were replaced by a more than useful set of replacements in Anna Parkinson, Holmes, Racheal Coupland, Sonia Santos and Jenni Smith who all provided valuable points despite their relative lack of experience. Jack Cutsforth won both the 800m and the 1500m in fine style, while Rob Clark did well in a competitive sprint field. Tom Butler and Chris Bloomfield totally dominated the 400m events and were yards clear of the opposition, where as Amy Scutt had to work all the way to the line for a hard fought win in the 400m hurdles.

The relay squads demonstrated the team spirit prevalent throughout the day, and the points earned in these events were what actually won the match for Kingston. Meanwhile, the performers of the day were the club's officials; Mike Nicholson, Julie Gibson, Sue Bedford, Steve Wymark and Anita Coupland - who got soaked at the uncovered venue to bring the points gained from having a full accompaniment of officials.

Northern Senior League, Match 2, Scunthorpe By Jon Mattos

Decathlete Lee Blaymire once again proved the star of the show as he continued his 100% record in the Northern League this season to inspire Kingston to a massive victory. Blaymire, who signed for the club at the end of last season, notched six wins in match two at Scunthorpe to take his tally to 12 wins from 12 events so far this season and also give KUHAC their second triumph, by a 110-point margin. The multi-eventer, who attributes his high UK ranking to his 'great spring', started with 2.60m in the pole vault before experiencing a scare in the long jump.

Blaymire, who works as a personal trainer in Grimsby, had two no jumps before producing a leap of 6.82m for victory. Further comfortable victories came in the high jump (1.75m), javelin (41.53m) and the 110m hurdles (17.3) before he cruised home on the last leg in the 4 x 400m relay in the last event of the day for another nine-point maximum.

Heptathlon starlet Anna Parkinson, who was ranked third in the UK at under-17 level in 2006, was also in winning form as she ended the day with four wins of her own - in the high jump, javelin, 100m hurdles and 4 x 100m relay. The day was littered with winning performances as Kingston's young stars coped brilliantly with the very hot conditions and the very hard and unresponsive track. Annabelle Lewis completed a sprint double, as did Rob Clark in the B strings, while James Bedford won the shot as well as the hammer, and was backed up well in the throws by John Twiddle and Pete Smith.

Jon Frost and Tom McKee deserve top accolades for their sterling efforts in the 5,000m in uncomfortable conditions as both recorded wins, while Gregan Clarkson came down in distance with few grumbles to excel in the 800m and 1,500m. England representative Jo Maddick dominated the 1,500m, while under-17 athlete Jenni Smith again made the step up with aplomb in the high jump and pole vault. Kingston ended with three wins from four in the relays as they recorded a massive winning margin to go two points clear at the top of Division three east central in the Northern League. For more information and a full list of results see www.kuhac.co.uk

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