Six Athletic club records broken
The very smart new named gazebo funded by Pub Charity. Photo: supplied
The Takaka Athletics season started with a blast with six club records being broken at the Hester Shield Interclub Competition on 13 November at the new Saxton Oval complex.
We couldn’t have asked for better weather and we were lucky to stay under cover with our very smart new named gazebo funded by Pub Charity. The Takaka team of 17 athletes competed very strong with many placings and the club was placed second overall.
The new long jump pit at the high school grounds is near completion. With help of some funding from TDC Grants from Rates and a lot of club voluntary time the old volley court was converted into two pits.
The Colgate games is at Saxton Oval this year, it hasn’t been in Nelson since 2007 so it is great for our athletes to not travel so far and to send a bigger team along, we are able enter relay teams this time as other years we haven’t had enough athletes.
The club has extended the age to grade 15 to keep them involved with athletics. We welcome any more children wishing to join athletics, to come along to our club night on Monday at 5pm at the Golden Bay High School grounds and register.
Congratulations to the athletes who competed at the recent Interclub Hester Shield competition on Sunday 13 Nov 2011.
Congratulations go to Jessica Childs, Rosie Taylor Richmond, Geena Gross and Danyon Fleming for records broken.
Record breakers were:
Jessica Childs placed 1 = and the club record for grade 7 yr girls’ 60m sprint with a time of 10.1s and beating Heidi Chamberlain’s 1980 record of 10.2s.
Rosie Taylor-Richmond gained 1st place and the club record for grade 13 yr girls high jump with a height of 1.42m beating Helen Renwick’s 1986 record of 1.40m. She also gained 1st place and the club record for long jump with a distance of 4.63 beating Geena Gross’s last year’s record of 4.38m.
Geena Gross gained 1st place and the club record for grade 14 girls’ 100m with a time of 13.5s beating Toni Hodgkinson’s 1986 record of 13.9s. She was also 1st and the club record for shot put with a distance of 10.21 beating Courtney Clarkes 2008 record of 10.06m. Geena was just 5cm short of breaking Pauline Andrews’ 1965 record.
Danyon Fleming gained 1st place and the club record for 15 yr boys’ 800m with a time of 2.25.5m beating Leigh Dawson’s 1984 record of 2.25.5m.
Other results: 7-year-old Girls: Jessica Childs 60m 10.1s 1st, (New Club Record), 200m 17.8s 2nd, 200m 38.0s 1st, Long Jump 2.51m. 8-year-old Girls: Jennifer Sampson 60m 10.5s, 100m 18.0s, Long Jump 2.65m, Discus 11.79m 1st. Marie Sampson 200m 40.4s, Long Jump 2.84m, Discus 10.38m. 9-year-old Girls: Mikaela Gardiner 60m 10.8s, Discus 7.94m, Shotput 4.55m 3rd. Kayla Harvey 60m 10.1s 1st, 100m 16.5s 1st, 200m 36.9s 2nd, Shotput 4.70m 2nd. 10-year-old Boys: Tom Bassett-Eason 1500m 6:05.6s 4th, High Jump 1.22m 1st, Discus 19.73m 1st, Shotput 8.48m 1st. Kyle Gardiner 800m 3:02.9s, 1500m 6:08.0s 5th, High Jump 1.14m, Discus 16.52m. 11-year-old Boys: Tyler Palmer 100m 14.8s 3rd, Discus 18.46m 1st, Shotput 7.99m 1st. 13-year-old Girls: Lauren Gardiner 400m 68.4s 1st, 800m 3:04.6s, Hurdles 15.1s 1st, High Jump 1.30m 2nd. Rosie Taylor-Richmond 100m 13.4s 1st, 200m 29.0s 1st, High Jump 1.42m 1st (New Club Record), Long Jump 4.63m (New Club Record). 13-year-old Boys: Ryley Fleming 100m 15.0s 3rd, 200m 32.3s 1st, Hurdles 16.2s 1st, Long Jump 3.99m 3rd. Reece Harvey 100m 14.0s 1st, High Jump 1.44m 1st, Long Jump 4.36m 1st. 14-year-old Girls: Geena Gross 100m 13.5s 1st, (New Club Record) Long Jump 4.85m 1st, Discus 26.02m 1st, Shotput 10.21m 1st (New Club Record). 14-year-old Boys: Louis Krasse Long Jump 4.37m 3rd, Discus 28.05m 2nd, Shotput 9.32m 2nd. Kai Mason Long Jump 4.90m 2nd, Discus 31.72m 1st, Shotput 10.10m 1st. 15-year-old Boys: Danyon Fleming 800m 2:25.5s 1st (New Club Record), 1500m 4:54.8s 1st, Discus 21.41m 2nd, Shotput 7.48m 1st. Hemi Johnson 100m 12.1s 2nd, 200m 26.8s 2nd, High Jump 1.53m 1st, Discus 23.26m 1st.
