Peterborough & Nene Valley athletes struck a rich seam of gold in County Championship events

Peterborough and Nene Valley AC struck a rich seam of gold at the Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire Track and Field County Championships.

In total Athletes from the club won over 30 golds between them with Jonathan Levett collecting three golds at the Lincolnshire Championships in Boston. Levett won the senior men's 100m in a time of 11.7 as well as finishing first in the 200m and the long jump.

Finlay Smith won gold at the Lincs County Championships.placeholder image
Finlay Smith won gold at the Lincs County Championships.

Under 16 Romily Sondh won the 300m Hurdles in 51.3 as well as the 80m hurdles, plus silver in the long jump, high jump and 100m.

Alexander Allen, a newcomer to the sport, is showing immense promise and he won the under 16 discus with a throw of 45.99m. He also picked up hammer gold and shot put silver.

Simon Fell won gold at the Lincs County Championships.placeholder image
Simon Fell won gold at the Lincs County Championships.

Sienna Slater won under 20 100m hurdles gold.

Jim Gillespie collected the over 60 hammer and discus golds, with Dave Brown clocking 2:10.5 for his over 45 800m win. Finlay Smith won the under 16 800m with a time of 2:06.8. Smith also collected the 300m silver.

Holly Aslin picked up the senior ladies 100m title with Patrick McNally winning the under 20 long jump. Noah Fell won the under 20 pole vault gold, with his dad Simon winning the over 45 1,500m title. Kobe Tong won the senior 400m in a time of 54.7. Alexa Boole won senior women's 200m gold and Damien McNally won Javelin gold plus discus and hammer silver.

There were silver medals in Lincolnshire for Letitia Arch, and Emma Hornsby.

The Cambridgeshire Championship was held at the university track in Cambridge, and it was a good day for Harry Collister who won the under 18 200m in 23.23 and the 400m with a time of 50.57. Zinachidi Nwamarah won the under 16 shot with a throw of 9.86m as well as the long jump.

Alfie Olaore ran 26.13 to win the under 14 200m gold, and a championship record 13.26 to win 100m gold.

Jessica Dixon-Walker won senior ladies 100m hurdles gold.

Iris Kwakye clocked 12.57 when winning under 18 100m gold. Charlotte Strange finished first in the under 16 300m with a championship record time of 42.04. Elyse Morgan won the 100m and the 200m in the same age group.

Angus Bowling cleared 4.50m to win the senior men's pole vault while Hannah Fitzjohn won the under 18 800m with Lauren Ayre first in the under 14 75m hurdles. The ever dependable Simon Achurch won over 50 shot gold and hammer silver.

There were also silver medals wins in Cambridgeshire for Amelia Mullings, Emmanuel Ishiodu, Jack Wheatley, Boogie Gray, Nathan Bunting, Alphin Hadfield and Oliver Newell. Monica Stuart collected a pair of bronzes, and there were also 3rd places for Beth Torr and Eddie Radford and Finlay McGrory.

PANVAC’s Dave Bush won senior men's javelin gold in the Suffolk County Championship. He also won shot put and 200m silver as well as discus bronze.

PANVAC’s UK number one under 14 Javelin thrower George Smith won gold at the Rutland, Northants and Leicestershire Championships with a throw of 46.88m. He also won shot silver.

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