2020 English Schools – Virtual Competition
This year is the first since World War Two that the ESAA Championships have been cancelled.
To try and fill the gap, they are offering an exciting and innovative virtual athletics competition
2019 English Schools Report
DAY 1
What a great first day at the English Schools Track and Field Championships, where 14 Yate AC athletes competed in their county teams!
2019 English Schools
The English Schools is considered one of the biggest athletic fixtures on the calendar. Wikipedia states it as being the fourth largest athletics event IN THE WORLD!
English Schools Qualifiers
The highlight of the Schools athletics season, The English Schools Championships, take place on Friday 7th and Saturday 8th July. These Championships are said to be the fourth largest athletic event in the world and are now in their 87th year, having first been contested in 1925, only stopping for the Second World War. This […]
Exciting News This Weekend!!
Over the last month or so, athletes all over the country have been trying out for the opportunity to represent their County in the English Schools National Championships Final on 8th and 9th July at Gateshead. This is the 4th largest athletic event in the world!!
June 11th saw hundreds of athletes try out at YOSC to represent their county and following a selection of approximately 150 (over two counties) approximately 30 athletes were Yate and District Athletes… But that’s not all!
Those Athletes then travelled to Exeter on 18th June to compete again to earn selection for the final teams… from the 27 Yate & District Athletes that went, 14 are going to Gateshead tomorrow!
Your family at Yate wish you the very best of luck!
Catch up on ESAA National Championships & AT&F Round 2
ESAA Finals @ Gateshead
Catching up on the finals at the ESAA National Championships @ Gateshead yesterday the results are as follows.
Inter Girls 1500m, all our girls got into the finals!
Ellie Wallace was 3rd in her heat in 4.45.17 then finished 4th in the final in 4.37.62 missing a medal by a mere 0.65 sec!
Hannah Hobbs was 5th in her heat in 4.46.14 and followed that up with 6th in the final in 4.38.95!
Ellie leather was 4th in her heat in 4.42.10 and 7th in the final in 4.39.41! An excellent result for all of them well done!
Daniel Brooks was 6th in the JB 100m final in 11.52, whilst Adam Brooks was 13th in the IB high jump final with 1.87m well done to them both. It is great to see so many of our athletes competing at National Finals to my reckoning thats 10!!! but please correct me if I have missed any one out.
AT&F
AT&F @ Gloucester 12/07/15, on a bright but windy and showery day we had a really great time! With many away at the ESAA National Final, it was great to see a mix of regular and new athletes in the team. What was also evident to see, as well as Pb’s and good performances was such a great team spirit, from the U11’s right through to the seniors, team managers and officials. Many athletes were also throwing or running distances not their first choice (or second or third)! as well as their preferred event & it was really fantastic to see the end result with our ladies winning the U15, U17 and senior 4*100m relay! for example. We won’t mention any one by name as you all did so well for the team, but all we can say is thank you very much to all the athletes, team managers, parents,helpers and officials, we hope you enjoyed the day.
Results are not out yet but as soon as they are we will let you know. Next round is back at home @ Yate on 02/08/15 please respond asap to team selections and make it even better!
Day 1 English Schools National Finals Gateshead
At the end of day 1 at the ESAA finals at Gateshead the results are as follow:
Yvette Westwood Third in her IG 100m heat in 12.52sec then 4th in her semi final 12.79sec.
Daniels Brooks 11.70sec in his JB 100m heat and is into the final tomorrow.
Josh Snook 50.26sec in his IB 400m heat (which would have been good enough for the final) but in his semi he could not quiet replicate that and did a 52.46sec.
Mark Cottam 49.17sec in his SB 400m heat.
Ben Holbrook 6th in the SB long jump final with 6.34m
We done to them all and best of luck for the finals tomorrow and Jack Holbrook in his event tomorrow.
Don’ forget you can follow the results via the ESAA web site via the link on our web site, which is under ‘home’, then under ‘links’.
English Schools Cross Country News
Lesley had kept me informed during the afternoon and the headline seemed to be that Westbury and Yate athletes had had a very good day, with several finishing the first fifty – always a good measure in an event as big as English Schools.
A number of athletes suffered from the mass start, picking up spike injuries, none of which held them back at all. This included the boy who discovered that his leg was covered in blood when he finished and needed seven stitches. Unusually, there were facilities on hand for stitches to be done on site, without the need for carrying anyone off to hospital.
Lesley noted that as well as the normal first aid cover, there was a mountain rescue team on hand! And this indicated the kind of course that athletes were faced with. She herself took the sensible decision NOT to walk the course with the senior girls.
In the under-15 girls race a fascinating story unfolded as the girls came in. Ellie Hobbs finished in fourteenth place – in itself a noteworthy achievement. But then look at the results around her. The 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th finishers all clocked 11:54; the 13th girl clocked 11:55, and Ellie clocked 11:56. So a bit like the Battle of Waterloo – a damn close-run thing. The first eight in the race get picked for England; nine and ten are reserves.
So Ellie was just two seconds off an international vest. And she has another year in that age group.
Her sister, Hannah finished 25th, Ellie Leather 63rd and Rosie Allen 99th (after falling at the start). To say that Pat Gallagher was over the moon is putting it mildly.
Aidan Noble was the best Avon finisher in the boys’ races, coming home in 32nd – continuing his good form this winter.
So no trophies for Avon this year – but some really good Westbury and Yate performances.
A number of athletes suffered from the mass start, picking up spike injuries, none of which held them back at all. This included the boy who discovered that his leg was covered in blood when he finished and needed seven stitches. Unusually, there were facilities on hand for stitches to be done on site, without the need for carrying anyone off to hospital.
Lesley noted that as well as the normal first aid cover, there was a mountain rescue team on hand! And this indicated the kind of course that athletes were faced with. She herself took the sensible decision NOT to walk the course with the senior girls.
In the under-15 girls race a fascinating story unfolded as the girls came in. Ellie Hobbs finished in fourteenth place – in itself a noteworthy achievement. But then look at the results around her. The 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th finishers all clocked 11:54; the 13th girl clocked 11:55, and Ellie clocked 11:56. So a bit like the Battle of Waterloo – a damn close-run thing. The first eight in the race get picked for England; nine and ten are reserves.
So Ellie was just two seconds off an international vest. And she has another year in that age group.
Her sister, Hannah finished 25th, Ellie Leather 63rd and Rosie Allen 99th (after falling at the start). To say that Pat Gallagher was over the moon is putting it mildly.
Aidan Noble was the best Avon finisher in the boys’ races, coming home in 32nd – continuing his good form this winter.
So no trophies for Avon this year – but some really good Westbury and Yate performances.
Stuart
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