YORKSHIRE REGIONAL SPORTSHALL FINALS @ North Bridge
Published on: 21st February 2012
Four teams representing West Yorkshire travelled the short distance to Halifax on Sunday to compete in the annual Yorkshire Regional Final for places in the United Kingdom Finals to be held at the NEC in Birmingham on 21st April. This was the second round of a highly competitive series of events, which is designed to keep young athletes interested in the sport through the long winter months of training. It was held at the North Bridge Leisure Centre, on Sunday, between the Yorkshire Areas – North Yorkshire, Humberside and West Yorkshire. The performances on the day were outstanding 2 of the 4 teams winning and qualifying on the day for the UK Finals. In the Under 15 Boys Leon Greenwood was Overall individual Champion and travels to Birmingham as an individual.
In this years competition the Under 13 Girls team beat the nearest rivals North Yorkshire by 40 points. In this competition Rebekah Tiler retained her winning ways in the Vertical Jump breaking a long standing National Record by leaping 75cm. Most of the 12 Under 13 Girls in the team came home with at least one medal and had a total tally of 28 individual medals and gold in 2 relays. Rebekah Tiler in breaking the National Record in the Vertical Jump and is looking to gain gold again in this event as she did in the National final last year. Rebekah added gold in her 2 Lap race and in the 8 Lap Paarlauf relay with Ambah Thompson. The Team now look forward to the trip to the National Exhibition Centre.
The Under 15 Girls came third with Humberside winning the competition. The team came home with 5 individual medals with Erin Newsome winning medals in the 2 Lap race and the Standing Long Jump before retiring with an injury.
In the under 13 Boys team every team member out of the 12 Boys came home with at least one medal and beat the Humberside team into 2nd place by a margin of 140 points with North Yorkshire in 3rd place. The Under 13 Boys did come home with 24 individual medals and won all 4 relays.
The Under 15 Boys team came second with North Yorkshire winning by just 5points In the Under 15 Individual All-Rounder competition Leon Greenwood finished overall winner. The Under 15 Boys had a total of 14 individual medals and an outstanding effort to win gold in the 4x 2 relay.
The Athlete of the Match goes to Rebekah Tiler and Leon Greenwood.
Details of the West Yorkshire medalists are:-
Under 13 Girls
2 Lap 1st Rebekah Tiler, 2nd Ambah Thompson
4 Lap 1st Roisin Ramage, 3rd Charlotte Hankin
6 Lap 3rd Rachel Crorken
Shot 1st Jessica Hirst, 2nd Roisin Ramage
Standing Triple Jump 1st Ambah Thompson 2nd Megan Ascough
Vertical Jump 1st Rebekah Tiler, 2nd Rebecca Shooter
High Jump 1st Kelsey Sutcliffe,
Speed Bounce 1st Charlotte Hankin, 3rd Jo Gibson
Obstacle Relay 2nd Rachel Crorken, Jo Gibson, Rebecca Shooter, Megan Ascough.
4x1 Lap Relay 2nd Kelsey Sutcliffe, Rebecca Shooter, Megan Ascough, Zoe Judkowski
4x2 Lap Relay 2nd Roisin Ramage, Charlote Rankin, Kelsey Sutcliffe, Zoe Judkowski Paarlauf Relay 1st Rebekah Thompson, Ambah Thompson
Under 13 Boys
2 Lap 2nd Josh England
4 lap 1st Alfie West
6 lap 1st Watson Peel
Shot Put 2nd Thomas Radley
Standing Long Jump 1st Josh England, 2nd Watson Peel
Standing Triple Jump 1st Terrell Frazer, 2nd Alfie West
High Jump 1st Tobi Adeniji, 2nd James Myers
Speed Bounce 1st William Morris, 2nd Max Mallinson
Obstacle Relay 1st Alfie West, Watson Peel, Tobi Adeniji, Eoin Schofield
4x1 Lap Relay 1st Tobi Adeniji, Terrel Frazer, Eoin Schofield, Max Mallinson.
4x2 Lap Relay 1st Matthew Crorken, Terrell Frazer, Max Mallinson, James Myers
8 Lap Paarlauf Relay 1st William Morris, Josh England
Under 15 Boys
2 Lap 1st Leon Greenwood, 2nd Samuel Afari
Standing Long Jump 1st= Leon Greenwood/ Jacob Gill,
Speed Bounce 1st Luca Zenti
Shot 2nd Leon Greenwood
Standing Triple Jump 2nd Samuel Afari
8 Lap Paarlauf Relay 2nd Luca Zenti, Aidan Leach
4x2 Lap Relay 1st Samual Afari, Chris Johnson, James Abbott, Leon Greenwood
Overall Position 1st Leon Greenwood
Under 15 Girls.
2 Lap 3rd Erin Newsome
Standing Long Jump 2nd Erin Newsome, 3rd= Amy Pollard
Speed Bounce 2nd = Rebecca Morris
Vertical Jump 2nd = Keavey Ward
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