SPORT ROUND-UP victory at Leicester
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162 SUTTON COLDFIELD OBSERVER, Friday, May 16, 2014 visit our website suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk SSX-eO1-S2 [SSX] SPORT ROUND-UP Brough sprints to victory at Leicester ROYAL Sutton Coldfield Ath- letics Club performed well in the first Young Athletes Com- petition of the year at Leicester. There were first-place fin- ishes for Ethan Brough in the under-15s 200m (23.9secs) and Lewis Duvall in the under-13 1,500m (4.57.0mins). Also triumphing were Geor- gia Platt in the under-13 800m B race (2.40.0mins) and Han- nah Smith in the under-15 B hammer throw (19.81m). Lucy Wood claimed second in the A hammer event (20.03m), while Brough also se- cured second in the 100m (12.0secs), as did Patience Clarke in the under-13 75m (10.8secs). Rachel White was second in the under-13 girls 1,200m (4.26.9mins) and her sister Caitlin was fourth in the A event (4.16.6mins). For the under-13 boys, James Ward was third in the shot and 200m B race. Kieron Higgins got PBs in the 100m and 200m, as did David Iliffe in the 100m B race. Iliffe also reached the coveted 3m mark in the long jump. In the under-15 boys’ sec- tion, Cameron Harris got PBs in his B 100m and 200m races, as did Joe Higgins and Chris Sissons in their 300m races, while Jack Griffiths threw 20.42m in the javelin. In the non-scoring 800m events, there were wins for Lucy Ollerenshaw and Emily Sandbrook and a second-place finish for Lucy Corker. Athletics Colron Boys under-11s 3 Cannock Town 1 TWO goals from star man Charlie Swann and a Jack Allen strike secured three points for Colron. JUNIORFOOTBALL FOOTBALL: Sutton Coldfield Town’s Football Foundation is seeking new players to add to their ranks for the 2014/15 season, writes Matt Hall. The foundation, in partnership with Birmingham Metropolitan College, offers opportunities for 16-18 year olds to pursue a career in football, while ensuring they gain academic qualifications. These opportunities include Further Education, Sports Coaching, Fitness Instructing and Sports Development/ Management. Successful trialists will represent Sutton Coldfield in the British Colleges Football League and the Midland Floodlit Youth League, as well as the FA Youth Cup. Players will train four times a week, around their academic studies. Open training sessions will take place next Wednesday (May 21), and June 18, from 4-6pm. Both trials will take place at Sutton Coldfield’s Central Ground. There will also be a chance for players and parents to discuss the academic side with staff from Birmingham Met College about the sports courses they provide. For more information, or to book a place email [email protected] or call Chris Keogh at Sutton Coldfield on 079705 50757. JUNIOR FOOTBALL: Boldmere Falcons are looking for new players, as they prepare to start up a new under-9s team. The Boldmere Spitfires will play their first games in the 2014/15 season. The club already has 30 teams and is looking for youngsters who enjoy playing football. The trials take place tomorrow (May 17) from 11.30am at Boldmere Road (B73 5HQ). For more information call Ralph on 07971 043 726 or Neil on 07989 455 498. BOWLS: Sutton Park beat West Bromwich Supporters Club by 46 shots in the Warwick League with Graham Ord (21-3), Alan Middleton (21-10), Rick Green (21-11) and Chris Sheehan (21- 12) in superb form. They then beat Streetly Sports by 46 shots thanks to exceptional bowling from Steve Yarrington (21-7), Green (21-10), Alan Middleton (21-10) and Ron Handsaker (21- 14). BOWLS: In the Erdington Wednesday League, Wylde Green Bowls Club narrowly lost at home against a strong Streetly Sports team by 15 points (133-148). Eddie Slattery (21-11), Val Homer (21-15), Frank Bartlett (21-19) and Joan Hargreaves (21-19) all starred for Wylde Green. In the Sutton Benevolent Thursday league, Wylde Green’s B team had an excellent 168- 102 win. Frank Bartlett (21-10), Barrie Jones (21-12), Roger Green (21-13) and Tony Brown (21-15) were all in excellent form. INSHORT Got a sports story? Then call Matt on 01827 848495. SWIMMING: Boldmere Swimming Club produced 21 personal bests and three new club records in the 45th National Arena League Cup Final at Cardiff. The Orcas finished last of the ten finalists but simply qualifying for the final – as West Midlands Premier Division champions – confirmed their top ten status in England. The other clubs taking part were Plymouth Leander, Stockport Metro, City of Leeds, Guilford, Hatfield, City of Peterborough, City of Salford, Preston and also City of Liverpool. Between them they boasted several Great Britain internationals and, in Plymouth’s case, even the reigning Olympic women’s 100m breaststroke champion Ruta Meilutyte. Bradley Lynch was the highest point scorer for Boldmere with a second-place finish in the open 100m freestyle behind Ben Proud, recently picked to represent England in the Commonwealth Games. Jake Dixon set a new club record and personal best in the 15/u 100m backstroke in a time of 1.00.94mins to take third spot, followed by touching in fifth place in the 100m fly. In the 15/u 100m free, Ben Stanford placed fourth, as did Lily Wood who set a new personal best in the 50m free with a cracking 30.33secs swim. Alice Dearing took fifth place in the open 100m fly and Archie Langston was only just outside his personal best in the 13/u 100m backstroke to also finish fifth. Setting new individual personal bests on the day were Lydia Barnsley (15/u) 100m backstroke, Alice Oliver (11/u) 50m fly, Rachel Wilson (15/u) 100m Fly, Megan Holder (13/u) 100m backstroke and Ben Campbell (15/u) 100m breaststroke. Piovesana aims to raise bar as she prepares for Nanjing medal in the under-63kg cat- egory at the Cadet World Championships in Miami last year. Now she is aiming to raise the bar by fighting her way onto the podium at the second edition of the Youth Olympics in Nanjing in August. And buoyed by her 2013 suc- cess, the Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls pu- pil is adamant she can still perform when the going gets tougher at under-19 level. “Getting a bronze medal at the Cadet World Champion- ships in Miami last year is the biggest thing I’ve done,” said Piovesana. “We had to qualify but I don’t even know how I man- aged to do it and there was no pressure on anyone from the British team as no-one really expected us to do it. “It might be a bit too early for the Commonwealth Games this year but I’m hopefully go- ing to the Youth Olympics in China in August, so that’s my main event of the year. “I would like to do better but to even get a bronze in that would be a big achievement, it’s almost as big as the Olympics but for my age group which is under-19s, so to even be there would be great.” Piovesana can look to fellow Brit Jade Jones for inspiration should she fight in Nanjing – the taekwondo player winning gold at the inaugural Youth Olympics in 2010 and then London 2012. Closer to home Gemma Gib- bons and Karina Bryant won silver and bronze respectively at the Olympics in 2012 and – almost two years on – Pioves- ana is still feeling the effect of their success. “Since 2012 British judo has really improved, especially ju- niors now. We’ve never had gold in the Olympics so hope- fully it can be me one day,” she added. ■ SSE are partnering with SportsAid to support the sporting stars of the future as part of their commitment to Glasgow 2014 and beyond with their SSE Next Generation ambassador programme. Keep up to date with the latest @ YourSSE By CHRIS BAILEY Sports reporter THIS summer’s Youth Olympic Games could be a pre- view for the future – and Sutton Coldfield judoka Lulu Piovesana intends to make a mark on her peers. The 17-year-old (pictured) is a rising star in her chosen sport after picking up a bronze Judo NETBALL: Little Sutton Primary School have netted some fantastic successes on the netball court recently. The Year 6 purple team won the Arthur Terry cluster tournament, while the yellow team came third, having been knocked out in the semi-final by the purple team. The following day, the year 5 team won the Sutton Schools tournament and the year 6 side did the same the following week. Lots of the girls attend training sessions run by Little Sutton Netball Club, a community netball club that is run at Arthur Terry. It runs on a Saturday morning from 9.30am-12.30pm and is open to key stage 2 girls regardless of which school they attend. Anyone with a daughter in years 7-11 who would like to get involved can call Rachael on 07758 365324 or email rachaelpimlott@ blueyonder.co.uk for more details. Tel: 0121 247 2233 www.cottons.co.uk Forthcoming Auction Thursday 10th April 2014 to be held at The Aston Villa Football Club Call for your FREE Catalogue Considering Buying at Auction? ©LW
Transcript of SPORT ROUND-UP victory at Leicester
162 SUTTON COLDFIELD OBSERVER, Friday, May 16, 2014 visit our website suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.ukSSX-eO1-S2 [SSX]
SPORT ROUND-UP
Brough sprints tovictory at Leicester
ROYAL Sutton Coldfield Ath-letics Club performed well inthe first Young Athletes Com-petition of the year atL e i c e s t e r.
There were first-place fin-ishes for Ethan Brough in theunder-15s 200m (23.9secs) andLewis Duvall in the under-131,500m (4.57.0mins).
Also triumphing were Geor-gia Platt in the under-13 800mB race (2.40.0mins) and Han-nah Smith in the under-15 Bhammer throw (19.81m).
Lucy Wood claimed secondin the A hammer event(20.03m), while Brough also se-cured second in the 100m(12.0secs), as did PatienceClarke in the under-13 75m(10.8secs).
Rachel White was second inthe under-13 girls 1,200m(4.26.9mins) and her sisterCaitlin was fourth in the Aevent (4.16.6mins).
For the under-13 boys,James Ward was third in theshot and 200m B race. KieronHiggins got PBs in the 100mand 200m, as did David Iliffe inthe 100m B race. Iliffe alsoreached the coveted 3m markin the long jump.
In the under-15 boys’ sec-tion, Cameron Harris got PBsin his B 100m and 200m races,as did Joe Higgins and ChrisSissons in their 300m races,while Jack Griffiths threw20.42m in the javelin.
In the non-scoring 800mevents, there were wins forLucy Ollerenshaw and EmilySandbrook and a second-placefinish for Lucy Corker.
Athletics
Colron Boys under-11s 3Cannock Town 1TWO goals from star man CharlieSwann and a Jack Allen strikesecured three points for Colron.
JUNIORFOOTBALL
FOOTBALL: Sutton ColdfieldTown’s Football Foundation isseeking new players to add totheir ranks for the 2014/15season, writes Matt Hall.The foundation, in partnershipwith Birmingham MetropolitanCollege, offers opportunities for16-18 year olds to pursue acareer in football, while ensuringthey gain academicqualifications.These opportunities includeFurther Education, SportsCoaching, Fitness Instructing andSports Development/Management.Successful trialists will representSutton Coldfield in the BritishColleges Football League and theMidland Floodlit Youth League,as well as the FA Youth Cup.Players will train four times aweek, around their academicstudies.Open training sessions will takeplace next Wednesday (May 21),and June 18, from 4-6pm.Both trials will take place atSutton Coldfield’s CentralGround.There will also be a chance forplayers and parents to discussthe academic side with stafffrom Birmingham Met Collegeabout the sports courses theyprovide.For more information, or to booka place [email protected] call Chris Keogh at SuttonColdfield on 079705 50757.
JUNIOR FOOTBALL: BoldmereFalcons are looking for newplayers, as they prepare to startup a new under-9s team.The Boldmere Spitfires will playtheir first games in the 2014/15season.The club already has 30 teamsand is looking for youngsterswho enjoy playing football.The trials take place tomorrow(May 17) from 11.30am atBoldmere Road (B73 5HQ).For more information call Ralphon 07971 043 726 or Neil on07989 455 498.
BOWLS: Sutton Park beat WestBromwich Supporters Club by 46shots in the Warwick League withGraham Ord (21-3), AlanMiddleton (21-10), Rick Green(21-11) and Chris Sheehan (21-12) in superb form. They thenbeat Streetly Sports by 46 shotsthanks to exceptional bowlingfrom Steve Yarrington (21-7),Green (21-10), Alan Middleton(21-10) and Ron Handsaker (21-14).
BOWLS: In the ErdingtonWednesday League, Wylde GreenBowls Club narrowly lost at homeagainst a strong Streetly Sportsteam by 15 points (133-148).Eddie Slattery (21-11), ValHomer (21-15), Frank Bartlett(21-19) and Joan Hargreaves(21-19) all starred for WyldeGreen. In the Sutton BenevolentThursday league, Wylde Green’sB team had an excellent 168-102 win. Frank Bartlett (21-10),Barrie Jones (21-12), RogerGreen (21-13) and Tony Brown(21-15) were all in excellentform.
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Got a sports story? Then callMatt on 01827 848495.
SWIMMING: BoldmereSwimming Club produced 21personal bests and three newclub records in the 45thNational Arena League CupFinal at Cardiff.The Orcas finished last of theten finalists but simplyqualifying for the final – as WestMidlands Premier Divisionchampions – confirmed their topten status in England.The other clubs taking partwere Plymouth Leander,Stockport Metro, City of Leeds,
Guilford, Hatfield, City ofPeterborough, City of Salford,Preston and also City ofLiverpool.Between them they boastedseveral Great Britaininternationals and, inPlymouth’s case, even thereigning Olympic women’s100m breaststroke championRuta Meilutyte.Bradley Lynch was the highestpoint scorer for Boldmere with asecond-place finish in the open100m freestyle behind Ben
Proud, recently picked torepresent England in theCommonwealth Games.Jake Dixon set a new clubrecord and personal best in the15/u 100m backstroke in atime of 1.00.94mins to takethird spot, followed by touchingin fifth place in the 100m fly.In the 15/u 100m free, BenStanford placed fourth, as didLily Wood who set a newpersonal best in the 50m freewith a cracking 30.33secsswim.
Alice Dearing took fifth place inthe open 100m fly and ArchieLangston was only just outsidehis personal best in the 13/u100m backstroke to also finishfifth.Setting new individual personalbests on the day were LydiaBarnsley (15/u) 100mbackstroke, Alice Oliver (11/u)50m fly, Rachel Wilson (15/u)100m Fly, Megan Holder (13/u)100m backstroke and BenCampbell (15/u) 100mbreaststroke.
Piovesana aims to raise baras she prepares for Nanjing
medal in the under-63kg cat-egory at the Cadet WorldChampionships in Miami lastye a r.
Now she is aiming to raisethe bar by fighting her wayonto the podium at the secondedition of the Youth Olympicsin Nanjing in August.
And buoyed by her 2013 suc-cess, the Sutton ColdfieldGrammar School for Girls pu-pil is adamant she can stillperform when the going getstougher at under-19 level.
“Getting a bronze medal atthe Cadet World Champion-ships in Miami last year is thebiggest thing I’ve done,” said
P i ove s a n a .“We had to qualify but I
d o n’t even know how I man-aged to do it and there was nopressure on anyone from theBritish team as no-one reallyexpected us to do it.
“It might be a bit too earlyfor the Commonwealth Gamesthis year but I’m hopefully go-ing to the Youth Olympics inChina in August, so that’s mymain event of the year.
“I would like to do better butto even get a bronze in thatwould be a big achievement,it’s almost as big as theOlympics but for my age groupwhich is under-19s, so to evenbe there would be great.”
Piovesana can look to fellowBrit Jade Jones for inspirationshould she fight in Nanjing –the taekwondo player winninggold at the inaugural YouthOlympics in 2010 and thenLondon 2012.
Closer to home Gemma Gib-bons and Karina Bryant wonsilver and bronze respectivelyat the Olympics in 2012 and –almost two years on – P i ove s -ana is still feeling the effect oftheir success.
“Since 2012 British judo hasreally improved, especially ju-niors now. We’ve never hadgold in the Olympics so hope-fully it can be me one day,” sheadded.■ SSE are partnering withSportsAid to support thesporting stars of the future aspart of their commitment toGlasgow 2014 and beyond withtheir SSE Next Generationambassador programme. Keepup to date with the latest @Yo u r S S E
By CHRIS BAILEYSports reporter
THIS summer’s YouthOlympic Games could be a pre-view for the future – andSutton Coldfield judoka LuluPiovesana intends to make amark on her peers.
The 17-year-old (pictured)is a rising star in her chosensport after picking up a bronze
Judo
NETBALL: Little SuttonPrimary School havenetted some fantasticsuccesses on thenetball court recently.The Year 6 purple teamwon the Arthur Terrycluster tournament,while the yellow teamcame third, having beenknocked out in thesemi-final by the purpleteam.
The following day, theyear 5 team won theSutton Schoolstournament and theyear 6 side did thesame the followingweek. Lots of the girlsattend training sessionsrun by Little SuttonNetball Club, acommunity netball clubthat is run at ArthurTerry. It runs on a
Saturday morning from9.30am-12.30pm and isopen to key stage 2girls regardless of whichschool they attend.Anyone with a daughterin years 7-11 who wouldlike to get involved cancall Rachael on 07758365324 or [email protected] formore details.
Tel: 0121 247 2233www.cottons.co.uk
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