TAVISTOCK Athletic Club slipped to 3rd place in the Devon Sportshall League after the second meeting held recently in Dawlish. Close rivals North Devon AC and Exeter Harriers turned out in force, this meeting also incorporating the county championships with medals at stake. Tavistock took 34 athletes and they brought back their fair share of medals. Laura Aspen won gold, silver and bronze medals in her three events. Suzy Blandford collected one gold and two bronzes and Louise Elsworth claimed all three golds in her competition. Of the boys, Owen Drage won two silvers and a bronze in his events. In total the team won 10 gold, 10 silver and 7 bronze medals in an impressive display. The next meeting is in January and with three more events in this series Tavistock will have to pull out all the stops to regain the trophy they won so handsomely last season. They now trail North Devon by 150 points. A selection of the results: U10 Girls: Alice Govier, standing l-jump, 18th; Amy Brown, vertical jump, 6th; Charlie Flynn Sanwels, 1 lap hurdles, 15th; Charlotte Halliday, speed bounce, 5th; Claire Fraser, speed bounce, 3rd; Fiona McCall, speed bounce, 12th; Karla Flynn Sanwels, standing l-jump, 17th; Lauren Pike, 1 lap hurdles, 10th; Molly Megicks, soft javelin, 8th; Sarah Hornby, speed bounce, 2nd; Tessa Young, soft javelin, 3rd. U11 Girls: Aislyn Taylor, soft javelin, 1st; Charlotte Herdman, vertical jump, 1st; Chloe Ewings, vertical jump, 10th; Hannah Douglas, sitting throw, 1st; Vivien Goddard-Stephens, 2 lap hurdles, 2nd. U13 Girls: Alexandra Smith, shot, 1st; Hannah Holland, standing triple jump, 6th; Katharine Pike, shot, 10th; Kathryn Milligan, vertical jump, 11th; Laura Aspen, 6 laps, 1st, 4 laps, 2nd, standing triple jump, 3rd; Rebecca Stephens, speed bounce, 8th; Victoria Smith, 2 laps hurdles, 2nd. U17 Girls: Louise Elsworth, 2 laps, 1st, 2 laps hurdles, 1st, 4 laps, 1st; Suzy Blandford, vertical jump, 1st, 2 laps, 3rd, 4 laps, 3rd. U10 Boys: Luke Shalgosky, 1 lap hurdles, 4th; Miles Eastaugh, soft javelin, 2nd. U11 Boys: Ben Brown, 2 laps, 2nd, 2 lap hurdles, 2nd; Jonathan Meneer, speed bounce, 1st. U13 Boys: James Halliday, speed bounce, 4th; Matt McNamara-Waddington, high jump, 4th; Owen Drage, high jump, 2nd, standing l-jump, 2nd, standing triple Jump, 3rd. U15 Boys: Matthew Drage, standing t-jump, 2nd, high jump, 3rd; Richard Stephens, vertical jump, 4th. l This Saturday the club turns its attention to its annual Awards Ceremony with trophies being presented to a whole variety of members. It?s been quite a year for the club: the juniors won the Sportshall League last winter, continued their success over the summer by regaining the Devon Track & Field League and several athletes have represented their county after impressive success at County Championship events. On the road there have been several notable successes and some marvellous improvements with several club records being smashed across all distances. The club have also pushed ahead with their Development Plan and already are seeing the benefits with an expansion of the coaching personnel and more recently a very successful Tavy 7 road race which has won accolades from every quarter. More about Tavistock AC, including a full run down on the Sportshall League results from http://www.tavistockathletics.com">www.tavistockathletics.com
