ON a wet, windy and cold day Kelly College came away from the biathlon qualifier at Millfield School, Somerset, with six qualifiers for the 34th British Modern Biathlon Championships to be held on November 16/17 at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre and Concord Sports Centre, Sheffield.
In the youth E boys Kelly had a complete sweep with Joe Clark, Matthew Langman and Oliver Lake coming first, second and third. Joe and Oliver are still only nine and are too young to qualify for the nationals, but Matthew Langman will be representing Kelly next month at the nationals.
In the same age group Peter Meachin came fifth and Thomas Hayes seventh. Joe, Oliver and Peter came first in the team event for this age group.
Matthew Henry won the youth D boys? group and was one of only two boys on the day to receive a Gold Biathlon Achievement for gaining more than 2,100 points overall.
Matthew won the swim and came third in the run. Joshua Lake came ninth and Adam John 11th, the three of them making up a team which came second. Matthew qualifies for the nationals as an individual but the team also qualifies.
Alexander Richards, with a personal best in the swimming and gaining first in the run, came fourth overall in the youth C boys.
Youth C girls saw Rebecca Smith win the swim with Beth Campbell-Boseley second. The girls ended up fourth and sixth overall, qualifying them for the national championships.
Lauren Foster booked her ticket for Sheffield in the youth B girls, coming fifth. Jenny Onyon in the same age group came 14th.