Tate and Lyle Young
Athletes Meeting - Newham 28th August 2005
Some of Ilford's
youngsters took part in the annual Tate & Lyle Young
Athletes Meeting @ Newham & Essex Beagles track
(Macmillan Stadium) on Sunday 28th August. (Open
Meeting)
This meeting allows youngsters to have a go whatever
there ability and includes a few races for the
u/11's, which otherwise is not possible in the
normal track season.
U/11's were represented by Ashley Lewis-Shodeinde (8
yrs). She rang a very good 75m race to come home in
3rd place, 8th overall in a time of 12.47s. She also
ran the 600m and jumped a distance of 2m 87cm in the
long jump. Jordan Akisanya rang the 600m and won in
a time of - 2min 18sec. This was matched with an
excellent run in the 75m with a winning time of
11.39sec. His younger brother Isaac (8yrs) also ran
the 75m and finished in the top 3, competition
definitely there between the brothers. The last
youngster to participate was Torgon David, he took
part in the shot putt and did remarkably well with a
3rd place distance of - 4m 62cm. Well Done to them
all, future is certainly bright for them all
In the U/13 Boys the day must go to Jordan & Isaac's
brother Aaron. He ran well in the 100m for 2nd place
in a time of - 13.8sec but eclipsed that in the shot
putt. Having not really doing much of this before,
in fact it may be one of his first times doing this
event he won it in fine style with a putt of -
8metres exactly. Further excitement was to follow as
it was confirmed that this putt was in fact a CLUB
RECORD. The previous record of 7m 33cm had stood
since 1979, so over 25 yrs, FANTASTIC. Possibilities
of Aaron taking part in the Pentathlon @ the Essex
Champs next year. Jerrell Alleyne was it continuing
fine form winning both the 100m & 200m respectively.
Alex Richards is coming back to his best
form running his best 1500m time since the Essex
Champs in May with a 2nd place time of - 5m 13sec.
Andrew Townsend was competing in his first event
since joining and came just outside the medals in
the shot putt with a distance of - 5m 40cm, this is
however his best put even better than in training.
U/15 Boys saw two athletes competing. Osi Nzeako came
home in 2nd place in the 100m with a time of -
13.0sec and he won the long jump with a leap of - 5m
01cm. Bakr Al-Akku was just pipped to the post in
the 200m even though given the same time was
hundredth's in it, time of - 24.8sec. He also ran
the 400m and finished 1st with a time of 55.9sec.
U/17 Boys Gull Hassen Ditta rang the
100m and also competed in the long jump doing well
in both.
Aimee Jones was the only representative in the u/13
girls (her last but one competition before she goes
upto the u/15. She ran a cautious 800m but was able
to finish just ahead of her nearest rival in a time
of - 2m 43sec. In the long jump there was more
success coming 2nd with a distance of - 3m 87cm.
The U/15 Girls had 4 athletes. Rachel Giwa ran well
in the 100m coming 1st in a time of - 13.0sec and
threw the javelin a distance of 15m 90cm for a 3rd
place. Sarah Kigozi also competed in the 100m and
finished 3rd in a time of - 13.6sec, whilst also
participating in the long jump. Lydia Hall came 2nd
in the High Jump with a clearance of - 1m 33cm, ran
a good 200m and won the 1500m. Finally Laura
Townsend's consistency late on in the track year was
there again to see doing well in the 200m, running a
time of 28.6sec to come home in 3rd place.
Good day was had by all and some good performances
for so late on in the season.
