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Saturday saw the annual Stevenage and North Herts Athletic Club/Hertford and Ware Combined A.C Club Championships at Ridlins Stadium, Stevenage. Over 100 athletes from the two clubs, each competed in three events of their choice to decide the Champions in each age group.

The afternoon ‘kicked off’ with a presentation by Stevenage’s Mayor Jim Brown to SNHAC’s Norma Harris, who retires as Club Secretary in November. Norma has been involved at Stevenage for over 30 years and Saturday was her last event as meeting manager.

Once action on the track got underway there were many PBs, some very close finishes and great jumping and throwing.

Although not competing in the Club Champs, senior athlete Elior Harris cleared 1m90 in the high jump, which takes him to 5th on the National Veteran Ranking tables for 2024.

The U11 titles were won by Hetty Billany-Connell (212pts) and Kieran Kealey (199pts) respectively. U13 girls saw a win for Sadie May Bannister, while Stanley Wilkinson won the boy’s title. Rosie Mcleod won the U15 girls title and Alastair Gall Gray was victorious in the U15 boy’s event. Emily Rapley and Hugo McFarlane Cushing won the U17 competitions, with Aimie Taylor and Uzo Dike winning the U20 age groups. Overall Club Champions for 2024 were Libby Taylor (HT, SP and DT -226pts) and Nile Odejimi Riley (100m, LJ and TJ -271pts). Nile’s 10.99 for his 100m was a PB.

Full results are on the website.

Sunday sees the Clubs U13, U15 and U17 athletes competing at the Eastern Young Athletes League Plate final at Thurrock.