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Kent Multi-event Championships 2010 -

Rhiannon Kent Pentathlon champion 2010

Rhiannon Wallwork stormed to Kent Gold in the u-13 county pentathlon championships at Tonbridge, posting 4 personal bests out of the 5 events and totalling 2123 points, just 63 short of Anna Alvarez's club record of 2186 in 2008.
Rhiannon was 2nd in both the opening and closing events (hurdles and 800m) was significantly better than all 8 rivals in both long jump and shot and was equal best in the high jump with her Ashford rival. The Ashford girl's win at 800m gained 59 more points than Rhiannon's 2nd, taking her from bronze to silver, Rhiannon clinching gold by 363 points.
Rhiannon's personal bests : 13.06 (70m hdles) 8.31m (shot) 1.31m (high jump) and 2mins 52.09 for 800m.
Rhiannon is pictured on the podium at the Kent Schools Championships in June

Southern InterCounties Match - Copthall, Hendon -

IEK at Julie Rose Memorial Open

Seven young IEK athletes raced in the 2010 Julie Rose Open at the Ashford stadium built and named in her honour in 1997 following her death in a plane crash 25 years ago.
In the 600m, Alistair Noel (u17) tested his speed in 1min 37.1, while 9 year-old Douglas Noel and 8 year-old Oliver Weston raced each other in 2:06 and 2:16 respectively.
Jacob Burton recorded 4.42.38 in race 3 of 1,500m, while Anna Weston (u13) ploughed a lonely furrow in race 2 in 5:20 between adults either 30 secs faster or 60 secs slower.
In the sprints, Ben Burton (u-17) and IEK newcomer Joe Hawkins (u15) raced each other at both 100m and 200m : in race 6 of 100m, they notched an IEK 1-2, recording 12.29 and 12.40, while in race 4 Rhiannon Wallwork (u-13) was 2nd in 14.06
In race 4 of the 200m, Ben again got the better of Joe, this time Ben's twin brother Jacob finished between them, all three within 2 10ths of a second of each other.

IEK at Regional Intercounties

At the Southern Intercounty match for 13 counties at Copthall (Hendon) Anna Alvarez (ranked 6 in UK Shot Put) competed in two events within 15 minutes - first her opening throw of 11.28m got her 2nd in Shot to a Berkshire girl ranked 3rd : within 15 minutes, Anna was 5th in Javelin with her 2nd round throw of 28.29m

On the track, 1st year u-15 Bobby Clay fearlessly challenged the UK No.2 from Essex and UK No. 7 from Bedfordshire in a tactical 800m final and was only 3 seconds adrift after the two older girls suddenly changed gear down the back straight.
Bobby is ranked 43 in UK with a best of 2.20 which, this season, her two rivals have bettered 8-9 times each. The picture shows her in heats (No.10 in blue Kent colours) shadowing UK no. 2 Kaylee Dodd (7) in red Essex vest
Jaffer Adams (11.78) was 8th in the final of u15 Boys 100m where he too was up against a UK No. 2 from Essex who, surprisingly, was beaten by the UK No.8 from Surrey.

Club Championships 2010 -

Main Day is LAST Sunday September (26th) with events in 10 days before

Original date (5 Sept) unavailable - revised date for Main Day is LAST Sunday of September - timetable + entry forms coming in post.
Thursday... 16 Sept........ ALL sprint hurdles + 3,000m + Javelin
Tuesday..... 21 Sept....... MILE + High Jump (during IEK Sept Open)
Thursday... 23 Sept........ 600m/800m + Triple Jump
Sunday...... 26 Sept....... (Main Day) all remaining events between 10am and 1pm

English National Championships 2010 -

Anna Alvarez silver in Nationals - 5 IEK compete at Bedford

In round 2 of the National u-15 Shot Put at Bedford, Anna Alvarez stepped into the circle 5th, lofted the 3.25kg shot 12.09m to overtake all but the eventual champion, Annabel Sherry (Cheltenham Harriers) to take silver with her 4th IEK Shot record this season.
In winning the Kent title in May, Anna was 3 cm short of the club record set in 1995 by IEK's legendary multi-eventer Liz Gibbens. By the end of June, Anna had twice betterd Liz's 10.42m and in early July finished 6th in the English Schools (Birmingham) with 10.70m.
In late July, Anna made club history with the first IEK throw over 11 metres at our own IEK Open : at Bedford she went one better with the first 12 metre throw.
Jaffer Adams (u-15) ran 11.81 into a headwind for 7th in the semi-final of Saturday's 100m - the following day, Jaffer was edged out in the heats of 200m despite a near best 23.63
In the u-17s, Jake Rogers & Kieran Reilly tackled 1500m on Day 1, while Rebecca Weston did 800m on Day 2. Jake (4.25.75) wasn't in the right frame of mind in his heat, while Kieran (4.10.89) was a comfortable qualifier for a tactical final where he was a fine 6th, albeit 2 seconds slower in 4.12.66
Rebecca Weston (2.16.13) was unlucky to be edged out of the 800m final by 2/10ths after being boxed and buffeted in her heat where the 1st 5 were all within one second.
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