Magnificent seven on county duty

In competition with athletes representing Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire and Rutland, the young Gold Tops played a full part in their team’s challenge.

In the under 13 girls’s section, the Lincolnshire team finished in fourth place at the end of a packed programme of track and field contests.

Georgia Ward achieved a new personal best performance for fifth position in the shot, recording a putt of 7.63m.

She also made a good contribution as a member of the county obstacle relay team.

In the same age group, Megan Reid was sixth in the standing long jump with a leap measuring 1.98m and finished in seventh position in the two-lap race, recording 26.5 secs before assisting the Lincs team in the two-lap relay event.

The Lincolnshire under 11 girls finished highest of any of the county representative teams, claiming a fine second place.

Eleanor Lyddiatt, Issy Reid and Ronnie Gray all made a significant contribution in both individual events and the various relay challenges.

Eleanor finished third in the standing long jump with a fine clearance of 1.96m and made an impact most notably in the relays, especially in the 4x1 lap race when Lincs were a very close second to Nottinghamshire.

Issy performed really well in the target throw, finishing joint third with 15 points and claimed 11th position in the standing long jump with a leap of 4.61m.

Ronnie finished joint fifth in the target throw with eight points and finished 12th in the ball throw with a score of 19.

In the under 11 boys’s competition Hayden Quantrill achieved two outstanding individual results as well as playing a full part in the relay competitions.

Hayden was in joint first place in the balance test, achieving a total time of 60 secs.

He then threw the soft javelin 14.00m for third.

Jack Clark-Atkins showed improved performances at county level with a significant clearance of 5.15m for ninth place in the standing long jump and produced a swift leg as a member of the Lincs relay team.