Dorset County Sportshall Championships, Canford School, Jan 2013 - Archived Content
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As well as taking part in the Dorset Sportshall series competition, Weymouth St Paul’s Harriers Athletes had some excellent results at the Dorset County Sportshall Championships, coming away with an impressive number of top 3 placing including 7 County Champions & several personal bests. The athletes took part in a variety of indoor track and field events.
Under11 girls Kimberly Starnes, Jaimee Browne, Adelaide Elsom and Caila Kirkpatrick took 1st place in the under 13 circuit relay.
Elsom took 1st place in the Under 11 girls High Jump with a pb110cm. Starnes won the under 11girls Standing Long jump with Abigail Dunford, in her first ever competition for the club, taking 10th in the same event. Caila Kirkpatrick took 1st place in the Vertical jump with Holly Kingman 5th. Jaimee Browne was 2nd in the speed bounce. Sofia Voss came 3rd in Shot Putt.
For the under 13 girls Jodie Clarke was 4th in the Standing triple jump. Zoe Allen came 4th in the shot putt. Emily Fraher came 5th in the 13 High Jump
Weymouth’s sole representative in the under 15 girls, Hannah Westhenry, came 3rd in all her events, Vertical Jump, Shot Putt and 4 lap race, coming 4th overall in the under 15 girls competition.
There was a fantastic performance by James Tufnail in the Under 13 Boys competition. He took first place in both the Vertical Jump and the 4-lap running race.
In the under 11 boys Elliot Rossiter won the 2 lap race and came 2nd in the Standing Long jump with Zach Wilson not far behind. Wilson was also 2nd in his 4 lap heat. Benjamin Jones topped the 4-lap standings after winning a close-fought final. Jones was second in the vertical Jump. Luke Kingston was 9th in Speed bounce and was 2nd in his 2 lap heat.
Hannah Westhenry & James Tuffnall were selected represent Dorset at the Regional sports hall competition in Torbay in under 15 girls & under 13 boys, on the strength of their performances. Hannah achieved 3rd place in the Parlauf while james picked up 2 Silver medals in the 4 lap & Vertical Jump.
For the under 11’s Jaimee Browne, Caila Kirkpatrick, Kai Groves and Ben Jones achieved selection.