We were competing again last weekend the 14th June at Telford and for most of the match lay in third position.  Unfortunately, some of the events couldn't be covered fully due to delays in getting to the venue, which meant a loss in points for the whole team.  We had quite a few athletes missing from certain events and had to fill in where possible, showing great team work from all concerned.

There were a couple of outstanding performances:-

Judah Simpson performed the 100 metres in 11.00 seconds achieving English Schools standard; just 0.1 seconds off the National standard.
Naomi Reid jumped 11.08 metres in Triple Jump achieving English Schools Standard; just 2 cms from achieving National standard.

Also, personal best performances for:-

Isaac Marshall in the Triple Jump with 12.55metres and;
Ryan Winson  in the Long Jump of 5 metres an event he normally would not do, as he is generally a thrower.

I am at present unaware of any other personal bests, so if I haven't mentioned anyone, I apologise. 

We finished in a great flurry with three of our throwing ladies taking part in our 4 x 100 relay achieving an excellent time.  All our relay teams worked very hard and gained the much needed points to keep the team in second place in the League.

At the moment the match wins are Stoke 2 - Derby 1 and we are looking forward to the next match at Stoke where we anticipate an even closer match, hoping to beat Stoke on their home ground. This should culminate in a thrilling Promotions Match on Sunday 30th August at Moorways with everyone welcome to attend and cheer us on.

Thanks to everyone involved; Athletes, Officials and Coaches; without whom we couldn't compete or hold these events.

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Report by Debbie Winson, Junior League Team Manager

Derby had a storming weekend in the North of England u20 & Senior Track and Field Championships @ Sports City (20th to 21st June), with good representation across all events and coming away with 5 medals.

Highlights:

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Derby took 9 middle distance athletes up for the weekend at Sports City in Manchester. Overall it was a successful weekend with 3 medals and 3 personal bests.

Rich Weir ran a strong 1500m and took the race to his rivals by putting in a concerted effort with 700m to go. Leading all the way down the home straight he got pipped to the line by last years champion Gary Bristow from Trafford AC. He ran 3.52.69 to Weirs 3.53.14. 3rd was Tim Egerton from Trafford in 3.55.17.

Chris Davison ( 4.08.09 ), Martin Booth ( 4.11.34 pb ), John Knibb ( 4.24.16 ) and Ian Stevens ( 4.33.92 ) all went out in the heats.

In the 3k steeplechase Dave Westbury lead from gun to tape and took the title in a seasons best 9.16.76. Alex Pilcher, who has been suffering with injuries this season and not yet back to his best, ran a very gutsy race to take the bronze medal in 9.35.44.

In the 800m Martin Booth completed a fine individual weekend with another pb in 2.02.67. And Tom Offord ran a lifetime best in his heat in 2.01.04

Rich Weir is racing over 1500m in the elite bmc at Stretford on Saturday 27th June.

Report by Pete Ivens

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The Derbyshire Athletics Network was launched last night at Derby AC's Moorways Stadium home with £40,000 of funding from England Athletics. The initiative sees the county's three main athletics clubs – Amber Valley AC and Chesterfield & District AC, as well as Derby – teaming up to make the most of their resources.

Daniel Caines (ex indoor world 400m champion) will be the network co-ordinator. The main aim of the network will be to enhance and drive up the quality of athletics coaching.

More info here

Derby's BAL team got a great start to the season, finishing 2nd on the day and looking strong enough to go straight back into Division 2.

Telegraph Report

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