Jacob Raises The Bar
Jacob Earle smashed the U15 Boys Javelin record by nearly three metres, when he threw it 43.27 metres at the Wessex League meeting in Andover. This achievement is all the more incredible because the record he smashed was set in 2005, before he was born !!!
Jacob Earle
Harewood Forest Trail Runs 5K
In the Harewood Forest Trail Runs 5K there was a CoSARC double for the U15 boys squad. Both Freddie Bosworth, who retained his title with another 1st place finish, and Art Mitchell in 2nd ran exceptionally well.
Freddie Bosworth
Art Mitchell and Freddie Bosworth
UK Trail Running Festival
The UK Trail Running Festival was held at St Giles in Wimborne. CoSARC fielded runners in a variety of distance races, who finished in some impressive times. An undulating, muddy course took runners around the edges of fields, grasslands, farm tracks and woodland trails.
5K Lilli Clements 25:02, Lucy Coates 25:28.
10K Carol Chlebowski 1:03:23. Course PB by 4 minutes.
Half Marathon Kieran McManus 1:46:13, Zoe Lambard 2:03:16, Steve Perry 2:03:16.
Carol Chlebowski, Kieran McManus, Steve Perry, Zoe Lambard and Lilli Clements,
Shinfield 10K
In the Shinfield 10K father and son duo ran very well, with son Matthew Gervais recording a 30 second PB in a time of 36:10. Dave Gervais wasn’t far behind in 39:33.
Big Way Round Ultra Marathon 50K
The Big Way Round Ultra Marathon 50K is an endurance race that is not for the faint hearted. The route was mainly on off road trails, with lots of mud and plenty of hills. Runners were helped on their way by four well stocked aid stations dispensing snacks and drinks to enable them to refuel on the run. Colin Warrington did superbly well to finish in 7hrs 22 mins. Vicki Crossland ran well in the tough19 mile race to finish in 3hrs 40mins 45secs. The 14 mile race was no less tough for Vanessa Hobbs, who finished in 3hrs 04mins 56secs.
Vicki Crossland
Somerset Combined Events Championships
Thomas Holme and Joseph Holme competed in the U17 Octathlon. Both boys got off to a great start on Day 1 with PB s in the Long Jump - Thomas 5.25m, Joseph 5.06m. In the Discus Joseph threw a PB of 18. 64m, while Thomas threw 17.4m. Joseph got another PB with a throw of 24.20m in the Javelin, although his brother threw further with 27.04m. Day 1 finished with the 400m. Both boys excelled themselves with PBs - Thomas 58.52 and Joseph 63.12. It was a great day for the Holme’s brothers, especially Joseph achieving PBs in his first four events.
Dad, Andy Holme, competed in the Senior Men’s Decathlon. Day 1 consisted of five events. He finished the day in the 6th place after some sterling performances - 100m 14.07, Long Jump 4.82m, Shot 6.93m (PB), High Jump 1.53m, and 400m 62.60.
On Day 2 they competed in mostly wet and miserable conditions, which included a downpour during the High Jump. This did not however, dampen their spirits, as both accumulated more PBs between themselves. They kicked off with the 100m Hurdles - Thomas 17.65 (PB) and Joseph 21.08. Next up was the High Jump, when the heavens opened up !! Despite the weather both boys did very well - Thomas cleared 1.49m and Joseph 1.46m (PB). There was another PB for Joseph in the Shot putt with a throw of 7.07m, while Thomas threw 6.92m. Both boys crowned a successful event with PBs in the final event, the 1,500m, with Thomas 4.54 only half a second ahead of Joseph 5.06. Thomas finished in 7th place, with Joseph in 9th. To illustrate rate the standard of the competition, the winner is currently ranked in the top 10 in Europe.
Andy competed well on Day 2 in the rest of his events - 110m Hurdles 21.0, Discus 17.78m, Pole Vault 2.30m, Javelin 27.77m (PB), and to end it all the 1,500m in 4.52.
To cap it all they got to meet legendary double Olympic Gold Medallist in the Decathlon - Daley Thompson.
Thomas Holme, Daley Thompson, Joseph Holme and Andy Holme.
