FOURTEEN young athletes aged 9 to 11 years of age from the Julie Rose Academy were selected to represent Kent in the Southern Inter Countes indoor sportshall competition at Burgess Hill.
All 14 youngsters performed exceptionally well with the boys team finishing second overall and the girls third.
In the boys team were James Syrett, Giles Manning, George Mayer, Jake Timinns, Joseph Whitby and Kian Crawford and the girls team included Jemma Coales, Alex Prickett, Jaimee Ann Heyes, Milie Issac, Kiera Istead, Hannah Graham, Jessicca Carley and Jessica Box.
The majority of the selected team for Kent came from the Ashford Academy held at the Julie Rose Stadium.
The Academy have 32 representatives in the Kent indoor championships on Sunday and are currently Kent champions for two consecutive years running and will be hoping to defend their title for the third time.
The Academy train on Wednesday and Friday evenings from 5.30 – 6.45 coached by Jacqi Snare.
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Duo shine in nationals
Emem and Charlotte at the National Sportshall finals
ASHFORD AC Under 13 girls Emem Umoh and Charlotte Dryland were in action for Kent in the Under 13 girls National Sportshall finals, at the NEC arena Birmingham on Sunday.
The Kent girls came third out of 12 teams, with Emem taking the silver medal in the vertical jump and Charlotte was fifth in the speed bounce with 84 bounces.
The speed bounce was won in 86 bounces with three girls sharing the gold.
The Ashford duo were competing against girls a year older than themselves, as they both are in this age group again next year.
Sportshall squad on form
ASHFORD Athletic Club had a storming time in the Sportshall Inter-Regional finals at Burgess Hill with the 18 youngsters in the medals and all recording personal bests.
Three helped the Under 13 Kent team win the competition and qualify for the UK finals in Birmingham on April 18 after securing two golds and a bronze.
Emem Umoh won the vertical jump with a 63cm leap and gold also went to Charlotte Dryland winning the speed bounce with 83. The bronze was taken by Amber Currie in the four lap race with a best time of 55.3 seconds.
Oliver Williams starred for the Under 13 Kent boys with two silver medals shining in the standing triple jump with 7.84m and runner-up in the four lap race with 23.3. Also in the U13 squad were Alex Lynch, Kieran Regan, Ben Isaac and Ben Phillips.
Nathan Fatola had a super day in the Under 15 boys with two silvers and a bronze in the all-round competition. His silvers came in the triple jump with 7.86m and two lap race in 22.8 seconds.
There was also a bronze for Tom Snare in the shot with a fine 12.14m putt. Also in action from Ashford were Tom Williams and Temi Banwo who helped Kent finished third team in the South East competition.
The Kent Under 15 girls had Caitlin Dock, Kayleigh Miller-Leslie, Abigail Purkis, Lauren Bamford and Sophie Hamlyn in action in a top class competition. Caitlin and Lauren just missed out on medals with equal fourths in the speed bounce competition and Caitlin was the best Kent performer in the all rounder competition on equal ninth. Good news for the club is most of the athletes have another year in their age groups to improve even more.
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