Second places and superb showings for Blue Stars in Sportshall League finale

Horsham Blue Star under-15 girls team that achieved success in their relay race

In the under-15 girls’ events, there was a double win in the two-lap sprint, where Ruby Walker ran 23.0sec to take the A race, with Ella Hannyngton winning the B race in 23.1.

Hannyngton then went on to win the A string shot putt, with a throw of 8.00m, with Cleo Tomlinson winning the B string with 7.99m.

Tomlinson then secured second places in the vertical jump with a leap of 61cm, with Jessica O’Flaherty jumping 58cm to win the B event. These two teamed up in the four-lap races, with Tomlinson running 48.2 to take second in the A race with O’Flaherty winning the B race in 48.5.

Horsham Blue Star under-15 boys team that achieved success in their relay race

The standing long jump saw Walker jump 2.21m and Hannyngton jump 2.15m to finish second in the A and B strings respectively.

The under-13 girls’ shot saw Macy Lawes throw 8.38m for second place in the A string, with Alina Hillicks also taking second place in the B string with a throw of 6.19m.

Sophie Hogton and Hayley Emerson teamed up in the standing triple jump and both finished second, jumping 6.07m and 5.65m respectively.

The under-11 girls saw Madeline Way continue with her impressive performances this winter, winning the two-lap race in 23.5, the speed bounce with a score of 57 and finally the standing long jump with a massive leap of 2.10m, where team-mate Lila Cox jumped 1.78m to take second place in the B event.

The under-15 boys’ standing triple jump produced a double victory for Seb Wallace and John Fickling, with Wallace winning the A string with a massive leap of 8.07m and Fickling jumping 6.87m to win the B string.

Wallace went on to win the vertical jump with a leap of 71cm and took the B race in the four-lap race in 45.9 with Adam West running 45.1 to take second place in the A race.

Matt O’Dwyer and Adam West teamed up in the shot where they achieved a double first, O’Dwyer throwing 11.39m to win the A event and West throwing 9.94m to win the B string.

In the under-13 boys’ events, Edward Crossman had an impressive double, firstly winning the four-lap race in 48.6 and then winning the standing triple jump with a leap of 7.05m. Luke Stables and Fraser Williams both took second places in the six-lap race, running 1min 18.7sec and 1-21.9 respectively.

The relays completed the days events and there were wins in the four x two-lap races for the under-15 boys, the under-15 girls’ and the under-13 boys’ teams, while the under-11 girls’ four x one-lap team also had an impressive win.