Abingdon School

17 June 2010

After a strong performance at the county ESAA Track & Field Cup, Abingdon U16 team travelled to Tipton with a clear target: to do their best. Two weeks careful preparation, with the support of outside coaches Kevin O’Hara and Alan Lerwill, meant the team had done all they could to be ready.

Some fine sprinting by Niall Keown and Patrick Sardeson set us up for a good final, though our most successful track event was the 80m hurdles, with Kieran Boddington (11.6s) and Charlie Stenton-Putt (12.6s) getting us 49 points. In the field Nick Boreham topped the points with the shot (12.60m, 24 points), with Charlie Stenton-Putt (1.65m high jump), Niall Keown (5.78m long jump) and Patrick Sardeson (39.56m javelin) not far behind. The discus throwers kept the team’s chances up with Azarel Adebanjo and Christopher Tayler both scoring well (27.46m and 25.86m respectively). The other members of the team all did their bit with Charles Kruczko-Cousins, Jamie Aspinall, David Jorgensen, Mathew Hartshorne, Jacob Templeman, Thomas Fabes and George Stoneham all getting valuable points.

In the end we added 41 points to our previous total, achieving as much as anyone could ask for, but it was not enough to catch the teams in front, with the winners, Northampton School, well ahead on 476 points. Still, it all bodes well for next year’s U17 team and for the future of athletics at Abingdon School.

437pts : Abingdon School, Oxfordshire