ENGLISH SCHOOLS’ COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIP REPORT
NORTH WEST REGIONAL ROUND
NORTHWOOD STADIUM, STOKE-ON-TRENT, STAFFORDSHIRE
SATURDAY 24th & SUNDAY 25th JUNE 2023
The North West Regional Round of the English Schools’ Combined Events Championships were held in Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire this year. Athletes representing Lancashire competed in all categories (Junior, Inter and Senior) against athletes from Cumbria, Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire and Shropshire.
This year, Lancashire had teams in the Inter Boys and Inter Girls categories, with athletes competing individually at Junior level. The weather was sunny on both days, however the threat of a thunderstorm was looming later in the weekend and there was some rain in the last event on the Sunday.
Athletes competed strongly over both days in the Inter age group, with Junior Boys competing on the Saturday and Junior Girls on the Sunday.
Results
Junior Girls Pentathlon
7th |
Isla Bamber |
2409 points |
8th |
Abbie Ely |
2406 points |
Junior Boys Pentathlon
10th |
George Camara |
1822 points |
Inter Girls Heptathlon
12th |
Erika Corns |
3124 points |
13th |
Millie Turner |
3052 points |
15th |
Gracie Scott |
2742 points |
Inter Boys Octathlon
3rd |
Corey Middleton |
4257 points |
7th |
Ryan McCaffery |
3884 points |
9th |
Ben Gardner |
3370 points |
Inter Girls team finished 4th and Inter Boys were 2nd. The Lancashire Team were 4th overall in the Aggregate Team Competition.
Selections on the day for the National Championships were given to Corey Middleton. Following on from collation of all the results from the five other regional rounds, the next best 9 athletes in each age category are then selected. Ryan McCaffery has been selected as one of the next best 9 athletes and has been invited to compete.
Congratulations to all our athletes who have been selected and will represent Lancashire at the English Schools Combined Events National Championships at Bedford International Arena, Bedfordshire in September.
Steve Mort
Combined Events Team Manager