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Goole Youth AC
Athletics club based at Victoria Pleasure Grounds in Goole
Training sessions for all ages Mondays an
Today club members Lucas Walton and Imogen Stevens both competed in the English Schools Humberside County XC Championships. Both of them had successful days qualifying for the team to represent the county at the national English Schools Championships!![]()
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Lucas raced in the senior boys race, completing the podium finishing in 3rd place. Imogen also had a very strong run, finishing 4th in the intermediate girls race.
Last weekend four of the clubs athletes competed in the Humberside County X-Country Championships at Weelsby Woods, Grimsby. Athletes were competing for places to represent Humberside at the intercounties XC Championships at Loughborough in March.![]()
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First race up was the senior ladies race, where Goole was represented by both Beth Grogan and Claire Walsh. Both ladies had strong runs, with Beth finishing in 4th place and earning automatic qualification for the Humberside team, and Claire finishing in 11th giving her a very good chance of selection too.![]()
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Imogen Stevens had an excellent run in the U15 girls race, finishing in 2nd place. As well as the silver medal, Imogen also gained an automatic qualifying spot for the Humberside team.![]()
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In the U11 boys race, Oliver Wainman also had a strong run, finishing 10th in his first ever county championships race.
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The fourth and final round of the West Yorkshire XC league took place on Sunday 11th December at Oulton, Rothwell.![]()
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In the senior men's race, Richard Stevens came back fighting this round to beat Steve Walsh by 3 places, after being defeated by Steve in the previous round. Richard and Steven finished 101st and 104th respectively. In terms of overall league positions, Richard finished 25th in the men's 45+ league, and Steve finished 7th in the men's 60+ league.![]()
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In the senior ladies race, Beth Grogan achieved her best ever position in a West Yorkshire league race finishing in 13th. Claire Walsh also ended the league strong in 40th place. Beth and Claire finished 14th and 36th in the overall ladies league, with Beth finishing 6th in the ladies 20-35 league and Claire 4th in the ladies 45+ league.![]()
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Alistair Cooper raced the U15 boys race, finishing 22nd which is his best WYXC league finish position to date. Alistair finished 26th in the league.![]()
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Both Imogen Stevens and Becca Blanchard were absent from the final round of the U15 girls race, but having completed the previous 3 rounds were eligible for overall league standings. Both girls placed strongly, with Imogen in 12th and Becca in 25th.![]()
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Finley Sutcliffe and Cameron Cooper represented Goole in the U11 boys race. Finley had a strong run to finish in 14th, and finished 12th in the league. Cameron Cooper recorded his highest placing in the league this year to finish in 36th, which resulted in him finishing 40th in the league.
Round 3 of the West Yorkshire XC League took place last Sunday, where the athletes tackled an undulating course at Spenborough.![]()
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In the senior men's race, Steve Walsh took victory over Richard Stevens this round, with Steve finishing 130th and Richard only 2 places behind in 132nd. No doubt the final round will be a close fought battle between the two to see who comes out on top in the overall league standings.![]()
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The senior ladies both had strong runs again, with Beth Grogan finishing 24th, and Claire Walsh in 46th.![]()
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In the U15s, Alistair Cooper ran well in the boys race to finish in 35th. In the girls race, Imogen Stevens missed out on the top 10 by only 11seconds coming in 13th. Becca Blanchard was further down the field this time in 35th due to an unfortunate ankle roll part way round the course, but with only the best 3 standings counting towards the overall league has chance to redeem her position further up the league table in the final round.![]()
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Sebastian Ward was Goole's only representative in the U13s this round, with a good performance finishing in 20th place.![]()
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In the U11 boys race, Finley Sutcliffe had his best result of the league so far with a top 10 finish in 8th place. Cameron Cooper also ran well, equaling his position from the previous round to finish 39th.![]()
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The athletes will take on the final round of the league at Rothwell on 11th December.