Cornwall Athletic Club took full advantage of a home venue, retaining the South West League Cup in glorious sunshine at the Carn Brea Leisure Centre last Sunday.  The local club, fielding a strong team of fifty seven athletes, beating Yeovil Olympiads into second place by a huge margin of 155 points, with Armada Athletic Club (Plymouth) third.

Ollie winning the Senior steeplechase

What a return Conor Robinson made to competition after a minor injury, regaining top spot in the UK Under 15 3000 metres rankings, by winning the Under 17 race in 8 minutes 58.2.  This performance gave Conor his first county record, beating the twenty year old time set by another English Schools Junior Boys Cross Country Champion, Jon Richards, by one second.

Team Managers Karen Mulroy and Bob Ingle were understatandably delighted with the result saying, “The key to our success today was filling ninety eight of the one hundred and four events.  Everyone responded magnificently and the team fully deserved their victory.”

Alice, clearing 1 metre 40 in the HJ with...

Matt almost leaping as high in the hurdles as...

..Phil climbs the final flight

Cornwall won six of the nine age group competitions, plus the relay category, with the Under 17 Women, Under 13 Boys and Under 20 Men being in particularly dominant form.  Athletes in the six strong Under 20 team won ten of their thirteen events and finished second in the other three.  James Hill was in top form, winning four field events, the shot (11 metres 38), discus (31 metres 35), javelin (42 metres 53) and high jump, setting a new personal best of 1 metre 85 in this event.  In the same age group there were double wins for Matt Cleave (3000 metres and 3000 metre steeplechase) and Dave Willis (100 metres and 400 metres).

Matt, winning one of his two events

Aaron in action in the 200 mteres

What a season two of the Under 13 Boys, Liam Littlejohn and Sam Heslop-George, are enjoying.  Liam achieved a National Grade Two standard in the high jump (1 metre 40), won the long jump (4 metres 32), finished second in the 100 metres (13.6) and anchored the 4 x 100 metre relay team to victory.  Young Sam set personal bests with victory in the 200 metres (28.1) and 1500 metres (4.53.5), just two seconds outside the National Grade One Standard in the longer race and was also a member of the winning relay team.

Sam, another double winner and a picture of determination

In the Ladies competition, there were victories for the Hewitt sisters, with Abbie winning the Under 13 200 metres (28.9) and Katie storming home in the Under 17 300 metres (42.2), both National Grade Two Standard performances.

The sprinting sisters, first of all Abbie and then...

....along came Katie

Lamorna brings the victorious U15 team home

The Senior/U20 Medley Relay team just love to pose!

....leaving our treasurer, at the end of the day, holding the baby!!