Weekly update- 18th June 2026

There was plenty going on at the weekend with plenty of action on the track from young and old.

We’ll start off with the Triangular League fixture at Tipton where the club took on their local rivals Tipton Harriers, Halesowen AC and Dudley & Stourbridge Harriers. The club are top following this fixture with one remaining. Elijah Enwerem took the win in the U14 80m hurdles with 12.8 setting a league record, Ocean Schloss was 2^nd in the U12G A race over 75m with 11.3, with Shaylen Walsh placing 5^th in the U12G B race with 13.8, Isla Gaunt was 2^nd in 11.9 in a non-scoring race, Abigail Evans placed 2^nd in 12.2 and Clara Edwards was 4^th in 13.2 in another non scoring race and in a third non scorer there was a 4^th for Isabelle Davies in 12.9. Also over 75 metres Farrell Sogbesan placed 1^st in the U12B A race with 11.2, Ezriel Enwerem was 2^nd in the B race with 11.7, and in plenty on non-scoring events there was a win for Samuel Worrall with 11.5, a win for Teddy Walton in 11.1, a win for Isaac Heinke in 11.5 and a 2^nd place for Kurtis Clayton in the same time, and a 4^th for Jovan Dhaliwal in 12.4. Jenson James-Bowen won in 11.7, Joseph Blunt was 2^nd in 11.7, Bertie Dixon was 3^rd in 12.0 and Edison Bowden was 4^th in 12.3. Over 50m for the U10s there was a 2^nd place for Phoebe Tett in 8.8, a 4^th for Isabelle Bowden in 9.1, a 2^nd for Naveah Maxwell in 7.9, a 3^rd for Louisa Evans in 8.7, a 4^th for Aiyana Hirons in 9.2, a 2^nd for Adeline Aston in 9.0, a 3^rd for Tejbir Gill in 10.7, a 1^st for Jude Martins in 8.0, a 2^nd for Noah Oxley, a 4^th for Eli Hat and a 3^rd for Henry Shaw but no time appears to have been recorded for that last trio.

Martha Harris placed 4^th in 15.6 in the U14G 100m A race, in the B race Isla Birch placed 4^th in 16.1, Anaiya Patel placed 5^th in 16.3 and Abigail Wright was 6^th in 18.1. In the U14B A race there was a 5^th for Elijah Enwerem in 13.9, Gabriel Quintyne-Morris was 3^rd in the B race in 14.6, and in a non-scoring event Tate-Blu Quintyne-Smith was 2^nd in 13.7 and Callum Hamilton was 3^rd in 14.2. Over 600m Phoebe Tett was 2^nd in 2.15.1, Isabelle Bowden place 4^th in 2.21.2, Louisa Evans was 6^th in 2.23.4, Aiyana Hirons was 7^th in 2.25.0, Adeline Aston placed 9^th in 2.33.6 and Tejbir Gill was 12^th in 2.55.8 in the U10G N/S race. In the boys version Jude Martins placed 1^st in 2.02.6, Noah Oxley was 2^nd in 2.03.9, Henry Shaw 6^th in 2.13.8, and Eli Hat was 11^th in 2.31.5. Also over 600m the U12G were Alba Jones appears to have equalled her own league record winning in 1.46.3, Abigail Evans was 3^rd in 1.53.2, Ocean Schloss 4^th in 1.57.3, and in another race over the same distance Isla Gaunt was 1^st in 2.00.4, Holly Doody was 4^th in 2.06.9, Isabelle Davies was 5^th in 2.08.3, Clara Edwards 7^th in 2.09.2. And in the boys side in the U12B there was a win and league record for Teddy Walton in 1.49.1 Joseph Blunt finished 4^th in 1.54.1, Samual Worrall 5^th in 1.55.7, Kurtis Clayton 6^th in 1.57.9. Also over 600m there was a win for Bertie Dixon in 1.56.1, Jovan Dhaliwal was 2^nd in 1.56.9, Edison Bowden 4^th in 2.04.4, Emmanuel Garacho 5^thin 2.07.2. Over 800m in the U14G Chloe Cashmore-Jones placed 2^nd in 2.39.1, Martha Harris was 5^th in 2.48.0, Anaiya Patel was 6^th in 2.51.7, Isla Birch 7^th in 2.57.5 and Abigail Wright 10^th in 3.03.8. In the boys race Finley Anslow placed 2^nd in 2.24.5, Ryan Lovegrove 7^th in 2.41.1 and George Shaw 9^th in 3.03.1. The club placed 2^nd in 7.45.5 and 5^th in 8.13.3 in the 3 x 400m non-scoring relay walk and were 4^th in 35.1, 2^nd in 34.0 in the U12G 4 x 50m relays, and the boys were 1^st in 32.5. in the 4 x 100m relays there was a 2^nd place in 65.3 for the girls.

In the field events Thomas Rowbothan won the U14 discus with 25.99, a league record, George Shaw placed 5^th with 12.89 and Callum Hamilton was 6^th with 10.54. In the U14B long jump Tat-Blu Quintyne-Smith was 5^th with 4.21, Callum Hamilton 6^th with 4.08 and Gabriel Quintyne-Morris 9^th with 3.97. Thomas Rowbotham placed 3^rd in the shot with 8.41, George Shaw placed 5^th with 6.54. In the U12G discus Abigail Evans placed 3^rd with 8.79, Isabelle Davies placed 6^th with 6.06. In the long jump Ezriel Enwerem placed 3^rd with 3.71, Jenson James-Bowen 6^th with 3.49, Seth Owen-Stuart 9^th with 3.28, Farrell Sogbesan 11^th with 3.15. In the girls high jump Shaylen Walsh was equal 4^th with a clearance on 1.05, Matilda Cosnett was 7^th with 1.00 and Amber Hay was 9^th with 0.95. In the U12B discuss Teddy Walton placed 5^th with 10.86, Samuel Worrall was 7^th with 10.56, Seth Owen-Stuart 8^th with 10.02 and Jenson James-Bowen 10^th with 7.85. In the U12G long jump Amber Hay placed 5^th with 3.12, Matilda Cosnett was 6^th with 3.10, and Shaylen Walsh was 10^th with 2.94. Elijah Enwerem set a league record in the boys high jump clearing 1.48, Tate-Blu Quintyne-Smith was 3^rd with 1.35, Farrell Sogbesan placed 4^th with 1.25, Gabriel Quintyne-Morris 7^th with 1.15 and Ezriel Enwerem finished in 8^th place with 1.10.

Just to recap in the older ages in the YDL we are 2^nd in the lower competition with 27392 points trailing Shrewsbury AC who lead with 34178, and in the upper competition we virtually have that sewn up with one fixture remaining as we lead the table with 19982 points with Tipton Harriers trailing on 11322. From some of the comments I’ve received there has been a massive contribution made by Rhianne Allen in managing the team, organising athletes and running backwards and forwards between the officials to ensure results are correct.

There was more track action for the senior brigade at the Midlands Masters Track & Field Championships at Nuneaton where Greg Asbury arrived late in the day for one race and came away with a gold in the M50-55 400 metres in a time of 57.80, Lucie Tait-Harris pocketed a silver medal over 800m in the F50 category clocking 2.35.37, and went one better taking gold in the 1500m in a close race winning in a time of 5.31.02, Sabrina Thomas won gold in the W35 race over 800m crossing the line in 2.39.95 and bagged a second gold medal with a finish of 5.32.00 over 1500m, Dave Norman also doubled up bagging with a new PB of 2.50.30 over 800m in the M55 category taking 5^th place, and taking a bronze medal over 1500m with a finish of 5.46.25. A total of 6 medals for the club on the day.

There was some midweek track and field action at the University of Birmingham where Dequandre Willock came 1^st over 100m in a new PB of 12.15, Dequandre ran a second race placing 5^th in 12.24. Ava Robinson also won in a PB over the same distance clocking 12.73, Ava also won a second 100m in 12.77. James Crust placed 5^th over 400m in 50.50, Alba Jones was 2^nd overall but 1^st U12G over 800m in 2.20.95 only one hundredth of a second behind the winner, Megan White placed 7^th in the open 800m in 2.18.03, in a nice new PB, and Oliver Cresswell was 8^th overall and 1^st U20 in a PB of 2.01.23 over the same distance. In the javelin Tegjot Singh threw the spear 44.32 metres to take 3^rd in the U18M category.

And there was some road race action over 10k, first in Aldridge where Andy Jarvis placed 37^th in 43.21, at Chillington where Paul Dean claims he “had a shocker” finishing in 1.07.27 in 76^th place, and there was a big group in Barmouth where the placings don’t appear to bear any relation to the times. Ben Pilsbury placed 33^rd in 39.53, Andy Dyall was 74^th in 43.39, Simon Calrow 82^nd in 44.13, Nat Griffiths 90^th in 44.45, Emily Simmonds 129^th in 46.47, our new member Ray Quinn placed 154^th in 50.02, Keith Carter was 168^th in 42.56¸ Vanessa Landreau Barnes placed 303^rd in 49.46, Pete Campbell placed 338^th in 51.41, Michelle Wilding was 388^th in 54.01, Russ Blair was 435^th in 56.02, Suzanne Giles 451^st in 56.36, Carl Morgan was 647^th in 1.01.02 and Joy Bailey placed 1076^th in 1.33.23.

There was some action on the fells were Paul Dean had a far better evening in the Rodney’s Pilllar fell race, coming home in 31^st covering the 5.2k distance with 280 metres of ascent in 29.18.

Dave Norman