Young Talent Shining Through at Thanet AC

Last weekend saw the first ever Kent Young Athletes League for the age group at Under 12 compete in Dartford at Central Park Athletics Track.

Thanet AC, combined with White Cliffs R & AC, took 7 athletes of boys and girls to compete in a series of events in Division 2 and didn’t disappoint.

Thanet AC combined team with helpers Kitty-Rose Hatton and Bella Winfield.

In the boys match Thanet AC had Edward Chidwick and Gideon Wells competing.

Edward came away with a 1^st place in the A string long jump (3.68m), 2^nd place in the A string 75m (12.1s) and 1^st place in the B string javelin (10.44m).

Gideon threw his way to a 1^st place in the A string discus (13.67m), 3^rd place in the A string javelin (12.36m) and 3^rd place in the B string 75m (13.7s).

Both of these boys ran in the 4 x 100m where the combined team took 1^st place in their race in a brilliant time of 66.1s.

The boys team won their match beating teams from Paddock Wood, Central Park, Swale and Sevenoaks.

Edward Chidwick (left) in the 75m and Gideon Wells (right) in the discus. 

In the girls match unfortunately there were only 3 of them competing, so the fact that they finished only 36pts behind 2^nd place was a real credit to them and their performances.

In this team of girls was Alice Tye, Chloe Figgins and Ellie Brady.

Alice Tye finished 2^nd in the A string javelin (11.70m), 3^rd in the A string 75m (12.0s) and 4^th in the A string long jump (3.14m).

Chloe Figgins competed in the A string high jump where she finished 2^nd (1.10m), 75m where she placed 2^nd in the B string (12.5s) and 2^nd in the B string 75m hurdles.

Ellie Brady finished 2^nd in the B string long jump (3.12m), 3^rd in the A string 75m hurdles (16.3s) and 4^th in the A string 600m (2:06.7).

Alice Tye (left) in the javelin, Chloe Figgins (middle) in the high jump and Ellie Brady (right) in the 600m.

Overall the combined team of Thanet AC and White Cliffs R & AC finished in 4^th place, but its all to play for when they have their 2^nd league match in August.

Team manager Ben Wells spoke about the team saying “What a great performance by the girls and boys today. The hard work of these athletes in their training has really paid off and the results are there for all to see, but most importantly was the smiles on their faces when competing.”

Special thanks go to Kitty-Rose Hatton and Bella Winfield from our U14 athletics group who gave up their day to help organise the athletes………………. and team managers Ben Wells and Darren Hatton!!!

• Darren Hatton