By Karen Wilkinson

Our amazing athletes have only gone and done it again with New Forest Junior….YDL Lower have again won their home match!!
So proud of each and everyone of our and New Forest Juniors athletes. They all performed to the best of their ability in some very inclement weather. The wind whipped down the track at times and then all of a sudden across the track and then came down the fine drizzle of rain, temperature dropped and it felt like winter but who cares about the weather when our athletes did what they do best!!
Our U13 girls were amazing. Mia Armstrong run a superb 75m and gaining a PB and Sofina Sommerseth also jumped a PB in long jump, well done girls. Our middle distance runners ran amazing races, Martha Preece ran the 1500m and a PB closely followed by Neve who also ran a PB, both first in their races!
Moving on to our U13 boys who are a joy to watch, their determination on their faces when they compete speaks volumes! Daniel Armstrong ran a terrific 200m and a PB, he also ran a 800m and 100m. Then we have Oscar Ewen Matthews, who controlled his 800m from the front and his competitors all tried but couldn’t keep up with his pace! Also, Oscar can hold his own in the long jump, jumping 4.17m! Samuel Brewer ran a fantastic 800m and a PB, he also ran a great 100m! Aayan Kar ran a fabulous 100m and 200m. Joe Wilkinson cleared all the hurdles in a very respectable time. In the field we had Henry Phipp who jumped a PB in long jump and matched his PB in high jump, sadly due to an injury from the high jump Henry didn’t throw the shot putt. So, this is where Louie Todd stepped up and threw the shot putt for us and came 2nd, well done Louie and thank you! Louie also threw the javelin and ran a PB in 1500m! Nathen Mearns ran super 1500 in the cold drizzle.
Our U15 girls were fantastic, Lana Blake ran a PB of 12.5 in 100m. Tamika Douch and Mia Wilkinson also ran superb times in 100m too! Mia Wilkinson also cleared the hurdles and ran a great race. Tamika and Leah Sullivan both won their long jump competitions with some tremendous jumping! Ruby Bowden ran a fabulous 800m! Anya Sandell ran a PB in the 800m and cleared a PB in high jump, amazing performance Anya! Abi Phillips ran an ace 200m and a PB and then went on to match her PB in the 300m! In the field Kira Collard was on form and threw the Shot and the Discus scoring us some valuable points!
Finally, our U15 boys first on track was our awesome athlete Keon, who run an amazing 20om and later in the day he ran a super 100m. Morgan Sommerseth matched his PB in long jump, ran an incredible 800m and a PB and also stepped in to run the 300m! Finally Jasper Todd ran the great 1500m and also ran the 4 X 300m relay with Morgan and two boys from NFJ.
Thank you to all our athletes and to their amazing parents who support their children, which in turns supports the club, we really do appreciate it! Apparently, we stand a chance of promotion next season!!