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Yorkshire Regional Sportshall Athletics Festival – Hull – 9th February 2014

Following the successful Trials held at Richard Dunn Sports centre the West Yorkshire teams travelled to the match in Hull for the Yorkshire Finals. The match at Hull for the first time featured both the Under 11 and the Under 13/15 teams and the opponents were Humberside, 2 teams from North Yorkshire and guesting at our Championships was teams from Tyne & Wear.

In the end the Under 11 Boys team finished in 1st place with 502 points with North Yorkshire 19 points behind, just showing that every point counted for the Team. The West Yorkshire team won the Obstacle Relay, Over Under Relay, 2+2 lap Relay, 6 Lap Paarlauf and the Grand Prix Relay. Individuals topping the rankings were Adam Powell in the Target Throw (1st equal), Andrew Stewart in the Vertical Jump, Conner Carr and Jack Longdon 1st equal in the Speed Bounce, Matthew Kershaw in the Standing Long Jump and Tom Jackson 1st equal in the Balance Test. All members of the team did very well in their individual events which are scored together with their team mates for the team positions. The West Yorkshire Tykes Girls Team finished in 2nd place just 16 points behind North Yorkshire.Read More »Sportshall Regional Final Report