County championship medals for Warrington Athletics Club

More than 30 medals were won between the club’s 39 members taking part over the two-day competition in Macclesfield.

Five of them went to Thomas Darbyshire, who was the club’s most successful athlete at the championships, while Tallie Sze brought home three medals in the same under 15s age group.

There was even a Warrington “one-two-three” in the under 17s women’s 800m race as Hannah Hull won gold, with clubmates Sarah Ashcroft and Sinead Gregory winning silver and bronze respectively.

Thomas Darbyshire (red vest) brought home five medals from the Cheshire Athletics Championships (Image: Contributed)

Here is a breakdown of all the medals won…

Gold: Rosie Carters (u11 girls 75m, 11.25secs), Tallie Sze (u15 girls 100m, 12.73secs and long jump, 5.18m), Lisa Halliday (u20 women’s 400m hurdles, 67.86secs), Neal Petley (senior men’s triple jump, 8.42m), Jake Sands (u17 men’s hammer, 33.70m), Thomas Darbyshire (u15 boys 200m, 25.30secs), Olivia Crawford (u15 girls 75m hurdles, 11.52secs), Hannah Hull (u17 women’s 800m, 2mins 19.89secs), Clement Leung (u11 boys long jump, 3.81m)

Silver: Clement Leung (u11 75m, 11.46secs), Leah Poole (u13 girls 75m, 10.47secs), Ellie Barker (u17 women’s 300m, 43.09secs), Eva Hayes (u15 girls 300m, 45.21secs), Siobhan Gregory (senior women’s 1,500m, 5mins 2.02secs), Thomas Darbyshire (u15 boys discus, 19.60m), Tallie Sze (u15 girls 200m, 26.56secs), Ivy Davidson (u11 girls 600m, 2mins 6.84secs), Alfie Blizzard (u15 boys 800m, 2mins 10.06secs), Sarah Ashcroft (u17 women’s 800m, 2mins 25.58secs), Tristan Tickle (u11 boys long jump, 3.64m), Sophia Rowlinson (senior women’s long jump, 4.66m).

Bronze: Sinead Gregory (u17 women’s 800m, 2mins 31.04secs), Chris Fance (senior men’s hammer, 14.88m), Thomas Darbyshire (u15 boys 100m, 12.42secs and javelin, 28.23m), Leah Poole (u13 girls 150m, 21.37secs), Anne Gregory (senior women’s 3,000m, 13mins 9.13secs), Tristan Tickle (u11 boys 600m, 1min 51.59secs), Eva Hayes (u15 girls 800m, 2mins 30.84secs)

Tallie Sze won three medals in Macclesfield (Image: Contributed)

There was also Warrington representation at county championships for Greater Manchester and Merseyside over the weekend.

Prodigiously talented hurdler Lewis Shaw broke the Merseyside championship record in his specialty 100m hurdles event, claiming gold in a time of 13.23secs while he also finished fourth in the 100m in 11.60secs.

While running for first-claim club Bury AC, second-claim member Evie Elliot set two big personal bests at the Greater Manchester Championships – she won silver in the 300m hurdles in 47.92secs while she also came fourth in the 80m hurdles in 12.44secs.

On the roads, Claire Andrew was the second-fastest woman aged over 45 to finish the Alderley Edge Bypass 10km race on Sunday – she placed 89th overall and 11th in the women’s rankings having clocked 40mins 40secs.