Championship bests set at Stevenage and North Herts Schools’ Athletics Championships

Knights Templar School captains with the Grand Prize shield (Image: Archant)

Fourteen new championship bests were set at the Stevenage/North Herts Schools’ Athletics Championships at Ridlins Stadium.

They were: Girls: Daisy Needham (Greneway) Year 8 high jump 1.47m; Anna-Marie Uzokwe (John Henry Newman (JHN)) Y10 100m 12.6s; Zoe Thompson (Barclay) Y10 triple jump 10.28m; R Xenophontos (Hitchin Girls’ School) Y10 shot put 9.05m; Alisha Levy (Nobel) Y10 javelin 32.12m. Boys: Edward Garthwaite (HBS) Y8 300m 41.4s; Y8 4x100m (Nobel) 50.40s; Henry Bennett (HBS) Y8 triple jump 11.21m; Rick Murray (Nobel) Y9 80m hurdles 11.7s; Isaac Strickland (HBS) Y9 triple jump 12.11m; Peter Keefe (HBS) Y10 100m hurdles 14.3s; Daniel Streeter (JHN) Y10 400m 52.5s; Nick Murray (Nobel) Y10 100m 11.7s; Y9 4x100m (HBS) 47.8s.

Hitchin Boys’ School’s Peter Keefe, who won three golds and set one new championship standard, was voted as Outstanding Athletic Performer of the championships.

Stevenage and North Herts Athletics Club stalwarts Norma Harris, Margaret Powell, Steve Feely and Richard Powell were presented with Outstanding Contribution to Stevenage and North Herts Schools Athletics awards at the final presentations.

In the team competitions the prestigious Grand Prix title (Best Mixed School Years 7-13) was won by Knights Templar School in Baldock from Greneway/Meridian in Royston and Highfield School, Letchworth.

The other team championships were also decided in close competitions:

Princess Helena College held off the challenges of St. Francis College and St Christopher School, to win the Small Schools Trophy.

Hitchin Boys’ School achieved a Grand Slam of Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 boys and seniors team titles.

Greneway won the Year 7 girls, Year 7 boys and girls combined and the Year 8 girls and boys combined titles.

Hitchin Girls’ School won the Year 8 and 10 team titles.

Princess Helena College won the Year 9 girls title.

Knight Templar School took the Year 9 combined, Year 10 combined, Year 11-13 combined crown and the Grand Prix title.