On Saturday 11th February, HAC junior coaches took a team of Under 13’s consisting of 12 boys and 12 girls to represent West London at the Aviva Sportshall London Regional Finals which was held at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre.
This was the first time the club has taken part in this event and on top of this we only had about 6 weeks of training. During this period, both teams trained very hard and there were several new club athletes in the team. Despite the short preparation both teams finished 2nd overall and the boys were only four points away from the national finals at Birmingham.
There was great team support throughout the whole day and the atmosphere inside was electric, you definitely knew where the Hillingdon AC team were sitting. It was fantastic to see so many parents supporting the club and we hope to see you all during the summer track season.
Click “more” for some of the outstanding individual performances to mention:
| Name | Position | Event | performance |
| NiamhMcGuigan | 1st | 2 lap relay | 22.6 sec |
| NiamhMcGuigan | 1st | Shotput | 8.16 m |
| Callie Sinclair | 3rd | Vertical jump | 42 |
| Maisie Morris | 2nd | 2 lap relay | 24.1 sec |
| Shade Owomoyela | 2nd | Standing Long Jump | 2.02 m |
| Cameron Russell | 2nd | 2 lap replay | 22.8 sec |
| Cameron Russell | 3rd | Speed Bounce | 68 jumps |
| Kirk O’Rourke | 3rd | 4 lap replay | 51.7 secs |
| Alexander Kotelawala | 2nd | Standing Triple Jump | 6.62 m |
| Aaron Connell | 2nd | High Jump | 1.39m |
| D’ShauneMcWayne | 2nd | Standing Long Jump | 2.05 m |
| Kyle Watson | 3rd | High Jump | 1.10 m |
| Kyle Watson | 2nd | Standing Triple Jump | 6.62 m |
Team results
| 4 x 2 Relay | 1st | NiamhMcGuigan |
| Celine Clarke | ||
| Callie Sinclair | ||
| Maisie Morris | ||
| 4 x 1 Relay | 1st | Shade Owomoyela |
| Callie Sinclair | ||
| Celine Clarke | ||
| Lauren Medcalf | ||
| 4 x 2 Relay | 1st | D’ShauneMcWayne |
| Alexander Kotelawala | ||
| Kyle Watson | ||
| Michael How |
Full boys results
Full girst results
Many congratulations to everyone on a fantastic team result. Thank you to the athletes, parents and officials but most of all a big thank you to our Team Managers Diane Gibbons and Courtney Clarke for making this event possible. We are already looking forward to next year’s event!
By Alison Alford
What is sports hall athletics?
If you have never seen sports hall athletics before it condenses the skills and events from a full outdoor programme into a safe indoor environment for younger athletes. Events like foam javelin need little description but speed bounce is a matt with a 20cm hurdle in the middle of it. The competitor jumps two footed either side of the hurdle as many times as they can in 30 seconds. To watch video’s of sports hall events go to http://www.sportshall.org/VTL/Sportshall_Primary_Video.aspx