English Schools Championships

Competing at the English School's Championships at Gateshead there were indivual titles for both Joseph Dewar and Yucef Zatat. In a weather delayed Intermediate Boys (U/17) long jump competition in Gatehead, Joseph Dewar, coached at Woodford by Gladys Bird, won the title with a leap of 6.98m (-1.8). Joseph also picked up another gold medal as a member of the Essex Schools 4x100m team that won the Intermediate Boys title in a time of 42.00 secs. Woodford's other title went to Youcef Zatat, coached by Ron Bowden, who took the Senior Boys (U/19) Shot Put title with a personal best of 15.51m. Other Woodford athletes in action at Gateshead, included, Harry Clarke, 5th in the Senior Boys Hammer with 55.89m, Hollie Patie-Belleli, 8th in the Senior Girls 100mH with 14.87 secs (+1.3) after qualifying with 14.72 secs (+0.7), and George Hamilton, 13th in the Intermediate Boys LJ with 6.11m (-1.0).