Sunday 25th January saw the 2015 Greater Manchester Sportshall Championships take place at Sportscity.
Once again this proved to be a very successful championships with Trafford AC dominating the medal table - as can be seen below.

With so many fine performances and medals to pick from, it's hard to choose the highlights - but here goes(!)

In the u15b Elliot was all conquering, 4 events, 4 golds - 6 Lap, SLJ, STJ & Relay. George also stepped up from u13 to u15 and continued where he left off 3 gold SB, VJ, Relay and 1 Silver STJ (getting pushed in to second by Elliot.)

In the u15g Georgia and Imojene where competing in their 6th and final County Championship for the club. On the day, it was Georgia who came out top of the Trafford girls with Gold in Speed Bounce, Vertical Jump and Relay, as well as making the 2 Lap final. It was also the final Sportshall Championship for long term team members Zalika and Lili. It's been a privilege to watch these girls mature over the years in Sportshall and hopefully they'll stick around for many more years in Track and Field for Trafford. As last year the Trafford u15 girls dominated the triple jump and vertical jump with 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th in the Triple and 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 6th in the Vertical Jump

Fresh from wining the Sportshall League the u13g were also in the hunt for medals. Most successful on the day was Tasmin with 1st in Standing Long Jump, 2nd (to Isobel) in 6 Lap and 3rd in Shot to go with a relay Gold; not bad from someone who was obviously ill.

With Josh unavailable and Jamall only able to make it in time for the relay, the u13b were low on numbers, but not in quality. Cian continued his impressive Sportshall season with 2nd in 2 Lap and Shot and 1st in Vertical Jump. Jarall, in his first competition for the club, out jumped all in the Standing Long Jump to pick up his first Gold Medal. Jamall and Eoin were able to make in time for a relay win too.

The u11g Saw a fine 1 Lap win for Trezeguet, the only individual medals for the u11b were in 3 Laps for Louis and Speed Bounce for Thremayne.

In the relays the Trafford dominance was underlined - with wins for u11g (Trezeguet, Emily, Ellina & Roselle); u13g (Leila, Issi, Tasmin and Roselyne); u13b (Cian, Jamall, Eoin and Ayoola); u15g (Molly, Lili, Imojene and Lili) and u15b (Sagesse, George, Armando and Elliot)

Next up for Sportshall will be the North West Regional Final, at Sportscity on 8th March, where we ought have a fair few Trafford Athletes representing Greater Manchester.

Our thanks as ever to the organisers of the Sportshall events - Elaine and Dave; along with all their helpers, without whom these events would not be able to take place.

Thanks to Mike for the photographs

The Trafford AC entries for this years Sportshall County Championships are as follows:-

u11b
Joe Holt (1 Lap, 3 Lap, SB, Relay); Joe Lalley (SLJ, VJ, SB, Relay); Louis Morrison (3 Lap, SLJ, Relay); Oliver Chester (1 Lap, SLJ, VJ); Sammy Miller-Green (3 Lap, VJ, Javelin, Relay); Thremayne Woolley-Marsh (1 Lap, SLJ, SB, Relay); Tom Burke (1 Lap, 3 Lap, SB, Relay); Tom Winter (1 Lap, SLJ, Javelin, Relay); Zak Gardner (3 Lap, SLJ, Javelin, Relay)

u11g
Ellina Connor (1 Lap, 3 Lap, SB, Relay); Emily Pemberton (1 Lap, SLJ, Javelin, Relay); Grace Hodson (1 Lap, SLJ, SB); Roselle Sigsbert (1 Lap, 3 Lap, VJ, Relay); Trezeguet Taylor (1 Lap, SLJ, VJ, Relay)

u13b
Ayoola Dania (2 Lap, VJ, SB, Relay); Cian Keane (2 Lap, VJ, Shot, Relay); Eoin Charles (Relay); Jamall Walters (Relay); Jarrell Maynard (2 Lap, SLJ)

u13g
Abi Chesworth (2 Lap, STJ, SB, Relay); Elysia Richmond-Dervan (2 Lap, 4 Lap, Shot); Gemma Dawson (SLJ, STJ, VJ, Relay); Isobel Miller (6 Lap); Issi Boyle (2 Lap, SLJ, STJ, Relay); Laura Johnson (SLJ, VJ, Relay); Layla Wiseman (2 Lap, STJ, VJ, Relay); Leila Gardner (2 Lap, SLJ, VJ, Relay); Roselyne Sigsbert (2 Lap, VJ, Relay); Tasmin Morrison (6 Lap, SLJ, Shot, Relay)

u15b
Armando Assis (2 Lap, SLJ, SB, Relay); Elliot Mousah (6 Lap, SLJ, STJ, Relay); George Hurst (SLJ, STJ, VJ, Relay); Joe Tang (6 Lap, SB); Sagesse Nguie (2 Lap, 4 Lap, VJ, Relay)

u15g
Ella Morrison (2 Lap, SB, Relay); Francesca Giblin (2 Lap, Shot, SB, Relay); Georgia Beaumont (2 Lap, VJ, SB, Relay); Imojene Blackburn-Stennett (4 Lap, STJ, VJ, Relay); Jameelah Ologundudu (6 Lap, STJ, Relay); Jasmin Abel (6 Lap, STJ, Shot); Lili Boyle (2 Lap, SLJ, STJ, Relay); Marilena Angelides (4 Lap, SLJ, VJ, Relay); Molly Larkin (4 Lap, Relay); Stephanie Austin (STJ, VJ, Shot); Zalika Williams (SLJ, STJ, VJ)

Date: Sunday 25th January 2015 - team to meet at the venue no later than 11:30 - first event noon. 

Note the timetable for this event is different from the League matches - I will email once it is confirmed.

Fee: £1.50 per individual event entered will be collected on the day.

Venue: Sportscity Indoor Stadium

Team Managers: Andrew Wood, Cecil Lauder, Anna Verges, Margaret Hayles

Spectator Facilities: There is seating available, but it usually tends not to be enough for all spectators, so you may wish to bring your own chairs. The cafe will be open for teas & coffees ect.

note - Trafford Vests must be worn for this event. Vests can be bought from reception on any training night.

Congratulations to Trezeguet, Roselle and Ellina from our u11's who have all been selected to represent Greater Manchester in the u11 Fun in Athletics Regional Final.
The event will take place at Sportscity on Sunday 18th January.

Selection for the u13 & u15 County teams will take place following the County Championships on Sunday 25th January.

The Manchester Area Cross Country League moved on to a windy Heaton Park and a tough but relatively dry course.
Top Trafford performance was from Matt Sutton who finished a superb 3rd in the U17 Men race.
The U13 Boys were 4th in their event with good individual performances by Alex Bailey (12th), Seb Patrick (14th), Cynog Williams (20th) and Joe Bentall (23rd).
Trafford's U11 Boys team finished 5th, led by Oli Choi in an excellent 4th place. He was supported by Zak Gardner (18th) and Lee Robertson (27th).
On the Girls side, Danielle McMinn was 27th in the U15 Girls race. Marnie Mannion had a good run to finish 25th in the U13 Girls, followed by Katherine McMinn in 45th.
However, the highest placed Trafford girls were in the U11 race where Sadie Mannion was 21st, closely followed by Emily Wolstencroft in 22nd place.