The first of this seasons Trafford Schools Cross country races took park at Longford Park on Saturday. It was a very successful day for Trafford AC athletes.
Performance of the day was Danielle McMinn who finished nearly a minute in front of the rest of the field in the year 7 race, were four out of the top five finishers where Trafford AC based athletes. Chorlton High School won team gold and silver in year 7 - with both teams exclusively filled with Trafford AC athletes.
The Boyle sisters kept up the good work for Trafford AC with Lili winning the year 8\9 race and Issi storming to a win in the year 5 race.
There were also lots of fine performances from the boys.
Well done and congratulations to all who took part, it was good to see the host club so dominant!

Last night was Emma Cullen's last training session at Trafford AC as she leaves to start her studies at Cambridge University. 
It's probably no exaggeration to say, that if it hadn't been for Emma, the Junior Section would not exist in its current format. It is Emma's love for athletics and drive that resulted in Tom being involved, and the rest is history.
I'm sure that you'd all like to join me in wishing her well in her new adventure and we all look forward to seeing her back at the track when she's home from Uni and competing for the club that she loves and has done so much for next season.

I just hope that Cambridge knows what they've let themselves in for!

Congratulations to the Trafford AC U17 Mens team of Danny Lawton, Nikita Katende & Jack Crabtree who finished 2nd in the Northern Road Relay Championships at Leigh yesterday. 

It was a successful day for Trafford AC athletes taking part in the Cheshire Open Multi-events competition, with Jerell winning the u17m Pentathlon and Kim the u13g Tri-athlon.
Jerell was in dominant form, he put in a last burst in the final event, 800m, to ensure that he won all five of his events. As impressive an modest as ever!
The u11's and u13's competitions were run as tri-athlons as each athlete chose a sprint, jump and throw.
Again the Trafford athletes were to dominate the events with Kim winning the sprint hurdles,  3rd in the high jump and winning the shot-put. Zalika won the long jump, was second in the 100m and 3rd in the shot-put; so it was a little strange to find her in 8th place overall on points. Lili was second in the long jump, 3rd in 100m and 8th in the javelin to finish in 14th overall.
Issi competed in the u11's competition with her normal determination and enthusiasm, finishing the day with new PB's in the 100m and Long jump.

Full results of u17m, u13g & u11's below