Trafford AC's Zak Miller finished in an excellent 4th place yesterday in the UK Under 20 Trials in Liverpool to select the team for the European Cross Country Championships in Serbia next month.
At 16 years of age, he becomes the youngest male athlete ever selected to run for GB  in the European Championships.

Match 2 in this years Greater Manchester Sportshall League took place on Sunday 17th November.
Despite there being far too many athletes missing due to injury, prior commitments and reasons unknown, we still managed a good series of results.
Links to the results are below.
The highlights are as follows
u11g - Finished 5th - a depleted team still managed some fine performances - Isobel, in her first competition for Trafford won the 3 Lap; Orli was 2nd in the Speed Bounce and there was a fine win in the Obstacle Relay race.

u11b - Finished 5th - another depleted team - Jamall was outstanding with wins in 1 Lap, Standing Long Jump and Speed Bounce.

u13g - Finished 1st - a fine all round performance from the girls - our strength in depth was very apparent in this team. Amy was 3rd in the Speed Bounce; Jameelah was 1st in the 6 Lap and 2nd in the Standing Triple Jump; Ngozi was 2nd in the Vertical Jump; Roselyn was 3rd in the Standing Triple Jump; Stephanie was 1st in the Vertical Jump and the relay team finished 3rd. A great team performance.

u13b - Finished 1st - another dominant performance from the five lads. Josh was 1st in the 2 Lap and 3rd in the Standing Long Jump. George was outstanding again with wins in the 6 Lap, Standing Long Jump and Speed Bounce. The relay team where clear winners.

u15g - Finished 1st - Another indication of our strength in depth as we were missing Zalika and Allana. Emily was 2nd with a really gutsy performance in the 4 lap; Georgia was 1st in the Speed Bounce; Lily was 2nd in the Standing Triple Jump. Imojene was outstanding again with wins in 4 lap and standing Triple Jump and 2nd in the Vertical Jump. Emily and Lili finished 2nd in the Parlouf.

u15b - Finished 3rd. Only Josh and Joe. Joe won the 6 Lap and was 3rd in the Speed Bounce. Josh won the 4 lap and was 2nd in both the Shot and the Standing Triple Jump. They teamed up to finish 3rd in the Parlouf.

So three wins again - which is excellent.
Sportshall is a marvellous competition as it develops a great team spirit amongst the athletes, which is often hard to do in a sport so focussed on the individual performances. To keep the this team spirit strong we need to ensure a better turn out in the remaining fixtures. All the youngsters like to be part of a winning team, and we have a great opportunity to have successful teams in most of the age groups, if we can all try our best to attend. We were missing quite a few athletes at the last match.

It would also help the team managers if you could confirm your attendance at the next match - 8th December - as early as possible.

A special thanks to those who helped out officiate, Jacque, Gavin, Byron. It was also good to see senior athletes Chanelle, Lozzie and LeShai also helping. 

Match 2 Girls Results
Match 2 Boys Results
(please note - u11 results ought read Javelin and not Shot)

The U17 team of Nikita Katende, Zak Miller & Danny Lawton won the National Cross Country Relay Championships in Mansfield.
Zak also recorded the fastest lap in the race.
91 teams started.
Trafford also finished teams in Senior Men, Senior Women, Junior Men, U17 Men 'B', U15 Boys & U13 Boys, as well as individual athletes in U17 Women, U15 Girls & U13 Girls. 
28 Trafford athletes took part.