The third and final match in this years Greater Manchester Sportshall League series took place at Sportcity on 11th December.
Numbers were well down from every club, with most suffering with the flu virus.

u11b - consisted of 2 lads, who both enjoyed their day to the full.

u11g - A team of 4 girls, Imogen finished 3rd in Javelin and Zara 2nd in Veritical jump. Imogen, Taylor, Isabelle and Zara conbined to get a creadible 4th place finish and finished the day in 6th place overall.

u13b - Only Louis available, won Standing Triple Jump, 2nd in shot.

u13g - Finished 2nd overall. Ellina 4th in 4 Lap and vertical jump, 1st in Speed Bounce; Halle 2nd in 4 Lap, 2nd in Standing Long Jump and 3rd in Standing Triple Jump; Trezeguet 1st in 2 Lap, Standing Long Jump and Vetical Jump. Roselle, Halle, Ellina and Trezeguet combined to win the relay.

u15b - sadly none available

u15g - Boosted by a welcome return to competition by Roselyne, the girls finished 2nd overall. Issi 4th in Vertical Jump and 2nd in Standing Triple Jump; Tiffany 4th in Speed Bounce and 3rd in 4 Lap; Tasmin 3rd in STJ & SLJ and 2nd in 4 Lap; Charlie 3rd in Shot, 2nd in SLJ and 2 Lap. Charlie and Tasmin combined to finish 2nd in Parlouf.

Full results below
Boys
Girls

Next up for Sportshall is the County Championships
This will be held at Sportscity on Sunday 22nd January 2017
 
Meet at 11:30 - first events at noon.
 
Medals are on offer for the first 3 in each event. We had a very successful Championship last year, the challenge, as always, is to better last year’s performance!
 
For u13’s & u15’s this competition also acts as the basis for selection of the Greater Manchester team for the Regional Finals.
 
You may enter any three events that you wish from the following
u11s           1 Lap, 3 Lap, Standing Long Jump, Vertical Jump, Speed Bounce, Javelin.
u13\u15s    2 Lap, 4 Lap or 6 Lap, Standing Long Jump, Standing Triple Jump, Vertical Jump, Shot, Speed Bounce.
 
There is a fee of £1.50 per event entered.
 
In addition to the above there will be 4x2 Lap relays for each age group - the coaches will select these based on entries and previous performances.
 
If you wish to compete, please let me know which events you'd like to do by 7th January
Club vests must be worn for this event; you will not be allowed to compete without a club vest.

The first half of the club's cross country season ended at a cold but dry Heaton Park last Saturday with the 3rd fixture in the Manchester Area Cross Country League.
As always, a good number of Trafford athletes took part.
The Under 20 Men's team continued to dominate their league.
Competing in field of 341 Seniors and Juniors, they easily won the team race with Zak Miller an excellent 3rd, followed by Matt Sutton 29th and Mac O'Malley 33rd.
Our Under 17 Mens team were equally impressive. Packing 5 runners in the top 11 positions, they comfortably won the team race. The usual great performance by Xav O'Hare in 2nd place was supported by by the ever-improving Jack Wilkinson in 5th, followed by the superb packing of Connor Fazakerley, Mikey Kingston and James Norton in 9th, 10th and 11th places. Abel Ashby helped to complete our 'B' team in 21st place.
A much depleted Under 15 Boys team finished in a satisfactory 4th place. First Trafford athlete home was Joe Bentall in 9th place followed by Cynog Williams 14th and the return from long term injury of Seb Patrick in 15th.
A great performance from our Under 13 Boys team gave them 2nd team place. Led home by Tom Bentall in 5th place, Louie McCormack continued his return to form in 6th, closely followed by the consistent Oliver Choi in 9th. Luca Costello in 33rd and Charlie Massey  in 40th also finished the tough course.
Trafford only had 2 boys in the Under 11 race but Ralf Syrett in 27th and debutant Arlo Kain in 42nd will have gained valuable experience from their race.
It was good to see 7 Trafford girls competing at this fixture.
Pride of place goes to Beth Donnelly who is still a Junior but finished in 7th place out of 214 athletes in the combined Senior/Junior Womens race. Beth is returning to the kind of form which she showed as a younger athlete.
Anna Baker continued to support the club with her 18th place in the Under 17 race. 
We had no athletes at Under 15 level but Lauren Howley in 39th and Emily Wolstencroft in 46th completed a testing Under 13 race.
A hopeful glimpse of the future in the Under 11 Girls race with 3 athletes in the top half of a field of 57 finishers. Good packing by Olivia Holbrook 20th, Alex Sinclair 27th and Cleo Bentall 28th, gave them 10th team position. 
Next weekend sees the Trafford Schools League on Saturday morning as well as the Trafford Christmas Handicap on Sunday.