Sunday saw Match 3 in this years YDL Lower take place in glorious conditions at Longford Park.

Another 4th place finish and another day packed with PB's from this young team.

The 4th and final match in this years competition is on Saturday 19th July at Crewe. Coach transport will be available for the team selected.

Match 3 Results

Match 3 in this years YDL lower saw a return visit to Blackburn Harriers. We are very grateful to Blackburn Harriers for taking on this fixture once it became apparent that West Cheshire would be unable to host due to the lack of officials they could muster because of the fixture clashes with the Northern Championships at Sportcity and the Welsh u17 & u20 Championships. 

As it was Wrexham were restricted to just one competing athlete. Without the determination from Blackburn that this fixture would go ahead, it would have probably been cancelled - so a massive thanks to George and all at Blackburn who made this event possible.

After the disappointment of finishing 5th in match 2 it was good to see Trafford AC back out in strength and just pipping Wigan to second place behind a very strong North Cumbria combined team.

Yet again the weather was less than kind, particularly early on in the day there was a lot of heavy rain and the strong wind featured all day. This inevitably had an effect on times, but didn't appear to dampen the enthusiasm of most.

There were lots of good performances, but of note has to be Jack Wilkinson, who is making a habit of dominating the u13b 1500m races. This was no exception, another dominant performance. We also had the sight and great excitement of Josh in the 3rd leg of the 4x300m relay turning a 15m deficit into a 15m lead that was just about held on to as Colin finished off the victory.

As ever our thanks goes to those who help us fulfill our commitment to the running of the event, those who help officiate - Linda (Track Judge), Peter (Timekeeper) &  John, Brendan, Byron and Margaret as the field team.

We are currently 3rd overall in this years competition, the 4th and final match is at Wigan on 13th July.


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A week after the Upper League, the Lower League (u13 & u15) got started.
Fixtures for the Lower League are on Saturdays, and the Trafford Team made it's way to Blackburn for our first match in this revised competition.

It was one of those days were the weather just couldn't make it's mind up. We arrived under very heavy and threatening skies and left with blue sky and sunshine. It managed to stay dry, but the main issue all day was the wind which affected all events - and never it seemed in a favourable way!

We maintained the great habit that we got in to in the NYAL in the last couple of seasons and got off to a flying start by dominating the hurdles heats and were in the lead early in the competition.

Team North Cumbria chipped away at us all day and eventually turned out winners, with Trafford comfortably in second place.

It was great to see the year 6 kids in particular competing for the first time in this competition.

Highlight of the day was undoubtedly Jack Wilkinson in the u15b 1500m, he may have been the smallest physically in the field - but he had the biggest heart. In second place, and 15m behind the leader at the bell, he fought back to catch the leader and then sprint past him in the home straight.

The u15b 4x300m relay team (Josh, Mikey, Colin & Jake) proved to be as dominant as the u17b had been the previous week and blasted away to finish with an 18s advantage.

As with the Upper League the week before, the result is testament to everyone who took part and did their bit for their team. Well done to all who took part.

As ever our thanks has to go to those who made the competition possible, notably Linda Taylor (Track Judge), Rashida Watson (Track Judge) , Peter Snape (Time Keeper) & Sue Exon (Lead Field Official , along with the parents who helped with field duty and as great support.

Next match - Saturday 1st June

Power of 10 listing http://www.thepowerof10.info/results/results.aspx?meetingid=81724