Saturday, 13 January 2018
Dirk Williams lights up the EIS in overtime against Surrey Scorchers
High flying Dirk Williams took down Surrey Scorchers in overtime last night with a spectacular dunk that he started by getting the ball on his own baseline. The end result is shown below:
No wonder he has been slected for the Dunk Contest at the BBL Cup final!
Saturday, 6 January 2018
Record total for England Athletics Combined Event
Holly Mills (Andover AC, James Coney) made a record breaking return to combined events when she took the England Athletics U20 Indoor Pentathlon title atthe EIS, Sheffield today. Both Holly and Jade O'Dowda (Oxford City AC, Marcia Marriott) eclipsed the former championship record as the Senior and U20 men also got their championships underway.
By the end of the five events the Commonwealth Youth Games gold medallist and England long jump champion Holly had reached 4049 points ahead of Jade’s 4013, with bronze medallist Pippa Earley (Kingston AC & Poly Harriers, John Shepherd / Lloyd Cowan) clocking the fastest 800m of the day to move herself into the bronze medal position on 3840. In itself this wasn't too far behind the Championship record of 3965 point set by Morgan Lake in 2013.
Holly and Jade now stand at seventh and eighth on the British U20 all-time list, just behind the 4089 set by Jessica Ennis-Hill.
In the Senior Men’s Heptathlon, last year’s England Athletics Senior Decathlon champion James Finney (Leeds City AC, Sam Stanislaus, U23) holds a strong position at the end of the first day. In third place after a 7.18 (819) in the 60m he took the lead with a 7.29 (883pt) long jump, the only athlete over 7m. before then consolidating his position with a 12.62 (644pt) shot. The high jump saw him extend his lead, one of three men over 2m he cleared 2.04 (joint highest and 840pts) to head into the second day on 3186 points.
In the Under 20 Men’s Heptathlon, Caius Joseph (Basingstoke & Mid Hants AC, Rafer Joseph) put in an impressive first day to lead from Joel McFarlane (Arbroath & District AC) by almost 200 points going into day two. He has led throughout with a 7.09 (851pts) 60m, 7.04 (823pts) long jump, and 13.89 (722pts) shot not only seeing him in first place but also highest scoring in each of the first four events. The pole vault is often the event where the leader board sees a shake-up but a 3.88 (584pts) clearance saw him safely navigate this with his lead intact on 2980.
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By the end of the five events the Commonwealth Youth Games gold medallist and England long jump champion Holly had reached 4049 points ahead of Jade’s 4013, with bronze medallist Pippa Earley (Kingston AC & Poly Harriers, John Shepherd / Lloyd Cowan) clocking the fastest 800m of the day to move herself into the bronze medal position on 3840. In itself this wasn't too far behind the Championship record of 3965 point set by Morgan Lake in 2013.
Holly and Jade now stand at seventh and eighth on the British U20 all-time list, just behind the 4089 set by Jessica Ennis-Hill.
In the Senior Men’s Heptathlon, last year’s England Athletics Senior Decathlon champion James Finney (Leeds City AC, Sam Stanislaus, U23) holds a strong position at the end of the first day. In third place after a 7.18 (819) in the 60m he took the lead with a 7.29 (883pt) long jump, the only athlete over 7m. before then consolidating his position with a 12.62 (644pt) shot. The high jump saw him extend his lead, one of three men over 2m he cleared 2.04 (joint highest and 840pts) to head into the second day on 3186 points.
In the Under 20 Men’s Heptathlon, Caius Joseph (Basingstoke & Mid Hants AC, Rafer Joseph) put in an impressive first day to lead from Joel McFarlane (Arbroath & District AC) by almost 200 points going into day two. He has led throughout with a 7.09 (851pts) 60m, 7.04 (823pts) long jump, and 13.89 (722pts) shot not only seeing him in first place but also highest scoring in each of the first four events. The pole vault is often the event where the leader board sees a shake-up but a 3.88 (584pts) clearance saw him safely navigate this with his lead intact on 2980.
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