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  1. World Marathon Challenge Success

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    2015 World Marathon Challenge

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    Images from the London Leg of the World Marathon Challenge (Above)

    On Wednesday October 7th headline events were held in London, Manchester & Birmingham with teams from across the UK and the rest of the world joining in running a complete marathon in 200m sections.

    Currently at the top of the Any Age leader board are the team from Rushcliffe AC Antelopes who completed their marathon challenge on Tuesday 6th October during their training session clocking a time of 1:50.08. The under 13’s who completed the marathon were also joined by seven teams of 8 athletes who took on the role of pace makers for the Under 13’s whilst completing their own 5000m challenge with the fastest team completing the 5000m in 16:20.

    The race between London & Manchester is always exciting and this year saw Thomas Tallis & Southend (London) finish within 40 seconds of each other. The race was well and truly neck & neck all the way and the encouragement provided by Teachers, Students and staff at Lee Valley Athletics Centre was inspirational. Thomas Tallis are currently the fastest school team in the world having clocked 1:51.11 beating Southend who clocked 1:51.45. It was particularly pleasing to see new teams competing in London and in Manchester. Helsby High who have been involved in the World Marathon Challenge since its inception clocked yet another fast time finishing in 1:55.04.

    Outside of the UK teams from Ireland, Estonia, France, Czech Republic & Canada have already completed their Marathon Challenge and results are still coming in.

    There is still time to submit your results for the World Marathon Challenge which is simple and inexpensive to set up. Here’s how the event works:

    • Stage your event on a running track or field. The marathon distance is divided into sections of 200m.
    • Teams are made up of 26 to 36 runners – each person completes up to 9 sections.
    • Results are logged on our World Leader board.
    • The challenge: try to beat the world marathon record!

    You can keep up with the results and news by sharing your photos and race results on social media @EvequeWMC & @SportshallUK using the hashtag #WMC on both Facebook and Twitter.

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    The World Marathon Challenge is supported by the AAA’s and there is still time to submit your results throughout October online at www.competitioncentre.net For clubs and schools where it may be tricky to get a full team of Under 13’s there is the option available to compete in the Any Age category.

     

  2. School Games Update

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    We have been busy over the summer months updating and refreshing our resources and with the proven popularity of the Sportshall of Fame for the Primary Competition we are excited to now be offering a Secondary Sportshall of Fame which will be updated with all the 2016 Level 3 Secondary results.

    The website is undergoing continual improvements and has been updated with the new resources for the coming season. To help teachers and SGO’s all the resources are now available at sportshall.org/resources-downloads  and the new quick links page has also been added to the site to assist with usability.

    In the first part of the season we still have some availability for events and leadership/teacher training. After Christmas we still have limited dates available for schools and SGO’s wishing to book Level 2 Primary or Secondary Sportshall competitions in addition to any of our other exciting programmes including Sportshall infants and inclusive Sportshall competition for all abilities.

    FAQ’s Are also now available here to help with common queries or alterntively please dont hesitate to Contact Us should you wish to enquire about a booking or Sportshall Services.

    We are looking forward to another fantastic year of School Games Competition & Activity across the UK.

     

  3. The 2015 World Marathon Challenge is Coming!

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    Simultaneous International Race: 7th October 2015

    Join hundreds of other schools & athletes around the world and enter the World Marathon Challenge, a simultaneous relay in which teams of 26-36 children race against each other over the full 26.2 mile marathon distance. The World Marathon Challenge is aimed at Secondary Schools with a separate 5000m Challenge specifically for Primary Schools.

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    The World Marathon Challenge and the 5000m Challenge events are easy to organise and fun to take part in. Choose a date to suit your school or join teams from 40 countries around the world for our simultaneous grand finale on Wednesday 7th October 2015.

    Both the marathon challenge and the 5000m version help young athletes know how it feels to run at the speed required to run a world class marathon or 5000m time. The races also provide opportunity for teams to qualify for a British Athletics Endurance Team Award.

     

    ‘The highlight of the year and one of the best things I have done with my students. They went out of their way to raise money. I was very, very proud.’ 

    Andy David, Sir John Colfox School British Athletics PE Teacher of the Year 2012

     

    In 2013 over 50,000 young people were involved from over 50 Countries so join us today and help us make the World Marathon Challenge the biggest children’s run in the world and enter your teams and set up your event today by visiting visit

    www.competitioncentre.net

     

  4. Sportshall Associates announce new Ambassadors!

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    Sportshall Associates are delighted to announce that Kaie Chambers-Brown and Ellie Hodgson have agreed to become our first Sportshall Ambassadors.

    Our latest UK Final Under 15 All Rounder Champions will both act as role models at forthcoming Sportshall Schools and UK Championship events, presenting awards and inspiring young athletes to follow in their footsteps.

    Kaie took his title at the UK Final in April by winning the 2 Lap race, coming second in the Standing Triple Jump with 8.67m and fourth in the Shot with 12.65m.

    Ellie defended her Under 15 Girls title at Sportcity in Manchester by finishing third in the 2 Lap race, winning the Shot with 11.38m and joint first in the Vertical Jump with 68cm.

    Both athletes are also placing very high in the Power of 10 rankings and have promising futures in Athletics ahead of them.

    Kaie who competes for Birchfield Harriers under the tutelage of Head Coach Sharon Morris has risen to the top ranked Under 17 Boy in the 100 metres indoor.

    Ellie who represents Southampton AC is placed 11th and 5th respectively in the Under 17 Girls 100 metres and Shot rankings (new PB 13.38m).

    We trust they both embrace and enjoy their new role as ambassadors and wish them a successful future for many years to come.

  5. Young Athletes Shine at 2015 UK Final

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    Sportcity in Manchester was host to a fantastic culmination of the 2015 Sportshall Athletics season over the weekend of 25th/26th April. The event, which sees young athletes from across the UK representing their Counties, provided a wonderful finale to a journey which for most athletes started in County Leagues in October. Nearly 500 athletes took part over the weekend with 18 Counties represented.

    The final was formally opened via video message by a series of former Sportshall competitors and current GB Athletes including Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Martyn Rooney and Sportshall All Rounder Champion 2011 and world Junior Gold Medallist, Morgan Lake.

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    The U15 All Rounder Competitions, were won by defending champion Ellie Hodgson from Hampshire and Kaie Chambers-Brown from Birmingham. Ellie is only the fifth athlete in the history of the championship since 1991 to successfully defend the U15 title. Our 2015 All Rounders join an illustrious group of recipients which includes Mark Lewis Francis, Kelly Sotherton and Jade Surman.

    In the Team Competitions  Surrey claimed both U13 Girls and U15 Girls trophies, whilst the Avon U13 Boys secured their fifth trophy in six seasons. Berkshire took their first ever U15 Boys title with an impressive Hertfordshire team placed as runners up.

    After a thrilling set of final relays, presentations were made by Sportshall’s creator George Bunner MBE and the crowd of parents, athletes, coaches, young and experienced officials went home to plan their next campaign.

    The Sportshall Team would like to thank all competitors, officials, team managers and in particular the City of Manchester, AAA, England Athletics, British Athletics and Eveque for their support in making the event possible.

    Our UK Final Page including results & Galeries is linked here – Click Here

     

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    For full results or more information on the programmes please visit www.sportshall.org or follow on twitter @SportshallUK for regular updates.

     

  6. Scotland Regional School Finals

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    A Bumper week of Sportshall Regional Finals were held across Scotland from February 23rd – 28th. The week, delivered by the Sportshall Development team in Partnership with Scottish Athletics. During the week over 1000 budding young athletes & nearing 100 young sports leaders, coaches, development officers and volunteers were involved across 5 days of activity.

    The first event of the week was held in Peterhead with 7 schools from across the Grampian region involved in what was a great competition won by Hazlehead with 264 points. As the week progressed the teams certainly got louder and louder with the closest competition coming in the last event of the week held at the Peak in Stirling on Friday split by only 22 points.

    The week provided a fantastic culmination of the Sportshall Athletics Season which started at the beginning of the school year with schools, teachers and development teams organising and working hard to deliver the local rounds ahead of the regional finals. The success of the week is testimony to the excellent partnership between Sportshall Associates & Scottish Athletics delivering 5 top class Regional Finals in partnership with many local authorities, active schools coordinators and other local development teams, schools and teachers.

    Congratulation to all teams involved in the week, Results of the Top 3 teams in each region are summarised below:

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    		 Hazlehead – 264 Donibristle – 340 St Kenneths – 310 Kings Meadow – 364 Strathblane – 218

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    		 Albyn – 224 Dalgety Bay – 282 Newington – 280 Dean Park – 340

    Bridge of Allan  – 196
    3 Manor Park – 208 Ancrum – 258 Inverkip – 244 Priorsford – 338 Tillicoultry – 182

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  7. Merry Christmas from Sportshall Associates

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    Happy Christmas to all from Sportshall Associates.

    We look forward to working with more new schools & partnerships delivering School Games Activities in 2015 in addition to our programme of UK Championships Regional Finals & Fun in Athletics Competition for the top club athletes from each county

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