Saturday saw 47 of Shetland’s youngest athletes take on four events in cold and windy conditions. Following a group warm up the four groups of Under 9 Boys, Under 9 Girls, Under 11 Boys and Under 11 Girls began their first rotation of events with one group going to each of a sprint (60m for Under 9s and 75m for Under 11s), a longer track race (400m for Under 9s and 600m for Under 11s), shot and long jump. Due to the cold conditions the competition continued round all four events before ending the day with medals for those in first, second and third places and well done medals for all other athletes to reward their efforts.
Elaine Park, Chairwoman commented, “The competition was great and all of the athletes did themselves proud with many personal bests being recorded despite the cold and windy conditions. Keeping the athletes going for the four rotations turned out to be a good choice and all athletes coped very well with the challenges and competing against their peers. I would like to thank Louise Jamieson for her tireless efforts organising this competition and all of our officials and parent helpers, we couldn’t have such successful events without you.”
The results from the day were as follows:
Under 9 Boys
60m 1st Ross Drakeford, 2nd Ethan Redfern, 3rd Bobby Williamson
400m 1st Ross Drakeford, 2nd Bobby Williamson, 3rd Ethan Redfern
Shot 1st Ross Drakeford, 2nd Ethan Redfern, 3rd Bobby Williamson
Long Jump 1st Ross Drakeford, 2nd Bobby Williamson, 3rd Ethan Redfern
Under 9 Girls
60m 1st Reeta Moncrieff, 2nd= Hazel Nicolson and Iona Leslie, 3rd= Yvonne Nicolson and Shaye Isbister
Long Jump 1st Zoe Stewart, 2nd Eva Thompson, 3rd Jessie Tait
Well done medals to Olivia MacDonald, Hattie Wishart, Cerys Johnston, Abigail Goodlad, Marni Nicolson, Jessica Williamson, Morgan Taylor, Shannon Hough, Sofia Clark and Holly Gray.
