A quite remarkable 74 medals won at this year’s county championships and any number of person bests set. It could have been more with some of our highly ranked members ill, injured or heavily embroiled in university exams. The top of the national rankings will be littered with Portsmouth Athletes.

The medals were distributed amongst all disciplines and all age groups, however our throwers stole the headlines; two championship best performances from Gaia Osborne (u17 girls shot and javelin) and another from Serena Vincent (u15 girls shot). A magnificent 1, 2, 3 from Cerys Thomas, Heather Cubbage and Katie Yorke in u17 hammer underlined how strong we are in this event. Kameron Duxbury collected a full set of gold, silver and bronze in shot, javelin and discus respectively. Not to be out done by Kameron in the senior ranks Adam Akehurst nearly made it a triple throws gold medal performance taking first place in shot and javelin, but ‘only’ silver in discus.

On the track Tom Miller took the plaudits with a championship best performance in u20 men’s  110m hurdles, to add to his gold in 400m hurdles. Other double gold winners were Joe Martin (u17 men 100 and 200m), Saffron Moore (u15 girls 800 and 1500m), Hollie Thurgood (u15 girls 75m hurdles and long jump).

Other multi medal hauls were achieved by Harrison Pocock, Ed Dodd (Portsmouth Uni HCA), Sam Bickley-Vail, Ros Stansbury, Joseph Gowers, Bobbie Davies, Maddie Wilton, Cerys Thomas, Claudia Cubbage, Will Cubbage, Heather Cubbage, Oliver Charlesworth, Serena Vincent, and Amelia Spry. Plenty of gold medals in that haul, check the list of all medal winners below.

A special mention to the Cubbage family; mum Claudia, daughter Heather and son William took home 8 medals between them. I don’t suppose that’s been achieved before.

Congratulations to all our medallists and better luck next time to those that missed out. I hope I have not missed anyone but the medallists were;

Sen men

200m 3 Harrison Pocock   City of Portsmouth 22.14

400m 1 Harrison Pocock   City of Portsmouth 49.51

800m 1 Ed Dodd   University of Portsmouth 1:56.82 

1500m 2 Ed Dodd   University of Portsmouth 3:58.72 

High J 1 Mark Bushell M35 City of Portsmouth 1.85 

Long J 2 Kevin Wheeler   City of Portsmouth 3.87

Shot 1 Adam Akehurst   City of Portsmouth 13.07 

Discus 2 Adam Akehurst   City of Portsmouth 38.09     

3 Steven Davey M35 City of Portsmouth 35.37

Javelin 1 Adam Akehurst   City of Portsmouth 59.15  

Sen Women

100m 2 Doyin Aderinto   University of Portsmouth 12.73    

3 Sam Bickley-Vaile W35 City of Portsmouth 12.97    

200m 3 Hollie Fudge   City of Portsmouth 26.50 

100m hurdles 1 Sam Bickley-Vaile W35 City of Portsmouth 16.75 

High Jump 3 Claudia Cubbage W40 City of Portsmouth 1.40 

Long Jump 2 Victoria Harfield   City of Portsmouth 4.81 

Pole Vault 2 Claudia Cubbage W40 City of Portsmouth 2.40 

Shot 2 Rosalind Stansbury W40 City of Portsmouth 10.13    

3 Claudia Cubbage W40 City of Portsmouth 9.80

Discus 3 Claudia Cubbage W40 City of Portsmouth 21.51

Hammer 2 Rosalind Stansbury W40 City of Portsmouth 43.96 

Under 20 men

110m hurdles 1 Thomas Miller   City of Portsmouth 14.33   CBP 

400m hurdles 1 Thomas Miller   City of Portsmouth 54.94 

Pole Vault 1 Tom Farres   City of Portsmouth 4.50  

Shot 3 Joseph Gowers   City of Portsmouth 7.21  

Javelin 2 Joseph Gowers   City of Portsmouth 17.11

U20 Women

Hammer 3 Rosie Castle   City of Portsmouth 37.54 

Javelin 2 Millie Cavanagh   City of Portsmouth 35.53  

U17 men

100m 1 Joe Martin   City of Portsmouth 11.15  

200m 1 Joe Martin   City of Portsmouth 22.51 

1500m 3 Jacob O'Hara   City of Portsmouth 4:17.48 

Discus 2 Robert Pattison   City of Portsmouth 35.52  

Javelin 2 Joshua Buckett   Portchester Community School 43.00 

U17 women

1500m steeple 3 Elizabeth Hedley   City of Portsmouth 5:34.60 

Long Jump 3 Bobbie Davies   City of Portsmouth 4.95 

Triple Jump 2 Sophie Laughton   City of Portsmouth 10.44    

3 Bobbie Davies   City of Portsmouth 9.75  

Shot 1 Gaia Osborne   City of Portsmouth 14.30   CBP

Discus 1 Heather Cubbage   City of Portsmouth 37.48     

2 Cerys Thomas   City of Portsmouth 28.67 

Hammer 1 Cerys Thomas   City of Portsmouth 43.10    

2 Heather Cubbage   City of Portsmouth 42.61    

3 Katie Yorke   City of Portsmouth 42.56 

Javelin 1 Gaia Osborne   City of Portsmouth 44.33   CBP

U15 boys

100m 1 Carter Clothier   City of Portsmouth 11.65         

3 Oliver Charlesworth   City of Portsmouth 12.02 

200m 2 Oliver Charlesworth   City of Portsmouth 24.39  

800m 3 Samuel Charig   City of Portsmouth 2:12.82  

3000m 2 Callum Crook   City of Portsmouth 9:49.13 

Triple Jump 1 Matthew Galbraith   City of Portsmouth 10.83 

Shot 1 Kameron Duxbury   City of Portsmouth 12.69 

Discus 3 Kameron Duxbury   City of Portsmouth 33.64 

Javelin 2 Kameron Duxbury   City of Portsmouth 46.86 

U15 girls

100m 2 Amelia Spry   City of Portsmouth 13.38  

200m 3 Amelia Spry   City of Portsmouth 27.04 

800m 1 Saffron Moore   City of Portsmouth 2:17.26 

1500m 1 Saffron Moore   City of Portsmouth 4:47.05       

3 Nicole Ainsworth   City of Portsmouth 4:56.54

75m Hurdles 1 Hollie Thurgood   City of Portsmouth 11.5

Pole Vault 2 Poppy Herbert   Portsmouth Grammar School 1.80

Long Jump 1 Hollie Thurgood   City of Portsmouth 5.06    

2 Madeline Wilton   City of Portsmouth 4.80  

Triple Jump 1 Madeline Wilton   City of Portsmouth 10.50 

Shot 1 Serena Vincent   City of Portsmouth 12.90   CBP     

3 Sarah Hunt   City of Portsmouth 11.16    

Hammer 3 Phoebe March   City of Portsmouth 24.19 

Javelin 2 Serena Vincent   City of Portsmouth 34.28 

U13 boys

High Jump 2 Billy Goodridge   City of Portsmouth 1.40 

Pole Vault 1 William Cubbage   City of Portsmouth 2.20 

Shot 2 William Cubbage   City of Portsmouth 8.04 

Discus 1 Tyler Pattison   City of Portsmouth 24.56 

U13 girls

1500m 3 Eloise O'Neill   City of Portsmouth 5:18.41  

Shot 2 Ella-May Sprake   City of Portsmouth 8.52    

Javelin 3 Gabriella Jones   City of Portsmouth 19.43