Team of Mansfield Harriers represent Nottinghamshire in Sportshall regionals

Fourteen Mansfield Harriers earned selection and competed for Nottinghamshire at the Sportshall Regional Final in Grantham recently at the Grantham Meres Leisure Centre, writes Richard Massey.
Stephen Thirkill
By Stephen Thirkill
Published 28th Feb 2022, 06:57 BST
The group of Mansfield Harriers shone on the county stage.The group of Mansfield Harriers shone on the county stage.
The group of Mansfield Harriers shone on the county stage.

The Under 11s selected made up a very junior and inexperienced squad owing much to Covid and the lack of competition for this age group, but William Sinclair, Xander Arbon, Evan Williams, Maya Bonser, Charlotte Marshall, Olivia Frith all showed some emerging talent on the day.

Ethan Williams, Rhys Aplin, Freya Martin, Scarlett Jane, and Amelia Arbon were selected in the U13 age groups.

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In the U15 age groups the club only had boys available for selection on the day; Nathan Salmon, Matthew Young, and Joel Brereton who all showed their value with their combined event abilities pivotal to the competition leading the Nottinghamshire U15 boys to a second place overall.

The Nottinghamshire U13 Boys won their event and will now progress to the UK final in April. The team included Mansfield Athletes Ethan Williams and Rhys Aplin, with Ethan winning all three of his events to finish at the top of the scoring, with Rhys coming third in the 4-lap final.

Matthew Young took the U15 Boys individual title and will progress to the UK Finals to compete representing the East Midlands after competing in throws, jumps and sprints. Matthew won the U15 boys shot with 11.26m – a good two metres further than the next best, and a second in his other two events 4 lap and Long Jump to take the overall win.

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