Gold, Silver and Bronze for Reuben at South of England and England Champs

Reuben Henry-Daire has continued his excellent season with a Gold and Silver medal at the the South of England Champs at Lee Valley on 11 and 12 August 2018.  Reuben gained a silver medal in the 200m with a 23.20 time, one tenth outside his own recent club record.  He then went on to secure the gold medal in the 300m in a new club record time of 36.29 secs.

At the England Championships at a very wet Bedford track on 25 and 26 Aug 2018, Reuben won the bronze medal in the 300m in a time of  36.67 secs.  Last minute timetable changes led to Reuben missing out on competing in the 200m final which he had also qualified for.

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Two Club Records Set at U13 Inter Counties Match

A further two club records were set by Reading AC U13 girls competing for Berkshire at the Derek Crookes Southern Inter Counties match at Kingston-upon-Thames on 28 July 2018.

Tomi Adejuwon ran a fantastic 70m hurdles in 11.59 secs and all the better as she still has over a year to go in the age group.

Mia Greenidge-Knell broke the 2.72 kg shot put record with a put of 10.43m.  That particular record had stood since 1996.

Tomi and Mia's performances have brought the total number of club records attained this year to forty-three.  

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Reading AC Relay Teams Perform at Olympic Stadium

Five Reading AC relay teams competed at London's Olympic Stadium on 22 July 2018 and claimed three new club records in the process.  The U15 Girls attained their second 4x100m record in twenty-four hours and fourth of the season clocking 49.13 secs and finishing second. The U15 boys shaved eight one-hundredths off the previous record with a 45.20 secs performance and a third place.  This result meant that anchor runner Reuben Henry-Daire bagged his fourth club record in twenty-four hours in what surely must be his best weekend ever in athletic competition.  The U17 Men also attained a new club record by 0.83 secs clocking in at 43.57 secs finishing fifth.   The U13 girls narrowly missed the club record with 52.89 secs and a third place with the U13 boys crossing the line in seventh place in a time of 53.38 secs.

Not forgetting the squad reserve runners this was truly an inspiring day for all who participated.

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National Final Awaits Reading AC U13s and U15s

Reading ACs U13 and U15 boys and girls have made it through to the national Youth Development League Final at Bedford on 8 September.  With all to play for on the final round of the Premier 1 league being hosted by Havering AC, Reading's athletes fought for every point and on the provisional results managed to win the competition by a single half-point ahead of the the overall league winners Blackheath and Bromley.   Four club records were attained and three of them (200m, 300m and 4x300m) being attained by U15 boy, Reuben Henry-Daire.

Follow the link below to the event page for results and photos.

Reuben Henry-Daire equals the 35 year old U15 boys 200m club record in 23.1 secs

Reuben Henry-Daire equals the 35 year old U15 boys 200m club record in 23.1 secs

Two Reading AC Golds and a Bronze at South of England Combined Events Champs

Reading ACs U20 Jasmine McCallum and U15 Sammy Ball secured gold medals at the South of England Combined Events Championships at Horspath, Oxford on 8 July 2018.  Sammy Ball also attained a new club record for U15 Pentathlon with 2,889 points.  Joe Frew secured a bronze medal also in the U15 event with Matt Kirk missing out on a podium position as a result of difficulties in his shot put.  The athletes were further inspired through discussions with decathlon legend Daley Thompson.