West Cheshire AC's George Hyde strikes gold in Bedford

A West Cheshire AC member powered his way to a national title in Bedford.

George Hyde won the England Athletics Championships Under 15 boys shot title with a put of 15.64m.

The victory arrived just seven days after he won the shot put title for Cheshire at the Northern Inter Counties Championships held in Blackburn with a new personal best throw of 15.65m, which ranked him third in the UK for his age group.

West Cheshire AC’s Emma Howe pocketed a bronze medal at Bedford in the U15 girls javelin with a throw of 39.55m and is now ranked third in the UK with her personal best of 43.07m.

Hyde and Howe were two of nine West Cheshire AC members who represented Cheshire at Blackburn.

Will Rattray spun the U15 boys 1.25kgs discus to a winning distance of 35.81m, while Georgia Barlow secured third and fourth places respectively with times of 12.77 seconds in the U17 women’s 100m and a season’s best of 41.53 seconds in the 300m.

Cameron Weaver rounded the U17 men’s 3,000m in a new personal best time of 9:22.01 for fourth place, while Dominick Duggan clocked 11.68 seconds for fifth spot in the U17 men’s B 100m and Sam Paton posted 12.86 seconds for fifth place in the U15 boys B 100m.

Howe hit a new personal best of 9.37m in the U15 girls shot put, while Maisie Tipping posted a winning time of 12.29 seconds in the U15 girls B 75m hurdles and Ewan Bradley clocked 13.09 seconds for sixth place in the U15 boys 80m hurdles.

Emily Misantoni and Anna Crayston secured first and second places at the Stockport Quadrathlon.

Misantoni hit a new best of 7.83m in the shot, a new 100m best of 13.7 seconds, long jumped 4.34m and rounded the 800m in a time of 2:29.7 for 257 points, while Crayston hit a new best of 5.92m in the shot, a new 100m best of 13.9 seconds, long jumped 4.40m and posted 2:33.7 in the 800m for 232 points.

Rob Freeman and Dave Bish represented West Cheshire AC and celebrated age group victories at the Ellesmere 10k Road Race.

Freeman posted 40 minutes 59 seconds to win the over 60 men’s prize, and Bish won the over 70 men’s prize with a time of 54:46.

Rob Little was first home for West Cheshire AC, posting 37:51 for 36th position, and Mary Radford clocked 65:14.

Mark Davies (second in a new personal best of 18 minutes 38 seconds) was first home for the club at the Ellesmere Port Park Run while Jac Goodall (10th in 19:48) was first home at the Delamere Park Run.