A warm and sunny Bedford this weekend was the venue for the National U23 & U20 Championships which this year incorporated the trials for the European Junior Championships to be held in Novi Sad, Serbia between July 23rd and 26th. Conditions were testing for the athletes, particularly on the Sunday afternoon with temperatures reaching 28 degrees and the wind picking up as the day progressed.

The recent announcement of the GB U18 team to attend the forthcoming World Youth Championships at Bressanone in the Sud Tirol of Italy was warmly welcomed by two of Herts Phoenix’s rising stars.

The following Herts Phoenix athletes have been selected to represent the Hertfordshire County Schools Athletic Association at the English Schools Championships in Sheffield on 10/11th July this year.

The south of England Senior & U20 Championships took place over last weekend at the newly relaid and refurbished Woodside Arena, Watford making travelling much easier for the Herts Phoenix contingent who normally have to brave the traffic in a dash to Crystal Palace at this time of year.

The Joint Men’s and Women’s National Junior League team travelled to Braintree on Sunday 14th June for their third match of the season. Both the Women’s and Men’s sections were slightly depleted due to the County Schools championship the day before but despite this, the team fared well and there were many good individual performances.