The crowd at the national championships in Birmingham were treated to a remarkable performance from sprint queen Jodie Williams to lighten a dark and rainy Saturday this weekend.  Having won the U15 100m title at the English Schools Championships Jodie stepped up to challenge the U17s and in particular the very fast and talented Shaunna Thompson of Sale Harriers.

The young athletes of Herts Phoenix finished a creditable third in their final match and will now have to wait until all the results are calculated to see if they have qualified for either of the A or B finals in September.

Despite a valiant effort by the 9 women that made the trip to Wigan for the final UKWL match, the team could not achieve enough points to survive in division 3.

The nine men who travelled to Hastings for the final match of the season put in some very good performances in covering most of the events but were only rewarded with fourth place.