North Somerset Athletic Club saw seven of their athletes compete superbly at the English Schools Championships at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham recently.

At the scene of last year's Commonwealth Games, the top performer was George L, who won the Inter Boys Shot Put title with an effort of 16.56m.

George will now represent England at the SIAB event in July in what is an amazing achievement from both George and Coach Bruce.

Holly B was next highest performer after she finished fourth in the junior girls shot put with an equal personal best of 11.46m

Martha H exceeded all expectations by winning her heat with a huge personal best time of 25.39 seconds, knocking nearly 1 second off her previous personal best, then finishing 6th in her final against older girls in the junior girls category, and now ranks third in the UK in her first year of under-15s girls. 
 
The other North Somerset representatives also shone with Sam H coming home in eighth in the senior boys 800m heat with a superb time of 2:06.28 and Keira D finished fourth in the senior girls 800m heat with an excellent time of 2:13.13.

Joe S finished sixth in the inter boys 800m heat with an excellent time of 2:03.51 and Ben C in eigthth in the inter boys 1500m heat with a wonderful time of 4:14.92.