Congratulations to Grosvenor Grammar School’s Junior Boys’ athletics team which finished as overall winners at the County Down District Championships, held at the Mary Peters Track recently.

Overall success in the team event came following gold medals for Nathan Chan in the triple jump, Ben Stevenson in the long jump, Jonny Little in the sprint hurdles, Joss McConkey in the javelin as well as the boys’ 4x100 metre relay team. In addition, James McMaster and Aaron Harrison each achieved second place in the hammer and 1500 metres respectively, while bronze medals were attained by Guy Harrison in the hurdles as well as Jake Laverty in the hammer.

Elsewhere, at Minor Boys’ level, Finn Bailie achieved gold with a lightning run in the 100 metres while Ethan Crawford performed superbly to win silver in the long jump.
On the girls’ side, Tia Cashman-Hooke was placed third in the 100 metres with a time of 14.54 seconds while the 4x100 metre relay team of Tia, Caylan Blake, Hollie McGowan and Annabelle Fallows also achieved a bronze medal. At Junior level, Anna Stanfield was placed second in the High Jump with a clearance of 1.45 metres, as well as third in the 75 metre hurdles, while Lauren Irvine finished third in the shot with a distance of 9.33 metres.