New personal bests for Chesterfield athletes as pilot meeting

Chesterfield AC members Josh Turkington and Izzy Fellows threw personal bests during a pilot meeting in Nuneaton.
There were personal bests for Josh Turkington and Izzy Fellows. (Illustrative pic only)There were personal bests for Josh Turkington and Izzy Fellows. (Illustrative pic only)
There were personal bests for Josh Turkington and Izzy Fellows. (Illustrative pic only)

The test open meetings have been organised by England Athletics in conjunction with a number of clubs.

These competitions have limited entry capacities and events are run within the current social distancing rules.

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Turkington threw 36.14, in the U17 mens and 8.14m in the Shot Putt, while Fellows threw an excellent 30.25m to win the U15 girls event.

In a follow up event at Nuneaton, Fellows increased her Javelin best to 31.64m, which moves her up to fifth the UK in her first year as an U15.

At an event in, Mark Wearing threw 40.54m in the Discus in the senior men’s event, before registering 39.74m in another event at the same venue.

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