The Habs Athletics Club Under 14 and Under 16 teams travelled to the English Schools Athletics Association National Cup Final held at the International Athletics stadium in Gateshead.
For the very first time two Habs teams competed in this premier schools athletics meeting. Over 2000 schools from across the country had entered this competition at the beginning of the Summer term and on Saturday 3rd July the final 12 schools competed for the ESAA Track and Field Cup. Both Habs teams put in some great performances, of which the pick of the bunch were: in the U14's - Miguel Perera and Marcus R in the 75m Hurdles, while the best in the U16's were Efe Uwaifo for his 100m and Triple Jump, Darius Price for the best High Jump at the meeting with a jump of 1.86m and finally Hugo Cliff for his discus throw of 34.05m (making him a Habs Elite Athlete!)
At the end of the day both teams finished in 4th place. Steve Lowe (Head of Athletics) said 'It was a fantastic performance by all the boys, they all did extremely well against the very best athletes in the UK, I had hoped for a podium finish for one of the teams - but it just wasn't to be! Maybe next year!'
