Sporting round-up

9:05am Wednesday 28th November 2007

TRIATHLON: Redditch Swimming Club duo Nicola Moss and Courtney Hyde performed well at the national triathlon championships in Wolverhampton.

Ten-year-old Moss, from Walkwood Middle School, also represented her West Midlands Modern Pentathlon Club and took bronze in the Youth E Girls section.

Moss won her 50m swim heat in 38.91sec to bag 1,016 points. Her recent shooting practice at the Henley in Arden club paid off with a personal best to garner 796 points from the ten-shot pistol shoot at 10m. A personal best 3min 38sec in the 1,000m run saw Moss and her West Midlands team home third.

Hyde, also of the WMMPC was fourth in Youth B finishing sixth in her 200m swim, seventh in a 20-shot pistol shoot and sixth in a 2,000m run.

HOCKEY: Redditch Ladies 6 Worcester Seconds 0

AFTER last week's dramatic 6-5 defeat against Tamworth, Redditch bounced back against a depleted Worcester.

Two goals in the first 15 minutes settled nerves. Lindsay Morris opened her account in the league last weekend and was again on the scoresheet as she picked up a rebound off the keeper and finished smartly from close range after an Angela Taylor flick.

Player of the match Becky Southwell made it 2-0.

Anna Stafford, playing her final match of this campaign before moving abroad, once again showed her class coming forward.

The hosts wanted to ensure victory and improve their goal difference in the second half and got the perfect start. An excellent reverse flick by Emma Allsop set them on their way to make it 3-0.

With Taylor and Jo Stafford in control in midfield, Sharon Smith scored for the second week in a row to make it 4-0.

Allsop scored her second with a good shot from the edge of the circle, 5-0 and the home side finished with a flourish as the sixth goal was a fast-flowing break the length of the pitch. Allsop put in an early hard cross from the right, which was dispatched with ease by Southwell.

Redditch host Leamington on Saturday (1.30pm start).

TRAMPOLINING: A Redditch pupil has bounded her way into the West Midlands finals of the national schools trampolining championships.

Arrow Vale High School student Rachael Elsegood took a top tariff of 2.0 for her routine to win the U19 section of the county schools championships at Haybridge Leisure Centre.

The Year 13 pupil had a winning score of 52.6 points to better lasy year's tally.

The Redditch Trampolining Club star will battle it out with the best competitors from the region at Cocksmoor Woods Leisure Centre this month.

Elsegood trains and coaches as well as performing for Redditch, where she is a level 1 assistant coach and also helps at clubs in Bromsgrove and Stratford, achieving a Step into SportGold award.

ANGLING: Needles AC held a match on the River Alne on Sunday. The winner was Keith Woodhead who caught EIGHT chub for 8lb 14oz from peg 38. Second on peg eight was John Harrison with 5lb 7oz. Third on peg 24 was Glyn Blewett with 4lb 7oz. The section winners were Bob Allen, 4lb 6oz, and John Mutchell 4lb 1oz.

Astwood Bank's Dark Lane AC fished their inaugural P Quirke Cup on the Arrow on Saturday. Barry Feldhahn blew away any opposition from the 16-strong field with a fine 23lb 7oz chub haul off Mill Lane.

Glyn Blewett netted 6lb 8oz for second and Barry Blewett secured third with 4lb 11oz.

Members are reminded the presentation evening is on Friday 7 December at 8 pm in the Astwood Bank Club.

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