Telford Athletics Club hosted the Shropshire Schools Championships, where quite a number of youngsters gathered to battle it out.
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00:59 7 meters, 77.
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01:15 How you doing, guys?
01:40 We're here at Telford Athletics Stadium,
01:42 if I can say the second time right.
01:44 And Matt Sutton, you're the coach.
01:46 What do you think of your two athletes here?
01:48 They've had a good day, haven't they?
01:49 Yeah, absolutely.
01:50 They've performed definitely above their average.
01:54 I think there's a lot more in there,
01:55 despite them doing personal bests today.
01:58 But I think they're definitely on track
01:59 for a big performance in the English school championships
02:02 that are coming in July.
02:03 And they're so important, events like these, aren't they?
02:05 Would you call them grassroots athletic events,
02:07 would you call it?
02:08 Absolutely.
02:08 I mean, I can remember being a youth
02:10 and participating in such events.
02:11 And obviously, these kind of events get you used to competing.
02:17 It's a great atmosphere to get used to people actually
02:20 watching them from the sidelines.
02:21 So a lot of people have gone to Olympics from such meetings.
02:24 So absolutely important.
02:26 Amelia, how have you done today, then?
02:28 Quite well, I think.
02:29 Got a PB, so very pleased.
02:31 What was your PB, then?
02:32 41.09.
02:34 Cool.
02:34 So when you come into an event like this,
02:36 do you have any sense-- are you waking up
02:38 thinking, I'm feeling good, I reckon I might get a PB?
02:40 Or do you just not have a clue in the morning
02:43 when you're having your cereal?
02:44 The nerves, and it's like, got to get rid of them,
02:46 got to think, I am going to do well.
02:49 That focus on it.
02:51 And Ethan, how have you fared today?
02:54 I've done quite well.
02:54 A nice PB.
02:56 It would have gone further had it not clipped the floor.
03:00 What do you reckon the clip cost you in distance, then?
03:03 What do you reckon?
03:03 Maybe two metres, I think you reckon.
03:05 Yeah, I reckon two metres.
03:06 But even with the clip, you got a PB on it?
03:10 Not on that one.
03:11 On the other ones, it would have been 55, 56 metres,
03:14 which would have put me up in the rankings
03:16 and might have even got me a record.
03:18 No way.
03:19 It's always next time.
03:19 Yeah, yeah.
03:20 So is that something you take on board, then,
03:23 on your next training session, I think?
03:25 Yes, but I don't tend to think--
03:27 I tend to just do as I'm told.
03:28 Yeah.
03:31 Well, yeah, don't blame you.
03:33 Right, cheers, guys.
03:33 Thank you.
03:34 Thank you very much.
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