For the first time ever, by winning the Regional Sportshall Final last month, a Buckinghamshire Team qualified for the National Sportshall Final, held this year in Colchester. Four MMK lads, Daniel Ayodele, Isaiah Philip, D’Mitri Varlack and Ayo Fatoki (all medallists at the English Schools Championships last year), plus Thomas Babb and Adam Ankers from Vale of Aylesbury, competed against six other counties. There were also a number of invited individuals competing in the events.
Buckinghamshire, counting the best four individual scores, plus the 8-lap Paarlauf and the 4×2 Lap Relay claimed a famous victory, with a winning margin of 50 points. Each of the MMK athletes had at least one podium finish in the individual events. The four MMK lads won the 4x2Lap Relay:
- 2 Lap Race: 1= Daniel Ayodele; 3 Ayo Fatoki
- Shot: 1 Isaiah Philip (won by more than 2m)
- Standing Long Jump: 1 D’Mitri Varlack (National Record of 3.00m); 2 Isaiah Philip
- Standing Triple Jump: 1 Daniel Ayodele
- 4×2 Lap Relay: 1 Bucks (DV, DA, IP, AF)
In the combined events (using the total scores from the 3 individual events), we also had 2 podium performances:
Combined events: 2 Daniel Ayodele 143 points; 3 Isaiah Philip 142 points
Full Bucks Results
| Team | Score | Ind | Paar8 | 4×2 | |||||
| 1 | Buckinghamshire | 630 | 520 | 40 | 70 | ||||
| 2 | Lancashire | 580 | 450 | 70 | 60 | ||||
| 3 | Essex | 495 | 415 | 50 | 30 | ||||
| 4 | Norfolk | 484 | 404 | 30 | 50 | ||||
| 5 | Gloucestershire | 429 | 349 | 60 | 20 | ||||
| 6 | Leicestershire & Rutland | 391 | 341 | 10 | 40 | ||||
| 7 | Herefordshire & Worcs | 104 | 84 | 20 | 0 | ||||
| Combined scores | Score | 2LR | 4LR | S | SB | SLJ | STJ | ||
| 2 | Daniel Ayodele | 143 | 49 | 48 | 48 | ||||
| 3 | Isaiah Philip | 142 | 44 | 50 | 48 | ||||
| 6= | D’Mitri Varlack | 123 | 33 | 40 | 50 | ||||
| 10= | Ayo Fatoki | 112 | 46 | 26 | 40 | ||||
| 23 | Thomas Babb | 82 | 22 | 22 | 38 | ||||
| 36 | Adam Ankers | 58 | 29 | 10 | 19 | ||||
| Pos | Individual Performances | P1 | P2 | P3 | Best | Pts | |||
| 2LR | 1= | Daniel Ayodele | 21.8 | 21.8 | 49 | ||||
| 2LR | 3 | Ayo Fatoki | 22.0 | 22.0 | 46 | ||||
| 2LR | 4 | Isaiah Philip | 22.1 | 22.1 | 44 | ||||
| 4LR | 9= | D’Mitri Varlack | 49.0 | 49.0 | 33 | ||||
| 4LR | 11= | Adam Ankers | 49.1 | 49.1 | 29 | ||||
| 4LR | 15 | Thomas Babb | 49.8 | 49.8 | 22 | ||||
| SB | 13 | Ayo Fatoki | 76 | 76 | 26 | ||||
| SB | 15 | Thomas Babb | 74 | 74 | 22 | ||||
| SB | 21 | Adam Ankers | 64 | 64 | 10 | ||||
| Shot | 1 | Isaiah Philip | 14.46 | 14.60 | 0 | 14.60 | 50 | ||
| Shot | 4 | Daniel Ayodele | 11.29 | 11.02 | 11.35 | 11.35 | 44 | ||
| Shot | 6 | D’Mitri Varlack | 9.14 | 9.88 | 10.83 | 10.83 | 40 | ||
| SLJ | 1 | D’Mitri Varlack | 2.89 | 2.91 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 50 | ||
| SLJ | 2 | Isaiah Philip | 0 | 0 | 2.80 | 2.80 | 48 | ||
| SLJ | 6 | Ayo Fatoki | 2.65 | 2.52 | 2.60 | 2.65 | 40 | ||
| STJ | 1 | Daniel Ayodele | 8.64 | 8.55 | 8.78 | 8.78 | 50 | ||
| STJ | 7 | Thomas Babb | 7.34 | 7.48 | 7.09 | 7.48 | 38 | ||
| STJ | 16= | Adam Ankers | 6.27 | 6.62 | 6.86 | 6.86 | 19 | ||
| Relays | |||||||||
| Paar8 | 4 | Buckinghamshire | 98.1 | 98.1 | 40 | ||||
| 4×2 | 1 | Buckinghamshire | 87.6 | 87.6 | 70 |