Last updated 19:47, Thursday, 11 September 2008

CUMBRIA will field a strong team for the grand finale to the 2008 athletics season, the Borders Inter County meeting at Sheepmount Stadium, Carlisle, tomorrow.

The match, between the best U15 and U17 athletes in seven areas – Cumbria, Dumfries and Galloway, Durham, Northumberland, Scottish Borders, Tees Valley and Tyne and Wear – has attracted some of the country’s top athletes in the two age groups.

The county, hoping to win this inaugural fixture, fields a string of county champions, England medallists, Northern champions and English Schools finalists.

Gwenda Ward, the Cumbria team manager, said: “It will be an exciting event and just the sort of competition that our young stars need.

“We are delighted that so many of our leading athletes are competing at this late stage in the season.

“There are some really talented athletes from across the north taking part, some of whom could possibly be competing for Britain in the future.

“We hope the public will come along and support them.”

The meeting starts at 12noon. Entry is free, though there will be programmes costing £3 each.

The Cumbria teams are –

U17 men: 100m Kieran Congdon (Carlisle Aspatria); 200m Congdon; 400m Joe Aris (Eden Runners); 800m Tristan Venus (Tynedale); 1500m James Bowness (Trafford AC); 3000m Scott Thwaites (Kendal AC); 100m hurdles Chris Deboise (Carlisle Asp); 400m hurdles Tom Marper (Border H); 1500m steeplechase Marper; high jump Aris; long jump Darren Lee (Eden Schools); triple jump Josh Richardson (Carlisle Schools); shot putt: Lee Savage (Eden Runners); discus Nick Miller (Border H); hammer Miller; javelin Miller; 4x100m relay from Congdon, Aris, Lee, Deboise, Richardson.

U17 women: 100m Lara Turner (Barrow Striders); 200m Turner; 300m Fiona Laurie (Border H); 800m Vicki Johnson (Eden Runners); 1500m Laura Vaillent (Allerdale Schools); high jump Tessa Stockdale (Seaton AC); long jump Laurie; triple jump Charlotte Rickards (South Lakes Schools); shot putt Hayley Hodgson (Cumbria Schools); discus Sarah Hill (Border H); hammer Katy Bernard; javelin Hodgson; 4x100m relay from Turner, Laurie, Anna Mulgrew (Carlisle Asp), Amee Jefferson (Seaton (AC), Johnson.

U15 boys: 100m Sam Brough, (Silloth); 200m Thompson; 400m Oliver Lithgow (Seaton AC); 800m Luke Ingham (Kendal AC); 1500m Tim Orr (Border H); 3000m Simon Little (Carlisle Asp); 80m hurdles: Robbie Nixon (Border H); high jump Marcus Bell (South Lakes Schools); long jump Robbie Nixon (Border H); shot putt David Armstrong (Carlisle Asp); discus Adam McKee (Carlisle Asp); javelin Alex Taylor (Carlisle Asp); 4x100m relay from Thompson, Lithgow, Ingham, Nixon.

U15 girls: 100m Chelsie Browbank (Carlisle Asp); 200m Browbank; 800m Eilidh Sproul (Kendal AC); 1500m Abby Hetherington (Carlisle Asp); 75m hurdles Rachel Farthing (Lancaster AC); high jump Kirsty Norwood (Eden Runners); long jump Farthing; discus Katy Barnard (Border); javelin Natasha Wooley (Border); 4x100m relay from Browbank, Farthing, Stockdale, Norwood, Sproul.