Luton, GBR

Nicola won the U17s race at the Reebok Challenge in Falkirk.

Scottish Athletics: Nicola Sykes (Leighton Buzzard) was another debut winner. She said: “I got a fast start and just gradually built up the pace.” The English Schools Champion also confirmed her intention to do all the Reebok events in the 6 race-series.

Nicola was 14th in the U17/U20s race at the Reebok Challenge in Sefton Park, Liverpool, in a time of 15.12.

Nicola won the U17s race at the Reebok Challenge in Belfast, in a time of 14:41. This return to form earned her the 'Athlete of the Match' title.

"Sykes announced Athlete of the match"

Inter-counties Cross-country

Nicola Sykes was 6th in the Senior Girls 3000m, with a national standard time of 9:58.75.

Pre-race: 11.00: Junior Women (U20 at 31.12.06) and Senior Girls (schools) 5km – Pidgeon (Gloucester AC) has truly taken flight since winning, among many others, the Under 13 Girls’ race at Cardiff as recently as 2002. If her rapid progress to 2005 European Junior 5000m Champion and European Junior Cross Country Silver medallist is not sufficient inspiration for the schoolchildren gathering for their races, then maybe the sight of Non Stanford (Swansea Harriers) in her county schools team will catch their imagination. For Non – who was second to Emily in that Under 13 Girls’ race three years ago – spent last weekend at the Lisbon Junior International in Portugal, where she completed a Norwich Union GB 1-2-3 in the Junior Women’s race. Also in the Cardiff field are two more of the Norwich Union GB Junior Women who won the Team Gold medals at the European Cross Country Championships in Tilburg last month, Sian Edwards (Kettering Town Harriers) and Nicola Sykes (Bedford and County). And the lure of the Cross Challenge is evidenced by Scottish Champion Siobhan Coleman (Pitreavie) making the long flight south in search of a little more quality competition.